Paula Skudder - Fitness & Body Therapy

Circuit class tomorrow morning has me thinking two ways, pairing up with a bit of glove and pad work and/or AB circuit workout 🤔I’m sure either workout will go down well 😉

Wow, spring is here 🙂

Don't you just love the change in the air and how it kind of makes you to want to get moving, to get outdoors and make the most of the fresh air with the extra daylight we have got!

Now is also a fabulous time to look at your nutrition, exercise plans, stress levels, and to get on top of those winter aches and pains.

Over the next few days, I'm going to post little bits and pieces for you all to think about and how by tweaking what you are doing could just get you back on track for a fabulous summer.

Let me know if there is something in particular that you would like me to touch base on.

P:)

WHY ARE THERE SO MANY NAMES OF SUGAR?

If we want to really read and understand labels so we can avoid sugar, we need to know all the tricks of the trade and how sugar hides from us.

Food manufacturers are getting savvy, knowing if sugar is high on their ingredient list, their product isn’t exactly going to fly off the shelf.

So what do they do?

Firstly they disguise sugar under all these different names knowing people don’t associate many of these with just plain old sugar.

Secondly, they use multiple versions of sugar. Ingredients are listed in order of the quantity present in that product. If a product has more sugar than anything else, sugar will be the first ingredient on the list. Now food manufacturers know that if sugar is no.1 on the list, people probably won’t buy it. They want sugar to be as far down the list as possible so they use multiple types of sugar and suddenly each type of sugar is individually smaller and will now appear further down the ingredient list, giving you the impression sugar is no longer the number 1 ingredient.

So watch out for all the names of sugar, and add them up. Look at the nutrition label for total sugar per serving as well as the ingredient list.

And don’t be fooled by “no added sugars” (may still be high with naturally occurring sugars) or “refined sugar free” (generally means it’s packed with coconut sugar, dried fruit or some other sugar).

Sugar is sugar no matter what you call it!

What other names of sugar have you discovered? These aren’t all of them.

With a new season kicking off today, now is a good time to review your GOALS.

Summer is only 3 months away!! I want you all to think back to January did you make some goals? What did you write down that you wanted to achieve this year?

What was the emotional trigger that made you want to change something!!

Was it that you were?
- Tired of feeling bloated?
- Tired of feeling tired?
- Your summer clothes to tight and uncomfortable?
- You just not keeping up with the kids?
- You not coping with the summer heat?

We all have an emotional trigger that makes us change something, some of us are nailing it and some of us are leaving it to chance.

Are you nailing it? You need to be honest with yourself here and ask yourself the hard questions? Have you given the time and commitment to achieving your goals?

It's not too late to start, a couple of steps in the right direction is all it takes. Get out and about, get moving, talk to me about where you are at.

I can't do it for you, but I can however help you to get new routines and habit’s in place before the end of year crazy season hits us.

Let's make September a sugar free month.

Coconut almond square - Shared by Nutritionist Mikki Williden

Ingredients

1½ cups Shredded coconut, (Ceres or Pams are preservative-free), plus extra for coating
1 cup Ground almonds
4 Tbsp Coconut oil, melted
1 Tbsp Freeze-dried raspberry powder, I used Fresh As, use more/less to taste
1 Lemon, zested
1 serving Dark chocolate, melted, optional

Directions

1.Line a shallow baking dish with baking paper.
2.Mix all ingredients (except chocolate if using) and press into tray.
3.Cut in to squares and refrigerate or freeze to set. Store in fridge or freezer.

Yippeee Spring is here, Goodbye Winter 😊

So, this is what all personal trainers have been getting wrong all this time 😂

Have a great weekend everyone 😊