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Things Which Influence The Energy Our Body Uses

9.02.2022

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There’s an indisputable truth about weight loss:

If you’re to lose weight, you must use more energy (calories) than you eat.

This is one of those statements which sound beautifully simple, but when you look deeper, becomes a little more complex because there are a huge amount of factors which influence the energy we eat, and the energy our bodies use.

Your appetite
What you’re eating plays a part in your appetite. While it is certainly true that you can lose weight by only eating Mars bars, as long as you’re eating less calories than you […]

Living For The Weekend? Gaining and Losing The Same Couple of Pounds?

3.02.2022

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Mindset, Nutrition, Weight Loss

Picture the scene. You’ve spent all week working hard to stick to your food plan and creating a calorie deficit with the hope of seeing the scales shift downwards at the end of the week.

Then, the weekend arrives, and you take something of a more ‘flexible approach’.

Have you ever thought about how (annoyingly) easy it is to cancel out your hard-gained calorie deficit over the weekend – and perhaps even end up in a calorie surplus?

Are you in a cycle of losing and regaining the same pound or two for months at a time?

The weekend […]

Eating Over Christmas – Make Life Easier For Yourself in January

22.12.2021

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Mindset, Nutrition, Weight Loss

Let’s have a think about gaining weight over Christmas.

We all worry about gaining weight over Christmas, but please remember that months of hard work are not undone with two days of extra food intake. If we’re talking about a whole week of turning a blind eye to every serving of every treaty food imaginable, then you’re looking at a different picture – but, a couple of days of a bit of extra intake is not going to undo the progress you’ve made up to now.

It’s true that every day you’re not following your […]

How Stuff Changes As We Age (Part 3 of 3)

14.12.2021

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Mindset, Nutrition

For our final part of this series, let’s take a look at how we should eat now we’re not 20.

I’ve left this one to last because really the upshot is that playing by the rules becomes more and more important as you get older, and given that I’ve previously written a lot about how to structure your diet, you’ll already know most of this.

The first thing is to remember that the way you eat really does make a difference to how you feel, how you sleep and to your overall health.

The days […]

A Delicious Pumpkin Recipe To Try

29.10.2021

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Nutrition, Recipes

Seeing as pumpkin season is upon us, I thought I’d share a delicious lunch recipe full of lovely fibre to help keep your gut happy. This recipe is a little adapted from a Riverford recipe – it’s delicious!

Pumpkin Steaks with Warm Humus and Chicken

Serves 2
Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 30 mins

Ingredients:
4 chicken thighs, bone out (I like the skin on)

For the pumpkin:
1 small pumpkin – the recipe recommends a crown prince which is the greeny white one. It’s a dense pumpkin but I imagine others would work too
Oil (coconut, olive, avocado…)
Paprika […]

Should You Eat Fruit If You’re Trying To Lose Weight?

20.10.2021

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Nutrition, Weight Loss

I’ve recorded this email as a video as well. You can find it on Facebook or Instagram.

Some of the most delicious things in the natural world belong to the fruit family. I’ve just received figs in my fruit and veg box, and next week I’m due for persimmons. Two of my favourites – I’m certainly not going to be missing out!

Fruit sometimes gets a bad rap when talking about weight loss.

Largely, I think this is unfair.

Even the most calorie dense fruits have less than 100 calories per 100g. Compared to most processed sweet […]

One Of The Biggest De-Railers For Your Diet

17.08.2021

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Nutrition, Weight Loss

I’ve recorded this email as a video as well. You can find it on Facebook or Instagram.

Feeling satisfied by what we’re eating is something we often don’t consider enough when thinking about a weight loss plan.

But, feeling hungry is one of the biggest reasons people quit on the changes they’d started to make to their diet.

Of course, there are lot of reasons for hunger from the obvious to the less obvious like hormones, poor sleep or stress. While we can influence many of the causes of hunger as part of a well-planned […]

Not Feeling Great Despite Doing Everything Right?

7.08.2021

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Fitness, Health, Nutrition

I’ve recorded this email as a video as well. You can find it on Facebook or Instagram.

Sometimes, it can feel like we’re doing everything right yet we don’t feel as good as we feel we should given the effort we’re making.

There’s a massive array of things which can cause this, but to get you started, here are some things to look at:

Diet
Regardless of what the theory says, and regardless of how well an approach worked for your friend, sometimes the diet you’re eating just doesn’t suit you. If you […]

The Power Of Suggestion

30.06.2021

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Mindset, Nutrition, Weight Loss

I’ve recorded this email as a video as well. You can find it on Facebook or Instagram.

How often have you found yourself going about your day minding your own business and then BAM. You walk past a delicious smelling bakery or you see or hear someone talk about something yummy they’ve just eaten – and now, that’s all you can think about until you’ve eaten it.

What is it with us humans! It’s like life is designed to make us go against our healthy eating aims!

But actually, it kind of is if you think […]

Nutrition May Be Complicated – But Eating Well Is Not.

5.05.2021

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Mindset, Nutrition, Weight Loss

The science of nutrition might be pretty complicated, but eating food is not.

Just eat real food.

Eat protein – at least 1g per kilo of your bodyweight every day.

Eat veggies – pretty much as many as you can cram in, of as many different types as you can manage.

Eat a portion of carbohydrates every day, especially if you’re active.

Allow most of your fat intake to come from whole food sources which also fit into another category.

Drink plenty of water.

Keep foods which don’t fall into any of the above categories (like processed food or alcohol […]

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