My Story – the beginning Like many weight loss stories, mine is a story of many ‘ups’ and several ‘downs’. I struggled with my weight as a teenager, got it under control when at university… slipped a little… sorted myself out again, and then succeeded in getting down to a UK size 10/12 by the …
Author archives: Freda
A Sunset Walk
I used to enjoy my country walks, but for the last few years walking has been very painful for me, even pottering around the house some days, so I have been spending far too much of my time sitting down.
The what, who and why – justFreda
The ‘What’ justFreda.com is, at its core, a personal blog. However, consider this to be just the starting point on a long, and possibly meandering, journey. The website “just Freda” is named after someone I knew as a child. Hair always in rollers, always wearing a pinny (apron), she would walk between the neighbouring houses …
Swimming – Day 1
It’s like this. I can swim – kind of. I had lessons when I was at school, but those lessons were next to useless. They took place in the local echo-y, Victorian, swimming baths. I hated the noise, and I also carried with me some unpleasant memories of family visits from somewhere in my distant …
Hello & Welcome
Hi, and welcome to the first blog post of justFreda.com. Tricky things, first blog posts, and exactly where is the best place to start anyway? I guess that the important thing is to go ahead and post something – and here it is! You could say that the whole concept of taking that first step, …