Congratulations....

Congratulations to Kylie as she'll be tying the knot with her partner this coming Saturday!

Awesome work especially for the last two months in changing her body especially in strengthening her back to enable her to train hard.

Kylie is looking forward to restarting when she's back from her honeymoon to get that summer body as well!

Good luck and sending our wishes to you on your very special day!

Another special mention is Ola for her recent engagement as well and she'll be celebrating with her partner in early Nov 2011!

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Protein and health snack options

As many of you have asked about what to have post training and some of you have mentioned you maybe gluten or wheat intolerant. 

Below is the Sun Warrior protein options for this with intolerance

The protein powder I currently use is called Dymatize ISO 100 (100% Hydrolyzed Whey Protein Isolate)

I have also found these chickpeas a great snack option.

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Alkaline vs Acidic Diets

Food for thought......

Did you know that having the right pH is vital for the body and sometimes can help lose weight and keep the weight off?

There are lots of diets out there and many of you have probably tried one or two or many and have had some success in losing the weight but find it hard to keep the weight off once you return back to a more 'normal' diet. Therefore diets that actually requires you to eliminate whole food groups like 'carbs' or 'fats' etc are not realistic.

What you need to understand is that foods are either classified as acid-forming or alkalizing depending on the effect they have on the body. The pH level of the body will determine how healthy the body is. Though in saying this, it's a misconception to think that acidic food is bad for you, what you should be looking for is to find the correct acidity-alkalinity balance. 

Another common misconception is that food that tastes acidic are 'acidic' foods, but this is not necessarily true, examples are citric fruits such as lemons are actually good for you.

The body burns more fat while in a tipping towards a more alkaline state than if it was in an acidic state. Therefore, learning to eat more alkaline foods will help reset the body's pH level.

If you want to know more about this, email me and I can point you to right direction. For those on the 84 day challenge you would have already read about this and hopefully incorporating this into your diets already! 



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More new team members

Hi team,

It's been a while since there's been a blog, getting ready for my break and getting everyone on track towards summer!

Most of you (if not all of you) should have received the training and food diary to help you with your goal, if you need any help, please let me know. I've been helping people who have been using the tool.

Welcome on board, Deniz, EeLynn, Shane and Josh! A big Welcome back to Stephanie! Hopefully we'll have another handful of new guys joining our growing team!

This weekend is the Melbourne Marathon. Good luck to all those participating and I would love for you to send me your times and results to post up to share with the team!

The City to Sea is the next running event on 13th Nov which a number of you are involved in along side quite a lot of the Sales team at SPHC. Unfortunately i'll be just coming home that day so will not be participating but will definitely look into it next year!


I have ordered the first lot of foam rollers (4 in total) and 3 have been bagged so if anyone is after a foam roller for home use, email me or text me, first in first serve.




Keep up the great work team! Don't forget to to like the Hopscotch Fitness Facebook Page!

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