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Friday 1st July

Nadal faces an in form Andy Murray today, and the big question is “will he do it this time”?

That question is seemingly asked every single year and this year is no different of course.

Great of the game such as Borg and McEnroe insist Murray can finally do it this time, no question. Nadal has a suspected foot injury and Murray has a niggle with his hip, and his ankle but i don’t think either are making any excuses!

Most say that if Murray wins this one, then he will go on to win a few grand slam titles. The confidence of winning a big one will transform him and his confidence levels.

Thats the big thing of course, confidence and knowing deep down you can do it!

That’s the big thing for you too, and many of you keep telling me the same thing all the time. You managed to do it once, or even twice and you can’t work out why you can’t get into great shape anymore.

The problem comes when you aren’t willing to be honest with yourself anymore.

Are you really eating now the way you were when you were in top shape? Are you really that disciplined anymore and are you willing to make the sacrifices on food and alcohol you once were? Come on be honest with this question!!!!

What about your exercise levels? Do you find it easier now to cancel workouts at a drop of a hat? Have you stopped putting challenges into your workouts? Are you more of a “go through the motions” type of person now? Are you striving to be the best you can be, or are you someone who claims that walking the dog is “more than enough exercise?!!!!!

Serious questions have to be asked if you are not getting closer to your goals anymore, it doesn’t matter if it takes a long time, as long as you are moving in the right direction, then you and i should be happy with that.

Murray in fairness has worked hard to get closer to his goals of winning a grand slam title, and is almost there. The question is can he go one step further and the other big question is are you moving closer to your dream of being in great shape and having outstanding health, which should always go together of course!!!!

Twitt
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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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Friday 24th june

Let me tell you something about the lifestyle i am selling!!!!

If you eat as naturally as possible and in sensible amounts, you WILL get in shape!!!

If you exercise regularly with strength and work your lungs regularly, you WILL get in shape!!!!

If you hit the sack early, you WILL feel more energetic and your body will recover nicely for the following day.

If you drink enough water throughout the day, you will up to a third more energy, burn more body fat and your body will function as a whole much better.

If you drink alcohol very much in moderation, a maximum of once a week, you will be able to stay in shape.

Smoking is the worst thing you can do FULL STOP, end of conversation on that in one sentence!!!

If you do all of these things, you will have a very powerful formula to feel and look amazing!!!

Whats your alternative?

Im sure most of you have tried them.

Go to a slimming club, and most of you WILL lose weight. Then according to research done by various national companies, you WILL PUT ALL THE WEIGHT BACK ON, and 5% on top on average. These are official statistics not mine!

Have you tried the all shakes and all bars diet, you know the one, i wont print their name for legal reasons.

You know the one, which makes you lose all the weight in a not very sensible way, and then PILES it back on once you eat normal food again, makes you feel light headed at time and charges you 75 pounds a week for the privillage!!! You should know the one by now!!

Have you tried any of the thousands of diet books, then a big thank you comes from the authors, although 99% of them never worked, they thank you personally for your monetary contribution to their pension funds, how generous of you!!!

So back to the point and as jean pointed out in yesterdays comment, doing it the natural sensible way is the best and only way to go!!!!

So all those people losing weight on a short term fix and through a faddy company, wish them good luck but just observes a few weeks or months down the line, statistics and research shows a highly negative outcome unfortunately.

Lets stay positive, eat natural, train smart and with real intensity, and discover the amazing heights you’re capable of not only know but for the rest of your life!!!

Twitt
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Wednesday June 15th 2011

The best way to get in shape for now, and for life is to stop everyone scamming you out of your hard earned money and do the things you KNOW that will work.

I really think that some of latest diet books really think we are stupid, that we have too much money and we want to give it to them, or they may actually believe that some of their stuff actually works in a short term faddy type of way despite the longer term consequences?

Someone asked me about the dukan diet again this morning, you know the one which advocates mostly protein in your diet. The great news is that this diet DOES work to lose weight, just like the atkins diet works and its a simple principle they use. One gram of protein has around 4 calories just like one gram of carbs has. One gram of fat on the other hand has 9 calories.

So you can see if you eat mostly protein and not in huge quantities, you will be ingesting less calories every day and therefore be successful at losing weight. Also, protein in no bad thing and will make you feel full for around 4 hours at a time, which is a good thing.

The negatives only start some way into the diet.

 What happens when your energy levels eventually go down? Your training suffers due to your lack of energy and therefore endurance? What happens when you have problems going to the toilet (it had to be said) due to you eliminating certain food groups? Are you really never going to eat carbs ever again? And what happens if you do? Are you going to have some almighty splurge on bread and potatoes or chocolate and chips? Going mad on carbs because you haven’t eaten them for so long? Nobody i know has successfully eliminated carbs long term without any side effects!

So if you want to be healthier in losing weight, trying eating healthy proteins such as fish, chicken etc with plenty of vegetables, for lunch and evening meal, eat fruit in moderation as well as a small handful of nuts, drink more water for added fat loss and keep your carbs under control, its all about portion sizes the size of your fist, that includes rice, pasta, and potatoes, and wholemeal and wholegrain versions too.

Everything in moderation and a wide variety of foods, this is the best and most SUSTAINABLE way to lose body fat AND firm up!!!

Twitt