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2023-03-10 17:07
Oh hey there! How’ve you been? The months have flown by and I’m finding my way back to whatever normal even looks like any more. So I thought this Spring outfit post with Very wa… Read More
2022-09-18 13:01
Hi! Sorry. I was asleep last week again! Fatigue has been one of my biggest struggles with my recovery and treatment so far, I keep […]
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2022-07-17 17:27
Hi! Happy disgustingly hot Sunday! I saw an insta post the other day that suggested the reason I might hate summer is because of body […]
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2022-07-14 17:05
Wow, last year it took me a month to get this post up, this year it’s only 3 weeks, so evidently I’m improving and getting […]
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2022-06-29 17:46
sponsored post If you’re a regular reader you will know that I have always been one to celebrate the opening of an envelope and believe […]
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2022-06-25 16:47
Ok, so it’s not been quite a year since I last posted. But I thought “This 9 months I…” might make people think I was […]
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2021-07-20 16:02
It’s only taken me a whole month to get around to actually publishing this post. Things are a little bit hectic around here and I just didn’t have time, but having documented a s… Read More
2021-07-18 09:07
The eagle eyed or extremely interested amongst you might have noticed that there was no this week I…. Last Sunday. The reason for that is that I felt awful. I spiked a temperature and… Read More
2021-03-07 13:44
Hi, it’s been a while. I feel like I ought to start this weeks post with a little catch up on the last few months as I haven’t posted since Christmas. I have done fun things I co… Read More
2020-09-17 11:15
This post has been a long time coming! My partnership with Artelac actually started around the same time as lockdown, but then, you know the apocalypse happened and getting to this point too… Read More
2020-08-28 12:35
I am proud to say that planning my weekly meals is something I’ve now been doing really consistently for at least 4 years. I can’t imagine how I ever managed to eat before I plan… Read More
2020-08-14 14:52
Maybe we are all fat. Maybe we’re all lazy feckless layabouts who eat frozen chips because we’re too lazy to cut up potatoes, and pizza instead of salad because we’re too s… Read More
2020-08-02 09:27
It’s Sunday again, how these roll around so fast I don’t know. It’s been a very warm few days, but thankfully there seems to be a bit of a nice breeze today so I’m ho… Read More
2020-06-25 16:00
Well, when I started this project back in 2016 I don’t think I dreamed that 4 years on I’d be documenting my day in the middle of a global pandemic. Today’s post is part of… Read More
2020-06-19 14:20
Its easy to think that the harder you work out the fitter you’ll get. I remember when I first started running I got faster with every session and I felt so proud. 8 years into my runni… Read More
2020-04-22 13:13
Ah, every fitness “influencer” in the world is running Zoom classes, and Instagram live classes and making workout videos right now, I, however, am not, and I sincerely apologise… Read More
2020-03-18 14:20
This is a sponsored post that was mostly written about a week ago, considering how much more important exercising outside and staying healthy is right now, I figured it’s as relevant a… Read More
2020-03-12 17:34
I have been asked this question myself by clients, and I’ve seen other people asking for advice on Social Media. So I thought I’d share some of my own thoughts and tips on stayin… Read More
2020-02-26 10:00
Since the Pugs came into our lives 2 years ago I’ve developed quite a large mental rolodex of dog-friendly places to take them. It’s nice to have them as part of our lives and we… Read More
2020-02-20 10:00
Well, as races go, the build-up to this one has got to be one of the most stressful I’ve ever had. I’ve been following a training plan for months, and then the week before race d… Read More
2020-02-02 12:50
Well, good afternoon! I’m actually finishing this off sat in the car by the side of the road as we’ve just managed to spectacularly run out of petrol on a roundabout. It SAID the… Read More
2020-01-22 10:00
I’ll be honest, I had high hopes for this one. Over the last couple of years, my race times have declined dramatically. Not having actually trained for any of the races due to lack of… Read More
2020-01-15 10:00
With a shiny new year, comes a shiny new set of goals to think about. In January everyone is all about getting fit, which, like I said last week, is a rubbish goal, or losing weight. I haven… Read More
2020-01-12 10:54
Good morning! How’s January being treating you? I’m still fighting off the last sniffles of the horrible cold I had at New Year and trying to balance rest, so I can recover, with… Read More
2020-01-09 10:45
We’re nearly 10 days into a shiny new year that started with everyone feeling sluggish and bloated and swearing that this really IS the year when they’re going to GET FIT and do… Read More
