I’ve been using HIGH5 EnergyGels for years. After testing several types of gels I found these to be the best. They give me the energy boost I need and the real fruit juice in them isn’t too thick or sweet, making them a perfect watery consistency, so they go down well during a race. They are made… Read More #HIGH5fuelled
I used to think salads were boring and not very fulfilling. Well it turned out I wasn’t making them right! After some education in proper salads from Sylvia Sobota at Nurture Your Body I now know they can be delicious, filling and highly nutritious. Now my salad recipes involve a large salad bowl and a… Read More Fully loaded salad lunches
Thanks to the amazing Sylvia Sobota at Nurture Your Body my nutrition plan is back on point and focused on fueling my triathlon training and races – which means lots of yummy carbs! My standard day is now looking like this: Pre am training snack – hydrating fruit such as melons, grapes or berries. Breakfast… Read More Nutrition plan is back on point
Thank you very much to OTE Sports for adding me to their ambassador programme. Their products came highly recommend to me by the lovely PT and GB triathlete at my gym, Tom Baker. As always I did a bit of research about the company and really like that OTE Sports brand has been created with a… Read More I’ve now got OTE Sports fuel edge!
The healthy nutrition plans just keep on coming thanks to the amazing Sylvia Sobota at Nurture Your Body. This is what I have been eating over the last week: Breakfast Chia seed pudding Mid-morning snack Fresh homemade juice Lunch Soup with kale, barley/lentils & other veg Mid afternoon snack Power Porridge with a banana Pre 2nd training session… Read More 2016 Nutrition & training plan part 4!
It’s now less than a week to the English Open and my weight is all on point, as you can see from my most recent note on the weight board and I really am feeling like a lean green fighting machine! For the last week I’ve been eating the following and drinking LOTS of water: Breakfast Power Porridge (with… Read More 2016 Nutrition plan part 3 – I’m a lean green fighting machine!
I am very lucky to have an amazing nutritionalist, Sylvia Sobota at Nurture Your Body, who tailors my nutrition programme to just what my body needs to cut for the European Championships. For the last few weeks I’ve been eating: Breakfast Power Porridge (with the extra’s reduced a bit in quantity) Mid-morning snack Carrots Lunch Large raw salad,… Read More 2016 Nutrition plan part 2
I’m now fully into the swing of my 2016 programme. I won’t lie that the first few weeks were hard work after giving my body a little but well earned rest over Christmas. But as the saying goes, train hard fight easy! Training is looking like this with great Thames Valley TKD sessions, PT sessions… Read More 2016 Training and Nutrition plan
I’ve had several people ask me how do I manage living off plants, espically while being an athlete. So I’m hoping the below will help anyone else who is interested in trying something new in 2016! One of the most common questions I get is……but how do you get enough protein?! I’m sure pretty much… Read More Interested in a Plant based diet?
There has been a lot in the news recently about meat causing cancer, mainly due to the World Health Organisation (WHO) listing processed meat and likely fresh red meat among the most cancer-causing substances alongside tobacco, arsenic, asbestos and radiation.… Read More Animal products are not good for us or the environment, let alone the torture they cause!
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