Take us through an average day of yours:

• I normally wake up at 3:30 am
• Then start training my first client at 5 am
• Have clients until 8/9 am, then sneak in my cardio, which is normally an hour
• Then have another 2 clients, then do a few errands or scheduled meetings and fit in a power 45 min intense weight session
• I then schedule in Flawless Cosmetics clients in from around 1-4 pm. Some days I go back to Wellness in Motion for some evening clients
• I also run weight loss challenges and host a bootcamp on Thursdays and Sundays
• Most evenings I do admin until 9 pm for  my online PT and clients

Give us a brief description on your diet philosophy

I am a pescaterian so only eat fish. I was borderline vegan before starting to compete but really needed the protein.

My dad is a chef and owner of Da Vincenzo in Kyalami so he preps and grills/steams my meals daily (yes daddy’s girl….lol)

I’m currently prepping for my last show of 2013, WBFF UK, so pre contest diet is as follows:

• Meal 1: Fish & Cashews
• Meal 2: Rebuild strength whey protein & oats
• Meal 3: Gem squash & Beans
• Meal 4: Fish and Spinach
• Meal 5: Fish and baby marrow
• Meal 6: Salmon and asparagus
• Lots of water & home brewed chai tea with Stevia (: Yummy

My off season diet still follows 6 meals but I add in more veggies/grains/big delicious salads or home made soups.

I increase my carbs in the off season to try maintain/gain lean muscle mass.

Do you believe in using supplements?  If you do, with all the different supplements out there, what would you say are the most essential ones that need to be taken?

Absolutely yes!! I use a variety of the Herbalife SPORT 24 Range as well and recovery agents like:

• BCCA
• ANTI OXIDENTS
• GLUTAMINE

With that said I stop most supplements 2 weeks out from a show.

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