Up & Running winners
Teleportation and the ability to fly were your most wished for superpowers! Here are the U&R giveaway winners as chosen by the Random Number Generator:
Penny would like the ability to sleep and an empathy gun
Caitlyn would like to control the weather
Jerilyn wants to clone herself
Lilliam longs to clean her entire house with the snap of her fingers
JJ wants the ability to predict the stock market
Thanks everyone who entered and congratulations to the winners – I’ve emailed you with the details.
Missed out this time round? There’s still time to join in – the courses start next week!
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Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - February 24, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: shauna Tags: Up & Running Source Type: blogs
Soundtrack to your life
Speaking of Sas, she’s just started a new interview series, delving into minds via “awkward probing questions and a personalised mixtape”. I’m first cab off the rank today and she really did get me dusting off the brain and the music collection. WARNING: soundtrack contains Foreigner (Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl)
Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - February 22, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: shauna Tags: I Love Rock n Roll Links, News, Assorted Drivel Source Type: blogs
Returning to earth
This incredibly moving and humbling video reminded me of all you folks who chose flying as your secret superpower. Astronauts reflect on the profound experience of seeing the Earth from space. “It looks like a living breathing organism,” says one dude, but it also looks extremely fragile”.
I was dabbing away tears but Gareth’s face looked more, “Space! Rockets! Stars! COOL!”
It’s twenty minutes long so perfect for a quiet afternoon with a big cuppa! (via Sas) (Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl)
Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - February 22, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: shauna Tags: Links, News, Assorted Drivel Source Type: blogs
Win a spot on the March Up & Running 5k or 10k course
Last night I was formatting a foxy spreadsheet and trying to calculate how many bottles of wine and how many pizza slices per person would be best for the upcoming Up & Running retreat in Bologna. It struck me, how awesome it was that I get to do wine and pizza maths?
It’s now been two whole years since Up & Running began and I can’t imagine my life without all the brave, hilarious, kind and inspiring women I’ve met in our wee community. Every time I get stuck in that spiral of I can’t write for shit / who am I to be a business lady / I’m so unfit and wobbly / blah blah whiny blah,...
Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - February 20, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: shauna Tags: Up & Running Source Type: blogs
Ina Garten, my substitute mum
A sad new obsession began on a drab Monday night while waiting for University Challenge to begin. Flicking around the channels, I saw that Food Network UK had been added to Freeview.
Until last month I only knew Ina Garten as that lady that Adam the Amateur Gourmet adores; the one who did that roasted broccoli years ago. But as soon as I started watching my first episode of Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics, I was hooked.
She was making a simple orange pound cake, loaded with butter. Sure, the cake looked good and hearty, and I admired her foresight to bake two so there’d be one for the freezer. But it took me two...
Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - February 17, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: shauna Tags: Dinner Time The Mothership Source Type: blogs
Just in case you missed it…
… last month we said goodbye to Dietgirl and I’ve carried on my adventures in lard-busting and otherwise on ShaunaReid.com.
Here’s what’s been happening…
The first monthly check-in of 2013 – how’s that 3-2-1 Exercise Plan and the Word of the Year going?
I ditched my clown pants and found a more positive way to look at weight loss
I wrote about about Haggis Poisoning and Gareth’s unfortunate childhood trauma!
You can get new posts via email or get notified of new stuff on Facebook or RSS feed. There’s even a new email newsletter if you fancy the occasional bonus upd...
Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - February 4, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: shauna Tags: Links Source Type: blogs
The Mifl Report: January
* MIFL = Month In Focused Living
Back in January I chose a Word of The Year. Rather than setting resolutions, a Word is a handy way to set a theme and intention. I chose focus for 2013 and I’m doing regular MIFL Reports to keep me on the straight and narrow.
. . .
Is anyone else out there a bit scared of January? When I crack open a new paper diary and see all those blank pages I’m filled with a cold and morbid dread, not knowing what lies ahead. Cheery folks may think, Ooh a shiny fresh batch of days. I wonder what joys they shall bring? But I can’t help wonder what terrible cock ups I’ll make, wh...
Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - February 4, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: shauna Tags: Monthly Check-Ins Source Type: blogs
Super Sell Out – the winners
The Random Number Generator has declared the following winners of the Super Sell Out prizes!
Cult Pens voucher – #78 Karra
Sas Petherick coaching session – #23 CC
Up & Running training diary – #6 Dani
Fitbloggin ticket – #15 Pubsgal
Winners – I’ve emailed you regarding how to claim your prize. Thanks everyone who entered and huge thanks once again to all the Sell Out prize donors for your generosity.
I also wanted to say cheers for being so fab about this transition to the post-Dietgirl era. It feels good to move forward, but knowing you are cool with it makes it even more of an ...
Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - February 4, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: shauna Tags: Links, News, Assorted Drivel Source Type: blogs
Haggis Poisoning
Last Friday was Burns Night, the annual celebration of the life Scots poet Rabbie Burns in which folk gather to eat haggis, neeps and tatties, washed down with poems and whisky.
Gareth and I had been invited to a proper Burns Supper but were both rotten with the cold, so it was haggis at home. Every year I forget about the Haggis Poisoning until it’s too late. This is the technical term for the following process:
Getting excited about Burns night – a glimmer of fun at the end of miserable January
Shopping for the haggis, umm-ing and ahh-ing between traditional or vegetarian style
Spending an age cooking it, al...
Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - January 31, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: shauna Tags: Living In Scotland Scottish Cuisine Source Type: blogs
The crushing of childhood dreams
Gareth and I were talking about formative experiences the other day and he told me about the moment he feels is responsible for his, “constant feeling of being slightly disappointed by life”
He was about twelve years old, at a Boys Brigade camp on the west coast. One day the lads had to sign up for an activity. The sign up sheets offered a choice of Fishing, Swimming or Visit To BMX Factory.
Visit To BMX Factory! Hell yeah! Gareth and his bike-obsessed pals signed up in a flash.
Imagine their heartbreak when they arrived at the BMX Factory only to discover there had been a terrible misunderstanding caused by ...
Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - January 21, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: shauna Tags: Doctor G Source Type: blogs
Super Sell Out 4 – a ticket to Fitbloggin!
The final Super Sell Out prize is one I would very much like to steal for myself. It is a three day ticket to the 2013 FitBloggin Conference!
This prize is one Full Access ticket to the conference on June 27-30 in Portland, Oregon and and is kindly donated by the inventor of FitBloggin herself, the one and only Roni Noone.
Happy campers at FitBloggin2012. Credit: Fitbloggin.com
The ticket includes access to all presentations and discussions, five meals, two evening social events and the Expo Area. The winner covers their travel, accommodation and other expenses.
Sloshed me with the one and only Carla (not sloshed) in 2011&...
Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - January 18, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: shauna Tags: Links, News, Assorted Drivel Source Type: blogs
Super Sell Out 3 – Up & Running training diary
This third Super Sell Out offering is my pet prize because it was created with my own blood, sweat and swears*. It’s the beautiful Up & Running training diary!
The good Coach Julia and I share a love of training diaries. We do like apps and gadgets but it’s never quite as satisfying as recording your toil and triumphs on paper. But we’re very fussy and could never find the perfect diary that had all the nerdy features we wanted.
So about a year ago we decided to create our own diary for runners and after months and months of obsessive writing and tweaking we finally finished it in December.
It̵...
Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - January 18, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: shauna Tags: Links, News, Assorted Drivel Source Type: blogs
Super Sell Out 2 – Coaching session with super Sas Petherick
Huzzah! Today’s Super Sell Out prize is a one hour life coaching session with Sas Petherick.
I’ve read Sas’ blog for many years, firstly out of curiosity for a fellow ginger. But then I got hooked on her honesty, humour and the way she grabs life by the goolies.
Then last year Sas trained as a coach and was looking for some “guinea pigs” to practice her craft on. I pounced! I’m totally over gruelling on-the-couch-tell-me-about-your-folks shrinkage, but I’d been feeling stagnant and ultra-low on confidence and just fancied a smart, impartial person to talk to. A helping hand to kic...
Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - January 17, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: shauna Tags: Links, News, Assorted Drivel Source Type: blogs
Super Sell Out 1 – Cult Pens £50 voucher
The Super Sell Out has begun! This is the first of four prizes, all sharing a general theme of: Little Things That Made 2012 Awesome.
Last year I got a Lamy Safari fountain pen on a whim. I’d gotten back into old school journalling and remembered I used to to love fountain pens when I was a kid. It turned out to be £13.50 of pure happiness (thanks Phil for the recommendation!). It makes a satisfying scratchy noise when you write and somehow ink makes even the most inane thoughts look half deep.
Well, not really.
So that’s why the first prize is a £50 voucher from Cult Pens. They stock “the widest ran...
Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - January 16, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: shauna Tags: Links, News, Assorted Drivel Source Type: blogs
Refresh! Refresh!
Today is a groovy day. After 12 years I posted the last entry on my Dietgirl blog - welcome to everyone who ventured over!
Also, today this blog got a fancy makeover! You might need to refresh your browser a few times to get everything looking right but please let me know if you spot anything wonky. A huuuge thanks to Ale from Papermoustache for working your magic.
Tomorrow the Super Celebration Sell Out begins. This is a one-off four days of bonkers in which I give away some cool prizes, just to celebrate the end of Dietgirl and to say thanks for everyone who’s read my dribblings over the years. Stay tuned! (Sour...
Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - January 15, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: shauna Tags: Links, News, Assorted Drivel Source Type: blogs
