Living In The City And Struggling To Eat Healthily? It's A Lot Easier Than You Actually Think

If you live in London and are looking to get fit and healthy, you'll no doubt have already signed up to a London gym and attend regularly.

Whilst this is all well and good, it's only half of staying healthy and the second part - your diet - is the one that causes people the most problems.

If you're struggling to eat healthily, or aren't sure if you're eating properly for your diet regime, take a look through these four examples of quick and easy meals that are suitable if you're trying to lose weight and stay healthy.

1. Poached salmon, roast potatoes and fresh vegetables - a particularly easy meal to cook but one that is bursting with flavours, start by washing a portion of potatoes and cutting them up into small squares (imagine you were cutting chips and then for each chip, cut it into four pieces). Place them all in a bowl, use a few sprays of low calorie oil and mix together with herbs of your choice (rosemary and paprika work well).

Put these in the oven on gas mark 7 and then take your salmon out and place into a pan of boiling water

Once the salmon has been boiling for five minutes, put the lid on the pan and turn off the gas - the heat of the water will keep it cooking slowly until your potatoes are ready.

Five minutes before your potatoes have cooked, place some peas, sweet corn and green beans into a pan and boil.

Drain the vegetables and salmon and serve alongside the potatoes. Use lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste.

2. Mushroom, mange tout and chilli noodles - arguably the quickest meal you can cook, wash some mushrooms and mange tout and chop roughly until they're in eating portions (quarter sizes for medium closed cup mushrooms and in half for the mange tout).

Heat some oil in a wok and throw in your mushrooms and mange tout. After they've softened, put in some egg noodles and before they're cooked (usually around 2 minutes), add chillies and a bit of ginger.

Serve and enjoy after only 5 minutes of preparation and cooking.

3. Vegetable Fusilli - also known as pasta twists, they are arguably the easiest type of pasta to work with as they are so versatile and can be added to most things to make a healthy yet tasteful meal.

In this example, boil some whole wheat fusilli in one pan and in another boil some frozen vegetables (or fresh, but frozen are just as good).

Once both are cooked, drain them and add the vegetables to the fusilli. Then, add in a table spoon of tomato puree, some mixed herbs, a sprinkling or chives and a small amount of paprika (depending on taste).

Stir in a bit of very low fat fromage frais to give it a creamy feel and serve after adding some grated cheese on top to finish.

4. A Full English - on face value, a Full English can seem like a meal that is bursting with calories. However, with a few moderations it can be a particularly healthy meal.

For example, grill the bacon, sausage and mushrooms rather than fry them; have a poached egg instead of fried egg; toast instead of fried bread and serve with beans. Hearty but healthy.

For more information about joining a London gym, visit the Fitness First website at http://www.fitnessfirst.co.uk/gyms-in-london.aspx.