My first resolution will obviously be similar new year resolutions, relating to the new year fitness bug and detox. Seeing as I rarely drink and have no holidays booked, alcohol has never really been an issue (except from during my undergraduate where vodka was an appropriate lunch).
So this summer I've been trying to work on my 'winter bod' to a healtheir and happier me. I've always been an 'all the gear no idea' kinda gal. I'm also always either hammering the gym 6 times a week or faceplanting the fridge for 3 weeks - therefore I'm not setting a number to lose or a crazy ideal 'where I wanna be by blah blah' but just learn to have a healthy balance between my chocolate addiction, fitness and my general well being.
For christmas I got a Polarft4 watch, it was literally my best present, it cost around £50.00 from Amazon, there are loads of different versions that will track distance etc but for me a calorie count was all I wanted! It really makes me work 10x more at the gym, and also stops unrealistic expectations of jogging on a treadmill for 10 minutes and being like 'that burned off my burger king I had yesterday right?' You can put in your height and weight and wear a heart mointor band and the watch to give you an accurate calorie count of your workouts. I have always quite enjoyed HIIT workouts, not only do they mean less time in the gym but they also raise your metabolism for the following 24 hours. I tested this out with the watch and wore it for 2 hours after my workout, the calories literally keep going up even though I was sat on my laptop! I also bought a iphone arm holder as theres nothing more annoying than your earphones popping out or falling out your top (I used to use my bra as an ipod holder). Esepcially as it cost me about £1.99 from Amazon it was so worth it!
The pink nike trainers I got from Sports direct which worked out at a fraction of the price I would of paid for the Nike free runs I wanted, they may not be as pretty but they do the same job for now (Even though Nike's are on my birthday wishlist - post to follow).
The pink bobble bottle I got from Tesco for £10.00 they come in various sizes and colours (obviously I got pink to match my gym gear - matchy matchy), I chose to get the biggest size of 1 litres as trying to up my water intake. Its really handy out and about and as I used to constantly buy bottled water theres only so many times you can refil them before you need a new one so this was investment (or so I tell my mum).
I also purchased a blend active, these have really became popoular through the smoothie craze everyone is on. I'm not a huge fan of smoothies and will try to use more veg than fruit due to the sugar content but one thing I'm loving my blender for is iced coffees! I've recently had to cut dairy due to my IBS and after crying over not being able to eat cheese or chocolate (my staple diet) I experimented with some almond milk. I've used it in the past and its amazing with porridge and coffee but FYI scrambled eggs and tea is a no go. In these hot summer days though the last thing I feel like eating is a hot drink therefore I decided to try an ice coffe simply using almond milk, some coffee and ice. I mixed a spoon full of coffee with some boiling water to dissolve the granules, added the coffee to almond milk and ice popped it in the blender and voila! Great for a morning coffee fix! The blender comes with two flasks and I bought it for £29.99 from Tesco (its cheaper on there online store but im too impatient).
Another thing I've really got into is herbal teas! also not being able to have milk has resulted in my 7 cups of tea being swapped for herbal teas. I'm not 100% keen on regular green tea and always get the green tea with pineapple and grapefruit which is lush! I recently went into Holland and Barrett and asked about whether there were any teas that would give me a boost of energy! - I bought this 'Engergitee' for £2.70 for 10 teabags. The taste is not great and is similar to the daytime tea from bootea (which gave me loads of energy), your meant to have 2-3 cups a day but I've just been having one cup with my breakfast and it has significantly made me feel more alert and awake!
Will continue with my other 'mid-year resolutions' in a later post!
AbbieJS xxx
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