I approached Alex in January for help managing my nutrition as well as my training, when the dress for my daughters wedding arrived & didn't fit. She explained how to use my fitness pal & approached it in a really down to earth & easy to unserstand way that made it not so scary or overwhelming. She worked out my calories & macros for me & gave me some informations on easy swaps that could be made to up the nutritional value but lower calories, without restricting what I could eat - as long as it fit in with my numbers for the day. I don't have time to spend hours meal prepping & don't like eating the same meals day after day, but with Alex's help I have lost 3 kilos in 5 weeks, and 5 centimetres around my tummy - without killing myself in the gym, eating a wide variety of food I like (including a holiday with a buffet), working a desk job & playing taxi for the other kids sports. Weekly checkins with Alex keep me motivated & honest & knowing she is there for support really helps ease the stress & sometimes total confusion, that I have experienced in the past trying to follow other "diets" or meal plans, that have proved unsustainable or just plain boring. Seeing things in black & white entered into My Fitness Pal has helped me have a much better understanding of, and relationship with, food. And I'll fit into my dress for the wedding without having to eat nothing but sad salads, unless I want to.

Alex is very knowledgeable when it comes to using MyFitnessPal (MFP) and tracking macros for effective weight loss. She takes the time to calculate your ideal daily calorie intake and clearly breaks down exactly how much protein, carbohydrates, and fats you should be aiming for each day.

With her guidance, MFP has become such a powerful tool — it makes tracking simple and gives a clear overview of not only protein, carbs, and fats, but other key nutrients as well. It’s been invaluable in helping me better understand the nutritional value of different foods and stay accountable.

I highly recommend Alex to anyone wanting practical, personalised support with the use of MFP to reach their weight loss goals.

I’ve been using MyFitnessPal consistently for the last 6 weeks (although it's been on my phone for years) and it’s honestly been a game changer.. Tracking my food helped me see how many hidden calories I was actually eating, snacks, sauces, and portion sizes I was ignoring. Simply logging everything made me more aware of my choices, and that awareness has helped me stay consistent and lose weight . It’s been understanding what I’m actually consuming. For me pre-planning my day in the app means I can plan and successfully hit my macro targets with out needing to overconsume at the end of the day coz I'm way under, especially my protein intake.

Premium is a game changer if you,

1. know how to use all the features

2. are going to actually use it.

I recommend using the FREE version of the app everyday for at least 6 months, to prove you will consistently use it & are getting the results you want before upgrading to Premium.

Everyone is different, rule of thumb, you should be eating between 0.8 - 2 grams of protein per kilo body weight.

Example, a woman weighs 80 kilos, she averages the protein intake to 1.5 x her body weight. 1.5 x 80 = 120g Protein.

This is really a personal preferences.

Here are both sides to this:

Yes - weighing yourself everyday gives you an average weight loss over a week, it also helps keep you on track with your daily eating. I love this for my clients, we start to see a trend on what their body does day by day over the course of 4-8 weeks. 

No - If you know that getting on the scales everyday will mess with your head then just leave it for weekly weigh ins. You need to understand the body fluctuates & fluctuates HARD. So some days you could go up massively & then drop back down the next. With weekly weigh ins just make sure to weigh same time, same day, same condition each week for consistency.

But you do, MFP takes no longer than 15 minutes to enter your food the day before. You just need to remember it doesn't have to be perfect straight away. You will get better at food swaps, meeting your calories and macronutrients over time. 

The cool thing about MFP once you enter your food for the day you can easily copy it to tomorrow without having to enter it all again.