Sober October Challenge 2019

Like a lot of people this month, I am going to be attempting Sober October, but if you know me at this point, you will know that I am not really a drinker and in fact drink very sparingly. Instead, I will be using Sober October to compete with a few friends to improve my...

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...

Veganuary week 1

I am almost one week into Veganuary and I have to say things are going pretty well! If you want to have a read as to why I am participating in Veganuary then have a little read here. I thought it would be a good idea to provide a little bit of an update as...

Veganuary 2019

A week or so ago, the ever wonderful Victoria asked me if I would be up for participating in Veganuary this year and I almost immediately said that I wasn’t. She prodded me a little bit as to why and in all honesty I simply just didn’t have the feeling to do it. I liked...

Intermittent fasting and getting it together

As documented in many posts, I am a heavy guy. How heavy? 260 lbs of heavy, which isn’t handy for a guy who is only 5 ft 9” (on a yoga day). I spiraled upwards and finally caught the weight at this point a few months ago and I have been yo-yoing since. Some good...

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...

Things I have learned from dating a (lovely) vegan for a year

So it has been just over a year since Victoria and I started dating and I have learnt quite a few things about what it is like to be a vegan, but also for someone with dietary requirements as well in Northern Ireland. I am not professing to be all knowledgeable in the world of...

Running: Pre-race breakfast

Eating before a race is an integral part of the running experience, if you don't eat correctly it could mess up your entire race, eat too much and you will feel sluggish and heavy. You need to eat correctly to get the best out of your run. Luckily I have experimented with this and have...

Weight loss to Christmas challenge: 13th – 16th November

Welcome back to my little series about as you can guess from the title… Losing weight before Christmas! To catch up on why I am doing this have a little read here and how my first 3 days went here... it’s okay, I’ll wait. So the gist of the challenge is that I want to lose around 30lbs...