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Carrot soup for the soul
Sitting in late morning autumn sun. (Southern Hemisphere!) Eating a bowl of carrot soup fresh from my stove. Hubby and kids away....they've had some excellent sports results but I'm avoiding the stress by not being there to watch...both have a big match this afternoon but I'm not going to think about it....reading my…
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Well under calories today
So it's school holidays, and I had a lazy morning. Had brunch at the mall, salmon sashimi, which I estimated to be about 150grams. Logged it as 200g in case I was underestimating. Had a salad with it, no dressing, mainly cabbage and carrot, total of about 320 calories. Then played a round of golf with my son. Took us about…
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Cold turkey
I have seen a lot of posts talking about not cutting some foods out of your diet completely, and not labelling any foods "bad" foods and allowing all things in moderation, as long as you track them. So I thought I'd share my story...which many will disagree with, but it is what it is. I've lost over 50kg in the last year,…
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Arthritis exercises
I have arthritis in both knees. My orthopaedic specialist has told me to find something I can do exercise-wise but not walking or running. The pain is too bad for me to get up and down off the floor, but does yoga or Pilates offer something that might help? If I do the whole workout on the floor I'm probably OK, I just…
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Observation about sugar
Just looking back on my diary for the past few months I've noticed that days when I have something sweet for breakfast (I went through a stage of having grilled peaches with yoghurt)...No sugar on the peaches and no added sugar in the yoghurt but still lots of natural sugars...that I tended to crave more sugar during the…
