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Sweet Potato
Can I put sweet potato in microwave like a white one to make a jacket potato? Would it take longer than a white potato to cook? Thanks
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CLA
Someone mentioned CLA helps to target tummy fat and that it was a supplement like taking vitamins rather than a diet pill. They mentioned other benefits which I've forgotten and I was wondering if anyone knew more about it and where I can get it in UK? I've been losing weight healthily since last June, I'm down to my last…
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Help with new Wii please?
Hi My original Wii and balance board died on me last week, had them since balance board first came out with the first wii fit. So I got myself a nice shiny new black one and matching board, it arrived today, set it up but I used the Wii Fit disc that I had all my data on and put it in and it started me up as a guest? ..…
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low BMR leaves me with 71 cal deficit.. how do I lose?
OK I made it from 12st 7 (175lbs) to 9st 12 (138lbs) my goal was 133lbs but i might go down to 129lbs before switching to maintenance incase a few pounds go back on I'll still end up around my goal weight. My BMR has dropped to1271 so eating at 1200 only gives me 71 cal deficit. Only way I can see I could do this as I'm…
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Decent Bread?
Has anyone found any gluten free bread that tastes nice? I've tried a few ready sliced loaves, the Warbuton brown load tends to go really hard when toasted (maybe its better if its defrosted fully first?) .. Genius white loaf is kind of like eating air/straw.. not very filling. The nicest I've found that I like taste of…
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15" waist!
didn't even know this was possible!! . this woman was smallest waist in world at 15", http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_239777&v=oE3H5ioeIF0&src_vid=RCPeFD7pYuE video switches between english and spanish so have to wait for the english bits but has pics and drawings of how her internal organs…
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Biggest loser UK
Anyone watching? .. Some of them are losing a stone or more in the first week! What are they eating? ..liquid diets? There's also an iPad app.
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Pancake Day (UK)
Not sure how many in this group are from UK and celebrate Shrove Tuesday with pancakes but I found a nice little site when searching for a gluten free pancakes. http://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/recipes/gluten-free-pancakes
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Mince stuffed peppers
I love the bolognaise mix of mince, mushrooms, onion, carrots in a tomato sauce but have removed pasta/bread from my diet... I'm thinking of making up the mix and stuffing it in a pepper. However I'm not sure if I should roast the pepper in oven first, cook mince etc separately then bring them together at serving or just…
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BMR only just over 1200.how do i get a deficit to lose?
I just calculated my BMR on here and its now dropped to 1,289 cals... on 1200 cals a day I'm only getting a deficit of 89 cals!!! :noway: .. luckily recently I've been managing to exercise a little everyday but I'm getting knackered after 2 weeks non-stop, could do with a rest day but I daren't now I've seen I only have a…
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Is this peri-menopause?
Hi I am 42 and since beginning of last year my periods have been getting lighter even before I started my diet. They were fine and regular but just lighter up to last november, then December I was a week late and got 2 weeks of cravings with water on, off..on again just before starting a week late. This month they came a…
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changing goals for health reasons?
As anyone else changed their goals and NOT gone as far down as they originally intended or as far as the recommended weight for their height? .. whether its because you were worried about getting an eating disorder or you have some other health issue or disability which meant you maybe better stopping earlier? I reached…
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what if body doesn't want to go to same weight?
I'm 42 and have been on diet since last June. I've lost 2 and half stone from 12st 7 to 10st. I'm 5ft 3 and half and medium build.. i looked up for both 5ft 3 and 5ft 4 as there was nothing for inbetween but for both 129/130lb was about nicely in the middle. I've been weighing in on Wii Fit fortnightly and it says I should…
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when diets go wrong?
Anyone else watching 'when diets go wrong' on Really channel (UK)? showing a woman who had to have her gallbladder removed after been on very low cal replacement meals and the surgeon had told her she was the third person on same diet who he had removed their gallbladder! I'm watching cos I saw ad of it where woman…
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Mystery leg swelling?
I'm wheelchair user so do modified exercises and one of those is on a special set of motorised pedals known as a 'passive trainer' cos it moves my legs for me and I can burn about 320 cals in 30 mins. sometimes I just do this once and do something else like bit of wii for about 200 cals so I get around 500-600 cals. (other…
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dieting, menopause and periods!
so I've just got in shower to find my period had started up again after it ended 2 days ago! this month it was a week late and it was last month also so each month I've had 2 weeks of cravings instead of 1 just before they started. I had read about estrogen and cortisol levels causing the cravings so got some Puriance for…
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gluten free online store in UK?
