All Entries Tagged With: "Nutrition"
Eat More Not Less
Do you ever think in terms of fuelling your body like a car? Making sure it’s always full to avoid it breaking down, and aiming to get the best out of it when you use it. Or do you often wait for the empty light, then fill up wherever you happen to be, and wonder why it costs you so much and doesn’t run that well?
10 Healthy Breakfast Options
Porridge and berries
Use oats and skimmed milk to make your porridge, then add any berries such as strawberries, raspberries or blueberries and honey. This is a great way to start the day as the oats have a low GI (Glycaemic Index) this tells us that oats do not raise the blood glucose level very quickly, which is good as it can help stabilise the appetite. Just go easy on the honey!
Top 10 Tips for Weight Loss
Our first fitness tip is that it’s important to exercise regularly. While that’s been sound advice for years, unfortunately very few people are following it. Only 45 percent of adults are getting the recommended minimum: 30 minutes a day, at least four days a week.
Reducing Your Intake of Salt
In the last thirty years or so, salt (sodium Chloride) in the diet has received bad press, being linked with hypertension (high blood pressure), heart disease, stroke, kidney problems and other disease states.
What Should I Eat Before my Run
I normally run in the evenings but have decided to run when I get up. Is it OK to run (10k) before breakfast or should I eat first? If so what is best?
Controlling My Appetite
Question:
I have commenced running recently completing 12-15k over a week and I am enjoying the challenge and am beginning to feel the benefits on my health. However I am finding the exercise is giving me a very large appetite and I am nearly always hungry.
Given that I would like to use my running for weight management [...]
I am a Beginner – Please Help Me!
Firstly what is the difference between running and jogging? Some training programs have running and jogging listed – is it just pace/speed at which you run? Secondly – what actually is a ‘race pace’? I mean how fast to you have to be going. At the moment I run so slowly, I have to fight like crazy to keep running for just 5 minutes continuously! Do I need to think about pace or just build up my continuous time?
Nutrition: Get Back To Basics
Creating the perfect nutrition plan to meet your needs is just a series of simple steps. The perfect nutrition plan will keep you fuelled, keep you at the weight you need to be at to perform optimally and keep you feeling great at all phases of your training.
If you can ensure that you follow these [...]
Eating Out and “Take Aways”
Eating out and takeaways have become a more popular and regular event in our busy lives. Just because you are trying to lose weight or improve your health doesn’t mean that you cannot participate, but maybe some forward planning with regards to what and where you will be eating can help keep you on track [...]
The Key to Weight Loss For Runners
For those who find it difficult to lose weight there seems to be a common underlying thread. While I am not suggesting there is only ever one miracle answer there does appear to be a common theme or pattern of underlying behaviour that if changed, is likely to lead to weight control.
