Carbs really do get a bad rap…and in some instances their just desserts. However it astounds me how most people in general really have no idea what these mysterious carb things really are.
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When it comes to eating clean you really must tread your own clean eating path and stick to it regardless of where you are! Over the last couple of weeks I’ve had to fly interstate - and it never fails to amaze me how difficult it is to eat clean - unless of course you’re prepared and BYO.
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I don't know about you but I always prefer to do my cardio...which normally consists of a powerwalk in the open outdoors. I can never understand why you would want to walk on a treadmill in a steamy room with other people when the whole outdoors is waiting for you.
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Try to think of the food you put into your body as nourishment as opposed to eating for taste alone. Clean nutritious food can and does taste delicious and is quick and easy to prepare.
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According to studies the number one choice for a New Year's resolution is to get fitter and lose weight. While this is a wonderful idea and a great place to start many people have already given up by the end of January! That means by now all those good intentions are down the drain. Why is this?
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Happy New Year everyone! 2013 is meant to be the year of change. So what is going to change for you? Anything is possible and this as a shiny brand new year for you to make it happen.
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I was training in the gym when I a youngish fellow gym goer started talking to me. “My knee is playing up again” he said. He was upset and in considerable pain as he explained “It happens when I gain weight...I’m just get too heavy for my knees to handle and my doctor says it’s because of the excess weight gain”.
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Last week I was being interviewed on the phone for a newspaper which was exciting. We were talking about how to make the most of the time you have to exercise. The journalist made her own suggestion on the subject “so you think people should go out and buy a dog so they can take it for a run?’ “No”, I said, “I think they should buy a set of dumbbells!” (not that I’ve got anything against dogs).
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How lucky I am to absolutely love what I do for a living. Being a personal trainer I get to train not only train with so many beautiful people who all have an interesting life story to tell but sometimes something extra exciting happens!
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I was speaking to one of my new personal training clients the other day who said quite convincingly how she can’t control her ‘food binges’ because of hormones. “I just crave chocolate and anything sweet” was how she described it. “For about two weeks leading up to my period I feel I really need it and can’t stop binging”.
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