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What is the best fat burning exercise?
I’m often asked by people looking to lose weight… ‘What is the best fat burning exercise?’ ‘What exercise is best for burning body fat?’ ‘What exercise will help me lose my belly fat?’ Generally, I find that people who ask this have a basic idea that in some way they need to move more to
This common error is responsible for many weight loss diets failing dismally
Setting a weight loss goal can be counter productive It’s quite common for people to have a weight loss goal in mind when they are looking to lose body fat and this normally manifests in a random figure that they pick out of the air. I do not mean any disrespect to anyone that has
Open Mouth Insert Fist
Why keeping your meal sizes very small may actually work against your weight loss goals How big are your hands? An unusual question perhaps, but not when you consider that some nutrition coaches advise that you only eat meals the size of your fists to help with controlling body fat. For me this is a
Why it’s not ok to tell people “it’s only one day” at Christmas
It seems that disordered eating is more common than anyone realises. I’ve worked with many people with disordered eating issues. For many this time of year is one of the most challenging, as wherever they go they have friends and relatives trying to ram food in them. Especially if you have trigger foods which set
Why I hate the diet industry
This article about weight loss has a video linked to it you can view it here (its a facebook video) Tom’s very funny video on calories I really hate the Diet Industry sometimes. On the one hand you have Mr Keto VeganPaleo. Who SWEARS his lean body is down to his kale and avocado smoothie,
How Free Foods are leading to Food Anarchy – The Muller Light Scandal
Muller Light has been a bad little boy. There it was sitting nicely at the front of the class, low calorie apple for the Slimming World teacher a proper teachers slimming pet Loved by the frequenters of the World of Slimming because of it’s zero guilt, zero syn status. It was in effect the get
Why am I not losing fat on my diet?
Why is my diet not working? The age old question. You’ve tried all the things that people have told you to kick start your fat loss. But things just aren’t happening and you’re getting close to cutting an arm off just to see the scales move down The simple answer here is that you are
What is the best diet plan for Muscle Gain and Fat Loss?
Here’s some myths that need to be busted right from the start 1. You can’t gain muscle on a diet (or in a calorie deficit) You absolutely can, Fat loss doesn’t mean you can’t build muscle. This has been shown in recent studies by Prof Stu Phillips in trained individuals. So anyone saying it can’t
How long should I diet for a bodybuilding show and when should I take diet breaks?
Contest Dieting As a former competitive bodybuilder I have a little bit of experience of contest dieting. You can start losing body fat from day one if you are in a calorie deficit which I suppose is not breaking news but the main concern as a bodybuilder is always going to be How much muscle