I have been shortsighted since the age of 14. I knew I had a problem when I could no longer sit at the back of the class – I couldn’t see the blackboard.
When I was 17 I crashed my scooter twice. My Mother gave me two bits of advice, get some glasses and buy a [...]

Once a week I go cycling in the countryside with a friend. We cycle about 30 miles and visit 2 or 3 pubs. It’s my favourite day of the week.
Recently I visited the Friendly Inn, Frankton, Warwickshire, and noticed a plaque on the wall defining the rules of cricket. It was so good, [...]

Eat Breakfast………That’s it………If you want to lose weight – eat breakfast. Simple isn’t it?……….But I bet you aren’t doing this!  It’s a bet I would make money on :O)

You are reading a post about losing weight, so it’s likely that you have some extra pounds that you want to shed. If you have some extra pounds, [...]

I do not profess to be a guru, but these 4 steps have worked for me.
Happiness Step 1 – Friends.
Good friends and family members will save you a fortune in counselling or psychiatry bills! But don’t take friendship for granted, something as good as this needs to be cultivated. Keep in touch with your friends, and [...]

I always advise anyone who wants to train for a marathon to keep a diary and log how many miles they run each day. There is no way you can properly run a marathon without a training plan, and it is difficult to keep track of your training without a simple written record.
Athletes who don’t keep [...]

As a regular runner, walker and cyclist, the last place I want to be is on a busy road. Preferably I don’t want to be on a road at all. Why be on a noisy, dirty, busy road, when you could be in the beautiful countryside? Beats me, but the mistake a lot of people make [...]

The New England Journal of Medicine conducted research to establish the most effective dietary regime. They studied three popular weight loss plans;
1) Low-Fat Diet…..’stickability’ over 2 years 90.4%
The low-fat, restricted-calorie diet was based on American Heart Association guidelines. They aimed at an energy intake of 1500 calories  per day for women and 1800 calories per day for men, with [...]

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and one of the reasons is that the act of eating and digesting food raises the metabolic rate. So eating will burn more calories than starving! Once you accept this concept then you will realise that the traditional three square meals a day may not be [...]

Unfortunately people struggling to control their weight often focus on limiting food intake. So they skip breakfast, have a small lunch and then finally have a proper meal in the evening, when they get home from work. If you recognise yourself here, then the bad news is that this is completely the wrong way to [...]

John Lennon always denied that Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds had anything to do with LSD, and was simply a coincidence. The song was named after his son’s painting. When asked what the painting represented Julian replied, “oh, that’s Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”.  The story is probably true, but the surreal lyrics suggest that it was [...]