Month: May 2015

Aspergers snapshot

Written by amanda on 26th May 2015. Posted in Things mothersome .... No Comments on Aspergers snapshot

The scene: Pile of clean towels on the bannister at the bottom of the stairs. They’ve just toppled over. Now lying at the bottom of the stairs. I’m on my way down. Son is about to come up. Me: Oi! Don’t you dare just step over those towels. Son: What do you mean? Me: I mean don’t even think about stepping OVER the towels. Son (totally confused) … stands both feet carefully ON the towels. Note to self: Aspergers: very literal. Pedantic. Little understanding of nuances. I...

THE ULTIMATE 7 DAY MEAL PLAN

Written by amanda on 26th May 2015. Posted in Weight to go. No Comments on THE ULTIMATE 7 DAY MEAL PLAN

It’s out. It’s ready and it’s waiting for you. For just £2.99 a complete 7-day ready-made, balanced, fabulously varied weight loss plan can be in your inbox. Then all you have to do is stick to it. IT’S JUST SEVEN DAYS. How hard can it be? Well – not THAT hard. My testers, my husband and myself have all continued with the same plan for several weeks, it’s still working AND it’s getting easier and easier every week. Here’s what one of my testers...

FOUR WEEKS TO IRONMAN …

Written by amanda on 17th May 2015. Posted in The Road to Ironman. No Comments on FOUR WEEKS TO IRONMAN …

Been an interesting three weeks since I last posted. Training building building building – with one or two hiccups, but what would training be without hiccups, right? Weeks 7-to-go and 6-to-go were interesting and devastating at the same time. Basically, … remember when I said that if everything went pear-shaped on race day, that my goal was to know that I could never say ‘It’s all because I missed that one workout’? Well, that little goal went to pot somewhat as I received the most devastating...