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My physical health

February 25, 2020

| Breast Cancer, Breast Reconstruction Surgery, Exercise, Food, For the Health of it, Health, Memes, Weight loss, Wellness

I’ve never been skinny or exercised excessively, but I always considered myself healthy. Throughout my adult life I’ve tried to eat reasonably healthily and to do enough exercise. I was brought up to make food from scratch and eat takeaways as a treat.In my 20’s and 30’s I went to keep fit, but hated the …

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A website to follow: Delish

February 24, 2020

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| Blogs to Follow, Food, Nutrition, Recipes, Resources

Delish is a magazine style website contains all kinds of useful information. Recipes, food and other news. The UK site concentrates on food and drink, including cocktail recipes and restaurant reviews. The US site on the other hand has more to offer. Including trends, jewellery, entertainment and other news. I’m assuming that the US site …

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For the Health of it #1 – Physical Health

February 23, 2020

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| Breast Cancer, Exercise, For the Health of it, Health, Memes

Welcome to the first prompt post of my brand new meme here on Food, Fitness and Health. I’ve decided to keep the first few prompts broad so that they give the opportunity for writers to approach them from any direction they wish. Also, it will, I think allow me to use some of those topics …

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Moving on down

February 21, 2020

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| Breast Reconstruction Surgery, For the Health of it, Journal, Weight loss

Slowly. But the scales are definitely definitely moving down. Just half a pound off this week. But given the weekend of excess I had last week this is a good result. Checking my ‘journey’ I can see this is my lowest weight for around 2.5 years. My BMI which was 33 when I was weighed …

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For the Health of it Prompts

February 19, 2020

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| For the Health of it, Health

The Food, Health and Fitness meme: For the Health of it begins on Monday 24th February 2020 at midnight UK time). The link for each prompt will be open for two weeks. Opening at midnight on Monday and closing at 12 noon on Sunday just under 2 weeks later. The prompts are as follows: Physical …

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Countdown to the start of: For the Health of it

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| For the Health of it, Health

On Monday 24th February my new Meme: for the Health of it goes live. As mentioned last week, the first topic is Physical Health. These are some questions you might ask yourself to help decide what to write about. What do you do to stay / get healthy? Is it just about diet? Or is …

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Processed food

February 17, 2020

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| Food, Health, Health Matters, Resources

Last week I came across this (rather long) article in the Guardian about processed food. Much of it is about the things we know or are now learning about the western diet. The food that is most accessible contains hidden sugars and processed carbohydrates and make us want more of it. Ultimately that food contributes …

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Turning things around

February 16, 2020

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| Intermittent Fasting, Journal, Slimming World, Weight loss

I won’t deny that I was disappointed with last week’s weigh in. But mostly with myself for allowing old habits to creep in. This week though was somewhat different. My weigh in on Friday showed a 1.5lb loss bringing the total to 12lb. I’m definitely not out of the woods though. Weekends are still an …

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For the Health of it

February 11, 2020

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| For the Health of it, Health, Health Matters

Welcome to For the Health of it I am excited to welcome you to a new fortnightly meme hosted by Food, Fitness and Health. When I decided to start a new blog about food, fitness and health I was keen to involve others. Writing about my own weight loss and fitness journey is fine and …

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Green Thai Curry

February 8, 2020

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| Health Matters, Recipes

This recipe for Green Thai Curry is one I got from Jamie Oliver’s 30 minute meals and have used and adapted over the years. You can have it with chicken or other meat, vegetables or fish / shell fish. If you add a few red (bell) peppers from a jar you can turn it into …

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