To be honest, #freshstart week 2 was HARD! You know in the cartoons when the character is so hungry, that everyone around them turns into food? Yeah well that was kinda me.. Not that I was hungry, far from it infact, but it was like every biscuit or muffin or chocolate was calling my name. Lol. Btw, I’m nowhere near saintly when it comes to food.  There’s no way you’d see me exchanging chocolate for cacao nibs or yelling from the rooftops about chia smoothie breakfast bowls – not that I’m saying it’s bad if you do, but I’m just saying it’s not for me.  I’m all about moderation &…

I can’t say this last week of my #freshstart has been difficult, but I definitely can’t say its been a walk in the park.  Well, I really can’t say it’s been a walk in the park cos all it’s done is RAIN in typical Auckland spring weather 😭, making going to the park a difficult task. So now that I’ve got my weather complaints off my chest, I figure I better update you guys on how I’m doing.  As I said in my first blog post, I mainly have 3 changes I need/want to make over the next 3 months. Eating Right: Being a little warmer I’m finding this isn’t…

If you’ve got kids, you’ll know how much I dislike winter.  Not because of how cold it is (tbh it could be even a little warmer and less wet!), but because of all the bugs it seems to bring with it.  It’s only when you actually become a parent, that you can appreciate how many bugs you didn’t pick up as an adult.  It sometimes seems that kids pickup each and every bug there is, and as the caring sharing souls they are, pass it on to you.   After weeks of either being nurse or patient or both at once, in the mental fog that comes with lack of…