Tip 50 Take Responsibility For What Goes On In Your Life Sometimes life deals us a shitty hand. You were born into poverty. Your parents separated when you were young. You lost your job. You were in a car accident. You were diagnosed with a debilitating disease. You weren’t breast fed as a baby. Your parents ...
The Biggest Loser is back on our screens. With a viewing audience rating in the millions, it's clear that a truckload of people are watching this show. Now while I personally don’t subscribe to their tactics given the show is an entertainment show, I welcome the show as a method of motivating people to get ...
TIP 44 LEARN ABOUT LEPTIN So, what is leptin and how can learning about it help with losing body fat? Leptin is the key hormone involved in controlling our appetite. When we eat real foods, the digestive process kicks in and breaks down the food into its constituent parts so that the body can use the contents ...
TIP 23 STOP DRINKING SUGAR We already know that if you take in more calories than you burn off in a day and repeat this process over and over again, you are going to gain body fat. Don’t get me wrong, while I don’t like the way in which we interpret this equation, it’s not far ...
TIP 15 IMPROVE YOUR GUT HEALTH, TAKE A PROBIOTIC The human body is a walking talking bacteria haven. We have billions and billions of bacteria all over us and all through us and the whole reason why we live is because of the existence of these bacteria. Without bacteria, we would die, thus the importance of ...
6 eat more foods that contain omega 3 fat You've probably been hearing about omega-3 fatty acids in recent years because of the growing body of scientific research that clearly indicates these healthy fats help prevent a wide range of medical problems, including cardiovascular disease, depression, asthma, and rheumatoid arthritis. When eaten in appropriate amounts, fat can ...
Last week I wrote about how stress is making you fat. This week, I’m going to tie that in with a favourite term being thrown about Social Media at the moment, “Self Sabotage”. I know this person who constantly struggles with her weight. After years of trying, I finally managed to get her into the studio ...
When new clients come to see me specifically for weight loss, they inevitably ask me all sorts of questions relating to nutrition and exercise. Interestingly enough, no one ever asks me about relieving their stress levels. I find this concerning because stress is one of the most significant factors when it comes to gaining body ...
Last night on “A Current Affair” (I know I promised not to watch such tripe TV) they ran the repeating story about the evils of sugar. It was poorly edited to be biased so let’s not get into an argument about ACA. Those of you who follow my ramblings will know I am a huge proponent ...
Last week, Heath & I took our dog Mojo for an early morning walk. On our way back we stopped at the nearby dog park to let Mojo off the lead and let him have a run around. While he was doing that I posted the following 2 sentence post on Facebook. "Great to see ...
39 Go to bed before 10.30pm It surprises me how many of us don’t get to bed before 10.30pm. Approximately 90% of our current clients stay up beyond 10.30pm and when you ask them what they are doing, 100% of these people say the exact same thing: watching TV. So, why are they staying up and ...
29 use A Higher TUT Protocol To Increase EPEOC Effect Today’s tip gets a little scientific and gobbledegookie so I’ll try and keep it as simple as possible. TUT means time under tension and EPEOC means Excess Post Exercise Oxygen Consumption Have you ever tried to perform a dead lift exercise really really REALLY slowly? You know the ...
21 Strategic Overfeed Picture this: You’re eating a really clean nutrient rich diet consisting of the correct ratio of proteins, carbs and fats for your metabolic type. You’re starting to feel really good about your fat loss journey and you’ve been eating this way for about 5-6 days. It’s about to tick over day 7 and ...
14 eat high quality protein for breakfast Yesterday I talked about understanding how food affects your blood sugar levels and in particular how raising your insulin levels have a detrimental effect on your body’s ability to use body fat as an energy source. Today’s FAT LOSS tip is an extension of that and is geared towards smashing ...
5 Eat more cruciferous vegetables Cruciferous vegetables are vegetables like cauliflower, cabbage, cress, broccoli and similar green leafy vegetables. They take their name from Cruciferae, which is Latin for "cross-bearing" because of the shape of their flowers, whose four petals resemble a cross. There are a heap of reasons why eating these types of vegetables is great ...
