Day: October 28, 2020

energy balance

Understanding Energy Balance

Weight gain is caused by overeating in comparison to your activity levels. This doesn’t happen overnight, but through time over eating more calories than you are burning will cause you to gain weight. Physiologically speaking, the only way a human being will lose is by being in a calorie deficit (consuming less calories or expending […]

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N.E.A.T

The REAL reason your trainer asks you to track your steps…

15% of your total daily calories are burned from your daily activities excluding resting, training, sleeping and eating. This is referred to as Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (N.E.A.T). A huge influence in N.E.A.T levels are the total amount of daily steps that you perform. However, you can increase you N.E.A.T without tracking steps, it’s just […]

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Coconut Chicken

Coconut chicken with roasted broccoli & dipping sauce.

Here’s the ingredients & method for last nights efforts: Ingredients to serve 2: 2 x eggs 4 boneless chicken fillets each cut into 4 strips (you could do this with chicken breast for a lower calorie option). 30g desiccated coconut 40g natural breadcrumbs 1 spring onion trimmed & thinly sliced Salt & pepper 1 x […]

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