Getting a grip of my weight in December

Last time out I spoke about how 2019 was on a weight loss side. Spoiler the first 10 months weren’t good… But from October onwards I was able to get a grip of things, but I was concerned December was coming and everyone gets that holiday weight and seeing as I was entering my second...

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...

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...

Weight loss journey: finally making progress

I have chatted for a million years about how stop-start my weight loss has been these past two years. 7 months into 2019 I can finally say progress is being made. It may not be much, but July has been kind to my weight loss and I felt like I should talk about it! I...

I am a slow runner and that’s okay for now.

If you have read my blog before you will know my love of running, if you are new and also like running have a gander over at my running page in the bar above. Also, if you have been following my blog for a bit, you will also know I am trying to lose weight...

The first of many reasons to go travelling on your own

Hello one hello all, so I saw this someone ask about whether they should travel on a city break on their own. I know Victoria has done that and she loved it, so I thought I would give you the first of many reasons why you should from my own experiences from when I traveled...

Weight loss Journey: Why I regained weight

If you have been following my posts about weight loss (here, here and oh here) then you will know that I got down from 26 stone (365 lbs or 165 kg) to a respectable 13 and a half stone (189 lbs or 86 kg). After getting down to the lovely low number (for me anyway)...

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...

Body weight workout challenge

I like fitness… I talk about it probably more than I should for someone my weight (at the minute). I like to improve a lot and something I have noticed since I got back into running is that my body weight workouts have been none existent. So to help me to get back into going...

Having a go at kickboxing for the first time.

A little while ago Victoria and I decided that we would take up a class together for the giggle and she saw an opening for a class on Thursday nights for six weeks. All sounded great until I was informed that it was kickboxing... I won't lie, I had a big gulp, but it was...