Tag Archives: Spinach

London Bridge

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

is falling down, falling down, falling down ….. Not really 🙂 .  It is still standing and I stood on it today in warm spring sunshine. A bridge has stood here for hundreds of years and is now synonymous with … Continue reading →

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Lovely Leaves

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

I was starving this morning so I had a chicken and bacon sandwich and skinny latte from Pret.  It was pouring with rain, so I grabbed the breakfast and ran to the office – no photo. At lunch time there … Continue reading →

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A Little Less Again

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

I made it to Weight Watchers tonight for the first time in 3 weeks and notched up another 2 and a half pounds off.  That makes it 4 stone and 3 pounds less of me than there was before :-). … Continue reading →

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Perfectly Runny

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

Blood oranges vary in colour from orange to blood red! You can never tell until you cut them what colour they will be.  Believe it or not, they are both blood oranges. I put them in the blender with almond … Continue reading →

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Enjoy The Journey

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

“I am not destination happy but I am journey happy.  You have to enjoy the journey.”  So said the lady (I think her name was LaRhane) who was featured on ‘Obese: A Year To Save My Life US’ that I … Continue reading →

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Super Smoothie Saturday

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Ahhhhhh.  That was a deep sigh of contentment.  Still loving my gorgeous new blender 🙂 Harvey has a bad throat and cough so we decided to miss swimming this morning which meant we had a lazy start to the day. … Continue reading →

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The Future Is Green

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

I was in Birmingham yesterday and the day started with a great breakfast in the heavenly hotel.  A bowl of muesli with some added dried fruits and nuts (they had a fab selection of extra sprinkles so I put some … Continue reading →

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An Ode To Porridge

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Oh porridge, how I have missed thee. I was so excited to be up today and cooking porridge.  I really missed a morning bowlful of something nourishing and warm.  I had a papaya that needed eating so I used some … Continue reading →

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A Fishy Tale

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

I have had rather a lot going on in my life to have managed to blog for a couple of days but today I am back on the blogging horse 🙂 . Yesterday morning I did a lovely walk with … Continue reading →

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The City

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

I wanted to start the day with a boost of vitamins so I made a smoothie: 1 cup of frozen raspberries, 36g of a low sugar protein powder (3 points), 200 ml unsweetened soya milk (1 point), 1 tbsp chia … Continue reading →

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