Smart, Time Effective Tips to Make Eating like a Caveman (or woman) Easy!

Ok, so you know that eating like a caveman/cavewoman is going to accelerate your results right?  And you have the best intentions of sticking to it but inevitably a meeting comes up, or someone wants to change the gameplan or any other thing that comes as part of living in a modern world!  Then if one meal fails, it’s easy… Read More

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World Turning Upside Down? Here’s what to do to make you feel great (and not stack on the kilo’s)

You know that saying “when it rains, it pours”? Well I can tell you hands down that is something that I have experienced first hand recently!  My relationship of 11 years recently came to an end (which meant I was living somewhere different temporarily), then just over a week later my grandfather (who was my father figure as a child)… Read More

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Are ALL Vegetables Good for You???

I bet that like me, when you were growing up you were told time and time again “Eat your vegetables, they’re good for you!” or “You need to eat your vegetables to grow up big and strong.” So are all vegetables good for you?  And do some vegetables fare better than others in terms of helping you stay lean?

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What does a “Healthy Relationship” with Food Look Like?

Many of the people I speak with will tell me that they don’t have a healthy relationship with food.  It can be due to how they were raised as kids, what they learnt from the media or the type of environment that they were raised in.  But if you are serious about living a healthy life and want to… Read More

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Love Marinara Pizza/Pasta? Then Sink your Teeth into This Recipe (and ditch the guilt!)

I don’t know about you, but I LOVE marinara pizza (or pasta!) so for anyone that also shares my obsession with all things seafood, this clean recipe is very much your friend.  Not only does this recipe give you a “get out of jail” card by helping you avoid the other kind/s of marinara, but it’s big on taste, protein… Read More

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Tried and Tested Body Shape Friendly Snacks for the Office

I hear from a lot of people that while their breakfast, lunch and dinners are quite clean, they struggle to find body smart, tasty snacks that are office friendly.

I remember back to my corporate days, I would start to feel hungry around mid morning and lunch.  What this meant is that I would head down to the cafe… Read More

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Flourless, Sugar-Free Chocolate Cake that’s good for you?! (And doesn’t taste like a no-fun cake!)

And no, I promise I’m not toying with you either!  ;-P

I made a beautiful chocolate cake yesterday

Photo courtesy of www.thecakemistress.com (And yes it does look like that!)

that I know your taste buds are going to go gaga over.  Yes, I did alter the original recipe slightly to be cleaner, (I found the… Read More

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Why You Can’t Stick to Your Diet

With summer coming up, there are so many new diets being heralded in magazines, on TV shows, you almost feel like if you’re NOT trying these diets that you’re the odd one out right?!?  Plus I know that we’ve all been in the position of trying these crazy “crash” diets and I have to say that I get to that… Read More

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The Secret of Finding Time to Train

If you’ve been reading this blog for awhile, you know that one of the key points in transforming your body is to be consistent with training.  Trouble is, I hear so many people bemoaning how they simply don’t have the time to train.  And in all honesty, I have to say this “excuse” doesn’t fly with me.  No… Read More

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Is your Partner making You Fat?

Most of us in relationships will live with their partners, and so often I hear from my clients that while they want to lose weight by training and eating clean, they feel their partners eating choices can hold back their progress.  There are a few different scenario’s with this and with most, it’s a case of their partner being misunderstood… Read More

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