14/03/2009 by admin.

Yes, we’ve all heard it…..breakfast is the most important meal of the day. 

So, why is this?  Our bodies like routine, they like to know when the next meal is coming.  Skipping meals sets us up to feel hungry later in the day and when we are hungry we tend to eat anything on offer.  For most of us that’s whatever is in the work kitchen…cakes, biscuits, sweets etc, this means that we actually consume excess calories.  So in short, eating breakfast actually helps with weight control. 

Importantly, breakfast improves our ability to concentrate and gives us more energy throughout the day.  Getting your first meal of the day in at the right time provides some useful nutritional benefits and helps with our consumption of important vitamins and minerals such as B6, riboflavin, calcium and iron.

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14/03/2009 by admin.

One of my personal training clients (mentioning no names) gave me the inspiration for this blog post. 

Sometimes you lose your way during your attempt to improve your current nutritional  and exercise habits.  For example, a night out drinking gets a bit out of control and you have more to drink than you had planned.  The next day you have the hangover from hell, you decide to weigh yourself and, oh dear, the scales aren’t kind.

You think to yourself “well, that’s it, I’ve ruined it, I might as well give up trying”.  You just need to put this into perspective.  You’ve had one slip up, get over it, these things happen.  What is important though is that you get back to your new lifestyle of eating healthily in sensible quantities and don’t let the exercise routine slip.

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