The Lard Arms

Game Over

2009-11-27T11:00:49+00:00

Greetings, readers, if you're still here. Apologies for the silence; it just hasn't felt right. It's been a turbulent period for all sorts of reasons and now I'm left wondering what's left to offer via this blog. I've put on...

She-Wolf

2009-09-30T08:27:17+01:00

Shakira in her She-Wolf outfit The only reason I have posted the very foxy Shakira here is because her video (of her song, She-Wolf) was playing at the gym, while I was on the treadmill. I've was really struck by...

The Gym

2009-09-20T07:21:00+01:00

So, Legs, Bums and Tums put me out of action for a few days but I got back to the gym on Friday. I thought, naively, that I would want to go back. After all, I felt excited about the...

Potatoes not Prozac - Step 1 (ii)

2009-09-18T16:34:16+01:00

Wow! I was away for an all-day training session and came back to fantastic comments and questions (which always cheer me up). Not least because the author of Potatoes not Prozac left a message, too. Answering the questions! How fantastic...

Legs, Bums and Tums

2009-09-16T21:48:19+01:00

So, my new gym buddy (!) from Body Pump also suggested that I try a specific Legs, Bums and Tums she said that the class was full of older ladies. Readers, you know that I have crossed the 40 mark...

Potatoes not Prozac - Step 1

2009-09-15T10:26:30+01:00

So, after last week's epiphany with Potatoes not Prozac, I've been consciously trying to eat more protein. But since I am now almost back to being completely vegetarian, this presents more challenges, particularly as the protein I am consuming is...

Body Pump

2009-09-14T17:45:05+01:00

So, the gym thing is continuing. And this time round, I have mixed things up. Even though I have been a member of various gyms, along the years, I've chickened out of going to classes. Ultimately, the bigger I got,...

Potatoes not Prozac

2009-09-11T09:30:15+01:00

Friends, I have been trying to get my house in order. And myself! I've been reading the remaining books on my recommended list that I wrote about on this blog (but never got round to starting/finishing). I've been facing the...

Anyone for Tennis?

2009-09-07T14:35:00+01:00

If you have read as many diet books and diet articles as me, you will be familiar with the phrase 'find something you love doing, otherwise you'll give up' in relation to physical exercise. (It could, of course, apply to...

"Do you have an inferiority complex?"

2009-09-07T00:31:43+01:00

That is the question that my driving instructor asked me last week. I was all set to have lessons to finally, finally (and hopefully) pass my practical test in a different part of the country but, ultimately, I had to...