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Something I often hear:

“I don’t actually know what a healthy diet looks like anymore”

There is SO much information available.

A lot of it is conflicting.

Is it any wonder you’re confused!

Here’s how I help clients filter through the noise and find an approach which works for them long term:

First, we talk about your situation – your history with diet and exercise, what you hope to achieve, your lifestyle, your preferences and what you can realistically commit to.

We’ll use that information to build a plan which is personal to you.

We won’t […]

Our brains love overthinking things.

And food timing around exercise is an area a lot of us overthink.

We can be sold into the mindset that having eaten, or having not eaten, is a reason that the exercise we were planning is not going to be as effective.

But I’m here to tell you to just simply get on with what you’d planned regardless of how you timed your last meal because it’s really not going to make a massive difference either way.

Unless you’re about to do some kind of activity which requires a good […]

It sounds obvious.

But, if you want to make progress, you’ve got to do the things you’re not already doing.

Of course, eating vegetables is good for you, but if you already eat plenty of veggies, the route to your goal doesn’t involve focussing on your veggie intake.

Likewise, if you’re already walking lots, the route to your goal doesn’t involve getting even more general activity.

Instead, we have to look at the things you’re not doing for whatever reason.

We don’t have to be perfect when we’re aiming to lose weight […]

Hang on. Goals are good… They give us something to work towards – don’t they?

Well, yes.

But as with so many other things, the middle of the road is the place to be. You see, if you are wholly focussed on a goal, you are likely missing out on the other benefits of living a healthy lifestyle.

If you are only eating well and exercising for the sake of your one goal, you’re not making the same connections to the bigger picture.

Being completely and exclusively focussed on a single goal can lead to an on/off cycle […]

I came across a study headline the other day which confirmed what we’ve known for about 20 years.

It said that people (in this study it was people who were overweight or obese) who eat cereal for breakfast are hungry again sooner and eat a bigger lunch than those who eat eggs for breakfast.

Of course it’s interesting to have this confirmed by proper research, but this has been demonstrated in real life many, many times over – and I think we are asking the wrong questions.

I’m willing to bet that you already know you should eat […]

We blame our genetics on a lot of things – perhaps justifiably so – but, for mainstream weight loss and fitness at least, genetics are not as powerful as we’d like to believe.

There’s a quote I always remember “the genes load the gun, but the environment pulls the trigger”.

While you MAY have genes which make it difficult for you to lose weight, get strong or gain muscle etc, you’re not doomed to failure because you can still control your environment.

The more likely issue is that you haven’t been given the right information, or support, and […]