Another great year 2009!

All very exciting.

I weighed in at 12 stone 1lb this morning. Thats really good because it is over 3.5lbs lower than yesterday. Clearly those clementines have done their work. I was really pleased that I managed to get out for a run last night. It was dark. It was wet. It was windy. You know what - I really enjoyed it! Just me battling against the elements. I also did some weights for my arms, and chest, and did stomach crunches. My biceps are getting really quite large now. Cool!

On my challe… Continue

Weighed in this morning at 12stone 4lbs. A result of eating lots of fruit yesterday. I always wonder whether eating healthily is always good for the weight. The key thing is though that it is all about getting the balance right, and quite possibly eating a whole net bag of around 10 clementines probably was not entirely consistent with eating a balanced diet. I am sure that tomorrow I will 12 stone - on the nose!

I have eaten really healthily so far today.

Poached eggs on toast for breakfast (… Continue

Since we are moving house I thought that I would reflect on what has happened in the last five years in terms of major events and changes.

Promoted - I have been promoted twice and my pay has increased by around 50%
Fitness - I have lost 5 stone in weight and I am so much fitter than I used to be.
Cars - I have owned 2 more cars
Runner - I am now a runner. I did not used to do any sport
Cyclist - I used to cycle to work - but i have now done long distance cycles - e.g. chatham to whitstable
Exp… Continue

Have had a lovely day today.

I am really enjoying running. I feel so great after I have run in the morning. I am getting to be a regular sunday morning runner with the local villagers where we are moving. I feel really virtuous afterwards! We ran 10.5km. I weighed in at 12stone 2lbs.

I have been listening to Katherine Jenkins this afternoon. She has a really lovely voice and she is an amazing singer. I want to go see her in concert. She is on tour next year. I will see her at the o2 arena in L… Continue

21 November 2009

Looking forward to furnishing our new home when we move in. There is a fabulous furniture shop in a nearby town - all hand made wooden furniture - and we could easily spend thousands there.

I am also looking forward to equipping the kitchen just how I want it. I want to get TGGreen = Cornish Blue plates etc. It is so country cottage - blue and white stripes. Will be perfect!

Will also want to get some le creuset pans and casserole sets. That stuff is amazing and will last a l… Continue

Public Speaking - I had a great time last night at Toastmasters. I did my 6th speech. It was great. I got a friend of mine there to film me. I posted it to youtube last night. I really enjoyed that speech and I am really looking forward to doing my next one. I loved talking about Susie - my lovely fiancee. It was amazing.

Work - I am really happy to be working on something really high profile at work. It is great to be involved and playing a really key role. Very exciting!

House - I am so plea… Continue

Why I love Susie from phil bradburn on Vimeo.

It was interesting last night. I was reading through some of the journal articles that I wrote over the last year or so. I found that what we are doing now with our house buying is exactly what I said back in May 2008. Interesting. Basically, it describes Pluckley to a tea, including the ability to walk to the sta… Continue

Healthy - Eaten healthily today. Poached Eggs on Toast for breakfast and for lunch, a portuguese custard tart, chocolate bar, some raisins, baked potato with cottage cheese, blackberries, and blueberries, brown toast with jam. Mostly good anyway!!! ;-)

Fitness - did my 110 bicep curls, and also did 20 stomach crunches. I feel great having done this.

I am thinking ahead about my next 100 day challenge. I am wondering what I will focus on achieving. I am really going to go for it this time.

Wei… Continue

Running - Got up really early this morning and had some porridge before I left for my run with the Greensandjoggers. We did 10.4km circular run from Egerton. Great run. Enjoyed it. And had a great chat with the others on the way. It is going to be really lovely when we move to Pluckley. I am really loving the running. I am pleased that I have got into it.

Health & Fitness - I weighed in at 11st 13.5lbs. It is great that I am below 12 stone now. Really pleased about that. I did 100 bicep cur… Continue

What a great day.

