Experiments in Living
Posted in 2008 Habits, Vegetarian and Vegan stuff on May 16th, 2008
Everything has been going very well - except - we went to HTB’s folks for Sunday lunch. Now they have only just got used to me being vegetarian, and his mum always makes something special for me which is great because it must be a pain for her. However, I was faced with Quorn steak - [...]
Posted in 2008 Habits, Vegetarian and Vegan stuff on May 10th, 2008
I’ve been back at work, and in control of what I eat. I put on a pound last week, even though I wasn’t tucking into toffee lumpy bumpy at any given opportunity unlike my travelling companion.
Breakfasts - have been a variation on my usual theme ie smoothies, peanut butter on toast, museli. I have started [...]
Posted in 2008 Habits, Vegetarian and Vegan stuff on Mar 31st, 2008
Current government advice is that we should be eating at least five portions of fruit and vegetables a day. Apparently the average Brit (and I imagine that it is similar for most Western countries) only eats three portions a day.
There are a few misunderstandings about what actually counts. For example potatoes don’t count but sweet potatoes [...]
Posted in 2008 Habits on Mar 30th, 2008
In nearly thirty years I still haven’t got used to the whole clock changing thing. The Spring Forward one gets me every time, an hour “stolen” from my weekend. Pah! At least the sun is shining outside, so I’ll go out and do some weeding and top up my vitamin D levels.
I have just had [...]
Posted in 2008 Habits, Favourite Recipes, Vegetarian and Vegan stuff on Mar 8th, 2008
I’ve been offline busy with my Spanish course and keeping up with my fitness programme lately. Days have become weeks…
I have now transferred my fitness journal onto fitday.com, which helps you keep a record of what you eat, what exercise you do, and works out how many calories you need and consume - great stuff. One thing [...]
