CURLY AND CANDID

Hand up if you had Clarks school shoes? I did and still remember feeling very smart and very special in my “princess” shoes,

Both of my boys have started shoe-life in Clarks and have continued to enjoy their shoes as they’ve grown older.With Clarks, you don’t only get a fabulous looking pair of school shoes, you get shoes that are designed to support growing feet. We always get the boy’s feet measured professionally to ensure that they are in the right size and this is what happened when we visited our local Clarks’ retailer recently. We went armed with a £40 voucher courtesy of Clarks who wanted us to treat ourselves to a pair of snazzy school shoes and review the overall process of getting fitted and buying our shoes.

2012-08-07 10.54.18 — Take one child that refuses to smile sweetly at the camera for you.

2012-08-07 10.52.13 — Take one super-friendly, knowledgeable and professional shoe-measuring lady.

2012-08-07 10.54.33 — Let the NOW smiling sweetly child entertain himself in the child-friendly store while you wait for your selection of suitable shoes to arrive.

2012-08-07 10.58.24 — Watch while the super-lovely lady helps your child try on the shoes he prefers, checks them to ensure the fit is correct and lets him have a walk around in them.

And….

Voila! You find yourself with a pair of great-fitting, hard wearing school shoes that you know will last! Kieran is really pleased with his “Cool” school shoes and I am happy in the knowledge that the health of his feet are in good hands with Clarks.

There is a fantastic range of school shoes available from Clarks. To view the ranges and find your local Clarks store, visit the website.

*Clarks sent us a £40 voucher to redeem against some shoes. This write up is based on our own experience of being fitted for, buying and wearing Clarks shoes.

In Food, General, Women's Interest

How Do I Get Off The Weight Rollercoaster?

Nicki CawoodAugust 22, 2012August 22, 201216 Comments

I have dieted on and off since I was 18 years old. I struggle with my weight as many women with PCOS do yet have managed to lose weight successfully in the past. This summer I have put on 8lb and feel awful! I don’t drink, don’t eat chocolate and sweets, I don’t go for a lot of puddings either. This can make “cutting back” a bind. When I am on a plan I can do well for a period of time but I really struggle maintaining any loss .

I am resigned to the fact that I am going to have to watch what I eat for the rest of my life, I put weight back on at an alarming rate and find it difficult to shift it again (hands up if you suffer with the same problem!). Roy said something recently about completely changing the way I eat and look at food (rather perceptive of him!) and I think he may be right. This conversation came at the same time I was contacted about a competition from Jenny Craig where bloggers are invited to ask a JC expert about anything related to healthy eating, nutrition and maintaining a healthy weight loss.

So my question for Jenny Craig, and my readers is this:

How can I change the way I eat / think about food in order to lose weight in a healthy way and maintain the loss?

Any personal experiences or advice from any source would be appreciated, I certainly can’t be the only one is this situation, wondering which way is the way forward, and fed up of the unhealthy loss/gain/loss/gain rollercoaster.

My current relationship with food is that it is a necessary evil that plots against me regularly to make me need to wear bigger knickers. Clearly this is not great as 1) I have previously vowed to rid myself of granny pants and do not want to see them creeping back into my undies drawer and 2) I have always quite enjoyed food, cooking and experimenting and want to recapture this.

I really need to find my way off the weight rollercoaster and onto the road that leads to a healthier weight that I can maintain long term. I need to ward off the big knickers!


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