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THE BIG TIME MYTH

Ok ladies, this is a big one and something that comes up time and time again in conversations with clients and friends.  One of the biggest causes of us failing to stay on track with our nutrition is a lack of organisation.  It's a huge misconception, largely fed by social media I might add, that you can be healthier without committing a little more time and thought to the process.  No.  In order to get ourselves on track and more importantly, stay on track, we have to plan our time.  This blog should give you some tips that you can apply to your lives to help. 

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Chips & Ice Cream?!

Today I ate chips on the harbour with Gabe and then we had an ice cream for pudding !! Not the healthiest meal but one that I enjoyed because this afternoon wasn't about the food. It was about spending time with my youngest boy on a sunny afternoon.  These simple pleasures are just that.  Simple and pleasurable.  Tomorrow I'll start my day with a green smoothie as my body feels already that it has missed its nutrients today.  But it's ok.  It really is.  One day is ok.

 

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Fit at Forty?

FIT at FORTY? What we can do to help reduce the middle aged spread!

So it's here.  My fourth decade. The big birthday has been and gone and the (many) celebrations are distant memories.  I recently read that 41 is the age that most people stop trying to slow down the inevitable middle aged spread and just accept it.  Really?  Is this what being 40 means to you?  Not me!  I am determined to get fitter and more healthy than ever before.  I've started CrossFit, my diet is good, I hardly drink and train/teach sessions most days.  Most of all, I am happy in myself and am able to be really active with my two young boys.

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An Ideal Body?

I've been thinking a lot lately about the new Hot Mama programme that will launch in September and whether or not to do body fat, weight, measurements or in fact, any of those.  I know that many people like to rely on a number to keep their motivation, but if weight loss is now not something to be worrying about, then why should we look to any number at all?  Whether it be dress size, body fat percentage, waist size, pounds lost or gained; it's really pretty uninspiring to be completely focused on a number alone.  We seem to switch from one number goal to another and it's BORING.

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Losing It!

This needs to be said.  I am currently feeling a bit overwhelmed and the majority of mums I see are too.  Overwhelmed with everything that comes with working and having children and trying to DO IT ALL!  Do you feel like this?  I know I'm not alone in feeling that I am constantly on catch up and not doing things 100% to my best ability.  I do wonder what we, as mothers, are doing to our mental health when we try to do everything all of the time.  You feel guilty if you are working and not with your children yet guilty for not working when you're with them!  I wish I could just LET IT GO!

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Post Natal Depression and How Nutrition Can Help

Post Natal Depression affects 1 in 10 women following the birth of their babies.  Having a baby can be a time of great happiness and joy, however this isn't the case for everyone.  Some women feel extremely low immediately after giving birth.  The birth itself can be incredibly draining and exhausting and this only compounds how women feel.  Post natal depression can be caused by many things, including a drop in hormone levels, fluctuating blood sugar levels and/or nutrient deficiencies.  It can be caused by a drop in progesterone levels just before birth in women whose bodies are slow to b

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Why Do We Hate Our Bodies?

Recently I've become fixated on my stomach.  I know it's because I had a week in an all inclusive resort recently where I ate an enormous amount of food and my body is now returning to normal. It got me thinking about all the women that hate their bodies every single day.

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Taking Back Control

There is a trend at the moment which I think is a great movement.  It's called #takebackpostpartum.  It's all about women being empowered by their bodies following birth and babies and how you can really take back this period yourself.  It promotes the fact that we don't have to be led by the very lean trend that seems to everywhere at the moment.  You don't have to feel that because a celebrity has managed to get into unbelievable shape then you have to too.  Sure it will be nice to wear 'normal' clothes again after what feels like a year in black leggings, but that will come.

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How Long Until I Can Exercise After a C Section?

If you've just had a C Section, chances are you are feeling pretty battered right now!  A C Section is a MAJOR operation.  You only have to look at any videos on YouTube to see that.  It was a real eye opener for me watching one of these videos and really set it clear in my mind about how much the body goes through in this operation.  Contrary to popular belief, the abdominal muscles themselves are not 'cut' but rather they are pulled apart with some force to get the baby out.  Make no mistake, this is a real operation and one that needs and requires rest and optimal nutrition to heal prope

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scar

Are you Going To The Gym, AGAIN?

I've heard this question more than once in my lifetime and never, ever, will I apologise for it.  Going to do a gym session, doing a run, or anything that moves my body and makes me feel good, will ever be a bad thing.  All mums, listen up!  This is not about how you look or even how your clothes feel, it's about how your mind feels being away for just an hour feeling a bit more like 'you'.  Getting fitter, feeling stronger, feeling healthier, are all hugely valid reasons for leaving your family for just a little hour.  That's all, you can even do half an hour if you really don't have an ho

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THE BIG TIME MYTH

Ok ladies, this is a big one and something that comes up time and time again in conversations with clients and friends.  One of the bigge

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Chips & Ice Cream?!

Today I ate chips on the harbour with Gabe and then we had an ice cream for pudding !!

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FIT at FORTY? What we can do to help reduce the middle aged spread! Fit at Forty?

So it's here.  My fourth decade. The big birthday has been and gone and the (many) celebrations are distant memories.  I recently read th

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An Ideal Body?

I've been thinking a lot lately about the new Hot Mama programme that will launch in September and whether or not to do body fat, weight,

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Losing It!

This needs to be said.  I am currently feeling a bit overwhelmed and the majority of mums I see are too.  Overwhelmed with everything tha

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Post Natal Depression and How Nutrition Can Help

Post Natal Depression affects 1 in 10 women following the birth of their babies.  Having a baby can be a time of great happiness and joy,

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Why Do We Hate Our Bodies?

Recently I've become fixated on my stomach.  I know it's because I had a week in an all inclusive resort recently where I ate an enormous

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Taking Back Control

There is a trend at the moment which I think is a great movement.  It's called #takebackpostpartum.  It's all about women being empowered

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How Long Until I Can Exercise After a C Section?

If you've just had a C Section, chances are you are feeling pretty battered right now!  A C Section is a MAJOR operation.  You only have

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Are you Going To The Gym, AGAIN?

I've heard this question more than once in my lifetime and never, ever, will I apologise for it.  Going to do a gym session, doing a run,

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