Or y'know, not. I'm not one of those people who's afraid of hitting 30. Today is my 29th birthday and as I look back on my 20s I realize that it was probably the best, and hopefully worst, decade so far. Forget my teens, the teens suck. 20 to 29 is w…
Last week's running mostly didn't happen except for the Sunday run though I did fit in two 5km walks; however, it didn't feel the same. So yesterday I didn't download and play my usual podcast (which would've been week six I believe) and instead lace…
There may not be words to express how much I love this time of year, the leap of seasons between the Spring equinox and Summer Solstice. It's where I live again, breathe deeply, walk and play joyfully, plant and nurture and grow and heal and bask in …
Today I've got a post up at Fierce Fatties about an experience I had last weekend while on the bus. Check it out and tell me what I should've done!
Back when I was thinking of starting a fat acceptance blog I thought long and hard about what I was going to name it and eventually settled on what you see up there; Fat and Not Afraid. Fear is something we're all familiar with but something I chose …
It's been nearly a year since I've had a good night's sleep. The best I've been able to muster is about six hours, which does feel good, but it's not as great as nine. This time last year I was easing into 'really pregnant' territory, having trouble …
Five minutes doesn't seem like a long time when you're sitting around chatting with a friend or surfing Facebook. It flies by when you're a kid and the parent says "Five more minutes!" at the playground. Then again, five minutes can crawl past as slo…
Last Monday I had my follow up appointment with my family doctor, Dr N, about my gallbladder and hopefully getting it removed soon. He explained that I might be looking at a several month wait, but I'm fine with that and it's what I was expecting. I …
It's Friday so that means for many of you the weekend is just about here. For me it just means more of the same, but that's alright-I'll have to get back to a 'real job' soon enough. Incase your Friday isn't full of sun and happiness already, here, h…
A friend pointed me in the direction of this amazing article by Haley Morris-Cafiero, a young woman who decided to do a very interesting and indepth social and artistic experiment on being fat in public.
"... to set up my camera in plain sight and …
The peach coloured tablecloth is a perfect compliment to the warm tones of the wallpaper, paper that is scattered over with semigloss pears, peaches, apricots and apples. Shiny copper pots and pans are illuminated by a five-armed light which hovers j…
A couple of days ago I posted up how Runtastic sent me an email informing me about calories burned during recent runs. I posted up on their message boards that I didn't think it was a great idea, and that the info was not appreciated. Well, I got a r…
Have I mentioned recently how much I HATE moving? Moving means packing, a lot of stress, then unpacking. After our move from the house to the apartment, and then from there to here, I didn't unpack a lot of things because we simply had no room. Howev…
Trigger warning for fat shame and calorie counting
Sunday was the beginning of week two of my couch to 5km program, running for a minute and a half followed by a two minute walk. It was great; the weather was perfect, the podcast was fun, I remember…
When I got married back in 2007 the internet was not such a big part of my life; I wasn't blogging, there was no Facebook (at least not for me) and I spent most of my time just browsing around at Gaiaonline. When planning my wedding I wish I'd known …
Today was the first day I was able to get out, with the new jogging stroller, since Monday. Tuesday was a rest day and Wednesday it poured rain sideways. Here are all the things I did wrong;
On Saturday afternoon I packed up the kids and took the double-decker bus to downtown Victoria just for something to do. We went to the Bay Centre and wandered around for a while; Gabe picked up a new Skylanders Giants toy and then we went up to the …
Trigger warning for hospital visit!
When faced with what we think is our hourglass running out, a lot of thoughts can run through our heads-at least, I know what runs through mine. I worry about the people I'm going to leave behind, I wonder if I di…
Yesterday was my promised me-time; an hour's run from here to the lagoon and back. It was a bit chilly but by the time I was not even halfway through I'd tied my sweater around my waist and didn't even notice the breeze anymore. The beach was deserte…
I can't believe Katherine is seven months old, can you? The dark days of all night feedings are far behind us, the five o'clock fussing, the sheer exhaustion of the newborn and not-quite-newborn times (combined with recovering from surgery), it's all…
Every once in a very great while there may be a post which contains a link to a product or service for which I've been paid to promote or have recieved for review purposes. I Blog With Integrity so you'll know which is which.
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