Archive for the ‘Physical’ Category

Lie Down and Die.

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

It struck me very strongly this week that in the week that Auschwitz survivors mark Holocaust Memorial Day (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8482760.stm), I happen to be reading Viktor E Frankel's "Man's Search for Meaning", Dr. Frankel was an Auschwitz survivor.  In the same week, news coming out of the disaster in Haiti cumulated ...

More Calories Required.

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

I am trying to get back in to my walk routine after my unintentional mini break and it has been a mixed bag.  Wednesday was very slow and I did feel a bit woozy on the last lap but I persevered and completed.  Yesterday, I felt so much better that ...

Experts and Vested Interests

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

It is quite amazing just how many people take expert advice at face value, even the Government does it. When I mention that I was walking as exercise, people look at me like I have lost it. And yet, walking is good exercise and a few keep fit sites do ...

Physician, Heal thyself…with a little help

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Another way to break bad habits, dependencies and addictions is with a little help from your friends. Whereas alcohol dependency is likely to be hidden, nicotine addiction is usually more open and people around you are more willing to accept its very addictive nature. I stopped smoking just over 2 ...

Walking – the double Whammy

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

I have also up walking in the morning -except having missed 10 or so days now due to injured leg and the cold/flu.  Walking replaced the gym with a few weeks of inactivity in the middle.  The gym had to go on two counts, firstly I did not enjoy the ...

Blue Monday Blues

Monday, January 19th, 2009

The 5th of January I wrote and said things where going back to normal.  How I lied!  If anything Christmas time is the worst time for making you break habits you have tried to hard to maintain.  The few days of not following routines are fatal to anything that requires ...

Happy New Year Resolutions!

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Well this is it, 2009 before we could even catch our breaths, everything's back to normal. Have you made any resolutions?  I have, but not because I think that one year turning into another will make it any different, just that it does provide a good excuse to try harder at ...

Patience – a disappearing virtue?

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Ahem.  Went to the gym this evening and must say I struggled to be motivated to get there and to stay there once I got there.  Put myself under some pressure to make the effort today since I had not been since Saturday and when I weighed myself this morning, ...

Crashing and burning here………….

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Well I’m doing very well with updating this blog am I?  I can’t believe my last post was on the 6th, time has flown by so quickly.  I have a number of drafts saved but I have been posting more (other stuff) to my other blog.

Self Stocktake Part 1

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

The problem with the self stock-check is that one is in danger of discovering lots of things that require changing.  And some time the list can be quite intimidating.  But you have to be hash with what needs changing, too much and the changes are never going to happen, too ...

I hope my bum looks big in this…..

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Can you imagine the female happiness across the Western world at this story http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7386405.stm.  Millions of men like myself feel vinidicated by the fact that they always known that behind every healthy woman is a big bootie!!   I will no longer feel guilty lusting them shaking lovelies on MTV, KISS, VH1 ...

Looking for the lost passion.

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Spent the last couple of days away from the family and the Christmas madness since I have a lot of catching up to do. The idea was to spend as much time at work as possible and cut out the commute and other distractions. Â