My tips for hitting your daily step goal
As you have probably figured out by now I am slightly obsessed with tracking my activity and my step count goal is one I look…
exercise
The unexpected benefits of running
I really enjoy running. For almost all of my life that was a sentence I never thought I would hear myself say. Before my gastric…
The honeymoon period is well and truly over
Immediately after surgery and for about nine months after I was totally and utterly disinterested in food. I actually couldn’t have cared less and it…
Don’t underestimate the positive influence you can have on your nearest and dearest
One thing we all possess to some degree or another is influence. It’s not something that can be measured and the affect it has on…
Finding my way back to being fit (again!)
With my fitness and exercise I am either all over it and on top of it or I am not at all into it and…
The best NSV I’ve had so far!
Life after bariatric surgery has been filled with numerous NSVs, to the uninitiated that’s a non-scale victory! Basically any of the little things that happen…
Fitbit Charge 2 Review!
My addiction to exercise and activity trackers started with the Fitbit Charge HR. Fitbit have just released a new line-up of trackers and I was…
Melissa Does: A Spin Class
One thing I have never done but always been interested in doing is a spin class. They seem to be something that people love and…
Fighting regain and hitting rock bottom
Towards the end of last year my weight started hanging firmly round my goal weight. I never want to lose the fight against weight regain…
Melissa does: A session with a personal trainer
I’m going to start a little series off called Melissa Does: with this post. I have been offered a three month pass to the YMCA…