Back in 2015 I did a blog about what motivated me to start getting fitter and a recent comment prompted me that I’ve been so busy wittering about all sorts of other things that I haven’t really posted any substantive updates or milestones since then. Quite honestly, I wasn’t sure that anyone would be interest… Read More Personal Journeys – June 2020 Update
I know a lot of people aren’t happy with themselves when they’re younger and I was no exception. There was always something wrong when I looked in the mirror: too fat, too many spots, hair wrong, too many bulges in the wrong places, etc. As I’ve got older, I give less of a toss about… Read More Age and Self Confidence
Being fat, overweight, obese, large, heavy – whatever you want to call it – is a strange thing. I’ve been overweight since my late teens (despite doctors telling me from the age of 14 that I was fat – which I wasn’t). I used to be ashamed of the bits of me which were larger… Read More About Being Fat
It took me a while to figure out that I didn’t want to become an old lady who was crippled with infirmities. Once I’d figured that bit out, it took a little longer before I decided that I really needed to get my fat arse off the sofa every evening and do something positive towards… Read More Personal Journeys
There were certain values that were instilled in me as I grew up, not all of them were healthy admittedly but I do feel that manners and consideration for your fellow life travellers are valid tenets and although it doesn’t make me angry any more that there is so much inconsideration in the world, it… Read More 7 July 2009 – On Manners
I’m very lucky with my friends. Or maybe they’re lucky with me. We are able to say what’s on our minds, usually without having to preface it with “I hope you don’t mind me saying this …”. We know that we don’t judge one another and any suggestions made are done so in a helpful… Read More 15 March 2008 – Speaking Your Mind
Ramblings and Musings 