Hello everyone,

When I run my weekly insta lives about lifestyle and wellbeing, there is one question I always get asked.

“Do you ever feel nothing is working?”

And the answer is, I certainly used to feel that way. I tried all the diets over the years and nothing worked permanently. The weight came off and crept back on again. Rinse and repeat. It was exhausting and demoralising.

And then at 57 I found the magic combination. I lost 30 kgs and kept it off - I’m now 63.

So what was it? Well it wasn’t weight loss drugs (I’ve never touched them). It wasn’t surgery (wouldn’t go there either). Nor was it faddy or restrictive dieting (I love my food far too much).

It was two things:

• I learned to eat intelligently. I learned that in order to lose weight and maintain that weight loss, I needed to choose foods that helped my body build muscle tissue, because muscle burns fat.

• I also learned that hands down, resistance training was the most effective way, along with proper nutrition, to build muscle. I trained with @ultimateperformancelive - probably the best investment of my life.

That’s it.

• proper nutrition

• resistance training

Then I wrote my book Fit & Fabulous over 50, how to rewire your second act and went into the detail of all the tips and tricks I learned along the way.

But bottom line, I learned that the answer is surprisingly simple. Feed your body properly. Resistance train for muscle and strength.

Good health is actually not complicated, despite the food and diet industries’ profit motivated best efforts to persuade us otherwise. I just spent about thirty years chasing elaborate solutions when the simple truths were in front of me all the time.

Don’t be fooled, Go back to basics.

In health,

Alison

PS use code FAB25OFF and get a whopping 25% off my book to start your journey.