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QueenieSenior Contributor
The journey has begun. Today I joined a gym and bought some clothes to train in. I want to slim down and prevent the risk of type 2 diabetes. I thought I’d start a thread for my journey and start posting about the journey. Hopefully it will see an improvement in my mental health too due to all those feel good chemicals.
So, this is Day 1... I’m nervous but excited at the same time.
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Ant7Senior Contributor
@Bunniekins Just random colours and 5 cause that’s how many came out when I tipped the bag up lol
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Gazza75Senior Contributor
@Ant7 @Bunniekins and everyone else.
Just wanted to mention I've been using an air frier for chips and it works super great. I haven't tried cooking to many other things in it yet, but, it has settings to do quite a variety of meals. I got a K-mart one as I'd heard they were best value for money. Only thing is to get something to stand it on for your benchtop as they do get pretty warm.
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BunniekinsSenior Contributor
@Ant7 well I think you are very good stopping at 5. I would have gobbled down five picking out the white and the black and blue and then grabbed another handful on the way out the door :o! which is why I am in this pea shaped state.
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BunniekinsSenior Contributor
@Gazza75 one of my support workers got one of those and was saying the other day how much she uses it and how good it was .... maybe I should get one. I love chips especially homemade chips. 🙂
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Ant7Senior Contributor
@Bunniekins Lol I hear that but I only have five and I am still fat lol
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MeowmySenior Contributor
@Ant7 good stuff, fitness diet lol.
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Ant7Senior Contributor
@Meowmy I am trying lol
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MeowmySenior Contributor
@Ant7 I can see the sincere motivation in your diet, very good.
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Gazza75Senior Contributor
@Bunniekins, I love chips to. They are definitely worth the investment. They do take up a fair bit of room. I have a hard time finding a home for it in my small kitchen. You can get them in different sizes if you need to cater for more people. I got the smallest one.
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QueenieSenior Contributor
Well guess what my Mrs went out and bought?
A treadmill! I can’t wait to use it.
In other news I have an appointment with an exercise physiologist coming up. I’ll let you all know how it goes.
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