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Oh…like, what’s the skinny?
Do you have a phrase that you hate? Ours is “what’s the skinny?”. Really? What’s the skinny!!! Giving the term skinny some God like status, like it’s something we want to aspire to!
In the dictionary skinny is described as thin, with thin being ‘(of the body) with little flesh on the bones’. Did you read that FGs, not much flesh on bones! That is not how we do at Fit Girl! Oh no, we want flesh on our bones, so we have a little tone on the bone, you dig!
We guess someone thought it was a good idea at some point, but we don’t wanna be reinforcing negativity when it comes to our bodies!! Alright, alright, “what’s the tone,” or “what’s the healthy” doesn’t quite flow off the tongue, so we don’t have a quirky replacement. All we’re saying is, what’s the skinny ain’t gonna roll of ours!! And ain’t nothing wrong with skinny girls neither, don’t go gettin’ your knickers in a twist, just sayin’!!
Orange Wednesdays!!
Most of you know what we’re talking about when we say Orange Wednesdays. Y’know, it’s when you get to go to the cinema for a few pennies (light exaggeration, don’t sue us Orange!) each and every Wednesday. So we came up with our very own daily buzzwords for Fit Girl. Try them out!
Must Train Monday – getting your week off to a good start is always sweet! Get a training session in on a Monday and you’ve already got yourself a little prize brownie in the bag. Missing out training on a Monday might leave you feeling like you might as well start with a clean slate the following week, leaving Tuesday to Sunday, flailing in the wake of your shameful ‘couldn’t be arsed Monday!’
Take the stairs Tuesday – you heard me, climbing up the stairs is just like doing multiple lunges. Why waste a toning opportunity by taking the lift? “Oh I get so breathless and hot!”. No comment.
Water me up Wednesday – if your pee pee ain’t a light yellow by lunchtime, your not drinking enough water!! “Oh but I keep having to go to the toilet”. Oh poor you darling! But think about all of those extra calories you’ll be burning with each visit! Now drink up!!
Tone that tushy Thursday – whatever you wanna do here honey! Squats? Lunges? Deadlifts? Kettlebell swings? Hill sprints?
Fruit and Veg Friday – make sure you eat at least 2 portions of fruit (we like berries, cos their properties are bangin’) and 3-4 portions of veg (we like all the green stuff and the other bright colours)
Siesta Saturday – take a little down time to recover from your week. It doesn’t have to be an actual siesta, it might be some mediation, some yoga, a walk in the park. Just give yourselves a little break!
Schedule It Sunday – if you fail to plan girls, you plan to fail! Now’s the time to schedule in your workouts, your food, and your relaxation time for the week ahead. Don’t forget to schedule in a workout for Must Train Monday!!
When Burger King post-training wasn’t an issue!
Yes I said that!! Burger King…post training!! There was a time when after a spot of training one rewarded oneself with a burger and chips from where the burger is King, and there is indeed the possibility that it was washed down with coke!! That was circa 1997, when many a night was spent schmoozing cute boys at the university bar, and sleep deprivation did not belong to my student vocabulary. One could burn the candle at both ends, look fresh as a daisy the next day, and not think twice about fast food as a suitable post-training reward!! My memory was jogged to such times after spending a weekend with my girls and reminiscing on the old days. However, our sorry selves post-a glass of wine or two and not much sleep after much chatter was a sign of how times have changed. One word! Consequence!! Staying up late into the early hours makes me drag my heels for at least a day or two. Consequence. Eating a burger king after training makes me feel rubbish and expands my waistline. Consequence! Not working out and eating well most of the time slows my already slowing metabolism. Consequence!! Yes I have more money and have banished the awful eyebrows I sported in my youth, but it appears consequence is quite keen on keeping close tabs on my life. Oh well it was fun while it lasted!!
Is Techie Efficiency Driving Us Crazy?
Now I’m not gonna lie, my little bb is like my life-line! I spent most of today out of the office but was still able to keep on top of everything. But as I had a glimmer of the past this morning post-Bikram and feeling zen, I thought back to the days when we were sans mobile! You know, when you arranged a time to meet a friend over one phone call and then actually met them! Pow!! How efficient!! But now, first of all we send a text to say, “ooh must catch up soon!” Followed by a text a few days later saying, “you free this weekend or next at all?” Followed by a furore of texting back and forth over the next few days arranging a time and place!! And wait, it’s no problem if you’re not going to make it bang on time…hell you can text to say you’re running five minutes late!! Would we have made 12 phone calls back in the day to arrange a rendevous with friends? No!! One call, one time, and on time!!
