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Weight Loss and Fitness

Six months off the booze

June 25, 2010

Sweden has improved me in many ways, it and some of its people have made me take a hard look at myself. To see my good and bad sides. I believe the move to Sweden has been very beneficial for me, it has enriched my life thats for sure. Most of you know I took [...]

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Falling in love again

April 27, 2010

We had a tiff right, simple as that and our relationship has been rocky. Yes I am talking about my running activities. Basically I messed up after that 13.2 miles run. I should have taken two weeks off and then started running. But no, not me. I was back out there a few days after [...]

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Run for Water Stockholm, my first official race

April 11, 2010

I had my number through the post today. Wow I am starting to feel like a real runner now though in truth even those who choose to walk the race get a number The Run for Water Stockholm distance is 6kms so it should not be too troubling. The only thing that will get the [...]

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Running on Juice

April 11, 2010

I dont blog much about my juicing lifestyle thesedays mainly because its become a way of life. I dont go on juice fasts as such but I try and get at least one good juice in a day. I have tried my great ones but for simplicity you cant beat juicing carrot and apple with [...]

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Happiness is a Long Run (very emotional post!)

April 4, 2010

I have written this blog post so many times earlier in my head.  I think it will be quite emotional and for that I apologise now.  If you know me this may amuse you, if you dont know me then… Today I went for my usual Sunday long run. I wanted to try and do [...]

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Am I still vegetarian?

April 4, 2010

Some of you have written in asking how I am doing on my vegetarian challenge. In truth I no longer consider it a challenge but a lifestyle, other than a few minor blips I am still eating vegetarian and enjoying it. It dawned on me that its no longer a ‘challenge’ when I was in [...]

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I knew it would happen one day!

March 13, 2010

Last week I went to NK.  I have never been one for ‘posh’ dept shops and still have a feeling of being looked down on. Must be something to do with my working class roots. I needed a new suit. I have a keynote speech to give at a crucial sales conference in Oslo next [...]

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30 day vegetarian challenge update Week 2

March 9, 2010

So that week went by really fast and I have to be honest I have not missed meat at all! Its interesting to see the world through a vegetarians eyes. Supermarket shopping for lunch and at the local Thai for lunch…both had good veggie options. Home cooking is easy, thats the beauty of vegetarian cooking [...]

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Everything is hard, until it is easy

March 7, 2010

Today I finally ran Årstaviken. Thats the bay where I live, it is around 5 miles (8k). You can see my run here A few things worried me before I set off. A lot of the paths are in the forest so there would be a lot of ice. There was going to be a [...]

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Veggie Jalfrezi

March 6, 2010

I hope those of you who are interested in my 30 day vegetarian challenge are clicking the tab at the top. I am updating that post each day with my food log. Makes sense to do it that way rather than add a post each day on what I had for breakfast Tonight I whipped [...]

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