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[valda]

Ooh, I used to love Swiss Ball classes, Valda! Ignore the treadmill...

I was the only one! But that made it like a personal trainer session

[anakin]

If you go again and you're alone - you should ask them to incorporate medicine balls if they have them. KILLER!

[valda]

If you go again and you're alone - you should ask them to incorporate medicine balls if they have them. KILLER!

LOL my back and shoulder wouldn't cope with that. I won't be going next week to that class as I have a film on, but then I can go to the Pilate's and Combat Classes the next day instead

[biggins]

Good luck with making that Indian bread Diane. If it turns out all wrong you could always do a quick chorus of "It's chapati and I'll cry if I want to"

Preston that must be one of your worst jokes!! Groan!! How old are you to remember Lesley Gore singing "It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want to". (1965 )

Pleased to hear you had good results with your chapatis Diane. Don't think I could manage that.

All this talk of Indian food made me b*y an Inidan meal for two out of Tesco today!! Well it was on offer and didn't know what to have tonight. I didn't feel like cooking as it is actually very warm here today. Went out early this morning as I had an appointment and came back and did some housework. Had a banana and a yoghurt before walking briskly into town to the bank and round the shops and walked back again. So that took me over an hour in total so felt I had some exercise today.

You put me to shame Diane with all that activity - but then you are much younger than I am. In my youth I played netball, swam, went ice skating and danced to Lesley Gore!

But then other "activities" became more interesting and here we are today with grandchildren!!!

Good luck for your weigh in tomorrow Diane and Preston. I am sure we will be impressed by your weight loses with all the exercise.

[TheyCallMeMrGlass]

I finally managed to get to the gym yesterday. Started off by falling off the treadmill - when it wasn't even switched on I did a 15 min Swiss Ball class and a 45 min combat class

Yay, Go Valda! I still have horrid memories of my Swiss ball class, was a disaster! I had no coordination, only bloke in the class and was constantly running around like an idiot trying to get my swiss ball back after sliding off it, cue lots of stifled giggles behind my back...



I raised £4 yesterday for charity, yesterday by simply jogging to work, I had a large wheelie bag with me so I couldnt do a run. I raised it using the Samsung Hope Relay Olympic smart phone. All you do is walk, cycle or run and Samsung donates £1 for every mile you! Valda, I saw you with a nice smartphone the other day Please join me and lets raise money for the kids charity, please please?!? Just type samsung hope relay on the Google PLay or Iphone market and install it. Takes a photo of your face and superimposes it on a funny running video.

This is the video it made of my run yesterday

http://apps.facebook.com/samsunghoperel ... ObEoNyIPFg#_=_

I invited some of you on facebook to join my team, or you can go solo if you like but I think this is such a great scheme and incentive to raise as much as we can and in turn helps us with our own fitness goals!



Diane...Right on the money! carrots, broccoli, sweetcorn...wooo Its overwhelming me, seeing what you've achieved so far. I really want to know what your body fat is because if your doctor says you dont look like you should be losing anymore weight, he's probably right. The Body fat percentage would be a clearer indication of where you are at because weight is not neccessarily a good indicator of health and fitness...we use weight because it is the easiest and most accessible means of measurement and it is probably all we need when we begin our fat loss journey. But now you are at the point where knowing your BF% is more useful. See if you can get to a gym and ask for a professional Caliper measurment (caliper measurements are generally the most accurate if done properly). Or may even your doctor should be able to get you a professional reading. No pressure DIane, its just good measurement to know.

Preston, I might be the annoying know-it-all (I far from know it all btw!) but I think you have been the biggest driving force for everyone's own fitness journeys, including me, I tailored off for a while but you came on pulled everyone in like a magnet! You are incredible.

Clarbarr, Biggins, Jojo, Anakin, MsThrifty, and rawr_xoxo (forgive me if I missed anyone), you girls have been so incredibly supportive to each other, and well done on your progress.

We all have our setbacks but you are always coming back here, with renewed vigour to get back on track and that in my book is an even bigger achievement, the getting back up from a fall and makes you stronger willed when you know you can overcome past obstacles.

I gotta try some of Anakin's recipes too now, they sounding legendary!

OK, going to raise another £4 for charity with a similar jog (with big wheelie bag) to my evening work :) This seriously gives me an incentive to raise as much as I can.

[Preston1990]

I forgot to link to the list of nutrients and what food they are contained in:

http://www.healthchecksystems.com/vitamins.htm

Thanks for posting that link MrG - I've been looking at it very carefully and I'm pleased to say that it provides conclusive proof of what I've always thought. Yep - No mention whatsoever of Maltesers in the vitamin B list. Do you remember this:

Mr Glass (Oh wise one) I think that you will find that I'm only eating the Maltesers due to the vitamin B content of the malt which I'm sure you know is essential for the immune and nervous system, muscle tone, metabolism etc do I need to go on? As you've just said we shouldn't miss out on the essential vitamins and minerals so I am only heeding your advice

Very naughty Diane!

Please may I have the recipe for Pad Thai

I'm not sure you deserve it after the above but here you are:

Serves: 4
Preparation Time: 15 minutes (unless you are the sort of person who takes 30 mins to dice a butternut squash)
Cooking Time: 10 minutes

You will need

300g flat rice noodles
2-3 tbsp fish sauce or light soy sauce, to taste
3 tbsp tamarind paste (or 4 tbsp lime juice, if you can’t find tamarind)
2 tbsp palm or brown sugar
4 tbsp groundnut oil
400g skinless boneless chicken, breast and/or thigh meat, sliced
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
3 shallots, finely sliced
1 tbsp Thai dried shrimp (optional)
2 tsp mild red chilli powder
3 eggs, lightly beaten
150g fresh bean sprouts
75g unsalted roasted
Peanuts, chopped
Small handful coriander, chopped
2 spring onions, finely sliced
1 lime, cut into wedges, to serve

Method
1. Cover the noodles with just-boiled water and set aside for 10 minutes. I like to mix the fish or soy sauce with the tamarind paste and palm sugar in a small bowl and set aside.

