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Also, my favourite vegan meal is to make a huge roasted vegetable soup. Roast a load of root vegetables (sweet potatoes, leeks, carrots, parsnips, onions, butternut squash) in some olive oil, rosemary, salt, pepper and with a load of garlic. Boil in vegetable stock for about 5 minutes, then blend with a stick blender…

Cous cous with salsa in lettuce wraps is one of my favourite meals :) Low in fat too!

Fruit! You can pack in loads of carbs with fruit without going overboard on fat.

You can work out your maximum heart rate by doing 220-your age. Between 60 and 80% of your max heart rate is where you should aiming. I've also had problems with my knees, but that was from running. My doctor advised me to try swimming (maybe not for you!), the elliptical, exercise bikes and weight training. If your knee…

This sounds right up my street! I'm an avid lover of my Nike+ app so I'll definitely try it. Thanks for putting this up! :D

If you're trying to stick to 1600 calories, then you should eat to compensate for calories burned because your NET calories should be 1600. However, as long as your net calories are above 1200, you don't NEED to eat extra. EG, IF you want to NET 1600 calories per day, but have burned 300 working out, then you need to eat…