foxtrotgolf: Fair comment, but I often hear from people (admittedly (<-spelling?) ignorant people) 'Officer?? You don't wanna join as one of them!' This is a comment I get from people I work with who's husbands/wives are serving soldiers. I guess I tend to go on the defensive when I hear people talk...

I think some people have this warped view of an officer in the forces (perhaps from watching too much Sharpe and Hornblower??) The times of cucumber sandwiches whilst the 'real soldiers' are made to go and do battle have been dead for a while lads. We all know that the Royal Marines, if anyone have ...

If a potential officer fails, he has 24 hours to pack all of his belongings into an RAF standard issue Gucci handbag. After 24hrs or at 0800 the next day, he is paraded in front of the rest of the officer candidates. They each take turns removing a single Revel from a packet (rumour has it this is w...

Good luck mate, be aware though that those custom orthotics don't come cheap, but if you can afford it go for it; best not to mess around.

Regards,
Ben

So I suppose then the key words would be up to 600 calories a day?

What about £200 worth of zinc-oxide tape an compede?

I was speaking to a bloke from RLC yesterday who's passed his all arms commando course and he spoke of a great army surplus shop that's near CTCRM that everyone visits appparently. Now I don't know if this is true but he mentioned things like having an extra set of weebbing is usefull (so you don't ...

Apparently you burn up to an extra 600 calories a day by sitting on the floor instead of the sofa...Although you could burn that and more with a leisurly jog or game of football, so horses for courses I suppose.

Well, I ruined that bit of witty sarcasm with my lack of techno wizardry.

You get [/b]acquainted with the Royal Marines? I've never been on one so that's a total stab in the dark...

Sonne - Don't mean to be rude but you say you do plenty of exercise, rarely eat junk food, don't eat sweets or chocolate, don't drink beer, don't fry your food, and generally eat white rice... How exactly did you become a 'fat knacker' in the first place? Aside from eating your 5 fruit/veg or going ...

first post woohoo! Anyways, Green Machine any tablets are a bit excessive right now I'd say. before you try that try a combo of what the other guys mentioned: Visit a specialist running shop (cheaper than an orthopedist) and have your gait examined via video camera on a treadmill. This may solve you...