OUTinPerth’s Editor Graeme Watson and Alex Maltby have taken on the challenge of getting fit and living healthier lifestyles. How have they fared over the holiday period? Alex’s Experience How did you keep exercising over the holiday period? I’m actually doing more than I was doing previously. I’ve been walking along the beach every day. [...]
Changing my eating habits has been half of the process of losing weight and getting fit. The other half has been exercise. I’m glad I spent the first month of this journey just focusing on changing what I was eating. Trying to conquer that and doing exercise would have been too much. Once my eating [...]
Changing my diet has been nowhere near as hard as I thought it would be. I’ve stayed to the rules of low fat, low sugar, healthy breakfast and no carbohydrates at night, dinner before 7pm and no alcohol 99% of the time but there have certainly been some challenges. This journey so far has been [...]
OUTinPerth’s Editor Graeme Watson and Alex Maltby have taken on the challenge of getting fit and living healthier lifestyles. They reflect on what the first month of their journey has been like. Alex’s Experience What have been the immediate changes? My clothes are baggier and I have more energy. Has anything surprised you about the [...]
I was feeling really proud of myself, as over the past few weeks I have looked at my diet, recorded it, researched foods, signed up for the gym and even went down a size in jeans. Then I looked at the photos of me from Pride. Horrifying!! So, am I skinny yet? No! The photos [...]
Visiting my doctor and announcing that I was about to embark on a get fit program and a new diet was a little like going to confession. Not that I’ve ever been to confession, I’ve hardly ever stepped foot in a church – but I imagine the feeling is the same. I confessed to walking [...]
Upon the occasion of my 30th birthday, I swore that my fortieth would not catch me overweight, unfit and in an unhealthy relationship. On the up side… I wasn’t in an unhealthy relationship but upon reflection regarding my physical health, being single seemed a bittersweet achievement. Through some of my thirties I was, at various [...]
Getting fit and losing weight is one of those things I’m always meaning to do, and I have stabs at it now and again but after a few weeks I return to my usually ways. I don’t think I’m alone; in fact I can’t be, statistics say that the numbers of people who are like [...]
It’s no Beijing but if you are looking for something different this summer, the Beach Olympics may be the right event to have a laugh and meet others from the community. Outlook Fitness, a new group fitness company catering to Perth’s LGBT community is launching this evening of frolicsome fun on January 18. Some of [...]
John Berkin is doing the Ironman. No, not Robert Downey Jnr, the competition. The 27-year-old will be competing in Australia’s premier triathalon in Western Australia while raising some extra funds for the Freedom Centre. The gruelling Ironman Competition is made up of a 42km run, a 180km cycle and a 3.8km swim. As if this [...]
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