I’m feeling materialistic and vaucous….

…. so I thought I would make a list of all the places I want to be able to shop, that I can’t currently because a. they don’t do my size and b. because as none of the clothes fit me I feel self-concious going in to buy accessories which are none size specific.
For that [...]

I bow to Mao-Tse-Tung’s wisdom

I stole this straight off the lovely Libellula’s page. Excellent find on her part. I can’t help but think this will come in handy. For starters, even if I plateau or take a step backwards, I will be fitter and healthier from doing this, that should never be discounted.

“In time of difficulties, we must not [...]

Another sappy quote!

It happened again! There I was innocently flicking through the 3FC forums, only to stumble across another quote that struck my fancy.
“How does one become a butterfly?” she asked pensively.
“You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.”
~ Trina Paulus, Hope for the Flowers
This was at the [...]

I’m such a sap

I stumbled across this quote by Mary Anne Radmacher and I have to say I find it really inspiring. I’m sure many others have come across it before, but I definitely want this ’stuck up on the wall’ as it were.

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the [...]

Why did this start?

The best way to start I reckon is for me to record why I started this blog now. The most obvious indicator is on the blog title of course. I am 5 stone over weight… 5 stone fat.
I checked my weight a couple of days ago, lightly skipping onto the scales (so as no one [...]