Does anyone know of a good gluten free online store (or real shop that also does online deliveries)? . I was looking for gluten free macaroni but the brand mentioned doesn't seem to be available in UK... I'm also looking for a yorkshire pudding or batter mix, dumpling mix? or ready made ones that can be frozen? Thanks
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Thoughts on dieting and society mentality
Calorie counting has its place and yes it was useful in the beginning to give me a sense of how much food was 1200 cals, although it didn't really work whilst I was still eating wheat daily. but now seeing lots of posts where people are saying they were over on there protein, under on their carbs, or.. 'I've got 30g fat…
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Jeans for curvy women? (UK)
I got some Levi's and they are nothing like I remember! I'd got to 31" waist and wanted to be 30 " so got some 30" waist and when they come they don't fasten around waist they are only designed to come just over the hip.. my tummy is still 35 " at the point where they are meant to fasten... dunno why they call them 30"…
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post pregnancy exercises
I was trying to find some exercise DVD's I might be able to do most of, one popped up that was for post pregnancy. I'm not pregnant but my tummy is my problem area. I wondered if exercises designed to shrink the tummy after pregnancy would also work on someone who just had big tummy? (but not from being pregnant). The…
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a nice brown bread
I was doing my food shop today online and found a new sliced load by Warburton which is brown bread and gluten free. It had good reviews on Ocado site so I've got one to try, I'll let you know.. couldn't get a cheap delivery slot until sunday lunch time though, so probably be Monday before I get chance to try it.…
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OMG boobs have shrunk!
I had only been measuring tummy and waist since starting diet as that was my problem area where all weight was. I just had to measure around boobs to see which size I was as size was borderline I thought I'm about 40" and usually get a 42 to give me room to move with clothes been so skinny these days.. anyway I got tape…
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Erratic periods
I'm 42 and up to November they were arriving on time although they have got shorter over the year I put that down to age. As they used to be very heavy and painful its been a nice change for them to be lighter and only last 2 days before water dropped off again so I can't say I complained! December's were a week late.. I…
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shake weights more effective?
anyone have those shake weight dumbells? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shake-Weight-Womens-Toning-Dumbell/dp/B005D748Z8/ref=pd_sim_sg_1 I'm wondering if they would be more useful for me as I have more restricted range of motion, and wouldn't have to worry about having to lift them so high and dropping them on myself? Do I need…
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disappointed with jeans and tummy!
My Levi's arrived this morning (30" waist 30 " leg) they seem very small. I can get them up but problem is they are skinny fit and fasten at the hip (around tummy in my case!) so i can't get them together to fasten as there's about 6" off fat tummy in the middle so I was disappointed! At least I only paid £14.50 for them…
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stages of tummy fat???
My tummy seems to frequently go through different stages as its shrinking, it will firm up at one point then other times by really squidgy, soft and doughy and bottom of pouch tends to hang down a bit more unless I breathe in, but still at both points they are much smaller than it was and measuring 35" (from 48 "), can…
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Dying to be thin
There's a program on ITV tonight at 7.30 (UK TV) investigating kids as young as 8 wanting to be thin and watching their weight. Repeated on ITV+1 an hour later.
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toning & losing without sweating
When I first started my diet before I joined here (and learned about doing things the healthy way) I had got some Capsiplex off ebay as I have mobility probs and struggled to have the energy to keep exercising for 30 mins or more. It gave me energy to keep going for longer as i got fitter i was doing 2 hour sessions also…
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2 lbs in 4 days possible?
Is it possible to drop 2lbs (can be water) in time for new years Eve? I'm 10st 5 (145lbs) I wanted to be 10st 3 for New Year's Eve then I got exactly a stone to lose for my New Years Resolution for 2012 to complete Wii Fit... which says I should be 9st 3 and BMI 22.
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group for adapted exercises?
I was thinking of starting a group for adapting exercises for those of us with mobility issues.. and wondered if enough people would be interested to start a group? It would not be about burning calories, running miles or gaining loads of muscle but more for those of us who are wheelchair users or other mobility issues…
