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New Recipe: Chocolate Muffins!
Gluten-free, grain-free and sugar-free yet so yummy you'd never know they were healthy! After a few requests from personal training clients and Bootcampers, I'm so excited to share with you this absolutely incredible recipe for chocolate muffins! They taste so...
Macro & Micronutrients: all You Need to Know for Fat-Loss
If you're looking for fat-loss but confused about these buzzwords, here's the bits you need to know... I’ve had a few questions lately from personal trainer clients and our attendees of Boot camp, about macro and micronutrients, so thought I’d clear up any confusion...
If you got a FitBit for Christmas, here’s the trick to it getting you even better results
The most important thing about using your FitBit (and what it doesn’t mention in the instructions!) We're all aware of the dangers of sitting for too long, which is unfortunately part and parcel of having a sedentary job. The recent rise in popularity of fitness...
The Healthiest Habit You Can Start This January (and keep up all year…)
Forget the 'New Year New You' movement, here's how the current 'you' can live happier and healthier starting now... Happy new year! I hope you had a peaceful and relaxing Christmas (I certainly did) and now we’re back to the realities of daily life, I wanted to share...
My Top Tips for a Relaxed and Peaceful Christmas: and how to keep your results!
Christmas doesn't have to be a stress-fest fuelled with stodge. If yours tends to be, read on... Now if your first thought at reading that title was “Huh! Yeah right, as if Christmas could ever be relaxing…” then perhaps it’s time to think about your perception and...
How our Bootcampers are Avoiding the Christmas Weight Gain: and you can too
Christmas doesn't have to mean adding inches to your waistline. Here's how you can have an awesome Christmas while maintaining your figure - just like our Boot camp stars... Have you noticed the supermarket’s Seasonal aisles become filled with Christmas stodge earlier...
New Recipe: The Best Banana Bread IN THE WORLD!
This is the BEST banana bread I have EVER tried: 100% gluten, dairy and nut free and contains no refined sugar. Read on to see why it doesn't need any... Many of my gorgeous personal training clients and Boot camp attendees are aware of a banana bread recipe I...
Fads come and go but the TRUTH lasts forever!
We've all fallen for fads at some point (after all, that's what they're designed for) so here's how to save yourself a ton of time, money and unnecessary stress! Every year (funnily enough, usually around this time of year…) a new diet or product will emerge, that...
How Katie Transformed Her Life!
Meet Katie, a fabulous lady I've had the pleasure of training! Here's how she transformed her lifestyle and lost over 5 inches in 8 weeks... Describe your previous lifestyle and how you felt... I was in a slump and did not exercise, ate lots of junk food (pizzas,...
My Recent WTF Moment
HINT: it involves why the majority of people keep yoyoing instead of achieving permanent results... People are funny. I’m genuinely fascinated by those that say one thing and then do something else. Here’s an example from last week. My husband and I went to an amazing...
My Winter Survival Kit: Tried & Tested Tips to Avoid Getting Sick!
Colds don't have to be part of winter; here's how you can have your healthiest winter yet! Unless you live without human contact, you may well already be encountering people with man flu or a cold from “someone at work/my kids.” Many of my personal trainer clients and...
Stress: the minimising magic that actually WORKS (Part Two)
If being stressed out is stressing you out, here's how you can stop it snowballing (this does work!) In part one, we established what we need to remember, forget and recognise (and thanks so much for all your positive feedback!) Now we will explore how restoring...