Health & Fitness
A lifelong battle to be fit and healthy, mostly focussed on my weight.
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Time for a walk?
One piece of advice that stuck with me, although I know not where I received it, was to look up as I walked around a city. Try it the next time you get the chance, there is far far more interesting things happening above head height in most major cities, so rather than focus on…
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(Re)Starting Small
I appear to have misplaced my mojo. I’ve not lost it completely. I mean I know roughly what it looks like, and it can’t be far cos I had it up until recently. I just can’t be bothered looking for it. I know I know, it’ll be the last place I left it. Thing is,…
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My User Guide
Product: Gordon McLeanModel: GM-01Manufacturer: Lynda & Ian McLeanCountry of origin: ScotlandYear of manufacture: 1973Recommended operating environment: Somewhere with coffee, books, music and access to the outdoors. Before use Please ensure Gordon has had sufficient sleep. This is not a suggestion. It is a requirement. Coffee should be provided shortly afterwards. Snacks are optional but strongly…
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100 days
Today marks Day 100. Overall I’m happy with how it went. I moved enough everyday to mark is as “complete”, and I’ve lost about 7.5kg (plateau’d a bit as I’ve mentioned). The benefits are the adjustment of routine, building better habits, being more conscious of why I think I feel hungry (usually boredom or procrastination)…
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Revisiting 2026 Resolutions
Half way through the year already, and it seemed like a good time to look back at my New Year resolutions. I’m not normally one for resolutions, but avoiding them hadn’t exactly been a winning strategy either, so I thought I’d give them a try. As I said in January: Given that I remain unfit…
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100 days different
I mentioned this before but I thought I’d expand on this a little. I head to Madrid for the Grand Prix in September. That’s not what this post is about but is what, by happenstance, gave me a focus. I need goals I look back at my athletic achievements (wow, that’s an odd phrase to…