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I hit my target!

It took some sunshine, ( i wish i could spend every day sunworshipping, it just makes me happy!) i stepped up the gym time and obviously stuck with the lollies!

A week ago i employed a personal trainer, my first session was Saturday, oh my goodness, and i thought i worked hard in the gym, ha ha! It took me four days to be able to walk down the stairs again without saying 'Ow' on ever single step! My weak point is definately my bottom half, i suppose I am what you would call a 'pear' shape, oh how I hate that term! Well it was lunges and squats a-go-go! With upper body light weights to try and even out my body shape. I shall put up a series of exercises on the 'weight loss tips' page that I have been enduring.

So now that I have just about managed to lose the weight, i need to keep it off! My worst time is definately in the evenings when i get in, I always have a glass of water and a lolly whilst doing the housework. One tip the personal trainer gave me was to replace potatoes and pasta with a new 'super grain' called Quinoa, it looks similar to cous cous but is higher in protein and lower in carbohydrates. (i found it in Waitrose & tesco's)

Information I found on Quinoa:

Quinoa was of great nutritional importance in pre-Columbian Andean civilizations, being secondary only to the potato, and was followed in importance by maize. In contemporary times, this crop has become highly appreciated for its nutritional value, as its protein content is very high (12%?18%), making it a healthful choice for vegetarians and vegans. Unlike wheat or rice (which are low in lysine), quinoa contains a balanced set of essential amino acids for humans, making it an unusually complete protein source.[4] It is a good source of dietary fiber and phosphorus and is high in magnesium and iron. Quinoa is gluten-free and considered easy to digest. Because of all these characteristics, quinoa is being considered a possible crop in NASA's Controlled Ecological Life Support System for long-duration manned spaceflights