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Balancing life in all its various shapes and forms

The Recovering Gymophobe Boldly Goes
So tomorrow I am off to my first ever fitness expo at the SECC in Glasgow. As many of you will know I am a total sceptic when it comes to...

Ready, steady, what next ?
On the train home tonight, I sat opposite a guy who was reading Running & Being: The Total Experience by George Sheehan. I had never...

The Wobbly Table : Coffee
I am one of those bloggers who finds it impossible to write without a mug of coffee. I always use the same mug, switch on the filter...

Motivation versus Compassion, Boxing in Pink Gloves!
I woke up in the middle of the night after the strangest dream. I was in a boxing ring fighting myself but my opponent was about three...

Bridget Gym’s Diary … Why ?
So the fourteen days of my self-imposed planned eating are over, how do I feel? Like a yoyo! In what sense you say? Simple, although my...

Bridget Gym’s Diary Thursday 5th June 2014 Day 11
Day 11 Thursday … Awake: 5.00am after a terrible nights sleep. Too much on my mind COFFEE … Black !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

Bridget Gym’s Diary Wednesday 4th June 2014 Day 10
Day 10 Ok Wednesday went like this … Awake: 5.30 am to one of those nothing is going right mornings. Iron blew, button came off trousers...

Bridget Gym’s Diary Tuesday 3rd June 2014 Day 9
Tuesday Day 9 Today will be a better day Awake: 5.30 am phew no Triathlon dream Breakfast: 8 am Usual yoghurt with tbsp toasted hazelnuts...

Bridget Gym’s Diary Monday 2nd June 2014 Day 8
Monday Monday Awake: 5.30am still dreaming about running in a Triathlon … no likey Breakfast: Total 0% Yoghurt with tbsp oatbran and...

Bridget Gym’s Diary Saturday 31rst May 2014 Day 6
Day 6 Awake: 6am, I know! Forgot to shut the curtains Exercise: Quick walk down Hyndland Road, Byres Road then back up Great Western Road...

Bridget Gym’s Diary Friday 30th May 2014 Day 5
Day 5 Awake: 5.30 am wide awake and full of energy. That is a complete lie, I did the ten minutes more routine. Feeling slightly rough...

Bridget Gym’s Diary Thursday 29th May 2014 Day 4
Day 4 Gin and Soup Day Awake: 5am, not a good night, world decided to be really noisy Exercise: Got off bus early and walked for about...

Bridget Gym’s Diary Wednesday 28th May 2014 Day 3
Day 3 Awake: 5am, another night of minimal sleep. Exercise: walked part of the way to work but jumped on bus when rain shower came on,...

Bridget Gym’s Diary Tuesday 27th May 2014 Day 2
Day 2 Thought I might struggle a bit today as I was really quiet tired from a sleepless night Awake: 5.30am Coffee (Black) Exercise:...

Bridget Gym’s Diary : Monday 26th May 2014 : Day 1
Ok so it is day one and here we go … Awake: 5am, coffee, shower and many many yawns. Forgot it was Bank Holiday and work would not be...

Fifteen, time to stop counting!
To adapt a quote from one of my “heroines” Sophia Petrillo, picture it, Cumbernauld, 1999, Friday morning, but the problem is I can’t...

Raindrops, Butch, Sundance and the Gym!
Yep! Yet another random title for a blog, let me explain! It all started when I was walking down to the Gym at Western Health and...

Those M words! Change! An ending or a new beginning?
Have you ever noticed how many problems we ladies have to deal with that all begin with or feature a word beginning with M. Some we face...

Little Miss Doubt ! Two years on …
That little five letter word causes so much trouble! Whether it is in our own abilities, how we look in a dress or facing the thought of...


















