Huevos rancheros (Mexican baked eggs)
Here is my favourite recipe for huevos rancheros. This is such a power-packed recipe, full of veggies, herbs, and eggs! You can tweak it and make it your own, which I did by topping it with Persian feta (amazing!). I made it for dinner the other night and it tasted beautiful. Recipe: Servings: 4 (Per serving) […]
Goodbye 2015
In 2015… I said goodbye to thoughts of “what if”, “what will they think” & “what if it doesn’t work” I said goodbye to playing the victim and faking smiles just to be polite I said goodbye to “playing small” and realised that if you want something, own it. Own everything you do and what […]
Hypermobility and the female CrossFitter
Today I have teamed up with Joy Victoria (From Fitness Baddies) and we’re bringing you a question and answer style post about hypermobile female CrossFitters and the issues they face. Joy is extremely experienced, having worked with many women who have these issues (as well working on herself over the years), so I was super […]
7 things yoga has taught me which is helping me in CrossFit
The importance of body positioning and alignment Yoga places a big emphasis on placing your body in the right positions. The number one emphasis is not whether you look “perfect” doing the pose (even if you are super flexible and get into those positions), but rather whether or not you are using the right muscles to […]
Grocery Haul # 2: Biryani Dinner Meal Prep + Recipe
Six servings of biryani for under $35.00 + my favourite (easy peasy) version/recipe of it. Today’s grocery haul is dinner themed. I wanted to cook a massive batch of chicken biryani because its amazingly tasty and pretty easy to cook, and I also wanted to see how much it would cost me to make, as […]
Eating enough protein to build muscle for vegetarians
I have recently coached a few vegetarian clients. They were all interested in building more muscle and getting stronger but seemed to be struggling to put on muscle. What we changed in their diet was ensuring they got adequate protein from a variety of sources so as to cover the essential amino acids. We also […]
5 unpopular truths about losing weight that no one wants to hear…
…But that will make fat loss so much easier once you accept them! 1) Until you accept calories in, calories out, no diet for fat loss will ever make sense If your diet is specifically to change your eating habits and be more well-rounded nutritionally, and weight loss is not a part of it, then […]
My homemade bread recipe
#eaterciseinthekitchen Here is my promised recipe for my homemade bread made with only linseed meal, almond meal, coconut flour & oil, baking powder, cinnamon, eggs and apple cider vinegar! The cool thing about this bread is that it’s made from high protein ingredients already, and I even snuck some whey protein in it! It tastes delicious! This […]
Testimonials and before/after pictures from my ladies online diet and training program
In January this year I ran a 12 week online training and diet plan for a group of ladies. It was a success! Not only did they reach their weight/body composition goals, but they also got stronger, fitter and healthier. I offer these 12 week group training and diet plans a few times a year […]
My thoughts on judging what other people post on their social media profiles
Have you ever questioned whether or not to put a photo up on a social media site because you are worried it makes you look like a loser or too vain, and you worry people will think that about you? Have you ever started writing a post and then half way through got hit with […]
Grocery Haul # 1: Healthy lunch prep for under $20.00
I’m starting a new series of “grocery haul” posts. I am going to show you how it can be pretty easy to eat healthy and do meal prep without taking too much time out of your weekend or free time, or spending too much money! Time and money constraints seem to be the #1 issues people […]
Why women should include negatives in their upper body training
I’m a big fan of using negatives to get stronger. I find especially for women this makes a huge difference in helping them develop better upper body strength and get better at movements like pull ups, muscle ups, push ups, etc. Women naturally have less muscle mass in their upper bodys than men, and because […]