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What Is A Portion Of Veg?

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

I wanted to see if I could manage to eat 10 portions of vegetables today.  I thought it might be a good idea to look up exactly what a portion of vegetables is so I turned to the NHS site.  I … Continue reading →

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Absence

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Does absence make the heart grow fonder? Does absence make the blog reader happy to have me back?  Let me know 🙂 I have been busy with work, socialising a little bit too enthusiastically and things keeping me busy at home … Continue reading →

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10 Veg A Day

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Research publicised today tells us that we should be eating 10 portions of fruit and veg a day and that vegetables are much healthier than fruit. “A healthy diet should include 10 portions of fruit and vegetables a day, doubling … Continue reading →

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Earth Mother

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Despite being the supporter and organiser of the family’s Earth Hour acknowledgement on Saturday, it seems that I am the one who broke it.  Several times !  I took a couple of photos and turned on the torch so used … Continue reading →

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Earth Hour

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

I achieved one of my small goals today and that is to stay at home ALL day without having to go out anywhere.  I have hundreds of things I want to do at home and I managed to get quite … Continue reading →

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Plant Matter

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

I have had a bad couple of weeks, for various reasons.  I have had a couple of sugar binges, not exercised much and generally eaten too much.  The results of which are that since I last weighed myself 10 days … Continue reading →

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Trying Pure

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

I try to walk from the station to the office by a different route each day.  Partly to get some exercise in and partly because I am loving being in this part of London so much. Today I strolled along … Continue reading →

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Extending the Vegetable Patch

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

The sunshine we have enjoyed recently has inspired me to get out in the garden.  That and my recent gardening course.  I bought this little box of 5 seed packets. When I opened it up, inside there was a cute … Continue reading →

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Cavolo Nero, Three Times

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

I constantly hear about how good kale is for you and wanted to try some other varieties so in this weeks shopping I popped a large bag of Cavolo Nero, also known as ‘Black Tuscan Kale’ and ‘Dinosaur Kale’.  It … Continue reading →

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Red, White and Blue

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

One of the lovely things about working in the West End is having the opportunity to see it early in the morning.  I usually rush through on my way to work but today I decided the world would actually continue … Continue reading →

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