Gym horrors and losing weight
Tomorrow is weigh- in day. I last weighed myself a week ago and was pleased to note that I had lost three pounds in a week since joining the gym. At present I am going twice daily to the gym and my target is to burn off 300 calories on each visit. On Saturdays I [...]
I have been going to the gym every day. And I have also been motivating myself by watching programmes such as “I used to be fat!” The only problem with these programmes is that they are totally unrealistic in the real world. I don’t have a personal trainer on hand, I don’t have constant medical [...]
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Yesterday I rejoined the gym. I quit last year mainly to save money. However, a lack of space at home to exercise combined with the appalling UK weather, means that I am now thirty nine pounds a month poorer. Later on today I will have to endure another pointless induction programme. This consists of a [...]
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Yesterday was a very strange day. I did not really feel hungry most of the day and consumed a chicken breast, a slice of ham and a slice of corned beef. In the evening I went out for a steak and salad with extra veg. I confess that a few chips past my lips and [...]
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The diet is still on track. Despite promising myself that I was not going to weigh myself until Thursday this week, on Sunday I could not resist the lure of the scales. I was very happy to note that I had lost another pound. Unfortunately for me it has not stopped raining since Sunday and [...]
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I have decided that taking a 2 mile walk three times a day is a bit impractical, so I am aiming for doing it twice (weather permitting). Yesterday I did get in my three walks, and stuck to my low cab, high protein diet. I have found omelette makers a real help for my breakfast, [...]
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I never used to have a problem with my weight; I was one of those annoying people who could eat a whole family sized chocolate bar and never gain a pound. But the last twelve years have been a very different story. Owing to medications and changes ino lifestyle, I have found my weight to [...]
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You will need for 1 glass: 4-5 Ice cubes 1.5-2 tablespooons Calvados half teaspoon grenadine 3-4 tablespoons gin 1.5-2 tablespooons sweet Italian vermouth 1 Put the ice cubes into a glass jug. 2 Pour the grenadine, vermouth, Calvados and gin over the ice. 3 Stir vigorously, strain and pour into a chilled martini glass. Martini [...]
Continue reading …You will need for 1 glass: 4-5 Ice cubes 1.5-2 tablespoons dry French Vermouth 3 drops orange bitters half teaspoon grenadine 5-6 tablespoons gin 1 drop Pernod 1 Put the ice cubes into a glass jug. 2 Put the bitters over the ice. 3 Pour in the grenadine, vermouth and gin. 4 Stir vigorously, strain [...]
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