Again, I’m not about to ditch my bb, although it’s quite pleasing when I forget it sometimes!…not here, can’t answer your call dude! But now when I look around, everybody is busily key-pounding with their thumbs, heads fixated on little rectangular buzzy things!! I’m convinced it increases a girl’s stress levels!! Anyways, gotta dash, must text a friend about having dinner this weekend or next…
She rocks because…
Do you have a friend that goes above and beyond the call of duty? Y’know, the friend that does the kind of extraordinary stuff that frankly is too much hassle for the rest of us to do!!! Let’s not pretend girls, there have been times when you could’ve reached out but, well didn’t…we’ve all been there, ain’t no shame in it. Anyways let’s not dwell on the virtuous and the virtue-less! NIVEA is launching its Feel Closer Awards to celebrate the relationships that matter to people. Whether it be a friend who goes above and beyond, a family member who is a great support or a colleague who inspires you, you can nominate them at www.nivea.co.uk/raceforlife 10 regional winners will be announced in August and one national winner will then be selected.
The campaign has been launched to coincide with NIVEA’s sponsorship of Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life. With research by NIVEA revealing that 86 per cent of us believe relationships with our family and friends shape who we are, and 84 per cent believing that our relationships are the most important things in our lives. The deadline for awards entries is 31 July. So if you think you know someone who fits the bill, you can enter them by logging on to www.NIVEA.co.uk/raceforlife. There will be a total of ten regional winners from across the UK each winning £250 plus a NIVEA pamper bag. One overall winner will scoop the national title winning an additional prize up to the value of £250. The winner can choose from a variety of vouchers for either a stay in a UK hotel, a luxury UK spa break, their favourite shop or a ‘Red Letter’ experience day. Alternatively they can opt for a luxury hamper. Entries should be made by 31 July – voting closes on 31 August.
A lesson from space…rocket actually
Yeah, it’s not really a lesson from space. We literally are referring to rocket, the salad leaf, as opposed to any other spacey type thing, but you know how we like to be random!
Anyways, the point is, I have been growing rocket in an effort to be eco and show off to my friends about my home grown veg! Ego aside, we have a lesson to learn from dabbling in a bit of green. See, my little rocket family are fairly straight forward. They like a little care, a little consistency, and a pick me up when they are blown over by the wind. And in return, they flourish, day by day, little by little. You know where I’m going with this right?
If we can adapt the rocket model to our training regime…guess what!!!…. flourish-age!!! Note, if I forget to water my little rocket babies for a week or two, they ain’t gonna be my babies anymore, there gonna have gone to rocket heaven (read as…yes your ass may well look big in them jeans if you neglect it) Now we are all part of the animal/plant kingdom, the results are the same, and neglect means a distinct lack of flourish on the booty front! So day by day, little by little, even when you are blown over by the wind…nurture that booty!
Are you SATC-ing this weekend?
It’s here!!! Woot!! The girls are back to wow us with their sassiness! Now the FG crew are taking this very seriously and have full celebrations planned!
Here’s how to watch SATC 2, with your girls, SATC style:
1. Book the venue! It might already be too late. Whilst we’ve managed to get tickets at a cinema that has couches and a bar, we’re front-rowing it as all of the others were gone.
2. Plan thine wardrobe! This is the time when you can go all out on the style front because frankly it would be rude not to. Heels are a must, the higher the better, and your garbs need to be bangin’. Yes your boyfriend is not going to understand why you are so dressed up to go to the cinema, but he’s not going to understand so don’t try to explain!
3. Plan a pre-movie get together! We’ve got nibblies and cosmos lined up, to get us in the SATC spirit. If you only ever drink cocktails made by cute guys at the bar (wishful thinking) then here’s how to make your own -
Ingredients:
* 2 measures vodka
* 1 measure Cointreau
* 1 measure cranberry juice
* 0.5 measure lime juice
Preparation:
1. Shake all the ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker.
2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
3. Garnish with an orange peel.
You can use citron vodka instead of plain vodka for a sassier taste.
4. Plan post-movie fun! Whether that’s some dinner to discuss the finer points of the film or hitting the dance floor hard, you need to do something after the film to finish off the evening!
Girls, enjoy!!! We know that every last drop of media is O/D’ing on SATC 2 right now, but we love it, and welcome the carnival!!
