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Surviving Christmas/The Holidays/Winter

December!  All rules are out of the window!  Chocolate for breakfast, an inability to find the 'off' switch when it come to Quality Street, and prosecco at 10am.  

I'm writing this primarily for ME as I am having flashbacks to last Christmas and New Year when my sleep pattern basically went to the dogs, and I developed a habit of sleeping till 11am.

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Just one thing!

A few weeks ago, I got to thinking about my exercise, and what I do to keep fit, and more importantly, what I enjoy doing to maintain my fitness levels.

Here's a heads up.  Sometimes when it comes to diet and exercise, I do actually have the attention span of a goldfish.

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Me having an argument with my sleep pattern...

I've been giving this a lot of thought over the last few months.  My sleep pattern. It's better than it was, but still not great. I've totally nailed going to bed earlier and not watching TV so late, but sometimes my sleep is so broken, I still feel shattered when my alarm goes off, so guess what? I hit the snooze button.  

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All change!

Change is in the air!  Autumn is rolling in, now it's October.  The light gets a little more golden in the afternoon at this time of the year, and Scotland can really show off if she chooses to,  if you take to the hills.

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The Glasgow Ladies 10k!

So anyway... I ran the ladies 10K in Glasgow on 4th June, short notice to keep a chum Julie company... Here is a list of smart and not so smart things I did in the lead up to it. Something for everyone I feel…

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How I managed to set myself up to fail

Just recently, I got to thinking about how I am actually managing to talk myself in and out of situations, and setting myself up for failure.

Yup!  It's moments like this just that it can just creep on me, and I have an 'a ha!' moment and realise what I'm doing.

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Go Get 'em Tiger!

I was fortunate enough to shoot the breeze over exotic tea, with a good friend, talking about 'life', and this one is inspired by her.  Thank you LC.

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