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About Lose Weight and Gain Health

Hi! My name is Zoe and I live in Hastings, East Sussex, with my son Harvey and dog, Milton. I have been fighting the fat for years but this time I am serious. I want to lose weight and gain health. This blog is about how I am changing my lifestyle so I can lose weight but not by just "being on a diet" but by making small changes to our lives so that as I lose weight, I gain health. I want my family to be healthy too and never have to struggle with their weight like I have. In common with many large people, I have gained and lost weight many times over the years. This time, I want to lose it and maintain a healthy low weight. I am interested in eating food that is nutrient dense and delicious and that appeals to children and adults. I do not eat animal products so follow a vegan diet. I try to use locally produced food supplemented with what I can grow myself. I support and try to use local farmers markets and farm shops. Another objective is to add more exercise to our days. It sounds so simple when I write it down :-)

Banana People

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

On the breakfast menu today, Chez Moi, were American style silver dollar pancakes, with banana, bacon and maple syrup. Yesterday morning a blog I like, Kath Eats, had some fun with breakfast and made banana people to top her french … Continue reading →

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Oh My Gourd!

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

I woke up and left my warm bed very early today.   I couldn’t remember what I was doing this week and it was bugging me so I came downstairs, made a pot of tea and checked out my calendar. … Continue reading →

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Canter Down to Camber

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Today did not turn out as planned.  The plan was to watch the rugby world cup final, go home and do some chores including phone calls and then Harvey was having a friend round for a sleepover.  What really happened … Continue reading →

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Super Salad Saturday

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Today’s mission was to eat ultra healthily and do some exercise. I am rather pleased with how well I did. I started with tea, made from loose leaf tea and brewed in my tea pot.  I used my Audrey Hepburn … Continue reading →

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Masterchef Masterclass

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Harvey and I were excited about today.  We were going to a cookery class, run by Jenni, who was a Masterchef contestant last year.  She was also Harvey’s form tutor and brilliant English teacher, which is how we know her. … Continue reading →

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Beach Babies

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Beach baby, beach baby, there on the sand.  Oh yes, another fantastic day on the beach.  We were so lucky that we woke up once more to bright blue sky and lots of sunshine.  Today was colder than it has … Continue reading →

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Happy Holidays Are ……

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Starting the day with good intentions; pumpkin, oats, soya milk and Greek yogurt with a cup of tea. Fab friends arriving and in the excitement forgetting to take photos of lunch.  It was roasted vegetables and goats cheese on lightly … Continue reading →

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Lovely Lunch

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Another bright blue skied sunny morning in Kent :-).  Every sunny day now seems a bonus before greyness and winter sets in.  Feeling bad about the garbage I had eaten yesterday, I wanted to start the day with a burst … Continue reading →

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Downton Abbey

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Today was AWESOME 🙂 🙂 :-).  It started really well with a lovely breakfast.  A bowl-scrapingly delicious breakfast which had cold pumpkin in it but was still wonderful.  Kath Eats made an overnight oats bowl with pumpkin.  I knew we were … Continue reading →

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Oat Cuisine

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

I eat porridge for breakfast quite regularly and I had it again today.  There are many health and weight loss benefits to eating porridge, assuming of course you do not make it with cream and then smother it with sugar! … Continue reading →

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