Over the last year or so I have massively improved my diet. It’s been a really steep learning curve for me. One of the things I discovered is that eating well isn’t a one size fits all approach. It’s about…
A Spicy Summer with Weight Watchers
Tag: food
7 Days of Protein Packed Breakfast Smoothies
If there’s one thing I learned from my Breakfast experiment last year, it was that a protein packed breakfast will keep you full much longer than anything else. For a long time I wasn’t a breakfast eater as I found…
Indigo Herbs Recipe Challenge
I’m not normally a fan of challenges involving food, because they’re normally of the “eat a whole cow in 10 minutes and get it free” variety, but I took part in this one because it was a little different! Indigo…
Another Week in Food
Back in October I posted my food diary for the week. The idea was to get an idea where my diet was falling down, and where it could be improved to help me with my fitness goals, and with my…
The Big Breakfast Challenge
One of my biggest challenges eating properly is still going away a lot and staying in hotels. It’s not only the struggle to eat well while you’re away, but also the limited time at home making it very difficult to…
Flora Pro Activ Healthy Christmas Recipe
About a week ago I got home from a trip away to find a note saying a parcel had been left with my neighbour. I popped round to pick it up, only to find the HUGEST box (sorry neighbour!) I…
(Antibiotic) Resistance is Futile
I got an interesting press release appear in my email inbox yesterday. It was about a survey, sponsored by Danone, of 120 UK GPs about antibiotic use and it’s impact on gut microbiota. According to the survey over 60%Â of…
Proper Snacking
One of the things I am doing as an attempt to eat better and less erratically is to make sure I have eaten properly before exercise. There’s a tendency to think of “snacking” as a bad thing, especially if you’re…
A Week in Food
Well, I promised to keep a record of what I ate for a week, and come back and share. So here I am! In some ways this was a very atypical week for me. It featured no travel, and a…