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  • Lois_Lane
    Lois_Lane Posts: 3,449 Forumite
    edited 27 September 2012 at 7:18PM
    Hi all :wave:

    Well done to both Slimmers of the Week! :T

    Thanks as always for the chart Fred, and for thinking up new challenges for us each month. Please put me down for everything going.

    Can I clarify something on the bad foods list - are we choosing which foods we want to leave out?

    LL :)

    edit to add: oops, forgot to pick a team - I'd like to be USA please.
    Start BMI - 38.7 Current BMI - 31.2 Target BMI - 26.3
  • fredsnail
    fredsnail Posts: 2,068 Forumite
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    Yes LL - because some people will have different issues with some foods and not others, so everyone can pick what they want.
  • dannie
    dannie Posts: 2,223 Forumite
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    Hi fredsnail, thanks for the charts, "congrats" and ideas for next time.
  • Lois_Lane
    Lois_Lane Posts: 3,449 Forumite
    Morning all :wave:

    Thanks for the clarification Fred, I've already given up cheese and chocolate, so I'd like to count points for alchohol, sweets and puddings.

    My sugar intake is quite minimal - I don't add sugar to anything and have even stopped adding honey to my porridge, but I occasionally eat liquorice allsorts (for medicinal purposes ;)) and sometimes have an individual lemon cheesecake for dessert.

    I think I eat a lot of fruit and veg so it will be interesting to count them everyday and compare my score with others. I had banana and prunes with my porridge today, so I'm already on 2.

    Have a good day, and a good weekend.

    LL :)
    Start BMI - 38.7 Current BMI - 31.2 Target BMI - 26.3
  • Thanks for the charts Fred. Congrats to both SOTW's

    Please could you put me down for 1 journey to Chicago on team USA
    Weight loss 0/2st
    Inch loss = 0"

    Slow & Steady 3
  • durham_mim
    durham_mim Posts: 1,372 Forumite
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    Weigh in this morning is:

    - 1lb

    Exercise:

    Callanetics: 1hr 45min

    Also lost another 2" from various parts of my body :)
    Weight loss 0/2st
    Inch loss = 0"

    Slow & Steady 3
  • vixarooni
    vixarooni Posts: 4,376 Forumite
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    Fred, this is probably me being a bit daft, but i'm not quite following the food challenge!! If i ate two chocolate bars and one banana would i be on -1 for the day?

    I'm flying to chicago in a few weeks so its a shame i don't do any exercise to partake in the challenge!
  • jess444_2
    jess444_2 Posts: 1,225 Forumite
    45 min spinning to add to the Moon Challenge please Fred. Not got anything planned for tomorrow so think that is the end for Sept. Think I only managed 1 trip to the moon instead of 2 (over ambitious :o), but pleased with how things are going. Definitely feeling fitter :)
  • fredsnail
    fredsnail Posts: 2,068 Forumite
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    vixarooni wrote: »
    Fred, this is probably me being a bit daft, but i'm not quite following the food challenge!! If i ate two chocolate bars and one banana would i be on -1 for the day?

    I'm flying to chicago in a few weeks so its a shame i don't do any exercise to partake in the challenge!

    No - you'd log -1 on the chocolate challenge for that day, and +1 on the fruit challenge for that day. I won't be combining them to a 0 as each food is logged seperately.
  • vixarooni
    vixarooni Posts: 4,376 Forumite
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    fredsnail wrote: »
    No - you'd log -1 on the chocolate challenge for that day, and +1 on the fruit challenge for that day. I won't be combining them to a 0 as each food is logged seperately.

    Ok i get you! I'll have to do mine to the 21'st because thats when i go away :)
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