Category: Health & Fitness
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Badminton Gave Me A Very Painful Injury That Has Lasted For Weeks…
Injuries can be very painful. I’m currently nursing one on my right knee, and it hurts. Boiling pain that crunches when I bend my leg, and lashes out when I walk. I’ve even got a limp at the moment, and probably two knocks away from crutches. The result of a rather grand badminton session two…
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Drying Fast, Pain Is Real
Dry fasting is tough, eighteen hours in.An utter thirst grinds the upper part of your tongue crying for satisfaction.Maybe the pain is imaginary. Gym session, knocking at 3 kilometre sprints. Climbing sessions at 3%,Spun out 75GI at 25mph. Pain, and I ask myself: why am I doing this?I could jus’ be at home kicking a…
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Day 3: Damn Choc Cookies Got Me Shook
They call this a relapse. Five chocolate chip cookies, four rashes of thick bacon and a gulp down of heavenly milky tea with added sugar. I think this is the first lunch I’ve had in about six or seven weeks. The last relapse was around that time, but the excuse I had was that it…
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Cut It Out, And Burn Off The Pain!
The pain is real. The fear is real.Fear of the unknown and fear of failure. What will happen if I do this, what will be the reason if I choose that? I’m afraid now that the consequences are real. Years have gone by, and the failures have become more intense. I have tried this before…
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The Morning Hour
Ever had one of those days when you just don’t want to get up? Staring at the ceiling. Alarm blaring on its third snooze. Still thinking about getting up. Maybe in a minute or so. Maybe in a coupla’ minutes. What if I get another 15mins of snooze? I think 30mins will be better. Yes,…
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GOING TO WAR AGAINST THE OTHER GUY
So I’ve noticed a pattern here. I’ve constantly measured my weight over the past few weeks and realised that I have not been consistent in maintaining a regular weight loss regime. This has depressed me greatly, so much that my daughter even asked why water was coming from my eyes during the school run this…