Know My Numbers

30 Days To A Happier, Healthier Me - Day 1

Summer is well and truly on the way, the perfect time to make a few changes to bring me closer towards my goal of having a healthier lifestyle. I'm doing really well and have taken on board many changes already but my aim for this challenge is to be more consistent with the healthy stuff.

My first step was to find out where I was health wise right now. I bought myself a notebook and jotted down a few results. I decided to work on lowering my cholesterol and losing a little weight around my middle. Blood pressure and resting heart rate are normal.

I also logged onto knowyournumbers to enter my blood pressure and cholesterol. My heart risk is normal for my age. This was great news to me as there is a history of heart disease on one side of my family and it's something I worry about at times. I'm a natural born worrier but Whitesnake has made me so happy, I have to now invent things to worry about, hehe.

My next stop was realage. According to Dr Oz, I have a few years more under my belt than I should have. I really like this site as it calculates what your real age is and then gives you little tips to improve.

Righto, so now I know where I am health wise and the few things I want to work on. No surprises there really...I need to excercise more and drink less wine.

See you tomorrow for Simply Delish. I cooked up a sesame chicken recipe and it was sooooo good. Whitesnake licked his plate, much to the disappointment of Coco, 'cause there were no left overs.  

Love KB
xxx

30 Days Of Me - Day 1

Today's challenge is to post a recent photo of me and list 15 interesting things you may not know about me. Well, the photo part is easy but things you don't know about me may be tricky, as I tell you nutters EVERYTHING.

1.  I lived 15 years of my life in Manchester, England.

2.  I am 1/4 Italian.

3. Try not to be too shocked by this next one - I am not a natural blonde.


4.  I played the role of Snow White in a production when I was 10. Scared me half to death when I had to kiss the boy who played the Prince. Put me off acting for life.

5.   I have earned money for my poetry, only a small amount so far but now I love to brag that I am a paid writer.

6.  When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a fireman.

7. I only ever won one academic prize while at school and it was for attendance, LOL!

8.   I have been on telly twice. Once in a news report at the Bank I worked in. I was asked to walk into the bank, approach the cashier and hand her some cash. I gathered my family around the telly to watch the
news segment and was very disappointed when they only showed my hand and the cash. The second time, I was taped laughing (what a surprise), for a training video. Much to my surprise, my laughing face was used on the opening for every training video throughout the whole bank for about five years.  I was temping for the bank at the time. Every time I went to a new branch for the first time, people would say...don't I know you from somewhere? Loved it really...my 15 mins of fame

9. For several years, I was on a team who set up and opened new branches for the bank. We would have celebrities open the branch and they would stay at the same Hotel as us. One year, John Walker (first human to run a mile in under 3.50) opened the branch for us. The next day, in front of heaps of people, he remembered me from the day before and sat next to me for breakfast. Lovely man, very quiet and softly spoken. What an honour. All I could think was...wait till I tell Dad, cause my Dad is a runner too.

10. I play on the fact I'm blonde (often) and have been known to use it to my advantage but I'm actually reasonably intelligent. Just keep that between us, OK.

11. I used to smoke. Gave up about ten years ago.

12. Two of my ex-boyfriends are now GAY. Watch out Whitesnake...

13. I can tell when I'm really stressed cause I become very OCD and start doing things in threes, eg putting things in dishwasher in lots of three. Just call me Count, hehe!

14. My favourite hobby when I was a child was horses. I would ride horses, read about horses, take pictures of horses, play horses in the school yard....you get the picture.

15 . I love Whitesnake..oh wait, you all knew that.

Love KB

xxx

If you want to join in the fun, the assignments are here... 30 days of Me