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Getting a grip - one day at a time

I'm getting a grip. Slowly. One day at a time. And I did a good run because of it. Thanks to Marvellous Mimi for the daily inspirationsSunday, I ran a 15km race on a whim. A friend mentioned it on...

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Lost

Not a day goes by where I read notes and stories on Twitter and Facebook, of friends and strangers both getting out there, enjoying a very active day or race or event and all I can do is feel bad...

May 5, 2013 Like

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I've been busy

I got a new job. I have a theory that there is a finite amount of "eff"; as-in a unit of mental capacity to cope with the various aspects of life. And when one (or more) aspect gets a bit more...

Apr 14, 2013 Like

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A tale of two swims...

Same session both times:- 200m swim warm-up, 60s rest 4x [200m swim + 30s rest, 3x 100m with fins + 30s rest, 4x 50m pull + 20s rest, 60s rest] 50m swim down Monday on camp:- ...where I did an...

Mar 16, 2013 Like

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Low carb recipe:- porridge

Ohyes. You didn't think porridge was low carb, did you? Neither did I until I was inspired by some thoughts around the effects of some seeds (linseed, chia seed, mixed seeds, they all seem to do...

Mar 15, 2013 Like

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Objectives achieved. Data acquired.

A last-minute decision to go on a training camp was always going to be a bit of a gamble for a number of reasons. I've been avoiding swimming and getting outside on my bike since I was pronounced...

Mar 15, 2013 Like

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I'm back in the UK after a training camp in Spain. The short version:- it was great. All of my objectives were achieved and I learned more about training for endurance sports on a low carb high fat...

Mar 13, 2013 Like

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This just made me laugh...

I stumbled across a race report from last year... UK Ironman 70.3. And saw the run stats. They made me giggle a bit. Check the average and moving paces. UK Ironman 70.3, 21km run, last year......

Feb 25, 2013 Like

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?withdrawn?

Despite feeling really great (but with an irritated right ITB) after a 50 minute hard turbo session this afternoon, I will not be riding Hell of The Ashdown tomorrow. My legs will not have...

Feb 23, 2013 Like

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London Ultra (race report)

(I've done a brief report on the low carb/high fat thoughts for the race here - this is the fluffy race report) 6am on Sunday 17th February 2013 and I'm waking up to a day with the longest run of...

Feb 18, 2013 Like

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London Ultra (LCHF edition)

(The human, fluffy race report is here, the low-carb report is below.) So, I've run two half marathons and two more as part of Ironman 70.3 races, and one marathon as part of an Ironman since I...

Feb 18, 2013 Like

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Fat-fuelled 5km Time Trial

This week's training plan had two tests in it; one 5km running time trial and an FTP bike test. At the moment I can't do the FTP test as I don't have power measurement on my bike (and I don't get...

Feb 13, 2013 Like

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London Ultra: Impending Fear

Next Sunday I'll be running the London Ultra; a 50km course around London, mostly clockwise on the Capital Ring from Mottingham/Grove Park to Perivale, through quite a few London parks, heathlands...

Feb 11, 2013 Like

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New Body, New Life? Not So Much...

I'm excited to present a guest post by Anne H Putnam, author of a new book, "Navel Gazing: One Woman's Quest for a Size Normal". Having had similar experiences myself and knowing that there are...

Feb 8, 2013 Like

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Weight Loss: There is A Better Way

If you've been following my "weight loss" series, I've now got to the point where I'm going to be even more blunt and opinionated. When it comes to the matter of body weight/fat there are two types...

Jan 28, 2013 Like

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I've been doing it wrong!

Before Christmas, things were going well on the Low Carb High Fat train. Then Christmas came and went and something changed. I went a bit too far with the experimentation, away from the basics, and...

Jan 26, 2013 Like

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Weight Loss: why bother?

Why should I actually bother? I have a theory. Losing weight is like stopping smoking. For some people it's easy; for some people it depends where they are with their life and whether they're...

