Carrying on from yesterday’s theme I found these wonderful memories with my son and the treasure we found when out Christmas shopping. The steps and fitness stats aren’t epic but remember this was just an average Sunday doing chores and the Fitbit can only show part of the health story. Much gets missed and can’t be recorded yet. A big …
Shoppping and the value of boot sales: Finding treasure
The photos here are about the great deals and finds you can get by stepping outside and exploring. The summer for me was all about boot sales because many are I. The country in the middle of a field. So I get to shop in the English country side. This time of year it’s more about Christmas fayres and the …
Dark mornings and epic skies 😀
Learning to use my smartphone camera has made me fall in love with bad weather. It may have been cold and dark but the skies and scenery on this 10 minute morning stroll were epic.
Why I Started the day with a smile. Mince pies, pears, strawberries and grapes #roadtochristmas
Today was one of those super busy change your plans at the last minute kind of mornings so this is one trick I use to make a celebration of it. The mince pies need toning down and the fruit often needs sweetening. The mince pies are clearly indulgent and the fruit is clearly healthy. Together they make gorgeous flavour and …
Introducing the Road to Christmas #roadtoxmas
Christmas is one of the happiest times of year and I’m aiming to make this years holiday one of the best we’ve ever had as a family. To do that I’ve been preparing throughout the year with all sorts of adventures at home and further afield. Now we are on the home stretch I want to share with you all …
Create your path: Invest in knowledge
If you want to create your dream lifestyle it’s really not that hard but it does take work and it is possible. You might think that the dream of a healthy happy life isn’t open to you but it is. For the same reason that a Lion doesn’t ponder its health as long as it just gets on being a Lion …
Hackaball – A programmable ball for active and creative play
I want to see a lot more of things like this. Active play. Check out their kickstarter project. They even get to program the ball themselves. This really sounds too good to be true.
The day I learned my grandad worked with a genius
It’s not everyday that you find out that your grandad worked alongside a world renowned genius. I’m not sure how much you know about Milton Keynes, the city in which I live, but it continually astounds me that it is actually world famous. Not in an obvious way because plenty of people in the UK wouldn’t know where it is …
A quiet Sunday walk
This is a view from one of the many parks in Milton Keynes. I took a stroll along the river and enjoyed the scenery and it did me so much good. It calmed me down and relieved the stress I was feeling. I felt the sun on my face and wind in my hair. Yes this is cliche but it …
Big Hero 6 movie review by a dad of a 3 year old
Big Hero 6 was a film I wanted to see right from the first time I saw the trailer and one of the best things about having a 3 year old boy is that I get to watch kids films like this.
The beauty in a walk
Another photo from another walk. This is I believe a 12th century church reminding us brits of the norman conquest. It is also a pretty building in a lovely landscape. I had a little fun trying a black and white filter and in trying to find a good composition for the shot because I am a real beginner. It also …
Getting fit: New horizons
The trick I have always used in my life to achieve anything that seems impossible or difficult is to work at it every day. I often don’t do much but make sure I do something, no matter how small.
A Play day at the family gym!!!
Building on the idea of using christmas to get fit and healthy through a parent workout today has been all about play because we had a little day off with our little one. right now I am that happy tired you get after a day with an under 5 and I know I had a proper workout. The big treat was …
Parenting workouts: Christmas lights switch on
Over the last weekend, I had an experience that made me realize how tiring and challenging it could be for parents to take care of their little ones. We attended the MK official Christmas lights switch-on, and I had to carry my child for about one to two hours. It may not sound like much, but when everyone around you …
How to exercise more in normal life. Toddlers and Ikea
So I just want to be more active in general but most decisions now involve a toddler!! Big challenge huh. Being active is in some ways easier because he keeps you on your toes all the time. The problem is getting anything useful done. He’s at that stage where he needs a lot of attention, is very inquisitive and constantly …
Fit for days out: Our day at the Olympics part two
After all this we had to watch the diving and then get home. Here is the list of what we had to do: Bloody knackered, I’m 70 kgs (About 12 stone). I couldn’t help but wonder how would that feel for someone heavier like 100 kgs. We loved every minute of it and would happily do it again but it …
How to live my dream?
This article is a continuation of the process I’m going through of achieving my dreams. Some parts of this process I want to share on blogger partly as a record and partly as a way of getting support and advice. The essence is that I’m spending these years learning more about how to live the dream I want in a …
Lono Tyson – 81 Years Young
Ok, what do you want to be able to do when you’re 81. How about run around, play and do everything you did when you were 20. I’ve seen many people who do this. Here’s a video of someone really doing it. Just in case you need a little proof that it’s possible.
Does regular exercise improve the bodies ability to heal and restore?
Just a thought but I was really active every day last week and by yesterday I felt that not only had I recovered but I’d now got so much more energy than I normally have at that time. I just kept wanting to go out and run for a couple of hours. Anything to be active. Even though I’d gone …
Does retirement mean retiring your body?
Ok, here’s another one. Where is it in our ~DNA that say’s when we’re past 50 we just can’t do what we used to do? I’m serious. I haven’t found one scientific article or even one person that I’ve met in the gym or elsewhere that proves to me that our DNA first of all knows how old we are …