Which Body Type Are You?

Have you ever wondered why it is that you can't seem to shift the weight? 
We all have different body shapes, and each shape has different diet types that can help increase or decrease our weight. 


It helps if you know what body type you are, because then your diet program can be designed for your body type and if you follow this through you are more than likely to get results.

So let's look at the different shape types:  This was taken from an article found online.  The link is available through the title of this blogpost.

Endomorphs are naturally big and carry more fat. The body shape itself looks wide, round, soft and curvy. Typically pear shaped.  An endomorph may look like he or she carries weight around their waist but his may not always be the case as they will naturally be wide, often with a round face and with a large overall bone structure. Buttocks and thighs also tend to be larger. An endomorph will usually have a larger amount of fat storage due to the fact that they have a higher number of fat cells than other body types. Endomorphs also have the slowest metabolism and therefore find it relatively difficult to lose weight and they tend to gain weight easily. If you are an endomorph and want to boost your metabolism, consider a nutrition and exercise program. Drink plenty of water (1.5 to 2 liters per day) and eat smaller meals, more often (4-6 meals per day) with good food choices consisting of lean protein, a small amount of carbohydrate (preferably whole grain) and plenty fresh fruits and vegetables. Exercise regularly. A regular brisk walk will help to burn fat, while some resistance training will help boost your metabolism and build lean muscle.


Mesomorphs have a naturally athletic build. Female mesomorphs have an hourglass shape, while males are triangular/rectangular. Mesomorphs enjoy the advantage of being able to lose weight easily and can also develop lean muscle relatively easily. Even though they enjoy a physical advantage, mesomorphs may still become overweight or obese through lack of exercise and/or poor nutrition. Mesomorphs have a moderate metabolism and will therefore put on weight if there is a sufficient calorie surplus (i.e. if their calorific intake is sufficiently greater than the amount of calories they burn in energy expenditure).

Ectomorphs tend to be slim and petite. They have small bones and their musculature tends to be lean. The ectomporph body shape is linear or rectangular. They are not very curvaceous and are often flat chested, with naturally low body fat. Ectomorph metabolism is naturally very high, and they therefore find it very difficult to gain weight either as fat or as lean muscle. Although their risk of obesity is low, a healthy diet and exercise program is just as important for the ectomorph in order to ensure good overall health.

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Colette Morris SAC Dipl. (Diet &Nutrition)
LondonFitGirlsClub@gmail.com  

Colette Morris is a qualified Nutritionist and Herbalife Independent Distributor so if you want advice on your diet for weight loss, weight gain or sports nutrition, email me LondonFitGirlsClub@gmail.com

How To Get Rid Of The Love Handles

 If you want to shape up your waist, love handles and hips, this is a great way to do it, either at the gym as part of your routine or at home.  It also helps to strengthen the core muscles around your stomach too.

Enjoy!






Colette Morris SAC Dipl. (Diet &Nutrition) 
LondonFitGirlsClub@gmail.com 

  Colette Morris is a qualified Nutritionist and Herbalife Independent Distributor so if you want advice on your diet for weight loss, weight gain or sports nutrition, email me LondonFitGirlsClub@gmail.com

Low Carb Diets, are they good for you?

 There is so much confusion out there,low fat diets are not good for you, low carb diets alone are no good for you, what do you do?


Well, here is some friendly advice, and I am sure you are used to getting this. The right balance is to ensure you get a mixture of carbs, protein and the right fats and lots of fibre in your diet. 

Protein in the form of meat should be the least amount of intake in any healthy dietary program, but you can get protein from other sources such as dark green vegetables.  We all need a balance of carbs, protein and fibre and fats in our diets.  Common sense prevails and says not too much fats or protein (meat), but any amount of vegetables are great.  Most people on a diet program tend to try and cut out carbs for their evening meal, this can help with digestion as our body tends to slow down in the evenings and while we sleep the digestive system totally shuts down so if you eat late at night it does not really digest until the next day!

If you are stuck on what to eat, I have included a great cookbook here by Lauri Ann Randolph that will also aid your weight loss.

Go for it and stay healthy and lose weight today!














Colette Morris SAC Dipl. (Diet & Nutrition, 
Herbalife Independent Distributor


Colette Morris is a qualified Nutritionist and Herbalife Independent Distributor so if you want advice on your diet for weight loss, weight gain or sports nutrition, email me LondonFitGirlsClub@gmail.com

Tips for Weightloss and Warming Up

 Hi Folks, just a short blogpost today on the benefits of warming up before you exercise.  If you haven't done any form of exercise for a while the last thing you want to do is go straight out there and launch yourself into a hectic routine.  Take the time to gently stretch your muscles out, you will be glad you did after.

Muscle soreness often happens if you do not prepare your body correctly and you may end up damaging or with unnecessary injury.  Here are a couple of useful books to help with stretching techniques that you may find useful.  Let me know what you think.... leave me a comment below :)








  








Colette Morris  SACDip.,(Diet& Nutrition)
 Colette Morris is a qualified Nutritionist so if you want advice on your diet for weight loss, weight gain or sports nutrition, email me LondonFitGirlsClub@gmail.com

Benefits of Using a Pedometer

Hi People,just a short blogpost on the benefits of a pedometer to help your weightloss regime, or indeed to improve your performance overall.  You must have all heard that ideally to keep active we need to complete over 10,000 steps per day which works out to about 3 miles (sorry guys not sure what the km distance is).  Having a pedometer can help you achieve this goal as it counts each step you take.

The benefits of this is it encourages exercise, you will also benefit from weightloss if you are walking to performing your10,000 steps per day.  More exercise in your routine will improve your chances of not suffering from high blood pressure or strokes or other weight related illnesses.

Keep track, set goals

By setting yourself goals and monitoring those on a daily basis, either electronically or manually in a diary is key to successful weight loss or improved health.

A pedometer  can catch small increases in activity, as you go about your daily chores, you would be surprised the amount of walking you can do at home, walking up stairs at least a dozen times or more for the day. Lets face it research has shown that  many people who increase activity while wearing pedometers seem to do so through these small bits of walking that would probably escape anyone’s attention. But a pedometer records them.

5 Minute Workout -Great for Arms

This is a great 5 minute video which is simple and easy to do. It will work yourarms and give them definition.




Colette Morris SAC Dipl. (Diet &Nutrition)
LondonFitGirlsClub@gmail.com
Colette Morris is a qualified Nutritionist and Herbalife Independent Distributor so if you want advice on your diet for weight loss, weight gain or sports nutrition, email me LondonFitGirlsClub@gmail.com