Archive for Health and Fitness

The Running Rhino

When I saw this shirt on Threadless, I just had to buy it because it sums up fairly well how I feel about the whole weight loss thing. Women  who are overweight can be their own worst enemies at times and I suppose I’m no different. Permit me a few generalisations here. We see [...]

EA Sports Active – what have I gotten myself into?

Or as it should be called, Quads of Pain – Attack of the Killer Reverse Knee Lunge!
Forget Wii Fit. This is not a game. This is a method of self-inflicted torture targeted at your calves, hips, bum and thighs. Thankfully today is a rest day in the 30 day challenge or I may not have [...]

Hitler the dietitian

So I decided to get a little bit more serious about the whole weight loss thing and I said casually to my doctor that I might want to see a dietitian. I imagined that I would go there, sit down and go through what I currently eat and be told the things I already knew [...]

I feel good!

Sing it with me people! Gotta love James Brown!
No kidding, I actually feel really great today and it’s hard to think of a day in recent times when I have felt this good within myself. I feel like I have more energy, I want to do stuff that I usually loathe doing and I feel [...]