Pffft

So me being the motivational speaker in the making, I need to give myself some motivation.... Christ on a bike I'm tired, am awake since 5.30... god forbid a person goes back asleep, no no, I decide to watch breaking bad, was so tempted to go for a run, kinda wish I had of now, although my body clearly needed to rest too.

so I guess that's my words of wisdom for today, don't push your body to submission, as much as a good eating plan and lots of fresh air and exercise is good for you, you need to balance it out with a decent nights sleep (I've heard of that) and rest.... by balancing it out it means you'll appreciate everything in life more and won't retaliate when you've had little of each of the above.

Am really starting to sound like an expert now, can I just add I had a scone this morning and enjoyed every bit of it, haven't had one in weeks I'd say and probably won't have another one for a long time..

A little bit of what you fancy is always nice :-)

In the middle

This morning I compared myself to my ipod:

not the newest model, battered and bruised, could do with updating, has taken a few knocks but overall is consistent and works better than before...

I don't think I could describe myself better than the above..... ohh plus I have nice hair... the ipod doesn't...

If something or someone knocks you down, come back fighting, it pisses them off AND makes you a stronger person overall...that's just my opinion...

I always feel better for fighting back (not in the physical sense) to anything, probably because I'm stubborn and scrappy, I think I felt I was a pushover for long enough so I learned my lesson.

Better sign off before this turns into a dear diary moment

have a good one xx

Monday Monday, so good to me

well back to the grind of a Monday.....

and what better way to kick Monday in the a$$, sweat any badness out of you in the gym....

I had a thought while I was there this morning, I used to have so many hang ups about my body and myself, some I still have and some I've let go... I was always so anti 'changing' in front of other girls in the locker room..... when you think about it, everyone is in the same boat as you in fairness...

Although a week or so ago it was like most of them lived on a naked boat...didn't know where to put my head (not there)

so even though I'm still no where near where I want to be, my confidence in my body is growing and that can only be a positive

:-)

Friday I'm in love

so after a long week of training, gymming it and eating right...give or take the odd piece of chocolate...Friday is here....

it's funny how the Friday mentality is to splurge a little, go get a brekkie roll or a starbucks.... I will say that was the old me.... but what's the point in treating yourself every single Friday... it means your body is used to all that sugar and it just carries over to the weekend.... I'll vary my treat days.... and I'll reward myself if I think I've done something worthy of a reward (always)

the weekend can be the biggest hindrance on anyone's lifestyle choice (I'm very wary of using the word Diet.....mainly because I HATE it) but it's only that if you let it.....

so my pearls of wisdom for today is......don't let it....

enjoy life.... everything is great in moderation, whether it's food, alcohol or both..... as a famous girl band in the 90's said....too much of something is bad enough.... that goes for everything.... sure even too much water isn't good for you...

One hump or two

As much as I love to talk about myself or just talk in general, I'm more so doing this blog to keep educating myself..

I don't think you can learn enough about yourself, your body and your mind... The trick if you want to call it that to a healthy body is a healthy mind I think.... Having clarity on your day to day chores aids in helping maintain your focus...

For example, if you've had a crappy day at work, your automatic instinct is to want to down a bottle of wine, eat junk food or both haha!!

I think it's too easy to do that, and don't get me wrong I've done it.... But 9/10 you will always always regret it.... For me, one of my main mantras is 'who wants an easy life, chose the rocky path and you'll appreciate your endeavours'

Blogging it...day 1

so I've been encouraged by some very supportive people to start this up....so thank you my fans haha.....

today is a huge day for me, in less than 12 months I've lost 4 stone, going to the gym regularly and eliminated all the bad things from my life but still allowing myself a treat from time to time..

in the last month I've introduced running into my routine and am loving every minute of it...

with this blog I'll be talking about my exercise and eating plans plus I do welcome any hints and tips that would help....

how appropriate that I gave myself the morning off the gym....

enjoy

xx