7 Reasons Why You Should Smile More

I reckon a smile could change the world. Really, I think it could. When did you last smile? Was it to yourself, because of someone else, to someone else? When was the last time you saw someone smile? Sometimes we forget huh? They say it takes more muscles to frown than to smile - but […]

Three Reason You Should Buy Yourself a Dog

Animal shelters are begging people to come and take the animals off them to a good home. Particularly dogs. There are so many unwanted dogs around these days - for one reason or another. I have three reasons for you to go and pick up one of these dogs!
1) The poor dogs need a safe […]

Lack Motivation? Sign up For An Event!

I often see billboards advertising sporting events. Usually they don’t get much more of my time than a bat of the eyelid and brief glance. I don’t really know why - perhaps its because I’m a bit of a cheapskate and don’t like paying too much for something. I’m talking about things like marathons, half […]

Glossy Magazines Are Not What They Appear

Lets face it, we all quite enjoy looking at magazines. Perhaps we don’t all enjoy looking at the same ones, but there is something about high colour glossy pictures of beautiful people that just draws the eye. If you’re like everyone I know, you feel a sort of sense of inadequacy after flicking through these […]

Why Are My Muscles SOO Sore?

We’ve all exeperienced it right? You think to yourself, yesss I’m going to get back into working out… So you do and you go hard because you want to make that effort and you want to see that difference - fast!
Next day you feel fine. Then when you collapse into bed, you start feeling a […]

Its All In The Mind

“So, tell me what you want, what you really really want…” The Spice Girls told us if we really want, we have to give. And thats exactly my sentiments for this article. If you really really want something, say, a six-pack, then you have to give something. What do you have to give? Hard work. […]

Nutrition - Choice or Circumstance?

When I think of nutrition I think of health. The two words seem to go hand in hand. I was just wondering though - why do we have to pay more for health? Health food shops are so darn expensive… gym memberships cost the earth, bio-fuel is way more expensive than normal - and junk […]

Map Your Run

Recently a friend of mine decided we would all run with him for his party. He turned 21 - so that meant we were to run 21 kilometers. Thats 13 miles - half a marathon. I’m glad he didn’t say 21 miles. Anyway the invite was a map of the run. I thought he was […]

Celebrate In The Face Of Failure

So you set your time frame, you created clear, achievable goals – you journalled every day and you stuck to the plan. Yet you did not achieve success.
Well guess what, its not a cause for doom and gloom. It’s not a reason to cry and eat chocolate and icecream. It’s a reason to celebrate. […]

Two Month Blitz

Elliot and I have decided to do a 2 month diet & fitness blitz.  Daily updates can get a bit messy on blogs, so we will be tracking our progress on a daily basis but we’re only going to update this blog once a week with the important information.  No-one wants to read drivel right?
So […]