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Low Calorie Diets and Why They Are Bad

On a daily basis, I speak to many women who have been on a low calorie diet which usually will consist of shakes, pills or a powdered substance to make them lose weight. There are MANY classic examples of diets that are out there for example the most popular diets are Weight Watchers and Cambridge D...

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4 Ways To Stop Christmas Weight Gain

Here are 5 tips on how you can stop putting on weight over the Christmas and New Year period 1. Eat Less Sugary Carbohydrates At this time of year, it can be very difficult to avoid foods that contain lots of sugar in them such as sweets, mince pies and bread which can have a big effect on wei...

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How to avoid winter weight gain this year

Everyone knows that winter can be a tough time of year for getting into, or staying in shape. First of all, why would you want to go out in the freezing cold rain to get to the gym when you could just retire to your lovely warm bed? Then there are the comfort foods to contend with, and on top of tha...

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The Myth of Low Fat

This myth of eating Low Fat products such as mayonnaise or butter is one of the most misleading marketing fads that is out there at the moment along with slimming shakes and pills. The reason why these companies advertise Low Fat products is because they want to make more money out of you by making ...

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BMI vs Body Fat

For years now, we typically have been measured as underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese. BMI or (Body Mass Index) is based on muscle mass and body fat % equalled together of which is an inaccurate way of measuring someone for getting optimal results. I would personally take this measuremen...

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Lifting Weights Myth For Women

For many years now, there has been this myth surrounding women using weights to make them bulky and to be quite honest, it really gets on my nerves when my female clients say to me that they have NEVER done weights before. Typically, women will tend to stick with using either a treadmill, cross trai...

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20 Minute Fat Burning Workouts from Home

Now you are probably thinking that doing a workout for 20 minutes 3-4 times a week won't get you great results within a few weeks or a few months but you couldn't be more wrong. It has been proven and my own clients have testified that doing only 20-minute workouts are BETTER than going on a treadmi...

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The Importance of Meal Preparation for Weight Loss

Meal preparation is one of the most important factors alongside others to losing weight and keeping it off for good. People who usually have busy lifestyles such as Mums and Office Workers are usually at work all day or rushing around after the kids which makes preparing their meals very hard to do....

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Fat Loss Gender Gap

Girls vs Boys, the age old conundrum about which sex is better. My reasoning behind this is to do with the different hormones that Men and Women have which are Oestrogen for Women and Testosterone for Men and how this effects fat loss in both sexes. Women Women tend to worry about their weight mor...

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How I lost 5 Stone

The main reason behind me losing that amount of weight was because of me being teased and bullied at school about my weight and I wanted to do something about it as I was already a sporty kind of person when I was younger but due to family problems i.e. my parents nearly getting divorced at the age ...

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