Shouting guava guava guava shouting mega mega white bean - 10 / 10 thread

[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

Or maybe more than a day, TooT

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In this heat anyone'd be grumpy. I am dripping.

And YES, boco. This is what you have done to me. Now I feel that my children don't get enough f n v either and I'm trying to squeeze more in. Although dd1 will happily eat bowls of my dry muesli (she's picky that way)

Thanks FK

sorry about it toot
say if we can help

i ran out of shampoo today and could not find anything sensible to use so i used dr bronner's
i thought it was a fine idea
i don't know if you have heard of it, it is all natural liquid soapy stuff
it was lovely and lathery and easy to wash with
i was feeling pretty pleased till it was time to wash it off
OMG
these are the ingredients:
Water, Saponified Organic Coconut, Organic Palm and Organic Olive Oils (w/Retained Glycerin), Organic Hemp Oil, Organic Jojoba Oil, Essential Oils*, Citric Acid, Vitamin E

can you spot my foolish error
i have attempted to wash my hair in vegetable oil

it looks quite interesting - no really!
a bit surfy
well in my head anyway

ugh @ an oily head in this heat

sultanas
apple & mango juice
banana
carrots (lots) and caulifower (1.5)
strawberries
olives
beetroot
peas

8.5 - yes, I will make 10 again

it isn't greasy exactly, kind of big and crunchy
combing it was quite something

I ate some fruit and veg today.

Not telling how much, You won't believe me anyway...

but I will have a little boast. On y allotment and ready to eat I currently have broclli, green kale, curly kale, potatoes, carrots, peas, rocket, spinach, lettuce, artichokes, broad beans, rasps and strawbs!

oh go on molly
i will not doubt at all

actually not that much

red pepper humous (BIG bowl)
cucumber
peppers
celery

Broad beans,
kale,
mushrooms,
spinach

pineapple
raspberries

nice food
very summery

wow moll, you must haz de green fingers.

fran, big and crunchy sound s fairly horrid too

just searched for big crunchy hair and got this
got me bang to rights

oo, I do like youyr top

ta

mango
banana
raspberries
raisins
hummus
carrot
apple
broccoli
cabbage
cauli
sweetcorn
sat suma

11.5

evening

morning

Boco, I hate meals like that.

Why does toot want to kick people on a bench?

I like Dr Bronners but have never used it on my hair. You have to be careful with the peppermint one as it makes, um, sensitive parts tingle somewhat.

Blueberries
Strawberries
Watermelon
Peas
Pineapple
More blueberries
Spinach

Walking

yay

bunny even the non-peppermint one makes you tingle ime
it is freaky stuff and if you start reading the label it is bonkers

Boco - that is a huge prooblem for me when we go out as I am so permantently skint and I'd hate to miss out on a nice social occasion but it is gut-wrenching when yu have scanned and rescanned the menu and realised tht if you don't have any wine, or a pudding, and just have garlic bread (wich I hate) to start, you can just about keep in budget and them some drunken trollop, who has had 5 bottls of wine, starter, Lobster off the specials board, coffee liquer and 3 gins says with great largesse ''oh let's just split it''. Then they rant about how much they detest thoise awful little people who drink water and just eat salad and work out their bill to the last penny...

Moll that is pretty much what happened! I really hated myself that I sat there and worked out how much extra i'd paid more than i'd eaten - and really resented the egg mayonnaise thing but with a fancy name I'd had for starter when everyone else had the double the price delicious stuff. Blardy skintness is so dull. I should have been assertive about it but it's just cringey isn't it when everyone else is just slapping down their platinum cards, and you're counting pennies in your lap.

Imagine being 10 years' older than you are Boco, and still equally skint

I have a dear old school friend coming up to town for her 40th birthday weekend - she is doing the whole 'nice hotel, shopping, health spa' bit then meeting with me and a couple of other friends for dinner and has asked me for ideas of lovely places to eat. How do I tell her that I can't actually afford to eat in any of them...

well, fwiw Molly, I think you just tell her. Most people, surely, have been skint at some point in their lives, even if they aren't now, and they do know how it feels. Say, x y z are the nicest places, but I can't go there as we are eye wateringly poor at the minute. W is okay, and I could afford that just! Let's go there.

If she says, 'let's go to x and I'll buy you dinner' she's saying it because she MEANS it, and she'd rather go somewhere nice and buy you dinner and won't feel in the least bit resentful of it, and probably won't think twice about it. I wouldn't. Honestly. Then you say, 'are you sure? That's v. kind, I feel awkward about it. I'll give you fresh lettuce off the allotment in return' and she'll say, deal! Can't wait to see you.

I know money is an awkward business in friendship. But it shouldn't be. But also know it's easy to say that when you have money.

100,
I finally purchased and finished the book