Garth Delikan's Blog – September 2011 Archive (9)

Cardio burns fat, weights build muscle yes?

Unfortunately it’s not as simple as that and you could be forgiven for thinking that’s the case and it’s the basis premise that many people mistakenly believe will give them the best results.

In actual fact, weight training is an important part of any kind of fat loss or fitness programme. Firstly, weight…

It was while I was in advertising that I began to realise the importance of good sound nutrition and the benefits it could provide.

I wasn’t actually a nutritionist at this time but preferred to what I call “dabble” and was already heavily into my training on a daily basis.

I was always into body building from an early age and one of my…

It’s sometime difficult to think about how to keep down your stress levels, eat and still lose or maintain your weight while holding down not only a busy and stressful workload but also a hectic lifestyle and family life.

Here are a few of my tips for a 24 hour period that should help.

07.00am

You’ve rolled out…

No pills or potions just simple everyday food.

Apples

A medium sized apple actually provides you with around 5g of great dietary fibre which we all know aids digestion and helps to promote fat loss and interestingly enough if you eat an apple about 15 minutes before lunch you’ll eat an average 187 calories less than those who…

Not to worry it could just be your metabolism playing up and needing a kick!

These boosters should help to get you back on track.

Aim to eat every three to four hours

Eat the same amount of food every day but instead of just having two or three meals a day spread them out. It will help to keep your blood…

I’ve talked at length in a previous article about food combining and why I’m such a huge fan and I still believe that if you don’t want to deprive yourself of anything it’s simply the best way to eat.

There’s nothing you can’t eat,…

The perils of chocolate!

Even though it’s common knowledge that chocolate rots your teeth and is full of sugar and can make you gain weight just by looking at a bar seemingly, we’re still obsessed with scoffing it by the bucket load!

But why?

There are little…

You may have heard this from time to time.

Well frankly it doesn’t stack up as a credible argument. The idea is that all foods are ok and there are only unhealthy diets – presumably those filled with unhealthy foods!

Examples are sausages, candy floss, pizza, chocolate, fizzy sugary drinks, chips, cakes etc, as well as foods that are filled with trans…

There is a common myth that if you train hard and long and frequently enough, you can eat what you like and won’t gain any extra weight.

Wrong!

The idea that you can simply offset the amount of calories you eat by doing the equivalent amount of exercise is hugely attractive. Just because the likes of Olympic swimmers and…