Tag: healthy living
Progress photos, 10 months on
On the DDP Yoga app you can upload photos in 6 different poses, so you can monitor your progress over the months. I’ve had a request to show the photos, to demonstrate how much difference DDPY h... Read More
My Fitness Journey – an update
Last April I set off on a mission to finally rid myself off the 4+ stones of excess weight I’ve been carrying round for about 20 years, and to get fitter and healthier. I was eating better, redu... Read More
End of week 7 weigh in …
And what a disappointment it was! This week I’ve been really focused on healthy eating, cutting down my alcohol intake quite dramatically, drinking plenty of water and keeping up with my exercis... Read More
Review: DDP Yoga
So here’s my review of DDP Yoga, the transformational fitness workout devised by American wrestler Diamond Dallas Page. We met DDP at Wrestlecon in Dallas, Texas this April, and until then I... Read More
Healthy Living Regime … The Reboot!
OK so I have had a weight problem for most of my adult life, that much is obvious. When I fell pregnant with my daughter, back in 1993, I was 9.5 stone and a size 10-12. After I had Katie I went up to... Read More
Health Living Regime Week 25 results
Realised that I haven’t updated my Healthy Living Regime here for weeks …. probably because I seem to have been stuck for weeks! The last time I wrote was on week 14 and I was thrilled tha... Read More
Healthy Living regime week 14
Still following the healthy lifestyle regime and its going really well. Week 12 wasn’t fab as I put on a pound – but that week involved a trip to Thorpe Park and pizza, a trip to the Harry... Read More
Healthy Living regime – week 11 results
OK so I’ve not been very good at updating this part of the blog – but that doesn’t mean I’ve been neglecting the new healthy lifestyle. In fact the opposite is true. Following ... Read More
Healthy Living regime – week 5 results
And so it all grinds to a halt …. One of the reasons I am as big as I am is that every time I diet I lose half a stone fairly easily but then get stuck. I get stuck for two or three weeks and th... Read More
Healthy Living regime – week 4 results
Another good week – in fact an excellent week. Steve cooked but chose all the recipes from the BBC Good Food healthy section so I’ve eaten really well and also done more exercise – f... Read More
Healthy Living regime – week 3 results
A better week. I did the shopping and did more walking (and Wii Fit when it was too wet to contemplate going out) and lost 1lb. Slow but steady progress.... Read More
Healthy Living regime – week 2 results
OK a bit of a blip this week. I can throw up all sorts of excuses – the kids were both away on separate holidays and I was feeling a bit blue and ate/drank too much, Steve was cooking and cooked... Read More
Healthy Living regime – week 1 results
So after a week of restricting myself to 1600 calories, making more sensible decisions about what I eat and drink (one pint of bitter or four gins = no brainer!) and several walks I have …. da d... Read More