motivation

I feel better now

April 30, 2013

Years ago an Australian health insurance company had a series of ads and “I feel better now,” was the tagline. The jingle came to mind as I wrote this post because – as it happens – I actually DO feel better now. (Not necessarily mentally, but that’s a whole other story!) Almost two months ago [...]

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Only death comes as the end

March 6, 2013

A few weeks ago I was talking to my life coach about failure. The conversation centred around the fact that we should recognise that our own perceptions may be a bit screwy: we may see something as a failure, when we should be celebrating the fact that we even attempted it in the first place; [...]

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When you’re on a roll

February 22, 2013

I’m visiting my mother this morning. My childhood hometown is only about 35km away from my new place. We try to catch up at least once a week and it’s lovely to have that regular contact. But… I’m a bit nervous about today’s visit. I’m both worried that I will and that I won’t get [...]

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Shaking things up

November 17, 2012

It’s a vicious circle: feeling crappy about yourself; relying on comfort food to make yourself feel better; then feeling even fatter and porkier and crappier about yourself. And then, you know… rinse, repeat. Of course occasionally the self-loathing spikes enough to create a crescendo, coupled with promises of everything ranging from ‘clean’ eating, to extreme [...]

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Grounding my inner teenager

September 17, 2012

I’m pretty sure you’ve wondered with bated breath how my shake-a-thon is going. No? Why the hell not?! Perhaps you were / are like me and expected the worst – that I’d crash and burn on day two, or three? Nope… as it happens I’m still going strong and have now been using IsoWhey Complete [...]

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Do as I say…

September 12, 2012

Regular readers would know that after a lifetime of yo-yoing weight I decided early this year to stop ‘dieting’. In all honesty, I felt exhausted from 30 years of obsessing over my weight, food and exercise. I lost 20+kg last year before my weight loss efforts fell into a big heap. I was happy with [...]