An awful day

This morning after Bob had left for work, i had a powercut at calendar club and had to revert to logging takings with pen and paper, but couldn't take cards, eventually got it sorted, then had a delivery of about 30 cases.

Then on leaving work the whole of King's Lynn was gridlocked, no one was moving anywhere, apparently this is because of road works at Saddlebow.  We eventually got out, and listening to the radio we fared fairly well.

However, the delays made Bob late for work.

Today being Stevens birthday, i took cake round to Stevens and we had pizza and cake.

At long last an improvement

Recently my pain has improved and i feel much better, the recent changes i have made are:-

Vitamin D

Apple Cider Vinegar

taken every morning in conjunction with my other supplements which are below:-

Soluable Vitamin C

Multivitamins

Glucomsomine Sulphate

Cod Liver Oil

My prescribed medication

Naproxen 500mg

I was supposed to take this 2 twice a day, but i am taking 2 once a day, as i feel that is sufficient.

And Copper Insoles.

The question is is it one of the above or a combination of above.................

The Doctor also prescribed me 

Co Codamol (30mg/500mg)

To take as and when needed but since i have been taking the above, i have not needed to take them.

Memory Scents by Gayle Eileen Curtis

Wow a most unusual book, as you find out who done it, quite early on, but it became a very gripping read, i loved it.

She looked even more beautiful now than she had when she’d been alive. Her green eyes were still sparkling, but now glazed they held a snapshot of the fear that she had endured only moments previously. Death fascinated Tim. The way a person’s eyes altered, showing no emotion, becoming empty, coloured oval shaped glass. He loved that part, when he could reflect on the stillness of his victim like a photo in an album.

It’s been ten years since the disappearance of Alice, and her mother Eve can’t process the new information that she may have been murdered by a serial killer. She finds solace in writing Alice love letters, believing that this will bring her daughter home, but years of denial, pain and isolation have left behind an inability to accept the truth.
A series of unsolved child murders is the shocking news that greets Chrissie shortly after moving to a picturesque North Norfolk coastal village. Sinister paranormal activity in her idyllic cottage causes her to wonder if she is receiving a message from one of the victims, or if her memory is playing tricks on her and she is recalling a past life. Many eerie coincidences begin to reveal the truth.

Grace is married to a serial killer, something she has been aware of for almost a year. Her decision to keep it a secret comes from her desire for revenge, but she may have left her carefully thought out plan too late.

All three women are linked by their connection to the same nightmare, as they try to unravel the catastrophic chain of events caused by a child killer in their midst.

My Weightloss Journey

Having had 4 children after each child I put on weight.  But trying to lose weight is so difficult and i try so hard, however, I do enjoy nice food and I enjoy baking, which makes it so much more difficult.

From the 1980's I have been in a constant battle with my food, I have tried Calorie Counting, Slimming World (which I didn't get on with), Weightwatchers which I did get on with, my biggest problem with it is it does not include exercise it would work better 45 mins on diet and 45 as an exercise class, the one that suits me best was Rosemary Conley, it incorporated diet and exercise, gave good support, but the local class was 15 miles away which became a bit of a problem fitting round the family, and I have heard even that has closed, I also tried the Atkins Diet, Cabbage Soup Diet, F Plan, GI Diet.

One problem I discovered was during my pre menstrual time of the month I was addicted to chocolate, I just needed to eat chocolate, unfortunately it was several years before I noticed this pattern, otherwise I could have taken steps.

On the 5th January 2009 I weighed 18 stone,then on the 21st May 2009 I was prescribed the weightloss pill Orlistat (a brand name for Xenical) which I was on for about 5 months but I did not feel it was doing me much good and having to go to the doctors once a month was a bit of a bind.

After years trying I do find the weightwatchers regime suits me best, but after months of attending weightwatchers, I was gaining nothing new, spending £17 a month on the subscription and I just wasn't being inspired, I was learning nothing new, I found it expensive and achieved little in class.

In June 2010, I cancelled weightwatchers, and purchased a Wii fit, I loved my Wii fit, but seem to lack direction on my diet as well as support at home. 

As the pain in my knees increased, so did I slow down and find exercise more difficult and exceedingly painful so then it became so much harder to lose weight.

I am now back where I began and reverted to Calorie Counting, which you cannot go too far wrong with, I am good at dieting and do stick to the diet rigidly.

No matter what diet I am on I always start off fine and losing, then reach a plateau and after several weeks gradually lose interest, then give up and then gradually the weight goes on once again. 
And the circle starts again, yo-yo dieting cannot be good for your physical and mental wellbeing.

