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  • I'm 5'8" and 120 pounds. Just wanting to get fitter and eat more varitey/healthier on the whole. Good luck to you.
  • Don't panic, you'll get there. i love homecooked food. I don't stick to a plan, i just decide what i fancy and search the net for recipes. Today i am going to have wholeweat spaghetti, quorn mince with homemade tomato and vegatable sauce. "How much protein, should it have dairy, should I eat more veggies- HELP I dont know"…
  • I am 19 5"8 and also on 1200 cal a day. I find it to be plenty sufficent for me, i am usually under this (yesterday i ate about 1,000 and today 780 cals). I also exercise 30 minutes a day. However i spend the majority of my week sat at a desk in an office so i try to eat very little as i feel the fat piling on as i just…
  • I'm on a 1200 calorie a day diet. Having said that, i find it quite easy. I have found that most of the time i eat out of boredom not hunger, so i try to distract myself or drink water. I now drink around 2 1/2 litres a day and it really helps. What i ate yesterday: Breakfast Tesco - Porrige Oats = 180 Linwood - Milled…
  • Fitbit and Fitbug are great options.
  • Agreed. Sometimes people make throw away comments and they don't realise how much they effect you.
  • Yes. (of course i only took 7 scrabble letters and no, i didn't look in the bag). HYE been repeatedly referred to as a pale chicken, dragged into market stools and had strange men attempt to tan you? (this happened in Morocco, as apparent;ly i had an uncanny resemblance to their pet white chickens).
  • Last night steamed salmon with quinoa, broccoli and spinach. Tonight; wholeweat organic spaghetti with homemade tomato and vegetable sauce and maybe quorn mince, topped with fresh spinach from the garden. Homemade Tomato Sauce recipe: • 2 tablespoons olive oil • 1 onion, diced • 1 pint cherry tomatoes, sliced in half • 1…
  • I am slightly dairy intolerant (can have a small amout without too much bother). I also react to cheese (my eye lids swell up a few hours after eating it), apparently it is animal rennet.
  • Definately chocolate. Though i recently developed a dairy intolerance, so ican't have more than a row or 2 without getting stomache ache :( I used to eat alot of cheese but now i can't as i am slightly allergic to animal rennet, my eye lide swell up.
  • Good. A fitbit will help your daughter develop healthy habits, so she'll grow up with the knowledge to make healthy choices.
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