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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 :-)

A Lesson In Leaves

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Overnight oats for brekkie with almond milk, banana, blueberries and sunflower seed butter. Leftovers for lunch. Sweetcorn risotto and tomato and lentil salad, topped up with celery and cucumber. Something very fresh for supper. Reddy, which is a red veined … Continue reading →

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The Final Jubilee Celebration

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

I do like having the time on a weekday morning to make porridge.  Today is the extra bank holiday we have to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee.  I did briefly consider going up to London to wave a flag at the … Continue reading →

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Another Jubilee Celebration

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

I tried to revert to macrobiotic eating today and started with egg fried rice and vegetables.  I picked 4 types of leaves from the garden: beetroot leaf, broccoli, chard and spinach. I received a package from my favourite on-line health … Continue reading →

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A Jubilee Celebration

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

As well as all the happy memories left over from yesterday, I have a fridge full of treats, including plenty of berries such as these raspberries. A smoothie was the choice for breakfast. Raspberry and Oat Smoothie Ingredients (serves 1) … Continue reading →

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Here One Minute, Gone The Next

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

When I woke up this morning I was happy and sad.  Happy because my sisters and their families were coming for lunch and sad because my lovely girl is going travelling for 6 weeks.  It seems as if she has … Continue reading →

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A Mixed Bag

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

I have been out for the previous 2 evenings which has been fun but challenging to ones diet!   Some meals have been excellent, such as this healthy little lunch of steamed vegetables and brown rice which were taken to … Continue reading →

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Anniversary

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Today is my wedding anniversary.  Happy Anniversary oh beloved one 🙂 It is also the anniversary of me taking the plunge and going to Weight Watchers.  So I signed up on May 27th 2011 which was yesterday, in anniversary terms. … Continue reading →

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The Weekend

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

This has been an unusual weekend, mainly because it was just Harvey and me at home. The weather was extraordinary and I spent a lot of time in the garden.  This has been my implement of choice – an “onion … Continue reading →

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The Sun Has Got His Hat On

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

hip-hip-hip-hooray 🙂 Oh yes, that sun was glorious today and I even got to enjoy some of it.  I treated myself to breakfast out. Technically in as I ate it at my desk but I bought it out rather than … Continue reading →

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Veggie Tables

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Breakfast at my desk. Bircher muesli made the night before; 1/3 cup oats, 1 cup almond milk, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1 apple and 10 hazelnuts.  Drunk with herbal tea.  I really like how the texture of Hazlenuts soaked in a … Continue reading →

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