Answering Your Questions 1

This post is a little different to usual. On my blog statistics page, I get to see the search engine words and phrases that people have typed in to bring them to my blog, and I often think, ooh, they won’t have found the answer on my posts so far but I could have helped them with that. So from time to time, I’m going to address the questions that people seem to be asking. I hope this is some help.

1. So, for the person who wanted to “check my BMI using stones”, Tesco, a British supermarket chain, has a healthy living website that will do this for you. You can check it out here.




2. To convert stones and pounds into pounds, just multiply the number of stones by 14 (there are 14 pounds in a stone). So, for example, 15 stone 6 pounds would be (15×14) pounds plus the 6 pounds, or 210 + 6 = 216 pounds. Simple. To convert pounds into kilos, divide by 2.2 (there are 2.2 pounds in a kilo). So 216 pounds would be 216/2.2 = 98.1 kilos.




3. For “workouts with minimal equipment”, try one of the Turbulence Training body weight workout. Turbulence Training is a high-intensity training programme that helps you to burn loads of fat, build tons of muscle and feel fantastic in 3 workouts per week, each lasting under 45 minutes. It’s in e-book form and comes with loads of workouts suitable for different fitness levels, different goals, for men and women, and so on. Even the workouts that do use equipment only use the type of stuff you might have at home, dumbells, fitballs, that kind of thing. You don’t need to belong to a gym to do TT. Alternatively, for less intensive workouts that are good all-over toners, try Self magazine. Every month, you get great new workouts, most of which use no equipment whatsoever, on pull out cards that you can take with you when you travel, etc. One of my favourite fitness mags for this reason – I don’t belong to a gym either and workouts I can do at home are always a plus. You don’t even need to buy the magazine. It’s all available for free on their website, with printable versions, and videos of how the moves should be performed. A great resource.




4. A couple of people have typed in “Nutrition Tip of the Week”. I was putting these up weekly when I was doing Precision Nutrition and stopped when I came off the PN plan. But the nutrition tips are widely applicable, so I’m going to start running those again, from this week.




5. And finally, for the person who typed in “Lose four stone in four weeks”, which would be 56 pounds, or 25.5 kilos, I suggest you try amputating a limb. Or two. Otherwise, get real hon!