This evening I spent time emptying the less than great food leftover from Christmas from my cupboards. Whilst I hate wasting food, if it's in the house it will get eaten, maybe not by me, but someone I love.
It was good to throw caution to the wind for a couple of days and eat food I normally wouldn't touch, but after eating way too much food containing wheat, I'd had enough of the stomach bloating, lethargy, bad skin and just generally feeling rubbish!
So my tip today is get rid of the junk from your house, with the best will in the world it will get eaten ruining your fat loss efforts.
If it happens to a well intentioned Fitness Professionals, it will happen to the average person!
Monday 29 December 2008
Fad Diets
It's not even New Year yet and Kelloggs are already promoting there ridiculous eat 2 bowls of Special K per day for 2 weeks and screw your blood sugar levels up..erm I mean drop a dress size.
I have a particular issue with these sorts of diets because all they provide is a quick fix, it's not based on health, it's based on selling more sugar laden, poor excuse for food. There's probably more nutrition in the box it comes in!
If you go on their website you'll see they have 'expert' advice?
Do you really need an 'expert' to teach you how to eat 2 bowls of Special K per day for 2 weeks?
There's absolutely nothing special about the diet, calorie reduction works for weight loss.
However you don't need such a severe reduction in calories to lose weight and you would get the same results if you substituted the Special K for real food like fruit.
Because it's such a quick fix, it doesn't allow time to develop new, healthy eating habits.
The Special K adverts also have Sarah Cox doing the voice over. It really annoys me when celebrities advertise any old junk for a quick buck. I don't think they realise the influence they have, they do such a disservice to the general public promoting this crap.
I just wish these celebrities were just a bit more responsible with respect to what they endorse.
Rant over.
I have a particular issue with these sorts of diets because all they provide is a quick fix, it's not based on health, it's based on selling more sugar laden, poor excuse for food. There's probably more nutrition in the box it comes in!
If you go on their website you'll see they have 'expert' advice?
Do you really need an 'expert' to teach you how to eat 2 bowls of Special K per day for 2 weeks?
There's absolutely nothing special about the diet, calorie reduction works for weight loss.
However you don't need such a severe reduction in calories to lose weight and you would get the same results if you substituted the Special K for real food like fruit.
Because it's such a quick fix, it doesn't allow time to develop new, healthy eating habits.
The Special K adverts also have Sarah Cox doing the voice over. It really annoys me when celebrities advertise any old junk for a quick buck. I don't think they realise the influence they have, they do such a disservice to the general public promoting this crap.
I just wish these celebrities were just a bit more responsible with respect to what they endorse.
Rant over.
Friday 19 December 2008
Prevent Flu This winter?
For the last two weeks it seems as though every man and his dog has been ill with this cold and flu virus going around.
Not me though, whilst my wife was laid up in bed with flu, my son had a cold and conjunctivitis, my mother in-law had a week off work with flu and every friend on Facebook seemed to be suffering, I was thriving.
At the end of November I started Dax Moy's Elimination Diet. Now I can't prove it, but I think it's no co-incidence that I started a diet that called for LOTS of clean filtered water, plenty of fruit, veg, raw nuts and organic meats and I didn't fall ill.
So my tips for avoiding the flu this winter;
Not me though, whilst my wife was laid up in bed with flu, my son had a cold and conjunctivitis, my mother in-law had a week off work with flu and every friend on Facebook seemed to be suffering, I was thriving.
At the end of November I started Dax Moy's Elimination Diet. Now I can't prove it, but I think it's no co-incidence that I started a diet that called for LOTS of clean filtered water, plenty of fruit, veg, raw nuts and organic meats and I didn't fall ill.
So my tips for avoiding the flu this winter;
- Plenty of clean filtered water-I'm drinking 1 litre per 50lbs of bodyweight.
- Several servings a day of fruit and veg-preferably organic, plenty of vitamins, minerals and immune boosting anti-oxidants.
- Raw unsalted nuts-plenty of essential fats.
- Organic meat-none of the poor quality meat fed on corn and pumped full of steroids, growth hormones and antibiotics.
- Get some exercise-not too much, you don't want over train and suppress your immune system.
Thursday 11 December 2008
Free Diet Resource
If your the sort of person that likes counting calories as part of their fat loss efforts, then a great free resorce is Fitday.com
It's an easy way to track your calories. I don't use it every day, but if I'm dieting to lose bodyfat, I'll use it for a week to get a real good idea of how many calories i'm consuming.
My diet is largely based on whole natural foods such as fruits, veg, nuts, meat and fish, so one week using Fitday and I'm good at estimating my calories based on servings size.
Check it out here
It's an easy way to track your calories. I don't use it every day, but if I'm dieting to lose bodyfat, I'll use it for a week to get a real good idea of how many calories i'm consuming.
My diet is largely based on whole natural foods such as fruits, veg, nuts, meat and fish, so one week using Fitday and I'm good at estimating my calories based on servings size.
Check it out here
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Thursday 4 December 2008
People say the strangest things
Recently I was in the cafe below the gym where I work. I was talking to the owner and got talking about breakfasts. So proudly I said I'd had a banana, blueberries, almonds and a live natural yogurt. The owners sister in law was there and piped up "why don't you eat something healthy like Special K instead".
I was stunned to say the least. My breakfast consisted of healthy fats, protein, healthy carbs fibre and antioxidants. I'm still gob smacked that somebody would say such a thing.
How on Gods Earth could Special K, the refined, sugar laden, excuse for food be healthier than fruit?
But I suppose it shows the power of advertising. The general public have been conned into believing a breakfast cereal, with a glycaemic index way higher than table sugar is healthier than fruit.
I was stunned to say the least. My breakfast consisted of healthy fats, protein, healthy carbs fibre and antioxidants. I'm still gob smacked that somebody would say such a thing.
How on Gods Earth could Special K, the refined, sugar laden, excuse for food be healthier than fruit?
But I suppose it shows the power of advertising. The general public have been conned into believing a breakfast cereal, with a glycaemic index way higher than table sugar is healthier than fruit.
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