Jerseygirl

Sarah Ferguson was on US TV today singing the praises of Andrew. Well she would wouldn't she as he's bailed her out of trouble gawd knows how many times...and she relies on him for money.

She also had the brass neck to spout that she was a woman of integrity.

jasper123

Exactly fish ----- thats the whole point they were discussing the topic on the radio today, they were saying how they are trying to push this through without the masses knowing anything about it, its the first time I have heard about this TTIP thing, then I goggled it today and up came a load of info on it, and how hush hush and everything done so secretly, the Americans said that they have been working on this deal with the EU since 2013 and they said they expect to seal the deal and make it happen by the end of 2015,
Hmmmm very interesting, America is not telling the Americans and Europe aint telling the Europeans NOTHING!!! ----- the big corporate machine in all its glory!!!!

Fish n Chips 56

England and Europe need to smarten up, they need to tell the USA where to get off with America dictating as it seems to do.

I do think England seems easily led by fantasy that all things American are good, I hate it, the younger generation just fall for it hook line and sinker, as I said before its all about putting Money in Americans pockets, what other reason would they have for doing anything?.

If Brits want to look as healthy as Americans just eat the food. lol

jasper123

I agree with all you say here, ----- and the last sentence was very funny, yes all we need to do is eat the food

I weighed myself the other day and I was 12 stone 10 pounds that's 178 pounds, the most I have been since I've been home, I'm only 5 ft 8 in and my usual ideal weight is 11.5 stone = around 160 pounds, so I decided to make a new year resolution and dump 18 pounds as fast as I can,
So I'm cutting out all my usual daily sweet stuff like cake, choc muffins, ice cream, custard etc etc oh and choc digestives, and I'm going to walk every day a couple of miles rain or shine, I started 4 days ago, and so wish me luck, ---- a new trim slim and healthier me is just around the corner (:

Fish n Chips 56

You can do it Rodney.

18 months ago my Dr recommended I lose 10lbs and cut back on sugar/starch and red meats, I took him seriously and knew I needed to lose more, so once I got to my 10lb goal I just kept going and lost 25lbs.

I didnt go on some TV advertised diet, I used moderation.

I cut back my bread portions by a third, Id normally eat three slices I went to two, I also cut back a third on all potatoes.

I drastically cut back on sweet stuff, cake, candy and Ice cream, I couldn't cut back on pop as I dropped that a few years ago, but I did cut back on cups of tea, limiting myself to 3 day instead of drinking every cup my wife offered, I love sugar in my tea.

I'm not much of a red meat lover so that was no big deal although I still eat beef a little.

I lost 25 lbs in six months or less, its not that it took a lot of effort and I wasnt exercising at all, just working, I've kept if off for over a year.

I've seen a slight increase in weight over Christmas 3lbs (See's, Roses, Quality Street, Cake and Ice Cream) I'm addressing that now plus.

I love the slimmer me, I feel really good, I find it easy to run again, losing what equals a 25lb bag of dog food off my body sure helps.

I tried dieting years ago, I finished up putting more weight on, so I knew that a program where I'm restricted to certain things would not work for me.

To be honest, I still eat everything Ive always eaten just less of it, if I want an Ice Cream I have one, but I know the trade off, I do have candy on a regular basis but its always a fun size or a portion of a large bar.

jasper123

Hi fish, WOW thats great, good for you!!! and you kept it off for over a year already, I think the way you tackled it was the best way to do it, cutting down on everything, (smaller portions) but the same types of food, including a sweet treat now and then, thats the way Im going to do it too, I mean I feel whats the use of all that effort and time taking lots of weight off only to some time afterwards put it all back again, hence what you say diets dont work, certainly not in the long term anyway, I also dont drink pop/soda never have, just always knew that it wasn't good for me and full of sugar not to mention all that caffeine, who needs it? potatoes yep like you I still eat them but much smaller portions, bread only ever had it three times a week, and always as a sandwich for lunchtime, never with a meal, it was cold and windy today so I still went out for my walk but I only had a nice brisk 20 to 30 minute walk, I think that will be enough as long as I do it every day, I thought that 2 miles every day was a little too ambitious for me, it sounds good when you say it but actually doing a 2 mile walk every day ---- well hmmm maybe not!!! Im going to weigh myself every Saturday, I feel lighter already, Ill let you know how the first week went in a couple of days

Jerseygirl

We have FitBits...our goal is 10K steps a day. it really encourages you to get the steps up.

It syncs up to all my Apple devices...but you can sync it with other computers, tablets, smart phones etc.

Fitbit Official Site for Activity Trackers & More

Fish n Chips 56

We have those, my nephew bought everyone in the family a fitbit for Christmas 2013, around 15 of us, we wear them everyday, my wife can track everyone on her android phone, we can all see each others steps and related info.

I'm not a very competitive person by nature but I must admit its fun when there are 15 close family members competing, we've had some great laughs over this device, then again we love a good laugh.

My neice is the top person most weeks with over 100.000 steps, The weeks of Christmas and New Years I was #1, but that was that, now my neice is back in the fight and #1.

Last week I did 70.500 steps, Ive had weeks over 80.000, its not that difficult as long as you remember to wear your fitbit, there are days when Ive totally forgotten it which ruins my weekly totals, the worst thing is losing it.

My wife doesn't like losing to me and she often wins.

I wear my fitbit in my tight fitting socks.

They are quite durable, I ran over my wifes with a Jeep Grand Cherokee and it didnt leave a mark.

jasper123

Hi jerseygirl, WOW Ive never heard of fitbit before, sounds great thanks for sending the link ---- I will check it out!!!

Jerseygirl

I have the small one...the Zip. I've had it for over 2 years. Hubby has the new Charge.

The Zip doesn't have all the bells and whistles that the others have...but it suits me.

dunroving

For those of you looking to buy physical activity gadgets, the Garmin VivoFit and VivoSmart seem to get the best reviews from researchers I know who use them (I do a fair bit of research on use of technology for physical activity promotion - though I steer clear of gadgetry myself!)

Mummy in the foothills

I have a Nike one that connects to the iPhone and tracks your activity. If I could figure out how to get it started I'd be set.
I have gained weight coming back, but I had lost too much in the stress of the move. I gained it all back and it bought dome friends with it.

jasper123

Hi MITF whats -------dome friends?

Derrygal

I think it's a typo. I think she meant to type "some friends". The S is right next to the D on the qwerty keyboard.

between two worlds

Congrats all on these fitness iinitiatives!

I do try to watch what I eat and I walk a lot--need to do more weightbearing exercise though-- anyway am thinking of getting an old-fashioned pedometer to measure steps as don't have the smartphone etc.