Now is MY time

I mentioned in my last post that I had over-extended by Sacoriliac joint and that the muscles in the are (read - buttocks) had gone into ope...

I am often struck by what a pool of talented women make up the group of mothers at my children's school and one of them is Seana Smith w...

From time to time I am reminded that although I am mentally enthusiastic about weight training that I need to be a bit more cautious in orde...

After 7months I have lost 10kgs and 8% body fat!  My BMI is now 23.8 and I am feeling fantastic.  People are commenting and noticing all of ...

I am an avid user of Facebook!  I check it many times a day and post regularly - but hopefully not so regularly as to drive my friends mad. ...

What a great holiday, or as it could be alternatively known as:  "Boot Camp" or at least "Adventure Holiday"  Despite th...

I embarked on my fitness journey with Vision Personal Training.  The way they organise you is in 9 week blocks.  So every 9 weeks you reset ...

One of the great things about losing weight is of course buying clothes in a smaller size - like my new pair of Lululemon pants - full lengt...

Last Saturday night I gathered with 11 other women from my gym and my sister to run in my first event since I was a teenager.  Back in my te...

For the past two and a half weeks I have had my Parents in Law staying with me from Europe - keeping it vague :-)  I have been trying to sho...

It has come as a revelation to me to see myself actually developing visible muscles!  I should have realised that it would happen eventually...

I sit here at the computer, allegedly waiting till it has been two hours since breakfast, to go exercise and burn off some fat.  Heaven forb...

Continuing on my journey of fitness, and trying to ensure that I can justify basically paying for two gym memberships at once, I went with a...

I have been laying off the blogging as I was tending to do it last thing at night and then finding myself to be really exhausted in the morn...

I spent a big chunk of today watching my boys at their school swimming carnival. My eldest swims in 10 and under and my youngest swam in 8 a...

In the nutrition seminar that my gym runs to support the program they implement with their clients, they talk about if you want to eat fruit...

Ok, that is a trick question.  On Sunday I went rock climbing with my family and my sister and her partner.  It has been 6 years since my l...

I have had a few Personal Trainers over the years. I had one that used to come to my apartment at 6am and collect me and take me downsta...

The highlight of today was the chance to meet with my fellow students of philosophy at the beautiful home of our tutor.  The discussion of d...

Like always, I tried too hard to cram too much into my morning.  After School drop off (which I was running late for) I tried hard to nick...