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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 :-)

So Sorrel

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

What a mixed bag today was!  I started well, had a dip and then a good ending. Breakfast featured frozen blueberries, hemp seeds, Acaii powder and protein powder. Plus an apricot. Blended with a dash of coconut water to create … Continue reading →

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Time For Tennis

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

I can go to bed tonight feeling very happy and pleased with myself.   Okay, so I did start with a Monmouth coffee.  I keep telling myself to stop drinking lattes but this is so good.  I don’t take sugar … Continue reading →

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Home Sick

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

I seem to be spending so much time out socialising, running errands and travelling at the moment that I am really missing being at home.  I don’t want to keep being out and away.  I want to be at home. … Continue reading →

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In A Fret

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

10 out of 10 for effort with exercise today.  I started the day with a 5 mile bike ride.  Not massively impressive other than that I did get up and go and as the area I live in is hilly, … Continue reading →

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How My Garden Grows

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Wasn’t today lovely?  The sun finally remembered to shine and how we enjoyed it. After eating too much last night ( 😦 ) I was not hungry this morning so skipped breakfast and went shopping in Tenterden with Harvey.  I … Continue reading →

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Failed

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

After my excesses of the last 2 weeks I decided a short, sharp shock was needed and intended to just eat fruits and veggies today.  You can probably guess by the title of today’s blog that I failed! The first … Continue reading →

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A Wee Trip

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

I always though our compatriots in the North used the word “wee” to mean little but they also use it to mean a short distance or a short period of time.  So I have been away on a wee trip. … Continue reading →

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Save Our Seeds

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Our wonderful weekend finished with a fun morning and brunch out at the Ramsgate Brasserie.  Thank you to Harvey for these photos of our morning together: Today’s blog has a different theme to the usual one.  It is connected to … Continue reading →

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Oh I Like To Be

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Beside the seaside.  And I do like to be with dear friends and their lovely children. What a Mums and kids weekend it has been.  Having survived a serious episode of juniper berry poisoning, I got sunburnt!  I ate too … Continue reading →

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Historic Gold Cup Winner

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

What an exciting day.  I have a sore throat from screaming so much.  It was Ladies Day at Ascot so I took my first day of annual leave so far this year and set off with Lara.  I did have … Continue reading →

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