Monday Thoughts: Should we return to independent traders food shopping?

Victoria and I were watching a BBC documentary about plastic waste and at one point they mentioned how butchers, greengrocers and milkmen are making a small resurgence and that got me thinking about how much I use their services and actually how much I want to increase using local traders rather than supermarkets for my...

Is it possible to spread your blog too thin?

I don’t often talk about my blogging as I just like to write things for people to read on the internet, but I was looking at my blog a little while ago and I started to think about whether or not I post too many things about too many different topics. Have I spread myself...

5 things I have noticed about being a back of the pack runner.

When I started running I was pretty slow… This was to be expected from someone who was over 26 stone and had not run much before. This meant that for the first few (read many) races that I participated in, I was at the back of the pack for the majority of the time. As...

Monday Thoughts: Did I make the right choices after University

A few Mondays ago on my Monday Thoughts I brought up things I notice and think about on my walk into work each day and during one of those walks in I thought about Graduations (I work at a University and Graduations are happening as we speak) it made me think, back when I went...

6 ways walking to and from work has improved my life

I know, I know, a bit of a hyperbolic title, but it is true. Anyway, it has been mentioned a few times on the blog, but I have started to walk into and from work every day for the past few weeks for a variety of reasons and I thought I would share with you...

Premier League standings predictions

A rare post for me, but if you didn’t know, I enjoy a wide range of sports, but most of all football. I am excited for the new season to kick off on Friday and I thought I would give a little breakdown of where I think teams will finish by the end of the...

Weight loss journey: How being less hard on myself became a positive

Last time out I broached the topic of how I am finally making a bit of progress on my weight loss and a lot of it was to do with the fact that I was able to structure myself better and that I was being less hard on myself if I did have that snack...

Falling over when running and when do I to run afterwards

You may remember when I fell for the first time when on a run and how I described my thoughts about it. Well, I am afraid to say that over a year later, I am devastated to report that I have fallen again during a run and this time it hurt a little and it...