I've got Buffalo Olives (like beef olives but made with meat from water buffalo) 70-90% less fat than beef and around 50% lower cholesterol apparently. Higher in the Omegas and amino acids, protein and iron too. Apparently they need less antibiotic treatments than cows etc too.

I will give them a go and let you all know how it goes

Going to make a sauce using canned tomatoes, tomato puree etc

Hope its nice I will probably have a good amount of veg with them too.

Well done on the loss Natalie!

This morning I had porridge with skimmed milk and sultanas to sweeten it, then for lunch I had a wrap with chicken lettuce and cucumber, a weight watchers mini chocolate muffin (only 85 calories ) and and apple

Natalie, let us know how that goes!

Finding good healthy recipies is something I am bad at tbh! lol, so that's great people are saying what they have been eating

Congrats on the weight loss Dobermann My scale only does whole pounds, need to invest in a better one really.

I followed the couch to 5k thing, 60 seconds of jogging, 90 seconds of walking. I only got through 2 lots of jogging before I had to quit because of the pain.

I had chicken, rice and sweet and sour sauce for lunch. God knows what I'll end up having for dinner.

Same, mine is in stones/pounds, so I have to just calculate it into pounds, but means I only get whole pounds too!


My brother goes to the gym a lot and never seems to be sore... he said the trick to NOT having sore muscles later that day/the next day, is to have some sugar (he has an apple) within 20 mins of stopping the exercise, but asap really.

Doing that he can go to the gym for up to and over 2 hours at a time and not hurt the next day!

well if my sauce works out I will let you know how I made it cos haven't thought it through other than tomatoes yet Same if i find any good recipes.

I think its a good idea that people share their foods etc if they are happy to as it gives you ideas, variety....people like different things but sometimes you get in a rut (least I do) and actually forget about stuff you like until someone mentions it

Stretching afterwards and eating a little protein is good for stopping aches.

Look what you lot have done to me! First you insipre me to lose weight again, now you are making me realise how little exercise I do now compared to before..youve got me thinking about upping my exercise now

Yeah that's like me too! I tend to turn to the same few things and forget about others, so sharing is good!

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Sorry I am gonna try and up my exercise too though! Alfie can't do more than his one walk a day really.... so has to be on my own the second one! I would looove an elliptical machine but don't have anywhere for one lol

Yeah, I thought about dropping the run time of couch to 5k but the thought of going through that pain again puts me off trying. Especially as I have to walk to the shop and back and it's a mile each way, I could barely walk across the room last time! I have no idea what the problem was, it was my shins rather than my calves and every step for days after was agony.

Aww, not sure what would have caused pain in your shins!

I am thinking of maybe joining a gym..... my brother goes like between 2-4 times a week, so could just tag along with him some days.

ETA: Normally i avoid gyms as they are full of really skinny people but he says this one isn't too bad for that

technique mainly I think and pushing yourself too much, too soon maybe. Its maybe a better idea for you to build up your walking, get to the point of walking fast where it feels easier to jog than it does to walk, before thinking about jogging/running. Even that is best built up over time though. But I think the most important thing is to find something you like to do, which is hard for you with the swimming. (any aquaerobics where you are?)
you'd be surprised though, most gyms are full of all ages, shapes and sizes

I am thinking about trying out Zumba