Stuff and Nonsense http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk Life as a 40-something woman Tue, 21 Feb 2017 18:11:31 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.8 My Fitness Journey – an update http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/my-fitness-journey-an-update http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/my-fitness-journey-an-update#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2017 18:03:49 +0000 http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/?p=3634 Last April I set off on a mission to finally rid myself off the 4+ stones of excess weight I’ve been carrying round for about 20 years, and to get fitter and healthier. I was eating better, reducing my alcohol intake and had started doing DDP Yoga (see my review here) and I vowed to more »

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]]> http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/review-eat-pray-love/feed 0 End of week 7 weigh in … http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/end-of-week-7-weigh-in http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/end-of-week-7-weigh-in#comments Fri, 27 May 2016 06:59:19 +0000 http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/?p=3627 And what a disappointment it was! This week I've been really focused on healthy eating, cutting down my alcohol intake quite dramatically, drinking plenty of water and keeping up with my exercise routine. I've been below 1400 calories every day (but not hugely below – so I don't think I'm under eating) and have been more »

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]]> http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/end-of-week-7-weigh-in/feed 0 Review: DDP Yoga http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/review-ddp-yoga http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/review-ddp-yoga#comments Wed, 25 May 2016 17:16:19 +0000 http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/?p=3615 So here’s my review of DDP Yoga, the transformational fitness workout devised by American wrestler Diamond Dallas Page. We met DDP at Wrestlecon in Dallas, Texas this April, and until then I’d never heard of DDP Yoga … and why should I? I’m not a yoga person, I’m not an exercise person, stuff like that passes more »

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]]> http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/review-ddp-yoga/feed 0 Healthy Living Regime … The Reboot! http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/healthy-living-regime-the-reboot http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/healthy-living-regime-the-reboot#comments Wed, 25 May 2016 14:42:19 +0000 http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/?p=3603 OK so I have had a weight problem for most of my adult life, that much is obvious. When I fell pregnant with my daughter, back in 1993, I was 9.5 stone and a size 10-12. After I had Katie I went up to about 12 stone, size 14, and then after I had Dan more »

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]]> http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/healthy-living-regime-the-reboot/feed 1 Dallas Diaries Day 2: Axxess and WWE Hall of Fame http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/dallas-diaries-day-2-axxess-and-wwe-hall-of-fame http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/dallas-diaries-day-2-axxess-and-wwe-hall-of-fame#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2016 17:06:20 +0000 http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/?p=3582 Day 2 started as day one had, in Cindi’s New York Diner near Reunion Tower. But whereas it had been empty the day before it was packed this time, mostly with wrestling fans! We bumped into the couple we;’d met the previous day and talked about Wrestlecon and mentioned that we were going to Axxess more »

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]]> http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/victoria-wood-and-chyna/feed 0 Dallas Diaries Day 1: Wrestlecon / NXT Takeover http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/dallas-diaries-day-1-wrestlecon-nxt-takeover http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/dallas-diaries-day-1-wrestlecon-nxt-takeover#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:30:36 +0000 http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/?p=3545 Our first full day in Dallas was Friday and we didn’t have anything planned. Actually, that’s a lie – we’d tried and tried to get tickets for NXT Takeover but missed out on pre-sale and sale day, and Stubhub was looking for stupid amounts of money for them. But the day started with Dan deciding more »

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]]> http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/dallas-diaries-observations-of-america/feed 0 Our Wrestlemania 32 Adventure: Dallas Diaries http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/our-wrestlemania-32-adventure-dallas-diaries http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/our-wrestlemania-32-adventure-dallas-diaries#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:26:52 +0000 http://www.alisonmthompson.co.uk/?p=3544 I’ve been a bit of a fan of WWE (WWF as it was) for about 25 years. When I first left home the pub I drank in in Hounslow was an early adopter of SKY TV and my boyfriend and I used to watch WWF stuff now and then. Not long after I met my children’s father and though more »

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