This blog needs to be about running again

Photo courtesy of Runner's World. Fancy, hey?

Just sifting through my work to get my website up to date (won't link to it now, as it's not great), when I came across an article I wrote two years ago for Runner's World.

I miss that passion I had for running! I need to get it back.

Any tips please? I need them desperately.

Here are the tips I wrote about in Runner's World. Need to get back to taking my own advice...

Mel’s Top Ten Tips for Shedding the Kegs*

1. Stay away from the chocolate aisle, chocolate shop, chocolate part of the office vending machine. My doctor says the only way to eat chocolate guilt-free is to run 10kms a day.

2. Potato Chips are not your friend. They may taste all warm and salty, but the only thing they make smile are the dimples in your bum.

3. Start a blog. It keeps you honest and most of your bloggie buddies will be American. Americans are about the most positive, supportive peeps out there. It’s the lack of irony thing working in the most terrific of ways.

4. Get inspired by other runner’s stories. Did you know even Dean Karnazes had to walk/run when he started his training?

5. Remember that every 100 calories of junk food you eat is almost 2kms of hard sweaty running you’ve wasted. Stick that in your mouth and chew on it.

6. Remember how nice your sweat smells when you’re eating healthily and how stinky-old-man it can be when you’ve downed a kebab and a beer.

7. Alcohol is just as bad as junk food. Not only does your body fight the booze in your body instead of the awesome food you’ve eaten with it, but you’ll eat like the worst fat story on the Oprah show for the entire next day.

8. Drink 3 litres of water a day. All the skinny actresses do it and have you seem Hilary Swank running? Find a picture of her and drink up!

9. Avoid white bread, white rice. What’s the point in it? It does nothing but fill space in your stomach (for about twenty minutes) and bloat you.

10. Did I mention staying away from chocolate? Apparently dark chocolate can be good for you, but I’m willing to bet my spare kidney on the fact that no chocolate is even better*.

*have since discovered spare kidney is actually fused with the other. So won't be bettin' nothin' on nothin'.