Blog Profile / The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl
| URL : | http://www.dietgirl.org/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Health / Weight Loss | |
| Posts on Regator: | 424 | |
| Posts / Week: | 1.6 | |
| Archived Since: | May 21, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Tasty snippets from Italy
When Julia picked me up at Bologna airport she said, “Should we go start our work or would you like a surprise?” Work? What work… We hit the autostrade and she whisked us away for… an afternoon in Venice! An afternoon in Venice. I know it’s been ten years and I should be over the novelty Read More
Walking in Bologna – 2013
I’m just back from the Up & Running retreat in Bologna. Good times, great gelato! One of the highlights was the Julia Jones Running Festival 6K race on the last day… I confess I’d been too obsessed with the chatting, the goodie bags and the pre-race banana supply for our runners to really think about the Read More
Curse of the Phoenix
Day 49 I really meant to write the words! But first… … I had to catch the bus to Edinburgh. Rhiannon and I were the only ones on board without silver hair. But we’ve always thought like silver-haired people: get to town early and beat the crowds. … then we needed breakfast. We went to Read More
If anyone has lost a duck
Mothershipism of the Day: “I really need to read that book, Let’s Talk About Lionel.” I’ve just returned from a brief trip to Australia and I’m nutty with jetlag, so this is your Warning: Excess Emotion Ahead! Because of the time constraints this visit was about small country towns and family. I have a bad Read More
Spuggies, skelfs and skives: 10 years in Scotland
Ten years ago today my sister and and I arrived in Edinburgh. My first week was spent whinging about the £1 = $2.60 exchange rate, drooling over men in kilts on Princes Street (sadly not a regular occurrence; just rugby fans), grumbling about the snoring dude in the youth hostel, searching for work and accommodation, swooning at the Read More
The Mifl Report – February
MIFL = Month In Focused Living Back in January I chose “focus” as my Word of The Year, a way to set a theme and intention. I’m doing regular MIFL Reports to keep me on the straight and narrow.... 1. Bandwagon Muesli A friend of mine in Canberra declared it “porridge weather” Read More
Thug life
Signs of spring in the Valleyfield Wood.
Up & Running winners
Teleportation and the ability to fly were your most wished for superpowers! Here are the U&R giveaway winners as chosen by the Random Number Generator: Penny would like the ability to sleep and an empathy gun Caitlyn would like to control the weather Jerilyn wants to clone herself Lilliam longs to clean her entire house with the snap Read More
Soundtrack to your life
Speaking of Sas, she’s just started a new interview series, delving into minds via “awkward probing questions and a personalised mixtape”. I’m first cab off the rank today and she really did get me dusting off the brain and the music collection. WARNING: soundtrack contains Foreigner
Returning to earth
This incredibly moving and humbling video reminded me of all you folks who chose flying as your secret superpower. Astronauts reflect on the profound experience of seeing the Earth from space. “It looks like a living breathing organism,” says one dude, but it also looks extremely fragile”. I was dabbing away tears but Gareth’s face Read More
Win a spot on the March Up & Running 5k or 10k course
Last night I was formatting a foxy spreadsheet and trying to calculate how many bottles of wine and how many pizza slices per person would be best for the upcoming Up & Running retreat in Bologna. It struck me, how awesome it was that I get to do wine and pizza maths? It’s now been Read More
Ina Garten, my substitute mum
A sad new obsession began on a drab Monday night while waiting for University Challenge to begin. Flicking around the channels, I saw that Food Network UK had been added to Freeview. Until last month I only knew Ina Garten as that lady that Adam the Amateur Gourmet adores; the one who did that roasted broccoli years Read More
The Mifl Report: January
MIFL = Month In Focused Living Back in January I chose a Word of The Year. Rather than setting resolutions, a Word is a handy way to set a theme and intention. I chose focus for 2013 and I’m doing regular MIFL Reports to keep me on the straight and narrow.... Is Read More
Super Sell Out – the winners
The Random Number Generator has declared the following winners of the Super Sell Out prizes! Cult Pens voucher – #78 Karra Sas Petherick coaching session – #23 CC Up & Running training diary – #6 Dani Fitbloggin ticket – #15 Pubsgal Winners – I’ve emailed you regarding how to claim your prize. Thanks everyone who Read More
Haggis Poisoning
Last Friday was Burns Night, the annual celebration of the life Scots poet Rabbie Burns in which folk gather to eat haggis, neeps and tatties, washed down with poems and whisky. Gareth and I had been invited to a proper Burns Supper but were both rotten with the cold, so it was haggis at home. Read More
The crushing of childhood dreams
Gareth and I were talking about formative experiences the other day and he told me about the moment he feels is responsible for his, “constant feeling of being slightly disappointed by life” He was about twelve years old, at a Boys Brigade camp on the west coast. One day the lads had to sign up Read More
Super Sell Out 4 – a ticket to Fitbloggin!
The final Super Sell Out prize is one I would very much like to steal for myself. It is a three day ticket to the 2013 FitBloggin Conference! This prize is one Full Access ticket to the conference on June 27-30 in Portland, Oregon and and is kindly donated by the inventor of FitBloggin herself, Read More
Super Sell Out 3 – Up & Running training diary
This third Super Sell Out offering is my pet prize because it was created with my own blood, sweat and swears. It’s the beautiful Up & Running training diary! The good Coach Julia and I share a love of training diaries. We do like apps and gadgets but it’s never quite as satisfying as recording Read More
Super Sell Out 2 – Coaching session with super Sas Petherick
Huzzah! Today’s Super Sell Out prize is a one hour life coaching session with Sas Petherick. I’ve read Sas’ blog for many years, firstly out of curiosity for a fellow ginger. But then I got hooked on her honesty, humour and the way she grabs life by the goolies. Then last year Sas trained as Read More
Super Sell Out 1 – Cult Pens £50 voucher
The Super Sell Out has begun! This is the first of four prizes, all sharing a general theme of: Little Things That Made 2012 Awesome. Last year I got a Lamy Safari fountain pen on a whim. I’d gotten back into old school journalling and remembered I used to to love fountain pens when I was a Read More