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Food and Recipe Blog
My sister has recently started a food blog while some treats will be on there it's mainly going to be aimed at healthy eating so I thought I'd let people know about it, really enjoyed the Chilli Lime Flame Cooked Chicken last night! http://www.humbleabodehandcrafted.co.uk/chilli-lime-bbq-chicken/
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Bit over a year in, 56lbs down after a bad winter
Well having made great progress last year I thought i'd treat myself and eat what I want over Christmas, along with around 2-3months with no gym visits due to the shocking conditions and awaiting a reply from the finance company to cancel my membership. I ended up putting on near 10lbs months leading up to and just after…
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Getting back into fitness after climbing snowdon
Well during 2011 I managed to shift almost 50lbs, since about September last year I have gradually piled them back on, still about 25lbs lower then my early 2011 weight but yesterday really inspired me to get back out there and diet more, Five mates and myself went to Snowdon he highest peak in England and Wales and…
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Hit the wall - 2 months no loss
Well since starting in January I have seen a steady loss and enjoyed a casual smaller quantity and healthier diet along with some workout and weights but over the last 3mobths I haven't dropped more then 4lvs which over the last wlmobth I have out back on, my diets not perfect but it's no worse then any point if my 50lbs+…
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Innocent veg pots
Has anyone here tryed Innocents (the smootie makers) veg pots? They look pretty nice and a good range of choice and they are all 3 of your 5 a day, high in fibre and fairly low cal. Moroccan Squash Vegetable Pots Thai Coconut Curry Vegetable Pot Indian Daal Curry Vegetable Pots Porteguese red pepper piri piri Pots Mexican…
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Side photos April vs Today
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A year today and around 60lbs difference
Well today I had a track day in an Aston Martin booked thanks to my wonderful girlfriend who brought it me for Christmas, and by sheer chance the only free day to book it this summer was 1/09/2011....well I noticed today this is exactly a year since my graduation from University what better reason to compare a years…
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Nandos
What do people think of nandos, I love the stuff and have it every couple of weeks but its become weekly during the summer holidays as im often out more and its near by! Half a chicken with spicy rice is my favorite and some hot periperi sauce, far as I can see its low fat, fairly low cals, lowish salt high protein and…
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Pulling stomach and bits in
Ok my weight loss is going pretty well near 4 stone in 7 months but I think my stomach is getting rather "loose" as in ive lost weight on it and fitting into smaller clothing but its very soft stomach almost like excess skin sorta thing, will this just pull in and stuff naturally as I carry on eating better and exercising…
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Strength vs Cardio when loosing weight
So what is the most important, i'm doing mainly cardio to burn high cals and some weights every other gym session so 2-3 times per week ill do weights and each of those days ill also do cardio but ill do cardio 4-5 days in total. Normal weight session is something like: 45lbs 5sets 10reps Bench press 45lbs 5sets 10reps…
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Protein shakes
Well last night I purchased some maximuscle promax having been recommended it many times by mates and people I known who have lost, would anyone recommend this or give tips when to have it in a normal day, working 8-5 then 3 days a week gym around 5.30. Had some with a boiled egg for breakfast today and plan to have…
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Moobs!
So im loosing weight and looking better for it but I still have some moobs on the go! Is there anyway to really target and reduce them? Its starting to look odd now I have a smaller stomach and still fairly largish moobs (they have gone down a fair bit aswell tho)
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Any tips, advice or improvement suggestions/
Hey everyone! Im not new around here but I dont post alot, recently posted up my progress so far http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/262651-40lbs-down-160-to-120-with-pics Well my weight loss has slowed down with only loosing around 1.5lbs over 3 weeks now but ive never had this long with so little loss in the last…
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40lbs down 160 to 120 with pics
Here are a few photos taken 2 years ago this week when I was on holiday in Cornwall, since then I put on a couple of pounds still, start of this year I began to look at what I eat and exercise a little more along with joining a gym early April. Last week I was again on holiday so I have plenty of photos to show the…
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No added sugar squash
What are peoples views on this? I'm drinking loads of water by adding a little bit of robinsons no added sugar orange squash to it. I know theres the whole argument for artifical sweetners but it realy helps me drink my daily water and completly cut out fizzy drinks. If I'm just drinking water and nothing else like I did…
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New gym joined
Well Wednesday I finally joined a near by gym which I drive past going to and from work so I can pop in on the way home :) Did almost an hour and half Thursday and Friday so far and out on my bike later today in the sun! Having never used a gym or having anyone recommend what to do is this a decent workout for someone my…
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Quicksilver clothing
Who the hell does their sizes. I never try clothing on and i've never needed to by bigger then a XL altho I do own a couple of XXL as they were only the sizes available in sales and they are pretty baggy I don't tend to wear them now ive lost abit of weight. Anyways a store near me was closing down to move to a new…
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Last year and now - 25lbs+ loss
Well since joining MFP i've lost 22lbs but before this I had been following similar eating habits and lil cardio workouts for a month before, here are two pics comparing from last summer to now. Not a massive difference anywhere but lil bits all over and on my face I think too Last year- Today-
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BF % has increased with loss of 10lbs??
According to my scales comparing my current 243lbs to previous checked 253lbs my BMI is down from 58.7 to 56.7 my body fat weight is up from 126 to 128 and bofyfat percentage is up by 0.3%....surely something is wrong or are my scales that inaccurate? For anyone wondering they are Weight Watchers 4-in-1 Body Analyser Scale
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Facts on diet/reduced fat foods show - bbc
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00yrvhg/The_Big_Fat_Truth_about_Low_Fat_Foods/ Very interesting! The truth behind diet and fat reduced foods including weight watchers, cereal bars, mineral waters and diet soda
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Turned up the difficulty on my workouts
90% of my exercise since starting early this year have been home workouts using the Kinect and a few games, yourshape, dance central and mainly the biggest loser. Having hit the 14lbs lost mark I decided to up the difficulty of my 5x a week (when I can) 50min workouts to "challanging" and they sure were! Sweating like mad…
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Those thinking about getting a kinect
Check out some videos here for the biggest loser http://123kinect.com/videos-biggest-loser-workout-kinect/
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Photo Food Diary
How about we start a topic, this topic even in which you post a single post at the end of a day with picttures of each meal you have eaten that day, it gives people a great idea of what your eating and portion size plus great for your refrence! Most of us now days have some sort of camera on us 24/7 be it around the home,…
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Is this bad? Eating & exercise query-
Hey I normly eat around 1500-1800cals per day before exercise and aim around anywhere from 350-500cal burn per day. Is this recommended or will I be reaching near starvation due to the 350-500 burn off? I feel fine and fairly energetic so I guess its ok but would like some peoples opinions of whats best?
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How good does this look! - Tomato and thyme cod 172cals
Found this on the bbc good food site (loads of great recepies on there and a under 200 cals section including main meals and dessert areas :D http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5939/tomato-and-thyme-cod 172 kcalories, protein 27g, carbohydrate 7g, fat 4 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 1g, sugar 6g, salt 1.11 g Ingredients- 1…
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Wrong weight entered when account made
Hi I made my account last week and entered my weight wrong when making the profile, I changed it after and have weighed in a couple of times now but due to my mistake my ticker still says weight lost 0lbs
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Batchelors Cup A Soup
What are your opinions on these little and quick lunchs, having one myself for lunch day 99cal chicken noodles.
