Understanding Cortisol: Key to a Healthy Lifestyle and Achieving Fat Loss.

In the realm of health and fitness, cortisol often gets a bad rap as the "stress hormone," but its role extends far beyond just stress management. Understanding how cortisol affects our bodies is crucial for achieving fat-loss and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

5 Tips to Increase Your Water Intake

As the temperatures drop and the air becomes drier during winter, it can be easy to overlook the importance of staying properly hydrated. Unlike the warmer months where thirst may naturally drive us to drink more water, winter can deceive us into thinking we're adequately hydrated when in fact, our bodies still need a sufficient intake of fluids. Here are three essential tips to help you maintain optimal hydration during the colder months:

In the quest for shedding extra kilos and achieving a leaner body composition, many people turn to salads as their go-to meal option. While salads are pack with nutrients and low in calories, relying solely on them for a complete meal isn’t the most effective strategy for fat loss. The key lies in understanding the concept of macronutrient balance and NOT just always opting for the lowest calorie options when deciding what to eat.

Unfortunately majority of women believe they should be thinner. That they would be happy and confident if they weighed less. Have you ever asked a person you consider “thin” how happy and confident they are? I guarantee they would have a complaint about their body too.

Imagine being dropped in the ocean & told to swim 3kms back to shore without stopping. Sure it’s technically achievable, you can swim but that’s a HUGE ask without any training or preparation right? You are likely to panic, use A LOT of excess energy, lose direction and most likely call out the closest boat to get you the hell outta there.

There are tonnes of meal plans and “get fit” programs out there that lay it all out for you. A “recipe for success” or a “weight-loss playbook”. They seem like they have all the answers and the results seem guaranteed. It'‘s hard to deny their logical sales pitch and yes, if we were house plants, it would work… so why doesn’t it? Why isn’t everyone achieving their amazing results?

I want to chat to you about what it truly means to be healthy. There’s physical health and there’s mental health. I believe they are joined at the hip and you cannot sustainably have one without the other

I could give you all the healthy eating & exercise advice i have, but if you aren’t ready for change you’re unlikely yo take any of it on board (just like all the advice on the internet).

We have to be READY to make a change.

This is the number one excuseI hear from clients / potential clients and it’s 100% valid.

If results look too good to be true; extreme results, quick results, no effort required…. Listen to your spidey senses, these claims are rubbish!

A lot of people I talk to assume they only way to lose weight is to get to the gym more, run everyday & really push themselves hard with strenuous exercise. And that just sounds too hard, so they stay where they are.

Did you know Cadbury packaging is dark purple because studies have shown humans are drawn to this colour when we are feeling depressed? They are using colour psychology to kick you while you’re down and make you believe chocolate will make you feel better. Hmmm… not so sweet now is it?

I am seeing an increasing number of diets, coaches & clients fixated on one thing…

An over-reliance on calorie counting. Restricting foods to fit within a calorie budget and counting the calories burned with increased exercise.

The key to weight loss and maintaining a healthy weight is NOT withstanding hunger. Being hungry IS NOT part of a healthy diet. I don’t know about you but I HATE being hungry! It makes me grumpy, sad, tired and a mega bitch. It usually leads to over eating and poorer food choices.

Holidays should NOT be ruined by health goals and equally, health goals should NOT be ruined by holidays. They aren’t opposites.

🥗Having good nutrition doesn’t mean you’re better at flexing your will power muscles. It’s not a constant struggle where strength is required. It’s NOT fighting your hunger with all your might.

Good health is not as simple as eating less and moving more.😫 That’s a race to misery no one is going to win. It’s got to be sustainable, enjoyable and work WITH the other parts of your life.

There’s literally a billion healthy recipies on the internet, why don’t you use them? The also a gazillion personal trainers out there telling you to exercise more, why don’t you do it?