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Calorie allowance no longer working to drop weight...,.
OK, so I have been on 1200 calories for a while now and managed to drop quite a bit but it no longer seems to be woeking. Feel hungry on 1200 so going lower is not an otion. Eating more and exercising it off agan not an option as have to take it easy for the next few months post quite major surgery.... Stuck? Or anyone has…
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Anyone in East London - Leytonstone/Wanstead?
I wonder....
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Ideas for "packed lunch" for work needed
Going back to work soon and of course plan to take lunch with me - to avoid paying over the odds for some crap while out. Any good ideas for packed lunch? Eggs and fish are out of question as they tend to ermmmm smell. I do not eat bread (at all). Need some ideas for pasta salada, cous cous salads or anything else that is…
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Quick, easy, 3-4 ingridient meals and under 400 cal ideas?
Runing out of idea so.... pls let me know yours? Max 3 - 4 ingridients, easy to make? My fav easy peasy are: 1/2 cup cous cous mixed with a few (5-6) sun dried tomatoes, some (1/2 a tin) chick peas and2 boiled drumsticks skin off(4 ingridients) - around 330 cal or 50g fusli pasta with again sun dried tomatoes (5-6) and 2…
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What exercise equipment/aids do you have/use at home?
Just dug out my stepper from under 9837537054276076 bags of cat food in the outside cupboard.... Apparently, 10 min = 78 cal (for my weight etc) at moderate speed. Also have a skipping rope (never used) a hoola hoop (the one with weights in) - never used, ankle/wrist weights - never used and several DVDs (mostly still in…
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What are you reading?
My last 3 were (all brilliant): Got another 12 from the library, waiting to be started - not sure what to go for now.... I read anything and everything really.... Loved: .. ermm I better shut up, yes - between my dog and 4 cats and bokks - I am dead boringggg yawnnnnnnnnnnn
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Snow
East London covered in lovely snow :)
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Power of words while dieting
In one of my 36583465837665196 diet books someone mentions not to use the expression "lose" weight as it implies the loss of something that we may miss and has a negative effect on dieting. It is recommended to rather say "drop" "get rid of" and similar - to encourage shifting weight down and not think about it as any form…
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Breakfast ideas?
I like my porridge. At the moment it is Jordans Jumbo Oats (half a cup) with a cup of skimmed milk , shredded pear or apple and cinamon. Sometimes it is 2 slices of bacon (boiled not fried) with a poached egg and half a tin of baked beans. What is yoru fav breakfast?
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Some new food/food combination you started to eat while on d
I have developed some love for mackerel in tomatoes (tinned, Asda's own), mashed with a fork and spread on Ryvita (original) with some gherkin on top. Hmmmm
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Rants/let off steam....
I have a 5.5 years old GS girl dog - photos on "Show us your pets" here if anyone wants to see my furbabe.... Was walking with Zara in Wanstead Park - as we normally do, Zara off lead minding her own business... I saw a smallish, terrier type dog in a distance watching us (owner a fair bit away from the dog) , something…
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Your daily routine?
As I have been out of work for a year now (just over actually, since Dec 2010) my daily "routine" is all over the place. I stay up late, wake up late and only because have to take my dog out.....so food wise I am also all over the place eating at weird times... What is your normal daily routine? What time do you get up,…
