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accymel

02-10-2005 11:35

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Im a inbetweeny too :) quite a hard place to be cos you can get 50% opinion split but i stick to what i think of me & sod the critics.

Have a look at my avatar.......thats my favourite character & im getting quite a collection of garfield teds now ....why you ask?.... i love cuddles & garfields a big guy with a lovely big tum to snuggle to:) & i aint having a joke!! But i would really cry if Garfield went on a diet :( he's the best & more loveable the way he is thanks:)

shiny gem

02-10-2005 11:38

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i sooo agree...i love a man whose cuddly!!! please could all the single cuddly men form an orderly queue in front of me and mel please!!!! lol

accymel

02-10-2005 11:45

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Originally Posted by shiny gem

i sooo agree...i love a man whose cuddly!!! please could all the single cuddly men form an orderly queue in front of me and mel please!!!! lol

PMSL wayheyyy:)

My X boyfriend was a big boy ;) i think i went into getting my teds after we split i misssed the cuddly tum:D LOL Tho ive had slim & even muscley i prefer a cuddly man:D .

shiny gem

02-10-2005 11:47

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Originally Posted by accymel

PMSL wayheyyy:)

My X boyfriend was a big boy ;) i think i went into getting my teds after we split i misssed the cuddly tum:D LOL Tho ive had slim & even muscley i prefer a cuddly man:D .

def...there is nothing nicer than cuddling up on the sofa watching a film with a big cuddly bloke!! hey whys the queue bigger at your side??? are you giving out free kisses or something???

accymel

02-10-2005 11:50

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def...there is nothing nicer than cuddling up on the sofa watching a film with a big cuddly bloke!! hey whys the queue bigger at your side??? are you giving out free kisses or something???

errrrr opppppssss been caught:o i cant help cudlling them all....big hugs anyone ??? :D [oh gee ive done that before in public - free hugs on my birthday in fact - hey i got a lot of hugs that nite:)]

shiny gem

02-10-2005 11:57

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ooh whens national hugging day??? there must be one!!! theres one for everything else!!

accymel

02-10-2005 12:03

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ooh whens national hugging day??? there must be one!!! theres one for everything else!!

Ooooh great idea !!! put it to poll......though think the men would call for it anytime after 5 pints LOL:D

WillowTheWhisp

02-10-2005 12:40

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

GP's should be able to prescribe exercise for people who have problems losing weight......

I have a feeling there is something like this already - called "Fitness for Life" - I'm not sure if there is a charge for it but then again there's a charge for prescriptions and I think it works in the same way for people who don't pay prescription charges. I think it's a great idea and perhaps more people need to be made aware of it. Unfortunately for people who have physical problems excercise isn't always a viable option.

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I would like to see local communities develop walking clubs...... so that people could walk in groups, this would be especially useful as the nights are drawing in now. I would go for a walk after tea most nights but I feel a bit vulnerable on my own.....even on streets that are well lit.

Ah well now here I can add a bit of info because in Hyndburn we have got them! They are known as "Stepping Out" and they are led by a walk leader. I don't think there are any after tea ones. The ones I know about take place in the mornings. People gather at a specific starting off point at 10am (I think - I'll check up on that) and off they go. The walks are repeated obviously because there aren't that many different places to go but there is a bit of variety and sometimes they are done in the opposite direction.

This was one of the subjects which was featured at Accy Town Hall last Thursday but unfortunately as was pointed out in that thread there really wasn't enough publicity to let the general public know what was going on. It was a bit like preaching to the converted because those of us who were there already knew about the different things.

So it looks like part of the problem is that people are just not aware of what is going on out there.

Margaret Pilkington

02-10-2005 14:44

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Morning ones would not be any good for me, because I have childminding duties at least 3 morning per week......the other mornings are when I catch up on the house stuff.

I had heard of the Fitness for Life......but I may have got this wrong, but I thought it was just for 10 weeks......and I know that exercise is not everyones cup of tea......whatever activity needs to be one that doesn't feel like a chore......and for some people their general level of fitness means that they are very limited to what they can actually do......I have a stepper and an exercise bike...... but painful knees mean that these are not much use to me.

