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Create a calorie deficiency whilst eating nutrient-rich, natural and unprocessed foods, increase your metabolism through resistance training, and mobilise/utilise body fat via cold water therapy and fidget a little throughout the day.

How Anouk come into the world. I don’t tell this story to scare anyone. I tell it because it was my experience and one I want to share. Birthing is so unique. We get through it in whatever way we can. No one’s way of doing it is the right way or the wrong way or a strong way or a weak way. 

When it comes to health we can be very easily convinced or swayed by a shiny new superfood, piece of workout equipment or adaptogenic supplement. We all want health and we all want it today.

Acknowledge the merits of including exercise in our regime, however the factors which would yield the biggest return on investment would be sleep and nutrition.

Get excited about being in your kitchen, by investing in a new knife, new chopping board or simply giving it a good clean. Do whatever it takes to ensure you’re coming back to the kitchen time and time again to cook healthful and delicious food for you and your loved ones.

Before selecting the cooking temperature for meat it’s important to know what cut of meat you’re dealing with. This will determine the temperature and cook time.

Don’t tie yourself up in knots trying to achieve your health or weight goals by the end of the week.  Change takes time, so give yourself a break by taking the heat off yourself.

Crafting a new healthy lifestyle can take time but the pay off is the legacy you’ll inherit. And following a healthy lifestyle doesn’t mean living with scarcity or depravity, life is for enjoying. 

Weight loss is more a conversation about hormones and chemicals then it is about calories. If we only look at weight loss through the lens of calories (energy in versus energy out) it’s superficial and will inhibit progress.