Holiday Reading

I love to read. I used to average 3-4 books per week, but with university study and now being in business, it's more like 1-2. Because of that, I've had to think harder about each book, and so the quality of reading material has tended to rise.

These are some of the books I plan on getting through this summer.







Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes
An argument amongst nutritionists for years; is a calorie a calorie? Taubes says no, and delves into the misconceptions about dietary fat and health.







In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Unfortunately missed hearing this guy speak at the University of Auckland this year. He promotes the return to the eating of 'real' food, not all this processed garbage so many people live on today.







Tribes by Seth Godin
This guy has a legendary blog, covering all manner of topics relating to business, marketing, customer relations, and worldwide trends.

Losing fat does not have to be this tough

Sure he's probably going to lose weight on this regime, but it's amazing what he could turn that fish into with a few herbs, spices, veggies and a pinch of imagination.

Remember that - A diet doesn't have to be DIE with a T.

12 Days of Fitness starts today

The 2008 12 Days of Fitness Promotion has started today! It’s looking like this year will be the biggest promo yet…… ...and all of it is FREE.

Make sure you get on over to: http://www.12daysoffitness.com/ and update your details into the form set up over there.

Today's gifts include:

• 6 Fat Loss Gifts


• 2 Female Specifc Gift


• 1 Nutrition / Recipes Gift


• 1 Rehabilitaion and Injury solution Gift


• 1 Mindset and Goals Gift

Remember to forward the link onto anyone you know that might be interested in educating their selves more on health, nutrition and exercise. The aim is to help half a million people improve their health this year, and the only way to accomplish that is to get the word out through everyone we know.

http://www.12daysoffitness.com/

Getting in shape for New Year

2008 is almost over. There is just four weeks left.

How did your nutrition and exercise efforts go this year?

If the answer is 'great!', then just keep doing what you've been doing, enjoy yourself occasionally this month at a few Christmas parties, and hit the beach with confidence that your hard work has been worth it.

If you have a different answer, don't despair, it's never too late to make a start. But what ever you do, start now. Don't make the mistake of putting it off till Jan 1st- it has been said that the average person gains 3-5 kg during December - why would you let it get worse before you start to make it better?

Who says you couldn't LOSE 3-5 kgs in December?! There's no reason why not. You just have to start now. Get your diet in check - that's most important. Eat regular, small meals of lean protein, veggies and fruit, with healthy fats; avoid breads, cereals and grains as much as possible, and do your best to take it easy at Christmas parties. You know you wont even remember what the pavlova tasted like in the morning..........

And get started on an effective exercise program today - functional strength training, high intensity cardio and lots of extra summertime activity - and then you can enjoy the holidays while actually losing fat.

If that's not enough, just remember; if you succeed in losing that 3-5 kg in December, you'll actually be 6-10kg ahead of the rest of your friends and family come January!!