Week One Recipes (Evening)
Barito Bowl 1 Chicken breast1/3 tin of Red Kidney Beans½ small tin of sweetcorn½ packet of microwave riceCucumberYogurtCheese 30gTortilla chips Directions Cook chicken in the air fryer or pan fry till cooked all the way through. Slice 2.5cm of cucumber or dice. Drain sweetcorn, kidney beans and place in bowl. Along with the cucumber.Slice chicken into strips […]
Week One Recipes (Breakfast)
Oat pancakes with yogurt and fruit (peanut butter) 2 Servings – 4 pancakes. 512.50 kcal per serving Ingredients porridge oats 120gMilk 95ml2 medium bananas Blueberries 30gYogurt 50gPeanut butter (optional) Method Put all ingredients in a blender along with a pinch of baking powder and a drop of vanilla extract. Blend till a pancake mix […]
Week One Meal Plan
Week One Planner Breakfast (slow release energy) feel free to swap meals around. Meal Plan Calories 1 Sourdough toast / Avocado half Toast 134 kcal – Avocado Half 140 KcalTotal 275 kcal Oat pancakes / Fruit / Yogurt (Peanut butter optional)If no peanut butter 432.50 kcal per serving, Pancake mix 765 Kcal 2 servings – […]
Plan Time to start
Now it’s time to start. Okay now we need to set a start date, ideally today but we all know life isn’t like that, you have to go shopping, empty the fridge of what’s in there to make room for the all exciting new stuff. Get into the right frame of mind, you can do […]
Our Version of a Mediterranean Diet.
What is the Mediterranean diet? The Mediterranean diet is based on the traditional foods of countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, including France, Spain, Greece, and Italy. Research has suggested that people living in these regions tend to be healthier and have a lower risk of many chronic conditions, compared with people who follow a standard […]
Goals
It’s good to set some goals, be realistic, you’re not going to lose 2 stone in a week or anything like that. What you can do is set your first goal to lose say 5lbs Its realistic we can all do it. Incentivize your weight loss. If you are very over weight you might be […]
Just Move
Exercise Forget exercise for losing weight it doesn’t work, it’s been clinically proven. Hurray I hear you shout you don’t have to exercise. Well, you do but the good news is you don’t have to go to the gym. Exercise is important for many reasons but instead of calling it exercise we shall call this […]
Crazy Label
The way food is labelled. Why don’t manufacturers label their products by how many calories are in the packet as well, not just by serving or per 100g tell me what’s in the packet please. This is on a well-known cereal – No names and this labelling is typical. Guideline Daily Amounts 40g (this […]
Meat Only
I was looking into the trend on TikTok at the moment were people are just eating meat and animal products, saying they are losing weight and feeling great. This is crazy, in the short term it might be fine but long term without taking extra vitamins they are on a slippery slope to chronic illness. The […]
Fasting The Holy Grail
Yep it does work. Intermittent fasting is the way. I have gone to a two meal a day way of eating. First meal of the day is around 11am Break-Fast, and my second meal is around 7pm. That give me about 15 to 16 hours a day without eating. This allows my body to use […]