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Pesach Countdown!!
This sounds very superficial after the Dvar Torah thread, but do you know that it is only 11.5 weeks until Pesach? (Jewish Passover) For the unititiated, Passover is a huge week long event on the Jewish calendar. It celebrates freedom, dedication to G-d and a constant awareness of our journey to this point and our goals…
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12 week challenge starting 2nd November 2015. Who's in? What are your goals??
12 weeks is not forever, but it's enough to achieve serious goals in your weight loss journey. Name your goals and let's get onto it!!
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Shabbat Challenge
Yes its the Jewish day of rest. The day of family meals. The day when we serve (and eat!) challah, fish, meat, soup and desert each meal, 3 times within 24 hours. The day when we can gain back all the weight we lost all week. How are we going to handle it people?? Some resolutions I have come up with for this week: Buy…
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are oreos really as addictive as cocaine???
Sometimes it feels that way. ... http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/10/30/oreos-fructose-consumption.aspx?e_cid=20131030Z1_DNL_art_1&utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20131030Z1
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chagim, the final few days...
Hi, how is everyone doing now that we are on the home stretch of Chagim??? my weight was down the first few weeks, and then went up this week after first days of Succos. Have spent the entire day cooking again.... Lets all support each other through these last few days until life gets back to some sort of normality...…
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tu bishvat
Enjoy just about the only day on the Jewish calendar that doesn't revolve around heavy food! Happy tu bishvat to all, festival of fruits and nuts and all healthy food that grows!
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Donut substitute for Channuka
With Channuka fast approaching, yes its another Jewish festival and yes, one that revolves around food, and oily food at that!!!! So while everyone around us is scoffing down the hi cal food, what are we going to do?? Well sitting at the sidelines eating carrot sticks is not an option as far as I am concerned..... So today…
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Fitbit and Shabbat
Hey all... I love my fitbit and wear it around the clock 6 days a week! Then when Shabbat comes I take it off and put it in a drawer while I run madly around the house getting organized. My problem is that when I put it on again after Shabbat and sync all my food and activity, fitbit thinks that I have been sleeping all…
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Is Fitbit code for FBI?????
It lives close to your heart. It knows when you sleep. It tracks every move you make...... Now the website is uncharacteristically smooth and streamlined. It syncs when it is supposed to.... Scary isnt it!!!!!!!!!
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How do you respond when people notice your weight loss?
People are starting to notice that I have lost weight and compliment me. It sounds strange but I really don't know how to respond. Somehow a simple Thank you doesn't seem adequate, but I don't feel like giving a whole explanation as I feel that my journey is a personal one. Having been overweight most of my life, I am not…
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Erev Tisha BeAv
OK People, so here's the challenge. We Jewish dieters have a fast day that starts at sundown on Saturday, and continues until evening on Sunday. That's the easy part. The issue is, we need to come up with healthy, filling, low GI food on Saturday afternoon that doesn't involve active cooking and food preparation on…
