OV Slimming Club

[LiesaAnna]

oh kaz it can only be you! hows the dieting going?
i just ate 4 chocs and they were goooooorgeoussssssss!
i am allowed!

[Liam_Sandie]

Aww Kaz what a shame [msnsad]...did you find it useful?

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OV Slimming Club it is [msnsmile2]
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Thanks John!![clap]

[Sally D]

OV Slimming Club, yes that sounds good, thanks John[clap]

OK today I had cornflakes with no sugar and 2 dutch crispbakes with marmite for breakfast, lunch was pitta bread stuffed with salad and a little bit of ham and an orange. I have just eaten a banana and for dinner I am having chicken breasts, with sweet and sour sauce (have checked and it's low calories and fat) with rice. May have a mullerlite yoghurt after.
Finding it fairly easy, think it's all the encouragement from here, thanks ladies.[clap][clap]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by LiesaAnna
oh kaz it can only be you! hows the dieting going?
i just ate 4 chocs and they were goooooorgeoussssssss!
i am allowed!
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I find I have to cut out chocs completely otherwise I get cravings for sweet things, I am usng fruit instead, found some nice red seedless grapes in Sainsburys and they are gorgeous, got plums and some clementines!

I am going to shift the baby flab once and for all this year![msnsmile2]

[Sally D]

If I had one chocolate I would have to eat the whole box[msntongue]

[KJH]

The pedometer was useful, because you are supposed to do a min of 10,000 steps per day. It was fun seeing which activities had you walking the most. Corridors at school are great for notching up.

Liesa, I have been good, 1 slice toast, 1 slice well grilled bacon, 2 crispbreads with wafer thin turkey and a dash of piccalilli.

Feeling thirsty all the time though.

Keep up the good work girlies..and gents if you are secretly joining in.[msnwink]

Kaz

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by KJH
The pedometer was useful, because you are supposed to do a min of 10,000 steps per day. It was fun seeing which activities had you walking the most. Corridors at school are great for notching up.

Liesa, I have been good, 1 slice toast, 1 slice well grilled bacon, 2 crispbreads with wafer thin turkey and a dash of piccalilli.

Feeling thirsty all the time though.

Keep up the good work girlies..and gents if you are secretly joining in.[msnwink]

Kaz
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Don't forget the water then KJH!

I would like to try a pedometer like you say just to see how many steps I take - Im doing up to 60 minutes a day on the treadmill so I hope Im doing enough[msnscared]

Found this article thought it was interesting?????

Questions about Your Body and Weight Loss

How can I raise my metabolism?

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More Efficient?

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Eat Frequently

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It is often suggested that to raise our metabolism we should eat five or six times a day, three meals with healthy snacks in between. The reason is that eating raises our metabolism, and so the theory is that if we eat many times during the day it will keep our metabolism running high.

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Exercise Regularly

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Exercise

[LiesaAnna]

thats alot to swallow Lucy!!

anyway yes i had chocs but they to have all gone now! so unless i take from the baby! none left!
have been good, had a low fat soup style thing from asda at lunch time followed by an apple, and felt really good, now to look for dinner!

pedometers are ok but we found they moved in or two steps on their own at times when we were sitting, rubbish quality maybe?
another tip i was told when you drink loads of water obviously it makes you spend many pennies have a pen and paper at the top of the stairs and tick the paper and then you can see how much you have run up and down! i might just try this[msnwink]