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Christmas is a festivity of true over-indulgence. It feels good: in the midst of winter to just hole up in the warm indoors with loved ones around you and eat, drink and be merry. Dripping through all channels- print, broadcast and online- the media promotes this over consumption unashamedly- luxurious deserts, meat cuts too big [...]
. Over the past week I have found meal planning very useful- it really does help with grocery shopping and reducing the bills! A fun side-effect is also being able to point out to family members what the next meal will be, so they can help preparations too. We mostly kept on track: on Wednesday [...]
. Over the last weeks I’ve been concerned about my ballooning weight and have even looked into diets that are safe in pregnancy. All the feedback I have got, however, is that I should look at eating a sensible balanced diet. So I decided to be more focussed in our family diet to help ensure [...]
My eyes were drawn to a display this morning while dropping the Littlins off at nursery- It’s Childhood Obesity Week this week. I and my parents haven’t done very well in this area, we are all very over-weight, obese on some scales. It got me thinking: just what am I doing to help [...]
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...AND to add to the challenge I have a grueling 11 week bootcamp leading up to the skydive- I have to loose 2 stone/ 18 kg/ 28 lb
