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Dedicated Swallower of Passion (Fruit) - 10 / 10 thread

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FrannyandZooey · 03/02/2008 09:12

For anyone who wants a boost to their general health. The suggested goals are:

EAT 10 PORTIONS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES EVERY DAY - if you don't usually eat much fruit and veg I would build up gradually or you could upset your digestion.

DO (AT LEAST) 10 MINUTES OF EXERCISE EVERY DAY - can be yoga, stretching or something more energetic. The plan is that the idea of doing 10 minutes is not too daunting, and having started you may well find you want to do more.

There are no restrictions on what you eat so long as you get your 10 fruit and veg as well. The focus is not on weight loss but on improving our energy levels and hopefully our general mood and well-being. Sign up below and post here to tell us how you're getting on and how you are feeling.

Basic guidance on what constitutes a portion of fruit and veg here and you can download more detailed information by following the link at the very bottom of the page

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ZippiBabes · 03/02/2008 10:19

i am markingthis

fullmoonfiend · 03/02/2008 10:28

yay! My thread title made it!

(NB Quinoa looks appalling the day after....)

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FrannyandZooey · 03/02/2008 10:32

has quinoa now become a euphemism for something else? [frown]

I have had banana, pear, orange, raisins, and 2 croissants. My I was hungry

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fullmoonfiend · 03/02/2008 10:33

it may well be F&Z. We had one of those nights....

No, it was just an observation from a quinoa virgin.

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FrannyandZooey · 03/02/2008 10:34

I can see this thread is going reet downhill and it has only just started [sigh]
don't tell Lully we are here fgs

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MamaG · 03/02/2008 10:36

this thread title is very rude

fullmoonfiend · 03/02/2008 10:38

it's not rude MamaG. We just all like passionfruit a lot

ZippiBabes · 03/02/2008 10:39

i must have breakfast i have kids coming to work for me today..or am i being unnecessarily optimistic i have rather madly paid ds in advance

and not in the plan dgs and dd2 are coming as well so that will scupper things i am afraid

we are cleaning the spare house getting rid of all the rubbish at the tip levelling the ground and moving all the bricks to a different place and clearing out the utility room in my house and emptying dss bedroom

habloodyha

MamaG · 03/02/2008 10:40

OK. I believe you.

BBBee · 03/02/2008 10:45

hurrah

thread title is wonderful

i have had some lemon pancakes - not a good start but will get better.

I am giving up coffee, alcohol and refined sugar for lent. Bit like bootcamp.

Right domesticity calls (has been calling for a while actually and is now gnashing teeth and wielding dirty cultery and overflowing bins - I must go.)

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FrannyandZooey · 03/02/2008 10:46

MamaG is your mind in the GUTTER?

Bee please cut down gradually on coffee or you will feel so pants you think you have flu

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fullmoonfiend · 03/02/2008 10:46

I am giving up tidying for lent...

ds1 is going out for the day and ds2 will be all demanding and insist on us interacting with him..what can we do??

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FrannyandZooey · 03/02/2008 10:47

errr remind me what age?

I am giving up guilt for Lent. So spiritually damaging

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fullmoonfiend · 03/02/2008 10:48

he's 7.

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FrannyandZooey · 03/02/2008 10:53

ooh

erm

hmmm

go out somewhere?

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fullmoonfiend · 03/02/2008 10:55

have you seen the weather out there??!!

ah no, you're in the suth. You probably have lovely weather.
Tis tongue-witheringly cold, grey and very windy and bleak.

If I have to play charades again I will...

We'd go swimming but DH has got all paranoid since the norovirus thing and is convinced we'd be swimming in a warm bath of congealing virus blended with unwashed arses. Probably a good point

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FrannyandZooey · 03/02/2008 10:57

oh dear sorry
it is bright and fresh here (says she from under the duvet)
erm
does he like board games?

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fullmoonfiend · 03/02/2008 10:58

he does...I am a little bored of, ahem, board games

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FrannyandZooey · 03/02/2008 11:02

at Charles Pooter
ok reading aloud
start with Diary of a Nobody - oh well maybe not
choose something you like though and take it in turns (how is his reading?)

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fullmoonfiend · 03/02/2008 11:07

I'm a little ashamed to realise how much I rely on them to entertain each other...I like to think I'm reinforcing brotherly bonds etc but probably I am just steering them towards huge antipathy to each other in later years!

ZippiBabes · 03/02/2008 11:10

raspberries and granola and oats

no sign of those kids nyet

ZippiBabes · 03/02/2008 11:12

get them to make their own invisible ink should take them a while and then they can learn semaphore morse code and that other kind of code where you replace all the letters with numbers

smoke signals

and bake potaqtoes in the bonfire

fullmoonfiend · 03/02/2008 11:13

that sounds yummy Zips

MissCreant · 03/02/2008 11:33

same as zip but kiwi and banana and apple as well, with yoghurt.

I have only recently got up and I have a headache. That's what you get for drinking gin after wine I suppose.

Good title - if a little boaky.

fullmoonfiend · 03/02/2008 11:38

I had too much wine last night. Please type quietly.