Photo taken on Friday 13th January 2017

I started this week feeling incredibly demoralised and disheartened, as when I weighed myself I had put on one and a half pounds since the week before. I was really confused as to how it happened as I had been cutting back on food and I had been to the gym three times that week. I did some internet research and I think it may have been water retention, and that it is usual to put on weight after you start to exercise more as your body is adjusting. I re-weighed myself on Wednesday and I was down to 9st 7 1/2 lbs, and I felt much better about that.

This week all I have wanted to do is eat. This is probably because of cutting back how much I am eating but also cutting down on how much bad stuff I was eating. So what did I do? I went to McDonalds yesterday....oops. BUT it did satisfy my craving for rubbish food, if that is any excuse.

For workout classes this week I attended LBT again (the class was double the size of last week because of all the resolutioners), and today I did a Kettlebell class followed by Fast Abs. I was a bit unsure about kettlebells as the last class I did in that was far too intense and I had to walk out after 5 minutes. This class today though was with the same instructor as the one who does my LBT class and he just lets me go at my own pace which is what I'm happy with as I feel a lot more comfortable. I didn't feel I got much from the Abs class because it was only 15 minutes long, it needed to be half an hour for me to feel like I had worked out.

I can't see any different in the picture from last week either, if anything I look worse! But it has only been a week...

Next week I need to up my game in the gym. I don't feel as achey as last week but I know I've not worked as hard because I've felt a bit down this week (just in general). I may also have to change my gym schedule because of work and other commitments.


My Favourite Song/Album To Workout To:

Drones - Muse - I've still been listening to Busted a lot but this was creeping into my workouts this week

Photo taken on Friday 6th January 2017

I wrote about my new years resolutions in my last post and one of them was to get fit and sort my body out. I joined my local gym just before New Year in an effort to start feeling good about my body.

I know I'm not fat, but I'm really out of shape and whenever I look in the mirror I always grimace at my stomach. What took me to joining the gym was standing in a fitting room in New Look and thinking "I can't go wedding dress shopping like this, this isn't the body I want at all".

My aims are to loose a little weight but mainly to tone up, especially around my stomach area. My target weight would be the lower end of 8st, as this was around the weight I was when I started university in 2009, and that was the last time I didn't have any issues with how my body looked.

Night Driver - Busted - I've found the 80s vibes from this record are really motivational in the gym! I don't think there is a slow tempo song to be honest...

It's been a good few months since I mentioned that I was starting an anatomy course...and I'm happy to say I am doing ok! I am on Unit 4 out of 12, I'm a little bit behind on it than what I would like to be, but I got a Distinction on my first two assignments!

I'm really enjoying the course and I would definitely recommend doing it! So if anatomy, or any subject is intriguing to you and you are thinking of doing a course in it, then go for it! :)

I thought that 2015 would be quite an eventful year, with my niece arriving this month and going on holiday in May as just some of a few of the things that are happening, and so I have decided to start a Project Life folder!

I first heard of it from Lily Pebbles, who did a really good video about it which was really inspiring! I did have a look online at all of the different products but unfortunately you can only buy it in the UK from Hobbycraft (it seems to be my new haunt recently). I am still after a few crafty-bits but I am hoping to build them up over time.

I will hopefully keep you up to date with my folder - for now I need to get some photos printed! How do you like to organise your Project Life Folder?


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Well that is it, another year over! I've spontaneously decided to write this blog post after reading a
few others about how they felt about 2014.


Well, 2014 wasn't too bad I guess! My business has grown, my relationship is as strong as ever and my health has improved! I can't remember what my resolutions for last year were...probably something to do with my health, oh, and buy a new car! (which I did within 16 days of the new year)

So my resolutions for this year...

• Save a decent amount for a mortgage
• Get fitter in time for my holiday in May (I know, I know, cliche)
• Cut out more bad foods (I've already made a start on this by cutting back on fizzy drinks and only eating sweets/chocolate if it is bought for me)

I thought I would do a quick post about the last 3 books that I read, seeing as I used to have a book blog! I am also on Goodreads so you can follow me on there by clicking here!

All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin
Star rating: 4/5

This isn't something I would usually read even though I love my young-adult fiction. It's set in the future, sort of post-apocalyptic, and is about a girl called Anya, but I found it really entertaining! I'm looking forward to getting the sequels.

I'm sorry I've been away for a few days, I've just been so busy it's been hard to blog! But here is another instalment of the 30 Things About Me tag for you all.

1. When the bathroom light gets left on
2. When my stuff gets moved before I'm asked if it's ok
3. When people use 'effect' and 'affect' in the wrong way 
4. People who push in front of you in the queue
5. People who throw cigarette ends blatantly out of their car window
6. When someone ignorantly smacks their car door into yours
7. Drivers who do not indicate - indicators are there for a reason, use them!
8. Two-faced people
9. People who go through bins/skips
10. When people scratch their cutlery on the plate, that sound goes right through me!

This is going to be a really hard one! 10 people....ok let me rack my brains...

1. Hayley Williams/Paramore - Ok lets just get the obvious one out of the way. Since discovering Paramore way back in 2007 I have fallen in love with the band, seen them live 5 times now and Hayley Williams herself is a massive inspiration to me both musically and personally.
   
2. My School Music Teacher - She made me believe I could do anything with my music and not give up!
   
3. My boyfriend - as cheesy as it sounds, yes he has influenced me (in a good way!) He will hate me for saying this but he has made me the person I am today (and I would hope that is a good thing!)
   
4. My family - I'm classing my family as one person as they all influence me in all their different ways. They have taught me how to respect people and grow up with values.
   

...ok I am so stuck on who to say next so I give up with this one! Who would you say is your biggest influence?

1. Music - Music is my first passion and has been for my whole life. I have been learning music since I was 5 years old; I have played the recorder, violin, bass guitar, keyboard, piano and vocals. I listen to all styles of music and I love my job as a vocal coach, passing on my knowledge to other people. Music is something that will always stay with me.
   
   
2. Family - Through thick and thin, my family have always been the ones behind my back, helping me keep my head up high. If anything ever happened to my family I would be there for them in whatever way I can. I love them all so much.
   
   
3. The Future - I have always had two expectations in my life, and they are to get married and have kids. (One day, not yet!) They are both such an extreme passion of mine as I have always had it in my head that it WILL happen, I have to do all I can to not look at wedding dresses and baby clothes when I'm not even engaged or pregnant!
   
   
4. Reading - I find it so important to read; I really enjoy it and I love to immerse myself in another world. I started reading before I began school, it is just one thing that has stuck with me since I was little and as a result I believe my life is better for it :)
   
   
5. Make-up - How can I not add in make-up? I've been wearing it since I was 15 and although I got a bit of stick for it at first (school bullies eh?) I didn't let them stop me! A little bit of eyeliner turned into adding some tinted moisturiser which turned into crazy shades of eyeshadow! I can't be without my bright eyeshadows now and I have to be very tame when it comes to teaching! I love playing about with different bits of make-up and I think I always will.