The easiest slow cooker chicken curry….

My friend Emma found this on the Instagram page of a chef called @boredoflunch.  His names’ Nathan and he specialises in slow cooker / airfryer recipes so he’s worth a follow. Here is the recipe: 300g chicken 6 potatoes, finely chopped, skin on 4 garlic...

Tactics : managing your healthy eating with friends and family

Let’s assume we have a friend called Jane.  Jane has been trying to get into shape. She’s a size 16 and desperately wants to be a 12 and for about four weeks now she’s been having a damn good go at getting her eating back in order. The trouble started with Love...

CARDIO OR STRENGTH TRAINING…which is really better for fat-loss?

Question: “Do I really have to do cardio exercise to lose fat?” Answer: No! Actually, you only have to do very little exercise to lose fat, but that would be silly, because the benefits of exercise go way beyond the boundaries of fat-loss.  Making sustainable changes...

LONG WALK OR SHORT HIIT..?

The team at ‘Woman’ asked me to put the cards on the table.  “So Annie, should we be doing a short HIIT session or a long walk…which is best?”.  Well, it all depends on your goals, your current fitness, your age, the time you have available but essentially...

WHICH IS WORSE…SUGAR or FAT?

“Worse for what?’ I asked when the team at Woman asked me to tackle this topic. “Health?”  I asked “Or fat stores?”.  Both, came the reply.  Right here goes and I’m going to use the word diet, which I loathe. It smacks of temporary, restrictive and...

A FOOD DIARY MIGHT SEEM NERDY…

As humans, we can be quite good at kidding ourselves, can’t we? Dab hands at pretending. Masters of the vague.  If you’re trying to lose fat (sorry, I never say lose weight, because it’s not our heaviness which is the point), then how much we eat and drink is...

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