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Hi everyone!

I did not catch your attention too much with my kettlebells exercises the other day. Notwithstanding, this morning as I was exercising I realised that I forgot to mention one major advantage.

I lost about 2 inches of fat around my neck. I am now able to button my shirts for the first time in years. In total I lost about 23 pounds and something like 3 inches at the waistline. That’s a lot of pounds and I Have no evidence of any stretched skin in the areas where I lost weight. No flabs under the arms either.

These are the last lines on this subject and I won’t bore you anymore with my continued success with kettlebells exercises.

lol, Kydano and Apensa, I’m sure Ossie will pass this on to the technical team because I think your height and weight are both used to calculate your portion sizes when generating the menu planner so the glich could be doing you both out of a few extra treats on your daily menu! good luck, I better go check I’m not 5 ft too 🙂

Jackiee, I tried that and my 5ft 7in does show on my profile but not when it is displayed. Oh….by the way, in America those catus fruits you were talking about are called Prickly Pears. Oh, well. I guess “short” is the name of the game……especially at 71.

Hi everyone, thanks Ossie Sharon for the information, I did guess about 2 could be a portion but it didn’t stop me having the extra one as it’s a fruit I only get during a few weeks in August when visiting south Italy!!! but I will keep the portion size right for the next week while I work my way through the box we brought home.

Hi Radisson, wow you really have got your exercise workout worked out well, good on you. As for kettlebell exercise, I am convinced their a great way of getting and staying fit, it just I’m just not convinced I’d be motivated enough to do the workout at home. I have always failed to keep up any other home exercise routine for more than a few weeks. My ankle injury is much better, thanks for asking. The rest from my daily walking, on top of 3 months medicine and therapy have worked a treat. The therapist did make a suggest to go swimming for 6 months during winter, till I get the weight down a bit and then when I’m lighter!!! I can get back to walking (my favourite form of exercise). So that my next year goal, think if I join I gym then I not want to let the money spend on membership go to waste, after all it only

Well done Valerie on your weight loss. Apensa, glad to hear your knee injury is better and your back on the treadmill, as for supplements I know Ossie will get back to you, but I personally only take supplements when advised by the Dr too and only for the suggested time i.e 1 month or 3months. I have tried other supplements in the past but to tell you the truth I never felt the benefit from them and stopped. I think supplements should only be taken if you truly think they help you personally and not listen to the hype! A well balanced diet should be giving you all the vitamins etc you need, sorry just getting my two pennies worth in there.

Right off to bed now, as only came on to print of tomorrows menu, lol, take care all.

Ossie, How about a rundown or a link to a commentary of dietary supplements….vitamins, bone/joint supplements, krill oil, etc. I take all of the above along with a 81mg aspirin and my prescribed medicines. Are they a waste of money? There is a lot of hype out there for all the above. Thanks

Hi everyone!

It’s been awhile. Hope your all on track. I found a good site which has something for all of us:

http://www.helpguide.org/life/workouts_exercise_overweight_disabled.htm

Even with the healthiest foods you need to exercise to get that muscle mass back on to help you get the dead weight off and to keep there. It’s not easy hope this site will help you.

Ossie-Sharon: I have a question for you. I find that my menus did not include enough proteins especially during the exercise days. I did lose weight on TDC but unfortunately, I was also losing muscle mass. How can I readjust my menus to reflect my daily protein requirements.

Hi, Jfb57, and welcome. The foods are from all over the world. Some are less familiar to many people, which is part of their advantage – they are less mass-produced, and so less manipulated. This is a link to a great site where you can look up some of the foods; some may have slightly different names, so try single word searches http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk.
The following is a link to a general shopping guide for the UK https://www.trimdownclub.com/where-to-buy-uk/.

Welcome, Kydano. Self control and stick to the food suggestions and you will make progress. It’s not a piece of cake, excuse the pun, but it will work. Just learning to eat healthier is well worth the effort. Lots of help here too. Good luck.