This article focuses on tips for how to eat more healthily when going out for lunch or dinner. BE AWARE OF HOW THINGS ARE PREPARED Avoid anything fried or that’s described as crispy or crunchy, and choose things that are steamed, grilled, roasted or poached. BE WARY OF THE BUFFET All-you-can-eat places are bad for [...]
Following last week’s article on the four basic rules for eating out, here are eight tips to help keep that first meal of the day as healthy as possible when not making your own at home. START WITH FRUIT If you are pushing the boat out for breakfast, start off with some fruit before the [...]
There’s a common misconception that if we want to stay on top of our health and fitness goals, whether that’s losing weight or training for something specific, we have to lock ourselves away in our houses with our lemon water and ditch our social life. It’s true that restaurant meals tend to be high in [...]
Have you ever had back pain? I have and it was one of the most debilitating conditions I have ever had having sprained ligaments in my lower back so badly that it took over 2 years for me to become completely pain free. I have been amazed at the number of people I know who [...]
It’s fair to say that summer seemed to take forever to get here but once it did it certainly arrived in style. The warmer days and longer evenings often mean we are out and about more, having barbecues, family gatherings and probably attending a wedding or two and because our weather is totally unpredictable we [...]
I write this having just finished my local Parkrun. For anyone who doesn’t know what this is, it’s a 5K free timed event every Saturday at 9:00am open to all abilities. It’s the first one I had done in a few weeks and although it felt hard work I felt stronger than I remembered at [...]