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Most of us are familiar with the BMI, or body mass index, which compares your weight and height and suggests where you sit between underweight and obese.

As a guide, it has some use. It might confirm what you already know.

However, the scale was designed for sedentary people and – in my opinion – has become overused as a primary method of diagnosing overweight or underweight with no regard for whether the weight is from fat or muscle.

When you’re going about fat loss in a healthy way, gaining muscle promotes a faster metabolism and reduced body fat. It’s […]

I thought we’d pick back up on the semaglutide topic, as there’s been a bit of negative press about it being linked with osteopenia.

Obviously, I’m not here to suggest that everyone should be taking a GLP-1 inhibitor, but I also don’t think it’s a bad thing for the right person, with the right support.

ANY diet which involves an extended period of a very low calorie intake, particularly if the protein intake is also low, will lead to nutrient deficiencies.

When you add a lack of strength exercise to the mix, your body […]

When you lose weight, it’s possible to lose the wrong kind of weight.

If we send the appropriate signals to our body, we can instruct our body to pare down our muscle mass in order to result in weight loss.

It might look great on the scales, but the chances of maintaining this kind of weight loss for the long term are pretty slim.

It’s also possible to send appropriate signals to our body to promote weight from body fat, while maintaining our muscle mass. This approach is superior for many, many reasons!

But, how do you know […]

Happy New Year!

Have you read my latest post on the Facebook group? It’s about approaching your health and fitness goals in an approachable way – come along and take a look.

As you move towards your fitness goals this year, you’re going to want to assess how you’re doing – and I have some ideas which I think will be better than relying on just the scales and the mirror.

For today, let’s look at why the scales and mirror aren’t the best ways to gauge your progress, and next week I will explain the better […]

With all the talk about the GLP-1 inhibitors, I thought it might be handy to look at the easier to access, older school weight loss supplements.

Some of these supplements make some really bold claims!

But regardless of the marketing, the simple basic truth is that we will only lose weight if we use more energy than we eat. Our body then makes up the difference between energy need and energy consumption with stored energy – which we hope is fat.

And if we’re eating too much energy, it has to go somewhere – perhaps into heating your body, producing […]