'Get Trimmer...' WEEK FIVE

Hello :)

Hope you enjoyed your weekend – again I spent most of mine in bed or on the sofa trying to get a 100% better and I think I’m almost there :D  Just in time for my 30th birthday tomorrow – unbelievable how time flies, I remember my 1st day in primary school at the age of SIX.

As stated last week, the second half of the challenge will be a little more focused than the 1st half. I understand a lot of you are busy so won’t have time to check in everyday… but at least 2 comments from you per week would be great – one at the beginning of the week and one at the end. I’m feeling much better now so I’ll answer questions within 24 hours :)
Sooo…  what did you eat this weekend?

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'Get Trimmer...' Week Five: Nutrition Post

Oops, I'm in birthday mode this week... This year I'm not just havng a birthDAY, I'm having a birthday week :)

I'm going to try to eat healthy today, Thursday, Friday and Saturday because Tuesday's my birthday (anything goes) and I'm going out for dinner on Friday.

Inspired by my unhealthy eating during my birthday week, this week's post is going to be about Treats and Indulging :)

Tips on indulging:

• Do not completely cut out your most favourite treats because there will come a day when you'll binge. It happens, trust me.
• Choose your top 3 treats and rotate them every week... one of these treats a week.
• Eat healthy at least 5 times a week and have a day or 2 where you relax and treat yourself to a couple of indulgent foods e.g. ice-cream, cake, brownies.... don't get me started ;)
• When you do treat yourself, don't binge-eat i.e. have a slice of cake (just one), one brownie, one (maximum 2 cupcakes depending on size), 3 biscuits.
• Eat your treats slowly, savour the taste... a mistake I used to make was stuffing a whole biscuit into my mouth, chewing and swallowing it within seconds. Before I knew it, I'd inhaled 10 biscuits. Now, when eating my favourite treat (rich and creamy ice-cream), I take my time and use a teaspoon so it lasts longer ;)

What are your top 3 favourite treats?

'Get Trimmer...' Week Five: Fitness Post

• Aim to exercise at least 3 times a week
• I know I promised videos but it's my birthday week and I've been lazy and greedy (sorry!)
• I'm going to upload Fitter London (or Matt's iVillage) videos for now until I get the chance to focus on good videos and not rush jobs

Please ask me any fitness questions and if there are any specific videos or fitness help you'd like - let me know!

:)

Workout/Spin Track of The Week

Week #4

'Push It' by Salt-N-Pepa

This song is a classic! I could play it every week (but I don't of course) and it will never get old :)



I catch myself dancing EVERYTIME this track is played, even when I'm teaching ;)

'Get Trimmer...' WEEK FOUR

Hi Ladies :)

Hope you enjoyed your weekend. I spent mine in bed from 3pm on Saturday trying to fight being ill. I can't say I was 100% successful but my body definitely needed all that rest (and more).

Enough about me... how (and what) did you eat this weekend?

For those ladies who sent in their measurements at the start of the challenge, can you take your current measurements and post in the comments section or email to me?

We have 4 weeks to go and the plan is to take things up a notch... everyone *has* has to exercise at least 2ce a week. And also share your food diary everyday... pretty please ;)

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'Get Trimmer...' Week Four: Nutrition Tips

So sorry for the delay this week, I'm trying to get as much rest as I can while working as usual.

This week we will focus on FRUIT...

Someone posted a comment asking, "Is there such a thing as 'too much fruit'? ", and the short and simple answer to that is Y.E.S

We've all seen the recommended daily intake of 5 portions of fruit and vegetables. This is a generalised statement and I, like many others, interpreted this as - I could have 5 portions of fruit a day. Well, I was wrong.

All kinds of fruit contain sugar ie Fructose. Yes it's fruit sugar so it's much better than refined sugar but too much sugar is just that... too much.

Sugar is a simple carbohydrate, and yes too much carbohydrate ingested => the body will store it as Fat.

So it's better to interprete that to "3-4 portions of vegetables and 1-2 portions of fruit". That has definitely worked for me and I think it'll be the same for you.
The sugar content in fruits vary and I will list a few:

TO BE CONTINUED....

Photo credit: http://www.wallpapers-free.co.uk

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I made plantain 'cakes' this weekend: Recipe

For now, check out all recipes on this blog so far: HERE.

Omozele sent me this weeks ago, click to enlarge...

See the couscous in the bottom left? 1/2 to 2/3rds of that is a recommended portion... also I think that's wwholemeal bread (good) and try to have one slice (instead of 2) loaded with 2 eggs and the veg (spinach, carrot) :)