What’s happened? Ten days ago, I tripped and fell flat on my face. I jumped up very quickly, feeling thankful that there was no injury. Or so I thought! It wasn’t long before I started to feel a little soreness around the ribs but didn’t take much notice, until that soreness became pain. So, today, […]
The Day I Walked 100 Kilometres
The following post is a repost from April 2013. I”m not reposting it to brag or to live in past glories at all. Recently I had been thinking about goals, following our dreams and positive ageing, when these memories came up on my Facebook page. I think this post shows that we can make our […]
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Fitness and Ageing
What Does Fitness Mean To Me As I Age? I turned 65 this year! As I write those words, I cannot believe that they are true. Where did all those years go? It only seems like such a short time ago, that I was turning 30, and thought life as I knew it was over. […]
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Fitness Update
Time for a wrap up of the first four weeks on Maxine’s Challenge and what a month it has been. When I posted about my intentions for The Challenge, I had no idea what was ahead. Unexpectedly for the past four weeks, since the challenge started, I’ve been working full time. To put the icing on the cake, […]
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Two Fitness/Fundraising Challenges
As you know, I do love a fitness challenge, be it a gym challenge, walking, cycling or occasionally swimming. I have posted previously about my participation in Maxine’s Challenge in 2019. The things I love about a fitness challenge with an end time, are the goal setting, planning, preparation and scheduling. Of course, there is […]
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February Plans #fitfabfeb2019
My blogger friend Sue from Sizzling Towards 60 & Beyond has put out the #fitfabfeb challenge. Actually #fitfabfeb is not really a challenge – unless you want it to be. It’s more about becoming aware of our lifestyle and making small changes during the month to improve our health and wellbeing. If you’d like to […]
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Exercise and Extreme Heat
We’re Having a Heatwave We are having a very hot summer here in Central Victoria, with many days reaching temperatures over 40C. These days of extreme heat cause so much stress where I live, as we are in a very high bushfire danger area. I do worry about fires and our animals, on those days […]
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Goodbye 2018 Hello 2019
So Christmas is over, and we’re into the second week of January. I decided unexpecedly to take three weeks off from blogging. Mainly, because I knew it would be a busy two weeks at work, and felt like I needed a break from doing anything extra. I have worked, long days through the Christmas […]