Health & Fitness
A lifelong battle to be fit and healthy, mostly focussed on my weight.
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Getting into the groove
This blog is starting to feel like just that, a personal blog, again. That’s good, in that I seem to be getting some sort of writing routine back (even if it’s still somewhat sporadic) and bad in that I seem to be treating it more like a diary. Anyway, it’s my blog, I can do…
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Hit and Run (and party)
I must be getting old, life seems to be speeding up. I remember thinking, yesterday, that I should really post something here and I’ve only just realised that wasn’t yesterday it was Monday, which is four days ago. Bad blogger! Work (capital W) continues to suck a lot of my energy but I’m still enjoying…
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Hounds of Hell
Glancing down at the readout I notice, with some dismay, that I’ve still got 4 minutes left. I glance around me, at the huffing man on the treadmill, the two girls gossiping whilst idly spinning the wheels on their bikes, and a middle-aged woman staring in bewilderment at the exercise sheet she is holding. And…
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Almost finished
Bye bye 2009, almost. It’s been…. well for the most part it’s been fun, it’s been good, I’ve learnt a lot, and will take some of that into the coming year. Christmas was, as ever, a mixbag of anti-climax, lots of food, laughter, some alcohol and a nasty hacking cough. I have resolutions ready, one…
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Fat man thin?
Our eldest niece has her graduation ceremony this evening. As is the way of these things, only two people can attend so her Mum and Aunt Louise are going along. As I’ll be at a loose end, and as it is late night shopping night in Glasgow, I thought I’d nip in a get a…
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The white stuff
I have white stuff all over my hands. I really should wash it off. I would’ve washed it off earlier after the first time, but I knew I’d be doing it again so, you know, what’s the point? It’s like showering before going to the gym. Actually that’s a bad example as there are some…