The ‘Best’ breakfast for Weight Loss

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A Big Breakfasts Wins Every Time I recon you have heard that the most important meal of the day is breakfast. We get told this all the time from our parents, friends and health geeks like me. The research below not only shows that having breakfast is great for weight loss it also clearly shows the type of breakfast is also important..... AND I have to say that the research correlates … [Read more...]

Getting It Right This Year

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There is a saying that goes….. ‘If you fail to plan then you are planning to fail! The A-team never step out without a plan as Hannibal says, ‘He loves it when a plan comes together!’ This year I want you to feel the same I want you to love it because your plan has come together! But first you have to plan! Start with a blank sheet of paper and decide what it is you want to … [Read more...]

Therapeutic Nutrition Part 1

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Therapeutic Nutrition Part 1 Once you have your diet right i.e you know and are eating to your metabolic type, there are 4 fundamentals to nutritional therapy that you need to optimise. Get these right along with your diet and you should not need to count calories or do anything extreme. You should get healthier, thinner, and sexier with more energy, strong hair and nails and clear skin if after … [Read more...]

You getting to know…you!

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What is the best diet for you to follow, a high protein one, smoothies shakes and juices, a high carbohydrate diet or a balanced diet.... What is a balanced diet and who is it balanced for? Is a balance diet the same for an Eskimo as it is for a Tropical Rain Forest Indian? There is so much information out there and so much of it conflicting. To really find the right diet for your genetics … [Read more...]

How does food make you feel and what does this mean?

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Your body IS communicating with you... Every minute of every hour of every day it is telling you whether what you have eaten is right or what you have eaten is wrong for your health, fitness or weight loss goals. I’m not just talking about the common sense stuff and that little voice inside your head saying, ‘don’t eat the doughnut it’s bad for you’. I’m talking about the important … [Read more...]

Adrenal Fatigue – A 21st century weight loss problem

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Hi everyone, I hope your feeling on top form and not suffering from any of the problems below, but if you are these symptoms could point to a more sinister problem called adrenal fatigue, which could be scuppering your weight loss, motivation or even causing you depression. Put a mental circle around any of the below that you are suffering from; Difficulty getting up in the morning … [Read more...]

It’s not just about hard work. It’s about doing and achieving things!

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I hope that you are all getting lean and mean for the summer. If you have not started getting into shape don’t leave it any later. The magazines with the headlines flat stomach in 2 week or a 6 pack in 6 days is lying to you...! I have started my own summer regime, Monday was drop sets, Tuesday 10 rounds of hard boxing and today metabolic circuit training! If it wasn’t for the stiff and … [Read more...]

Trust a scientist? Not as far as I can throw him, and I have strained ligaments in my back at the moment!

This is a true, on Monday at 5am, yes 5am! Lifted a weight at a funny angle, quite a heavy one I might add and I have strained the ligaments in the middle of my back. For those of you in the know, my thoracic spine! So I’m not superman, which up till this point I was thoroughly convinced that I was, but according to clients I’m still a Disney character! Mmmmm..... Enough about me! On to … [Read more...]

Here’s how eating regularly can help you to lose weight or stay in the best shape of your life

I hope that you are feeling awesome! Did you know that regularly missing meals can scupper your weight loss results? Most people think and the press would have you believe that weight loss is a simple process of calories in and calories out but this is simply not true. If it were half of my client base would never have called or emailed me or even looked for my services. I know lots of … [Read more...]

Serena Bauldreay

Quite simply, the Absolute Training Team of Keith, Clare and Amy are just brilliant. If like me, you loathe gyms full of Lycra clad beauties - come to Boot Camp and be trained by a team who really care about YOU and what YOU are trying to achieve.  You will sweat more than you have ever sweated before, and yes, at first you will ache like never before BUT, within three weeks I have re-discovered … [Read more...]