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...

January 2019 goals

We are almost into the lovely world of 2019 where things will be a lot better than 2018… Right? 2018 was a very mixed bag for me. Weight loss and fitness wise a disaster, but everything else was pretty much spot on! I thought why not start up a little monthly catch up about what...

RED January 2019

I have a number of goals to achieve in January some are personal, some are food related and some like today's post are exercise related! I want to get a little running streak going again and with January just around the corner, it made sense to do that with RED January! If you do not...

Planning your Christmas/New Year time off

For the first time since I was 15 (Oh God) I have time off around Christmas and New Year, and honestly, I have no idea what to do with myself. I am used to working all the way to Christmas Eve and then Boxing Day all the way through New Year. So to have *counts*...

Leaving fizzy drinks behind

When I got my arse back into gear and decided that being overweight wasn’t for me and that I quite enjoyed wearing mediums and not being as un-athletic as I once was I noted that I was consuming a lot of little treats and one of those little treats that I found myself having almost...

9 aims for October

Hello! I am not one usually to write monthly goals, but I feel like putting a little pressure on myself every so often on some things is a good thing. For me it means I will get it done! Maybe last minute, but I will do it! So here are 9 things I aim to...

7 tips from runners on what to do when you start running

Alright? A little while ago I wrote a post about what I would go back and tell myself now when I first started running. So I thought I would ask the folks at ukrunchat what advice they would give themselves now and I loved the responses, so without further ado here are some of their...

Weightloss Journey: New job, new me?

Recently I chatted about moving to a 9-5 job and how I am excited about it for a number of reasons. One of these reasons is a pretty simple one. I am excited about this job, so I can finally, finally have some structure in my life. Part of that structure is my diet and...

24-hour running race: Getting started

A couple of years ago I attempted to run in a 24-hour race held in Belfast's Victoria Park. Sadly at the 12-hour mark, I decided to call it quits because my knee was giving out and I was worried about an injury. It is one of the two times I have not finished (read about...

Foreign races I want to compete in: 2018 part 1

Hello! If you didn't know by now I am quite the keen little runner and I have run a range of races from 5k all the way to 12 hours (including a failed 24-hour attempt) But almost all of my races have been held in my little home country of Northern Ireland. All but two...