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There's a carrot in my kitchen, what am I gonna do? 10 / 10 thread

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FrannyandZooey · 02/03/2009 19:45

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 · 02/03/2009 22:35

My book group doing it too! But waiting til library can order copies.

ahundredtimes · 02/03/2009 22:36

REALLY? Did it? I wonder why? Was it shortlisted for some amazing prize and they wanted to sell lots? I'll come back to you, I thought it was a year though.

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FrannyandZooey · 02/03/2009 22:36

i always win
i have to win
pink said so
pink wake up! pink! they are being mean to me

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ahundredtimes · 02/03/2009 22:36

But I HAVE made the year thing up.

ahundredtimes · 02/03/2009 22:37

Tell us about Caroline. Shall I buy her book in gratitude?

Boco · 02/03/2009 22:37

Sorry sorry, pointy, don't go, i was joking, you can remain shrouded in mystery.

Franny he kind of looks a bit like dp, but smaller chinned and younger.

pinkspottywellies · 02/03/2009 22:37

I'm up again!!!! Posting on my friend spottyshoes antenatal thread. She's just had her little boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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FrannyandZooey · 02/03/2009 22:37

i haven't got a book group but i have been invited to one
shall i join just so i can insist we read 100's book? do they let new people choose?

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FrannyandZooey · 02/03/2009 22:38

pink i said wake up and you DID
[spooked]

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ahundredtimes · 02/03/2009 22:39

Yes Franny, you must. Excellent idea. Don't listen to them, I think it's quite normal to arrive and then INSIST they do your choice the very next week.

pinkspottywellies · 02/03/2009 22:40

Of course Franny has to win. It's her club. She started it cause she knew she would always win.

Although it's not really about winning but about boosting health and all the stuff in the OP. But Franny is competitive

Guadalupe · 02/03/2009 22:40

Well, that's how long it took her book, and that was with Piatkus.

Boco · 02/03/2009 22:40

Hang around outside for a couple of weeks first Franny, waving the book through the window and shouting 'this is my FRIEND, I KNOW HER!' I think then they'll be fine with it.

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FrannyandZooey · 02/03/2009 22:41

it's about boosting my health by letting me win
me winning is very good for my immune system

i don't know why you keep doing winkies about me having to win pink
no-one is fooled into thinking you are joking

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Guadalupe · 02/03/2009 22:42

No need. Carolne is very nice and invites me to literary things in London and reads my work and I read her drafts and so on and my name is in her book.

She has helped Boco with clay lump too.

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FrannyandZooey · 02/03/2009 22:43

i hope it comes tomorrow
how long will you give us to read it before you start jumping up and down and shouting "WELL????"

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ahundredtimes · 02/03/2009 22:43

How interesting, I had no idea. Perhaps this is the sort of question I should ask?

Okay, am going to look at 24 now on plus, and speed through the adverts to get to more guns and blowing-up and Jack telling everyone they must trust him. Good night. Thank you for ordering and being nervous too - gather, gather - is v. kind and supportive and feels nice.

Guadalupe · 02/03/2009 22:44

I offered to mention her in my dissertation but this wasn't quite the same level of offering.

Franny is always the WINNER. Okay,people?

ahundredtimes · 02/03/2009 22:44

Oh no, I'll be good Fra, promise. I'll be elegant and relaxed and with a steady patient air.

FrayedKnot · 02/03/2009 22:45

There is no waste on 10/10 pointy

you just make soup

BBBee · 02/03/2009 22:46

you bastards - almost 100 posts in an evening.

am setting up splinter group on my own - none of you are allowed to come.

Guadalupe · 02/03/2009 22:46

Yes, soup. No guilty waste in my bin. No siree.

FrayedKnot · 02/03/2009 22:47

Turnip, spring ingin and mango a speciality

Boco · 02/03/2009 22:47

I feel bad, did I scare off Pointy? Pointy I don't really need to see CV.

Covering letter would be fine. With ONE small picture. Passport size fine.

Franny your immune system must be superhero

Boco · 02/03/2009 22:48

bbbee did you see picture I found for you? About 50 posts down?