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TV01:
I don't see why they have to be eliminated completely? What is wrong with allowing say one traditional meal a week, or okele only at owambes - assuming you do'nt go Thursday thru' Sunday ? Especially if it's not a massive serving - I think that can be the issue more than the actual food type.


If of course one needs to achieve quick results for some reason sure - but long-term? Life is for living to some extent, why deny yourself. When you finally make it to my house if you don't eat the rich food I'll serve, I'll be upset 0 !


TV

Rich food

I could cut them out cos I have never been a really big fan of them in the first instance or more like I am too lazy to put in the effort to make them

Hubby makes all the eba/poundo/amala etc cos he just got tired of all the big big kokos when I made them.

Don't worry I wont refuse sumptuous ayamase and quinoa one cancels the other . just joking

All things in moderation like the Good book says.

coogar:
everytime i go to the gym, women of all sizes & age groups ask for my number. they want to know what i do to have gotten my greek god body shape. the method is simple - our nigerian food is the reason we have pregnant men & pregnant women in the country.



rice is very fine. it's way lower in calories than what 100g of pounded yam would do to the body. amala is a disgrace. ugly before consumption & very harmful after consumption.



i was brought up with those yeye foods too but i stopped in my JSS3. i knew they weren't for me & i have not missed it one jot. i suddenly realised i was the healthiest of my mates. i have never spent a night in any clinic or hospital. they are all following my lead now but its a tad too late for many of them.



avoid them completely.
poison is poison. people who eat them regularly will die quicker. people who eat them sparsely will be affected too but at a much later date. what's the difference? eventually, they will both have the same outcome!

We have heard o Adonis

Sometimes its hard to quit some things by just going cold turkey and so advising people to cut them out gradually might be the best way to go.

I have actually cut them out totally and these days I think I can even live with eating very lil rice sef ( anyone who knows me knows I love my jollof rice and ayamase).


You are right for some things though going cold turkey is the drastic solution.. not had fizzy drinks ( coke, sprite, Fanta etc) in almost 10 years.

naijababe:
He's right dami, I cut out eba, amala for almost a year but ate yam about twice a week and did not touch bread and pasta for about 8 months and I have a testimony , as of this morning it is 8 inches off my tummy, I can even see lil' miss naijababe if I suck in my tummy a bit now, an impossible feat before .

There's not much wrong with oil, sugar is the problem and carbs especially our starchy staples and packed full of the stuff.

I know he is right now I would even add rice sef but you know cougar naw

coogar:
your problem is minor....
avoid pounded yam, eba & amala. never ever put them in your mouth again.

though I don't agree entirely with the bolded bit coogar and exaggeration ehn avoiding those foods or avoiding eating them on a regular basis does help with losing abdominal fat.

I started with cutting out pounded yam( not had it in over a year) then eba, then amala and now I don't even really eat amala anymore . And funny enough I don't miss them.

Salsera if you must make sure you eat more of the soup/stew (with lil oil) and very very small amounts. Like small amounts that after two or three scoops( okeles ) its finished

I know we are gathering steam on the fitness threads but oya the usual suspects lets get more ideas on healthier twists to meals.

My food is still very clean but I find I am getting stuck in a rut of eating the same things over and over again.and too lazy to go back and read up from the beginning

Oya more ideas.. esp breakfast( naijababe not juices or smoothies only )

I tend to have Oats and a fruit( banana or summer berries) with a cup of Green tea and some days shredded wheat. I wanted to try Granola but I read the sugar content on some of the granola brands on the supermarket shelves and I picked race is there a way I could make my own granola mix with nuts, dried fruit and limit the sugar content?

I need fast and easy ideas that I can take with me to work which is why oats/cereal is my default as mornings are so manic for me.( getting my daughter to eat her own food is enough stress )

I dont mind prepping the night before though as I do that anyway for lunch and snacks

Cococandy kimoni chillisauce edwife bukatyne zemaye, efemenaxy naijababe, babe( or is It bab3)


aunty tearoses ( don't mind me) you can also get inspiration here did not want to butt into your other discussion.

naijababe:
Yes o! I figured that if I hadn't extended level 1 to 20 days, I would have to go to level 2 tomorrow. So, I decided to give Nat a 100% try, it was quite hard though, my should and thighs are still tingling.

true sha... let me me try to progress past the 2nd set of Nat's push ups first

This All4 Naija must be a very funny dude in real life

You need to apply for a job on MasterChef with all this your critiquing skills

naijababe:
Damiso, you can understand why i have been b1tching about the side lunges.....it hurts like hell

Day 10 completed. I was team Nat all the way today. Yay!!!

Yaayyyy we go soon join you

Just a tip I tried yesterday .. I have this app on my phone called sworkit and it gives you different routines. I told you I was having cramps in my knees so yesterday before I started the JM WO , I did an extra 10 min warm up and stretches with the app before JM and I felt far less pains after the WO.

