Crazy weight loss strategies have always been in a waring battle with the good old healthy eating and exercise. Yesterday I wrote about small changes I’m making at the start of my weight loss journey. …

My starter plan for tackling my middle-aged spread — I’m in desperate need of time and money to get fit, but I have never been more time-poor or had more economic liabilities in my life. Life with kids, hey? In a perfect world, I would lay down all my mothering responsibilities (including my paid work) and head to an…

Day: 6. Weight: 86 kg/ 189 lb. Feeling: Full. — Oh, lemon tart, how you looked at me so longingly from the counter, your icing sugar suggestively dashed over your swirled lemon filling. Your sweet, buttery pastry looking firm and desirable. I could tell you were the perfect combination of eggs, sugar, lemon, butter and cream. Created by a chef…

Day: 4. Weight: 88 kg/ 194 lb. Feeling: Reflective. — A few days ago, I posed four questions to myself. These were questions I needed to sit down with, breathe in deeply and feel the words wash over me. I needed to be quiet with these questions and let the answers fully develop. My life is hectic with small children…

Day: 2. Weight: 88 kg/ 194 lb. Feeling: Focused, Full of Coffee. — It’s day two, and, as yet, I haven’t lost any weight. While this hasn’t surprised me in the least the internet has other ideas about how quickly a long-term health change can occur. I’m still working out a plan for my lifestyle/weight change, so I have been doing a lot…

Day: 1. Weight: 88 kg/ 194 lb. Feeling: Positive, Enthusiastic. — So, somehow I got pretty big. I wouldn’t say I feel obese (although the BMI index would beg to differ), but I’m definitely an extra-large woman, and small things are starting to get to me. …

So my journey to self-love and happiness is going slowly but surely. The speed doesn't matter so much really. Life is a long game. Real change, permanent change, happens slowly. My journey is about getting out of habits that have had a lifetime to develop. Those lazy afternoons on the…

How it's time to start a journey to self-love. — Someone once said to me, if you think you’re fat or unattractive in a photo, put the image away for two years and you’ll be surprised how you feel when you pull it out again. And it’s true. I remember feeling old and tired around the time I got engaged…

How I’ve slowed down and found myself again — In January, I wrote an article called ‘I Burnt Myself Out Being A Working Mom and Now I’m Having a Life Reset’. My daughter was nearly seven, and I‘d worked most of her young life. With the boisterous baby son who came after her, a job that stressed me out…