Fat Loss, Food & Healthy Living

GIVEAWAY Play More – encouraging outside play with Sudocrem

It's that time of year - the Summer holidays are fast approaching, we are having a heatwave and life is all paddling pools, ice lollies and barbecues. Yesterday we found ourselves without a car - and I moaned. A lot. And then I realised how lazy I've become - up until a year ago the boy was pushchair-bound for most....{Click Here to Read More!}

Dealing with grief: losing my dear nanny

I mean, the title of this post is pretty morbid but there was no beating around the bush here - every human on this Earth will at some point pop their clogs and it's never nice or easy to deal with. Last week my beautiful Nanny passed away. I was devastated - she'd caught a bug which affected her heart,....{Click Here to Read More!}

So much to say – holiday, grief & injections

Yet again life has been hellish and crazy and I've not written anything for a while - it's been an eventful few weeks for various reasons. (more…)

Tears, TNF and no more tots

A lot has happened over the last few weeks; and I guess it's taken a while to feel comfortable enough to write about it all - or rather I've just taken to bottling everything up again. (more…)

Delilah & the wandering panty-liner

If there was an award for the most random blog title, that would be it right? On Friday I went out, out-out, on the sauce and necking Prosecco like a boss. I'd just survived a day in London and despite the fact that I was due on, devoid of any deodorant therefore smelling like a sewer and looking scruffy AF I....{Click Here to Read More!}

In your face, anxiety – part two: London with a 3 year old

Yesterday was a huge day for me - we had been invited to Hamleys for a special event and after my last trip to London I thought I'd be okay. Turns out my anxiety had other ideas - I started feeling awful about it two days before and the night before I hardly slept. What if I lost the boy? What....{Click Here to Read More!}

I don’t want to adult today

You know those days where you just don't feel right, mentally speaking? That's me today - I don't know what is wrong but I don't feel right at all. (more…)

The Scales – an unhealthy addiction?

A year ago I binned my scales in a sort of dieting rebellion and decided that I didn't need to obsess over the numbers on the sad step. 2017 was to be the year I broke the habit of a lifetime - I wanted to do a whole year of not weighing myself, and break the obsessive pattern I'd got....{Click Here to Read More!}

Crying in the kitchen

I'm not sure what this is to be honest - prose, poetry, or just a few lines of complete shit. This morning I found myself crying in the kitchen because I was in so much pain I didn't know what else to do but cry. I had so much to do - chores, make the packed lunches, get both of....{Click Here to Read More!}

A night out on my own – anxiety & the cinema

My anxiety has been awful this week - I'm blaming hormones as there isn't really any other reason for crying all the time and being so anxious over everything. I feel totally out of sorts - and I just want to feel a bit more, well, normal again. I've tried so hard to keep my head above water by doing....{Click Here to Read More!}

Pre-Menstrual Syndrome(PMS): my period makes me crazy

It's Thursday lunchtime, the boy is at preschool and the dog is going batshit crazy over a cat in the garden. I'm sat at my desk(the kitchen table) eating crudites(posh name for carrot sticks innit) and hummus(middle class wannabe) and enjoying the quiet. (more…)

I’m not good at resting. Or listening.

Rest. I'd forgotten the meaning of the word to be honest. My AS diagnosis before Christmas has massively changed my mindset - I should be looking after myself, taking it easy and working within my limits. Unfortunately this isn't the change I mean - I've turned into a chronic illness rebel. (more…)