When many of us think about losing weight / fat we feel that we need to apply a super restrictive diet in order to achieve success. However for most this approach isn’t sustainable long term and is why almost all diets of this nature fail the individual. Relationship with food Over the years I have […]
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While this dish will appeal to the vegan and vegetarian clients, we highly recommend it to everyone as a meat-free Monday option. Polenta is under-rated as a carbohydrate, perhaps people just do not know how to prepare it. It takes 5-6 minutes to cook and can be enjoyed as is, but we compacted it and
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The calves consist of many muscles with the two major muscles being the gastrocnemius and the soleus, which mainly consist of lots of slow twice muscle fibers that respond best to high training volume and frequency, which essentially means lots of reps quite regularly 1-2 days apart, so have a go at any of the
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With BBQ season upon us, it’s likely you may be looking for great, healthy ideas for side dishes. This fresh, crunchy salad has a lovely, subtle liquorice flavour thanks to the fennel, and this pairs well with the sweetness of apples. We have topped it off with shavings of Parmesan, adding the perfect salty bite.
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Smoothies are the bomb! They contain more fibre than a juice, and the addition of fat-free yogurt makes it a satisfying post-workout snack. The banana is a wonderful fruit to use in smoothies as the flavour is strong enough to hide a bitter vegetable like kale. Ingredients generous handfuls kale (50g) 1 small banana, peeled
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For those of you who know me and for those of you who don’t, you may not be aware that almost 3 years ago I decided to stop doing fitness shoots completely. This was a decision that I had to make in order to improve my mental health and bring myself back to the person
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These great little protein energy bites are perfect post-workout snacks on-the-go. Spend 15 minutes once a week making a batch, and you can keep them stored in the fridge. Alternatively, make 5 times the recipe below in a large blender once a month and freeze them. They would have defrosted by the time your workout
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Summer is here! This means longer days, sunshine and BBQs! This is no reason to steer from your healthy way of eating, all you need is some planning ahead. These colourful chicken and vegetable skewers are perfect to take along to a BBQ, and pair well with the fresh mint yogurt. Enjoy with a side
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Firstly I need to state that before I explain why artificial sweeteners may not be the better choice, I need to apologise. I (as many of us did) at some point believed the hyped BS behind artificial sweeteners due to false marketing and was blinded by the calorie free alternative which sugar coated it’s real
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Smoothies are the bomb! They contain more fibre than a juice, and the addition of fat-free yogurt makes it a satisfying post-work out snack. The banana is a wonderful fruit to use in smoothies as the flavour is strong enough to hide a bitter vegetable like kale, but thankfully is no match to the delicious,
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