Tuesday 6th September

After one of the most depressing mornings in weather terms, there is every reason for you to think that it is november today, instead of early september!!! Days like these only add to the list of excuses that some people use not to exercise, its a very long list for some so why not another excuse to throw in the mix to stop you getting into shape!!!

The MOMENT you stop making these excuses is the moment your body starts to get excited and begin its journey to getting in shape whether its for the first time or all over again, i don’t care what it is, the weather is NO excuse not to exercise unless it is 50 feet of snow, even then its a great opportunity to do one of your all time best efforts inside!!!!

Taking the easy way out is exactly that-the “easy way” and life is full of people who choose this empty way of going about their business. You know deep  down that you are cheating yourself and living your life by other people’s standards and not your own.

Live you life by what other people say and listening to their negativty will eventually dictate the shape you are in. This is bad news.

I have a habit now of thriving off people who are negative and using that negative energy to prove people wrong and do even better in what i do.

I will dig even deeper in my efforts if people say i cant do things, i will increase my resources in terms of inner strength ifthe odds seems stacked against me, and what you believe in,  often seems to end up happening!!! I highly encourage others i train and anyone else to do the same, stay positive even in times of adversity and go out there and prove all the negative people wrong, so you end up laughing to yourself on how well you can get through any challenge, and that any set of circumstances is never too much of a moutain to climb!!!!!

March 22nd

Are you still believing the “low fat” myth on all your shopping trips to the supermarket?

Lets get some facts straight, not all low fat foods are good for you, are low in calories or not going to put body fat on you.

There are plenty of good low fat options such as lean mince when you are about to make spaghetti Bolognese, that can work very well for you. There is low fat milk which takes out the saturated fat in the milk, there is even lower fat versions of chicken for example, so these straight forward examples can work very well for you.

Lets get to the other “low fat” options though!

What about low fat yoghurts? Often these yoghurts are full of sugar and chemicals to give you the sweetened version, which internally is not very good for you. You would be far better off having natural yoghurt with some proper fruit cut up, along with some nuts, a far better choice and far better for your insides.

One of the biggest guilty parties on the low fat claim is cereal boxes. Frosties as we all knoow are coated with lashings of sugar, and not at the top of anyone’s list of healthy cereals, but are marketed as “low fat” so people buy them and think they are somehow going to get into shape by eating them, nothing could be further from the truth.

When you read a label of different foods, you can usually spot the way they get around it. If you look at the carbohydrate part, look underneath and it says “of which sugars” which is the really dangerous part. If a substantial part are of which sugars in terms of carbohydrate, then the food is usually loaded with sugar and WILL NOT help you lose the body fat you want, will only help put it on!!

There are also plenty of times when fat is good of course, such as in fish like salmon, mackerel and trout, this fat is not saturated fat which is the totally unhealthy version. These are good fats your body needs to function really well and are classed as essential.

Also, the fats found in nuts are highly valuable and should be used for snacks, cashews, brazils, hazelnuts and almonds are all great examples of fats that are extremely good for you. They will be flagged up as high fat but as long as you keep these in moderation, such as a small handful per serving, you will be doing your body a lot of good!