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3 Weeks Into The Diet

I’ve been on this diet now for three weeks. That’s 21 days of eating and living differently. I now have breakfast every single morning. At the weekend it’s scrambled egg on toast, while during the week I usually stick to weetabix and some fruit Lunch is no longer a roll – it’s usually soup and [...]

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Scrambled Eggs Without Butter

On weekdays I stick to simple and easy breakfasts ie. the most complicated equipment needed being a kettle and the toaster. At the weekend, however, I’m not in a hurry and I don’t have to get up until I feel like it. So making scrambled egg for breakfast is a good option. I’ve always associated [...]

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Getting My Cooking Mojo Back

Living alone and working odd hours means that it’s all too easy to get lazy when it comes to food. Hungry? Eat. Don’t have any food to hand? Order a pizza from Dominos, or jump onto Just Eat.. End result? Let’s just say it hasn’t helped. Not cooking also meant that I’ve got out of [...]

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Which Exercise Plans Actually Work?

I’m very conscious of my own limitations and I know that if I’d tried to change my diet AND start doing a lot of exercise at the same time it would have been a disaster. So, I’m now eight days into my diet. I’m eating better and more systematically ie. I’m actually having breakfast every [...]

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Getting A Checkup With A Doctor And Advice On Losing Weight

I’m not afraid of doctors or dentists. I don’t mind being jabbed with needles (as long as I’m not looking), but I still don’t go to doctors that often. Ok, let’s be really honest – I hadn’t been to a doctor for several years up until very recently. In some respects that’s probably not a [...]

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Tracking Physical Exercise

As part of my “big plan” I’ll have to get more physical exercise. Being able to track how much I’ve done will involve using a pedometer and possibly Nike+. I picked up a cheap Reebook pedometer in Argos and now I need to read the instructions! When I was in the US last year I [...]

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Attempting To Follow The Tesco Diets Plan

Eating better and having a generally healthier lifestyle is a nice goal, but it’s not easy. One of the (many) problems with losing weight for me is that I need some kind of structured plan to follow. I’ve looked at various diets in the past, but I really don’t want to have to read a [...]

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