Posts in “Diet”


Diet | Lifestyle | Low Fat | Nutrition | Quick meals | Recipes | Vegetarian

Look At My Plums! Plum Flapjack Recipe

I realise of course that my food blogs make it sound like I have a garden full of fruit and vegetables – which honestly isn’t true. The back garden has some remaining rhubarb and raspberries, dying courgettes in far too small pots and a chill plant sprouting the biggest chillis I’ve ever seen! In the […]

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Do It In 12 Success Stories – Sophie Bambra

This picture is Sophie on week 1 and week 12 of our Do It In 12 programme – Do It In 12 is our tailored personal training programme, which guarantees results in just 12 weeks. You can see that the changes have been phenomenal. By the end of our 12 weeks, Sophie has lost 1st 2.4lb, 41.5cm […]

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How Going Gluten Free Improved My Life

Louis here again, here to talk some more nutritional nonsense and macro magic. Today I’d like to talk about gluten and my experience with it over the last few years. As some of you may know I suffer from a severe gluten intolerance and have lived gluten free (GF) for over 2 years now which […]

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Quest Style Peanut Butter Cookies

We all like a sweet treat without the calories right? So, it was no surprise that when Quest Bars came on the scene, that they were flying off the shelves due to their high protein, low sugar content but somehow still resulting in great tasting bars. How would you like to make your own version […]

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Food Allergy or Food Intolerance?

Did you know that food intolerance affects around 45% of people whereas food allergy only affects 2%? Would you know the difference between the two? Well it transpires neither did I!  I’ve recently been struggling with some stomach problems. Whilst I believed that my good friend IBS was back for a visit, my circumstances have changed […]

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Are They Really New Diet Crazes?

It would appear (if you believe everything you read of course) that Paleo, 5:2 and Atkins are so last year – if not last decade! And whilst the terms “eat clean” or “clean eating” are now the most fashionable “diet” phrases around, and The Body Coach is one of the big hitters of 2017, it […]

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Seasonal Recipes

Are you a savvy seasonal shopper?! And I don’t mean that you’ve started bikini or beach shorts shopping just because you’re going on holiday! I mean, do you buy your food based on the seasons? Eating ‘seasonally’ is certainly a bit of a buzz phrase, and some people may even think it’s trendy, but there […]

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Seasonal Spag Bol Recipe!

July is the month of Courgettes, Beetroot, Chilli’s and loads of other fruit and veg! It’s also the month of some lovely hot weather (sometimes), so this recipe is perfect! This seasonal spag bol recipe is a great low carb,  cold, raw, veggie/vegan version of Spaghetti Bolognaise and it uses seasonal ingredients. I’ve borrowed the […]

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Harissa Chicken and Butter Bean Recipe

Just because it’s Summer doesn’t mean the slow cooker has to get banished to the back of the cupboard. We don’t have to preach that slow cookers are ace for helping you with your food prep and keeping that healthy diet on track so I wanted to share the recent Harissa Chicken & Butter Bean […]

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Which Oils Do You Use For Cooking?

Use this one for stir fries and that one as a salad dressing; don’t let that one burn; butter is now good for you; make sure you use refined, cold-pressed, virgin……..sometimes it feels like my head is swimming in oil! There’s a lot of information out there about which oils you should or should not use for cooking, so […]

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Cauliflower Curry And Poached Eggs Recipe

You may notice that here at motive8 we are massive fans of cauliflower! We’re not talking high-fat cauliflower cheese, or boiled to an inch of it’s life cauliflower, but healthy recipes such as cauliflower rice, Kate’s spicy cauliflower bites snack recipe, and I am currently in love with this cauliflower curry and poached eggs recipe. It’s […]

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Spiced Cauliflower Bites

Back in April I posted a picture of these tasty and spicy cauliflower bites on our Instagram, but just in case you missed it, here it is the recipe for you in full detail! The brilliant thing about cauliflower is that it’s easy to cook and quick, it takes on flavours well, AND if that […]

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Cait’s Do It In 12 Story – 1 Week to Go!

This picture is Cait on week 1 and week 9 of our Do It In 12 programme – a 12 week bespoke personal training programme focusing on two personal training sessions per week, in addition to nutritional and lifestyle support to help you smash your goals. You can already see that the changes have been phenomenal. […]

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Diet | Nutrition | Recipes | Vegetarian

Banana and Peanut Butter Protein Muffins

Right, we all love a nice but naughty treat. Something that’s delicious balanced but still hits that sweet spot. Well I think I’ve found the answer with these banana and peanut butter protein muffins. These muffins are both juicy, macro-friendly and flavourful. A nice easy recipe that takes less than five minutes to prepare and ten minutes to cook […]

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How Many Lattes Do You Have A Day?

  I came across this amazing quote the other day: “Milk should be considered as food – not a way to hydrate“. What do you think – do you disagree? Well hold that thought until you have read the rest of this blog, you may think differently! This all came about because of some of […]

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