Personal Training in Bahrain

Fat's News To Us Say Many Britons |Sky News|UK News

Link: Fat's News To Us Say Many Britons |Sky News|UK News.

The poll, for the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), found that 46% of people were unaware of the association between unhealthy foods and cancer.

Yep, you heard it here! And What do you mean you knew that already!! As my purpose on life is to bring the attention of preventative medicine to the masses, it gives me great joy to find articles supporting the importance of Functional Medicine.

By following my health plans you will be listening to your body's symptoms and realize that it is the body's way of saying 'things aren't right inside'. If you ignore these callings, you could potentially lead down the road to a disease!

Take control NOW and prevent the onset of a disease and best of all FEEL GREAT!!!

It's All About the Pilates Instructor

Last year I had the opportunity to have private Pilates tuition in order to become an instructor. As we were in LA only for the summer, I wasn't able to complete the course and get certified. However, we certainly crammed in as much info as we could and I practiced on the reformer, Cadillac and mat work.
Unfortunately, when I returned to the Gulf, I never kept up with my Pilates learning which was a shame as we have a bespoke Pilates Studio. Reason was, I wasn't keen on the previous instructor's style of teaching and as a result would never go to her classes.

A year has passed, and the previous instructor has moved on. We now have a new instructor and am really excited to be getting back into training.
Why does Pilates work for me?

Recovering from Stage 1 Adrenal Exhaustion meant that I had to stop high intensity classes like Body Pump (using weights) and Combat (high intensity martial arts) and RPM (high intensity spin class). These classes were playing havoc with my adrenals as the constant stress attributed to high intensity exercise, caused in response, my body to continually release cortisol (the main stress hormone). Unfortunately, as a result of the constant demand my body wasn't able to shut down this release and as a consequence the rest of my hormones became depleted or imbalanced. (namely my female hormones!)

The treatment and future?
Over the last year I have balanced my hormones out by using the natural supplementation and have incorporated mind body exercises into my routine. Certainly, once I healed, I could re introduce the weights but it made me look in other directions for a discipline that I can work my muscles but without the high cortisol release. And so along came Pilates and Yoga!

Continue reading for a nice article for those of you not so familiar with what Pilates is (surely not many of you, although we did come across a German who had never heard of Pilates before!!, BTW Pilates originates from a German by the name of Joseph Pilates!).

Lastly, I am pleased to know that there are plenty of Pilates Studios in  Bahrain, let's just hope I find an instructor I like!!!

The Aspartame Scandal

Link: Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation.

For those of you who still drink diet soda as a means to curb your appetite and keep the calorie intake down, read this article about Aspartame. Studies are coming out all the time with relation to how aspartame can cause fat to be stored on the hips and thighs and with continued use can lead to seizures and depression. The best choice would be to cut out sugar and all it's derivatives and stick to whole, organic foods which will keep your hunger at bay. If you do have to have something sweet you are better off choosing real cane sugar than artificial substitute. Read the ingredients and STOP drinking diet sodas!!

Taken from the Price -Pottenger Nutrition Foundation, follow the link to read all of the article.

aaaaaaaaaa I couldn't resist

Being in Saudi does have it's draw backs at time such as;
Not being with my beloved who is in Bahrain.
Not hearing birds singing in an English garden on a hot summers day. I found a meditation CD tonight that reminded me of such.
Not being around animals and pets such as my mum's dog Cocoa or my two cats Gin and Tonic.
So my desktop becomes my window to the world. So much so that I have a "Daily Puppy" picture who appears each day. And here is Barley! aaaaaaaaaahhahh isn't he gawjus!
I do feel that I haven't lived yet because at the age of 34 I have yet had the chance to get my own dog.
But come March next year that can all be changed! As I will be married, so I can go for the whole lot- husband, puppy and kids!!! (Rob did you read this?)

clipped from 65.gmodules.com

My Food Phone...

What a great idea! Have you seen this? You take a photo of your food and send it through to your coach, health advisor, nutritionist. Saves having to write everything down and record each and every component to your meal!
Hope it catches on in Bahrain!
Check it out

Day 5........ feeling great!

OH wow! Doesn’t it feel great when you finally find that long lost motivation and commitment to a health programme!!
Just thought I would share with you that as a result, I have lost 1kg this week and had 5 small regular meals spaced out every three hours throughout the day.

