Category: Health & Beauty
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7 Years
My chest infection is currently kicking my butt. With all the coughing and spluttering and very limited lung capacity working out just isn’t an option until I can breathe a bit easier. I made the decision (mistake?) to weigh myself yesterday and I am officially back to my highest weight, which I last saw 7…
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Best Laid Plans
I had intentions of starting Insanity this week. Unfortunately, my lungs had different intentions and instead of sweating and digging deeper, I’m laid up with a chest infection. Chest infections are particularly bad for me because I’m prone to bronchitis and asthma and anything closely related. It always takes a long time for me to…
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No Dairy – Thoughts So Far
It’s been almost 3 full weeks since I gave up cow’s milk dairy products. I quickly adapted to using almond, soy and oat milk, all of which are good for various things and pretty darn yummy. Chocolate oat milk is delish in a protein shake w/ a banana. Almond milk is good with berries in…
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Variety is the Spice of Working Out
When I find a workout I really love I become attached. It’s the same with anything – food, music, a place I like to visit, shopping… So when I loved Insanity so much earlier in the year, I knew it would definitely become a part of my regular workout rotation in some form. What usually…
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Signs
I’m used to having weird dreams, the majority of my dreams are the most bizarre things I can possibly imagine amplified times a million, but this morning I had the craziest dream I can recall in ages. I was travelling to the States to go visit someone and for some reason I can’t comprehend I…
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Food Porn!
I promised food porn, so food porn there will be! But first, a quick little update. Phase 1 of SBD is giving me hell this time around. Headaches, lethargy… it didn’t help that it coincided with the worst possible week so I was especially cravey and cranky. But I got through the first week and…
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A Good Day
It feels like more and more often I’m having meh days, bad days or just plain ol’ horrible days. Over the past week I’ve felt like I have gotten myself back and you know what? I’ve missed me!! I enjoyed today. Yeah, I was at work and that kinda sucks, but overall I had an…
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The Time to Hesitate is Through
It’s been 16 days since I’ve done any exercise now, so my recovery time from Insanity is done. During Insanity I was doing more exercise than I’ve ever been used to doing, and it felt amazing and had more benefits than I realised, the linch pin was stabilising my mood. I noticed it a little…
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Insanity Results
I have now officially completed Insanity! 2 months of hellish workouts and pushing myself like never before is now over (for now anyway…). This whole programme is amazeballs and Shaun T is one of the best motivators I’ve experienced. He is what made the workouts for me, I don’t think I would have stuck with…