DONT FORGET MY BLOG!!!

This blog is redundant now, and my life has changed a lot! I found out in march i was pregnant and so i now have just over a month left! Ahh scary!!

I have recorded my journey on my blog, i only have 1 blog for everything now, it makes it ALOT easier!

I still post healthy, quick and easy recipes every once in a while and i will be back on the health and fitness band wagon a few weeks after the baby is out! So follow along to see my post-partum progress, workouts and healthy, yummy eats!!

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New blog!!!

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inside & out

I’ve decided to incorporate both my blogs into one, its a lot easier for me and you and it just fits. Beauty is inside and out, so thats what you put in your body and on it. I’ve started this weeks workout log on my beauty blog and will be doing all my food posts on there too. Find my blog here.

Thanks guys!

How do you get your energy?

These past few weeks i’ve just been exhausted! I used to get up at 5:30am, do a workout, work, come home and cook and do it all again. Now? I get up at 8am because i never hear the alarm, get ready for work, work, get home and i’m knackered. I never cook anymore because i don’t have the energy! I’ve been to the doctors to check my iron and thyroid and everything fine.

So i guess it must be my diet? But i try to eat only wholegrains and healthy foods, i drink 2 litres of water a day, i workout 3 day a week, i have 1 cup of coffee a day, don’t drink fizzy drinks or anything.

I am working 6 days a week at the moment with my business which is hard but i’ve never been this tired before, i’ve even been taking naps in the day which i NEVER do, i can never sleep in the day! WEIRD! So i’m certainly getting enough sleep too!

The only thing i’ve though of is i’m not getting enough protein? Does this contribute to energy levels? Should i start having protein shakes/bars?

How do you get your energy?

Unfaithful

So i have been slightly unfaithful to this blog.. i have got back into my fitness a little bit, i only did 1 workout last week but it was my ‘time of the month’ and i just get so exhausted its unbelievable! This week i have done one (yesterday) and i’m a bit unsure about whether to count it as a workout. You see, i did a different workout DVD, that i haven’t done in ages.

Now sometimes i do the ‘cardio’ section from this, but being only around 15-20 mins long, i never feel i work hard enough. So yesterday, i decided to follow it up with the ‘toning’ section.

Well, i nearly died.
Honestly.
I don’t remember it being that hard, i had to switch it off not even half way through.. bad!

So, i did work hard, i felt it and i bloody feel it today! My bootie and my back/arms muscles definitely worked.

But because i switched it off not even half way through, i feel like i failed. What’s your take on it?

On the food note, i haven’t really been watching what i eat at all. You see, we’re pretty skint right now.. and it’s SO hard to eat well on no money, no matter what anyone says. So i’ve been eating whatever we can afford really. Its bad but i don’t feel too horrible about it because i know its not my choice. I love to eat healthy, i love to be healthy and i would CHOOSE to be healthy, but its not feasible at the moment and i don’t really  have a choice right now, i’ve got to make do.

I just got in from grocery shopping and just wanted to share a few ‘new’ products to me and my shopping trolley.

First up, these blue diamond spicy BBQ almonds! I always see these on other blogs, mainly american girlies, so i was excited to see these and just bought them because of that reason! I’m sure they’ll make a yummy snack though!

And these wholegrain crisps! YUM! A little way to make my lunches/snacks healthier and get my wholegrains

Lastly, on the baking front, i’m super excited to make a breakfast oat cake  pretty soon!

What’s your fav thing to eat for breakfast?

A success

So yesterday was pretty successful! I did do my workout after blogging, even though it was BOILING!! and i also managed to cut down my portion at dinner. success!!

I did my favourite workout DVD, Vicky Binns Dance it off.

It’s about 40 minutes of aerobics, it is hard and then there’s the abs sections. I love this and i’m trying to do it 4 times this week. However, today i’m giving it a miss. Remember yesterdays lack of sleep? Well, today it’s even worse! I think the workout last night just killed me.. i could not wake up this morning and was grumpy because i was so tired! At work, i wasn’t busy today and i actually had an hours nap because i just couldn’t keep my eyes open!

So i think it’s better if i rest tonight and then i can feel refreshed tomorrow and get back on track! I also have a painful blister on the sole of foot that popped during last nights workout ouch!!

So following my rather painful workout, the bf had cooked a yummy chicken stir fry with egg noodles and soy sauce.

This is about half of my normal portion, so i did well! I was still a little hungry so we did have a cheeky hot chocolate just to feel a bit more satisfied..

Mm it was good, and pretty low in calories!

So now i’m just chilling on the sofa, blogging and watching some mad programme called ‘babies behind bars’, one woman has 8 children, she had TWINS when she was just 11 years old!! Really? Is that even possible?! Geez…

Todays meal up to dinner have been the same as yesterday and tonight, i think we’re having some kind of pasta & sausage meal, yum! I might just have a little snack of this beauty..

How do you keep control of your portion sizes?

Lack of sleep

This weekend was a heavy one, Saturday night we went out to some pubs/clubs with some of Warren’s colleagues. We didn’t get in until about 3:30am Sunday.. ugh! I probably drank far too much alcohol and ate too many cheesy chips, but we had a good night!! Warren had been out from 10:30am to watch the England V Sri Lanka cricket game, i had to work so i met with them afterwards about 8:30pm!

I was the only girl and the men he was with were a lot older but we still had a good time! I was going to drink and drive us home but i decided, i rarely go out and it’s my birthday on Thursday so i’ll celebrate now! I didn’t drive home, obviously, we got a cab and i left my car in the car park!

Here are some pics from our night!

somehow i came home with a wedding ring!?..

LOL!

So after this weekend, i am soo tired! And i feel like i’ve eaten and drank loads of rubbish, i just feel hugeeee! So what better way to get rid of it than a really healthy detox week??!

Well, you all know i couldn’t REALLY detox.. i’m just watching what i eat a bit more!

This morning i had my usual bowl of mixed cereal, but i had vanilla rice milk instead of original oat milk.

The vanilla rice milk is very sweet and i didn’t like it in my coffee, my in my cereal it was alright!

Lunch was taken with me and eaten at work. It was a pretty boring lunch, a garlic chicken & mayo sandwich and a packet of hula hoops!

This is a standard lunch for me because its easy to take and fills a hole! So expect to see a lot of these!

My afternoon/pre workout snack was pb & banana!

This fuels me well, is easy to take to work and is yummy! This is my usual afternoon snack everyday!

I got in from work about half an hour ago and Warren has just got home now! I’m just drinking coffee to try and wake me up, i need to do a workout but really not feeling it!!

How do you get motivated for a workout after you’ve been at work and/or you’re tired?