I’ve committed to doing the 100 Days of Pushups Challenge and when I mentioned it on Facebook, lots of you wanted to make the commitment too. So I thought about creating a Facebook group to keep us all on track. But you know what? I struggle to keep a page going, let alone a group. I’m not…
The key to my new exercise routine
Suddenly I love exercise. I’ve loved it just about every single weekday for way more than a month. That’s a total record for me. Until now, sticking to any kind of exercise routine has been impossible. I just. couldn’t. do. it. Because, I lied a little bit in that first sentence. I actually hate exercise….
Permission to be fat
Long time readers (hello!) will know that I’ve struggled with my weight for most of my adult life, but especially after having my babies. The ‘baby weight’ is so hard to shift, isn’t it? The fact that my baby weight is almost a teenager is completely irrelevant. Yeah, okay. It’s obvious that much questioning over the…
I’m only humum
I’ve been sick this week. Oh, nothing major, but there’s a ‘low-grade virus’ doing the rounds and it just makes a person feel depleted. It’s the kind of bug that takes a mum about two days to realise she even has because we are used to feeling depleted. We are used to life being a…
Set yourself free
I’ve often thought that one of the best things about being a parent is getting those moments when you are allowed to forget that you’re a parent for a while. I know that’s not what I’m supposed to say. I’m supposed to say that the best thing about parenting is watching my children sleep, or…
10 {tried and tested} {by meeeee!} ways to use coconut oil
The paleo thing hasn’t taken off in Maxabellaland the way I thought it would so I had a massive jar of coconut oil in the pantry just waiting to do something. There are apparently lots and lots of somethings my coconut oil could be doing. About a year ago I did a post for Kidspot that…
Teach me | how to be a fitness nut
The ‘teach me’ series is all about learning how to do things I can’t from clever clog wearers who can. I’m learning so much as we go and I hope you are too! This week I bring you the hot, sculpted wonder that is Karla Gilbert from Ironmum Karla. Karla is a savvy, sassy fitness…
I’d rather be fat than nasty
Perhaps I’m fixated on it because it’s a topic very close to my heart, but the media seems rife lately with people thinking it’s okay to judge people for being fat. Joan Rivers mocking Adele, some poor kid’s mum having a passive-aggresive go, anytime anyone mentions Chrissie Swan. Why does what someone weighs bother people so darn…
The rash decision
Yesterday an angry rash appeared from nowhere above my right knee. The size of two 50c coins, it is raised and blistered. It doesn’t hurt, it doesn’t itch. It wasn’t there in the morning but it was there in the afternoon. “Is it growing?” LOML asked suspiciously from across the room. “Is it redder?” “I…
Chip Monster
As the year turned anew, I decided that the least I could do for my health was stop eating so much chocolate. I don’t know when it was that I decided that I had special permission to eat as much of the stuff as I wanted, but somewhere along the way I decided that I…