I love sharing recipes with you on a Friday... so here is a healthy burger for you to try any day of the week! x
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I love sharing recipes with you on a Friday... so here is a healthy burger for you to try any day of the week! x
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I have been doing some studying into hormones
The information being around the fact that those who are struggling to lose weight have a hormonal imbalance...we know it is not simply a case of eating less and moving more IT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.... Our hormones are telling us whether to burn fat or store fat.... Wow!! All these years of being told Eat low fat Exercise for hours Use smaller plates Count your calories When if your hormones are not in check.......it is going to be really hard for your body to burn fat...in fact there are many factors which will make your hormones tell your body to store FAT... And to add to that, from the age of 31 our hormones start to decline...... So getting our hormones in balance is key to becoming a FAT BURNING machine!!!! So how can we eat for health......how can we try to maximise the way our bodies burn fat????? 1. Cut out processed foods and refined sugars 2. Eat a diet rich in proteins and good fats....FAT IS NOT THE ENEMY 3. Cut down on alcohol and caffeine 4. Cut out stress from your life Let me know your thoughts.... Kelly xx www.keepfitwithkelly.com Here are my Top tips to follow if you want to look and feel better!!!
1. Cut out the processed food Eating only unprocessed food that does not contain loads of ingredients. If you look at a food and it contains a whole host of ingredients some of which you have never heard of then it is not a great choice. I don't believe in counting calories or weighing and measuring everything, I believe in eating clean food. 2. No snacking. If you are eating three healthy filling meals every day there is no need to snack. Everytime we eat our hormone levels are affected and we need to give the body a break from eating and working to digest our food constantly. 3. Keep hydrated. Aiming for a minimum of 2 litres of water a day and making water your choice of beverage avoiding any fizzy carbonated drinks. 4. Staying away from fast food. Steering clear of McDonalds, Burger King, KFC etc has to be in my top tips as I feel these foods are not only bad for your waistline and health but make you feel awful! 5. Eat a protein rich breakfast. No cereals or toast for breakfast, instead make eggs your top choice and have them scrambled, poached, boiled or however you wish. They will fill you up all day and really keep you going. What do you think......are you doing this....can you start to implement one or two new habits????? At Kick Start we don't believe in counting calories or points, we promote healthy clean food eaten as 3 meals a day
We do not cut carbs out....just choose good carbs over bad..... It got me to thinking about how I used to obsess over points and calories Evidence is now pointing towards calorie counting being flawed when it comes to dieting, they are saying that low calorie foods like white rice and potatoes are actually playing a big part in the rise in obesity. They talk about how a calories worth of salmon (protein) will affect body weight compared to a calories worth of white rice (refined carbohydrate). I have long held this belief as how can a McDonalds be compared to a healthy balanced meal if it actually contains the same calories. That McDonalds is going to affect your body in a completely different way right? I know back in the days when I used to eat the occasional McDonalds I would feel lethargic and actually unwell afterwards, completely different to how I feel after eating a healthy clean meal even if it did contain the same calories. Over the years I myself have done various diets, I think I have probably done them all!!! I remember counting out the calories and thinking "oh I can have that bag of crisps or that chocolate because it fits into my points/calories for the day" and I wasn't really thinking about the ingredients in the food at all. In fact I remember one points based diet back in the day where I had worked it out so that I could eat a Curly Wurly every day (remember my sugar addiction that I talked about!!!) When you stop counting calories and just eat proper food that hasn't been processed and has real ingredients in, you feel a release from that constant totting up in your head of the calories as well. Who wants to be doing a mental maths lesson every time they eat something anyway? Feel free to let me know your thoughts, are you a calorie totter up or do you just forget the calories and enjoy proper food???? I attended a lecture on the weekend on fat loss and it was fascinating....
The theme of the talk was hormones....the information being around the fact that those who are struggling to lose weight have a hormonal imbalance...we know it is not simply a case of eating less and moving more IT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.... Our hormones are telling us whether to burn fat or store fat.... Wow!! All these years of being told Eat low fat Exercise for hours Use smaller plates Count your calories When if your hormones are not in check.......it is going to be really hard for your body to burn fat...in fact there are many factors which will make your hormones tell your body to store FAT... And to add to that, from the age of 31 our hormones start to decline...... So getting our hormones in balance is key to becoming a FAT BURNING machine!!!! So how can we eat for health......how can we try to maximise the way our bodies burn fat????? 1. Cut out processed foods and refined sugars 2. Eat a diet rich in proteins and good fats....FAT IS NOT THE ENEMY 3. Cut down on alcohol and caffeine 4. Cut out stress from your life Here goes...
1. My absolute top tip is to eat clean. Eating clean means eating only unprocessed food that do not contain loads of ingredients. If you look at a food and it contains a whole host of ingredients some of which you have never heard of then it is not a great choice. I don't believe in counting calories or weighing and measuring everything, I believe in eating clean food. 2. No snacking. If you are eating three healthy filling meals every day there is no need to snack. Everytime we eat our hormone levels are affected and we need to give the body a break from eating and working to digest our food constantly. 3. Keep hydrated. Aiming for a minimum of 2 litres of water a day and making water your choice of beverage avoiding any fizzy carbonated drinks. 4. Staying away from fast food. Steering clear of McDonalds, Burger King, KFC etc has to be in my top tips as I feel these foods are not only bad for your waistline and health but make you feel awful! 5. Eat a protein rich breakfast. No cereals or toast for breakfast, instead make eggs your top choice and have them scrambled, poached, boiled or however you wish. They will fill you up all day and really keep you going. If you fancy some sugar free baking this weekend why not give these a try??
Let me know what you think We hear this so often that like many things we hear in the media, we believe it to be true. Just like at one point we believed in the “low fat” is better for you myth until we realised it was then packed full of sugars instead!
So what does the research tell us? Dependant on our energy requirements and lifestyle we can eat at various times without health consequences: “When it comes to eating at night, there are no studies that show eating at night facilitates any additional accumulation of adipose tissue when compared to eating the exact same food at an earlier time period.” “…some research suggests eating the majority of carbohydrates at night might improve satiety and lead to weight loss, and eating protein just before bed increases muscle protein synthesis and improves whole-body protein balance.” The research shows us if you work late and can’t eat until a little later then DON’T WORRY, it isn’t the be all and end all! Eat GOOD food that fuels your body and eat when you can. However, the negative to eating at night is that it can become a mindless act, as you rest and relax it may become more of a habit than a need for fuel. This can therefore lead to weight gain and if you are restricting your food intake in the day this can soon become a binge. For some people eating at night isn’t right, it can cause sleep disturbance or stomach upset, so whatever works for you is right, I suggest you experiment…your body will soon tell you if it is wrong. All in all it is safe to say healthy eating is all about WHAT you are eating, forget about when. If you fancy breakfast at 11am that is fine, if you want dinner at 9pm that is fine, just make sure it is good quality and healthy food and listen to your body. Kelly xx |
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