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Travel Tips and Sites

So i've spent a fair amount of time lately looking for deals on flights, trains and buses for around the UK, Europe and overseas (South Africa) etc.

A friend of mine (Xenia) suggested that I blog about all the best sites that I have found and any tips I have for finding tickets.

For example, a "normal" return train from London to Oxford is around £40 whereas I found advanced train tickets on First Great Western for £4 one way, so it turned out to be the best option to buy two one way tickets which was £8 in total!

Also always have a look at Megabus as they have extremely cheap tickets and if you can afford an extra hour travel time, it may be worth doing that over a train.

* Flights:

www.Kayak.co.uk
www.TravelStart.co.za
www.Expedia.co.uk
www.Skyscanner.net
www.Travelsupermarket.com
www.Opodo.co.uk
www.Travelpack.com
www.eBookers.com
www.WeFly.co.uk
www.Qatar.com (has cheaper flights than going through price comparison websites)

* Once you find a good flight, get a quote from Flight Centre (http://www.flightcentre.co.uk/contactus/traveladvisor) and if their quote is not better than what you have found, let them know what price you found and they will match or beat it!

Trains:

www.Megatrain.com/uk
www.Firstgreatwestern.co.uk (10% Discount when booking online and 3 person group save)
www.TheTrainLine.com

Buses:

http://www.megabus.com/

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Simple Health Tips

Vary your workout

Don’t work the same muscle group two days in a row.
Your body quickly gets used to / learns specific exercises which then become less affective.

Rest

Rest days are as important as workout days
Don’t overdo it.
It’s all about sustainability.
Your body needs time to refill its glycogen stores.

Eat breakfast!

Breakfast kick starts your metabolism so it can help you lose weight.

Supper

Don’t eat a late supper
Give your body time to burn your food before going to sleep (2 hours min).
If you can, go for a walk after dinner to digest.
Try not to eat in front of the TV. It has been proven that you will eat more than at the dinner table.

Fruit

Eat fruit in the morning rather than at night as fruit is slow burning.

Drinking

Try not to eat and drink at the same time (especially milk).
Drinking while eating counteracts the citric acid in your stomach so that digestion is not as affective.
Avoid eating after a few alcoholic drinks.
Alcohol slows down your metabolism and inhibits the liver from metabolizing fat.
Alcohol also has 7 calories per gram so eating fatty foods on top of this will make you put on weight.

Eating

Try to eat within 45 minutes of finishing a workout
Your muscles will still be “working” and they absorb the most nutrients and replace the most glycogen during this period.
Eat protein to repair muscles after a heavy workout.

Throw away the weighing scale

Don’t weigh yourself, rather measure yourself (waist, hips, thighs etc)
Muscle weighs more than fat!
If you build muscles, you may weigh more but you will have less fat on your body and look and feel better.