Women's Fitness Guide

We all want to look and feel our best, so our Women's Fitness series provides you with your own personal trainer in bookazine form. Each edition focuses in on one aim, using expert advice from fitness professionals and nutritionists to help you reach your goals. You could try out the Women's Guide to Running, the Best Body Bootcamp, Tone up in Ten Minutes, Get Your Body Back – and numerous other titles all dedicated to helping you feel fitter and healthier at your own pace.

Welcome

Women’s Fitness Guide

How to use this book • Better health and nutrition is just a few pages away – here’s how to get started!

A balanced diet

Eat right, stay slim • Want to boost your nutrition or lose weight? Here’s how...

KNOW YOUR NUTRIENTS

The energy equation • Here’s how to discover your daily calorie needs and stay a healthy weight

Know your enemy • Fat, sugar and salt have their place in a balanced diet, but all in moderation

Be your own nutritionist • Keeping a food diary is a great way to help you stay on track

GETTING STARTED

SELF-EVALUATION

The perfect snack • When hunger strikes, give your body what it needs – not that piece of chocolate cake!

HEALTHY SNACKS • Try these snack suggestions to beat cravings and avoid diet sabotage

Healthy shopping

Supermarket savvy • Navigate the aisles like a pro and you’ll come away with the healthiest choices at the best price

FIVE-A-DAY ON A BUDGET

How to decipher food labels • Beat the marketing jargon to stick to your healthy diet

LEARN THE LINGO • Here’s what the blurb on your healthy, fat-free, light tub of margarine with added vitamins really means:

In the kitchen

Cook smart

Go, go gadget! • Build your healthy cooking repertoire with a little help from these waistline-friendly kitchen appliances

ACCESSORIES • On a budget? The utensils below are cheap yet super useful

The recipes

VEGETARIAN DISHES • Boost your vitality with these vitamin-packed superfood dishes

FISH DISHES • Lower in fat but high in taste, these recipes are surprisingly simple to make

MEAT DISHES • Enjoy high-protein, low-fat meals in a flash

DESSERTS • Enjoy your favourite post-dinner treats without the guilt

SNACK RECIPES • These delicious healthy treats will stave off hunger and unhealthy snacking. They’ll help keep you looking slim and toned, too