It got me thinking of my previous attempts at getting and staying in shape. It also reminded me of my 8 week health blast last year in Los Angeles, when I hired a "reputable" personal trainer. Trouble was, as good as his programmes were and yes I did see short term results; his programmes were not suited for long term health maintenance as his diets were based upon consuming 'NO FAT'. Please understand that no one can survive their life without essential fats in their diet. Common signs of a person that hasn't had essential fats in their diet would be an almost dullish looking, grey, dry and wrinkly skin and depression.

Yes, his eating plan, recommended food quantities and exercise programmes were safe and suitable for my needs. But he overlooked the fact that once I stopped his very strict ‘no fat’ diet programme, my body would need to heal a damaged metabolism. And yes, it has taken a year to heal my metabolism.

So why am I on a 6 month Health plan when I have just spent a year healing my metabolism? 

Is your sunscreen to blame for your mood swings?

As you know I regularly test my client's hormone levels as frequently females come to me with symptoms ranging from moodiness, pms, irritability, swollen breasts and food cravings. Yes, I am sure Rob, my fiance, can vouch for me when I used to suffer. (BTW, now the only way I know my monthly is coming is by checking the calender rather than the unmistakable week prior!)

We test the levels of hormones (namely estrogen and progesterone) and more often than not the results show that the client is what is known as 'estrogen dominant'. As a result of the hormones being unbalanced, the client will usually suffer a 'monthly madness'.

More and more evidence is showing us how many of the common daily beauty items that we use could be contributing to the 'estrogen dominance'.

I saw this article from mercola.com and wanted to share wit all of our Expat readers who should be, on a daily basis, applying a minimum of factor 15 sunscreen under their makeup. Trouble is with all your good intentions the sunscreen along with the makeup may be causing your 'monthly madness'.

How to burn calories while you work

No doubt if you are reading this then you own a laptop/computer.
No doubt if you own a laptop/computer then you find you are spending more and more time on said item. No doubt you have started to notice that you are spending far too many hours sat in one place and want to do something about it before you ruin your posture for good.

Yes me too!! Calling myself a health professional means that I follow all aspects of a healthy living 85% of the time!!! But now that I focus so much time on my online business, I find that all I seem to do is spend too many hours in front of my 11" mobile tiny laptop (Great for travelling, but not great for my eyes and posture!)

I also live in Saudi where most of my time is spent indoors as it proves such an inconvenience to travel and haggle with the locals ( all changing very soon, when I relocate to Bahrain!).

Anyway, I came across this article from the Mayo Clinic and thought it a good read for all of us web junkies (yes I think I should next post an article about internet addiction!!)

P.S. I'm going to rearrange my office straight after this post and swap my chair for a Swiss Ball!!
P.P.S I also love the idea of meetings on the go or brainstorming sessions.

Celeb Spotting West Coast v East Coast

Lea, my Business/technology adviser recently posted on her Blog that she had been celeb spotting on the East Coast of the States, so I couldn't help and share my famous pic of me and some famous star!!!!!!!! Truth is I can't even remember his name and the movie (although packed out when I saw it in Los Angeles) is not something I would even admit that I went to see.

But in the spirit of things, my friend and I saw him out one night and so we ran up and acted like complete "airhead" groupies!! heheheheh! He was tiny. fat and ugly! (no offense famous actor whoever you are?) And I am sure if he was Brad Pitt, I wouldn't have felt inclined to act like such a fanatic 'fan'. (Oh no!, too beneath me to ask for an autograph, they should be asking me seeing as I just stepped off the Private jet!!)

Anyway to keep you out of suspense the move was SUPERBAD!!!!!!!! comical American movie for 20 year olds!

In addition, I really didn't feel this was the most flattering picture of me ( don't you ever do that, buy something on impulse, then catch a photo of yourself and think "what on earth was I thinking when I bought that!!") It's a nice top but just doesn't suit my statuesque physique (Trinny and Suzanna, sorry!!)

Anyway, here it is for a laff! and I did enjoy it really!

Parasites...a flat stomach's worst enemy

 Whilst choosing the right exercises to get your flat stomach is paramount; it happens to be only half of the work required to see long term results.

An ever increasing area of concern is our internal system and in particular our digestive system that continually causes bloating and the familiar lower belly or pouch.

An ever increasing area of concern is our internal system and in particular our digestive system that continually causes bloating and the familiar lower belly or pouch.