It’s been 10 days since I started my Fitbug challenge. Read how I have got on and learnt to make all my steps count. Also find out how you can join in being motivated to eat healthily and be more active.
Fitbug is a web based service described as ‘a personal health and well-being coach’, and aims to keep you motivated to keep moving. Read as I road test the ‘bug’ to see how it will work with me.
Exercise should not only be considered as a method to lose weight but also as an essential tool to remain healthy through treating and preventing illness and diseases. This May’s Exercise is Medicine™ Month, is a time for everyone to recognize, emphasize and celebrate the valuable health benefits of exercise and to May-Kit Happen.
A new US study suggests women run marathons to feel good while men run for competition and to achieve personal goals. Would a UK survey of first timers suggest the same?
Scientist have admitted they have previously miscalculated how much energy we actually need. But as most people under estimate their calorie consumption, is this a green light to eating more?
When choosing a diet to lose weight it seems that rather than eating a balanced healthy diet people choose to follow the latest celebrity endorsed diet which often emphasize eating high levels of protein, fat or carbohydrates. Now researchers have examined the long term advantages of these diets.
Everyone knows the maths, increased food plus decreased activity equals increased weight gain and fat accumulation. But consuming the right types of fat for your body shape may affect your fat metabolism
Restricting food for weight loss isn’t really my thing. Although I need to lose some weight, I think it’s more important to adopt a long term healthy diet than to starve yourself for a few weeks. I started by not having sugar in my coffee, there is around 16 calories in a teaspoon of sugar, which doesn’t sound like much but in 5 cups a day 7 days a week that is around 560 calories.
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