2019-12-29 10:00
Were you expecting a This Week I today? Well I was going to write one, then I realised that on the days this week that weren’t Christmas Day I did absolutely nothing. Well not absolute… Read More
2019-11-06 10:00
One of the advantages of having dogs, even two incredibly lazy dogs like our pugs, is that it forces you to keep more active. Since we’ve had the pugs there is rarely a day where I don… Read More
2019-10-31 10:21
It’s been 3 years since I last ran the Trowse 10k. Coinciding, I would guess, with the time that they moved the run from Easter weekend in Spring, to Halloween weekend in October, as I… Read More
2019-10-15 09:00
For those of you who don’t know. This year I turned 40. The last time I remember riding a bike I was 18. I was having a picnic in the park with some friends and the public toilets were… Read More
2019-10-11 12:51
The weekend just gone was shaping up to be a busy one. It was the opening weekend of Norwich Cocktail Week, on Saturday we were booked to run the Clapham Tough Mudder with Black Tower Wine… Read More
2019-08-30 09:00
It’s nearly 2 years now since the Pugs came into our lives and their presence has changed things a lot. We have less money, obviously, because Dog Insurance, food that suits their sens… Read More
2019-07-30 12:24
Ah, Run Norwich. Every year I wonder why I keep signing up for you? Is it that I feel I deserve some kind of mid-summer punishment by running 6 miles I have invariably not trained for, round… Read More
2019-07-11 12:42
For absolutely YEARS I’ve wanted some decent weights at home. I live in a terraced house with no basement and no garage. Our spare room is an office and there is no room for elaborate… Read More
2019-06-28 09:00
Ah Summer, how I both love and hate you. I love warm summer evenings sat outside and that it stays light so late. I don’t love sweaty Summer skin when all your make-up slides off your… Read More
2019-06-25 12:57
Back in 2016, I started taking a photo an hour at the end of June. The 23rd in 2016 and 2017 and then the 24th in 2018, because I forgot about it until Timehop reminded me the day after. Whi… Read More
2019-06-12 15:29
It’s been an interesting week in the world of body politics. I’d been idly pondering a post like this for a while. Partly based on this article on Girls Gone Strong about the pre… Read More
2019-06-06 15:17
Yes, I know that Travel Man already use the 48 hours in…. title. But seeing as I pretty much spent EXACTLY 48 hours in Venice, from arrival to getting on the bus to head home I figure… Read More
2019-05-10 13:57
Last year I headed back to the place I grew up, the Isle of Sheppey, to complete the Island Run 10k for the first time. As well as the momentous and historic occasion of being the first time… Read More
2019-04-25 17:08
I would say that one of my hobbies right now is maintaining as close to my ideal standard of life as possible while spending as little money as possible. With 2 of us self-employed in the ho… Read More
2019-04-10 09:00
Ah, the gym. I love how you make me feel stronger and mean I can take boxes off delivery drivers with one hand after they’ve warned me how heavy it is. I don’t always love those… Read More
2019-04-03 09:00
I really love having a glass of wine in the evening. I like the ritual of opening a bottle with dinner and I like to chose a nice wine glass to drink it out of. It’s like a full stop o… Read More
2019-02-03 13:16
Well hello! Happy Sunday and welcome to February, the month we all know that 2019 REALLY begins after the half way buffer zone that is January while we all readjust to real life. I didn&rsqu&hell…Read More
2019-01-07 14:41
One of the things I struggled with for a long time was eating to fuel my workouts. It felt like all the advice on healthy eating was aimed at weight loss for inactive people, and it was real… Read More
2018-12-30 10:00
Well, here it is, my last weekly round up of the year. And a year in which I’ve probably posted more weekly round ups than actual posts. Still, people seem to actually read them, so I… Read More
2018-12-12 16:00
Last Friday night the Christmas Markets opened in Norwich. In those little wooden huts, all decorated with wreaths and sparkly lights, they look super festive at night and sell a selection o… Read More
2018-12-10 10:00
If there’s one thing I noticed at the end of this Roller Derby season, it’s that my body desperately needed a break. Playing a contact sport is tough, and playing it into your 40… Read More
2018-12-05 10:00
It’s cold and it’s grey outside, but at the moment I feel more motivated than I have in a while. I’m finding it hard to put my finger on what went wrong with this year. It… Read More
2018-12-03 10:00
At the end of October I shared a short post about a pretty different new product I’d been sent to trial. The product was Seven Seas ‘Perfect7 Renewal Advanced’. Essentially… Read More
2018-11-28 10:00
Oh, hai there winter! In the last month I have realised that: My winter coat needs dry cleaning. I do not have any non-laddered “natural” tights for times when black opaques are… Read More
2018-11-09 15:32
