How was my weight loss journey in 2019?

Oh, well this isn’t going to be the easiest post to write about… I had all these lofty aims at the beginning of 2019, from fitness to the blog, but most importantly my weight loss. I had aimed to be at my desired goal at this point, but it didn’t happen. Here’s the story. Gaining...

Letting my mind get the better of me again with my weight

A while ago I wrote about losing weight and how it was affecting my mental health. You can find those posts HERE HERE HERE. I thought that although I had gained weight again over the last two years that I had it all under control, this weekend someone well and truly clicked into my head...

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: 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...

My August running aims

Usually I like to give these big grandiose aims and then fall flat on my face when they inevitably do not happen. So I thought that this month I would set myself some smaller, more achievable aims that I could feel confident achieving. So what have I set myself for running-wise next month? Let’s have...

The positives and negatives of running in the dark

Happy day folks! Happy happy day! I am posting this on a Sunday (run day), but you might be reading it on a different day. So I hope you have enjoyed or are enjoying this day. A bit too cringe? Well, that is my specialty! This week I want to chat about running in the...

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...

My Fitness Goals 2019

Last year was basically a nothing year regarding my weight loss as I only got truly serious and saw progress in December, so a bit late, but I have to consider the positives with that and see it as me starting 2019 a little earlier. I didn’t get where I wanted to and that is...

Exercising while on holiday in New York and Toronto

WHAT! Are you stupid Gilliland!? Enjoy the holiday and relax, eat well and just calm yourself down son. These are the responses I am figuring I might get from the title of this post and they may be true, but I don’t like just chilling and doing nothing all day. I like being active. I...