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6 Reasons Why You're Not Loosing Weight

19/8/2016

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1: You have hit a plateau
You are doing the same exercise on the same day, at the same intensity over and over and over.

2: You haven't changed your nutrition
You are still eating what you know, what you like, and what is easy.
Doing what you always did, will get you where you've already been.

3. You are only doing cardio
You are slogging it out on the cardio machines, running or walking with no resistance or strength based exercises in your routine.

4. You are trying to loose weight for someone else
You are trying to loose weight for a partner, family member or ex! Do you even need to loose weight?

5. You flip flop
You eat great one week, then you binge the next. You go running for 2 weeks then do nothing for 3 weeks. 

6. You have an underlying medical condition
You have an undetected condition, or a condition that isn't being managed as best as it could be.

By Sharon Bouwer,
Registered Personal Trainer, Boot Camp Instructor, Let'sGetActive.co.nz
​Fitwear Athlete  (use code 'SHARON15' at the checkout for a 15% discount)
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What's For Dessert At My House?

5/8/2016

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Here's a yummy crustless cheescake my family gobbled up, easy ingredients, easy to prepare!
If it's not easy , it won't be at my house!
There was too much for our 4 ramekins so I cooked the rest in a quiche dish ready for dessert the next night (portion control!)

Crustless Cheesecake:

210g Cream Cheese (low fat if you are trying to loose weight)
200g Greek Yoghurt (low fat if trying to loose weight)
1/3 cup sugar
2 free range eggs
1 tablespoons plain flour
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons natural vanille esence
1/2 cup frozen blueberries


1. Place the cream cheese, yoghurt, sugar, eggs, flour, lemon juice and vanilla essence in a bowl and whisk until smooth. Add blueberries and stir well.

2. Spray the ramekins with olive oil spray. Divide mixture between ramekins (its hard to get this out when cooked, so best to cook it in ramekins)

3. Bake for 35mins or just until firm in the centre. Set aside for 1hour to cool then put in fridge to chill.

4. Serve!

By Sharon Bouwer
Registered Personal Trainer, Bootcamp Instructor
Boxing Instructor, Fitness Speaker, Mum!
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Receipe is from Michelle Bridges 12WBT
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Coffee for Exercise Energy: Good or Bad?

26/11/2015

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Should I have a coffee, is it good for me?

Recently Le-Anne Waan (nutritionist to the Warriors and feature on the Kiwi Living show, channel 1) talked about the benefits of caffeine.

Caffeine can have helpful benefits, it does give you energy and helps to burn body fat.
However, there is a limit on the amount experts recommend, and this doesn't include adding sugar, syrup, chocolate on top etc

For those who suffer from anxiety, heart issues and some other conditions it is not recommended, also if you have too many cups it can see you putting on weight (see info from Dr Libby Weaver's book, the Calorie Fallacy)

Caffeine comes in many forms, having an energy drink or soft drink is not the same and is not recommended, think about the sugar, other additives and amount of caffeine in them, be careful with the quality and type of caffeine you choose to ingest.

Lee-Anne said she has a coffee before a workout, instead of a pre-workout powder, with coffee you know what you are getting.
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So if you want to have your coffee, choose it wisely, don't add extra's to it, don't have more than 2 cups a day and especially not after 12pm. Be careful if you have heart or anxiety issues and have an extra glass of water for each cup of caffeine to help with dehydration.  As an option, choose Green Tea, it has caffeine and antioxidants.

Here's a myth buster from Jillian Michaels (biggest Loser America, Trainer)
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