Woodlands Fitness Centre

Hi, Why does consistency beat perfection every time? It’s easy to become discouraged and give up on losing weight after making one or two mistakes. Many people believe that if they can’t perfectly stick to every goal, such as hitting every single workout and never eating dessert, they simply can’t lose weight. Feelings of discouragement and failure cause people to think they should just give up entirely. One of the biggest enforcers of this façade of perfection is social media. Since most people only share their successes and proud moments on their social media pages, it’s easy to believe that the people you follow are always motivated to work out and never eat something that could be deemed “unhealthy.” However, this idea of perfection…

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Hi, Why is consistency Such an Important Part of Your weight loss or body transformation Plan? People have trouble losing weight for a variety of reasons. Some are both in and out of their control. Whatever the issue may be, one key misstep most people make while trying to lose weight is having a lack of consistency. We’ve all been there. You decide to change your life for the better, instil some healthy habits, and lose some extra weight in the process. For the first few days, you’re so excited about your new goal that it feels easy to eat healthy and well-balanced meals, turn down your favourite unhealthy snacks, and include some moderate to strenuous exercise in your routine. However, after a few…

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Hi, As much as social media can be a place for inspiration, motivation and education, we get to choose who we follow and what we see. We have control over our social media feeds, we are in the driver’s seat and have full control on the content we see. We have to take what we see and read with a grain of salt. There are a lot of charlatans out there, peddling terrible weight loss products and services. How one person loses weight, what one person eats is not necessarily how it works for everyone. I think this is the trap most of us fall into “if it worked for her, it’ll work for me” If you do want to lose…

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Hi, Why are we always looking for the quick fix? What is making people choose the next big thing over learning how to eat? While obesity and unhealthy weight is a concern, the desire for us to lose weight quickly at any cost has caused us to equally engage in unhealthy eating habits and behaviours. We spend so much time looking for which diet to follow and getting advice from other people that we have completely forgotten how to tap into and connect with our own body. Why do you think we try so many different diets/ways to lose weight fast? The media - particularly social media - plays a big part in it. It has skewed our views of…

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Hi, Fad diets operate on restricting you, and in effect will usually starve you of something important your body needs. When these fad diets are successful in helping you lose weight and fast, what happens next? Do you actually know how to eat in a manner that fuels your body? Do you know how to eat without following a plan? Do you live the rest of your life with the restrictions to maintain your weight loss? What happens when you inadvertently add the foods you took away back in? You have to learn how to manage your food choices long term, not be spoon-fed information, supplements or meal replacements. For more guidance, tips and information, please read the rest of our newsletter. But…

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Hi, Why do we keep falling for the newest fad diet? What is always making us search for the diet that is going to work and work fast? Do we always seem to find ourselves needing to lose 10lbs? So many of you need to change your whole outlook on what healthy looks and feels like. There is no shortage of fad diets, there never has been actually and I find that each and every one of these fad diets has manifested into a craze. How many people do you know right now that are on a low-carb, high-fat diet? Almost everyone, right? It is not to say that these diets do not work. They do. They are successful…

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Hi, It’s this time of year I get the “I’m going away in x weeks and need lose y amount of weight - what can I do?” Losing weight is 70% nutrition. Over the long term, it's smart to aim for losing 1 to 2 pounds (0.5 to 1 kilogram) a week. Generally to lose 1 to 2 pounds a week, you need to burn 500 to 1,000 calories more than you consume each day, through a lower calorie diet and regular physical activity. However, the amount of weight you’ll lose will depend on your starting weight, age, height, gender and activity level. Using The Mifflin-St. Jeor equation, let's do the sums for a 37 year old female who is 167 cm…

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Hi, Okay, so first off let’s give you the Easter Opening times: Good Friday (15th April): 9am – 2pm HIIT: 9.30am Saturday (16th April): 8am – 2pm As normal. Easter Sunday (17th April): 8am – 2pm As normal. Easter Monday (18th April): 9am – 2pm Kettlebells: 9.30am Bank Holiday Monday (2nd May): 9am – 2pm Total: 9:30am. Right, now let’s get back to talking about exercise and fitness. Like I wrote last week, your goals should always specific to you and not what society, a partner or some troll on social media thinks you should look like. As such, it is very important to find your way of transforming your body. It might be 3 months of intensive work. Or it might be 1 year taking it slowly, facing lots of ups and downs. For others, it might…

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Hi, Writing these newsletters each week can be a bit worrisome. The advice and guidance I give isn’t always universal because our members have a broad spectrum of goals, circumstances and preferences and writing something for everyone can be daunting. Based on the thirteen years I’ve been running da Fitness Centre, the majority of people seem to join because they want to look and feel better. As such, I tend to focus more on these goals. Generally speaking, most of us do want to look and feel better, right? I wonder if anybody wants to look and feel worse? This particular newsletter intro is more about the aesthetics. Because some people want to look better. For whatever reason. As Linzi would…

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