I know it’s so tempting, I understand how you feel. I bet you’ve tried every weight loss diet out there and nothing is working for you, then you end up re gaining the weight and then you look for the next solution! But please let’s go back to the basics of nutrition and weight loss.

Canada Water is home to the largest Decathlon store in Europe and Breathe Fitness are proud to be running a bootcamp from the multi-purpose sports arena on the rooftop there every Tuesday evening. The aim of this bootcamp is to bring people together of all fitness levels and ages.

As a personal trainer one of and if not the quietest week of the year is that week between Christmas and New Year. So what do you do in that time? Admin, prepping for the new year madness and general enjoying being lazy for a short time.

This time last year I was stuck in an unhappy place mentally and leading an unhealthy lifestyle which was a cycle of the occasional sporadic health kick followed by weeks of binge eating. My main form of exercise was dancing on nights out (not that there’s anything wrong with that!) along with the occasional run. I had no energy, my moods were often erratic and I had no confidence. I have always been a yoyo dieter and someone who dips in and out of exercise regimes but never realised how much it was affecting my quality of life.

To begin all fat sources contain a mixture of:

- Saturated

- Unsaturated

- Monounsaturated

- Polyunsaturated fatty acids, although proportions vary depending on the source.

For many years nutritionists have spoke about saturated fat, unsaturated fat and polyunsaturated fat, but these three categories are just a small part of the overall picture when it comes to fat quality. To understand fat quality we need to look at certain fat components called fatty acids.