Don’t Let Numbers Mislead You When Dieting

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

Over the following week I’ll be posting some testimonials about my book Photo Diet: How To Diet Using Your Smartphone.

During the summer this year I did a trial of Photo Diet to people I have never met. I did this so I could get some unbiased feedback and see if I needed to make improvements to the diet.

Kerry pictured below lost 9 pounds in 28 days. Some of you may be thinking this is a modest amount but when you compare the before and after pictures you can appreciate that numbers don’t always justify the results. Her husband on the other hand lost an incredible 15 pounds in 28 days.

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Kerry kept commenting throughout her trial how energised she felt everyday and how healthy she looked. Kerry also couldn’t believe she could get these kind of results by not starving herself. Kerry is a self-confessed serial dieter and has never achieved these kind of results by eating proper meals. And in some instances doing the opposite to what other diets advise. All she did was apply the recommended guidelines in Photo Diet and not allow past beliefs get in her way.

Below is Kerry’s feedback to the questions I sent her after her 28 days trial.

1. What do you see going on in the diet industry?
The diet industry is full of lots of costly, unrealistic promises of quick fixes.

2. Which features and components do you like best about our product?
I like the fact that it is quick and easy.

3. What about our competitors products? Where do they fail and we succeed?
Other products fail because they are fad diets and involve time-consuming calorie counting or counting points or eating low-fat, low-calorie foods, which are full of hidden sugars. Your product is more about making changes to the food you eat; it’s a lifestyle change.

4. If you could add any feature to our product what would it be?
I would try adding a few recipe ideas perhaps for dinners.

More recipes have now been added!

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Don’t Make Excuses!

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

When you set out on a plan to lose weight, reduce fat, tone up and get fitter your actions and habits need to be congruent with your goal.

If you make excuses for not reaching your health and fitness targets then you must be wasting time doing the things that aren’t congruent with your goal.

Successful dieters and gym goers don’t make excuses because they implement the steps required to get the results they want. This can involve managing time more efficiently to prioritising elements of their lifestyle that are important for their goal.

You need to remember that you are accountable for your goals. Act like someone who wants to change and not like someone who doesn’t want to change.

Write down the things that need to be done so they stay at the top of your mind and this will help you get the important things done.

Daily disciplines matter in health and fitness. Stick to your plan 80% of the time and results will follow.

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How To Stay Fit During Christmas

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

Schedule appointments with yourself to exercise or you may find yourself going in directions you didn’t intend. Be prepared. Keep a gym bag in your car. Park your car far away from the shops and try to do more walking. A brisk walk is an excellent way to do some cardio.

Use the stairs. Stairs are an excellent fat burning exercise. If you can’t make it to the gym do body weight exercises. Press-ups, squats and lunges are excellent choices.

Remember, whatever you are doing, do it with meaning and purpose. To stay fit, treat all your activities like a workout. Walking across town, climbing the stairs or washing the car should be done at a brisk pace that keeps your heart rate up for a sustained period of time.

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How To Counterbalance The Effects Of Alcohol When Dieting

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

Wondering what to do about your diet this Christmas when it comes to drinking alcohol? Here’s a quick tip: eat fat and protein before you consume alcohol. This will help slow down the blood sugar response from the sugar in the alcohol. Controlling blood sugar is important for maintaining body weight and when trying to lose weight.

Always choose good quality protein and fat. If you’re not a vegetarian go for easy and convenient options such as pate and cold cuts of meat. Vegetarians could eat almond nut butter or nuts and seeds.

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Recipe: Energy Bites – How To Make Your Own Power Snacks

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

100g walnuts
75g apricots, chopped
1 tbsp milled flaxseed, sunflower and pumpkin
1 tbsp raw cacao powder
1 tbsp raw honey
50g desiccated coconut
2 tbsp peanut butter

Put the walnuts in a food processor and blitz to crumbs. Add apricots, peanut butter, milled flax mix, cacao powder and honey, then pulse to combine.

Shape mixture into golf ball-sized balls and roll in desiccated coconut to coat. Put in the fridge to firm for 20 mins, then enjoy whenever you need a quick energy boost!

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Change Your Body Composition

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

Lifting weights is an excellent way to alter body composition. Lifting weight allows you to take advantage of exercise post oxygen consumption, or EPOC, which means that the body burns calories at an extended rate while recovering from the micro trauma caused by weight training. This accelerated calorie burn helps to reduce body fat and increase lean body mass.

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Motivation To Lose Weight

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

1. Put health before weight loss. Make healthy food choices when you are trying to lose weight. Fad diets and low-calorie diets fail so why not eat healthier and reach your goal feeling better every day?

2. Set realistic goals. Break the goal you are trying to accomplish into little goals and concentrate on achieving each little goal until you have reached your big goal.

3. If you can’t ELIMINATE banned foods from your list LIMIT them. Limiting your intake in portion or frequency will avoid the feelings of deprivation.

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My Diet Book

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

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People are asking me if they need to have a kindle to read my new book Photo Diet: How To Diet Using Your Smartphone.

The answer is no, you can read kindle books on your Android phone or tablet, iPad, iPhone, Mac, Windows 8 PC or tablet, BlackBerry, or Windows Phone 7.

Click here for more information on amazon.co.uk

I’m getting some brilliant and positive feedback about my book. My main goal was to write a diet book that was quick to read and provide information anyone could understand and use.

Many diet books are hundreds of pages long and often lose the reader before they reach the end. You can see why some people’s efforts could be diluted when they go on a diet if they don’t know exactly what they should be doing.

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“BIG SUGAR” SWEET, WHITE & DEADLY

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

For 40 years, the priority of the sugar industry has been to cast doubt on studies suggesting sugar can make you ill and obese. Meanwhile, according to some estimates the US health system spends about $150 billion a year on sugar-related diseases.

To protect business, the industry has bought scientists and hired powerful lobbyists to ensure sugar would not be subject to legislative restriction.

Since 1970, obesity rates in the United States have more than doubled and diabetes has tripled. In order to make any appreciable dent in the current trend, severe sugar and fructose restriction is an absolute must.

Featured on mercola.com

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New Diet Book Available On Kindle Store

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

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Photo Diet is an incredible new approach to dieting for you and your smartphone.

Photo Diet is not an ordinary “one-size-fits-all” diet. It’s tailor made for you. You follow a simple plan that shows you how to get the results you want. You take photos of every meal so you can track your diet. It’s easy and convenient. And it can help you get in the best shape of your life.

Keeping a photo diary works for three reasons. It helps you identify foods that work best for you. It helps you discover your ideal portion size. And it helps you monitor the variety and quality of the foods you eat. This book shows you exactly how to do it.

You’ll find Photo Diet is less time-consuming than a weekly slimming club. You’ll eat more healthily than with “fad diets”. And Photo Diet is far easier than counting calories and adding up numbers. It fits your life and the smartphone in your pocket.

10 years of diet research went into creating Photo Diet. The 28-day plan inside this book adapts to your needs, whatever food type you are. A serial dieter, a fitness fanatic, a TV addict, a sports lover or someone who just wants to lose weight.

This groundbreaking new book is for anyone who wants to achieve their weight loss or fitness goal. The plan is presented in a way that is easy to understand and follow.

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