diet Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/diet/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Tue, 26 May 2020 13:18:47 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg diet Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/diet/ 32 32 2696646 Withings WS-50 Smart Body Analyzer review https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/01/withings-ws-50-smart-body-analyzer-review/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/01/withings-ws-50-smart-body-analyzer-review/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2015 08:26:19 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=18243 I’ve said it plenty of times before, but I like gadgets and tech, and often use them to provide motivation as far as fitness and training is concerned. Be it a GPS enabled watch such as my Garmin 910XT, Virtual Power turbo training such as TrainerRoad or technical socks, I fall for them all and use...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/01/withings-ws-50-smart-body-analyzer-review/feed/ 1 18243 Pre-Race Jitters https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/05/pre-race-jitters/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/05/pre-race-jitters/#comments Thu, 08 May 2014 09:27:49 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=16457 Anna would say that it is just my normal pre-race jitters, but with the British Sprint Triathlon Championships coming up in Eton in little over a weeks time things aren’t looking good for me at the moment. A Matter of Priority Training has been a little lack lustre for a while now and I’m just...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/05/pre-race-jitters/feed/ 3 16457 Work Induced Injuries and Over-Eating. https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/02/work-induced-injuries-eating/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/02/work-induced-injuries-eating/#comments Wed, 05 Feb 2014 16:24:30 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=15552 I’ve always said that ‘work’ isn’t good for you and once again I proved it yesterday by tweaking a muscle in my back whilst moving a carpet for someone. I’d been painting and decorating at their house and now had to move an old carpet out of the room so that a new one could be...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/02/work-induced-injuries-eating/feed/ 1 15552 Gluten Free Polenta and Honey Cake https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/gluten-free-polenta-and-honey-cake/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/gluten-free-polenta-and-honey-cake/#comments Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:30:15 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=14310 I’m not gluten free by any stretch of the imagination – I will quite readily polish off cake after cake and eat anything that’s in front of me, especially from time to time when I have a proper pig out! However, during a normal day I have been trying to cut down on gluten a little bit....

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/gluten-free-polenta-and-honey-cake/feed/ 3 14310 A Training Hiatus https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/04/a-training-hiatus/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/04/a-training-hiatus/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:22:11 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=13098 After 5 days with some sort of lurgy that never really came to anything I’ve just done my first training session. 5 days without training may not sound like much, but it was actually 6 days as the day before I started feeling ill was a rest day and to me it seems like ages....

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/04/a-training-hiatus/feed/ 1 13098 Christmas Calories https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/12/christmas-calories/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/12/christmas-calories/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2012 06:05:23 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=12029 It had to happen – I gained some weight on Christmas day! My weight has been up and down a bit lately anyway. Before my big race of the year in New Zealand I was down to about 62kg and feeling trim, but whilst on holiday after the race I went a bit mad for...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/12/christmas-calories/feed/ 5 12029 Calorie Counting and Diet Tracking apps on an iPad – Review https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/04/calorie-counting-and-diet-tracking-apps-on-an-ipad-review/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/04/calorie-counting-and-diet-tracking-apps-on-an-ipad-review/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 06:46:51 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=7605 Whilst eating a large steak and chips and a sticky toffee pudding with ice cream the other day I got into a conversation with some friends about the amount I eat. Basically they were all pretty amazed by how much I could consume. Now, I’m not fat, I’m around 5’7″ and 70kg which puts me...

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