Alessandra is vegan and she is knowledgeable about diet, food and exercise.  She had a serious knee injury which resulted in her not being able to walk for 8 weeks, and she still had mobility issues some 4 months later.  She was seeing a physio who said there was no reason for her not to be back in the gym, however she felt the leg was weak, and there is a considerable difference in size between the injured and uninjured leg. Alessandra would often skip meals rather than eat something that was...

Jan had been trying to lose some weight for a few years, her weight yo-yoed because the only way she knew was to eat less if she wanted to weigh more.  Since being retired Jan said she had lost a lot of her energy, she felt tired in the day and lacked motivation to do much, she also had difficulty sleeping and thought this was why she was so tired during the day. When I analysed her food diaries it soon became apparent that she was barely eating in the day, but then eating too much in the...