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After initially losing 10 pounds in the first week and a half of the diet I didn’t lose anymore weight.  I was walking and working my arms and my legs and sticking to my diet. There have been days which I’ve gone over 500 calories, so I accept my body has probably not properly been [...]

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I invited Olivia, my 8 year old daughter, to join me in my bedtime exercises tonight and she quite happily did so. After we finished our 30th sit up (me with a sheen of sweat on my forehead and a bit of a gasp) she crawled across the bed, gave me a hug and chirped [...]

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Getting into the groove now. It’s not quite so intense, almost like it’s a way of life now.  I’m used to the hunger, it bothers me, but it’s not so all encompassing.
I’m exercising quite a bit, doing the arms on the walk to and from work. I do 1 or 2 sets of 60 of [...]

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Nightmare:  A family of five moving from a huge 4 bedroom Victorian house, with lots of storage space, to a cramped three bedroom modern house. With almost NO storage space.
And since we have moved in- the twisty thing for the blinds on the side door has broken and fallen off, the bathroom light pull has [...]

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“Well, if you’re fat- it’s simply a case of putting to many calories in one end and not doing enough work to burn them off!”
“So, you’re saying that fat people are fat because they’re lazy sods who sit around eating all day?”
“Well…. need I say anything?”
She’s referring to me, apparently since I am overweight I [...]

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Day Two: Anna has stolen Vronsky from Kitty, who has just turned down Levin’s proposal of marriage- a sad state of affairs.  While there was no chance of becoming lost,today- the uphill trek from the train station was demanding in a way that went unnoticed  yesterday. It took about 25 minutes to arrive.  The return [...]

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Day One: Took the train to work today. Bliss. Waited less than five minutes at the station, had six seats to myself and read Anna Karenina and admired the scenery.  Walked from the station to the office. Wooded and fields. Beautiful. Got lost 4 times but 4 wonderful, friendly people gave me directions. Took 40 [...]

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