Miss Red - Biggest Loser!

Congratulations to Miss Red, this terms' BodyShrink biggest loser. Whilst this is not an image of Miss Red, (photograph still to come)the likeness is uncanny, in both before/after body shapes and husbands. Miss Red is not married to Pierce like Keely- Shay - do-da, but is married to a similar secret agent. Mr Red aka 003.555 who is said to have a similar hand placement to Pierce in many of their holiday snaps! Congratulations Miss Red you deserve every bit of the flattery and compliments that are coming your way. You have trained hard, been committed, diet disciplined and talked more that any other client I have ever had. The only time your quiet is running up the S's. Ever wondered why we did them so much??

The end is never the end!

Check out the final results, Wow wee!
I am so proud of all of you and you should be proud of yourselves, You have all shown incredible mental strength and toughness throughout the program. The difference between good results and great results is down to your dedication to making the changes that not only improve your health but have a direct impact on your self esteem.

Body Shrink only works if you follow the program that I have designed. It's not rocket science, just common sense - eat healthily and exercise. What you put in your mouth accounts for 70% of weight loss, exercise improves your muscle tone and "heart and lung fitness" which makes your body more efficient at using up that unwanted fat and building lean muscle that improves the rate at which you burn calories.

The greatest result is seeing the massive improvement in fitness and how much we learn to love that post exercise feeling, together with how the physical changes mirror changes in self esteem and body image. You are learning to love how your body looks but more importantly loving it for what it can do. 10 times up Neilson Park steps - no problem!

For some of you, it's goodbye, for the rest, see you next term for Maintenance or BodyShrink! Remember just because the program is over, don't let the fat lady sing!! Nothing tastes better than wearing skinny jeans and F**k off heels!

The results are in! So far so good.

Overall steady results this week, the majority of you lost, so well done.

Only two weeks to go, so stay focused and if you feel like breaking your diet, stop and remind yourself how far you've come and how close you are to your goal!!

Come on Miss Violet, stop being a bunter!!!

Only Two weeks of training to go.

Week 6 -Monday's weigh in is important, we'll discover how much work you have to do in the next two weeks to achieve your target. Everyone is doing so well and getting notably fitter each week, which makes me so proud.

I hope that you feel motivated as I do to give it your best and still push yourself hard in these last two weeks, the crown of BodyShrink biggest loser is still an open competition. You have already transformed yourselves, taken control, taken action and demonstrated amazing strength of character and determination. You've made new friends; sweated together, laughed together, craved together, cried together and shared an incredible journey so far.

Bring it on!

To fart or not to Fart....that tis the question of the week!

During training this week, Miss Indigo decided to 'let rip' during the Abs section of training. Fortunately the offending 'guff' was one of noise, strength, vibration but non scented.....thank goodness thought Miss Yellow as her head was uncomfortably close to the rapidly exiting wind! Despite the distruption to the last set of Abs, our abs ached from laughing so hard, so job done really. So to fart or not to fart.......if your running ahead of someone then be mindful that they will be breathing heavily to catch you and a lung full of 'flatulance' might not be appreciated, so a 'heads up' before you evacuate is the polite thing to do. Holding your gas in will give you tummy ache and prevent you from giving your all, so let it out, as my old Mum used to say " better to hear that than be deaf"

"The whiter the bread, the quicker you’re dead!" – old saying.

The topic of conversation during this mornings boxing class, was as usual the food you are all missing during 'Shrink'. White bread with peanut butter, white bread and butter, BBQ shapes and shortbread biscuits all made the list this morning. Here's the low down on white bread.

The difference in taste between white and brown bread is significant, as is the texture and obviously the way it looks. When you are brought up on white bread, it can be really difficult to make the change.

