Author Archives: Kat

Isn’t It Time You Jumped Off The Carb Rollercoaster? Here’s How.

Read time: 2-3 minutes
I feel like I’m kind of starting to re-hash well trodden ground here, so let me preface this one by saying I’ll back off for a bit after this! In the past few weeks I’ve told you how to tell if you’re addicted to carbs (hint: if you are, then this one [...]

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Is It Skinny?

Read time: 90 seconds
It’s 6.08am and I’m just sitting down to my first coffee of the day. I use the word ‘first’ with absolute certainty – with a 15 hour turnaround from home to home again, Tuesday is most definitely a high coffee day for me.
I drink long macchiato’s, mostly. Or, if I’m feeling a [...]

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A Simple Approach To Exercise That Really Works

Read time: 90 seconds

Let’s talk about exercise. Ideal exercise, I mean, not long grinding workouts that do more harm than good and leave you beating your head against the wall because you can never quite keep up. We now know that chronic cardio fits into this category, and we know that weight training is important [...]

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How To Tell If You’re Addicted To Carbs

Read time: 3-4 minutes
Last week I spoke about the connection between excessive amounts of cardio exercise and carbohydrate ‘addiction’, and how these two behaviours more often than not lead to dietary and fat loss failure. As far as generalisations go, this is one that I’m quite happy to put my name to. I base this [...]

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Is Your Cardio Habit Fueling Your Carbohydrate Addiction?

Read time: 4-5 minutes
About 10 years ago, I was the queen of ‘healthy carbohydrates’. Typically I’d start my day with a wholesome bowl of bircher muesli, usually with some plain or vanilla low-fat yogurt, and a good heaping of fruit on top. Yummy. And a coffee of course! Mind you, it’s not as though I [...]

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Supplement Facts And Fads: How To Know What Really Works

The following post includes a book review. Read time 2-3 minutes.
As you may have read last week, I’m a huge believer in support from quality supplements for health and fat loss. In case you missed my post, I spoke about the theory that we shouldn’t need supplements if we eat well, and the reality of [...]

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