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I am excited to launch my first ever recipe book, it is more than JUST a recipe book. It is a TOTAL lifestyle change. Simple recipes along with sections on emotional eating, why do we eat too much and much much more.

“Anita, I found a hair around my nipple and a couple of hairs under my chin”. Is this normal? Am I getting old?

Now I have a goal of getting stronger and adding more muscle. The biggest reason is that my biggest weakness is my strength, how ironic. It is something I have ‘put off’ for too long. The reason I know this is because I did a few local competitions and the CrossFit Open, my worst events have been anything with a heavish barbell. Here are some of my worst events.

Ingredients Chicken Drum stick 1 kg Potatoes 500 grams 1 -2 courgette optional Season Garlic olive oil Lemon juice Paprika 1 TSB Salt and pepper to taste A big green salad Salad leaves a handful Cucumber 1/2 sliced Tomato 1 chopped Lemon juice and 1 TSP of olive oil. I added a few raspberries and a little feta cheese to mine.

Ingredients 4 Turkey brest steak 1 TSP coconut oil Salt pepper to season 1 Marrow peeled and sliced(use half and freeze 1 Onion sliced 1 Tomato 1 green chilli 1 lemon juice 1 cup couscous 1 TSP coconut oil A few raisins Season with salt and pepper Prep time 15-20 minutes Cooking time 15-20 minutes.

Today we discussed mother and daughter relationships that go deep into the past. Both of us where bought up by our Grandmothers. Now in our adulthood we struggle to feel the love for our mothers. There is definitely a void that can’t be filled. As we both did not learn the skills to learn how to love which comes from the initial bonding between Child and Mother.

Today's podcast is a little different as it is taken from the Grid City Graduate's session which we hold at Grid City Fitness every first Monday/Wednesday of the month. Today we discussed creating long term habits with Sue, the resident Counsellor.

It takes 2000 repetition to change a habit. Let’s understand the severity of this and make baby steps to change our habits. It’s ok to fall back into our old habits every now and then. Ask yourself WHY do you want change a particular habit when this happens.

It's my truth, in car talk about self harm.

It all happened in Pakistan. I remember going to a corner shop to buy some sweets, the shop assistant an old man, would put his hand around my inner thigh. It felt wrong and I remember not liking it at all, but I wasn’t able to tell him no. I don’t know why this happened so frequently. Literally from the age of 5 to 18, I was abused.

The struggle is real and I share my honest truth about this painful part of my journey...

I battle through my knee injury to help out the team because team work makes the dream work.

What are you role modelling to your child? They might not be great listeners but they are sure watching your every move. If you showing them that Diet Coke is ok to drink for mummy and daddy to drink regularly, then it must be ok for them too.

Ingredients Chicken legs 1kg Couscous 1 cup Cucumber 1/2 Spinach handful Apple 1 sliced Coconut oil 1 TSB Few olives Seasoning for chicken. Salt, pepper, cumin powder, paprika, low cal spray oil and lemon juice Prep time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 20 minutes

- The exact amount of food you need to eat if you are male or female - How to balance your plate for the maximum fat loss results without feeling hungry - Full of examples of plates of food in order to make it as simple as possible to understand. No jargon, just plain English here. - 10 most common questions I get asked around food with answers.

- How to boost your energy levels and understand why you might be feeling tired and lousy. - Understand why you might be feeling tired and lousy and how to combat this - How the quality of your food can improve your fat loss result, easy to understand and simple to implement – good, better and best guide. - Actions you can implement straight away for results

- How to make sense of Calories to help you get the best result possible - How to make sense of Carbs, Proteins and Healthy Fats to accelerate your metabolism - How Calories In Vs Calories work - Best ways to get the maximum fat loss result - NO jargon used here, information given in plain English.

Ingredients Beef Mince 500 grams Baby Potatoes 7-8 sliced Passatta 150 grams 1 small onions chopped 3 cloves of garlic chopped 1 Tsp paprika 1 Tsp oregano Salt and pepper to taste Prep time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 15 minutes Enjoy :-)

Today's episode is about Mums who run their own business. The fears and challenges they face and the risks they took to start their venture. Did it pay off? Listen to find out more...

I am a new vegetable lover. I will be honest, I have never liked veggies as a little kid. Being forced to eat them as a child so I guess I have always associated it being healthy but horrid things.