Do you feel guilty when you don’t train?
You love training, you have a new found buzz that physical activity gives you. You’re learning much more about how your body works and seeing personal bests you never thought you would see again! Then the time comes when ‘life’ gets in the way a little and you can’t train, or a session is cancelled and you don’t train. How do you feel?
Stay in your lane
When it does come to Exercise, Nutrition and Health, go to the people with the qualifications in the topic, not the latest instagrammer, blogger or z list celebrity. Here's what's got our goat lately...
Cooked or Raw? Which one do you log?
I had an interesting question from a nutrition client today about whether they should log the ‘Raw’ or ‘Cooked weight’ of food they were eating in their food tracking app. So which is it?
Calorie counting vs macro counting, what’s the difference?
Here is the scenario. You have started to count your calories. Then someone tells you that you should actually be counting your macros! And now you’re confused! Which should you be doing, counting calories or counting macros? And does it really matter??? Let us explain.
Are nuts a good source of protein?
For every 100g of plain peanuts you eat, you get 26g protein. Which is only just a few grams short of a chicken breast for the same weight. But are they really the best option as a source of protein and are there better choices? Find out more.
Stop dieting, try intermitting fasting???
Intermittent fasting, or not eating for an extended period of time is nothing more than a tool for you to use to help you eat less food. Don't be fooled.
Weight, health and body positivity
Your weight plays a huge part in the risk to good health, the more overweight, the more risk. However, this is not a ‘one size fits all’ scenario! Find out what we mean...
Inspired by vs aspire to
To just ‘Aspire’ to be like someone isn’t a goal you should be trying to achieve! Here's why...
Cutting the carbs for fat loss
You need to create a calorie deficit to lose weight, not cut out an entire food group. Let us explain...
I don’t like Mondays
Why is it we always ‘start on Monday?’. ‘Right that’s it, I’ll start it on Monday!’. The new you, new regime, new habits, start on a ‘Monday!’. Why? This is why we don't like Mondays...
Principle vs method
The principle behind how we lose weight, is always the same, it's the method that changes. But how?
Exercise and calories
Listen up party people, I’m going to tell you something you are probably not going to like. Here goes… EXERCISE WILL NOT MAKE YOU THIN!!! GOING TO THE GYM WILL NOT MAKE YOU THIN!!! EXERCISE ISN’T THE BEST CALORIE BURNER!!! So what next?
