Welcome to the Nutrition section of Keri’s blog and thank you for browsing. Good nutrition and exercise go hand in hand.
Diet plays a huge part in any fitness programme and so every week I will give you some recipes, tips and ideas on how to eat healthily to fuel your active lifestyle.
As you will notice, the recipes I give you may not seem like the sort of things you should be eating on a diet. However as far as I’m concerned this is not a diet but a healthy way of life. In order for you to achieve good fitness and a healthy diet you have to find the food you eat enjoyable and look forward to preparing and eating it. Plain food such as a breast of chicken is nice sometimes but you wouldn’t want to eat it every day and soon enough you would return to your old ways of eating out of sheer boredom!
Another problem I have with diets is that they are always concentrated on counting calories. Not only does this lead to an obsession with the weighing scales but also there is a tendency to limit or avoid certain food groups, such as carbs, which is detrimental if you are following a fitness programme and training hard. Carbs, protein and fats are vital for optimum muscle repair and growth and should never be eliminated.
I believe that you can eat everything in moderation even butter and sugar! However there is a rule. 80% of your food should be whole foods and cooked from scratch. In our household the other 20% equates to a treat on a Friday night such as a scoop of ice cream or a couple of drinks. On a Saturday night possibly a take away or a meal in a restaurant. The rest of the week we eat to train. This ensures a constant supply of the right type of nutrients, vitamins and minerals required for the demands of training. I will show you how to cook simple and quick meals and snacks that the whole family can enjoy.
I want you to start thinking of food not in terms of calories but it’s nutrients and health giving properties. How it’s going to fuel your training, giving you increased energy and vitality. Thinking this way about food will also decrease considerably your risks of getting food related diseases such as diabetes and cancer. Above all I want you to enjoy the food you cook because without pleasure you will not succeed.
If there are any recipes you would like or tips on losing weight please contact me on here or at Ted’s Gym.
Nicola.
