Versatile Blogger Award Nomination

Versatile Blogger Award Today I was honoured with receiving two nominations for the Versatile Blogger Award. The nominations were from fellow bloggers When You Look For The Good and; My Think Out Thankyou both so much for the nomination, I have only been blogging since the beginning of the year and so I feel incredibly…

Full Day Of Eating | How I Track Macros

I don't count calories per se - I track my total amounts of macronutrients; Carbohydrates, Fats and Protein. I am currently maintaining my weight at 9 st 3 lb (129 lbs / 58kg). In order to maintain my weight I need to be eating 2,300 calories roughly - based on my activity level and body…

My approach to fitness

http://younfolded.com/2016/01/11/move-it-monday-motivation-and-link-party/ Since becoming a mum I have had to be a little more realistic about the amount of times in a week that I can workout. I used to workout 4 or 5 times per week. Now it's 2 or 3. I am still as motivated as ever and never see working out as a…

I Am Proud Of Myself | Self Reflection | Why I Love Blogging

As I drove home from the gym today I was thinking about what I was going to do for the rest of the day. My son is at his grandparents today to allow me a day to myself. Usually on this day I workout, do housework and do some work on my Nutrtion Course. However…

What might have been…….

"The Road Less Traveled. Pinpoint a moment in your past where you had to make a big decision." -wordpress daily post. Today's blogging assignment asks me to use the above prompt to write a blog post. I am 29 years old, married, I have a son, several qualifications and a career. To get to where…

Making Time For Yourself

After reading a blog yesterday https://thelandofbiscuit.wordpress.com I was inspired to write about the ways in which my husband and I have strived to make time for ourselves since becoming parents. Before little Charlie arrived we were very selfish and don't mind admitting it, we would spend our time doing whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted.…

Meningitis B – Sign the petition

I am just taking a moment to urge my readers living in the uk to sign the petition to roll out meningitis B vaccinations to ALL children.  The link to the petition is:  https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/108072 Many thanks Joanne 

I Inadvertently Became A Parenting Blog

Something dawned on me this week as I embarked on the Blogging 101 journey - I started my blog page with no real idea of who my audience would be. I knew that I wanted to help people by sharing my experiences, but I never really thought about who would be reading my blogs and…

My essentials during the first 9 months

The 3rd assignment of Blogging 101 is to write a blog which speaks to your audience - to imagine who your readers are. I imagine my readers to be parents themselves, or expectant parents, and so I decided to put together a list of all the items I have found to be essential during the…

9 Month Health & Development Review

    Babies will have regular health and development reviews during their first few years. It seems that each local area in the U.K. carries these out at different times, but generally they are reviewed shortly after birth, 1-2 weeks, 6-8 weeks, 9-12 months and 1-3 years. Last week Charlie had his 9 month review and…