My interview with Oprah’s Trainer

My Interview with Bob Green (Oprah’s trainer)

I was fortunate enough to be intervied on Oprah and friends radio last year with Oprah’s fitness expert, Bob Greene. The interview was about the epedemic Australia has endured with it’s challenges on Obesity.

The interview could have gone on for hours as we are both very passionate people on the topic of obesity and health. During the entire interview we never once spoke about food. We spoke about the mindset of obesity with self esteem, which again I could go on for hours about. However, I want to share something that brewed up in the conversation which Bob said and that applies to so many instances in life…It’s about changing the tape player in your life. Wether it may be starting a new outlook on your lifestyle with eating/working/spiritual, you need to change the tape, turn it over. Move into the new part of your life and leave the past on the other side.
Be open to hearing new views, ideas, trying new things, that will only open your mind up the the never ending possibilities of changing!

Food Labels Confused

Food Labels CONFUSED?

Well I am not sure if you saw the news yesterday but there was a mention about food colouring on labels that we need to look out for because they are toxic.

Wow, talk about confusion and what to look for when you look at a food label! Protein, calories, Carbs, Fat (not to mention the types of fats), sugar, sodium…rrahhhh this is how you feel I bet! So overwhelmed with it all that your just over it. No wonder why you can’t stick to your new ‘eating plans’ or create a better lifestyle for yourself. You end up going back to what you did before cause it’s a ‘too hard’ basket approach.

So let me tell you this in plain and simple terms…Don’t absorb EVERYTHING you hear or read about unless you see or hear a consist ant message. Here is some information that people usually charge money for…

You want to read labels! If you want to lose weight the most important parts of the label you need to read are; (REMEMBER THIS! And pass it onto your friends and everyone you know!)
SUGAR!! You want this to be LOW…A good low number point is 0 and around under 10g PER SERVING.
It’s important to read the serving suggestion and try and keep within this range as well as it’s a great balance and a reminder not to over indulge if it’s too ‘naughty’ for you.
CARBS (Sugar is a carb!) BUT you need to look at the Carb on the label as well…Brekky will be higher in Carbs because you need these to start your day! try and have something that is not too over the top in Carb, around 20-30 is good and LOOOWWWW Sugar!
FAT. Yes another important part of the label to look at and so I am keeping this simple, the thing you need to know about this is Saturated FAT is BAD! Think of a roast dish at the end of a night that has that ‘fat’ juice in the bottom of the dish. If you leave it there it will turn white in colour. That is what it will look like in your tummy! and how hard is that to clean? YUK! Well, imagine that in your tummy! Not cool.

Ok well these are by far the most important that you should look at first and rather than overwhelm you on other parts of the label I will leave it here and pick it up on another post. Even though I have told you about these key points to get you on the way to a ‘better’ eating plan and lifestyle it’s still good to notice other parts of the label and when you hear other bits of information like the food colouring, defiantly be aware of this but don’t overwhelm yourself too much too soon. Too much of anything is BAD! That’s all you need to know, now go out there and ‘KILL IT LIKE A NINJA’ with your new and informative plan. XX

Workout while you travel! No excuses

Travelling? No time to Exercise? Lets play cards!!

Get a deck of cards and a piece of paper. Write down 10 exercises on the piece of paper;

1. Push Ups
2. Star Jumps
3. Sit Ups
4. Mountain climbers
5. Squats
6. Squat Jumps
7. Plank
8. V snaps
9. High knee running
10. Butt Kicks

Deal 3 cards from the pack. Whichever 3 cards delt are the numbers of the first exercise you have to do!  Deal again, then go to the next exercise and do how many it says on the next 3 cards delt and then keep going.  20 min workout that will make you move!  HAVE FUN.

Protein Pancakes

I also have a favorite healthy breakfast that I substitute into my menu depending on my mood. It really helps a sweet tooth and those hunger pangs at 8:00 AM.

Ingredients:
o 1/2 cup uncooked oatmeal
o 6 egg whites
o 1/2 cup blueberries
o 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
o 1 tbs. Splenda
o 1/4 cup sugar free maple syrup
o Fat free spray butter

Directions:

Mix the ingredients above and cook just like a regular pancake until golden brown. Top with fat free butter spray and sugar free syrup.
This definitely gives you something to look forward to in the morning