There's some other things you might like to point out about white vs. brown as sometimes the words "because it's better for you" just don't cut it with a white bread addict:

White bread is made is from wheat flour from which the bran and germ have been removed. This is where much of the nutritional bread value is. White bread is lower in zinc, fiber, thiamin, niacin, trace elements and "good" fats and oils. White bread in many countries has to be fortified with vitamins and minerals *by law* during the bread making process. These are usually sprayed into the mix. It's somewhat ironic that the nutrients that are removed from wheat are re-added by this means. Nature provides, we destroy, then add it back in via a man made form.

Once the bran and germ is removed, the flour is bleached using potassium bromate, benzoyl peroxide or chlorine dioxide gas. Potassium bromate is also known as Bromic Acid or Potassium Salt. It's an oxidizing agent, can be fatal if swallowed, is harmful if inhaled or absorbed through the skin and may also cause kidney damage. Benzoyl peroxide is another irritant that can kill animals, birds, or fish, and cause death or low growth rate in plants. Chlorine Dioxide is also a pesticide and even though it breaks down very quickly, it is ranked in the USA as one of the compounds most hazardous to the environment.

So even before the baker adds his chemical magic, there's some pretty solid cons relating to white bread. Another point to note is that anything that needs "refining" requires more energy resources to do so.

By the way, just because bread is brown in color doesn't necessarily mean it's brown bread in the traditional sense of the term, i.e. meaning whole wheat or wholemeal. Check out the ingredients on the bread that you buy and ensure that the first ingredient is whole wheat or wholemeal flour rather than enriched wheat flour or just wheat flour. Enriched/wheat flour is the same type of flour used in white bread. The presence of caramel also is an indicator that it's not true brown/wholemeal bread as caramel is used as a coloring agent. A couple of other ingredients to avoid if possible are fructose corn syrup and partially hydrogenated oil/fats; aka trans fats.

The general rule of thumb is the less ingredients in the bread and the presence of wholemeal flour as the major ingredient, the better it is for you - and the planet

Week 4 Results are in!

Well done everyone for producing good results in week 4, which is one of the hardest weeks to get results from, mostly because your motivation wanes and training is hard. But you will find that this week you will be feeling fitter and training will become more enjoyable. Also the light at the end of the tunnel can now be seen. I'm sure that your friends and family have noticed your new svelte figure, which should give you new found motivation. Come On!

Is your motivation waning.......?

It is about this time that your motivation will wane, you are bored of eating healthily and just want to stuff your face with all high calorie junk foods that make you feel so good....or do they. Research has shown that the junk food we crave when we adopt a healthy eating plan, actually has the reverse effect. The second it touches our lips, there is a sense of glee but the remorse that immediately follows is worse, not only do we know that we have eaten food with the calorific content equivalent to 10 x up & down Cambridge ave, we have wasted our hardwork for the previous few days and proven to ourselves that we have the willpower of Tiger Woods in a strip club. So....what do you do. I suggest that you become more focused and determined to survive this week and demonstrate the strength, motivation and willpower that you have shown in abundance up until now.

Chicken Poo, upper cut......peeeww!

Boxing at Christensen Park this morning was fun, it was so dark at 5.45am that we could not see what was causing such a stench and for first time it wasn't Fudge. As the sun rose it became apparent that the council had fertilized the playing fields the day before. Biggest Loser Miss Yellow and the two 'gainers' this week trained hard at this mornings class. Despite being taunted by the 'bun shovellers', Miss Yellow wallowed in the glory of a 2.2kg weight loss this week, "Nothing tastes better than being thin" was her mantra.

Biggest Loser goes to London Fashion Week

This weeks Biggest loser Miss Yellow may be off to London Fashion week, "what will I do about my training and diet".....stick with it girl! Just because your away on holiday or at your mother in laws, it doesn't mean you have to break your diet, just choose the healthy option on the menu, most restaurants have them or choose a salad to start, fish for main course and leave the bread basket well alone. You can exercise everyday, what better way to see ol' London town than to run or power walk it. Trust me, running up the stairs of the Piccadilly line is a workout all on its own.