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  When I first decided to get healthy and change my diet, I knew that exercise was going to be an important part of that, but I just really didn't enjoy it and I know I am not alone. People seem to think that even now I wake up every morning with this insane drive and desire to kick butt in the gym. No. I still have to push myself to workout a lot of the time, because who doesn't want to spend an hour extra in bed? I think the key to wanting to workout, it to find something that you e ...

  Tomatoes here in the UK are not great at the moment. In fact, it is really hard to get decent tomatoes in a lot of places in the UK, they never seem to be ripe, but at this time of year it is even worse. So, I have to cook them in a way that makes them the best they can possibly be and that means roasted. Usually it would be a roasted tomato soup, but shockingly I was craving Mexican food tonight so I decided to make the tomatoes the main feature of the Mexican dish, rather than j ...

  If you have ever tried to lose weight, or get healthy, and you eat meat, chances are you have eaten a lot of chicken breast. Not only is it lean and a good source of protein – it tastes great as well. Trouble is, if you eat it enough, you will get bored of it. Here are my favourite and healthy things to do with chicken breast. - Stir fry: cut up chunks of chicken breast  and cook with loads of vegetables and the home-made sauce of your choice. One of my favourite sauces is a m ...

    There is so much advice out there for people just starting on their journey to being fitter and healthier, and of course most of it centres around what to eat and how to workout. Whilst that advice is invaluable to someone who is feeling lost at the beginning, and you will find lots of that advice here, I wanted to write a different kind of advice for those just starting out and this is something that I wish I had of been told a few years ago. It can be so easy to lo ...

  The benefits of exercise are well documented – weight loss, fitness, improving mental and physical health. But what about the negatives? Nothing comes without risks, and exercise is no exception. I am generally pretty clumsy, so no matter what I do, some accidents will happen, but there are a lot of things you can do to prevent sports injuries. As you all know, I am doing the Couch 2 5k program at the moment. I started it last year, but I had to quit at the end of week 4 due to a ...