Thinking things through has never been a forte of mine, I don’t look before I leap, and often speak without considering the implication. It is because of my idiotic gene that I have spent a considerable amount of time running and training for marathons, wallowing through mud and clambering over obstacles, and my most recent mistake…

It will be a year next week from the day I decided to start becoming the person I used to be, and the person I wanted to be again. Although many people mark that change in the weight I lost, I see the change as being more substantial, slowly over the last year I have…

I have to admit I thought I was invincible. That I would never gain weight again, that I had found the secret to eating what I wanted so long as I exercised enough. I am sure to anyone reading with a grain of common sense, you will know that unless you are working out for…

When I first said I wanted to climb the Atlas Mountains to raise money for Diabetes UK, I found a volunteer to join me within seconds. Turns out at my CrossFit box it is easy to find people willing to climb mountains and run through mud. What astounded me the most, was the willingless of…

Thursday mornings have changed… This time last year, I was often found with a laptop on my knee, a muffin in my hand and one overflowing on my jeans. A child would be running around the room, and a hot cup of milky, steaming tea was my way of getting warm. This year, Thursday seem…