5 things you should never to leave until tomorrow
1. Your workout – if you run out of time for your 30 minute workout, get creative and do something in 10 or 20 minutes, flexibility is the key to fitness being a part of your life
2. Your mental stress – get all of the things you have to do out of your head and onto paper. You’ll sleep sounder with a quieter mind
3. Cleansing your face or brushing your teeth. Night time is the time in which your body replenishes itself. Allow your make-up-free skin to breath and don’t let plaque build on your teeth.
4. Laughing. It keeps you young! A day without laughter starves your spirit!
5. Picking up the phone, or texting a friend you haven’t seen in ages!
Make a date with yourself this weekend!
Hey FGs how ya doin? Feelin’ fly? Feelin frisky? Well since April is nearly backing up the rear and the year is flying, we don’t want you to neglect yourselves as you run from pillar to post getting ‘life-d’ as my friend puts it!! Y’know, life will whizz on by, and you’ll find yourself standing in your bathroom holding up your breasts that were once pert, wondering where the last 65 years have gone (resisting the urge to say “should have worn a sports bra,” but you catch our drift!)
So this weekend, how about booking in a little you time!! A bath and a book? A sit in the park to daydream? A massage? A facial? Ridiculously I have found myself in the past resisting booking in a massage cos I feel like I need to have a stress-free day before I go in…hello!!!..the massage will de-stress you!!!!
Anyways, I’m getting my hair did, a little root touch up actually. Why don’t y’all do the same. Me time is the bestest!!
Oh pass me my silk eye mask darling, I can’t bear to look!!
Rumour has it, according to scientists in Utah, that us ladies feel panic-stricken at the sight of obesity. The research, published in the psychological journal Personality and Individual Differences, is part of a long-term project working to improve treatment of eating disorders by tracking progress with brain imaging. The motivation behind this new study was to establish a point of reference among a control group of women who scored in the healthy range on eating-disorder diagnostic tests, with a healthy attitude towards their bodies, and to then compare those results with those of women with eating disorders.
However the results showed that even FGs, with a healthy attitude towards their bodies, feel panic-stricken when they see overweight people. Seemingly when women were shown images of obese people it triggered an area in the brain that processes self-reflection and identity. The study showed that women felt scared of being overweight without consciously thinking about their figure. They say the results show how women are conditioned to be afraid of being fat because they are constantly bombarded with messages and images of a thin ideal. Cue magazine circling a celeb’s thigh, with “Guess Who?” on it, followed by the same celeb looking emaciated the following week in the same mag. No shit Sherlock, you were calling her fat last week when she was a size zero, and now you’re wondering why she’s a size minus two!!! Yeah, really responsible, thanks!!!!
How do I feel when I see an obese person? I guess I always think they would feel so much better if they were carrying less weight, they would breathe better, move better and have less health issues. Am I disgusted by it? No. I just hope that somehow, they will be able to turn it around, in their time and that it be their decision. This extends to how I feel when I see people who are underweight. Health is my ultimate goal and I feel that carrying no weight is also a big health issue. Eat well, live well and be yourself!
Time to Get Focused
Oops, the first quarter of the year has just whooshed by, and I’m finding myself putting dates in the diary for September!! No no!! 2011 cannot be nearing at such a swift pace!!! Anyway the point is ladies, with a quarter of the year down, you only have 3/4 of the year left, and hopefully some of those January goals have been achieved? Yes? Some of mine have, and some of mine haven’t, so I always like to do a little goal review in Spring, y’know with summer on it’s way, one always feels a little more zest when goal setting!!
According to Professor Richard Wiseman author of 59 Seconds, you will reach you are more likely to achieve success in your goals if you do the following:
1. Make a step-by-step plan
2. Tell other people about your goals
3. Think about the good things that will happen if you achieve your goal
4. Reward yourself for making progress towards your goal
5. Record your progress in a journal or a chart
Incidentally, it is worth knowing that actions that are not so useful in achieving success according to Wiseman:
1. Motivating yourself by focusing on someone you admire (who wants legs like Naomi Campbell anyway!!)
2. Think about the bad things that will happen if you don’t achieve your goal (don’t stop yourself before you even start!!
3. Try to suppress unhelpful thoughts
4. Rely on willpower (hmmm…running, or staying in this snuggly bed??)
5. Fantasise about how great your life will be when you reach your goal
There’s a fine line between the stuff that works and the stuff that doesn’t, so set your goals and pursue them wisely!!
