First Healthy Food Haul of the Year

It's the 6th of January and for me that means Christmas is over. Christmas is my favourite time of year but I am ready for the new year to start with a bang. Last year I managed to drop 40lb and am SO proud of myself, although I should never have let myself get to my highest weight in the first place I've never lost such a significant amount before, and although I still have a good 25-30lb to go I've never been more motivated. Like most people I've put on the odd pound over the festive period so to kick start the healthy regime again I went healthy eating shopping!

Unfortunately the decision to embark on a healthier lifestyle is not always the cheapest option so I find it better to shop around when I have the time. My first stop was actually Poundland! I popped in for sandwich bags and ended up with a lot more! I find keeping myself organised is the best way of being able to keep track of my eating habits and they had so many options, I came away with 10 mini 'snack size' pots, a box of zip lock backs to separate my fresh things into portions, and a bundle of 4 plastic tubs for the rest of the weeks dinner prep. Whilst I was there I also found they had a great variety of weight watchers foods (which can be pricey) for, of course, £1!

My main food purchases were mostly fruits and veg, chocolate almond milk (for those sweet cravings) and my favourite turkey steaks at an unbeatable £2.99 from Aldi



After, broccoli, sugar snap peas and sweet potato ready for the week. Turkey added later after a quick 5 mins on the George Forman 

2014! Resolutions and more!

2014 is here!! I'm feeling really positive about this coming year.... Personally, many things last year made 2013 was a pretty terrible year. However, I'm taking it upon myself to take charge this year and make sure to make the most out of 2014 and to have the best time, as always I've made some new years resolutions and again, as always, I'm determined to stick to them, although we'll see how that goes.

1. Take more PHOTOS!
I'm not one of those people you see constantly taking photos of everything they do and see, despite the fact that I love looking at other peoples photos and am almost always on Instagram just scrolling through peoples' posts. I don't want to regret not capturing every memory to look back on when I'm older when we're so fortunate to live in a day and age where 1000s of potential photographs are at the touch of a button sat in our pockets.

2. Be more ORGANISED!
I try my damned hardest to be an organised person but always let myself get lazy. Life is so much simpler when you keep things tidy and organised but it just does not come naturally to me. So as I'm starting out a (slightly early) spring clean, I fear this will be another resolution that doesn't last very long.

3. Get FIT!
The one good thing about last year was that I had some much deserved success losing weight and getting fit after some HARD WORK. It's very easy to forget how far you've already come when you aren't quite where you want to be yet. I'm making it my personal mission this year to remind myself how well I've already done and that I CAN go the distance


I love hearing other peoples resolutions so my question is... what are yours?!

Choosing Happiness

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We have all times in our life when our plans may not be going the way we wished they were or the weight of the world seems to be on our shoulders. It's easy to let yourself get overwhelmed by all the general frustrations of life. I wanted to take a brief minute, while I have a moment of clarity, to remind myself and any others that life has a way of working itself out. 'You cannot control the wind, but you can direct the sail'

The day British Military Fitness kicked my butt!

As I begin my journey into blogging, fitness and fitness blogging, I have been trying out many different types of work-outs/fitness and general life-style changes to see what works for me and what I might recommend to anyone that might be interested.
I won't bore anyone with yet another post about Zumba, although I am more likely to get up from the sofa for something a little different to get me motivated. Given this, when I was introduced to the prospect of a British Military Fitness session I was definitely intrigued! I can't say I had much knowledge of the company but my flatmate assured me he had seen them training in our local park and it seemed good fun, luckily I am not easily embarrassed as the thought of a public workout can be more than a little intimidating.

After meeting the group in the park both the trainers and the other people taking the session were so friendly and encouraging I soon had forgotten all concerns about being in full public view as we were all doing it together and at the end of the day - we're the ones getting off our bums and doing something!

pictures provided by British Military Fitness

Now on to the workout. I am not the fittest person, but I am not the most unfit. This workout however, is the most intense I have ever experienced. In circuit training style we worked around the park doing different cardio and strength activities, this really is an hour of non stop hard work; Running, 10 push ups, running, 9 push ups, running, 8 push ups. You get the idea. However, mixed in with partnered hill running, high knees and punching and the firm but not aggressive (that you might expect from a 'military' workout) encouragement of the guys running the session although I found it incredibly difficult, I didn't feel the need to give up, as I may have done if I were at home doing a DVD for instance (damn my will power). I was comforted by the fact I wasn't the only one there puffing and panting and by supporting each other we all made it proudly to endless jumping frog squats and bear running that both confused and killed me at the end of the hour.
Despite the fact it was hard I had so much fun and actually loved the fact it was difficult, proud that I pushed myself through something like that. Granted, I ached for 4 days straight but who doesn't love a good after work-out ache to remind you your doing a great job!

I am led to believe they have sessions all over the country and would definitely recommend it to anyone of my friends. For more info check out their website at http://www.britmilfit.com/