Years ago I started writing an advent calendar round up every year. Back then advent calendars for grown-ups weren’t so easy to find, then beauty and booze advent calendars were EVERYW… Read More
2018-11-04 10:54
Good morning! Chocka girl checking in for a weekly ramble about what I’ve been up to. Looking back, it’s been a busy one, and it’s not promising to get any quieter as this… Read More
2018-11-02 12:18
At the moment I can really feel the onset of winter. The clocks changing always throws me out and leaves me super tired for a few weeks, and recently I’ve been a little overwhelmed any… Read More
2018-10-24 10:23
If you follow me on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook then you may have seen that I’ve been given the chance to trial a brand new beauty product that works to support your skin from the i… Read More
2018-10-22 09:00
Life’s been a bit short on Holidays this year. It’s not that I haven’t been away, a bonus of blogging for a living, is that I have had the opportunity to visit some awesome… Read More
2018-10-17 09:00
Along with cooler weather my urge to shop has returned. This often happens to me in Autumn. There’s some kind of “Back to School” bit of my brain that thinks in September a… Read More
2018-10-12 09:00
Can you believe it’s October already? I read somewhere the other day that time your perception of time moves proportionally quicker as you get older. You know how when you were a kid a… Read More
2018-10-10 08:30
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. There are awareness-raising events held all across the country and it’s time to have a bit of an eye-opening chat about breast cancer. Breast… Read More
2018-10-08 09:00
One day I will start a race story with the words “I was feeling well trained and confident”. Sadly this is not that day. Marriott’s Way is my favourite 10k race to run. I&r&hell…Read More
2018-10-03 16:31
I don’t know about you but it’s felt like Autumn has arrived with a bit of an abrupt bump this year. After the interminable heat of Summer, it stayed quite warm right up until Se… Read More
2018-09-18 15:08
Todays post is a little delve into the world of things I thought I hated and then discovered I was wrong about. Today, it’s jeans. I used to say I hated jeans, they gaped at my waist… Read More
2018-09-02 13:26
Well, hey there. Happy Sunday! You may have noticed last week there was no “This Week I…” or maybe you didn’t. Either way, the reason was that I was away camping and… Read More
2018-08-24 15:08
Next year I turn 40. I’m finding it vaguely worrying, and I wasn’t sure why. I was 33 when I started running, I didn’t discover Roller Derby till I was 35, and now, approac… Read More
2018-08-14 09:00
Hi there, how is August treating you? I’m liking it a lot better than July so far, mostly because it’s been cooler. But enough about me, lets move on. This month I&rsq&hell…Read More
2018-08-10 09:00
There’s advice everywhere on how to sleep well. We all know the drill, go to bed at a regular time, have a hot bath, cut out the light, don’t use your phone and drink some hot mi… Read More
2018-08-07 09:00
This year was the 4th year Run Norwich has taken place, the 4th year I’ve run it, and my slowest one yet. Year one was pretty good, year 2 I went too fast for the heat, had a meltdown… Read More
2018-08-03 09:00
I’ll be honest right now. I am HATING this weather. I like a bit of warmth. Maybe 21-22 degrees, when there’s a light breeze and you take a cardigan just in case it gets a bit ch… Read More
2018-07-20 09:00
So, in my head summer is a time when I will be eating light fresh salads, staying hydrated with lots of water and tucking into huge slices of Watermelon on the reg. I will end the summer wit… Read More
2018-07-17 09:00
So far July has NOT been my favourite month. It’s too hot and I feel disorganised and flustered, which I have for most of this year, but at least up till now it hasn’t been stick… Read More
2018-06-29 11:36
It’s been a while since I wrote a Friday Frock Love, but with a hot and sticky summer in full swing, I’m definitely feeling the Frock Love right now! Today I’ve got some de… Read More
2018-06-26 09:00
All the way back in 2016 I did a photo an hour on the 23rd June. Then, in 2017, I did the same thing. This year on the 23rd June I completely forgot, but I can tell you how it went. It went… Read More
2018-06-14 09:00
Fitness trackers have moved on a little since I bought my first Fitbit Flex back in 2014. For the last 2 years I’ve been totally in love with my TomTom Runner 3. But a few things… Read More
2018-06-05 14:45
Those of you who follow me on Instagram or Facebook may have noticed last week I spent a totally envy-inducing few days in a spa in Slovakia. Today I’m going to tell you all about how… Read More
2018-05-18 09:00
Currently I am part way through a Sports Nutrition diploma. It’s part of a journey I started a long time ago when I was struggling to lose weight and just couldn’t find any advic… Read More
2018-05-10 09:00
This Bank Holiday weekend just gone saw me preparing to run my first 10k since August last year. And when I say my first 10k, I don’t mean my first 10k race, I mean my first 10k period… Read More
2018-05-03 16:05
