Fit For Forty & Beyond - Habit & Behaviour Change Coaching

02/09/2022

$5,000 SPRING GIVEAWAY

ATTENTION: BUSY PROFESSIONAL who want to GET IN SHAPE or DROP a DRESS or TROUSER size (or 2!)

Spring is here and summer is on the way!!

To celebrate, I decided that I’m going to give away $5,000 worth of scholarships toward my Habit & Transformation Program - Fit to Perform.

So, if you’re ready to lose 6 to 10kg of fat this side of Christmas, without sucking the fun out of life (spending 3 hrs in the gym, eating rabbit food etc..)... Then this is the scholarship giveaway for you!

HERE’S HOW TO ENTER

#1.) HEART this post
#2.) Type “PICK ME” in the comments of this post
#3.) Send me a private message explaining

WHY I should pick you
WHY you will be my next epic transformation success story
And HOW that will change your life for the better

That’s it!
I’m looking for THE BEST answers, so if you’re going to write me 3 lines, maybe just don’t bother… I’m looking for busy professionals who are ready to get as serious about their health as they are their career

Winners will be announced on Friday, the 9th of September. This will give us time to get you in fantastic shape this side of Christmas

Remember, ANYONE can win.

So don’t waste time and enter NOW!
I’m not going to limit this to a certain number of people. I may pick 3, 5, or 10

And again… DON’T BE LAZY.

To be blunt, if you’re not willing to message me your goals, you might as well say goodbye to your hopes of achieving them. 𝗡𝗢𝗪 is the time to step up, level up, and make it happen – I’ve got your back

Can’t wait to see your name in my inbox. Let’s go!

James

22/07/2022

10/07/2022

I have the best clients!

They make my job enjoyable, rewarding and fun.

Jackie is no exception. I loved working with her and how she threw herself into our coaching sessions and what I guided her to do outside of them.

Yes, she lost 14 kilos, but for me, that wasn't the most impressive thing.

That was seeing how she took control of her life, gained her power back and started to influence those around her to improve their health and fitness.

Have a watch to see how this remarkable woman transformed her life

Keep moving

10/07/2022

How often do you drink coffee?

In the morning to get you going?

When meeting with a colleague, friend or client?

How many a day do you drink?

More importantly, how do you take it?

Ok, so coffee doesn't really make you fat.

Coffee itself contains very few calories. It’s when you add milk that the calories can pile on and make a difference.

Below I compare the number of calories in a coffee with trim/skimmed milk to one with full milk:

With trim or no milk, per serve

Espresso: 1 calorie
Long Black: 3 calories
Piccolo Latte: 26 calories
Cappuccino: 68 calories
Flat White: 68 calories
Chai Latte: 127 calories
Mocha: 164 calories

With full-cream milk, per serve:

Espresso: 1 calorie
Long Black: 3 calories
Piccolo Latte:46 calories
Cappuccino: 134 calories
Flat White: 155 calories
Chai Latte: 224 calories
Mocha: 394 calories

You might think that the calorie difference is not that big.

However....

Say you drink 1 cup of Flat White a day with full cream milk.

That’s 1,085 calories a week or 56,420 per year

Swap that for a Flat White with trim milk and you save 31,600 calories a year. This alone could equate to a 4.5kg weight loss.

And that is if you only drink 1 coffee per day. If you are drinking 2, 3, 4 or more imagine how many calories you could say by switching your milk or going for a black coffee.

If you are looking for an alternative to coffee you could always try herbal tea!

10/07/2022

I loved working with Lyndsay.

She gave herself wholeheartedly to the process and got some amazing results.

Not only did she maintain her results from the program but she carried on and lost more weight.

Better still she inspired her family who collectively lost 37.2kg in 3 months.

Now that is what I call leading by example and inspiring people to change

10/07/2022

This isn't easy for me to share, but here goes
I've always been fit and healthy!

I can eat whatever I want and not gain weight.

I have never been overweight.

All those statements are true.

Or rather they were

Because I have been unfit and overweight

Several times over the last 20 years

But it has played a big part in who I am today and my approach to not only my health and fitness but to the approach I take with my clients

I have followed the crazy diets

I have spent hours in the gym and working out

I have prescribed the crazy diets

But not anymore

I figured out what had to change for me to be consistent with my approach to my health and fitness

Now I help people figure out what has to change so they can change their health and fitness

To eliminate habits that aren't helping and create behaviours that lead to weight loss, improved health, fitness and overall quality of life

I recorded this video to give you a little insight into how I got to where I am today

As I said at the top, it wasn't easy for me to share this so thanks for watching

21/05/2018

6 & 8 for me. What about you?

26/04/2018

I spotted the article below on FB earlier on the week and was taken in for a second. Then I fact checked. Turns our the content comes from a pro butter anti margarine campaign in the 90's.

My point? There is so much information out there about health, fitness and diet that you need to check your source. Don't believe everything you read and if it sounds too good to be true it probably is.

Make sure you do your research before you switch foods or brands, buy a new product or sign up for the latest trend.

"Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back.

It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow coloring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like it? They have come out with some clever new flavorings....

DO YOU KNOW.. The difference between margarine and butter?

Read on to the end...gets very interesting!

Both have the same amount of calories.

Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams; compared to 5 grams for margarine.

Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study.

Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods.

Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few and only because they are added!

Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of other foods.

Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years .

And now, for Margarine..

Very High in Trans fatty acids.

Triples risk of coronary heart disease ...

Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol)

Increases the risk of cancers up to five times..

Lowers quality of breast milk

Decreases immune response.

Decreases insulin response.

And here's the most disturbing fact... HERE IS THE PART THAT IS VERY INTERESTING!

Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC... and shares 27 ingredients with PAINT.

These facts alone were enough to have me avoiding margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance).

Open a tub of margarine and leave it open in your garage or shaded area. Within a couple of days you will notice a couple of things:

* no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it (that should tell you something)

* it does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value ; nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not a find a home to grow.

Why? Because it is nearly plastic . Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?"

19/04/2018

Squats are just about the most functional exercise you can do. They also work u to 256 muscles.

Check out my blog on Squats.

https://www.imaginefitness.co.nz/squats/

18/04/2018

Can you settle an argument for me? Which is the correct way to cut toast?