My Why…

If you ever meet me or talk to me you will know that I really love what I do. Since my late teenage years, I have taught in one way or another and from a very early age had a love and passion for fitness. The journey of teaching and learning has involved Fitness from…

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What does your ‘100% Purposeful Day’ look like?

What does your 100% purposeful day look like? This morning when I woke up, I was thinking about ‘what would my ideal day’ look like? What would my intentions be? I was thinking about the many conversations I have with people about behaviours / habits/ responses to stressors etc.. So, I created notes and a…

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Why weight loss maybe shouldn’t be your goal?

Weight loss, much like weight gain, is a sum of the lifestyle habits you create for yourself. True weight loss, true sustainable long-term weight loss, does not occur quickly, the same weight gain does not occur quickly. It occurs over time, at a slow and steady rate. Now as you read this post, you may…

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Protein!

A sample meal plan for a vegetarian aiming to consume 80g of protein per day: Breakfast: Scrambled Tofu (200g) cooked with vegetables like spinach, bell peppers, and onions (~15g protein) Whole grain toast (2 slices) (~7g protein) 1 tablespoon of peanut butter (~4g protein) 1 medium-sized banana (~1g protein) Morning Snack: Greek yogurt (150g) (~15g…

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New Recipes

NEW RECIPES! Creamy Chicken Pesto INGREDIENTS 2 tbsps olive oil or butter 4 x 150g chicken breast 1 tsp sea salt, 1 tsp ground black pepper 150g white onion, finely chopped 4 garlic cloves, minced 2 red bell-peppers, sliced 1 tsp dried thyme, 1 tsp dried sage ½ tsp dried red chilli flakes 200ml chicken…

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Four Week Beginner Plan

Hello, I am excited to share with you a ‘Four Week Beginner Strengthening Plan’. If you feel that you want to start to strengthen your body that bit more, then I have the solution for you. It may be that you have had some time away from strengthening or want to start adding in some more…

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The Balance Series

A wonderful 45 mins chat with Claire from @midlifementors / @thirtyeightdegreesnorth focusing on how looking after your fitness, nutrition and health can help you. Meal Planning Chat with @dizzleskykitchencoach The most hilarious disastrous start – sorry! Lol! Thank you @dizzleskykitchencoach for your time. Great to chat – really informative too x View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kirsty Ellson…

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Journal Time

Taking some time out to think about your thoughts and processes can help you to reach your goals. The more we reflect and understand our behaviours, the more we understand them and can help ourselves in reaching that goal. Here are a few ideas – the ladies on the Reset program have one of these…

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The Reset Program – The Warm Up

  What will be involved in The Reset Program? Zoom Group Calls – generally Sunday evenings and the odd mid week one to come along to which is on specific topics. Weekly Goals – goals are fragile and we don’t want them to drown, week after week, in the flood of daily demands and general ‘life’!…

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’tis the season for soup…

As I write this, it is the getting to the end of September and we are starting to feel the crisp chill in the air. This is when I start to switch my diet up to make some hearty soups. I still have soup in the summer, but on the colder days, especially after a…

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Recharge your batteries

Do you ever feel like you are running low on battery – even when you are prioritising sleep, the energy just doesn’t seem to be re-charging? Check out our Thirty Day Reset here which will help you to reset and prioritise yourself – we run this as a group challenge in the months of January,…

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