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4 weeks of eating
I remember reading psychological research from a few years ago, that purported to show that people who photographed their meals enjoyed them less than those who did not. I’m not sure if that is entirely true (or if it’s biassed by groups of dieters guiltily photographing their lunches) but there was a great feeling of […]
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Daze without sugar
I cut added sugar out of my diet yesterday, after stopping drinking coffee a week ago. It’s only been by cutting sugary food out completely that I’ve become aware of how much there is to eat at the office. There’s the inexhaustible supply of chocolate in the microkitchen. There’s the gorgeous little doughnuts served up […]
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Starting to struggle without sugar
Today is the fourth day that we’ve been without sugar, and the cracks are beginning to show. Since I’ve been back to the office, I’ve been preventing myself from eating dreadful food by photographing everything that isn’t one of my three square meals or my morning cup of coffee, and it’s been depressing so far […]
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Another fine day
I got up at 6:30 this morning, scarfed down a punnet of blueberries, and went for a run on the Green Corridor. As I ran onto it, I saw a sign declaring that it would be shut for excavations from the 19th of September until 2019. All year, my favourite route has been on borrowed […]
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Parkrun with a stroller
I woke up at 6:40 this morning, trying to sneak out of the flat before anyone woke up, dreading the thought of cycling all the way to the East Coast for the race. But La Serpiente had other ideas, coming out of her room and demanding cuddles, and there was no way I was going […]
