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2013
With each new year brings the opportunity to make a fresh start, and while I have already made many changes to my lifestyle the start of a new year brings the chance to commit to my choices 100% and...
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Flash back friday…
I have kept a blog before, during my many attempts to lose weight over the years. Some of them are still hiding in the background somewhere, and reading entries written by the old me really makes me...
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Living in shades of grey…
I am fat. I am thin. I am somewhere in the middle? We never aim for the middle in life. No one wants to be just “ok” at something. We want to be the best, or we fear being labelled the worst. We always...
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When you have a why you can tolerate any how…
Making any significant change to your lifestyle is a challenge. Whether it’s quitting smoking, cutting back on the booze or trying to shed a few pounds, it’s hard to give up something you that brings...
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Let’s Celebrate…
Today is a good day. A very good day. I lost 2.5lbs this week I lost 7lbs this month However, the bigger news…. I have now lost 6 stone, in a mere 6 months. My BMI is now 24.6, which equals HEALTHY. I...
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Slim for life….
Yesterday I purchased Jillian Michaels new book, Slim for Life. I read it cover to cover in 3 hours straight. Whilst, not a diet book, it made me realise some of the things I am slowly slacking on and...
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Do you see what I see??
Recently I’ve had a bit of an epiphany. It’s shocking that it’s taken me 26 years to realise this, but the fact that I finally have is a good thing. I’ve spent my whole life as a self conscious...
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Surgery and the single girl…
Since I started this blog my relationship has changed, twice. My journey started as a singleton – kind of, back in June/July when my relationship had ended due to issues caused mostly by my weight, but...
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Big Plans….
It’s been 8 months now since I had my Gastric Sleeve, and besides helping me to shed 95lbs so far the sleeve has opened up my eyes to a whole new world. A world of protein powder, kettle bells, chia...
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Phase 1 – complete
For the past few weeks I’ve felt that my weight loss journey is at a strange place, and I’ve become a little lost, looking for the right direction to move forward towards. In July 2012 I weighed in at...
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The slow carb eating plan…
I don’t really need to lose any more “weight”. I still want to of course, but what I really need to do is lose body fat and gain lean muscle mass, so i’m less slim jiggly and more toned goddess. To...
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The rest is still unwritten…
It’s been going on for the past four years or so, but this week I’m back to worrying about my future, and having a little quarter life crisis. I think it’s been brought on by the dating. Seemingly, in...
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A sunny day out…
Being at maintenance is so much easier than when I was trying to lose weight. I used to feel like an alien who could never eat ice cream or chocolate and avoided fizzy pop like the plague. Now I’m not...
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Here come the girls…
This weekend I’m in Birmingham, England for a WLS social event. I get to see my surgery buddy after a year, ( she’s done fabulous ) and meet lots of new people who are all travelling along the same...
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CB girls, cocktails and clubbing…aka The Best Weekend
This weekend I met up with 12 other WLS girl friends of mine. We all had our surgery with the same company and have helped each other through the highs and lows via facebook for the last 12 months or...
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Boys boys boys…. Cocktails and clubbing.
Clubbing. It’s something I haven’t done in YEARS. Literally. Which is probably the case for many people, but given I’m only 26 I often think that clubbing, bars, nights out drinking etc, should have...
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F**k the fad diets….. SERIOUSLY
Losing weight is hard. I get it. Trust me. We all want a “quick fix”, “an easy solution” or to grasp at any diet that offers us drastic weight loss in a short amount of time. But trying to change...
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Bad Hazel….
Apologies I’ve been very quiet lately. Some days the ideas for posts just don’t come, and some days life just seems to happen so quickly and weeks go by without me realising. But don’t worry, i’ve not...
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Living happily ever active….
Looking back over the last 18 months it’s hard to believe just how much my life has changed. That self conscious, depressed, overweight girl has disappeared, and with her, her whole life. Not only do I...
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Mistakes…..the portals of discovery
I’ve been quiet for the last few weeks. Entering the working world has taken it’s toll on me. I’ve been working a 40 hour week for the first time in my life, with the added task of walking my two dogs...
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