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Diet and Exercise
In today’s post I am going to talk about my general outlook on diet and exercise plans; I will go into specifics in later posts. So… diet and exercise. Two simple concepts that we have managed to make...
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Stay S.M.A.R.T.
I recently did a course in project management where I studied the importance of setting good goals. The theory is that without clear objectives, how can you be confident of success, how can you measure...
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Festina Lente – Hurry Slowly
Today I want to talk about my favourite quote which is “Festina Lente”. It is attributed to Augustus, the first Roman Emperor. During his lifetime, Augustus brought together the many warring factions...
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Weekly Update 1: 13th March 2013
It has been one week since I started my journey to get fit. Usually, my ‘first week’ involves a crazy diet or forcing myself to do huge amounts of exercise. As per yesterday’s post on ‘hurrying...
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The Incredible Hulkette
Now I believe that there are pros and cons to everything, but sometimes personal experience points us in a certain direction. Exercise is generally categorised as cardio e.g. jogging and cycling or...
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Snack Attack!
Some people can manage fine on three square meals a day, but I am a snacker, a grazer – breakfast, lunch and dinner are just too far apart from each other for my liking. A common diet plan is to “cut...
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Take Me Out
I must apologise for not posting yesterday. However I have a very good excuse, you see I am Irish, and this was St. Patrick’s weekend; our national binge drinking and junk food eating festival. A time...
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Weekly Update 2: 20th March 2013
Week Two is done! Unfortunately, it was the week of St. Patrick’s Weekend, which included one full day of drinking and another full day of eating junk to try and make myself feel better. But apart from...
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Cardio Wars
I have really been struggling to find the enthusiasm to do any cardio lately. And by lately, I mean for the last two – three years. I used to be big into running and it makes me a little sad when I...
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Here Comes The Hot Stepper
The first contestant in Cardio Wars is the simple home stepper machine. As you can probably guess by the dirt of mine, my first exercise was to haul this stepper out of the attic where it’s been...
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Swingers Club
My latest cardio contestant is controversial, because it isn’t necessarily a cardio workout. I had planned on trying out my new running app, but the weather here is still awful so I needed another...
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Days Like This
I’ve really struggled to make myself exercise over the last two years. I have bouts where I’m really into something, like last year I went to crazy hard spinning classes three times a week for two...
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Zombies, Run! 5K App Review
I know today is meant to be my weekly update but I felt so down yesterday that I woke up bright and early this morning determined to try out my new running app and turn my week around. I was going to...
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Weekly Update 3: 28th March 2013
I felt a bit down this week. Previously, I have always rushed into diets and exercise regimes too quickly and given up just as quickly because that momentum wasn’t sustainable. This time, I have been...
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H2-Ohhhh
Hello, I’m so sorry for the break in posts, I was very selfish and decided to take Good Friday and Easter Monday off! Today I want to talk about water because I firmly believe that water is an amazing,...
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Weekly Update 4: 3rd April 2013
Another week gone, I just cannot believe it! I was really expecting to see a big difference after four weeks, but as you can see from my results below, very little has changed - some fields have gotten...
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Weekly Update 5: 10th April 2013
The last week has been very busy for me as I settle into my new job and new routine. I am working longer hours, but yet I have found it pretty easy this week to squeeze in my exercise. I’ve done one...
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Weekly Update 18th April 2013
I feel like I don’t have much to say this week. I’ve settled nicely into a routine of using my hour long lunch break to do my Zombie, Run excerises three days a week and honestly it’s no big deal. Two...
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Slump-zilla!
Oh my God, I can’t believe how long it is since I last posted. I’m sorry!!! I was going to make up some elaborate excuse but the truth is I just hit a major slump. I’ve had two weekends away in a row,...
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Weekly, well, Monthly Update… 15th May 2013
Urgh, I can’t believe I went AWOL for a whole month… I don’t have much to say today, my measurements speak for themselves: 07.03.2013 10.04.2013 18.04.2013 15.04.13 Weight 127 lbs 129lbs 128lbs...
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