Ian Curwen

Analogy time

I was offered a Time Out bar before and I declined it. My colleague was impressed that I had suddenly been able to ‘flip the switch’ to being good again after, quite frankly, a few weeks of being a junk food and snacking addict! So I started thinking about this, and to a certain extent it isContinue reading “Analogy time”

Blogged off?

Hello everyone! It seems somewhat odd to be writing this blog again after so long having a break. But here I am. I’d love to tell you I have some really good reasons why I’ve not blogged for a while, but the truth is that whilst I have been busy at work and at home,Continue reading “Blogged off?”

Hitting the wall

Just a quick post today. As I mentioned in my last health-based rambling, I was a bit naughty the weekend before last. As a result, I am working hard to try and recover from some of the “badness” before tomorrow’s weigh in! However, in doing this, I have learned the meaning of the term “hittingContinue reading “Hitting the wall”

Northern Soul

Now for one of my occasional posts that isn’t about weight loss or exercise. This time the subject is, as written above, Northern Soul. For those of you who don’t know, Northern Soul is a genre of soul music which was grew from the nightclubs of Northern Britain in the 1960s. The music played inContinue reading “Northern Soul”

Hello? Anybody there

Latest loss: 0.5lb. Total loss to date: 12lb Hello everyone. Sorry, I have been incredibly lame in posting. I am sure you all thought I’d given up and abandoned the blog/weight loss. Well I’m pleased to say this isn’t the case, although I didn’t weigh in this week. The loss above, of half a pound,Continue reading “Hello? Anybody there”

A new first

A couple of posts back, I mentioned my run from hell. If you remember back, it seemed to be the piece of exercise where everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. Thankfully I’ve ran a couple of times since then and have even started to enjoy these runs. In fact, I completed a newContinue reading “A new first”

My guest blog: toes in the water

In the last week, much has been written about #localgov use of social media. Some people say we’re focussing too much of our time or resources on it, whereas others think we’re behind the curve. In this blog post, I look at how Copeland Borough Council, a small Cumbrian district authority, has used social media toContinue reading “My guest blog: toes in the water”

That’s more like it

This week’s weight loss (phew): 4lb. Total loss: 11.5lb Well after last week’s disappointment, I was pleased to find I had achieved a decent loss this week. My aim for the week was always to lose what I had put on and then a little bit more, but after a gain, I was nervous aboutContinue reading “That’s more like it”

Run from hell

I was going to tie this post in to my last blog post, but it wasn’t really connected, and I thought it’d sit better on its own. I’ve only ran four times this year so far. I want to run a lot more. I need to run a lot more if I am to hitContinue reading “Run from hell”

Uh-oh

This week’s gain: 2.5lb. Total loss to date: 7.5lb. Well I think I jinxed it last week when I said I didn’t want to be writing about a gain too soon! Perhaps not, but I can think of a few other reasons why I didn’t do too well this week: These include the fact thatContinue reading “Uh-oh”