I am an Irish Catholic who needs to lose weight around 5 stone. I have anxiety that I am working on at the moment. I want to use this blog to share about my journey through my Faith which is Catholic and my weightloss and anxiety journey. The good and bad days. I want to share the creative things that help me through my journey such as reading, exercise, gardening and knitting. I will share the things that work for me and the things that don't. I want to share quotes and other Catholic things that help me. I want to inspire and help others and be inspired and taught by others too.
I am an Irish Catholic who needs to lose weight around 5 stone. I have anxiety that I am working on at the moment. I want to use this blog to share about my journey through my Faith which is Catholic and my weightloss and anxiety journey. The good and bad days. I want to share the creative things that help me through my journey such as reading, exercise, gardening and knitting. I will share the things that work for me and the things that don't. I want to share quotes and other Catholic things that help me. I want to inspire and help others and be inspired and taught by others too.
Lent begins today, Ash Wednesday and to be honest I'm not exactly giving up anything for Lent. What I will be doing is cutting down on screen time. I have already started this a little last Saturday. I personally spend many hours on screens be it computer, tablet, games consoles or television. I watch T.V. during meal times too. This is the part I am giving up. During breakfast and dinner for the most part I will try and not watch T.V. I will talk to the people around me. I recently started using my New Nintendo 3dsXL and I have noticed I can play it for a long time during the course of the day. I have started using a timer to keep me more mindful of my use of it and that has helped. I want to use Lent as a time to become closer to God. I aim to do that by either praying a bit more, even one small prayer is good or do something that helps me be closer to God. That can be play religious music, read religious books, going for a walk and noticing the things He created or gardening. As you can see I am not giving up anything but I am cutting down and also giving more time to other more important things in my life. Lent is a time of fast and abstinence but it is also a time of taking up things that help you and others become closer to God. It is also a time of almsgiving where you can give time/donations or money to those who need it most. This Lent I advise you don't just give up something because it is good for you do it to get closer to God and those around you. I hope you all have a great and fruitful Lent.
I am an Irish Catholic who needs to lose weight around 5 stone. I have anxiety that I am working on at the moment. I want to use this blog to share about my journey through my Faith which is Catholic and my weightloss and anxiety journey. The good and bad days. I want to share the creative things that help me through my journey such as reading, exercise, gardening and knitting. I will share the things that work for me and the things that don't. I want to share quotes and other Catholic things that help me. I want to inspire and help others and be inspired and taught by others too.
I am an Irish Catholic who needs to lose weight around 5 stone. I have anxiety that I am working on at the moment. I want to use this blog to share about my journey through my Faith which is Catholic and my weightloss and anxiety journey. The good and bad days. I want to share the creative things that help me through my journey such as reading, exercise, gardening and knitting. I will share the things that work for me and the things that don't. I want to share quotes and other Catholic things that help me. I want to inspire and help others and be inspired and taught by others too.
February 2022
August 2022
I am an Irish Catholic who needs to lose weight around 5 stone. I have anxiety that I am working on at the moment. I want to use this blog to share about my journey through my Faith which is Catholic and my weightloss and anxiety journey. The good and bad days. I want to share the creative things that help me through my journey such as reading, exercise, gardening and knitting. I will share the things that work for me and the things that don't. I want to share quotes and other Catholic things that help me. I want to inspire and help others and be inspired and taught by others too.
This year instead of making resolutions I am going to make S.M.A.R.T goals. S.M.A.R.T stands for
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Time-based
I aim to have 1 goal for this year and that is to lose weight. I will break it down to a SMART goal
Specific: Lose 1 stone
Measurable: Increase my exercise to start with by doing 10,000 steps most days counting them through my Fitbit watch
Achievable: I think it is achievable because I would only have to lose less than 1/2 a pound a week
Realistic: Same as achievable
Time-based: I would like to start this on Sunday the 5th of February until next Christmas please God.
That is my main goal. I have a few smaller goals too.
Get back into praying more each day. Even if it is only a short prayer that is SMART because it is Specific
Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-based
Read but I'm not setting a goodreads challenge this year as I don't know how many books I'll be able to read so I will aim for 2 by the end of the year. That is a SMART goal too
I am an Irish Catholic who needs to lose weight around 5 stone. I have anxiety that I am working on at the moment. I want to use this blog to share about my journey through my Faith which is Catholic and my weightloss and anxiety journey. The good and bad days. I want to share the creative things that help me through my journey such as reading, exercise, gardening and knitting. I will share the things that work for me and the things that don't. I want to share quotes and other Catholic things that help me. I want to inspire and help others and be inspired and taught by others too.
Since Christmas is around the corner and we are currently in Advent I have started reading Christmas books. Here are some of the Christmas books I have read, am currently reading and hope to read this year. I also have one book I had to stop reading:
I did read All I want for Christmas about half way but I stopped because I felt it was too racy for my liking in parts. This book is by various Irish female Artists.
Book I have read:
I finished reading Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien and Baillie Tolkien. I felt it was a great read. I read this on an old kindle. It contained images of the actual letters in written format along with the print format. I found that he images on the book that I found hard to read on the kindle I have so I will probably get this book in print format for a better experience. I'd say it would be easier to read on newer kindles. I love the letters that Tolkien gives to his children from Father Christmas. They are very heartwarming and homely.
Book I am currently reading:
I am currently reading Jesus of Nazareth the Infancy Narratives by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on my kindle. I did read it half way through at one point however I can't remember what I read of it so I'm starting again.
Books I hope to read:
I hope to reread A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Christmas Angel by Leslea Wahl again this year.
I am an Irish Catholic who needs to lose weight around 5 stone. I have anxiety that I am working on at the moment. I want to use this blog to share about my journey through my Faith which is Catholic and my weightloss and anxiety journey. The good and bad days. I want to share the creative things that help me through my journey such as reading, exercise, gardening and knitting. I will share the things that work for me and the things that don't. I want to share quotes and other Catholic things that help me. I want to inspire and help others and be inspired and taught by others too.
As those of you may know who have followed me since the beginning. I was diagnosed with Generalised Anxiety Disorder in 2016. During that t...
