It’s probably a bit un-PC to admit this, but the way I look is important to me. I need to be a very certain weight/size to look in the mirror and be happy with what I see. (Feel free to roll your eyes here and talk about how sad it is that I feel the need to conform to societal norms, but honestly, I don’t care. Being happy with what I see in the mirror makes me feel good and quite frankly, … [Read more...]
Last year I came across a super interesting video on YouTube. It was conceived, written, and presented by Dr. Mike Evans, a Canadian physician with an interest in preventative medicine. The video was quite brilliant and was titled 23 and 1/2 hours: What is the single best thing we can do for our health? Dr Mike spends the early stages of the video talking about a wonder drug he had been … [Read more...]
I have been a runner for pretty much my whole life. One of my earliest 'sporting' memories is having to make the choice between a blossoming (ha ha) ballet career or Little Athletics. They were both on Saturday mornings you see, one had to go. As a teenager I did cross country and athletics at school and once I got to Uni, triathlon came into the picture. So still I ran, albeit with a bit of … [Read more...]
Lunch is a perennial problem for me. I am not big on 'making stuff' so if there are no leftovers in the fridge from the night before I usually revert to toast. Gosh I eat a lot of toast. The other day I visited the fridge at 12.30pm and found it to be emptier than Lake Eyre in drought. Booooooooo. I considered my options. Usually in this toast-less situation I would head to a nearby fresh … [Read more...]
First up – apologies to all the non twitter users out there because you won’t have any idea what a hashtag is. In the twitter world, its true purpose is to allow you to follow tweets about the same topic (for instance search the hashtag #ausopen and you can see all tweets from people talking about the Australian Open). Mostly though, people just use them to be ironic or smart arses. I fall … [Read more...]
Well it’s the end of Week 6 of my quitting sugar program and I have to say things have definitely gotten easier. Obviously I am in a bit of a routine now with what I eat and how I avoid the sweet stuff – but also, the cravings are gone, gone, gone. I can quite safely look at a bag of lollies or fruit or a piece of cake without an overwhelming desire to devour. In other words, I don’t feel … [Read more...]
Ok - so I am now finished with my third week of quitting sugar which was also the first week of going completely sugar free. It started with a bang on Monday morning when I woke up absolutely starving. Wicked. About every 6 weeks or so (meaning I can't even blame hormones) I get this whole "no matter how much I eat, I am hungry" episode for three or so days. I cannot believe I was having one … [Read more...]
Quick recap - I'm quitting sugar with a little help from Sarah. When I left off last time, I was feeling a bit smug. You see, I was pretty sure that quitting sugar wasn't going to be that hard because in my mind, the sweet stuff just doesn't feature that highly in my diet any more. Go back five years and sure, it would be a nightmare, but today ... do I drink fruit juice? No. Soft Drink? Not … [Read more...]
I’ve been reading Sarah Wilson’s blog for quite a while now. I like her gentle approach to life and I like the way she presents her thoughts and ideas even if I don’t always agree with them. For most of this year, Sarah has been writing about her journey on the sugar-quitting train. I have followed this with great interest as I have known for years that, in a world where the weight loss … [Read more...]
This week’s story starter challenge from Cath at Leaf Journals is: My greatest indulgence ... gift and not surprisingly, this was an EASY one. Easily the most indulgent thing I have ever done, and the greatest gift my husband and I gave to ourselves, was our trip to Europe pre-baby. After spending most of my adult life always finding ‘just one more thing’ I needed to do before having … [Read more...]
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