Coaching a friend :)

In the past 12 weeks I have been coaching a friend of mine lose weight, she's really got it all dialled in and to be honest is now her own coach, she doesn't need me but I think it helps her knowing what I have gone through and when you have a lot of weight to lose that is always helpful while your on your own weight loss journey, it's comforting knowing your not the only one. She is doing so incredibly well and has lost 10.8kgs in 12 weeks, completed a 10km charity run event and is feeling amazing, I'm so proud of her and really honoured that she asked me to help her be accountable, she's outdone herself!

I'm doing really well, my business is booming and I love my job, I'm so very happy, I have an amazing husband and really I can't ask for anything more, I'm truly content and don't ever remember being this happy in my life so that is pretty awesome!!

My weight is stable, I haven't lost any but I haven't gained so I think that's great. I do still want to get this little bit off that I have gained and that is still my goal at the moment however I'm not stressing about it as I think that makes it worse. I still live everyday as primal as I can be but I'm not in weight loss mode, just maintenance and that's ok with me for now. I still feel great and can wear my swimsuit this year and fit my jeans so I'm happy. I'm not aiming for perfection and I am stoked that I'm not 107kgs anymore, I may not be 65 but 71 is ok in my book!

I'm still here and a little fatter!

So I have moved house and business and we are finally getting settled in, feeling a lot more normality than it was a few weeks ago.

Although I was eating primally I have been eating too much and gained a few kgs L I’m back in the swing of things though and ready to dial it in once more for some weight loss. I’m up to 71kgs which I’m a little bummed about but I know I can get it off without too much hassle, I’ve really just gotten lazy with the food and been having too many flat whites and dark chocolate and one to many 20% moments, after all I am human!

My all time goal has always been 62kgs, last summer I got to 65kgs and I was super happy with that and to be honest will probably land at that again without too much effort but if I want to get lower it’s going to take some real effort on my part, time to get strict again and start on my exercise route again. I’ll do my best to keep you all updated and hopefully give you some snaps of my food every now and then J

Quick Update

Hi guys, just a quick update, I'm extremely busy at the moment and haven't had one chance to sit down and blog, I'm moving house and business which is occupying all my time. Hopefully I'll get back to blogging in a few weeks so bear with me. I'm still Primal as ever and it's really helping to keep my energy up eating clean. Take Care :)

The Primal Blueprint Cookbook Review

This cookbook was just what I needed, thank you Mark! After losing so much weight I have kept to fairly basic primal fare with the odd experimentation, now I'm not going to lie I have definitely had a few weekends of too much 80/20 which I have talked about previously and many times felt it hard to get on the straight and narrow of primal. It's so easy to get drawn into eating bread, fried foods and sweets and sometimes the willpower of just wanting to eat well doesn't always work.

Enter the Primal Blueprint Cookbook, this book has given me new found motivation to say no to the crap foods that every now and then enter my mouth and keep me from getting to my desired goal weight. I've had my primal blueprint cookbook for just over two weeks and have tried out the Walnut Brownie, which was the first thing I made :) Coconut Icecream, Salmon Cakes, Coconut Pancakes, Almond Crusted Poached Eggs.

I love this cookbook so much, it gives me the much needed inspiration to add some great meals to my diet and you definitely won't get bored with the array of recipes. You can tell how much time and effort has gone into this cookbook, all the recipes have full color pictures and such precise instructions.

I'm so impressed with this book and I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone, even if you aren't following primal yet you soon will be once you get your hands on this cookbook, there is no need to eat grains once you've discovered this way of cooking.

Well Done Mark and Jennifer!!

Below are a few sample pics of some of the recipes I've made...

Walnut Brownies

Coconut Pancakes
Almond Crusted Poached Eggs

Salmon Cakes

NZ Nutritionist and Former All Black headline TV3's 60 Minutes

Here's a video of last night's TV3's 60 minutes segment, New Zealand Nutritionist Ben Warren and former All Black Taine Randell team up to improve the health of Flaxmere, a small town in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

Ben Warren initiated a health programme to 25 people to tackle type 2 diabetes and obesity and has astounding results following a high fat diet. Very Inspiring!

To see the video clip click on the link below:

http://ondemand.tv3.co.nz/Randells-Revolution/tabid/59/articleID/599/MCat/22/Default.aspx

or http://www.mediapeople.co.nz/releases/article.php?id=32271

or http://www.tv3.co.nz/ and do a search