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40p per serving of sweet potato and chick pea soup

The bean things you see in the soups are chick peas

Healthy eating is expensive, apparently

These can be frozen for other days, fast food

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The lose one stone in 28 day challenges/shreds that appear in January. People say " I want to lose a stone by February"

The main problem with these challenges is that people may well have gained nearly one stone in December and this is though sheer excessive drinking, wolfing down the junk food, chocolate logs, takeaways and going nuts throughout the month of December

Most people overlook the fact they may well be one stone heavier than they were in November

So someone who may well have been 11 stone at the start of December may well be not far off 12 stones by new years day through effort and dedication to chocolate logs, takeaways and consuming enough alcohol to destroy their liver

So lets assume someone through effort managed to get their weight up to 11st 12, this means if they were to lose 1 stone in 4 weeks they would only be 2 pounds lighter than they were at the start of December

EXAMPLE
Start of December = 11 stones
Start of January 11 stone 12 pounds
Start of February= 10 stone 12 pounds (assuming challenge completed and not quit by day 4)

EQUALS
Net loss of 2 pounds from start of December to start of February

Is it possible to lose 2 pounds in weight? yes very easily, cutting back significantly on fizzy drinks (have a glass of water instead of a glass of cola when thirsty) one very minor switch - there are many more simple switches you can do

Also introducing a small level of exercise, if the person was sedentary throughout 2025, then merely a 1/4 mile stroll twice per week would be a major step forward
(but plans like that cannot sell - hence they are not promoted)

People in January are more likely to attempt extreme methods when they don't need to.

Starting any plan in January is not a good idea, it is possibly the worst month to make any new changes to your lifestyle, thats the bad news.

The good news is that the best time to make a start on a new lifestyle is any time between the months of February to December

For example, if you wait until February to join a gym then most of the January new starters will have quit, meaning the fitness machines won't have massive queues
(nothing worse than doing a days work in January, heading to the gym after work and then spending ages standing in queues for machines to become available)
Join the gym in February and the queues for machines will be non existent - which makes going to the gym a more productive experience, less time consuming, and less crowded experience.

Back to the lose one stone in 28 days, making those reasonable changes throughout the year (ie, being consistent but sensible) will yeald much better long term results than a 4 week shred/lose a stone challenge.

Next topic, training after the age of 40 = this topic is going to open a can of worms