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A group for musicians/crafters/artists/writers
A group for musicians/crafters/artists/writers.. http://artculture.proboards.com/index.cgi Nothing to to with MFP, but a general arts group I belong to, we yadder about music/arts/crafts + post your work if you want to ( could take your mind off chocolate , it helps me anyway lol ) We are looking for more members, have a…
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A group for musicians/crafters/artists/writers..
A group for musicians/crafters/artists/writers.. http://artculture.proboards.com/index.cgi Nothing to to with MFP, but a general arts group I belong to, we yadder about music/arts/crafts + post your work if you want to ( could take your mind off chocolate :tongue: ) We are looking for more members, have a nose around &…
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Recipe for lo cal choc cake?
I'm experimenting with low sugar (maybe even no sugar) choc cake to slice up & put in the freezer for the odd treat, I'm finding shop cakes are way too icky. Tried a couple of random recipes but they didn't come out that well. Anyone got a favourite on a link somewhere? Doesn't have to be lo-cal particularly tho that would…
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Anyone tried making Kefir?
I'm going to give this a go http://www.taymount.com/kefir-probiotics.php ; partly cos I have to test some antibiotics soon (I have a terrible time with them but need to find one I can tolerate) & partly cos it looks like a cheap way to make an endless supply of probiotic yoghurty stuff :tongue: I've tried making plain…
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Protein bars?
Hi guys, I'm getting bored with my breakfast & wonder if anyone can recommend some protein bars?? I'm in the UK but hopefully most brands will be available here. Also hopefully something that doesn't taste like a mix of sawdust & cat's piss .. protein powder I bought last year & got the prize for being the worse thing I…
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Find out what you'll look like when you get there..
Love this tool it's a lot of fun.... :smile: http://makeovr.com/weightmirror/ Upload a pic of yourself, move the slider to lose however many lbs you want - and hey presto ! a new you comes out the other end! Now if only it we're that easy in real life LOL . It's also quite scary to do the reverse and make yourself gain a…
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Go Andy!
We're rootin' for ya! :) )
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Interesting programme coming up
"The Men who made us Fat" http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jxzv8 BBC2, 9pm , 14/6 " In the 1970's the US had a problem, it was producing too much corn. The solution was to encourage Americans to tuck into high fructose corn syrup which was soon found in most processed foods and drinks... but there was a major issue, the…
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Personal ultrasound unit for injury?
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone has had any experience of these http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultrasonic-Massager-Extremely-efficient-affordable/dp/B003XNG43S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310628104&sr=8-1 I had a partial tear of an ankle tendon a year ago and it still aches, had a scan but the hospital lost it, I'm still in limbo waiting…
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Firefox?
Slightly off topic, but has anyone had any probs/difficulties moving from MS Explorer to Firefox? Apparently pages on sites like this are way better viewed with Firefox, (less clutter) but if I dump MSE i'm wondering if I'm going to hit probs I don't even know about yet.. ? what's your experience? Cheers :drinker:
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Beginner's Pilates
Hi all, can anyone recommend a good Beginner's Pilates DVD? I know if I go into Amazon there will be Xzillion and I don't know where to start ! Thanks! :)
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Need an agony aunt!
Y'all will know how emotional stuff makes you eat .. well I need some advice before I seriously overdo the chocolate. Here's a hypothetical and I really want your opinion. Your mother dies ...and your father is really sick with dementia - but not so sick that anyone has taken over their affairs just yet, you are all trying…
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Obesity epidemic "substantially due to insecurity, stress &s
damn my header got cut off... Rest of:- "& a sense of powerlessness in modern society .." Recent research from American Journal of Economics and Sociology... an interesting concept! "The percentage of Americans who are obese has doubled since 1980. Most attempts to explain this “obesity epidemic” have been found…
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This is new.. fitness centres for £15 a month (UK), no con
Well probably US too, but my son just joined one of these, I have not seen them before. Usually over here you pay about £40-£80 a month + 1 year contract for private gyms. With these new setups you pay by month as you go along (no contracts), join online, get a PIN number to get into the place - they have no reception or…
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New Weightwatchers system
All fruit and most vegetables are now 'points free' - you can eat as much as you like of them. Apparently the new system has been tested in clinical trials and it works. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1326447/Weight-Watchers-Pro-Points-plan-A-new-approach-dieting-success.html I'd be interested to know what you…
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Q for those over 50
OK can I ask others in this age range - what is it realistic to aim for? are you looking to get back to middle to low BMI or do you see this as unrealistic? That BMI range was where I was all my life until I hit mid-fifties.. then POW suddenly I put on about 25lbs -which is a lot for a l'il 5ft3 bird. I lost 14 of those…
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Politically correct fairy tales :)
There's a competition for best revisionist PC fairy stories in a magazine we get ... here's a few, thought they'd make ya'll giggle :happy: =========================== Once upon a time there lived a female person known because of her appearance as Caucasian Complexion, who was (rightly or wrongly) judged to be more…
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Testing posting pics
Ah well that didn't work! :ohwell:
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Can someone help with an American baby name?
<<wanders in>> This seems like the random postings board :happy: OK I'm in the UK, daughter is British but married to an American & they're both living here + have baby due in November. So the names debate is hotting up! Daughter is really into the Hawaiian name "Leilani"; but her hubby says that in the States Leilani is a…
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Breakfast!
I'm getting very bored with mine, but I'm stuck for ideas, I need some inspiration & was wondering what you guys have for No.1 meal of the day? ?
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How hungry to we have to get to lose the lbs?
I was having a discussion with a nutritionist who maintained we shouldn't have to get hungry to lose weight. I ALWAYS have to get hungry to lose weight, if only for a couple of hours a day, but if I don't, I don't lose it. I save my 'hungry time' for evenings cos then I don't have to think and I can't think when I'm…