Somehow it is May already, and I have spent much of the last few weeks trying to catch up with a load of stuff that I didn’t do when I was feeling really ill earlier this year. Which m… Read More
2018-04-20 09:00
Do you ever just feel exhausted and you don’t know why? It happens to me a lot. I have a tendency to keep pushing on, and sometimes I forget to listen to my body. Making sure you have… Read More
2018-04-17 09:00
Did you know that 10 years ago yesterday I published my first ever blog post? You probably didn’t. I mean, why would you? When I wrote my first blog post there was no Instagram, Twitte… Read More
2018-04-13 09:00
Do you like to listen to music while you run? Back when I started running I spent some time coming up with a running playlist on my iPhone. I used Zombies, Run! and I used a Nike+ app t… Read More
2018-04-10 09:00
I was thinking about writing a spring wish list. With pretty frocks, and trench coats, and fancy shoes. Then I realised that’s not what my ACTUAL wish list looks like at the moment. So… Read More
2018-04-06 17:52
Hi there! I hope regular readers will forgive the relative quietness around here recently. 2018 hasn’t started off in the best way health-wise, and I’ve been keeping up with the… Read More
2018-03-29 09:00
A couple of weeks ago Bacofoil® challenged me to cook without oil for a week using some of their products. They sent me a little package of healthy eating goodies, (which included a spri… Read More
2018-03-27 09:00
Did you know you’re an inspiration? Because you probably are. I’ve had a few conversations over the last week that have made me realise how damn important it is to get out there… Read More
2018-03-20 10:00
Those of you who follow me on Instagram may have noticed that, before the return of the freezing weather, I spent a glorious couple of springlike days in Oxfordshire last week. We were the g… Read More
2018-03-16 10:00
Right now I am sat on the sofa with a racking cough. Outside it is grey and damp. I’ve been fighting off a “bit of a cold” for a few weeks, but it’s finally settled d… Read More
2018-03-12 10:00
Recently I worked with Bupa on their #everydaymoments campaign, and I shared how mindfulness meditation helped me find my “zen” and deal with anxiety. As part of the campaign Bup… Read More
2018-03-09 10:00
One of the things I’ve worked on really hard over the last few years is thinking about my mindset. You might have seen my post recently about how mindfulness helped me deal with anxiet… Read More
2018-03-06 15:20
Last month I somewhat mysteriously hinted that my monthly “Things I Tried…” roundups might be changing format. TBH I feel like I might have oversold it slightly because he… Read More
2018-02-27 10:00
I’m pretty mean to my hair, when you think about it. My current style has been bleached to within an inch of its life, and has to be blow dried to keep it looking sleek. I don&rsq&hell…Read More
2018-02-22 10:00
I had a bit of a “moment” at the gym earlier this week. I was on the stationary bike (the sitting down one as normal bikes are SO UNCOMFORTABLE). It was an attempt to stick… Read More
2018-02-09 10:00
Recently my knees have been on show a lot more. It started with the Boden leopard print dress, then there was the lycra mini, and then shorter styles like this Joanie Clothing dress and this… Read More
2018-02-05 10:00
What would you miss in your life if you couldn’t do it anymore? When someone asks me that question the first thing I always think of is roller derby. But, it wasn’t until I found… Read More
2018-01-31 18:41
Ok guys, if you ever see me make a stupid suggestion like “Hey, lets try and earn 500 fitness points on my TomTom watch every day” in the future. Tell me to stop. I picked that a… Read More
2018-01-30 21:54
So, a few weeks ago I spotted that the Norfolk branch of Girl Gains was holding an event. It was a Box Fit class, and I thought “hey, why not?”. The chance to try something diffe… Read More
2018-01-29 22:33
Monday is Olympic lifting day. Anticipating my watches total dislike of weights I switched it on to walk to the gym, thinking that the walk there and back could maybe make those all importan… Read More
2018-01-29 10:00
Are you confident? What is confidence? When people talk about confidence they talk about it like it’s a thing that you either have, or you don’t. Or something that you can gain… Read More
2018-01-28 18:51
There has to be at least one of these every Janathon, and this was it. Feeling very slightly groggy from a few too many glasses of wine on a Saturday night I was really dreading pounding the… Read More
2018-01-27 20:57
Ok, so it’s definitely getting harder to earn those points. Today I wore my watch to Roller Derby practice and apparently it took me nearly a W hole 3 hours to earn those 500 points. I… Read More
2018-01-26 17:23
Today an engineer was coming to fix my boiler. The hope being that we could actually have hot water without having to have the heating on, which was the random problem it had suddenly develo… Read More
2018-01-26 10:00
There is nothing more guaranteed to give me a little bit of gym swagger than some shiny new kit. I actually remember buying my first proper running kit (once I decided the old pyjama bottoms… Read More
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