Can you just leave the diet as it is, and train your way into great shape and lose fat? There is some great research on this, and the answer is a pretty firm ‘no’. Can you lose fat just by upping the ‘calories out’ – your exercise? Exercise actually has a fairly...
Clinical Nutritionist Ben Warren talks about what’s working against us when trying to lose weight. Why is it so hard to lose weight? There’s a number of reasons for this. One of the first reasons is that calories are incredibly important for our survival....
Clinical nutritionist Cliff Harvey shares his best tips for weight management. What are the key things we can do to be the healthiest and the happiest we can be, over the long term? Get strong This is one of the most important and under-appreciated points for managing...
I’d like to talk to you about energy and calories. Some basics about calories or kilojoules – a calorie or kilojoule is just a unit of energy. Carbohydrates, proteins, fats and alcohol supply you with energy or calories, whereas vitamins and minerals...
Today I want to talk to you about motivation and mistakes, because mistakes are inevitable, especially if you’re on a weight loss journey. We are all going to make them. Whether it was yesterday, whether it’s today, tomorrow or in the future, we’re...
Generally, for most of us, the first couple of days on a new diet or health challenge, is sort of that honeymoon period. We’re all fired up. We’re committed. We’re good to go. But then, for almost all of us, it gets a bit hard, and it’s harder...
