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Does cutting sugar mean I have to cut fruit?!
I embarked upon my weight loss regime 3 weeks ago, and got myself a personal trainer who recommended that I cut all sugar, including naturally sugary foods like all fruit, starchy veg and sweet veg like carrots. This sort of removes all the joy from my lo-cal snacking. I want to lose around 20lbs, and I eat reasonably…
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Tips for Stopping Smoking
Bonjour, My boyfriend announced yesterday that it was "the first day" of he rest of his life, and he was giving up smoking. In the six years we have been together he has made the decision to stop 5 times but has always hit a hurdle sooner or later (it doesn't help that all his friends and work colleagues smoke). Anyone got…
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Anyone Ever Volunteer in Africa?!
Bonjour all, I am off to Norther Ghana on Sunday to spend some time working as a volunteer in a children's home. While I am very excited about this experience I am a little apprehensive. Has anyone else ever volunteered in Africa? Or anywhere with children's homes? (I imagine that everyone will have had a similar harrowing…
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45 mins at Gym- WHAT TO DO?!
Bonjour all, I'm going to the gym after work tonight, but I only have 45 mins (maybe an hour MAX) before I have to clean myself up for a date with Batman. Does any one have any suggestions for the best possible work out I can do at a gym with relatively meagre facilities? If possible I'd like really specific advice- I know…
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Negative Calorie Foods?!
I've been reading a bit about negative calorie foods recently (i.e. those foods which your body uses more calories to digest than the food actually contains). They are fruits and vegetables in their raw (or mayble slightly steamed-sautéed- at a push) and include oranges, pineapples, mangoes, apples, broccoli, green…
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Imagine: one food you could eat forever- guilt free!!
Imagine you could eat one item or meal for the rest of your life, and pretend to yourself that meal is calorie free (like i do with all foods on Saturdays, lol!)- what would that food/meal be, and say why if you have any reasons! I think mine would be a chicken katsu curry for Wagamama, or maybe a cadbury's Wispa Gold- nom…
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A Question about muscle weighing more than fat...
Around this time last year I had my body fat percentage taken, and it was 44%. I had it taken again recently and the reading was 35.6%, however I am a good 7lb heavier than I was last year (but still wearing the same clothes). I have heard and read that muscle weighs more than fat, and that a person who is doing a fair bit…
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Recording exercise done at the gym on MVP
Bonjour all. I have a question for people who are training at a gym- how do you add you exercise to MVP?! So far, I have only been able to add the running I do on a treadmill, but not the time spent on the X-trainer/eliptical and stepper machine. I have tried searching an array of different names for this equipment, but…
