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  • If you 're using a fit-bit that would take into account all energy you use - so I'd log them. I think you would be surprised just how many calories you can burn in a day doing cleaning.
  • We've just started the 5:2 diet; we being my OH and my 20year old son. So far the results have been good. In two weeks I've lost nearly 2kg, my OH, the same and our son 1.5kg. On fast days we're having some fat free veg soup for lunch, we have porridge for breakfast and have found some good recipes in the BBC Supper…
  • We have just started on the 5:2 diet and with very careful planning it's not feeling too restrictive. A lot of research shows that our 'normal' eating patterns are all wrong, our bodies haven't adapted to our ever increasingly inactive lifestyle. Apparently it takes a few thousand years to make small changes, this is why…
  • Well done. It is amazing I still haven't got around to running, swimming is my bag. I shall have to find some swimming challenges to do. This is so encouraging. I've logged in on Stephens MFP page. Lots of encouraging hugs, Joyce.
  • Make it into a pasta sauce using onions, garlic and canned tomatoes. Add tuna at the end of cooking just to heat it through. I make a tuna, sweet corn and pasta salad using lots of cherry toms, cucumber, shallots and dress it with a light vinaigrette - or you could use rice instead of tuna and add a tin of white beans of…
  • Keep going you can do it. In my case it's the moving more bit that is making the difference , I walk as much as I can.Start small and build up. Now if I want a beer I figure that I am going to have to earn those calories. Allow yourself some treats or life will soon become dull. It's going to be a long haul so you got to…
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