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Monthly Archives: August 2014
Progress using My Fitness Pal
As you’ll know if you’ve been reading my blog or Facebook page over the last few weeks, I’ve not been exercising much, trying to recover and get well again. Last week I did hardly anything except walk plenty, a run … Continue reading
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My biggest challenge…
My biggest challenge this year… is this, dressing up like a girl for my best friends wedding. It’s all so new to me and I have to say that I’m glad I’ve got Fit Girl and my best friend to … Continue reading
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Back to eggs for breakfast
A few months ago I decided to replace my usual eggs, berries and oatcake breakfast with berries, Greek yoghurt, My Protein ‘Total Breakfast’ mix and an oatcake. The other day I ran out of berries, so had scrambled eggs, cooked … Continue reading
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Getting there…
The plan this week was to slowly ease back into training, but it hasn’t happened. 😦 This will be my third week of being ill, and whilst it’s not the end of the world not to be training, it’d be … Continue reading
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Greg does clever stuff with GPS – Yes?
I have to say… out of the interest of balance, I almost feel like I should do a NO one, or find a Garmin / GPS map that writes NO… but I’ll share this with you anyway… Here’s a rather … Continue reading
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Breakfasts
Yesterday I asked some of my Facebook readers to let me know what breakfasts they enjoyed… I’m liking berries, Greek yoghurt and oatcakes with a sprinkling of nuts (flaked almonds) just now, and here were their breakfasts: Anna’s one looks … Continue reading
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Progress…
It’s been hard to get my head around the fact that 124, or the amount I weigh, isn’t the important thing. Over the last few months I’ve been trying to see how what I do (eat, sleep, exercise) impacts my … Continue reading
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Making good choices
When you’re watching what you’re eating for health or weight loss reasons, it can be hard to know exactly what’s best to eat when you’re going out for dinner, or even what you eat day to day. I always try … Continue reading
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My 5 week plan …
It’s 5 full weeks until my holiday to San Diego and after the last two weeks of feeling sick and having a sore throat / cough, I’m keen to get back into training. But only when I’m ready. I plan … Continue reading
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