Cosmopolitan UK have featured an article about a body confidence campaign in their Feb 2014 issue, which got me thinking about how little I feel about my own body at the moment, and that dieting won’t necessarily be the complete answer to my problem. The gorgeous Body Confidence Campaigner featured in the article is Leyah…
Top 3 Presents My Toddler Received This Xmas!
Read moreFollow my blog with Bloglovin After spending two days shovelling in food, running around after an excited (and chest-infected) toddler, and shovelling in even more food, I’ve finally got around to unloading his Xmas stocking and wanted to show off his top 3 gifts! 1. Grubbies Dungarees Chunk grew out of his previous dungarees recently,…
Baking With My Toddler: Cinnamon & Ginger Xmas Biscuits
Read moreToday (Christmas Eve) I decided to be creative and bake biscuits with my little boy, both for Santa tonight, and to put in treat bags for my son and his cousin for Christmas Day! I found a recipe for cinnamon and ginger snowmen biscuits, and decided to put my own little spin on it!
The Lead Up To Xmas…Diet’s On Hold!
Read more10 day until Xmas… where has the time gone?! Like most people, I prefer the lead up to Xmas rather than the actual day, which is over quickly after boring TV and too much food. Now I have Chunk, Xmas has much more meaning to me, and it’s so hard to believe that this time…
CSA Charging Single Parents to Claim Maintenance: Sign the Petition to STOP THIS!
Read moreIt’s hard enough trying to cope with your ex not financially supporting your child, and there’s even more stress when having to use the CSA to try and get this money from them, but now the government want to charge us single parents for doing this! Lots of single parents rely on the Child Support Agency (which is changing it’s…
My Weight Loss Journey: Week 2
Read moreThis week I was my usual, unorganised self, so didn’t manage to download my shopping list or the recipes for the menu plan before I did my weekly shop. However, I just pretty much stuck to the previous week’s plan, because I had some leftover ingredients, and I quite enjoyed what I got to eat!…
Competition: Win One of Five 12-Week Diet Plans!
Read moreWhen I was pregnant, I ate like an elephant; An ADULT elephant. I then had the baby and have spent the last 19 months in a sleep-deprived haze, using junk food as a quick energy fix and alternative to planned, time-consuming home made meals. This now has to stop, as my “baby weight” excuse wears…
DIY Parent & Toddler Parenting 2: Help For Us ‘Mixed Parentage’ Curly-Haired Peeps!
Read moreEver since I was little, I’ve wished science was my strong point so I could invent hair products for my mixed hair; – Products that would actually tame my corse, dry Jamaican frizz, and enhance my thick, British wavy curls. The UK has the fastest growing mixed parentage population in the world, and finally the haircare industry have…