The story of my first date with my girlfriend

I can be a bit of a soppy bugger when I want to be and today I want to be a bit soppy so apologies beforehand. I am going to share a little story about the first date I had with Victoria (Retrosnowflake) because she is important to me and also I want brownie points...

Shoplifters review

A stunning Japanese drama that will captivate and ask the question what makes a family a family? Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Palme d’Or winning Shoplifters follows a family in Tokyo barely getting by lead by the father figure Osamu Shibata (LilyFranky) who in between occasional construction work has to turn to petty theft from neighbourhood stores with...

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...

5 Horror Films to Stream & 5 to find for essential Halloween viewing

It is Halloween season and we need to get a few scares in. Well, that’s my opinion anyway, you might be perfectly happy being scare-free for the rest of your life. But I much prefer to be a little scared every now and then, which is why I probably love the horror genre. I could...

5 reasons to run the London Marathon (from past participants)

Last week I chatted away about a few of the reasons why I was unsure if I would ever run the London marathon, for a read as to my reasons check it here. But today I want to deviate a tad from last weeks post as I considered the fact that maybe I was being...

Why I am not sure I ever want to run the London Marathon

I know, a really weird thing to say right? Everyone knows the London marathon and every single year I get asked if I am going to try and run it and every year I say ‘maybe’ when I really know I won’t and lately I have had it in my head that I actually don’t...

Regular fit or slim fit? What should an overweight guy wear?

With all of my posts recently about weight loss / being overweight and clothing I thought I would finish off with how I felt when having to decide what type of fitting I should wear as an overweight guy. Should I go for the loose fitting? Or the normal regular fit. Would I be bold...

Looking back at films I was dreading in early 2018

A while ago I made a list of films that I am dreading that are being released over February to May, catch up here! Today I want to look back at these films and see how they did at the box office and with audiences. Please remember this is all a bit of fun and...

Being okay with not being body positive with yourself: Clothing

Welcome back to this miniseries on why I can’t be body positive with myself. This post will be all about how I saw myself in clothes and the feeling of having to buy larger sizes in comparison to the feeling to how I felt when I started to lose the weight the first time. I...

Being okay with not being body positive with yourself: Part 1

Hello everyone! I know a third post about weight loss in a matter of two weeks!! If you missed the previous two I chatted about regaining weight and then what I plan to do to get it all back off again. P.S going well so far 3lbs off! But today is all about body positivity,...