We all know the feeling! Come 3pm you are starting to fall asleep at your desk. You head to the staff room for a coffee and the charity chocolates are calling your name. You could really do with one or two to perk you up again!

This is a HUGE issue for people wanting to reduce body fat. EVERYONE gets the mid-afternoon slump… so what do you do? Personally, I avoid the slump altogether.

I have done plenty of nutritional experiments on myself and my clients and I know how to banish the afternoon slump for good. [Read more...]

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Ever bought a snack from the health food aisle in the supermarket, thinking it was a smart choice because you’re watching your weight? Have you browsed the health food aisle looking for “healthy” chips, sugar free chocolate bars or apricot delights? Next time you’re in the health food aisle, take a look at the “healthy” caramel popcorn or sesame snaps and read the ingredients. You might be surprised.

I refer to this aisle as the “Healthy Junk Food” aisle. All the items are junk food that have been marketed towards people wanting to trim down without giving up junk. Remember, just because it’s organic, doesn’t mean it’s good for you! Just because it’s gluten free doesn’t mean it is healthy! And just because it’s in the Health Food aisle doesn’t mean it’s a health food!

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Having a healthy diet is so important to your health and fitness goals. If you’re training really hard but eating really poorly then you won’t be getting the most out of your performance in the gym, on the field, on the track, or wherever you happen to be. If you’re not training much, or even at all, and eating poorly, then obviously you will gain unwanted body fat. It doesn’t matter which end of the training spectrum you’re at, you need to be eating well.

Because every body is different, you shouldn’t all be eating exactly the same foods. Aside from various food intolerances, some people respond well to high carbs, some do better with lower carbs; Some people do well on high fat, others feel sluggish and do better with a lower fat diet. There is no set-in-stone diet that is going to fit well for everyone. This is how I’ve come up with The Definitive Diet, which is based on whole foods, rather than counting calories or macros.

What I want you to learn today is how to find out what the optimal diet is for *your* body type.

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When you first clean up your diet by eliminating processed foods and increasing nutritious foods you lose a fair bit of weight. This is mostly water and some fat. After a week or two the weight loss slows down and it’s at this point you know you’re losing fat and not water anymore. Unfortunately this rate of loss can be painfully slow for some, and you just want to find another strategy to keep up a higher rate of fat loss. [Read more...]

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After hearing from a few people doing The Sugar Challenge, I notice some people have problems eating well in social situations. I thought I’d give you a few ideas of what to say and do so you don’t feel like the antisocial ‘health freak’ or ‘dieter’ or whatever other label people want to call you. [Read more...]

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