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New NSV ... Not exercising!
So, I have an old addiction to exercise. Remember the Gladiators? I trained with a contender, professional male and female competitive bodybuilders, and nightclub door supervisors (that'd be bouncers to the English here!) in a pretty seedy gym that had great kit. I was hooked, totally. I only started going to accompany a…
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Asparagus and butter bean salad 108cals
Simple, tasty and filling. I serve this as a side dish to chicken or fish or to bulk up a green salad. You could eat the whole thing as a main meal for 430 calories. Steam the asparagus for 8 minutes or less if you like it crunchy. Drain the butter beans and rinse (I use canned in water as I'm too disorganised to soak…
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Sweet potatoes, rosemary, garlic, onion, coconut oil
One of my own regular staples that I thought I'd share with you as it's delicious! These are the measurements for a single serving of 184 calories - I serve this a side dish but you could easily up the quantities and make as a main meal. Cut the sweet potato into chunks and boil for 8 minutes, then drain and toss into a…
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Mixed fish and sweet potato cakes in polenta 271cal
Salmon, cod, smoked haddock and sweet potato fish cakes in polenta Easy to make, taste divine, makes 4 good sized fish cakes each with only 271 calories. . Chop the sweet potato into chunks and boil until tender, then mash (add pepper but nothing else), allow to cool slightly. Steam the fish for about 8 minutes, allow to…
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Waist exercises
See my profile pic, taken this morning. I've lost 8lb and only got 3 to go to my goal weight (I'm 5'3, 49, 129lbs). The last 3lb is proving tricky to shift and to be honest I'm happy with my current weight. I do however, need to see an improvement in my waistline! Side ab crunches, twists and back raises don't seem to be…
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NON PALEO please .. Coconut oil v olive oil (virgin)
So, I don't do a PALEO diet (I like the thought but we have two sets of teeth for a reason) and most of the coconut oil threads on MFP are from PALEO peeps. I bought 2 jars of virgin coconut oil, one for applying to my skin and one for eating. But it's so darn high in calories! Wondering how do people use it and are you…
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Help needed! Pls look at my scooby sheet!
Been here 5 weeks and probably need to adjust my goals so I filled in my scooby sheet and its set me a totally unrealistic ideal weight of 103lbs - the absolute minimum I want to get to is 123lbs which might even be too low for me at my age and size (peri menopause .. I need some fat on me to maintain oestrogen naturally -…
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Changing settings from calories to weight loss?? Help!
I started this week on the standard 1200 a day settings and want to change it to a goal of losing 1lb a week instead. I can't for the life of me find where I can do this! When I go to my Goals tab it allows me to change the cals but not the weight loss value. It's probably somewhere really simple but I can't find it! Help…