I detest the term Diet I prefer Healthy Lifestyle, you have to change the way you think and eat food permanently or the weight will pile back on, the term diet indicates that it will end at some point. I don’t believe in diets which exclude any food groups because a healthy balanced diet needs all food groups.

Things I know are my problem areas are:-

·         I do not eat enough Fruit and Veg

·          I do not drink enough water

·          My husband and I eat totally differently, now there is just the 2 of us, buying and preparing seperate foods is expensive and time consuming

·         Having no freezer is a problem

·         Not enough exercise (because of  the knee pain)

·         Lack of Family Support

30 Super Foods

1. Almonds (Prunus Dulcis)
2. Apricot
3. Avocado
4. Blueberries
5. Broccoli
6. (Cooked) tomatoes
7. Coriander
8. Dulse (Palmaria)
9. Eggplant (Solanum Melongena)
10. (Extra virgin) olive oil
11. Flaxseeds ( Linum usitatissimum)
12. Flaxseed oil
13. Garden Strawberries (Fragaria × ananassa)
14. Garlic
15. Ginger
16. Oranges
17. Organic green tea
18. Pomegranates
19. Pumpkin seed
20. Raspberries
21. Rosemary
22. Shitake mushroom
23. Soybeans
24. Soy sauce (non GMO)
25. Spinach
26. Sunflower Seeds
27. Uncontaminated Fish Oil
28. Walnuts (Juglans)
29. Watermelon
30. Wolf berry

Obesity and 40 related diseases

Obesity is defined as a medical condition of excess body fat has accumulated overtime, while overweight is a condition of excess body weight relatively to the height. According to the Body Mass Index(BMI), a BMI between 25 to 29.9 is considered over weight, while a BMI of over 30 is an indication of obesity. According to the statistic, 68% of American population are either overweight or obese.

• Obesity and Artheroclerosis
• Obesity and Asthma
• Obesity and Breast Cancer
• Obesity and Cellutitis
• Obesity and Chronic Venus Insufficiency
• Obesity and Colon Cancer
• Obesity and Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
• Obesity and Dementia
• Obesity and Depression
• Obesity and Gatroesophageal Reflux Disease (Heart Burn)
• Obesity and Hyperlipidemia ( High Levels of Cholesterol and Triglycerides)
• Obesity and Hypertension
• Obesity and Impotence (Erectile Dysfunction)
• Obesity and Increased Uric Acid
• Obesity and Infertility
• Obesity and Inguinal Hernia
• Obesity and Insulin Resistance
• Obesity and Low Back Pain
• Obesity and Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
• Obesity and Osteoarthritis
• Obesity and Pancreatitis
• Obesity and Peripheral Vascular Disease
• Obesity and Poor Healing of Wounds
• Obesity and Prostate Cancer
• Obesity and Pulmonary Hypertension
• Obesity and Renal Disease
• Obesity and Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Obesity and Skin Diseases
• Obesity and Sleep Disorder
• Obesity and Stroke
• Obesity and Type II Diabetes
• Obesity and Urinary Incontinence

