STFU Angela“Thanks for the kind words, even after a bad weekend”. Said a client to me recently.What else was I to do?See the thing is, typically speaking; you lot are your worst and hardest critics. But does it work? Berating yourself into submission? Criticising ourselves into weight loss? Hating ourselves into putting down the biscuits?No. It absolutely doesn’t.
Anyone who has been following me for a while will know that I’m a keen athlete. Obsessed even. I’ve talked endlessly about my desire to jump 5m, to get lean, to lift shit, to win shit and so on…
As you may have heard at the time, I got hurt In January. A moment of distraction that turned into a horrible graze and big bump to my shins…It really angered me because I knew it would upset my training week. So I went home, festering in my bad mood. Ate a tonne of Doritos, and the kids’ chocolate. The next day, I was equally grumpy. Especially when I knocked it again.
Reasons Your Weight Hasn’t Changed (or has gone up) First point, most of us are trying to reduce fat not weight. The number on your weighing scales is just a proxy for this. And, it’s not a very good one. Because your body is a complex machine so the relationship between fat and weight is not simple. So here are some reasons you might not be losing weight, even though you are doing everything right.
Quick & Easy Meatballs
Serves: 4 Prep: 15 mins Cook: 20 mins
Nutrition per serving:309 kcals 14g Fats 9g Carbs 36g Protein
BUCKWHEAT BEETROOT RISOTTO
Serves: 4
Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 30 mins
Nutrition per serving:
550 kcals 24g Fats
56g Carbs 21g Protein
A different kind of blog…
A Facebook Group that I’m in asked me today, What Are You Grateful for?…
What is the best diet?
So. Many. Times.
I get asked this question…
The answer of course is “The one you can stick with, and that provides progress towards your goal…” (After all a diet of pizza and ice cream would be fairly easy to stick to!)
But if you’ve known me for any length of time, you’ll probably know that I’m not in any one diet camp. I’ve tried many a diet: low carb, Paleo, high-fat, intermittent fasting, carb cycling… I’ve recommended many a ‘diet’ (but not ever weight watchers or very low calorie diets)
Here are a few more of the bodyweight workouts from my collection, Should keep you going and give you a bit of variety over the summer.
As before, Please read the following paragraphs before getting stuck in!
Participants should be able to workout at high intensity for around 20 minutes.
Please seek advice of a qualified trainer if in doubt.
Please warm up well for 10 minutes before attempting any of these routines. For example: try 5 minutes of skipping or jogging, 5 minutes of easy kettlebell moves and some dynamic stretches as a good warm up routine.
Comes the inevitable low…
So I’ve been very open about how I love my training, how it’s all going swimmingly and I’m rocking PB after PB…
I’ve been less open about the downs. But I get them too… So I’m sharing it today because there are some good lessons in it for everyone…
