One Liner Wednesday – #1LinerWeds – Health Check

29 May 2019 59 Comments

by Ritu in #1linerweds Tags: #1linerweds, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Health Check, Linda G Hill, NHS, one liner challenge

Please don’t tell me I’m overweight – I already know that!
Ritu 2019

A little background – the NHS are offering 5 yearly health checks for 40- 74 year olds. What is it?

The NHS Health check will assess your risks of:

And advise you on how to live a better, and healthier life.

I know my Pops has heart disease in his family, it runs high…

Mum and Pops are both borderline diabetic…

Kidney disease and stroke, not too sure.

But I know they will say “Erm, maybe try and lose a few pounds, and trim some inches off that waist.”

Don’t they know I’m trying?!

Still, let’s see what they say, I’m sat here speculating!

If you are in the UK and aged between 40-74, click here to find out how to get yours.

For Linda’s #1LinerWeds challenge.

Ritu’s Healthy Living – Week 6 #icandothis

18 Sep 2016 52 Comments

by Ritu in Health, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #icandothis, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Health Check, Healthy Eating, Slimming World

Well hello all you wonderful Peeps!

Sorry I haven’t done my healthy living update for a couple of weeks but school/life/family… you know, those things, they kinda get in the way!

But last time I mentioned that I was starting Slimming World to kick start things again for me, weight-loss wise!

So, I have been following the plan for 2 weeks now, and I can honestly say I have really enjoyed the ideas behind the eating, and weight loss reasoning. I am eating well, I am never really hungry either!

So, to start, here are a few foody pics to whet your appetite!

Did you see? Even my favourite chocolate snack, Malteasers, featured! I can eat Malteasers on this plan! I am so happy!

Yesterday I went out to dinner to celebrate our school’s Good Ofsted report, and I felt a lot more confident in myself too! And I didn’t have to starve myself, heck I was even able to have a wine spritzer!

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And my loss?

Well, after 2 weeks on SW I lost

5.5lbs!

That’s a total of

10.5lbs!

Thank you all for your encouragement!!!!!

32″ Waist, here I come!!!

22 Mar 2015 33 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Happy, Health Check, Hula Hooping, Waist

Spurred on by my health check on Friday, I thought I’d give the old hula hooping a try!

Popped to town today, while my karate kids were at their grading and purchased an adult sized hula hoop.

A weighted, adult sized hula hoop.

A foam covered, weighted (1.36kg), adult sized hula hoop!
(Foam covering very important… Wait n see!)

Here it is, and there I am too… Actually hula hooping!!!

I can do it!!!!

I have never been able to do it, or keep the hoop up for longer than 2 hulas!!!
But on my second go, my Lil Man counted 56 hulas!!! Man I’m an expert!!!

The nurse said 10 minutes a day. I did about 3… First time, I think that’s OK! I can feel my waist aching already!

And as for the weighted bit, that’s obviously helping, hence the aching, and it helps keep the equilibrium going, so its not entirely my skills, but the hoop itself that helped!

So £14.99 well spent I think!

Oh and I said I’d mention the foam covering… Well that’s definitely needed! With the weights, I believe I can expect a bit of bruising too, so the protevtive foam might lessen that!

People, its great! Give it a go! (But make sure you have lots of space around you too!)

And in other events…

21 Mar 2015 14 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Dinner, Fun, Health Check, Shopping

I was dreading yesterday…

We were all scheduled for a health check at work, just a wellbeing check, BP, cholesterol, BMI, Sugar levels, etc. and I was dreading it… What where they going to say? With my Pops family history, the cholesterol was a worry, and the general weight issue. We have had several instances of breast cancer in my Pops side too,a small that was again a worry.

But I was fretting unnecessarily! Apparently I am in good nick! BMI healthy, BP perfect, cholesterol at 4.95 so it’s unlikely that I have the hereditary gene…all the other tests were normal.. Phew!

But, there’s always a but… My waist measurement puts me in a higher risk category of things like heart conditions, diabetes, cancers etc. The nurse did stress that I was not to worry. I am not overweight at all, but to try and trim 2-3 inches off my waist. And what did she suggest? Hula hooping for 10 minutes a day! Oh to have a spare 10 minutes to start with… And oh, there is the fact that I can’t hula to save my life!!! Maybe I’ll have to dust off the wifi fit hula game then!!

So armed with that knowledge, I ate pizza, and ice cream too! ☺️😁

And today, I was a total durr brain (yes that is a technical term, didn’t you know?!) went grocery shopping,many it usually costs me between £120-150 a week. It was nearly £200 this time, eek! But there were important bits n bobs that needed replenishing so, you know, these things happen.

Anywho, I got home and started unpacking. Got to the last bag and realised something was missing… Actually not something, but lots of things! In fact a who,e bag full probably about £30 of items! I checked the car, the kitchen, everywhere it could have been then it dawned on me. I had hung one bag in the end it the shopping trolley, I bet I forgot it there. No hope. Someone got a bag of shopping for free! Damn!

I called the local Asda, and the woman said “I know. And it was handed in!” So I rushed back there to get it. I couldn’t believe it! Honesty is still around in this world! Ok so I had to rush around, make two trips, that was my fault, but a huge thank you to the couple who handed my shopping bag in!

And we’ve had a lovely evening with Hubby Dearest’s niece who came for dinner, and exhausted the children too! So they’re asleep, and I’m ready for bed now too! Kiddies Karate grading tomorrow!

Sleep tight folks!