Last year I took part in Veganuary and other than a bit of illness towards the end of the month (I am not sure if it was Veganuary related) I very much enjoyed the experience and as I have Victoria living with me this year I thought why not try it again and see what... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
Weight loss Journey: The 5 ways I am going to lose weight
Hello! In my last post I chatted about my anger about regaining weight that I had worked very hard on losing. I promised that I would get my arse into gear ad here we are. The first day! (Well actually day 3 as I started some of this on Friday) What am I going to... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
Vegan dates #2: Tony and Jen’s
Welcome back to this little series of places that my girlfriend Victoria (Retrosnowflake) and I eat in due to her plant-based/vegan life. There a lot of great vegan options in Belfast nowadays and although I am not vegan, I feel it is worthwhile mentioning these places as they go to great lengths to accommodate their customers.... Continue Reading →
Weight loss to Christmas challenge: 10th – 12th 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... it's okay, I'll wait. So the gist of the challenge is that I want to lose around 30lbs before December 25th. It is a... Continue Reading →
Back at it – LIFE UPDATE
Hello, it's been awhile! Those that follow the blog, may have noticed that I haven't posted in a little while. Apologies for that, but the last month has been a bit crazy workwise for me and I was in a bit of a slump with my exercise and creativity. So the blog took a big hit... Continue Reading →
Getting my diet back on track
Hello and welcome to part 3 of my little series about getting back into fitness and a healthy lifestyle again after a blip in my progress. Check out my running post and my gym post! Today I chat about food and specifically my mistakes and what I aim to do to progress my body and... Continue Reading →
Veganism: Cooking a lasagne
The first vegan meal that I cooked was a lasagne. I know how to cook one pretty well, so thought I would start pretty safe for me. I talk about preparing for the big cooking day here. I have no idea if this was too adventurous or not, it seemed simple enough. I have never written... Continue Reading →
Dating a vegan/only eats plant based foods
Why hello there! Today I am going to talk about something a little different than what you have read in the last few posts here. I feel it is important to provide an overall scope of things that go on as although running and fitness is important, but food and my lifestyle is key to... Continue Reading →