February 2011

GEORGIE – Reading up – Part II

February 28, 2011

Righty just in case this kind of thing interests you we move onto the Paleo Diet.  It’s also nicknamed the ‘Caveman Diet’ – basically because it’s a readoption of the diet eaten by our ancestors who were hunter gatherers.  That Paleo diet people argues that widespread disease and chronic long term illnesses such as diabetes, heart [...]

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ZAR – Recipe – Healthier Antipasto

February 25, 2011

I went to see a friend the other night to catch-up and was treated to some antipasto. I really love this type of thing, bits and pieces, grazing. Not really good in terms of an eating habit but fine once in a while. It got me thinking about better alternatives on an antipasto platter. This [...]

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A RARE MOMENT OF TRUTH

February 24, 2011

HOOORAAAHHH FINALLY PEEPS WE HAVE A MOMENT OF TRUTH!! Huge congrats to Ursula Hirschkorn for FINALLY telling it like it is! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1360090/Why-fat-women-like-blame.html

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GEORGIE – Reading up on my obsession!

February 23, 2011

In the name of research and in my constant bid to conquer my desire to eat eat eat and get fat fat fat I have done a little extra curricular reading this month.   I indulged my ongoing lust for books about different food plans by buying books on the Paleo Diet, Metabolic Typing and [...]

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Zar – Portion sizes

February 22, 2011

This is really going back to basics but can be the making or breaking of a good, healthy diet (you know when we refer to diet; we don’t mean ridiculous diets but your daily dietary intake). Especially in this day and age, portion sizes are much more then we need and it’s one of the [...]

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Zar – Recipe – Cajun fish skewers

February 18, 2011

I’m moving next weekend so I’m using up any food that’s in the freezer. I found some snapper that I’d cubed and frozen and using a couple of pantry staples and a couple of fresh items, I made a really delicious healthy supper. This is something you could easily prepare when you get home from [...]

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GEORGIE – Beating smoking

February 16, 2011

It’s the middle of February and I feel like I am winning the battle of the cigarettes.  I gave up at New Year, and haven’t had one since. I don’t by any manner of means think I am over smoking but it isn’t cool and I have done it on and off since I was [...]

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Zar – Day Dreaming

February 15, 2011

Just a quick blog from me this week, for reasons which will become clear. Also, after this, I promise never to write about my house ever again (fingers crossed)! I moved this weekend, down to the house on the South Coast. For those of you who haven’t been bored with the details yet, I’ll fill [...]

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ROSIE – Baby steps – quite literally!!

February 8, 2011

And now the aftermath ……! For those of you who don’t already know, Billy Curtis arrived in the world on Wednesday; I’m now back home and life with two children is hitting home!  What a lucky girl I am but wowser I think I’m going to be quite busy.  I’m lucky in that I have [...]

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ZAR – Beauty faves

February 7, 2011

It’s been absurdly hot in Sydney this week. Several times the temperature on the car dashboard has read 45 degrees. For someone who was born in cooler climbs, I love it but due to the amount of sweating I’ve done, my forehead and neck, which have borne the brunt of it, have turned scaly, like [...]

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