SPUGGIE J

02-10-2005 18:14

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Dont know about fitness for life but I enjoy cycling with my daughter and that works a treat. Well that and all the running around I do at work.

accymel

02-10-2005 18:17

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doing housework & running round after kids is quite energetic enough:sleep:

SPUGGIE J

02-10-2005 18:22

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Kids cannot live with them nor without them.

WillowTheWhisp

02-10-2005 19:23

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I'm not sure if the "Fitness for Life" thing exists in Hyndburn. There's info about it in Blackburn HERE and a phone number.

Of course those daytime walks are no good to someone who is working either (I think we already established that not all overweight people sit around doing nothing all day) and it is hard to find time to fit something in when your life is full of housework and other work. Like I said, I found it much easier to do all that sort of stuff when I was young and single with no responsibilities.

I've got the same problem as you Margaret when it comes to not being able to do some things because of knees. However, when I can get organised I'd love to find time for tai chi as it looks so serene and peaceful.

accymel

02-10-2005 19:30

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They do yoga & simular gentle exercises at the new era which were popular:)

WillowTheWhisp

02-10-2005 19:41

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Can't do yoga cos I can't bend me knees. I'm going to the Healthy Heart Team one when I can get sorted out.

Margaret Pilkington

03-10-2005 20:03

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Well, what a turn up for the books. The governement has announced today that it is going to re-introduce cookery lessons, food hygiene, basic nutrition...... they are also going to start building school kitchens to provide hot food at lunchtime.

They are looking at providing children with two portions of fruit and two portions of vegetables daily.

Is that a start......?

SPUGGIE J

03-10-2005 21:19

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Hope they employ decent cooks for starters.

pendy

04-10-2005 14:12

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PUBLIC APOLOGY TO WILLOW

As Willow will know by now, I didn't even think of her when posting. I DON'T think she is ugly, what I was saying seems to be a general view, when you look at all the magazine articles on losing weight, etc.

The point I was trying to make (but obviously very badly) is that for the MAJORITY of us, the answer is in our own hands, and that we should take responsibility for ourselves and not expect the Government or someone else to do it for us.

I apologise unreservedly to anyone I upset - and particularly to Willow. I am a generous size 16, hardly supermodel material, and with a lot of baggy and saggy bits.

Do forgive me for the post.

slinky

04-10-2005 14:18

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Originally Posted by pendy

Well pendy it took a lot of guts to apologize, and I suspect people will forgive you. It seems that maybe people may assumed this is what you meant, instead it sounds like you meant something else. Its hard to express how you feel on a computer screen sometimes, people cant see facial expressions. What is sometimes meant as a BIT OF FUN, can turn quite serious, because like I said people cant see your expressions.

Nice one pendy!!!!!!!! not everyone would be like you.

accymel

04-10-2005 14:22

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I agree about it taking guts & Slinky is right about computer missing the other communication signals that help us interpret meaning but i think you have to express your meaning well or it will get misconstruded & it happens to the best of us:)

Margaret Pilkington

04-10-2005 14:34

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Good on you Pendy.......I'm a lumpy 16 too. Thank goodness for Elastic waistbands.

WillowTheWhisp

04-10-2005 18:21

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Originally Posted by pendy

The point I was trying to make (but obviously very badly) is that for the MAJORITY of us, the answer is in our own hands, and that we should take responsibility for ourselves and not expect the Government or someone else to do it for us.

I understand what you are saying there - that if the choice is there before us then it's up to us what we choose to eat and if we make the wrong choices then on our own heads be it.

For someone to sit in front of the TV eating a take-away and blame the TV advertising for "making them want it" is a total cop-out and I'd agree with you wholeheartedly there.

Unfortunately, and I think this was where the government proposed changes to school menus came into it, a lot of children at school don't have healthy options to choose from. If junk is all that is on offer then junk is all they are going to end up eating which isn't good and I applaud the Government intervention to introduce healthier meals. Or should that be "re-introduce" as we used to have them in the olden days.

It's also good to see that McDonalds have introduced a range of "deli" sandwiches which are less than 3% fat. Now anyone who wishes to eat at McDonalds can't claim they don't have an alternative.

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Do forgive me for the post.

I will accept that what you said wasn't actually what you meant. I think it was the emphasis with the word "TRUTH" in capital letters which really made it come over as a serious observation.

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