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6 days ago

A short history of carrot sticks

Changing my diet is tough, and so I’m trying to create some joy in the experience by merging it with one of my favourite things — writing. With this in mind, here is a short history of carrot sticks. Carrot sticks have a long and interesting history that dates back…

Carrots

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A short history of carrot sticks
A short history of carrot sticks
Carrots

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Jan 21

Is ‘bee venom therapy’ the way to go?

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. …

Weight Loss

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Is ‘bee venom therapy’ the way to go?
Is ‘bee venom therapy’ the way to go?
Weight Loss

4 min read


Jan 20

So, How Does a Middle-Aged Mother Get Fit?

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…

Weight Loss

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So, How Does a Middle-Aged Mother Get Fit?
So, How Does a Middle-Aged Mother Get Fit?
Weight Loss

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Jan 13

Lemon Tart — You Had Me at Yellow

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…

Weight Loss

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Lemon Tart — You Had Me at Yellow
Lemon Tart — You Had Me at Yellow
Weight Loss

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Jan 12

Defining Your ‘Why’ Can Be Just as Important as Your ‘How’

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…

Weight Loss

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Defining Your ‘Why’ Can Be Just as Important as Your ‘How’
Defining Your ‘Why’ Can Be Just as Important as Your ‘How’
Weight Loss

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Jan 9

Just Reporting, Not Skinny Yet

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…

Weight Loss

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Just Reporting, Not Skinny Yet
Just Reporting, Not Skinny Yet
Weight Loss

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Jan 8

When You Realize You’re the Big Girl

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. …

Weight Loss

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When You Realize You’re the Big Girl
When You Realize You’re the Big Girl
Weight Loss

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Aug 16, 2022

Three Easy Ways to Kick Start Your Happiness Journey

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…

Self

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Three Easy Ways to Kick Start Your Happiness Journey
Three Easy Ways to Kick Start Your Happiness Journey
Self

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Aug 2, 2022

It’s Not About Looking Good. It’s About Feeling Good.

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…

Health

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It’s Not About Looking Good. It’s About Feeling Good.
It’s Not About Looking Good. It’s About Feeling Good.
Health

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May 1, 2022

The Results: Four Months off Work to Get My Life On Track

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. …

Parenting

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The Results: Four Months off Work to Get My Life On Track
The Results: Four Months off Work to Get My Life On Track
Parenting

7 min read

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