Are you sick of playing tug of war with the same 5, 10, or even 50 lbs over and over again? Are you ready to get off the diet-regain cycle forever and reignite your body’s innate fat-burning potential?
This isn’t another plan telling you to eat cleaner or work out more. It’s a specific metabolism first approach that addresses why your body is holding onto fat instead of using it for fuel.
The scale isn’t the only way to measure progress. Learn why weight changes can be misleading and what to track instead, including strength, energy, body composition, and how your clothes fit. This post helps you understand your body in a more balanced way and gives you better ways to measure real results.
Keep readingCan Pilates build muscle? Find out how Pilates helps with muscle building, full-body strength, and lean definition. From reformer training to body awareness, this post breaks down what Pilates can really do for your muscles. If you’re curious about the muscle mommy trend or want a stronger body, click through to read more.
Keep readingStop food noise with simple tips that help you quiet food noise, reduce constant cravings, and feel more in control around food. This post shares practical ways to silence food noise, get rid of the mental chatter, and support a calmer relationship with eating. Read more for helpful strategies.
Keep readingInsulin Resistance occurs when the body does not react normally to the amount of insulin produced. Cells in your muscles, fat, and liver don’t respond well and can’t efficiently take up glucose from your blood. As a result, your pancreas produces more insulin to help glucose enter your cells. This condition is a key factor…
Keep readingI’m passionate about helping women prevent and reverse insulin resistance because I’ve seen first hand just how it can create fatigue, weight loss resistance, and diminished metabolic health. If you’ve been struggling with cravings, low energy, or just not feeling like yourself, you might be dealing with insulin resistance. It’s important to know if you’re…
Keep readingLosing weight is no easy feat for most people. But, have you ever felt like you are doing all the right things by eating well or exercising regularly, yet, your scales not showing you the results that you expect? You are not alone. The diet industry has told us for years that to lose weight, you just…
Keep readingIn most people’s minds, a fast metabolism translates to thinness and easy weight loss. That’s why there are countless teas, pills and powders that claim to boost metabolism, and just as many media headlines pertaining to the topic. I frequently talk clients through misconceptions about metabolism and the belief that “mine must be slow” if…
Keep readingYour 40s are the perfect time to focus on developing healthy habits that support metabolic health and create a lifestyle that works in perimenopause.
Keep readingI can’t pinpoint exactly when I started to think of myself as anti-diet. I know it probably started making an influence early on when I began studying. I learned way back then (2009), that yo-yo dieting can be used to help people gain weight. Which I believe is why I have always struggled to fully embrace the usual meal…
Keep readingGet unstuck by identifying the cause of your weight loss resistance and learn how to overcome the factors holding you back with tailored strategies. Say goodbye to the frustration of yo-yo dieting and hello to lasting weight loss and revitalized health. Take this Free Weight Loss Quiz now! Get unstuck and start creating results… 📋 Identify…
Keep readingI thought it was time I shared this delicious ramen noodles recipe with you. If you followed me while I was pregnant with our daughter, you know I craved and ate a lot of noodles! Which is lucky because the broth they are cooked in is very beneficial for pregnant and postpartum mamas. This ramen recipe has a delicious vegan…
Keep readingThis Mexican Three Bean Salad is delicious and incredibly easy to prepare. It is one of my go-to meal prep recipes every time I want to fill my fridge with healthy meals and perfect for on-the-go lunches, summer picnics and barbecues! This salad is bursting with refreshing flavour from a Lime and Coriander Vinaigrette and…
Keep readingI have one of my favourite recipes yet for you! This is my attempt to cook my favourite meal from our local Chinese takeaway, Barbecue Satay Beef with Broccoli. I always order it! But, now that I have made this….I might be making my own from now on. This was sooo delicious! Plus Aidan loves…
Keep readingIn general, when someone refers to their metabolism, they are talking about their Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) — the amount of calories needed to sustain all the body’s operations at rest (breathing, circulating blood, maintaining temperature, adjusting hormone levels, and growing and repairing cells). Your basal metabolic rate keeps going 24/7. It’s silently burning calories…
