Nutrition

For anyone looking to cut calories without counting, then filling the plate as instructed here can get you a lot of the way there: 1/4 protein, 1/4 starch, 1/2 veg.Think these 3 food groups would constitute a lot of people's meals, but the ratios would be

Intermittent Fasting (IF) comes in a number of different flavours, such as: 5/2: 2 days out of the week are restricted to 800kcal with no restriction for the other 5Alternate Day Fasting: every 2nd day you don't eat at all16/8: A window of 8hrs per day for eating

There's two types of fat storage in the body. Subcutaneous fat stored under the skin, and visceral fat that's stored around the organs in the abdominal cavity. The fat stored in the skin is pretty much harmless - it's the fat around the organs that's the problem, causing or contributing

Lifestyle vs DietI'm not a fan of the term "diet" due to the temporal nature of the word. If you're in a position where you require weight loss, then a lifestyle change that's more permanent than a diet is likely more appropriate, to avoid the inevitable weight regain that happens

It's the weekend, but being on a diet can sometimes feel like you're missing out - with calorie-cycling you can still enjoy a night-out whilst staying on track. If you're looking to loose 1lb per week then you need a deficit of 3500kcal over the course of that week. That's