Welcome To Southampton Personal Trainer Gen's Personal Blog: best recipes and training for fat loss
My Favourite Summer Salad
Four ingredients and ready in two minutes, here's why I LOVE this salad Howdy beauties! The taste of summer Southampton and the rest of the UK was recently blessed with meant I've been eating this bad boy almost every day 🙂 And as my personal training clients and...
The Steps You Can Take (before it’s too late)
Don't wait for a health scare to kick-start your taking care of yourself, there's plenty you can do to avoid being a statistic... I recently read a research study that found only one in every 210 obese men and one in 124 obese women ever return to a normal weight...
Vitamin D: all you need to know
Following Southampton's sneak preview of summer, here's all you need to know about Vitamin D (for when it returns!) Last week's impromptu mini-heatwave led to a fair few discussions with my personal training clients about vitamin D, why we need it and how we can be...
Water & Fat Loss: 3 things you need to know
Why keeping hydrated is the most important habit my personal trainer clients start... I’ve previously written about water’s crucial role in the body’s ability to burn fat efficiently, and as we’re (almost) approaching Spring, now is as good a time as any to start...
New Recipe: Ultimate Lunch Wraps!
If you're stuck for lunch ideas, you'll love this amazing, filling and yummy sandwich alternative! If (like many of my personal trainer clients and boot camp attendees) finding decent things for lunch is a struggle for you, then this recipe will hopefully turn things...
Simple food swaps for BIG results!
If you're struggling to get started, you might find the following list useful for your next food shop... One of the biggest challenges so many of us face when trying to create a healthier lifestyle and lose unwanted flab, is the idea (or horror) of having to give...
Vegan Lasagna with Cashew Cheese version2:0
A dairy-free 100% vegan, gluten-free paleo recipe that tastes absolutely phenomenal and takes half the time of regular lasagna! Howdy beauties! Colder weather (and in Southampton's case SNOW!) causes us to want heartier and more comforting foods. Southampton...
How to Keep Healthy When Staying With Friends
Going away for the weekend? Here's how you can avoid sabotaging your healthy efforts with these easy to implement strategies (that won't isolate you from your friends!) Going to stay with friends is one of life’s joys. Unfortunately, many whom are looking to make...
Fat Loss & Responsibility: the bits that are down to YOU
If you believe a personal trainer is what you need to get fat-loss results, read this first - and then decide! Hi beauties, I hope you're all keeping well and happy - and thank you all so much for all your wishes of wellness for my lovely husband's recovery! He's...
How Zoe Transformed Her Life in 6 Weeks
Boot camp star Zoe was diagnosed with Fybromyalgia and suffering with depression so decided to try personal training as her last shot at getting her life back... When the lovely Zoe first contacted me, she was at the end of her tether. After being told by several...
A Thank You to the Southampton General Staff
Just to acknowledge the hard work and kindness of the staff of Southampton General Hi everyone This post is a little different, by which I just wanted to express how grateful I am to everyone at The Southampton General Hospital and Royal South Hants minor injuries...
Creamy Cauliflower Soup (Dairy-free)
This vegan, super-fast immune-system boosting recipe does not actually require any cream: here's how! Howdy beauties! Apparently we're set for the coldest February on record (the whole of the UK that is, not just Southampton) so I thought it only my duty to share with...