The difference between slim and healthy
It is easy to think that being a low weight is the same as being healthy, but there are other factors besides weight that affect your health. Can you eat…
Caesarean birth guide, Part 1 – Diet and wound healing
Maybe it didn’t turn out the way you planned, maybe you were prepared for giving birth vaginally but for some reason you ended up having a planned or emergency caesarean…
How to plan your meals for the coming week
Planning, planning, planning You hear me go on about it, and you hear our clients explain what helps them achieve results. A lot of people blame lack of time and think…
Post-workout meals
Your post-workout meal should be one that maximises your body’s ability to restore, refuel and rebuild. During exercise your body breaks down the muscle (protein) and uses up the energy…
Protein – the body’s building blocks
How much protein can you actually absorb from a meal? Just as you can use Lego bricks to build whatever you want – from a house one day to an…
7 clever tips on how to get enough protein
These days it doesn’t seem too difficult to eat enough protein, but this is not entirely true. Trainimal Woman coaches hundreds of clients every week and that gives us a…
Nausea in pregnancy – how to manage your diet
During pregnancy, we are given plenty of advice about what we need to think about in terms of our diet – what supplements we may need, what we should eat…
Strategies to increase your appetite in the summer heat
Summer is lovely – all that sun and heat! But does affect your appetite? Heat can reduce your craving for cooked food so that it becomes easier to skip cooked…
How to stop emotional eating
Do you comfort-eat? Or do you skip eating completely when you feel unhappy or are stressed? Both of these behaviours are connected with emotions, and we control them through our…