Category: General / Misc.
My Fitness Journey – an update
Last April I set off on a mission to finally rid myself off the 4+ stones of excess weight I’ve been carrying round for about 20 years, and to get fitter and healthier. I was eating better, redu... Read More
Review: Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert My rating: 4 of 5 stars I picked this up as a freebie at work a million years ago – I think the stock photography company I worked for at the time had someth... Read More
Review: DDP Yoga
So here’s my review of DDP Yoga, the transformational fitness workout devised by American wrestler Diamond Dallas Page. We met DDP at Wrestlecon in Dallas, Texas this April, and until then I... Read More
Healthy Living Regime … The Reboot!
OK so I have had a weight problem for most of my adult life, that much is obvious. When I fell pregnant with my daughter, back in 1993, I was 9.5 stone and a size 10-12. After I had Katie I went up to... Read More
Dallas Diaries Day 2: Axxess and WWE Hall of Fame
Day 2 started as day one had, in Cindi’s New York Diner near Reunion Tower. But whereas it had been empty the day before it was packed this time, mostly with wrestling fans! We bumped into the c... Read More
Victoria Wood and Chyna: Farewell to two ambassadors for women in a man’s world
I’m not one to have idols, and I don’t really “do” celebrities all that much, but there are some people who have influenced me or touched my life in some way, of course. And wi... Read More
Dallas Diaries Day 1: Wrestlecon / NXT Takeover
Our first full day in Dallas was Friday and we didn’t have anything planned. Actually, that’s a lie – we’d tried and tried to get tickets for NXT Takeover but missed out on pre... Read More
Dallas Diaries: Observations of America
Our Wrestlemania 32 adventure was was my first trip to the United States of America. Despite growing up watching American films and TV (The Kids From Fame played a major part in my childhood!) and hav... Read More