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How To Get In Shape: The Lies We Tell
It was mid 2005. One of the busiest periods of my life. Not good busy, just busy busy. Crazy busy. I was 25, a Cluster Personal Training Manager for Fitness First and doing personal training on the side. I’d been a trainer since the age of 19, and was pretty proud of myself for how
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How To Not Eat A Whole Block Of Chocolate
It was Christmas. No wait, it was Easter. Actually, I was away on holidays. And I’d had kind of a stressful day! Okay, so I admit it – it was a bit of a reward. I’d been so good, after all – I deserved it! And I was just a little emotional. Besides, it was
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Re-setting Values And Beliefs
What if the stuff that really matters to you; the stuff you consider to be essential, was actually not important at all? I’m talking about the stuff you have based your life on … your value system, essentially. Let me explain. From a very early age I knew that school grades were important. A+ (if
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Frozen in overwhelm
Do you ever feel completely frozen with overwhelm? It sounds contrary, doesn’t it? Surely being overwhelmed should make us run around like headless chickens and sometimes I guess it does. Jumping from one task to the next with barely a moment’s pause to consider if you’re doing things in an efficient manner of if in
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Staying Lean Year Round, What To Snack On After Dinner, And A Very Cool Opportunity!
An intended feature of Woman Incredible since it’s ‘birth’ has been to, well, ‘feature’ incredible women from all walks of life. So far, I’ve made a fairly pitiful effort of only interviewing a few of the very many amazing ladies I know, but today I’m making amends with what has turned out to be not
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10 Quick Tips To Take-Away From Last Week’s Transformation Day
1. Eat the meat and nuts breakfast, or some version thereof as your first meal of the day. You’ll spark optimal neurotransmitter (seratonin and dopamine) function, kickstart metabolism and detoxification, and just plain old feel good. Options include red meat, chicken, fish with a few nuts. Eggs are okay, salmon, berries if you can’t have
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10 Mistakes Women Make When Trying To Get Lean (Part 2)
A few weeks back I let you in on what I think are 5 of the top 10 mistakes commonly made when it comes to female fat loss. In case you missed it, they were: Training on an empty stomach Too much snacking instead of enough protein Never eating carbs ‘Holding out’ Over-training You can
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10 Mistakes Women Make When Trying To Get Lean
The truth about female fat loss? it’s not always what you think! Today we’re going to explore 5 out the 10 most common mistakes women make when it comes to fat burning. Let me know if you’ve been guilty of any of them! 1. training fasted It’s usually done in good intentions and based on
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Good Fat: How Much Is Too Much?
So. I have a confession to make. Right before I began this post, I polished off a post-Bikram-yoga ‘snack’. I was busy working away on my top-secret Woman Incredible Platinum Mentoring program* and almost didn’t notice that I scarfed down an entire 100 grams of grass-fed beef (grilled), some free-range bacon, 2 (okay more like
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5 Diet Facts Most People Get Wrong
diet facts diet myths revealed You may have seen the recent replacement for the food pyramid. It’s called the ‘food plate’, and supposedly makes it simple for you to understand the ideal breakdown of foods for your health and for weight loss or ideal body fat. My opinion on the plate? It’s rubbish. (Hey, I
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