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New Year, Same Goal
Happy New Year to you. I’m just back in the door with the family after seeing of 2012 in style at her brother’s house in Perthshire. Two days of good food and booze on top of months of indolence. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, 2013, alcohol, blog, booze, diet, dieting, fat, gym, hogmanay, Iain Pope, New Year, perthshire, Shaun Milne, swimming, Two Fat Laddies, weight
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Four
Sunday morning, felt terrible. Actually much, much worse than that. Regardless, went to my swimming lesson with only a couple of Nurofen for company and while I learned to do a floating thingy, didn’t really do it much justice. Mooched … Continue reading
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Tagged basketball, diet, exercise, Iain Pope, loss, Shaun Milne, swimming, target, Two Fat Laddies, weight
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Thrashing out these last few weeks
Today as I thrashed the water with my hands, arms and legs I couldn’t help but feel out of my depth, both mentally as well as actually. Having gone so close the previous week I had high hopes that maybe, … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 stone, adult, diet, exercise, failure, fat, goals, Iain Pope, Leith Academy, length, lessons, Liam, pool, Shaun Milne, stroke, swimming, target, total swimming, Two Fat Laddies, water, weight
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Who Dares Swims
It was an inauspicious start to a Sunday, touring the shops of Edinburgh in search of swimming gear. I’d thought (hoped?) my old shorts would still fit. After all, what’s a decade or so in between waist sizes. Turns out … Continue reading
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Tagged adult, drown, Edinburgh, exercise, Iain Pope, kids, Leith Academy, lessons, Liam Gormley, lifeguard, loss, pool, Shaun Milne, sink, swimming, swm, total swimming, TotalSwimmingco.uk, Two Fat Laddies, weight
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Shaun’s Taking the Plunge
It kind of says it all that Shaun has asked me to help him out by doing a quick post because he is currently on his way to the start line of his third 10k of the year while I … Continue reading
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Tagged 10k, blog, Edinburgh, fat, fitness, Iain Pope, shaun mline, steve parry, swim, swimming, total swimming, Two Fat Laddies, weight loss
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Buoyed By Stats And Ready To Take The Plunge
A fortnight ago we mentioned the fact Two Fat Laddies were off to visit the experts at Queen Margaret University for our second official weigh-in. It was a couple of days before the 10k, we were feeling a bit spiky … Continue reading
Life is a Beach
The Isle of Lewis can be stunningly gorgeous in all kinds of weather. Imperious in wind and gale and awe-inspiring when the Northern Lights are ablaze, but when the sun shines home can feel like our very own slice of … Continue reading
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Tagged 58 degrees, 58 degrees north, alaska, beach, braigh, branahuie, daniel holling, eoropie, force 10, greenland, hebridean celtic festival, john campbell, lewis, midges, newfoundland, northern lights, paddy dinnes, point, priest, raf, richard thomson, running, russia, salmon, shawbost, stornoway, stornoway airport, strooper, susan munro, swimming, uncle murdo
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Splashing Out
My name’s Shaun Milne, I’m 37 years old, originally from Edinburgh. My star sign is Cancer, I enjoy the theatre, cinema, art, music and travel. And, oh aye, I cannae swim. See me and the water, rubbish. I’ll drop like … Continue reading
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Tagged Clare Carswell, diet, Edinburgh, exercise, fitness, Iain Pope, learn, lessons, Paul Lindsay, Scotland, Shaun Milne, swim, swimming, Two Fat Laddies, weight loss
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