Recipe: Simple spaghetti bolognese
Everyone has their favourite spag bol recipe, whether it be from a jar or made from scratch. This quick and simple spaghetti bolognese recipe does not disappoint, its packed full of flavour and is a real winner for when you need dinner done in a hurry. The beauty of this recipe is each portion contains 4 […]
What do people on Slimming World eat?
Slimming World is another slimming club that, like Weight Watchers, prides itself on group support and an easy to follow plan that can yield some very impressive results. It was founded in the UK in 1969 and its main principles have stayed the same – fill up on the good stuff, cut down on the bad stuff. […]
Too embarrassed to order salad? #MVFNewsround
This week, we’ve been celebrating some fantastic weight loss and the men who have achieved it, tucking into some new vegan grub, dusting off our bikes and overcoming our ’embarrassment’ of ordering salads. From the MAN v FAT Football leagues Our very own MVFFer Josh Deegan hit the big time this week with a shoutout […]
What is being obese doing to my health?
It’s not nice to think about, but being obese can have damaging effects on our health. So often people lose weight for superficial reasons, like looking good naked or fitting into smaller clothes, with ‘improving my health’ an abstract footnote on our list of reasons. So what exactly is being obese doing to your health? […]
The MAN v FAT Podcast episode 16: Getting fit in your 60s
In episode 16 of the MAN v FAT Podcast, Stu and Roman talk to MvF Football player John Barberio from the Salford league. He reveals how he lost 28KG, tells us how his health has improved dramatically and what it’s like to get fit and healthy in your sixties. https://soundcloud.com/manvfat/episode-16-john-barberio Listen to the episode on […]
What do people on Weight Watchers eat?
Curious about what people doing WW (or Weight Watchers) eat? It can be hard to know what exactly ‘points’ translates to and whether or not people doing WW live on salads and plain chicken breasts (spoiler: they don’t). We wanted to know what people were eating, so we trawled through Instagram and many Weight Watchers […]
Shots or squats? – the MVF Newsround 11/1/19
Fancy seeing you here! I’m glad you’re back. Good Christmas? Enough of the small talk, let’s get back to it. This week on the Newsround… From the MAN v FAT Football leagues Now that January is in full swing, we’re looking ahead to the launch of our brand new MAN v FAT Football leagues at […]
Recipe: Beef and chorizo goulash
The thought of walking through the front door after a hard day’s work or training, smelling what can only be described as the inside of your granny’s house (if of course, she was Hungarian) is enough to banish away even the Mondayest of Mondays. Sometimes we all need a bit of comfort in our lives, […]
How to survive Dry January
January is a return to normality and for most of us, an acknowledgement that we have overindulged and need to rein it in. Nowhere is that more apparent than in what we eat and drink – a recent survey revealed that the majority of Brits set new year’s resolutions and the majority of those relate to eating […]
5 products to make Veganuary easier
If you’ve decided to give Veganuary a go, it can be a bit of a shock to the system, especially if you’re used to loading up on meat at every meal. We’ve found that veganism hasn’t been all that popular – whenever we’ve mentioned it on here or on Instagram it’s been met with resistance […]
