It’s been a week since I found out i’m pre-diabetic, and i’ve done a lot of reading up on the subject since then. My chat with the practice nurse about the result was disappointing: ‘just watch your sugars and carbs’ was the sum total of the advice. Now I could have asked more but didn’t,…
I’d love to say that the title of this blog is about a holiday i’m about to embark on, to somewhere new and exotic. Sadly not, well, not right now. Rather, this is about a road i’ve been on for a looooooong time, but it turns out it isn’t actually a road but it’s a…
Growing old is without doubt a privilege, but as they say in my beautiful homeland, ‘age disnae come itsel!’. I’ve come to accept the fact that perimenopause symptoms are kicking my arse, and upon reflection, they have been for some time. When lockdown happened in 2020, the novelty of it all meant all manner of…
July is upon us. June went in quickly, as has every month this year, perhaps because it was a busy one. The biggest win in the month was that I finally qualified as a remedial and sports massage therapist which I’m really chuffed about. I have a couple of clients lined up this week which…
Don’t worry, it’s not New Year’s Eve again, but it has been a whole year (almost) since my last post and since the last time I vowed to look after myself better. I blinked and a year has passed and while lots of positive things have happened, time and hormones have taken their toll and…
Apparently it takes 21 days to build a habit, and 90 days to build a lifestyle. At least that’s one version of habit building, but whatever the true answer is – and I suspect there is no one single point of truth here – I know one thing for sure, consistency is key. So today…
Today is day 7 of no sugar or flour. In the past, when I’ve given up sugar, this means giving up all sweet processed foods too. However, I would sometimes eat savoury bread products or flour-based foods so long as there was no sugar in it. I’ve been reading a lot and watching videos and…
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