Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. –Jim Ryun What is in this article? 11 Fat Burning Workouts The science behind why the fat burning workouts work As many of you have experienced, the secret to my success is boosting your metabolism. The Metabolic Boost program was developed as a result of research for my masters degree in nutrition. When we design your metabolic boost program, the foods we choose and the timing of the meal plan are designed to raise your metabolism. However nutrition […]
MY TRIP TO SOUTH AFRICA
Its been 10 years since I’ve done this familiar ritual in anticipation of my seventeen hour flight to South Africa. Packing and repacking, butterflies multiplying in my stomach, consistently reaching to ensure the sleep-induced hormone (melatonin) is still uncrushed in my pocket (yeah, it’s a long flight), first in line at the Delta Airlines International check in desk – three plus hours early, anxiously awaiting to board the gateway to my personal Paradise, “home”. Besides South Africa being a gem to behold, travelling to city you grew up in as a child has a unique set of characteristics. There is a certain confidence of knowing your way around, yet simultaneously a daunting unfamiliarity. Besides activating the windscreen wipers instead of the indicators while driving, I seem to recognize what I am seeing but also realizing nothing is in focus. Emotions from both extremes of a continuum pump through my veins. Like Bill Bryson in his book "I'm a stranger here myself", I had to orient myself to things which should have been familiar. It is disconcerting to find yourself so simultaneously in your element and yet out of it. My coping mechanism....
White Lions, Penguins and My Childhood Home
&g Hi ! White Lions, Penguins and My Childhood Home Have you ever traveled to a town you lived in as a child? You’re confident you are turning on the right road, well mostly confident but something doesn’t look right. It’s like looking through foggy sunglasses. You kind of recognise what you are seeing but it isn’t sharply in focus. As many of you know I just returned from a long overdue trip “home” to South Africa. (You can see pictures of my trip here.) Like Bill Bryson in his […]
