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Pleasant surprise - 800 Programme
I have been following the paid for Fast 800 programme, following the eating, exercise and meditation routines to the letter for a month. Result, lost around 28Kg, 14lb, 2St. In week 4 of the 12 week "hard" fast phase and pleasantly surprised by the result so far. Body composition monitor show muscle with slight loss that…
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Need motivation and a worthwhile goal?
Spend less on your food and send the cash saved to,UNICEF, OXFAM or any other charity working with the famine in East Africa. They need the money more than you do. If you can afford to over eat, you can afford to give.
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Lessons being learned in Mumbai
Having had a week in Mumbai, and learning one or two things more about life, it occurs to me that it hardly surprising that some get overweight. It seems that we forget what food is about. It is about having just enough to keep us alive. No more, and hopefully no less. Our cultural obsessions with quantity over quality, of…
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Shock! Veggies make you weigh more!
I weigh myself every day, because I like graphs and seeing patterns. It's just data and I don't get wrapped around the axle about it :) Patterns do emerge though. So, what I am about to write will be obvious to some and not to others. The other day I found a lot of veg going cheap and bought the bargain. The veg were low…
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My thought for the day.
Count your food scales and your bathroom scales will look after themselves. Folks get wrapped around the axle about what the bathroom scales are reading. The fact is that for most people if you follow the MFP plan and accurately weigh and record what goes into your mouth you will lose weight. Tea spoons, table spoons and…
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Divorce, dogs and weight gain.
Divorce, dogs and weight gain. A guy’s viewpoint…. So, the piece of paper is finally through the door of your bachelor pad, you are divorced. Divorce can be a painful and highly emotionally charge event. There may be the loss of so many of the things that have made your life whole, and, if you are the one that has been…
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Why bottled water may be bad for your wealth, health and the
Why bottled water may be bad for your health, wealth and the planet I blogged this, but thought I'd post too..... So, folks are here because we are health conscious. We are becoming aware of those things that we consume in life and the effects that they have on us. We are aware we can we adopt a healthier eating style and…
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Diet or die
Hi, I'm a young guy stuck in an 53 year old guys body (Oooerr missus! :embarassed: ) who has had that "Oh s**t!" realisation. Through my teens and early 20's, due to an active lifestyle of dancing the night away, not drinking, and martial arts I had a pretty constant weight of around 70Kg. Marriage #1 came and went and I…