Jan 21, 2013 Like

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Low/no carb recipe: pancakes

Inspired by a recipe from Blogilates which is just eggs and banana, I investigated how to make pancakes with pretty much no carbs in them. Per person:- - 1x egg - 25g cream cheese - this is the...

Jan 18, 2013 Like

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Weight Loss: How NOT to do it!

(If you're looking for "how to do it" go to this post.) Part I - But I'm eating practically nothing! It's a common cry; "I'm eating practically nothing, I'm starving, why am I not losing weight?",...

Jan 14, 2013 Like

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Low carb recipe: Coffee and Walnut Cake

Ingredients:- 50g ground almonds 50g coconut flour (from Holland and Barrett) 1 egg - separated into yolk and white ¼tsp salt (use table salt, not flakes in this one) 2 tsp instant coffee, made up...

Jan 13, 2013 Like

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Still here. Still low-carbing.

In case the last couple of posts confused y'all; I'm still working on the low carb stuff. Despite a couple of days over Christmas/New Year when I went as high as 65g a day and Christmas Day itself...

Jan 8, 2013 Like

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Weight Loss: How to do it

How to lose weight successfully I'm featured as one of the weight loss "success stories" on the Weight Loss Resources web site. And as a result of that I've had a few questions, mostly around "how...

Jan 7, 2013 Like

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Anonymous Comments

Sorry everyone, I'm getting too much comment spam to continue to allow fully anonymous commenting. I do love getting responses to posts, but not so much to open the flood gates again to the...

Jan 4, 2013 Like

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Weight Loss: Why Is It So Hard?

Why -is- it so hard for most people to lose weight? And why is it so hard for most people to keep going to the gym for more than 3 months after joining? To the second question; we'll come back to...

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Low carb recipe: The best cheesecake ever! (and

This is a stunning recipe (Warning: contains raw egg yolk! But you can leave that out.). Totally experimental but it worked unbelievably well; so well that MrTOTKat was clamouring to make some...

Jan 2, 2013 Like

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New Year Thoughts - Finding A Coach

Something many aspiring athletes think about at this time of year is; I need a more structured training plan next year and I need help to do that. I want to get a coach. Having a coach who has...

Dec 28, 2012 Like

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Christmas dinner!

I did all the prep for Christmas dinner the day before so I could lounge about, open prezzies, snuggle, drink champagne and tea etc. on the day with maximum ease. A little final bit and bob with...

Dec 27, 2012 Like

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Low carb recipe: nut crackers

I wanted to do a smoked salmon mousse type thing for a starter for Christmas dinner, but what to have for crunch instead of toast? We could just have the mousse, wrapped in slices of salmon and...

Dec 24, 2012 Like

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This isn't really about weight loss

I, and anyone who's read my posts, have lost the point of why I went low carb/high fat. Before discovering low carb, high fat diets (LCHF), I already was eating as little processed food as is...

Dec 21, 2012 Like

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Getting a grip - one day at a time

Lost

I've been *busy*

A tale of two swims...

Low carb recipe:- porridge

Objectives achieved. Data acquired.

Back

This just made me laugh...

?withdrawn?

London Ultra (race report)

London Ultra (LCHF edition)

Fat-fuelled 5km Time Trial

London Ultra: Impending Fear

New Body, New Life? Not So Much...

Weight Loss: There is A Better Way

I've been doing it wrong!

Weight Loss: why bother?

Low/no carb recipe: pancakes

Weight Loss: How NOT to do it!

Low carb recipe: Coffee and Walnut Cake

Still here. Still low-carbing.

Weight Loss: How to do it

Anonymous Comments

Weight Loss: Why Is It So Hard?

Low carb recipe: The best cheesecake ever! (and

New Year Thoughts - Finding A Coach

Christmas dinner!

Low carb recipe: nut crackers

This isn't really about weight loss

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