Ok, feeling more confident that I’m getting back on track. I’ve had another 0.5l water and another 300ml on the go. Had a healthier lunch than I could have, jacket with prawn and mari rose sauce and side salad. And a diet Pepsi. I very nearly ordered what my gorgeous sister ordered! I might have …
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Great day with great company!
Morning all, hope you are well! We had a bacon sarnie to start us off today. I haven’t been feeling as though I am getting as much from my fitness as I would like, however, coming back to the same cottage as five months ago, which has a steep 100m path to and from the …
17lb loss in total – WOOHOO!
And… under 100kg for the first time in years! Nowhere near my initial target of 28lb but i can’t tell you how pleased I am with my continuous healthy efforts! Healthish brekkie, Turkey bacon, mushrooms, black pudding, egg. Using 1 cal spray to cook. Didn’t finish facon. 1 slice brown seedy with real butter. Chose …
19th Sept 2019 – great food and exercise day.
Evening all, hope you are well. The pain in my side has gone, no idea when, I simply noticed it wasn’t there! My hip is no where near as bad as it was yesterday, good job as it’s gonna be worked again tomorrow morning (c25k day). Traffic was bad coming home from work, no idea …
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13th Sept 2019 – another good day!
Evening all 😊 Today was a good day, tummy isn’t hurting so much, thank goodness! Had grapes, cherries, strawberries and nuts in the morning. Met mum for lunch and made healthy choices. Then for dinner, healthier fish and chips, with my sweetcorn and peas. Well… it should have been fish and chips! Again apparently there …
9th Sept 2019 – what a day!
My day has been long and hard, and anyone I’ve spoken to feels exactly the same! Here’s to hoping the rest of the week us better than today! Anyway, on to my daily log. Today was a salvaged food day, I had 1 hard boiled egg, 60g raisins, 25ishg nuts, a couple of mouthfuls of …
6th Sept 2019 – LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT! Great day!
I feel so energised!!!! Today has been a totally different kind of day. Had a job interview, don’t think I’ve got it, but that’s ok, it would have been an interesting job, but it’s not as though I don’t already have a job I enjoy. I’ll know next week. So, to business… Started the day …
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5th Sept 2019 – another day I can cross off as done well
Let’s start with fluids – 1.5 litres today – WOOHOO! There were 2 teas, 1 with halfspoon sugar, and the other with two full fat sugars. A glass of milk – but idiot that I am I had it in one go, so had to apologise, profusely, to my poor work mates who were deafened …
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11th Aug 2019 – wonderful weekend, fairly healthy food.
Ok, confession first! There was a handful of chippy chips and half a spring roll, yes bad, BUT it was just a handful of chips, and it was just a half a spring roll! So yes bad, bad, bad… but it was better than what I would have had, I would have eaten to excess …
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Healthy Swaps – Brown Rice
I know that if I want to make a good positive change to my lifestyle, I need to eat less, eat healthier alternatives and move more. Here’s what I discovered about brown rice, and why brown rice is better for us than white rice. has more nutrients and fibre (white rice has the goodness ‘refined’ …