Many things can cause water retention. Most commonly it is caused by: - Time of the month (for women) - Big meals - Food intolerances What happens with water retention is your body draws water to its cells (almost like a defence mechanism), the water is initially drawn in from foods that we digest...
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When the New Year hits unfortunately many people (mainly women) resort to quick "diets" to help lose the excess weight gained over the festive period. The problem with this is that people don't see the bigger picture, juicing diets are misleading and often unsafe for the individual. Without naming ...
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At Fitness Plus when we go through Nutrition, we always incorporate "Lifestyle" into our clients programmes. Not everyone is a fitness machine, not everyone has all the time in the world to meal prep, not everyone can devote half of their life to their goals. So what we have to do is we have to adap...
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The one thing we are incredibly proud of at Fitness Plus is that members pick our brains and ask us all sorts of questions. 9 times out of 10 when people get stuck with their diet they don't ask questions. Speak to trainers at your gym, ask someone who is proven to know the answer. Your friends tha...
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As with all diets no matter how complex they are they all come down to one thing... they put you in a calorie deficit. So whats the difference with the 6 week diets? - Short term "Diets" for 9 days up to 4/6 weeks massively reduce your calorie consumption, they also reduce your nutrient intake al...
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If you read anything about dieting on the internet these days, it can sound like the most boring and most dullest thing ever. Especially when it "seems" all people do is eat out of tuppawear 5 times a day for 12+ weeks of the year.
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As today is international Women's Day, we thought we would share with you our top training and nutrition tips for women. <h4>1. Don't rely on scale weight:</h4> - Unfortunately our bodies are incredibly complicated hormone machines, and a female body can be even more complicated when it comes to tim...
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Here are a few basic and simple tips to help you drop some pounds, which one of these do you do already? 1. Drink at least 2 litres of water a day. 2. At least 3 weight/resistance gym sessions a week. 3. Move more! - Walking increases energy expenditure. 4. Eat an adequate amount of protein (rul...
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This goes back to a previous post about guessing your nutrition. Heres a fact, there are 4 calories in 1 gram of protein, 4 calories in 1 gram of carbs and 9 calories in 1 gram of fat. So, with this being said, if you are training to lose weight and your diet consists of eggs, fish such as salmon...
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