Next Block of Boot Camp & Tuesday’s Venue
31/07/2010 by admin.
Tuesday is the first in the next block of sessions - meeting at 6.45 pm Saumarez Park, rear car park.
Cost for the block of 8 sessions is £48 or £8 per session pay as you go.
Don’t forget our night out in Herm on 17th August (the things people do to get out of boot camp). Let Emma know if you wish to come along.
Grab yourself some Grape Nuts
29/07/2010 by admin.
Add a sprinkling of grape nuts to your breakfast cereal. Fortified with vitamins, Grape nuts are high in fibre at 11.5% and low in fat at only 2%, of that 0.4% is saturated (bad) fat.
They are an excellent source of folic acid and iron so particularly good for anaemia sufferers.
Mix grapes nuts with some dried fruit and bio-yoghurt for a delicious snack full of goodness.
Saturday’s Boot Camp
28/07/2010 by admin.
Saturday’s boot camp will be held at the Reservoir at 10 am.
The Good and the Bad of Cholesterol
28/07/2010 by admin.
High cholesterol is a contributor to heart disease and the risk of a stroke. Cholesterol is mostly produced in the liver but some foods contribute to increasing or reducing your cholesterol levels.
There are two types of cholesterol, namely “LDL” (”bad” cholesterol) and “HDL” (”good” cholesterol). Bad cholesterol comes from foods containing saturated fats and trans fatty acids such as cakes, red meat, chips and pies. Your diet should contain no more than 10% of saturated fat.
Monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats can reduce your cholesterol levels. These are found in the likes of avocados, nuts, olive oil, seeds and oily fish. Some people have naturally high cholesterol, which means that they need to pay particular attention to diet.
Importantly, exercise can increase your good cholesterol (HDL) levels and therefore has a positive impact on your health too.
Keep it Simple
27/07/2010 by admin.
Sometimes the simple things are missed when it comes to losing weight so I thought I’d give you some tips which you could easily incorporate into your lifestyle:
Fibre Facts
26/07/2010 by admin.
Recommended intake for fibre is 25-30g per day. Fibre is so important for health and helps to prevent some cancers such as colon and breast cancer, as well as reduce the risk of type II diabetes as part of a healthy diet. Not only this but fibre can reduce bad cholesterol levels and therefore reduces the risk of heart disease.
There are two types of fibre – soluble and insoluble and each perform their own specific functions and provide health benefits. Soluble fibre reduces the risk of heart disease by lowering cholesterol levels. Soluble fibre is found in the likes of nuts, flax seed, fruits and vegetables, peas and beans, oat and oatbran.
Insoluble fibre helps to prevent constipation, removes toxic waste from the colon and also helps to prevent colon cancer. This type of fibre is found in the likes of dark green leafy vegetables, fruit skins, whole wheat foods, nuts and seeds and wheat bran.
If you increase your intake of fibre you should ensure that you drink sufficient fluid. Recommendations are to drink approximately 2 litres of fluid per day.
Tour de France - 39 secs
25/07/2010 by admin.
What an interesting climax to the Tour de France. Andy Schlek was expected to lose 2+ minutes in the final time trial but in fact put in the performance of his life to only lose 31 secs to Contador.
In fact at the first time check Schlek was up by 5 secs.More importantly, Contador won the Tour by 39 secs. A significant figure because that is the exact same amount of time that Schlek lost through dropping his chain on stage 15. Contador unsportingly took full advantage of Schlek’s misfortune to ride away from him and turn around a 31 sec deficit to an 8 sec lead.
Perhaps more incredible is how tight Tour finishes often are after 89 hrs of racing.
British riders, Geraint Thomas of Team Sky impressed in the time trials and of course, Mark Cavendish has been outstanding, so far winning 4 stages.
The Green (Sprinters) Jersey is up for grabs today if Cav can turn around a 16 point deficit. Petacchi who currently holds the Green Jersey only needs to finish top 6 to hold onto his Jersey though.
It will be worth watching just to see how the Green Jersey pans out and to see Cav take victory 5 of this Tour and 15 overall in his short Tour de France career.
With the Tour over later today, our summer feast of sport seems to be over.
Perhaps it’s time to get down the beach.
Tuesday’s Boot Camp
25/07/2010 by admin.
Let’s meet at Le Guet for Tuesday’s boot camp - starting at 6.45 pm.
Boot camp cancelled today
24/07/2010 by admin.
Apologies but boot camp is cancelled today. Check my blog for Tuesday’s venue.
Don’t rule out your favourite foods
23/07/2010 by admin.
Don’t rule out foods you enjoy from your diet. Work on the basis of eating a healthy diet with complex carbohydrates such as wholemeal rice, pasta and sweet potatoes, plenty of vegetables, fruits, oily fish and low fat protein such as the white parts of chicken but allow yourself some of the foods you enjoy in ‘moderation’ and in sensible portion sizes. Don’t feel guilty about eating these foods.If you rule out certain foods out you are more likely to crave them. If you deprive yourself, you are likely to eat lots of other foods and therefore increase your calorie intake, before eventually succumbing to your food craving.By consuming a healthy diet, your palate will become accustomed to this food and you will be less likely to crave less healthy foods.
