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Exercise machine calorie counters: they exaggerate the burn

Posted by Stuart Farrimond ⋅ January 23, 2015 ⋅ 1 Comment

January is the month of the jogger. Every evening for the past three weeks, regular-looking folk have been bouncing their bits up and down our streets, running in the pursuit of getting a bit fitter. No doubt prompted by a New Year’s resolution or ill-considered pledge to run this year’s half-marathon, such noble joggers oftentimes … Continue reading →

What not to tell a child: “Clear your plate or there’s no dessert!”

Posted by Stuart Farrimond ⋅ January 7, 2015 ⋅ 2 Comments

Tonight’s meal will be steak with all the trimmings and I can’t wait. Nothing – bar a heard of wildebeest running through the dining room – will stop me from finishing it. For I know it will be delicious and that the meat was expensive. My mother has taught me well: ‘waste not, want not.’ … Continue reading →