Don’t let work give you a pain in the neck!
If you’re reading this, you’re probably looking at a computer of sorts, or else you are very snazzy and reading this from a sparkly phone type contraption where you can view websites, download movies, and get a facial all at the dexterity of your thumbs! Anyway if the former applies to you, then we thought we’d give you a heads up on, well, keeping your head up!
Darlings, if you are sat at a computer all day, and more so, if it is a laptop (even if it bears an illuminated piece of fruit when in operation), then you are in danger of getting a royal pain in the neck!
See, us homo sapiens are rather in favour of keeping our eyes level with the horizon. This means that when sat at a computer, despite how hunched one might be sitting, ones eyes will be looking straight ahead. However, ones neck and the rest of ones being may have no interest in the horizon, or whatever the hell your peepers are looking at. Cue bad posture sitting at computer for hours on end. If you look around your office now, you’ll probably see plenty of your colleagues, rounded in the shoulders, hunched over their desk, with their eyes level with the screen. You’ll notice some spectacular hunching from the laptop users – see how the crouch to the contraption, and then look up, like a rabbit in headlights at their screen. Bad move. Really bad move!
What does this mean for our bodies? Well we become tight across the chest, and all of the muscles in our mid-upper back become over-stretched (we don’t want weak backs girls…we want ‘em strong!) Then moving further up, our neck muscles become incredibly tight and over-worked, leading us to the very title of this piece…a pain in the neck!!!!
So what to do? For those of you with desktops, SIT UP STRAIGHT and PULL THOSE SHOULDERS BACK!! By simply sitting up straight you will start to strengthen up those back muscles. Sure it’s a pain in the butt cos you might be used to slouching, but what would you rather? A mental pain in the butt? Or an actual pain in the neck?
Now for you laptop users, you need a little extra. A laptop stand. You can get them from most computer stockists for a fairly cheap price…what would you prefer? Spending between £15-£25 on a basic laptop stand, and pain-free view-age of Fit Girl? Or £50+ for a trip to the osteo or sports therapist to sort out that neck pain? You dig?
How to become a Fit Girl About Town in 6 easy steps!
1. Look after your body!
It goes without saying that to be a Fit Girl About Town, you need to be just that…fit! Not fit in the cooorr-blimey-check-out-that-bird fit (usually said by bloke on building site) but actually physically fit. You can’t make claims about being a Fit Girl if walking up a flight of stairs leaves you breathless. If it does, it’s a fabulous place to start. Take those stairs honey, and it literally is onwards and upwards from there.
2. Make an effort with yourself. For yourself!
Every girl feels good if they’re looking good! You know how it is, if your hair ain’t looking good, you ain’t feeling good! That does not mean that you have to spend an hour on it every morning, nobody has time for that. But do make an effort to do a little something extra, to feel good, every day you step out the door!
3. Be patient
Forgive the lecturing tone, but Rome wasn’t built in an day!! If you want your body rockin’, your energy soaring and to have an all out sense of fabulousness, you need to be consistent with your training and food. That means don’t be a diet tart, stick to one plan! If you have consistently put on weight over 6 months, give yourself 6 months to lose it…it didn’t come on overnight, so it isn’t going to shift overnight.
4. Never forget the basics
Drink 6-8 glasses of water a day. Get 7-8 hours sleep per night. Have some down time. Eat your greens. Use your feet, Fit Girls are not Lift Girls, take those stairs! Laugh a little…actually a lot!!
5. Stay positive
We all love to have a little moan, it’s a mini way of releasing some tension and getting things off your chest. But don’t be that girl that complains about the same thing day in day out. If you don’t like it, change it, if you can’t change it, change your attitude towards it! Tsst. No buts. Just do it!
6. Appreciate what you’ve got!
If you are sitting here reading this, it means you have the luxury of having access to the internet, probably somewhere warm, possibly even sipping some tea! Be thankful!! Far too often when we get what we want, we aren’t thankful for it. So many women, when they reach their goal say, “I wish, I had started this sooner” (generally with sullen, slightly downbeat look on face). HELLO!!!!! Sister, you just reached your goal, and you’re wishing you had done it earlier!!!!! How about…”damn I feel good that I reached my goal!!!!”
Guest Post: Is your Health Drink Healthy?
