“Nutrition is the main ingredient here; the key is to eat frequently to keep your metabolism high and your body burning calories all day long. Avoid starchy carbohydrates after 3pm. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. This is where you can get away with carbs as you will burn them off during the day i.e. porridge, Weetabix, wholegrain bread.

Try to eat every 2.5 to 3 hours. A small snack between meals such as yogurt, fruit, nuts or a protein shake will help with keeping your metabolism high. Get your carbs in at Lunch; try and eat wholegrain as much as possible, brown rice, wholegrain pasta, sweat potato etc. After work is when most of the damage is done. Avoiding carbs here is important as we tend not to be as active when we go home. Fish/Chicken/turkey with green Veg is ideal.

As the old saying goes; breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper!

Weight Loss & Tone – Exercise

Resistance training combined with a balanced diet is ideal for toning & weight loss. When we talk about weight loss we should really focus on bring down our percentage body fat, if we drop fat and stay the same weight this means we have more muscle. Muscle helps us look toned and muscle burns more calories than fat does i.e. the more muscle we have the more fat we burn when we are at rest. Sometimes women are afraid of resistance training as they are afraid of bulking up (gaining too much muscle, this is not the case as women produce a lot less testosterone than men. It would take years of heavy lifting and an intensive diet to get this effect. Basically don’t be afraid of the weights J

We should exercise every day for at least 30 minutes. Take the stairs instead of the lift, cycle to work, walk to work, go to the gym 3 to 4 times a week. Set goals for yourself! Keep your body guessing! “