Ingredients: 2 medium sized eggs 100g fresh spinach 15g plain cashews 8 plum tomatoes, halved 25g pepper (any colour), diced 1 tsp olive oil mixed with 1 tsp balsamic vinegar SERVES 1 Method: Boil the eggs in a pan of lightly salted water for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, steam the spinach gently for 3-4 minutes until [...]
Women’s Weight Training Myth #1 -Weight training makes you bulky and masculine. Due to the fact that women do not, and cannot, naturally produce as much testosterone (one of the main hormones responsible for increasing muscle size) as males do, it is impossible for a woman to gain huge amounts of muscle mass by merely [...]
Ingredients: 3 medium sized eggs, yolks and whites separated 1 tsp organic coconut oil or butter 1/2 a small red onion, finely chopped 1 tomato, finely chopped 1 green chilli, finely chopped 1/2 a pepper (any colour), diced handful fresh coriander, finely chopped 60g cooked chicken, sliced 1/2 a small avocado, cut into small chunks SERVES [...]
I don’t like keeping track of how much I’ve eaten, I don’t like obsessing over how many grams of a particular nutrient I’ve eaten, and I don’t like worrying that I ate too much/little and the end of the day. Not only do I hate counting calories, but I know that calories are really only [...]
If we want to start a new and healthy lifestyle to lose weight, get fit and feel better it has to be a lifestyle change. The reason that most diets don’t work is because they are not sustainable. We cannot spend our lives counting calories, measuring out everything, counting points or eliminating total food groups. [...]
My life revolves around exercise, it always has and it always will. In my teens I played many sports so exercise was a big part of my life. In my early 20’s I exercised to avoid being overweight as I liked to go out drink, party and eat bad food as you do when you [...]
Does calorie counting work? The short answer is yes. To lose weight you need to burn more calories than you consume. This can be done by burning more calories than you need through exercise, eating fewer calories than you need or a combination of both. Do you have to count calories to lose weight? No [...]
The secret to weight loss is controlling blood sugar levels. Every second of the day your body strives for balance and if it can’t achieve it on a regular basis your health is in trouble. If blood sugar levels are not balanced you are more likely to store body fat, increase your risk of diabetes [...]
Ingredients: 30g uncooked quinoa 40g plain yoghurt (use dairy free yoghurt if preferred) 30g dried pitted prunes 25g protein powder (any flavour) 15g flaked almonds drizzle of honey (optional) 10g sunflower seeds or flaxseed 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon SERVES 1 Method: Cook the quinoa according to packet instructions, then cool with cold water. Drain well [...]
Try this lower body workout next time you're at the gym and you can't go wrong. All of these exercises are compound movements which means you use multiple muscle groups at once. So you build more muscle and the more muscle you have the more fat you burn while at rest!
