When I ask clients what is their goal, what they want to achieve, the majority replies that they want to loose weight and fat in their belly. To have a nice flat stomach, and maybe a few muscles outlined, is everybody’s dream. There are hundreds, thousands of articles and videos, usually accompanied by photos of
Many people are advised that, in order to loose fat, they should exercise at a low to moderate intensity and stay in what is called the “fat burning zone”. This is partly true and nowadays, most cardio equipment in the gym have preset programmes to help you stay in this zone, however there are a
We are in the world of digital…everything! Nowadays, more and more trainers are offering training over the Internet and through Apps. But is it really good? There are some good points about it: It is cheaper (or it seems to be, I will explain later) You don’t need to leave the house or you can
Well done on completing the first four weeks! 🙂 We have added eight new eating habits and started familiarising with some physical activity. I think it is time to take a break. Use this week to analyse what happened in the past four weeks, some of the things you may want to think about: how
If you have followed my advice so far, after three weeks you should have started noticing some changes. Don’t expect huge differences, but I am sure that, if you stop and think about it, you will realise that yes, actually something is going better. This week, I would like you to add to the previous
I hope you have now got into the habits suggested for week 1 and week 2. If you have, well done! If you haven’t, think what are the reasons. Maybe you are not ready yet, maybe you need some more support…. Do you really want to get healthier? If yes, go back to week 1
Last week we focused on eating more vegetables, introducing fish in the diet and starting a gentle cardiovascular exercise. This week, I would like you to add to the previous the following changes: Drink at least 1.5 litres of water a day. If, like me, you find it hard to drink, set yourself a time.
For this week, I would like you to adopt the following new habits: introduce at least 400 g of vegetables a day (row weight) distributed between lunch and dinner or even as snack. Vegetables are salad, tomatoes, broccoli, spinach, carrots, cucomber, kale, green beans, cauliflower, corgettes etc (but not potatoes, beans, lentils etc.). There are
Too often we want quick results in everything we do but unfortunately this is not always possible. Especially when we talk about starting a healthier regime, if we want lasting results, we have to accept that we need to take things slowly but steadily at least until we have become stronger in our will. Suddenly
A new year is about to start, and I can already see you drawing up a list of the things you want to do as soon as 1st January comes: Exercise more, stop drinking, stop eating chocolate, loose weight, be nicer to people, find a new job, learn a new language, travel more…. …and the