All Entries in the "Nutrition" Category
Food myth number 2 – Low carbing helps you lose weight
OK, the latest phrase coined from the very lovely TOWIE is “no carbs, before Marbs”. If you completely low carbed you’d be pretty screwed. Just to clarify, carbohydrates include, vegetables, fruit, juices, bread, pasta, rice and a host of other grains. But people often think that carbs are just the starchy stuff like, bread, wheat [...]
Food myth number 1 – “my portions are too big!”
If you’re not eating crap, we’re pretty sure you’re portion sizes are not too big. So many people use the “portion size” excuse for why they are a little weightier than they might like. Well we hate to break it to ya, but it’s the smaller portions of bad things that sneak into your day [...]
Ok so you’ve got a hangover, time to get juiced!
Let it be know that we do not condone getting absolutely legless on a night out, but should you find yourself with the dreaded hangover, we should at least offer you a cure. You need to be healed, and fast, so we nabbed the following hangover juice cures from http://juicingforhealth.com Beet root, celery and spinach juice [...]
Behold the frozen berry!
Winter is most definitely here FGs. And what better way to celebrate the festive spirit than with the beloved berry. Whether it be of the rasp, straw or blue variety, we can never quite get enough of these little fruity baubles! Full of antioxidant goodness, they are our top choice of fruit! Now they can [...]
Challenger confession – Why we don’t expect perfection, who would?
Check out an email we read from one of our lovely readers doing the challenge – “My main challenge with the challenge so far is family life! Im fine with breakfast and lunch but for example last night I made thai fish cakes and they had to have a light coating of breadcrumbs and today [...]
Green & Black…and we don’t be talkin’ about chocolate…
Did the title of this post perk yo’ ass up. Were you all like, ooh FG be talkin’ bout chocolate! Maybe next weeks challenge be all about eatin’ as much chocolate as I like! Shame on you! We be talkin’ about tea which our ed-in-chief received as a gift from some chick who actually thinks [...]
Sweet Potato Chips, just perfect!
If you are fretting at the thought of cutting wheat out of your diet for the Twelve Week Challenge, we think…no make that, we know, we have found a replacement for you. FGs, welcome the sweet potato. You can have this warm with a meal, cold to fill out salads, hell you can even mix [...]
Bacon wrapped figs? Don’t mind if we do!
We’re always getting asked about tasty snacks, that aren’t, well, cookies. And whilst having a wee internet browsy today we discovered this ridiculous recipe. Ridiculous as in, why wouldn’t you eat it all day every day, it seems so damn good! We found it on http://everydaypaleo.com Check it: You’ll need 6-8 fresh figs, and 4 [...]
A fish supper….
Ok ladies, we often get asked what one should do when you get home late from work on the food front? Now in a perfect world, we would get home by 6pm at the very latest and dinner would be on the table, eaten and digested by 7:15pm!! So if that is not how your [...]
Smoothie for breakfast? Good to go? No honey!!
It could be deemed as a pure act of virtue!! I mean blending up fruitiful goodness and shovelling it down your gullet in the morning before you dash out to work is giving you your 5-a-day right? Yes it is honey, there is no denying that! But a large juicy smoothie is a large piece [...]
Be prepared FGs!!
An FG can never be too prepared for unforeseen events like a meeting over running, getting stuck on the phone for way too long, or working after hours to get that project done! Life gets in the way often when…Bam!! Hunger Strikes!! A novice would look for instant gratification, in the form of a chocolate [...]
Your Veggie Choice?
A recent article in Time magazine discusses the statistics on vegetarians. It goes a little something like this. According to a 2005 CBS News story, the number of ex-vegetarians outnumbers the number of vegetarians, suggesting 75% return to eating meat. A survey by Hal Herzog and Morgan Childers states that most of these ex-vegetarians are [...]
She washes her hair every day but she still eats the damn cake!!
So here’s the thing. You wash your hair every day cos if you don’t you’re gonna look more like the girl who stepped out of a chip shop and less like a girl who stepped out of a salon, you dig! Not washing your hair has an immediate consequence, so you deal with it day [...]
Caffeine Freaks – How about a little ‘erbal replacement for your tea break!!
Hmmm, inspired by a little twitter remark by the lovely @lelcof…”Tick Tock redbush tea rocks!” – we all suddenly realised that we may never have spread the love about redbush tea!! Darlings, for this we are sorry and are doing 100 burpees right now as we type to repent!! See redbush tea is basically a [...]
Your mini-jardin – Part II
Coo-weee!! Decided on whatchya wanna grow? Splendid, let’s get to it!! Ok so let’s just note that a Fit Girl About Town is a busy girl about town, so we’re gonna cut a few corners and get straight to it! Planters: you will need a small planter, or if you’re growing them on your windowsill, [...]
Don’t be dunkin’ them donuts for two honey!
Stop ma, you’re eating my ass bigger!! Y’know those famous words you hear when you see a pregnant lady chowing down on some naughtiness “I’m eating for two!” licking her fingers whilst reaching for the next treat!! Put the banoffee down lady!!!! A mother’s diet during pregnancy can alter the DNA of her child and [...]
Your mini-jardin! Part I
How do you want to grow yours?
That is soooo last season!!
Now then, I know the argument about organic veggies not having any more nutrients than non-organic veggies. I still maintain that organic veggies taste a damn site better than non-organic, so I guess it just depends on the length of the “Mmmm” that you want to express when you eat them: Non-organic vegetable post-consumption sound [...]
How to make spinach last forever!!
A bold statement, but we are so excited about our new discovery!! So you know when you buy veggies and they’re all limp and rubbish by the end of the week? Well we know how to keep ‘em fresh for ages!! Now we’ve already told you what to do with your leftovers with the Sunday [...]