Obesity and Weight Loss

What researchers advise

1. Obesity, growth hormone and weight loss
2. Low-Dose Growth Hormone Treatment With Diet Restriction Accelerates Body Fat Loss
3. Obesity and Korean Red Ginseng Extract
4. Weight Loss and Carbohydrate-Restricted Diets High in Either Monounsaturated Fat or Protein
5. Weight Loss and Efficacy and Safety of Low-Fat Diets
6. Atkins, Zone, Ornish, and LEARN diets
7. Weight Loss and Aminotransferase Levels
8. Weight Loss and Whey Protein
9. Obesity and Short Term Fasting
10. Weight Loss - Dietary Protein and Exercise
11. Weight Loss and Moderate-Protein Diet
12. Weight Loss and Efficacy and Safety of Low-Fat Diets
13. Weight loss and High protein diet with Resistance Exercise Training
14. High-protein, Low fat or High-carbohydrate diet
15. Very-low-carbohydrate diet vs High-carbohydrate diet In Renal Function
16. Green Tea, High Protein Diet and Weight Maintenance (WM) After Body Weight Loss
17. Low-fat diets for obesity
18. Diet for improving Glucose and Lipid profiles in Diabestes
19. Monounsaturated fatty acid-enriched hypocaloric diet and Diabetes
20. Monounsaturated fatty acids and obese NIDDM patients
21. Monounsaturated fatty acid-enriched hypocaloric diet and Diabetes
22. Trans monounsaturated fatty acids or saturated fatty acids in obese patients with NIDDM
23. Dietary carbohydrate and fat and diabetes
24. Green tea extract thermogenesis-induced Weight loss
25. Green tea on weight maintenance
26. The ketogenic diet as a treatment option in adults with chronic refractory epilepsy
27. Weight loss with a low-carbohydrate, Mediterranean, or low-fat diet
28. Low-carbohydrate versus conventional weight loss diets in severely obese adults
29. Electronic Tools to Assist with Identification and Counseling for Overweight Patients
30. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of bariatric (weight loss) surgery for obesity
31. Weight loss and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D
32. Human chorionic gonadotropin in weight reduction
33. Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) and treatment of obesity
34. Effect of weight reduction on cardiovascular risk factors
35. Low-dose hCG administration enhance preganacy with hypothalamic amenorrhea due to weight loss
36. The prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity
37. Risk-benefit analysis of a hCG-500 kcal reducing diet
38. Conjugated linoleic acid and Body fat mass
39.Conjugated linoleic acid and Weight Loss
40. Conjugated linoleic acid and Obesity control
41.Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and Body fat accumulation
42. Conjugated linoleic acid supplementation on Weight loss and Body fat composition
43.Supplementation with conjugated linoleic acid for 24 months and Body fat mass in healthy, Overweight humans
44.Weight loss improves renal hemodynamics
45.Weight Loss and Very Low Calorie Diet
46. Endurance training per se increases metabolic health
47. Short-term lifestyle intervention in the insulin sensitive phenotype of obesity
48. Long-term effects of an inpatient weight-loss program
49. Are standard behavioral weight loss programs effective for young adults
50. Partner weight status and subject weight loss
51.Weight changes in a couples program
52.Long-term follow-up of weight status of subjects in a behavioral weight control program
51. Identifying predictive variables for long-term weight change after participation in a weight loss program
52. The ketogenic diet: an underappreciated therapeutic option
53.Low-carbohydrate nutrition and metabolism
54.Atkins and other low-carbohydrate diets: hoax or an effective tool for weight loss?
55. Spanish Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet
56. Spanish Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet on nonalcoholic
57. Should dosing of rocuronium in obese patients be based on ideal or corrected body weight?
58. Body weight and beauty: the changing face of the ideal female body weight
59. No longer just a pretty face: fashion magazines' depictions of ideal female beauty from 1959 to 1999
60.The obesity paradox in chronic disease: facts and numbers
61. Eat, Play, Love: Adolescent and Parent Perceptions of the Components of a Multidisciplinary Weight Management Program
61. Changes in Dermal Histomorphology Following Surgical Weight Loss Versus Diet-Induced Weight Loss in the Morbidly Obese Patient
62. Gestational weight loss has adverse effects on placental development
63. Intentional weight loss and dose reductions of anti-diabetic medications
64. Glycosylated Hemoglobin and Intentional Weight Loss
65. The risk of postpartum hemorrhage in women using high dose of low-molecular-weight heparins during pregnancy
66. The effects of green tea on weight loss and weight maintenance: a meta-analysis
67. Body weight loss and weight maintenance in relation to habitual caffeine intake and green tea supplementation
68. Additional protein intake limits weight regain after weight loss
69. Models for dietary and weight change in African-American women
70. Weight loss goals among African-American women with type 2 diabetes
71. Fast Weight Loss Lunch Recipes
72. Steps to soulful living (steps): a weight loss program for African-American women
73. Green tea catechin plus caffeine supplementation to a high-protein diet has no additional effect on body weight maintenance after weight loss
74. Weight loss maintenance in African-American women
75. Descriptive Study of Educated African American Women Successful at Weight-Loss Maintenance
76. The origin of the "ideal" body weight equations
77. Comparison of ideal body weight equations and published height-weight tables with body mass index tables
78. Cigarette smoking on the association between body weight and mortality
79. An overview of body weight of older persons
80. A new formulafor estimating ideal body weight
81. The Effects of an Energy Density Prescription on Diet Quality and Weight Loss
82. Improvements in body fat distribution and circulating adiponectin
83. WITHDRAWN: Advice on low-fat diets for obesity
84. Long-term effects of 2 energy-restricted diets
85. Intermittent versus daily calorie restriction
86. Weight Loss and Increased meal frequency
