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30th June 2011

Following on from yesterday and all of those people who had put on an enormous amount of weight through drinking fizzy drinks, and diet drinks of all kinds, the main issue is that most people never seem to totally address their sugar addiction.

If something tastes too sweet, then its probably bad for you, this is a general rule I have always used. If everything sweet  becomes the norm for you, than expect a massive surge in your waistline, your hips, your blood sugar levels and extreme tiredness in your life.

I have always told people that it can take up to 12 weeks to change your taste buds, so that you get used to more natural foods.

I have heard all sorts of excuses for people not to get into eating natural but they have worn very thin now, especially when they complain they are not getting the results they had hoped for!!! Its time to sort your attitude out if you still cling on to the belief that you can still eat sweet processed food and expect to be in good shape.

The point they were trying to make in the study reported in the paper yesterday was that because the taste of the fizzy drink was still sweet, it would still make you feel like eating sweet and usually processed foods, which would usually pile the weight on. The taste for sugary foods is still going to hang around if you don’t make the change now to better, more natural foods for your body, this is the simple choice you have!!!!

There can be a lot of not so good virtues of “diet” food. When a food is usually created into a diet version, the good natural bits are usually stripped away and thrown away. Therefore the food becomes a different food just lower in calories, but with a fraction of the nutrients, and not so good for you.

Its time to take the plunge and sample the delights of foods in their natural form!

Twitt
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29th June 2011

You had two different sorts of stories in the newspapers today, both of them say a lot about the difference good quality food makes.

First of all, you had the story about fizzy drinks and diet fizzy drinks, how they still make us fat and we should really avoid them at all costs. Do we really need all of those chemicals in our bodies? The report and common sense says we really don’t and if you google the article “diet drinks make us fat”, then you can see the common sense of avoiding these drinks most of the time, or all of the time if you don’t want that rubbish in your body.

Then there is David Haye, the world boxing champion who is looking to unify the title on saturday against the huge russian gentleman in germany on saturday night.

Whethere you love him of loathe him, you will appreciate how healthy he looks, how good a shape he is in, and how much of a healthy glow he has in general.

He also performs superbly well, doesn’t get carried away with putting too much weight on, and relies on speed and power for his craft.

It then went on to list his diet which was 100% organic, he did a lot of juicing of fruit and vegetables, ususally first thing in the morning and last thing at night.

He was a big eater of fresh fish, lots of vegetables again, plenty of water and was all about putting organic snacks in of nuts and fruit, and in general, as healthy as could be.

This man leaves nothing to chance so the very best of luck to him on saturday.

The second story about haye contrasts wildly with those who drink a lot of fizzy drinks, and even those who go on faddy diets. Guess which one is healthier?!!!!

Haye proves its quality that matters, and all of those extra chemicals in fast food, ready meals etc will eventually have an adverse effect on your body.

Twitt
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Thursday 23rd June

There is a “miraculous” story in the paper today from the world famous Havard university saying that………………………………………………………..are you ready for this?

Its not the calories that are so important, it’s the QUALITY OF FOOD that’s vital in terms of weight loss. Believe it or not, they said that lean proteins, fruit and vegetables, good carbs and portion control were the overwhelming and long term weight loss!!!!! Nuts in moderation were considered great for you because of their essential fats, wholegrains were considered vital and one amazing fact was……………………another drum roll, alcohol they said was a massive factor in putting weight on!!!!!!

Okay, the sarcasm stops now but hopefully you get the point.

We bang on here every day going on about the same thing all the time, but it just so happens that this “same old thing” happens to be true, and needs to be hammered home until people get it, and don’t waste all their money on faddy diets, and faddy exercise equipment!!!

Im not pretending to be a know all in anything, but I do tend to know what works and what doesn’t, I tend to know when someone or some organisation is trying to scam you out of your hard earned money!!!

So the Harvard university study comes up with all of this after a big budget thrown at it and it makes front page news, and nobody, and I mean nobody could be happier than me!!!

This is the time to embrace it all again, the time to realise it’s the quality that counts and not tediously counting everything. Of course if you DO EAT too many calories, you WILL put weight on even if you are eating quality food.

This is how rugby players get a lot bigger of course and develop a lot of muscle for example.

The reality is though if you eat sensible portions the size of your fist, you will look and feel fantastic over time, this is finally a fact and check put the front pages to prove it!!!!!!!!!!

Twitt
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Monday, June 20th

If you’re looking for your big start to the week, then you need a fundamentally good start to the week and it all begins with some solid eating plans!
 
 
Nothing wrong with up to 3 cups of tea or coffee a day, but you do need plenty of water on top of that, 8-10 glasses a day or around 1.5 litres if you are consuming by the bottle.
 
 
Breakfast is always going to work best when its a natural choice, weetabix are always fine, and porridge can be a great selection giving you a nice long steady supply of energy to start the day off. Dried fruit can be a great sweetener.
 
 
If you are having some fruit juice in the morning or at any other time, its always an excellent idea to dillute it as you wont be consuming as much sugar as a whole glass of juice, therefore saving on needless calories too.
 
 
Fruit is usually a matter of personal taste, some people like certain fruits and tend to stick on the same ones. Its always good to mix them up a bit so you get different nutrients, but the bottom line is that fruit of any kind should come in on a daily basis.
 
 
Vegetables are a must have in anyone’s day, a lot of people ignore these at their peril, because they provide a lot of what your body needs when it comes to supporting good health.  Again try to keep it varied and your body will feel all the better for it.
 
 
Your protein selections should be the lean choices, such as white meats and fish, and if you keep to this, you will feel full and your calories consumed will be relatively low, red meat is fine but only once a week.
 
 
One of the biggest mistakes people make with carbs is portion sizes, and if they are bigger than the size of your fist, then everything you eat will be putting on body fat rather than giving you energy.
 
 
Portion size for some people is one of the most difficult thing to change, but once you do get used to the smaller amounts, then your appetite gets smaller, and your ability to eat big meals goes down, which means a smaller and flatter stomach of course.
 
Put in a great workout today and add of all this great food, and you’re off to a flier early on in the week!!!
Twitt
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Thursday 16th June 2011

Progress and improvements don’t need to stop if you are injured as we have proved this week. Jean has clearly been able to improve herself this week with some attention to eating and not succumbing to the treats that most people have when they are not training.

The incentive to train hard and eat well is there when you are doing both hand in hand. As soon as you stop training, we somehow automatically become drawn to higher sugar content foods as well as foods high in saturated fats. This is an obvious recipe for disaster of course.

Then once we get back to training again, discipline usually kicks in and our food intake all of a sudden becomes sensible again. It seems madness to do this each time because its another version of yo-yo dieting, in other words your weight going up and down all the time, and every time you go through this process, your body becomes more resistant each time, so your body will find it harder and harder to get into shape, exactly what you DO NOT want!!!

This is why its always ideal to keep your weight, body fat and waist measurement within a tight range. It maybe within 7 pounds for your weight, within 2-3 inches for your waist and within 4% for your body fat.  Keeping within these ranges will mean you are successful short and long term.

This ensures higher standards are kept up even if it may be bit of pain to keep on measuring yourself.

This is why you should always look to your training on weekly basis, and not accept having terrible weeks here and there, unless you are ill of course, when its always a bad idea to try and train through it, unless it’s a minor cold.

Constant re-evaluation may seem over fussy but in reality it’s the best self-assessment tool you have, and will make sure you are ALWAYS in shape, never go on slippery slopes and you maintain the high standards you have set yourself!!!

Twitt