Scale weight can be one of those things that is divisive. So let me start by saying your goals absolutely don’t need to have anything to do with your weight. They can be to improve your health, get stronger, feel fitter. Now a lot of those may lead to weight loss from the changes you...

Training fasted or fed? Do whichever you prefer! Ok I’ll expand a little more, as this is one of those myths that just won’t die. That’s that you will burn more fat if you do fasted cardio, as opposed to doing the same exercise fed. Where this may come from is when you train fasted,...

The best diet? Sorry to break it to you, but there isn’t one. Let’s just look at that phrase for a moment. Your diet is simply what you habitually eat. But when people ask this question they are usually talking about dieting for weight loss. The most optimal diet (for health) is not the same...

IIFYM. You can eat anything you want and still lose weight. Yep, anything. This is as long as, you know what I’m about to say, you’re in a calorie deficit. Sorry but the reason I keep harping on with that fact is a lot of people still don’t understand the basics (which is why charlatans...

Eating clean (which is a pretty broad term) isn’t necessarily as healthy as some people think. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve heard someone bemoan that they’re eating clean, or only healthy foods, but can’t lose weight. That’s because the total amount you eat still matters above everything when looking at fat...

It’s frustrating that there is still so much misinformation with food ‘rules’, and scaremongering about including specific foods (or whole food groups) within your diet. It’s unsurprising this leaves people confused, and questions like these are still so common. Whether you lose weight will always come back to your energy balance, and whether you are...