nutrition rules of weight loss. Her advice can help any runner who wants to lose weight – whether it’s five pounds or five stone. She’ll show you how to track your food intake, space meals throughout the day to ward off hunger, and honestly count

Despite what many inventors of best-selling fad diets would have the public believe, weight loss is a simple issue. Burn more calories than you consume, and you'll lose weight. As a runner, you're in luck, because running happens to be one

and think about it. If weight loss were really that easy, everyone would be as skinny as a supermodel. The fact is that it’s not that easy.Over several weeks, researchers fed laboratory mice a high-fat diet that was 10 to 15 percent chitosan by weight

Medical Association (JAMA) also found that we may be treating ourselves to more than we should. It indicated that people typically eat 92 per cent of any food they serve themselves, so as portion sizes creep up, so does our weight. Here are a few

provides reasonable compression for minor sprains, but if weight-bearing is particularly tender, you may need to wear an ankle stirrup brace. You’ll inevitably experience a loss of fine balance, which you can restore by doing wobble-board exercises

eight times ‘one minute fast, two minutes slow’, to increase your running speed.With your particular problems, I suggest that you divide the year into three sections. Up to the end of February, aim mainly at weight loss, but start doing a weekly speed

, best stretches, back care)• Nutrition for runners (including weight loss, eating and drinking on the run, balanced diets, vitamins and supplements)• Staying healthy (including pregnancy, balancing running and life)Gear: • Shoes (including how to choose

to the amount of fluid you need to replace. For example 0.5kg of weight loss = 500mls. As a guide, drinking around 150ml every 15-20 min should keep you topped up. Be careful not to over-drink.When you exercise your body loses electrolytes through your sweat

, but without the pounding. (Treadmills, of course, approximate running the best, but with the stress of impact.)That said, an elliptical trainer can’t mimic the specific neuro-muscular actions of running, such as heel strike, weight transfer and toe-off. As a

Yoga for Runners blog, Bikram Yoga is a demanding (but highly rewarding!) series of 26 postures and breathing exercises practised in a heated room. Practising Bikram Yoga can help with injuries and weight loss, reduces blood pressure, improves posture