87. The role of dietary fat in body fatness
88. Atkins and other low-carbohydrate diets
89. Insulin resistance and glucose tolerance of 6-mo high-monounsaturated-fat, low-fat, and control diets
90. The optimal diet- Dietary treatment of the metabolic syndrome
91. Diet, insulin resistance, and obesity: data for Atkins dieters
92. Sibutramine and Weight loss
93. Weight loss favorably modifies anthropometrics and reverses the metabolic syndrome
94. Greater weight loss and hormonal changes after 6 months diet with carbohydrates eaten mostly at dinner
95. Effects of Adding Exercise to a 16-Week Very Low-Calorie Diet in Obese, Insulin-Dependent Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients
96. Use of Orlistat 60 mg in the Management of Weight Loss Before Bariatric Surgery
97. Reduced-Calorie Dietary Weight Loss, Exercise, and Sex Hormones in Postmenopausal Women
98. Increased consumption of dairy foods and protein during diet- and exercise-induced weight loss
99. The role of diet and exercise for the maintenance of fat-free mass and resting metabolic rate
100. Weight lifting for women at risk for breast cancer-related lymphedema
101. Effects of the DASH diet alone and in combination with exercise and weight loss on blood pressure and cardiovascular biomarkers
102. Greater weight loss and hormonal changes after 6 months diet with carbohydrates eaten mostly at dinner
103. Dietary guidelines and the results of food consumption surveys
104. Obesity and Weight Loss - Fruit and vegetable intake in young children
105. Children's growth parameters vary by type of fruit juice consumed
106. Association between 100% juice consumption and nutrient intake and weight of children aged 2 to 11 years
107. Beverage intake among preschool children and its effect on weight status
108. Simple obesity in children. A study on the role of nutritional factors
109. Dietary tea catechins increase fecal energy
110. Impact of water intake on energy intake and weight status
111. Drinking water is associated with weight loss in overweight dieting women
112. Beverage consumption and adult weight management
113. A green tea extract high in catechins reduces body fat and cardiovascular risks in humans
114. Low glycaemic index or low glycaemic load diets for overweight and obesity
115. Psychological interventions for overweight or obesity
116. WITHDRAWN: Advice on low-fat diets for obesity
117. Effectiveness of green tea on weight reduction in obese Thais
118.The effects of green tea on weight loss and weight maintenance
119. Body weight loss and weight maintenance in relation to habitual caffeine intake and green tea supplementation
120. Green tea catechins, caffeine and body-weight regulation
121. Employment, work hours and weight gain among middle-aged women
122. Health-related quality of life and weight loss practices among overweight and obese US adults
123. Methods for voluntary weight loss and control
124. Diet and physical activity behaviors among Americans trying to lose weight
125. Physical activity advertisements that feature daily well-being improve autonomy and body image
126. Physical activity, protein intake, and appendicular skeletal muscle mass in older men
127. Relationship between antioxidant intakes and class I sarcopenia
128. Sarcopenic obesity in the elderly and strategies for weight management
129. Exercise but not diet-induced weight loss decreases skeletal muscle inflammatory gene expression
130. Sugar-sweetened beverages, weight gain, and incidence of type 2 diabetes
131. Alternative Medicine for Weight Loss Among Mexican-American Women
132. Dietary intervention and vasomotor symptoms
133. Sugar-sweetened beverages and risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes
134. Replacing caloric beverages with water or diet beverages for weight loss
135. Reduction in consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with weight loss
136. Intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and weight gain
137. Family support and weight-loss
138. Shared risk and protective factors for overweight and disordered eating
139. Family meals and disordered eating
140. Obesity, disordered eating, and eating disorders
141. Dieting status and its relationship to eating and physical activity behaviors
142. Screening and Interventions for Childhood Overweight
143. Weight loss, exercise, or both and physical function in obese older adults
144. Right Diet: to combat obesity
145. Green tea catechin consumption enhances exercise-induced abdominal fat loss
146. Hypocaloric dietary intervention implemented in a school of obese children
147. Effectiveness and safety of 1-year ad libitum consumption of a high-catechin beverage under nutritional guidance
148. The Mediterranean diet: is it cardioprotective?
149. Heart healthy diet and myocardial infarction and venous thromboembolism
150. Obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and level of lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC)
151. CV health starts with good nutrition
152. Weight Loss and Yoga
153. Behaviour modification and eating behaviour in adolescent
154. Multi-modal exercise programs for older adults
155. Silver yoga exercises improved physical fitness of transitional frail elders
156. Walking to health
157. Yoga and Physical fitness
158. Diets higher in dairy foods and dietary protein and weight loss in overweight and obese premenopausal women
159. Caloric restriction and body composition in overweight and obese premenopausal women
160. Effects of higher- versus lower-protein diets on health outcomes
161. Food restriction alters villi morphology in obese rats
162. Leptin reduces food intake but does not alter weight regain
163. Oat-derived beta-glucan in overweight individuals with mild hypercholesterolemia
164. Green tea on weight loss and weight maintenance
165. Green tea catechin plus caffeine supplementation and body weight maintenance after weight loss
166. Body weight loss and weight maintenance and caffeine intake and green tea supplementation
167. The effects of catechin rich teas and caffeine on energy expenditure and fat oxidation
168. Weight loss without losing muscle mass
169. The Effect of meal replacement on metabolic risk factors in overweight and obese subjects