Other than the odd tweet or status update on Facebook I’ve been holding off saying anything about the controversy surrounding Christmas songs such as Fairytale of New York and Baby, it’s Cold Outside. Now though, after a couple of things I’ve read this morning, I feel I need to comment [read more…]
***WARNING*** Some of the paragraphs may contain spoilers. Last week someone, I forget who, retweeted the Gay Times into my time line. The title was “American Horror Story: A definitive ranking of all eight seasons.” I’m not linking to the article as I’m boycotting Gay Times and Attitude but feel [read more…]
While searching through old files on my laptop I found this. This was the first poem I ever read at Toastmasters. I remember trying to find a poem I liked but couldn’t chose from the vast array so in the end I wrote my own. One of the things that [read more…]
I was only down 1lb at yesterdays weigh-in. It’s weird being happy and unhappy about this. I’m happy that I was down but I honestly expected to be down more. I don’t mean that I was expecting a five or six pound loss but a two would have been nice, [read more…]
Planning is key to a successful weight loss programme and that doesn’t mean just writing out a shopping list. Sometimes some foods need prepping in advance. As the name suggests Overnight Oats are made the day before and left in the fridge overnight. You can make a few in advance [read more…]
I made a discovery at work the other day. For those of you that don’t know I’m currently work a night shift rotation. They last three months and mine will be over in mid-October. As much as I love nights I can’t wait for them to finish as my sleep [read more…]
Looking through old files on my computer I found this speech that I gave at Toastmasters. It was my fourth ever speech. My great-grandmother was a formidable women who was the typical matriarch of her family. Up until the day she got married she lead a double life. Her parents [read more…]
Welcome to my first post. I have decided to ‘out’ myself and body image issues. Some people might say, given my size, it’s understandable I have body image issues but that’s bullshit. I know plenty of people who are bigger than me who love their size. Good for them. I [read more…]
I’ve suffered for years with a bad back. When I was ten I was diagnoses with something called “Scheuermann’s Disease.” Wikipedia describes it like this: Scheuermann’s disease is a self-limiting skeletal disorder of childhood. Scheuermann’s disease describes a condition where the vertebrae grow unevenly with respect to the sagittal plane; [read more…]
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