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Food Food Glorious Food!

23/9/2013

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Following on from my last blog about keeping your workout fresh and if you don't then nothing will change; well if you don't change your eating habits and want to LOSE FAT, the results you expect to see from your workout efforts will be dramatically reduced!


All too often clients ask me how to LOSE FAT and my answer will be to change what you eat. FAT LOSS is 80% nutrition and 20% exercise. One without the other severely affects results. 


No point kidding yourself that if you workout today you can binge tonight and also LOSE FAT!


If your aim is to get off the couch and start exercising, but you wish to continue to eat as you are, you may see marginal improvements in your health and could even lose a few pounds. However, if you are serious about LOSING FAT and keeping it off permanently, you have to address your food intake.


Cut out processed food and drinks, cut out refined sugars, cut out/limit alcohol, cut out/limit caffeine, cut out/limit starchy carbs, eat fresh foods, cook from scratch, eat enough protein whether a meat eater or vegetarian, eat lots of vegetables particularly cruciferous veg, eat fruit in moderation, eat good fats, drink copious amounts of water and watch portion size.


Now if you know you eat badly or you've just realised that from the paragraph above, do not try to make too many changes at once. Aim to change 1 or 2 things, then adapt; follow that with another change then another until you cover them all.


FAT LOSS demands correct eating and exercise and to keep the fat off, habits have to change permanently. 
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Stay Fresh

13/9/2013

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Keep your workouts fresh by ensuring you constantly have your body guessing.  You will not make progress if you are not challenging yourself.  Keep demanding more from your muscles and body.


If you do the same ole same ole workout regime each week, expect to plateau and stop seeing results, the body easily adapts.


Mix it up - trick the body so it doesn't know what's coming next.


When your workout is nolonger a challenge it's time to change it.  This is easily done by changing the number of reps, the movement pace, the added weight, by putting in sprints or high intensity intervals, or even trying something new.


If you are looking for results, break out of your comfort zone, feel your exertions again, sweat and, yes, expect to feel sore afterwards.


If you don't create that physical challenge and put the regular effort and focus in to completing your workout, nothing will change!!
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Coffee

10/9/2013

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If you're a coffee lover like me, it's very hard to give it up completely.  On a detox it's important to eliminate caffeine and it's one of the hardest elements of a detox to do, but it's a must to allow the liver and adrenal system to reboot.  We get used to the affects of caffeine on our body and the habit of drinking coffee or tea at certain times of the day, but if on a detox, stick to plenty of water, maybe with fresh lemon or choose other herbal teas.


Caffeine is a stimulant and affects individuals differently in different quantities.  It can enhance wakefulness when tired and help with focus and co-ordination and, in some cases, improve performance.  Effects begin within an hour and can last up to 5 hours. 


Now on the flip side, it may keep us awake when we want to sleep making us jittery, restless or shakey, also giving us headaches and heart palpitations.  Worse still it's been linked to much more sinister diseases.


Unfortunately coffee is one of the most highly sprayed crops in the world; the chemicals used are some of the most dangerous worldwide and banned in some countries.  We don't need to spend much time researching the horrors of pesticides and their use in growing crops to realise how bad they are for our health and environment.  So what should we do if we can't give up coffee for good?

Well if opting for Tulsi tea, Matcha tea, Green tea or another alternative does not appeal to you, go for organic coffee!  And, if you want the coffee without the caffeine, try decaf organic ensuring it's one that uses a chemical free decaf process such as the Swiss Water Process. Try to moderate your consumption too, aiming for 1-2 cups a day.


Organic coffee comes in the usual formats from ground to instant and, in my opinion, best taken black. 
Try........
Cafe Direct Fairtrade Machu Picchu
Equal Exchange Etheopian Yirgacheffee
Grumpy Mule Organic Sumatra Gayo
Percol or Clipper Organic varieties too


You'll soon find one to suit your taste buds!

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