Staying Sane in the Silly Season

So, it’s December… well and truly. If it was 20 years ago this may be exciting for me, but sadly over the years the joyous season has lost its joy.

There is so much more stress involved in being an adult than you realize when you’re getting your daily dose of advent chocolate and struggling to get to sleep on Christmas eve.
 

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The Danger Zone

After a workout yesterday while doing my stretches, my 7 year old decided to join me. Unfortunately she has me as a mother and I was insistent on her getting her form right… so when it came to stretching hamstrings on the floor with legs wide I told her to get her nose to her knee. She tried this then looked at me and said “I can’t, it hurts.”...

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Will Power

I have been told so many times that getting fit and losing weight is “easy” for me because I have such strong will power. Every time I hear this I want to scream or punch the person spurting nonsense out the hole in their face… I don’t think will power is an easy thing for anyone. I just know what I want and I know what it’s worth to me.

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