Potatoes are one of those foods women avoid because, well, CARBS. But, did you know you can lose weight and eat carbs at the same time? And, potatoes are good for you. Keto will tell you that potatoes make you ‘fat’. They tell you that it ‘spikes insulin’ and this mechanism directly makes you gain […]

Do you need to eat healthy to lose weight? And what does it take to get lean? First of all, you need; ◼ Discipline◼ Positive attitude◼ Patience, and◼ Healthy food (sorry ladies). I’ve attached a bunch of the kinds of meals I ate to achieve a competition-lean look. It is what most would consider ‘boring’ […]

Muscle weighs more than fat

I’m always asked this question; do carbs make you gain weight? No, they don’t, and in fact, they have many uses in the body like fuelling your daily activity, providing much-needed fibre, and supporting hormonal health. Firstly, what is a carb? It’s a macronutrient the body uses as it’s primary energy source o the body […]

Dieting can be hard work! But there are lots of things you can do to make it easier for yourself. In this post I am sharing 13 things that make dieting, or a fat loss diet, easier.  No matter what your body goals are, you need to enjoy your food and lifestyle enough to keep […]

If your focus is to lose weight, I have news for you – you need to optimise your metabolism. So let’s start there.  Metabolism as it pertains to body composition refers to the amount of calories or kilojoules we require on a daily basis to carry out basic functions. We all have a baseline metabolism, which us […]

Fat or sugar, which is worse for weight loss? in 2014-15, statistics showed that 63.4% of Australians were overweight or obese, so is it sugar or fat that is causing it? Both have been demonised in the past, but this is an interesting experiment! Two men, identical twins, went on opposite diets for one month. […]