Speaking on behalf of all women, I'm sure many of you have an appetite for certain foods at certain times of the month. The more we try to put off having these foods, the more we tend to overindulge on them when we let our attacks take the best of us.

Our prime targets are foods high in fat, sugar like cakes/biscuits/muffins and general convenience foods like packet potato chips etc. The best way not to succumb to these is to be like a good Girl Scout and Prepare. The key is to snack smarter and you'll overcome any sneaky snack attacks.

Hormones help the body regulate itself and provide stability to the body's internal environment. Hormones regulate growth, reproduction, and development, to help the body adapt to physiological stresses placed on the body by the external environment.

The two main hormones associated with muscle building and strength gains, as a result of weight training, are testosterone and human growth hormone (HGH). When these hormones are released into the blood stream one of their jobs is to act directly on muscle cells to produce muscle growth.