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My midwife friend tells me that new research (as has been pointed out previously in this thread) indicates that obese women can quite safely go through pregnancy without needing to put on extra weight. In the first trimester, extra calorie needs are nothing. In the second trimester it's the equivalent of a pot of yoghurt a…

I've had this dilemma recently and decided that drinking whole milk (and watering it down if necessary) was the way to go. Skim milk has considerably more sugar in it. That's not a good choice for me when I'm trying to cut down my sugar intake!

York fitness have various routines for kettlebells here: http://www.yorkfitness.com/york-community/training-articles.aspx My york fitness kettlebells came with diagrams showing the exercises, but couldn't find a printable version online. Here is a link to demonstrated exercises: http://famouslyfit.com/york-fitness?page=1…

As if wearing leggings as pants wasn't bad enough, try hefty pubescent teenage girls who think that black panty hose is a suitable substitute for leggings with short-ish tunic tops. When your butt hangs below your tunic, and you're wearing pantyhose (i.e. we can now see every dimpled piece of flesh you own from the waist…

Nope, not acceptable for us. IMHO, loyalty to your spouse demands that you don't go elsewhere for your needs, visual or otherwise. Same goes for porn, soap operas that depict the grass always being greener on the other side, and flirting. I choose love and loyalty to the man I married and the father of my children. We were…

I know, I've been really gutted to find out that all my efforts to be "healthy" have really only continued to contribute to my diabetes risk. I REALLY wanted a little something sweet at the supermarket the other day, so was checking out the low calorie bars. Sheesh, the sugar content in them was enormous. It has been quite…