2. Heat a large wok, until it is smoking hot. Add three tablespoons of oil. Tip in the chicken pieces, frying and stirring for three minutes, or until the pieces turn golden. Add the garlic and stir-fry with the chicken for a few seconds. Follow with the sliced shallots, dried shrimp (if using) and chilli powder. Stir and heat through for a few seconds.

3. Drain the soaked noodles and toss well with the ingredients in the wok. Stir-fry for one to two minutes – the noodles will start to soften and change texture.

4. Push everything over to one side of the wok. Add the remaining oil to the cleared area and crack the eggs on to it to form an omelette. When the eggs have set, cut into small chunks with your wooden spoon or spatula and stir in with the noodles.

5. Add the tamarind and sugar mixture to the wok, folding it in to coat everything evenly. If the noodles are still too firm for your liking, Diane, splash a little water over to help them cook. Add two thirds of the bean sprouts and sprinkle with half the chopped peanuts. Taste and add a little more fish sauce or sugar, if you like.

6. Stir and, when the vegetables are beginning to wilt, transfer to a serving dish and shower with the remaining chopped peanuts, coriander and spring onions. Serve with lime wedges.

The beauty of the recipe is that it lends itself to allowing the substitution of a variety of ingredients instead of the chicken - like prawns, mixed seafood, vegetables or even tofu. Ok, no-one really likes tofu so you'd probably not want to do that!

Oh yes, here's a little timesaving tip that I sometimes use.

http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj5 ... titled.jpg

........and I will try the yellow raspberries

This is them -
http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj5 ... 0B6040.jpg


Very well done on the money raising runs MrG I wonder how much a cheap smartphone is - I'll have to look into this!

........Preston that must be one of your worst jokes!! Groan!! How old are you to remember Lesley Gore singing "It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want to". (1965 )

On the contrary ....... that's one of my better ones - there's much worse to come!

And.....Yep I'm certainly old enough to remember Lesley Gore. Don't be fooled by Diane calling me "young" man all the time - it's just her little joke!!

I finally managed to get to the gym yesterday. Started off by falling off the treadmill - when it wasn't even switched on I did a 15 min Swiss Ball class and a 45 min combat class

Well done for the gym work Valda - That's excellent!

Don't worry about the treadmill - That's one thing that it's never too soon to get off!!

[Diane65]

Preston that must be one of your worst jokes!! Groan!! How old are you to remember Lesley Gore singing "It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want to". (1965 )

How apt being the year I was born I remember it by Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin - I have the single. I agree that joke was dire

Maltesers do have Vitamin B and I have no idea why they aren't included in MrG's list - obviously not as comprehensive as it could be. You seem to be doing a lot of snitching these days >Thanks so much for the recipe for Pad Thai.

Well done Valda on your classes you are certainly back in the swing of it

MrG I will try to get my body fat measurement somehow and I don't mind a bit of pressure its good for me. I hadn't gone to see a Doctor at work about me, we were just chatting about life in general (he's my friend and we work on the same corridor) and he mentioned my weight loss and gave me that knowing Doctor's look telling me that I shouldn't lose much more. I can't actually remember the last time I went to see my GP and I would feel a bit odd going to see him when I feel perfectly well to see how much fat I have so I'll probably have to go down the gym route.

[Preston1990]

Good luck for your weigh in tomorrow Diane and Preston.

Just saw this! Thanks very much, Biggins!

Had to smile because it sounds like we could be boxing each other. I know who my money would be on to win!

[Diane65]

Good luck for your weigh in tomorrow Diane and Preston.

Just saw this! Thanks very much, Biggins!

Had to smile because it sounds like we could be boxing each other. I know who my money would be on to win!

Preston has lost an amazing 34lb and I'm trailing on 24lb. Thank you so much Biggins

I wish I looked like Silky she's stunning but its Moon-Face I'm afraid. Enjoy your long walk tomorrow it always makes you feel energised...........

Welcome to the thread Preston1990

Thanks for the welcome Diane. You sound like you'll be a good ally to keep me on my diet.

I'll post our "before" pictures here, and then we can make a start.

That's me on the right!

Remember when we were pleasant to each other and then it went slowly down hill with the creme egg avatar and as they say the rest is history.

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[Preston1990]

Preston has lost an amazing 34lb and I'm trailing on 24lb.

You are hardly "trailing" Diane!

In reality you have allready lost 85.7% of the weight that you wanted to lose.
I on the other hand have only lost 57.6% of the weight that I want to lose.

I may have lost more in pure number of pounds than you, but then I had so much more to lose than you.

And....your current BMI allready falls well within the "normal" category - my current BMI still falls in the "seriously overweight" category.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining at all and I'm still over the moon with what I've lost so far (almost two and a half stone). I think we've both done brilliantly well. You've almost got to where you want to be now, but there is plenty more to go at for me. Another 25 lbs to be precise and that still will only be enough to just get me into the right side of the boundry line between "normal" and "overweight" BMI. But that'll be one helluva better place than where I started out from.

Remember when we were pleasant to each other .....

Yeah - remind me what day was that again. Joking aside (difficult for me) It's been good fun - and it's not over yet.

Oh yes.......one more thing..... Let me know if that Pad Thai recipe works out - I may try and make it myself one day!