So, you work hard, you often get home late and the last thing you feel like doing is cooking something. Isn’t it just much easier to get someone to deliver good meal prep services to you so you don’t have to worry about it? Sounds like a great idea – so we thought we’d review four of the finest. There isn’t too much science behind this! We chose a few meal prep companies that people recommended and thought about them …
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Quantity versus quality? It is the age-old discussion within nutrition. At the end of the day, calories are still king! The calories themselves will determine whether you gain or lose weight…. but the composition of those calories (the macros) will determine the type of weight gained or lost (i.e. fat or muscle). the composition of those calories (the macros) will determine the type of weight gained or lost In an earlier blog we showed you how to calculate your daily calorie …
To figure out if a tomato is a fruit or vegetable, you need to know what makes a fruit a fruit, and a vegetable a vegetable. The key question for this is: DOES IT HAVE SEEDS? If the answer is yes, then technically, (botanically speaking that is) you have a FRUIT. This therefore makes your tomato a fruit. But then it also makes cucumbers, squash, green beans and pumpkins fruits as well. Along with the fruit from a plant or tree, …
The Scarsdale diet is another low-carbohydrate eating plan aiming to achieve a rapid weight loss regimen. The diet was published in 1978 in the first edition of The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet and is similar to the Atkins Diet – calling for high protein, low fat and low carbohydrates with an emphasis on fruits and vegetables. What do I have to do? The Scarsdale follows a neat and simple 14-day meal plan. All you have to do is follow it! The Scarsdale 14-day meal …
Probably the most important part of starting out on a more healthy lifestyle is getting into a routine. Meal planning is key – especially when you are learning about what nutritional values different foods bring and how to put them together to hit your calorie and macro targets. Lifestyle hack: batch cooking We all have one or two nights per week that are less busy than others, so we recommend using these times to pre-cook your meals. While nothing tastes …
Our bodies require a whole load of different nutritional foods in order to grow, develop, repair and feel good. Typically, these nutrients are split into two categories: macronutrients (carbohydrates, proteins and fats) and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals). You’ve probably heard of these categories before, but what do they actually mean? Macronutrients The three macronutrients all have their own specific roles and functions in the body and supply us with calories or energy. Each macronutrient provides us with energy: carbohydrates provides …
The Atkins diet is a popular low-carbohydrate eating plan that emphasizes high intake of protein and fat whilst restricting carbohydrates. The diet was developed in the 1960s by cardiologist Robert C. Atkins and prescribed for weight loss and maintenance. As long as you base your meals around a fatty protein source with vegetables or nuts and some healthy fats, then you will lose weight. It’s that simple. What do I have to do? The Atkins Diet is quite a flexible diet. The focus …
So you want to lose weight, get a healthy lifestyle and maintain it for the rest of your life! Good for you. But how many calories should you eat each day? And how do you calculate your daily calorie target? And how do you know what those calories look like? In this blog we outline how to work out your target daily calories. About that last question: with Weightless10, you get pictures of food portions based on your daily calorie …
Welcome to our new App! So here we go! Our first blog. I guess I should start with some background. I have struggled with being over-weight all my life. I have read all the books, tried all the diets, done all the exercise fads (at one point my mom even started mailing me 90’s workout DVDs). But without fail, within a few months of finishing I would end up being heavier than I was when I started. There always seemed to …