Here are 5 of the most misleading so called health drinks:
1) Fruit Smoothies: Many of these smoothies contain 11 grams or more of sugar in those tiny little 100ml bottles. If that isnt’ bad enough the process that the fruits go through mean they are not as high in vitamins as you may be lead to believe. As well the processing strips the fruit in the smoothies of most of their fiber.
What to do? There’s nothing like the real thing. Yummy apples, berries, citrus fruits…etc.
2) Vitamin Water – The idea is a good one ,however some vitamin waters can contain up to 33 grams of sugar.
What to do? Hmmm this is a bit of a no brainer but stick to the real thing! If you don’t like the taste of plain water add a slice of lemon.
3) Bottled Green Tea – Simply not as good as the real thing. One of the things that makes green tea so good for us is the high level of antioxidants called catechins. Bottled green teas unfortunately contain very low levels or no catechins at all.
What to do? Brew it at home or stop in to a local café for a freshly brewed cup.
4) Bottled Vegetable Juices – Unfortunately they don’t stand the test of time. Vegetable juices start to lose their potency shortly after being juiced. Many bottled vegetables juices also contain high levels of sodium.
What to do? Either juice at home and drink straight away or purchase freshly juiced vegetables from cafes and health shops that make it fresh and serve instantly.
5) Yoghurt Drinks: These are quite the craze especially with women as many of these drinks claim to help with bloating. They claim to contain friendly bacteria however many of the drinks do not contain a significant amount of probiotic doses and many are high in sugar.
What to do? In this case read your labels as probiotics are good for you so long as you are actually consuming them. You can also take probiotics in the form of a supplement (remember to consult your health professional before embarking on a new programme).
When reading labels for sugar 2-3 grams per 100ml is considered to be low and anything more than 10 grams is considered high.
To save on calories, avoid sugar and maximize on health benefits here are a few suggestions:
Water with lemon or cucumber slices
Hot water with fresh ginger and lemon
Green tea, white tea or nettle tea
Fresh mint tea, either hot or cold
Remember just like most things in life if it seems too good be true it probably is. The more natural something is the more likely it is to be good for you.
Health & Happiness
We got another Guest Poster!!! Are you excited!!
You know we like to hand-pick these bad boys!!! We’re not just gonna let any old chick be telling you how it is in Fit Girl Land!!
Sooooooooo, here she is!!!!! It’s little miss Rocofit herself!! This fly girls knows her stuff and trains her butt off!! Check the arms, you gotta love the arms, Mobama even wants those arms!! Anyways, if you like what she be talking about and wanna get some more of her, you can pay her a visit at Rocofit.com
Meanwhile, Rosa is going to give us the low down on “health” drinks, that erm, aren’t so healthy. Don’t be fooled Fit Girls!! Queen Rocoft, is gonna tell it to us like it is! Give it to us girl!!
Shame on you gossip girl!!
Ok ladies, quit gossiping abut what the new girl is wearing in the office! According to psychologists from the University of Arizona, a person’s well-being is directly related to indulging less in meaningless small talk…”what is she wearing?” and more in deep and meaningful conversations…”have you read the latest amazing article on Fit Girl?”
Co-author Matthias Mehl says, “Profound conversations have the potential to make people happier. The findings suggest that a happy life is social and conversationally deep rather than solitary and superficial.”
The study found that, “the happiest participants had twice as many deep and meaningful conversations and engaged in one third as much small talk as the unhappiest participants”. That’s it, be gone with any meaningless chat that may pass my lips-es!! I’d rather swap short-term smart-arse commentary for long-term happiness!!
The study also found the the happiest participants spent 25% less time alone and 70% more time talking than the unhappiest. Super, that means one should ensure one is a social butterfly who talks endlessly to ones admirers…ahem about deep and meaningful stuff…obviously!!
Quit lookin’ behind honey, or you headin’ for a crash (diet)
Fit Girls! Darlings! How are you?? OK, sit down sweethearts, we need to have a chat. Ok, so time moves forwards, right? Right. And you can’t change what’s happened in the past, right? Right. Even if you really regret stuff from the past, yes? Yes. So if you spend time thinking about the past, or what you could have done better, you are wasting time either being in the now, or working towards your future, right? Right. Even if you can’t help yourself from delving back into the past, (us girls love the drama) right? Right.