Keep readingMy pregnancy cravings have shifted away from anything with noodles and mushrooms to super crunchy salads and have now settled on rich curries served with rice. The first time I enjoyed a Chickpea Masala was on our amazing holiday in Alvor just before I became pregnant with our first. I was keen on adding more…
Keep readingI usually enjoy lots of salads throughout late spring and summer but last year, I must have only eaten ten total! I think I became tired of eating the same chicken salad every time! I became thoroughly bored of them. This year I want to eat lots of new fresh salads. Different combinations, new flavours, new ingredients!…
Keep readingIt’s coming up to barbecue weather so it was time to share one of my favourite salads with you. This can be quickly thrown together while the charcoal heats up. I first saw a broccoli salad on my Pilates training. There was this amazing supermarket down the road with was stocked with so much amazing…
Keep readingThe fitness industry is saturated by trainers and fitness influencers feeding us the same weight loss strategy that we have heard before. Eat less, exercise more and lose weight. If it truly was so simple, the weight loss industry would not be worth over four BILLION Euro in 2020. People wouldn’t yo-yo diet and have…
Keep readingGrowing up in Ireland, we could be forgiven for thinking it was not an island surrounded by the sea on all sides. But growing up I didn’t eat much fish or even see much fish being eaten. Fish was for Fridays or for Lent, something you ate battered and deep fried on takeaway night. We…
Keep readingI feel like I have spent the last three days constantly eating due to being at home all day so I was craving something light for a change. Light soups are one of my favourite ways to fill up without the calories. Plus my pregnancy craving involves noodles with everything! And I had a fridge…
Keep readingRoasted salads are my new go to meal. The textures soften, the flavours enhance. Warming enough to ward off the chills of winter but with a distinct hint of sunnier times on the way! This is a hearty one tray wonder meal, packed with flavour and goodness – it takes a little time to prepare…
Keep reading“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle Most of my clients think that WILLPOWER is the essential ingredient to change. It isn’t. A lot of people don’t even begin to try because they think they don’t have sufficient willpower to change their lifestyle. According to the New…
Keep readingI am making much more of an effort this year to eat seasonal food and we have begun to grow our own here at our new home. I am finding it to be a great way to tune into what is in season throughout the year. I am always checking the fresh food labels for…
Keep readingIt’s January, a.k.a. National Dieting month after enjoying our festive indulgences. Think back to the last time you went on a weight loss diet. Maybe you’re thinking of starting one right now and this post caught your eye. Well, before you do, please stop and ask yourself – Did you lose the weight permanently? Did…
Keep readingStrategies to change your mindset and shift from yo-yo dieting to getting lasting results!Enter your email address to reserve your place: Change your mind, change your body! The fitness industry is saturated by trainers and fitness influencers feeding us the same weight loss strategy that we have heard before. Eat less, exercise more and lose…
Keep readingThink Nutrition Coaches will just tell you what to do and send you on your way? Not the case at all. Truth is, we bring many different aspects into our practice that help you think about your metabolism, whole body health, and habits in different ways. So what does that mean for you? Although every…
Keep readingRecently I suspected I was slightly dehydrated so I began drinking a lot more water every day. I feel transformed! I was actually quite dehydrated. I struggle to drink enough water. Something so simple but easily overlooked. I am less sore after my daily workouts (which have increased in intensity). I have gone from feeling like staying…
Keep readingThese Healthy Chocolate Protein Balls with Hazelnuts are my new favourite snack in between Coaching sessions. Having these on hand means I can grab something that’s going to satisfy my sweet tooth but also isn’t just going to be grabbing something super processed and full of sugar or sweeteners. These healthy protein balls are loaded with…
Keep reading‘Detoxing’ is certainly an appealing concept. It suggests undoing an unhealthy lifestyle, the late nights, the hangovers, the greasy junk food. While effortlessly losing weight and gaining clearer skin and shinier hair! At least, that’s what TV health personalities like Dr. Mehmet Oz and Jillian Michaels have been touting. Michaels, the trainer on the TV…
Keep readingHOW TO EAT BEAUTIFUL FOOD , IMPROVE YOUR ENERGY, BALANCE YOUR HORMONES and LOSE YOUR EXCESS Fat FOR LIFE! The main issues of Post Natal Recovery are all supported by a Nutrient Dense ‘Healing’ Diet. Healing Diastasis, tissues of the birth canal, C-Section wounds and the Pelvic Floor muscles and connective tissue should all be viewed as ‘healing wounds/tissue trauma’.…
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