Travel can be stressful at the best of times but this trip has been off the scale for many reasons. Health is a gift! Read on for more and join in with our link party #2022wotylinkparty
Going AWOL after an emergency
Men’s health is an important issue even in times of a pandemic. I’ll be taking a break to look after the patient.
My sister’s story in her own words: Living though not loving the reality
Sisterly love Life is full of surprises, ups and downs and curveballs Just before Christmas I remember listening to a podcast with Petrea King, a grief counsellor - it was about having an empty chair at the table at Christmas time and how some D words impact us more around special times of the year, …
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Sense of self
Four Corners A Sense Of Self When acclaimed TV journalist Liz Jackson is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, crippling her with pain & panic attacks, she turns the lens on herself to make the most challenging story of her life. This episode was shown on Four Corners on ABC TV recently but, due to being away, …
5 seconds on Friday – Healing in the spring sunshine
A ‘cute’ appendicitis!
Ouch – multiplied by a million
Today I had my second ever mammogram. My first one, over 2 years ago, was a memorable occasion as I was excited to have finally reached this 'invitation' stage of my life (for some reason I was excited??). I have decided after today's experience, that I do not like them.Today was worse in some ways …
Letter to myself – 12 wbt weekly challenge
The challenge for week 1 of this round of 12wbt is to write a letter to ourselves answering the following questions. It's a good exercise and I think I'm lucky as I've been blogging about my feelings throughout the first round and into my second round, so I have an idea of what's been going on in my …
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Tumbatrek – a different way to spend a Saturday
Tumbatrek 2014 Today was my final Super Saturday session on the Learn to Run program and what a day it's been!! I walked nearly 15 Kms over 4.5 hours on the beautiful Hume and Hovell walking track, burnt 910 calories, enjoyed great company and all this was done in very hot conditions. Mixing politics with …
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Gunshot….the soundtrack to my morning run
I'm not joking! My neighbour was out shooting this morning while I was out running. I couldn't see him anywhere, I just kept hearing these random shots and hoped that he could see me. In the end I used it as a training aid, every time I heard the shot I pretended it was the starting …
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5 good reasons to run early in the morning
Welcome to week 6! Monday mornings can be quite hard to get up & go running but I have managed to do it now for 6 weeks. It's not pretty I can assure you!! This morning I realised that I actually love my 6.30am runs. Here are my top five reasons: 1. There are no …
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Skinny love
Pressure’s on!!
I'm feeling the pressure! Organising all my meals, trying to get the exercises right, finding time, making time, reading everything, recording everything I eat, calories burnt, first weigh in ......I know I'll be fine in a week or so. I do like to be organised so that helps.My weigh in was OK - 100g down …
The beginning…
Today was Day 1. Although the weeks of pre-season activities have helped get my head into the right mind set, it was still a big day. I had a huge weekend cycling with friends and on Saturday alone my heart rate monitor told me that I had burnt 1432 calories!! We did ride for most of …
Out for a run!
Why do I have great ideas for my blog while I'm out walking/running but when I come home I don't remember any of them??I had a lovely 5k walk/run tonight in the coolness after what turned out to be quite a hot day. I scored a trifecta - which was quite fitting seeing as though it …
D is for determined…
D = determined E = enthusiastic B = beginner O = organised R = runner A = amazing H = healthy
My 12wbt journey has started
I joined the Michelle Bridges 12 week body transformation in early October. I signed up online, paid my money and jumped right into the forum, after a bit of looking around the site and getting my bearings. I had missed a few of the early warm up challenges but still read through them and got …