INSPO Fitness Journal May 2017
Everything from nutrition, beauty, home and workplace wellbeing to health, performance – and so much more.
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FRESH<br />
START<br />
When it comes to celebrity<br />
foodies, Nadia Lim is one<br />
of New Zealand’s most<br />
engaging.<br />
Having soared to well-earned success<br />
following her MasterChef New Zealand<br />
television debut, she has gone on<br />
to change the lives of thousands of New Zealanders<br />
through her cookbooks, blogs and<br />
My Food Bag business. And her latest venture<br />
is equally as exciting and life changing.<br />
Fresh Start with Nadia is the latest addition<br />
to My Food Bag, combining portion<br />
control, healthy eating and cooking techniques<br />
- with each meal nutritionally balanced<br />
and weighting in at 450 calories or less.<br />
While My Food Bag delivers healthy food<br />
and a level of portion control, Nadia says<br />
many people are looking for greater levels of<br />
control and accountability when it comes to<br />
their diet.<br />
“For many Kiwis, managing weight is<br />
an endless battle. As we age, we tend to<br />
become more health aware in terms of our<br />
dietary needs, but it can be a challenge to<br />
improve our eating habits and consistently<br />
stick to them. As a dietitian, I’m passionate<br />
about helping Kiwis to eat better, and<br />
this new range takes the guess work out of<br />
ingredient shopping, meal preparation and<br />
calorie-counting,” says the My Food Bag<br />
co-founder and dietitian.<br />
Quick tips with Nadia<br />
What are you most proud of when it comes<br />
to My Food Bag?<br />
That it’s teaching a whole generation of Kiwis<br />
to cook good food and rely less on processed<br />
foods and takeaways. The future effects of<br />
that will be huge.<br />
What is your current favourite ingredient?<br />
Chipotle sauce is a very handy thing to have<br />
in your fridge. Chipotle adds an instant smoky<br />
flavour to all sorts of dishes, from grilled chicken<br />
to dips, roasted vegetables etc.<br />
Fresh Start delivers ingredients for five<br />
recipes to your door each week, in either 10<br />
portion or 20 portion boxes. The 10-portion<br />
box serves two people for dinner or offers<br />
the complete solution for one person wanting<br />
dinner and leftovers for lunch the next<br />
day. The 20-portion box serves four people<br />
for dinner or provides for two people dinner<br />
and leftovers for lunch the next day.<br />
Fresh Start’s meals feature lean proteins,<br />
large volumes of seasonal vegetables,<br />
lower volumes of carbohydrates focused on<br />
wholegrain or vegetable-based sources, and<br />
no refined sugar.<br />
“We want our customers to feel like they<br />
are part of a community and receiving all<br />
the support they need to see the change they<br />
want to see,” says Cecilia Robinson, founder<br />
and Co-CEO of My Food Bag.<br />
“We are really excited about this launch<br />
following feedback we’ve received from customers<br />
which is the driver behind developing<br />
this new offering. This isn’t just another<br />
fad diet. We’re providing our customers<br />
with all the tools – including meal planning,<br />
come in. We want to help people lose weight<br />
in a practical, sustainable way (and keep it<br />
off).<br />
What three things do you wish everyone<br />
knew about food/nutrition?<br />
It’s not complicated. Just eat real food. Don’t<br />
eat too much of it. Eat lots of vegetables.<br />
What do you wish someone told you years<br />
ago?<br />
Do all your travelling before you have kids.<br />
recipes and ingredients - as well as advice<br />
and support they need to help them with<br />
successfully losing weight and improving<br />
their health and wellbeing.”<br />
Fresh Start is available now with more<br />
information available from freshstartwithnadia.co.nz<br />
>WIN<br />
Win yourself a fresh start, thanks to<br />
Nadia Lim and her Fresh Start with<br />
Nadia options.<br />
Recipes are developed by My Food<br />
Bag’s team of nutritionists and chefs.<br />
All Fresh Start recipes are nutritionally<br />
sound and use New Zealand ingredients<br />
wherever possible. Recipes also include<br />
nutritional analysis and cooking tips.<br />
Enter to win a week’s worth of Fresh<br />
Start with Nadia Lite 10 (5 recipes x 2<br />
portions per recipe, a total of 10 portions<br />
to serve five dinners for two people,<br />
or dinner with leftovers for lunch<br />
for one person – valued at $159.99<br />
including delivery).<br />
To enter, email your name and contact<br />
details, with FRESH START in the<br />
subject line, to win@fitnessjournal.co.nz<br />
or enter online at inspomag.co.nz<br />
Entries close <strong>May</strong> 31, <strong>2017</strong><br />
Why is Fresh Start so important to you?<br />
Most people know what they should be doing<br />
to lose weight, but often lack the tools and<br />
time to put it into practise; that’s where we<br />
What is your fave Fresh Start meal and why?<br />
Thai chicken laab salad. The Thai chicken laab<br />
is fresh, flavoursome and full of crunch. It's so<br />
tasty and you feel great after eating it.<br />
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