Last Mango in Paris - 10 / 10 thread - all welcome

[FrannyandZooey]

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

Ohhhhhhhhhhh! I am so

I've only been to Goa 15 years ago but I still dream about it (and particularly a potato and tomato dish which I've never been able to replicate adequately...)

I don't think I have, except for red peppers

I don't think I have, except for red peppers

brilliant fmf ..will follow up recipe for you after 15 yrs

after hours of work have created a profile which will be full of detail later and some photos for a bit

but for now

Wow Stuffit!!!!!

May I preach? I was feeling so tired and useless, then I had a large plate of raw red cabbage, cucumber and tomato, wholewheat noodles and scrambled tofu and hallelujah praise the zing factor, I feel a zillion times better

Ds2 appears to be eating for England today - goodness knows he's due a growth spurt, poor skinny lambkin.

Thank you for all the dating advice. I am too old for all this!

My wireless internet is broken so I am crouching on the floor in a corner, plugged into the phone socket. V annoying. And expensive to get a new router.

Stuffit - that's a big move. Very exciting though.

Does FMF often see strange things in the sky?

It's only lunchtime but I've had fried rice w/ peas, corn & tofu. DS refused to eat it but I thought it was quite good.

Is stuffit moving to the Taj Mahal or the Brighton Pavilion?

banana
satsuma x 2
1/2 pineapple
tomatoes on toast
2 yoghurts
2 mexican vegetable wraps

8???

And a badge for BBBee too

Hello Bee, did you go back to school today?

UR - I was making a funneee about seeing the sun
FGS, people already think I'm weird enough....!

Sorry FMF - that's the problem with skimreading

Am glad you caught a glimpse of it. It's lovely here today - 20' and v sunny. That means it is the start of gun season. There were 32 shootings in the city this weekend and 6 people died. I hate living in a place like this.

Where are you from UR?

I'm from the UK but I live in Chicago. And reports say that gun crime is down this year

When the weather gets hot it peaks so it's only going to get worse.

And they've found DEET in our drinking water "Health experts said the level shouldn't pose a health hazard."

Very reassuring

How long have you been in Chicago? Do you want to move back to the UK or are you settled there?

I'm being very nosy today.

I love the city (apart from the guns and dodgy drinking water) but I don't want to live here. I miss home too much and my family. But DS is here so I am too. For now.

Can ds not move to UK with you? (sorry if I'm prying too much, just ignore me if I am)

It's a very long and complicated story, Boco. I can't post too much about it on here, but DS may have to stay here. For now, we're all together and happily muddling through and that's what matters.

mysterious orb in sky was proabbaly some kind of brithing ball mirage

glad you all appreciate my secret pleasure at seeing exdp working while i was out having lovely time chatting and holding hands with younger man with full head of hair

i actually do like men with no hair but as exdp had spent 6k on trying to make hair before i met him..

the hair was a bonus

also0 taller, fitter and..not working nights driving a taxi

brighton excellent place tho havent been for a few years

was my university town

hi slur and boco and toot and fmv and whoever i missed out

places to camp suggestions

i have promised to drive to teddington and then drive us to nice p[lace

it is the final of the 10/10 join the audience for quiz tomorrow night

6k? On hair?

I have skimmed. I have some questions - I have been away too long if I can't follow the 10/10 thread haven't I?

1. is suffit moving to India or Brighton?

1. Why is everyone telling UR to be polite to the elevator man? I think you should be quite sharp and calmly rude. He behaved badly and must be sent clear signals. [anne in a lift emoticon] Though actually I take my hat off to you UR. It was darn brave to go for lunch, I'd have cried in the car on the way there probably.

1. What has Franny done to her back and what are the balls you all keep in your sheds and lockers and why is Franny cancelling appointments.

1. Erm. That's it I think. But there were other confusing things too.

I have also eaten things. I ate four blood oranges, god they were really, really nice. And a kiwi, and apples and pineapples. Now a pineapple is an excellent fruit in my opinion. I like that Mark Twain quote about pineapples - something like, a pineapple is a grapefruit with ambition. Or something.

I might go google it.

In fact I prefer a pineapple to a mango.

I prefer a juicy pineapple to a cunting mango, but I prefer a nice juicy mango to one of those frustratingly woody pineapple.

It's a complicated business this fruit and vegetable game.