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Lol Callum... you crack me up with your creative, marginally insane, commitment to your goal :) Rather than hacking a dumb-scale (though sounds fun!) you could try one of the relatively cheap smart-scales out there. I use the Withings scale which is pretty good, though I suppose it wasn't cheap... but it doesn't just take…
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Awesome, walking is a great exercise :) So far my week is going great but I have a feeling I'm not seeing the full loss I've achieved this week... on account of I'm constipated within an inch of my sanity lol. I think the sudden change in diet and routine has had unforeseen consequences lol. :D
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Great first week!! The first week usually has a big shift but it can slow down, depending on what your personal weight loss programme is. I personally tend to find my weight loss slows considerably after the first week unless I introduce exercise. If I add exercise, the losses stay around 3-4 lbs per week. This is my…
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You can totally do this. Hugs to you and your fresh start :)
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Omg that's SO similar to what I saw when I looked at my own budget years ago lol! How uncanny! I was living in Scotland at the time and found the takeaways got waaaay out of hand lol. No idea why... I'm back in New Zealand now, which helps because takeaways are so effing expensive here I'd be looking at bankruptcy if I…
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Oh and PS: the takeaway thing! Yes I can totally relate. I went through a period like that years ago. I found the things that helped me were: (a) doing my budget and seeing how money I was eating in takeaways, (I use YNAB for my budget, it's great fun) and (b) I started buying whole foods at the farmers market each weekend…
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I think it's great that you've taken the time to really own your situation, what led you to it, and have put it all out there. That's a huge first step so congrats and welcome to the start of your journey. I think much of what you say sounds very logical and sensible. As you said, Rome wasn't built in a day so making small…
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Chickpeas, Beans, Nuts, Eggs, or Fish :) I've actually learned that my budget friendly vegetarian bean chili is also high in protein. Kinda awesome because it's SO cheap and easy to make. I use dried red kidney beans and make it in a pressure cooker so that I don't have to soak them overnight then stand there stirring and…
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Hahahaha that's awesome! I love how different the world is. :) I have a friend who equally doesn't understand why people eat cold milk and cereal for breakfast and not cheese, toast and pastry like where she grew up in Europe. I think diversity is great. It makes us all try new things ;)
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I have no idea what to say in these situations... so this is probably the wrong thing to say... My husband suffers from chronic anxiety and depression and recently read a book called Inside Out written by a guy called Sven Hansen. Sven is apparently the founder of the resilience institute and it had a few tricks in it that…
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Shirataki noodles are one of my favourite things to mix with some stir fried garden vegetables and seasoning, then stuff into dumpling wrappers to steam. There is something about the texture of the glass noodle that just...works as a dumpling filler, when the wrapper is made of rice flour. No idea why... I'm no chef lol.…
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Savoury oats are a .... thing? :o
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@meganpettigrew86 I completely agree! NZ vegetables are expensive. In fact foods in general are expensive in NZ. I'm surprised how much of my monthly budget now goes to groceries... It never used to be that much! We've had to work strategically to get it down. That's essentially why I started growing vegetables here as…
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I've had IBS for years but I practically don't notice it anymore. I got it totally under control with Acacia Senegal (Heathers Tummy Fibre)... I suffered for years and years before finding this stuff. I can't say I can eat anything at all... I still need to avoid certain things... but I don't have to live in fear of pain…
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Add me too! I'm just starting out and could use some daily accountability
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I don't know about the nutritional value, but eating the food I grow myself certainly saves me money and (to me) tastes better! :) I've been picking leaves off the same 6 baby spinach and kale plants for 10 months now... they're "cut and come again" plants that seem to grow back more leafy the more I pick. Bags of spinach…
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I'm just starting out and would love a few pals to motivate me! I have 49 lbs to lose (sheesh how'd that happen?)
