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Travel weight gain and how to avoid it

Travel weight gain and how to avoid it

Did you know that travel weight gain is a real phenomenon? If you have wondered why your clothes seem tighter than you left them pre-holiday, you are not alone. Travel weight gain happened to you, like it does to many other happy travellers.   The food back home does not make me fat, but every time I travel, I gain weight. The struggle is real. I have been away from home for so long and the pounds have definitely piled on. Yes, yes, I know what my friends are thinking. Every time I say I need to lose weight, people…

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29 reasons I’ll never be stick thin

29 reasons I’ll never be stick thin

Reason 1 major: the love of all things sweet. This, this, this! I can never resist a sweet treat, in fact this may be one of the more compelling reasons that gets me exercising. Just so I can keep saying ‘yes’ to more sweet things without having my waist line getting out of line! This here in this picture was a lovely desert I shared with the boyfriend on a certain weekend in Sotra, Norway. Not only is sharing caring, but calories shared don’t count – right?

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Soul food. And being happy

Soul food. And being happy

A weekend in Sotra. Because soul food.  Try daily to do something you enjoy. A good book, good food, an expertly brewed cup of world class chai, a healthy dose of laughter, a heart to heart with a dear one – or even a stranger, a walk about a trail that calls to mind happy memories, a good jog or an intense work out, whatever makes your heart glow! In short, make a happy life. Now, starting with the daily stuff. The grand schemes will fall into place. Until they come along, make making yourself a daily dose of happy…

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