Running - I went for a 10km run this morning. I went to pick up parcels from the post office. Backpack on my back I went for a run. I love run with a purpose :-)

Tenterden - I went to Tenterden. Was great. Had a lovely meal at cafe rouge - i even managed to choose a decently healthy meal. Salmon salad. We also had a look at some furniture in a shop there. We want to get some really lovely stuff when we move house. We think we will get some nice pieces at that shop, and at a s… Continue

I had a really great day today. I spent time talking to some really interesting people at an awayday for the senior team. I was also able to get a possibility of doing a speech at the next one. That will be really cool.

I got a coffee machine the other day. I have been trying to make a perfect espresso. I succeeded today! I found a great website that gave some tips - now I want to find out even more. I will buy lots of coffee at the weekend! And I want to try out making some different coffees -… Continue

My Journal - I was reading through my journal this morning on the train. It is a little while since I have looked at that particular one - but it covered the time when I felt particularly down with myself. It was hard reading it - but at the same time it was really great knowing that I have come out of the other side. I do enjoy keeping a journal.

Skiing Holiday - Thinking ahead about my skiing holiday and how great that will be. I want to get together all of my friends who are really intereste… Continue

What a great day. I can point to three reasons for my happiness.

1) I spent some time in the city - exploring areas that I do not usually spend much time around. Mostly, St Pauls and Paternoster Sq. Love it aorund there. I went to a different cafe than normal and had a lovely bacon sandwich to start me off for the day. It really is true - a change is as good as a rest.

2) I helped my team - I stepped in a the last minute to host a session that one of my team was running. I was able to introduc… Continue

What a great day. I can point to three reasons for my happiness.

1) I spent some time in the city - exploring areas that I do not usually spend much time around. Mostly, St Pauls and Paternoster Sq. Love it aorund there. I went to a different cafe than normal and had a lovely bacon sandwich to start me off for the day. It really is true - a change is as good as a rest.

2) I helped my team - I stepped in a the last minute to host a session that one of my team was running. I was able to introduc… Continue

- [ ] When were you happiest
- [ ] In Ibiza when I met Susie - it was a fabulous time. No
responsibilities, lots of drink, two weeks on holiday with a
mate of mine. not a care in the world - except for a nagging
worry about not having any money!
- [ ] What is your greatest fear?
- [ ] Of not reaching my potential. I know that there is a ton of
stuff i would like to do, and i want to make sure that i can
do it. My biggest fear is that I ever lose my phenomenal
drive or enthusiasm to… Continue

- [ ] cooking and baking - [ ] chocolate cupcakes
- [ ] puy lentils, garlic chicken and vegetables
- [ ] poached eggs
- [ ] toast and jam
- [ ] Relaxing
* [ ] Reading the news papers
* [ ] Watching TV
- [ ] Running
- [ ] 8.29km from Grafty Green
- [ ] Sounds like we are getting running t… Continue

- [+] I am expecting a number of things today - which will be great
- [+] Further progress on the house. I got the survey through on
the house we are buying in Pluckley. Everything is pretty ok
and I am happy with what we have there.
- [+] Unexpected cash reward - I got 10quid in vouchers from tesco
clubcard - worth 40 quid!!!!
- [+] Go for a run this evening (only in my mind!)
- [+] Have great day at work - everything runs smoothly. It did.
Beautifully so.

The guy buying our house will sort out his mortgage today and we will hear soon about the survey and when it will be done on our house. I can't wait. Lots of things happening.

I am faffing about sorting my finances out so that we can get our mortgage properly fixed up. We will end up with the best rate ever and the best deal with no hassle. Spreadsheets galore!!

I could not pick up my Serpentine running top. They were not going to be open til later this evening. I wanted to wear that when I do… Continue

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We had a viewing tonight on our house. I am sure that they will put in an offer and it will be even better than the previous one that we are currently going with. It should be possible to have absolutely the best quality buyer who will be able to complete whenever we need to. I am sure that tomorrow we will have a second offer on our house, and we will also hear that there is a survey being booked on our house.

Thinking about writing my book and I am not sure what software to u… Continue

I went for a run with the runners from the area where we are moving to. There were about 8 of us i think. They have all lived in the area quite a while. I think that it is a really good sign that it is the right area to move to. We went for a 11km run. Which was cool. Great lanes to run in - very littl… Continue