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Sustainable Weight Control – Nutrition and Observation

Two weeks ago I spoke about my approach to Sustainable Weight Control by using a project from my Sports Nutrition course as a case study. In that blog I introduced my client (John Doe, sedentary office worker), highlighted the metrics I used to reach daily nutritional/calorie requirements for John and documented an exercise routine I designed for him. In this article I want to complete the sustainable weight control plan by highlighting the nutrition targets I set for John and discussing continued observation and monitoring of the overall plan.

Mental Strength and Me

It’s guest post time on Office Worker Health. You will remember Cliona’s great article a few months back on how she went from a routine that involved zero exercise to becoming an exercise freak all in the space of a year. Cliona is constantly searching for improvement in all she does and this week she is tackling mental strength head on. Read how she has struggled with this and how important a role this plays in her exercise routine.

Brian21 October 2015Comment

Sustainable Weight Control

I'm not a big fan of promoting specific weight loss programmes or diets, I believe a lot of them aren't sustainable over time. I prefer instead to provide exercise advice and nutrition tips to educate people so they can make healthy choices themselves depending on what their particular goals and circumstances are. As part of my Sports Nutrition course however, I was tasked with creating a tailored weight control plan for an imaginary client. The objective was to support my client in achieving his personal weight loss goals taking into account the multi factorial concepts of energy balance, nutrition and weight loss.

Weight Control, Exercise and NutritionBrian14 October 2015weight control, exercise planning, exercise planComment

Anyone for Tennis?

I’ve written about resistance training and running quite a bit on Office Worker Health but I haven’t really gone into too much detail on other sports and activities. That’s all about to change this week as Vanessa Boschetti discusses her passion for tennis. Vanessa has a really busy office job so I loved reading about how big a role tennis now plays in her life outside of work, both from an exercise perspective and socially. It’s clear from this article how passionate Vanessa is about tennis and I’m sure her enthusiasm will have many of you picking up a racket very soon.

Office FitnessBrian7 October 2015tennis, office exercise, health, find exercise time, plan your exercise, couple exercisingComment