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I go to the gym or swim usually 4 days a week. I take time out as and when my body tells me to - having rheumatoid arthritis makes sure of that! If I push too much, I pay for it for the best part of a week. Good results so far - lost 17lb so far in about a month (started trying to lose weight before joining MFP).
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HI Justin I have just started at the local gym a couple of weeks ago. I am desperately trying to tone up my upper arms, shoulders and back, but because of shoulder and wrist surgery, as well as rheumatoid arthritis, my upper body exercise plan is somewhat limited. For now I am doing 3 reps of 15 bicep curls (3kg) and 3…
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Pizza Express (UK) have a Leggera range of pizzas. They are 500 calories and five different varieties. Pretty much a thin crust pizza made with less mozzarella and omit high calorie ingredients, such as pepperoni. These have a hole in the middle which they fill with rocket salad, santos tomatoes sprinkled with hard ricotta…
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Agreed - it's more to do with what your body is doing with the food once you've eaten it. If you've eaten loads and are going to be less sedentary (night shift, exercise, etc.), then it'll burn off. Hubby and I have started a brisk (partly uphill) walk around 3 miles every other night around 9pm, so on these days I tend to…
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I agree - the scrambled egg (sometimes with a few flakes of poached salmon and/or diced tomato) and wholemeal toast keeps me going for a while. What I also find works is fill up on water around half an hour before your meal. Seems to keep me feeling fuller for longer.
