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Wednesday, 20th July

Being a good cook doesn’t mean using the traditional things that most chefs use in their cooking.

Lashings of butter, sugar and cream are not going to suit your efforts to get into great shape.

The only individuals who can keep their weight constant with such cooking methods are those who eat incredibly small portions.

One lady I train used to work amongst the rich and famous up in London, and was amazed at how small the portions were for some people she cooked for. The food would typically full of cream and butter, but the servings would be painfully small.         This did result in weight control though for the individual concerned.

The problem was that not only that most people can’t eat in these tiny portions, but the food quality is going to be high in saturated fat, and this means of course that its not going to be that good for you anyway!

We like to concentrate on what’s good for you on here so again, the cream, butter and sugar added to various dishes shouldn’t be an option for you in your cooking.

This is why most people say vegetables and plain fish and chicken are horrible, they HAVE to have it cooked in a rich way!!

This shows that their taste buds are not given much of a chance. Eating plainer food can take some time to get used to but will definitely be worth it in the end!!!

The benefits will include actually TASTING your food in its natural state for the first time! Trust me, you will not go back to your old ways of eating once you start feeling hugely better from your new more natural way of eating.

Also, then there is the obvious point of you drastically reducing your calories which will lead to fat loss, more energy and you finally getting your life back in order.

Being in control feels good, and it all starts with your food and the way you cook it!!

Twitt
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Monday 18th July

Good news on a Monday always settles you on a steady course for the rest of this week. Start with effort and you get a whole lot of confidence straight away and your results are likely to be very good indeed.

What helps me sometimes is going through the lists of food I give out to new clients, so they are always worth a visit in the diet section. The lists on breakfast ideas, lunch and evening choices and snack ideas reinforce my thinking on what I should be shopping for on a weekly basis.

I know if I REALLY want to be performing and feeling my best, then these foods HAVE to be a big part of my week.

I talked about the stress of moving home last week, but these foods have helped me an awful lot when it comes to re-energising me and getting me fired up to get through my working week.

“You are what you eat” has never been more true.

If you want to look like something really soft and spongy, then please go ahead and eat the ready meals, the cakes and biscuits, the chips, the greasy options in most café’s, these are the foods that will make you feel like you have NO energy and no enthusiasm for life!

If you are reading this, then it shouldn’t be a wild guess that you are looking for excellent results when it comes to looking amazing and feeling fantastic.

This is why I am banging on about diet today, because you can train ALL YOU WANT, but you can NEVER make up for a poor diet and deep down you know there are no short cuts to long term success with your health and fitness.

If you do click on the diet section on the right hand side today, you will refresh your mind and sometimes open your mind again to the extreme good value of changing your diet for the better.

Monday is a day to rebalance your body and put it on sustainable and energetic path for the week. It all starts with good nutrition, no excuses and lets get it right starting today!

Twitt
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Tuesday 12th July

 I notice some of the little changes you have made lately have become big physical changes for you, or definitely turned into big physical transformations for some of you.

Take one of the easiest, most tiny changes you can make and the results are usually staggering.

If you stop taking butter and margarine on your toast, then you will be saving yourself at least 100 calories per sandwich, and more likely up to 200 calories for some people who slap it on their bread. I have found this tactic enormously successful for everyone who has stuck with it!

Then there is another obvious one. Mayonnaise! This is a serious weight gainer and if you can’t eat your fish or even meat without it, then you must change right now because every time you take some on your food, you are filling your arteries up with saturated fat in a very serious form, this only has a bad ending I can assure you!

No need to try the low fat versions of these either, you really need to get rid of the taste of these products and they are prime examples of how people continually never get “weaned” off high fat and high sugar foods, because you’re not really getting rid of them.

You may get a lot less calories in the “low fat” varieties, but you’re not getting rid of your taste for all of these products, and you’re not stopping the endless chemicals in these products coming into your body.

If you want your body to become a chemical experiment, then carry on but my guess is most of you care what happens inside your  body and you don’t want to take chances with your health.

Eat fresh when possible, eat natural at every opportunity, eat in moderation  and you give your body a great chance of having outstanding health!

Twitt
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Monday 11th July

Having just completed my house move, its a good time to be thankful that we again have the spare time to do some good workouts again.

I am also thankful that i have the time to eat some good fresh natural food again, and i can tell the difference between eating not so good and now very nutritious food today. I have more energy, more get up and go and i am recovering well.

This is the power of food when used in the right way, and when you use it as an excellent fuel source. That statement doesn’t mean that healthy food isn’t tasty, because it REALLY CAN BE!!! In fact, if you google search any healthy food cook book on the internet, they are usually packed with lots of ideas to do really good and exciting things with fresh and natural produce.

If you don’t believe that last statement, then you are relying far too much on sugary and fatty food, or you are scared of eating regular meals and snacks, if this is the case, i have to sincerely tell you that you must try and get past it.

Food IS NOT the enemy and it has never has been, good food that is!

The rubbish that most supermarkets sell really IS the enemy if this is most of your daily consumption!!

Yes, you can eat well when you go out for lunch or in the evening, you just need to eat better and more plain if possible. You don’t need all that food soaking in all the fatty sauces, or with lashings of cream and butter, or loaded with so much salt, you could probably drink ten pints of water afterwards!!!

Its monday and im energised again because my habits are good again ,fresh and natural food is stocked high in the fridge and my workouts today are already full of energy and enthusiasm!!!

Lets make it a great monday as usual and set the tone for the new week!!!

Twitt
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Monday 4th july-Independence day!

Good vibrations for your health always begin at the start of your week and your future ambitions depend on it.

A few pints on a Saturday and Sunday without any exercise can lead to a bleary eyed start to the week. We all like to talk about Monday being AN ABSOLUTE MUST for your best possible start to the week.

It may hurt a bit more than normal on a Monday, depending on the how excessive the weekend you have had, but that short term pain will be more than worth it, because it sends massive signs to your body that you want it to fix itself after the weekend, and you want your metabolism to be in top shape and firing on all cylinders.

You will never become a fat burning machine unless you practice the principles we talk about on here all the time.

Working out hard takes a lot of concentration too, so you need to get on with it and think about what you’re doing, and trying to improve nearly every week can be tough, but it is achievable of course.

 By all means talk and mess around in your workouts, it’s a free country after all but this is a sure way to very poor results, in fact some gyms encourage that type of behaviour, as all they concentrate on is your direct debit, and then forget about you. These places make me sick of course but at least be honest with yourself and rate yourself on how hard you are actually training, remember just “showing up”, “going through the motions” and just having a “gym membership” is not going to get you very far.

Our body judges us by actual deeds. Your workouts will get you a good return on your investment if you’re prepared to work. Your intake of fresh natural foods will get you’re another good return if you are consistent.

Monday is a time to be honest with your body and get fired up for another big week!

Twitt