Big Girls Don’t Cry

A Directory of Beautiful Things on the Web for Big Girls

Low Gi (Glycemic Index) Diet

 

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There has been extensive research into Low Gi (Glycemic Index) and how it affects our body with weight loss.  PCOS is common in women and the experts have associated a Low Gi diet as a great way to combat weight loss, Diabetes and of course PCOS.  For me personally I am trying [...]

Overindulgence

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I find it especially difficult on special occasions and parties when it comes to food, alcohol and smoking.  I tend to almost always overeat, drink too much or even smoke much more then I usually do.  The result is not much fun. 
You may ask yourselves why do we do this?  Why do we [...]

What a LEMON!

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Many of you may have heard of the Lemon Detox Diet and how you can lose weight and cleanse your insides.  The link will give you all the information from their website, but I am here to talk about how I think that replacing all your solid food with three drink replacements isn’t the [...]

Food presentation

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I was looking over Angie All The Way’s blog the other day and it suddenly dawned on me that all of her food that is displayed looks absolutely fantastic.  So presentation may be the key to healthy eating too.  If you make a dish and slop it in your plate or use [...]

Lap Band Surgery

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If you have tried everything that you can think of to lose weight and have failed perhaps you can look into getting lap band surgery.  I like many out there have really struggled to lose the weight.  I have tried the gym, I have tried pills and diets, and even drugs from [...]

Can’t get pregnant part 3

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I have noticed that most of my readers have been following my progress or lack of getting pregnant. Well I am still not pregnant.  It has been 4 years since we have been trying to have a baby and those 4 years have been really tough to handle, especially for me.
I have been to [...]

On the mend

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As many of you know I have been ill on and off since probably March 2008.  This has all taken its toll on me and I can happily report I am on the mend now and working out again.  I did however feel that I should tell you all what I have gone [...]

Pregnant, obese and worried about your baby being fat?

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There has been a study made regarding overweight mums to be and their babies being prone to being overweight themselves when they grow up.  This is alarming to think that you could potentially be making your child unhealthy by you being overweight.
Children born to overweight women are prone to Diabetes and lipid metabolic [...]

Feeling down

My apologies for not posting more during January, it has been one of those months.  And you guessed it I became ill again – yes again, also I sprained my foot.  So you ask why I am feeling down, well let me tell you.  I am feeling down because my efforts at the Gym have [...]

Difficulties in getting pregnant

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There are sometimes reasons for why a woman can’t get pregnant; I have found some information that may give you an insight into this subject.   How do you cope with this?  I don’t know how I am coping with it, as you may know I am personally going through this myself. 
The thing that [...]

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