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It's my parsley and I'll cry if I want to - 10/10 thread. All welcome!

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pinkspottywellies · 23/04/2008 22:39

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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Boco · 25/04/2008 15:03

Lorks those babies were close together, no wonder you need iron.

Thank you Bee. (.)(.)

NattyEcoWarriorPrincess · 25/04/2008 15:16

yes boco, bf 4 months old and pregnant again.. oh the joy. i didnt leave my house for exhaustion till my son was 6 months and on formula! (and i would have bf longer but doc told me in new babies best interest to stop)

Fullmoonfiend · 25/04/2008 16:13

H(.)llo (.)v(.)ryon(.).
I lik(.) this n(.)w gam(.).

You can never have too much boobies I think.

Natty, I'll join you in the corner of shame for vomit-inducing thread titles. Someone mentioned my misunderstood schoolrun dress thread on that thread

What's evrryone doing for the weekend-with-the-nice-weather-forecast?

I haven't decided yet. Too many options which probably measn we shall do nowt.

OsmosisBanana · 25/04/2008 16:34

A girl I knew when we lived in Abu Dhabi is coming to stay for the weekend. I am going to go for a swim at another friends v swank gym with outdoor pool.

Then I'm gonna do seafood extravaganza on the BBQ with a few people over.

Then I'm going out with both friends. Not sure where. Don't really care.

Sunday I shall mostly be cowering under the duvet till the magical hour of 3:30 when hangovers cease to exist.

OsmosisBanana · 25/04/2008 16:34

Maybe some allotment digging too.

Fullmoonfiend · 25/04/2008 16:36

I am a freak. I wake up thinking I've got away withot a hangover and then, usually just as children get returned back to us, (around 3,.30,) the hangover kicks in...

TooTicky · 25/04/2008 16:44

Hello everybody

Hello new natty eco person. I have heard that iron supplements as such are not a good thing and can cause the body to throw off iron. Getting it from real food is better I think.
You can make a compote from a mixture of dried fruit and add a little molasses. It will keep for several days in the fridge.

Avi - I am confused. You talk about having low iron then say you are metally

Ds2 is now able to keeo his eye open - hurrah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

zippitippitoes · 25/04/2008 16:49

hi toot

buried in my self pitying dirgelike posts was the fact that yes i definitely would like a t shirt but i am parlysed with indecision re colours and sizer and foints so would like anyone to sugest same please

TooTicky · 25/04/2008 16:50

Hi Zippi

How about a fizzly, sizzly, electric effect in blue?

zippitippitoes · 25/04/2008 16:52

ooh that is more ointeresting than anything i had thought of

TooTicky · 25/04/2008 16:54

I see a lot of fonts... dp quite enjoys finding the best font for particular items/occasions

zippitippitoes · 25/04/2008 17:21

oh wel maybe i should let him suggest i am thinking of a black t shirt

zippitippitoes · 25/04/2008 17:28

lolol
zippis surreal life i have just said goodbye to one plumber at the back and let another in the front to work in my house on this shower tray

now i have told him he has to go before 9.30 cos of bf coming

zippitippitoes · 25/04/2008 17:33

thats three different plumbers i have had working for me today talk about buses

FrannyandZooey · 25/04/2008 17:55

good GOD you all talk a lot

zippitippitoes · 25/04/2008 17:59

tis me i think i am in recovery of sorts have had a weird day which is continuing in weird vein

FrannyandZooey · 25/04/2008 18:00

hello natty
LOL at having your thread vomited at and then coming on here
good on you

and LOL at 'get up Lully we have a pale visitor' ooh dear I really did snort at that

erm by the time I read it all I can't remember a thing
so will talk about myself
pelvic pain has settled down into a constant mild draggy / burny feeling, just same as I get each month with period tbh
when googling I think it did say that some women get a recurrence each month with period - caused by hormones making ligaments lax - so maybe I have been getting it for years anyway? cannot google further as will shit myself again obviously

anyway further to breakfast I had orange juice and am about to have very saucey pizza with tomatoes, beans and mushrooms, with a spinach salad
veg lasagne for lunch, more cheese than veg though

ds being a darling and even played very quietly when I fell asleep earlier. Well he woke me up every 5 mins saying 'I think you have had a long enough sleep now Mummy' but in between he whispered to himself which I thought was v kind indeed

FrannyandZooey · 25/04/2008 18:01

zip it was NOT just you
how many of us are there in here?

zippitippitoes · 25/04/2008 18:01

ah at whispered to himself ...this was a pretend sleep ypu nwere having was it

glad ypu are feeling more stoical

TooTicky · 25/04/2008 18:03

Oh heck, who is expert on angsty 8yo boys? Zippi?

FrannyandZooey · 25/04/2008 18:04

god no it was real! I was meant to be a bug hunter with binoculars but as this game was taking place on the bed I fell asleep in about 20 secs [knackered emoticon]
I am an efficient dozer and had some very useful shuteye in between listening to him doing his David Attenborough impression

FrannyandZooey · 25/04/2008 18:04

FMF?

FrannyandZooey · 25/04/2008 18:04

oh and Anne of course

TooTicky · 25/04/2008 18:05

Of course of course
Where are they?

FrannyandZooey · 25/04/2008 18:07

eating fruit somewhere?
lost in the crowds in here?

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