So for anyone who feels some sort of pains Maybe try adding some extra warmup /cool down/ stretches apart from hers before/after the WO. She is trying to get the optimum time from the workout so you might have to add some more mins to suit your body.

Kimoni:
Sowwyy

Ahhh your dumbbells have arrived? Are they 2kg each? Welludone ooo

Thank you jare

Yes they have arrived and are 2 kg each.Now I know that 2 litre water is not 2 kg joor. Maybe 1.5 ..the kind tingling in my in my arms during the side lunges grrrrrrr

I prefer it though the bottles were a bit difficult to position properly to the eye level during the side lunges.

naijababe:
You dey carry kettlebells and weights together ?

No oo I Neva reach .. I used the kettle bells to stabilise myself during the press ups cos I wanted to try Nats push ups ..by the second set I switched back to Anita

[quote author=Kimoni post=35645270][/quote]Well done..

Don't worry just ease into it.. With time your body will get used to it.

Day 9 done& dusted ..

This was a picture I took before I started .. I had set up ,iPad in position but I was just looking like lucozade cos I was soo tired and having some cramps in my knees(still putting in some miles brisk walking to work ) . I just remembered naijababe and kimoni and I stood up

efemenaslectura:
Haaa dami you for tell me na. I for give you ideas


from my observation of you i realise you like simple things

very astute observation.

Don't worry next time

naijababe:
Smile Dami, smile That frown is so unbecoming on you

tearoses:
Ah the thing my eye don see . . . .
Ive seen H&C shirt on velvet iro & gele
Ive seen gele on prom dress
ive seen lace blouse on ankara iro

Make I no talk, cos some years ago I tied 2 plain geles of different colours together. . . .now Ive seen ladies do it.
I guess fashion is anything that fits these days.
I will soon see gele on jeans

Iv done both in the last month. The dress was not a prom dress Perse but I had this party and my tailor was doing shakara that 6 weeks notice was express fees. the aso ebi was cord lace. That's how on my usual online shopping browsing I saw this guipure lace(far better quality than the aso ebi cord) body con dress on sale for £120 .in my size,no amendments and fight with tailor with next day delivery. mo ya be mo People were asking at the party that they liked my style

naijababe:
You will stop over in London first but seriously uni fees are free in Scotland. Why do you think we keep voting the SNP?

Nollywood on Netflix?

You learn something new everyday

BABE3:
which kind check? Chei coco... Upon all the checks and balance you'd think western men will be less shiesty. But surprise, surprise, Infidelity is still a leading cause of divorce in the west. If Infidelity is a leading cause of divorce, imagine the number of western wives that are still living with cheating husbands coz of the emotional stress of divorce....

Humans are the same everywhere. Yes there are laws here in the west compared to Africa but that's all on the surface. No difference between a modern african marriage and a western marriage; the bullshìt is just packaged differently.

The number of cheating men hasn't reduced because of those laws , btw. I can even argue that it has increased.
I've lived in the west for a while, I've never seen where a western wife divorced her husband coz he cheated once. The men usually get a pass; the women proceed to divorce if the man is unrepentant, or if he's rich, or if there are other issues apart from cheating.

Bottom line is, it's not all black and white. We (westerners and Africans) have more similarities than differences.

I just had to like and also quote.

I also used to think Western( white men to be precise ) were the epitome of Prince Charming

Human beings are human beings.

No matter how much Maria Shriver got in the divorce settlement I don't think it can account for the Hurt of knowing that your husband had a love child under your nose.

mabella2:
I made moi-moi with scent leave and pumpkin leave. It came out very delicious

Very different and nice twist..


Am on a desk lunch break too busy take a break
avocado/cucumber/sweet corn and prawn salad.

Another tea lover in the house

Kimoni:
Day 5 done. Still looking forward to the day I will try Nat's press-ups, for now, I am with Anita.

naijababe:
Same here, tried to follow Nat yesterday but promptly switched to Anita after the second one. Did same today, maybe, I will be 100% team Nat by day 20

I thought I was the only one

naijababe:
Awon onijekuje dede, you berra don't let me heap idi arere curse on you



1.25 kg? You need to do more strength training ma'am, as with other things na one day at a time, think back to your first jog. I am sure you became winded in a matter of minutes, now Marion Jones prolly has nothing on you

@ Damiso & Boldedleonidas, love Assam, Darjeeling, Red bush and most herbal infusions except nettle. That 5hit tastes like ........................i don't even have the word. Pukka's liquorice is really really nice, the smell alone is so very inviting.

@ Mrs OJ, that belly na small fry compared to mine two years ago, inside body magic sef my belle dey show so much so people would ask me if i was pregnant despite wearing the darn thing My only opinion on belly fat is that most of it is diet related, you will have to make some serious life style changes to lose belly fat. I had to and these days I am pretty comfortable and used to my diet even if I have the occasional lapse in judgement and drown my sorrows in Oreo cookies and Croissants

@ Thread, took a day off Jillian yesterday, so today is day 7 for me, I am getting there but I have to admit the side lunges are still are killer. I intend to do level one for 20 twenty days .............I want to stretch the program to 60 days to to mimic Shaun T's 60 days insanity.

Keep at it ladies .....................we can only do this one day at a time

Day 7 done..the side lunges and last cardio circuits (butt kicks/jump ropes) is when I feel like giving up but today I was just flying off the ground at the last set of jump ropes.


I intend to stretch level 1 for 20 days too ..watched a review on YouTube and the lady said Level 3 has a lot of jumping I said yeepa my knees o . I guess il be used to it by then.My knees are my issue when working out. I think I need to do more warm ups to loosen up the joints around my knees before starting any form of exercise cod I notice the pain even after running/jogging/brisk walking.

Ppmoma don't worry the pain will subside not feeling the pain that much anymore.

Day 5 done very late yesterday but had previously done a 6.7 km brisk walk/jog early in the morning. I love the brisk walk /jog/run in the morning not just for fitness it its so therapeutic for me out in the fresh air all alone with my thoughts after a rushed and hectic week.

been laying horizontal all day after church

I can't keep postponing the inevitable will see jillian in an hr or so .

BoldLeonidas:
Oh nice. Have you tried darjeeling? I'm into Redbush and liquorice tea. I take some other teas, but those two have been my constant

I love redbush tea. I am also a tea lover and for a while water and tea have been my only drinks.

Heard liquorice is really nice will give it a try.

At the moment I am trying the different green tea fusions on the market.green tea and peppermint, Apple and black currant ,green tea and lemon and ginger etc. I also love this fusion by pukka nettle,fennel and peppermint .

EnlightenedSoul:
No.

I mean, if you're married to and/or dating/marrying your best friend that's great whatever works, but I've personally always made a distinction between my best friends, and my S/O. Wonderful though they are, I wouldn't date any of my best friends (male among them anyway) anymore than I would tag my S/O as some sort of chief 'bestie', or whatnot, among them.

In my mind, he's his own separate category.

We're not "two peas in a pod" as an above user described it - the attraction and chemistry is def there, but we've divergent interests/hobbies/personalities (tho they're some core similarities that bind us).

My 'EX', RIP, was the same way with the added element of the wild, otherworldly attraction and captivation that is first love's domain.

Observation: I've seen best friends fall for each other only to fall to pieces, so I don't think being 'besties' is necessarily relationship-salvaging.

Advice: [b]I[/b]f your spouse/fiancé/bf/gf is indeed your "best friend", take care that they not be your only [best] friend.

Just saw this.. I totally agree. I really do believe placing the 'only' friend tag on another human being is a really big ask spouse or not.

Ewuro4:
Aww pele. It is well dearie.

How's the little guy doing jare?

He is much better now thanks for asking sis

Back to nursery tomorrow

EfemenaXY:
...sweating for Naija...

D'you know, I think I'm becoming lethargic with this heat wave. Only managed to do 30ymins lower abs workout / sit-ups, and 1hr jogging before my 9:00 a.m swim class this morning.

It ain't easy sista...

See why I said you don't need jillian so what else were you meant to do in one day of that is just 'managed' Choi Efe you are one of those fitness winches I was talking about

You go girl.. We will get there someday

Kimoni your belly is not that bad for 4 months post preggy naw.

If you see mine 1 yr post preggy sef you will run

Day 4 done ..

The bottled water is getting awkward jare so I ordered 2kg Dumbbells on Amazon should be delivered by mon/Tuesday .

The niggling abs/ thighs are still there but funny enough I am Getting used to it.

Am I the only one who finds it difficult to eat in the heat?

Very long read but a very interesting article that looks at play in a different light.

I remember when my daughter was at her old nursery and I used to be on their case that I don't think they pushed her enough. Everyday na so sand pit, jungle, stickle bricks and very little actual school work. I used to be so upset that we were paying a lot just for her to go and play. I would tell her nursery teacher but she can play at home. The nursery teacher would try to calm me down that the Early Learning Years(0-5) is actually where learning take place through play. I did not answer, I guess it was the first child syndrome. Esp when my friends children in Nigeria were claiming to be reading at 3. And you are still teaching my daughter with play dough

To be honest, she was actually learning and even my son surprises me with stuff that he comes out with. Yesterday he was naming the planets in the solar system, he said Mars, Venus and I was shocked. I am a bit more chilled but I still kinda ( I guess its the Nigerian in me) side eye the whole 'learning through play' thing. I don't think they have gone past teaching them 1 to 10 in my sons nursery so I teach him the rest myself at home I agree though that creativity is stifled by the 'cram and pour' educational system.

dinachi:
A real woman is an odourless, d[b]isease free[/b], loyal, intelligent, woman who worships the man in her life. She will never do anything to hurt her man, she is selfless, she kind, she is understanding and she is gainfully employed with her hands.
She truly has the fear of God, very submissive and finally she supports her man emotionally, financially, spiritually and physically.

Gosh this NL will not kee me.