I Want To Be Like Her...

I like how she can be in shape even with three young kids and a full-time job...

Why I can't get my shit together???

The Effects oF Trauma On Your Weight Loss

When we experience the stress of any type, the body enters an alarm phase.

In a normal situation, we eventually recover and get back to our baseline, or maybe even come away stronger and more resilient.

But with trauma, we experience the stressor so intensely that we’re unable to go through all the steps we need to recover. We end up worse off than where we started.

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3 Ways To Reduce Belly Fat

This is one of the questions I get often.

How many times have you googled this exact question yourself?

There is no way of reducing fat in one single area also referred to as spot reduction.

The belly fat is determined by hormones balance and our calorie intake.

That what determines our shape and often we refer to apple and pear shapes when describing ourselves.

So we can’t spot reduce fat or eat a certain diet so what is the answer…

3 Tips To Manage Stress

If you are on a weight loss journey, one of the skills you need to develop is how to manage your daily stress.

Purposeful rest and recovery is an important part of fitness yet is the most neglected area for most of us.

Lack of rest and recovery can often lead to depression, sleep disruptions and carbohydrates cravings.

The result is often weight gain due to our metabolism slowing down.

Here are 3 simple tips to getting stress in control

A simple meditation ( 3 minutes a day will be a great start )

A few pages of something light, not one that gets you fired up

Lighting candles and having Epson salts baths

Why Eating While Watching Tv Can Pile On The Pounds

Are you eating while being distracted by TV?

Is your downtime and you feel deprived if you don’t eat in front of the TV?

I was discussing this exact topic with my clients in yesterday’s evening accountability call.

How can you improve without giving up completely?

How To Lose Weight Permanently While Eating The FORBIDDEN Foods

How To Lose Weight Permanently While Eating The FORBIDDEN Foods

The minute we start on your health journey, there is a huge tendency to cut out certain foods as we look to blame those foods for our weight gain.

For most of us it’s the right thing to do, how else will we lose weight?

However, this isn’t the best strategy for a long term result which is what we want to focus on.

Are you the kind of person who:

-Occasionally enjoys highly- processed foods without feeling GUILTY?

Stress can affect a bunch of “systems” inside us that are involved in weight control.

Below are three main categories that play a massive role in our weight gain as a result of stress.

Here is how you can use these tips in your daily lives.

What goes through your mind when you ston a scale?

- Compare the number to previous weight/day

- Wonder what you might have done for the scales to go up?

- Make an action plan

Most of us play the comparison game instead of tracking our behaviours.

Only a very few of us make a specific action plan that will result in change.

So for most of us,

It can joy or shame, guilt and frustration...

As a nation, we are not eating enough of this food type. 

When you start to eat it regularly, you see some huge benefits including no more cravings.

Right now, our outlets for stress and ways to enjoy ourselves has decreased dramatically.

No group sports, shows, movies, friends or even seeing your close family is on the cards ay the moment.

As a result food can and has easily become our source of joy, comfort, sense of calm, and a temporary distraction from the stressors of our world.

Eating feels good.

But why do we love JUNK food?

When we eat or even just THINK about food, our brain releases dopamine, our desire chemical, and endorphins, feel-good chemicals.

So when we eat chocolate or high sugar refined food, there is an increase in these feel-good hormones which are why you want to eat more of this same food.

When you eat a piece of cooked chicken breast, you don’t get the same feel-good hormones being released hence you are NOT so bothered about eating these foods!!!

So, how do you overcome Boredom Eating while being in a LOCKDOWN?

Here are a couple of suggestions that have helped my clients: