Come to the UK Blog Awards 2015 With Us
So as you may remember (because we didn’t shut up about it for an entire month) we are shortlisted for the UK Blog Awards 2015 as the best Health Blog in the UK. We’re thrilled, frankly, to be shortlisted out of around 2,000 blogs and with over 45,000 votes it’s a bit jaw-dropping really. Anyway, […]
The Day The Diet Died
Welcome to the day the diet died. According to a survey of 2,000 women, January 22nd * is the most common day that our diets are binned. A whopping 83% of women say that three weeks is the average length of time they manage to stick to a diet. Other interesting results from the survey include […]
Are Secret Calories Making You Fat?
Secret calories – ooooh, it sounds exciting! It’s not. It’s really not. It’s essentially all the things that we put into our mouths without really thinking about it. Nick a chip from the kids’ dinner? Squodge of mayo that you don’t track? Yep – they’re secret calories. But don’t take my word for it – […]
DEXA Scans Arrive In The UK – What Are You Made Of?
What are you made of? Now of course I had always been told that it was snips and snails and puppy-dogs’ tails. But there comes a point in your weight loss journey where the body composition feels more important than your exact weight. You see, the truth is that we don’t want to lose weight. […]
Why Viz Should Scrap Less Cake More Exercise Magazine
I bow to no man in my love for Viz, as my ability to recite the Profanisaurus from memory should ably attest. However, their latest lol didn’t have me bursting my farting strings and I wanted to explain why because the attitude it represents is reaching an epidemic and, in my humble opinion, it needs to […]
Everything You Need To Know About Poo And Your Health
Please note, this article deals with the topic of poo. You might not want to read this as you sit down to tuck into a sausage butty. As unsavoury a topic as poo might be, it’s also an incredibly useful tool to tell you more about your health. In short, you need to get on more […]
Can You Nag Your Partner To Lose Weight?
You’re a MAN v FAT reader so there’s a good chance that you’re battling fat. That’s all good, but what about your partner? Do they need to shift a few pounds? How do you convince them that they should be losing weight, if it’s just not on their radar at the moment? We enlisted the […]
Happy Christmas And A Healthy New Year From MAN v FAT
Christmas is upon us, we’re winding down for some seasonal cheer (plenty of frosty breath walks in gloves and hats to offset the mince pies) and we’ll be back and blogging from the 31st December. The forum will be open all over Christmas so if you want help, to celebrate a victory or you spot […]
Essential Christmas Gifts For Men Losing Weight
Dear Santa, we know that it’s a Christmas obligation that you have to bring us pants and socks, we’ll even put up with (and eat) the Selection Box – but you might know that we’re trying to lose weight at the moment and as such we’d really like these… A month (or two, or three) […]
Secret Eating Confessions
Judging by the response we’ve had to our request for your secret eating confessions (you can add yours here or email them privately if you prefer) this is a big problem for a lot of men. In this post alongside some of the confessions we’ve tried to give you some practical advice about what secret eating is and how […]