OK good! Soooooooooo, if you spend your time worrying about how you let yourself go, or put on all of those pounds, or lost that fitness that you once had, where is that going to get thee? NOWHERE, yes? Correct FG!!!! In the same vein, there is no point in thinking about how fast you used to be able to run a 5k, or how you used to be able to eat whatever you wanted without it affecting your waistline. Three words girls. Get Over It. That was then, this is now. The more time you spend thinking about the past, the less tone you gonna be seeing in yo’ ass. What you have is what you’ve got now, and what you’re going to have is what you are going to work toward in your future! It’s rather like going a date with some guy and him boasting about how how fast he ran 100 metres when he was a schoolboy athlete. Yaa-aawwwn!! I don’t need to hear what you used to be able to do honey. Show me the good stuff. Much like him trying to impress you with his past isn’t going to get him anywhere, you thinking about your past isn’t going to get you anywhere.
Getting frustrated by what used to be, can also lead to you becoming increasingly impatient with not getting any results, and lead you to crash dieting, or other drastic measures that just ain’t pretty! So ladies, your body as it is now, is what you have to work with. Don’t waste any more time in the past. Driving a car looking in your rear view mirror, is only gonna end in tears!
Don’t let your success bite you on the ass!
Now not that we want to put you off being fit and fabulous, but we thought we should let you know that sometimes on the road to body-beautifulness, one can get, well, a little complacent. Now we don’t want to wag the finger too much, but we’re just offering a little word of warning, so you don’t end up back where you started.
So here’s the thing. You’ve got your fitness regime down pat, your eating virtuously and your seeing results in the mirror that please thee, even if your friends are jealous. Satisfied with your current success, you start telling yourself, you deserve a muffin/cake/bottle of wine/general-fall-off-bandwagon-contributor type things, cos you’ve worked so hard right? BEWARE!! Be very afraid, of that voice in your head that tells you “you deserve” stuff, cos you’ve worked hard for it. Now then, if it is just one or two little treats, we’re not going to fret too much, after all, that’s what the 80/20 rule is for. However, don’t let complacency creep in and hurt you real bad. If you find yourself saying, “yeah I can relax a little now that I’m getting results” stop right there!! Relaxing was what got you into trouble in the first place little lady, and them there results are gonna be a distant memory if you continue.
…NEWSFLASH…if it’s not broken, don’t try to fix it…or eat it! If you’re getting results, it’s because you’ve been working hard, and have been disciplined ladies! Work that discipline! Own it!!
The Fit Girl Guide to dropping a dress size in 6 days
What were your thoughts when you saw the title of this article Fit Girls? Did you gasp and think, ooh, let me find out how I can drop a dress size in such a short space of time? Or did you roll your eyes and think, oh please, yet another promise of shedding weight without any effort. If you were part of the latter crew, well done, you know that dropping a dress size in 6 days is damn foolish, not to mention unobtainable without serious damage to your health. Yes it was a test Fit Girls, a test to catch you out, to whittle out the weak among you, should you appear interested in the promise of speedy weight loss. Did you get excited at the prospect? Were you that girl? If you were…No…Just No. You’ll see it everywhere. Wild claims about weight loss, without even breaking a sweat. Don’t be that girl. Don’t get sucked into cheap claims. You know better than that. Dropping a dress size requires you to drop any illusions about speedy ways of getting there…
Get some sistas on board to help you reach your goals…
Hi Ladies! Struggling with motivation? Feeling frumpy? Staring with hate at the fat suit? Fear not darlings, you need to round up a few friends to start up a support network. Going it alone is no fun!
I was chatting to a friend the other day who is doing fabulously on the body-svelte status and has continued to drop weight since January with a combo of eating right and exercise. What’s new I hear you say!! Well the point is that, said svelte-princess did mention there were moments when she nearly fell off the band-wagon, but was hauled back on it with the support of her friends. Here’s what the three sistas did:
Each week, they emailed one another with their weight-loss progress. Sometimes two of them would have lost, whilst the other may have gained a pound (serious alarm bells for the pound-putter-onner if going it alone), however with the support of the other two she was able to carry on. Similarly if the pound-losers, stayed the same, or gained a pound in the following weeks, they had the memory of the pound-putter-onner from the previous week, and were able to keep on marching on!! Together, with a few ups and downs, that have all managed to continue to lose weight.
This very simple secret of having and communicating regularly with a group of friends means that you are all in it together through highs and lows. The sistas in this group also charted their progress in a little group graph which they all had access to. You gotta love a visual ladies. We’re all about the visual here at FG!!
