(Trainers, Nike / Bra, Nike / Headphones, Urbanears)

Bring It On

I've been quite good this week, three runs so far and of course feeling better for it already! As I accidentally took a break from it I thought i'd start back slow so I've done two 3km and one 4km. 

2015 seemed to be my rest year, I ran but not hard enough. I ran two 10km, one being We Run. Towards the end of the year I started putting weight on and not loosing it and that's when I realised I'm almost un-doing all my hard work. 2013-2014 were my best years for exercise where I watched myself drop from 15 stone to my lowest 11 stone 6 lbs. I was so motivated and inspired to finally be the size of my dreams. Obviously then came along my foodie boyfriend and moving into his house and trying to resist ice cream and popcorn most nights is very hard especially when you have the 'munchies'. This year is the year, I'm using the idea of a 20 day backpacker holiday as motivation and the big bag of mint m&ms as a well done treat! I really am hoping to lose two stone by summer. 

My meals are changing, i'm going to quit bread again (as that what made me lose the weight in the beginning), reduce my wheat intake and obviously no sweet treats except for some dark chocolate here and there. I do wish I could use programmes like The Body Coach or Kayla Itsines but it sucks not having enough money! I'd like to try out some boxing classes and swimming though.

2016 let me be happy in my own skin because I have no idea what that feels like. Expect some cheap good meal recipes too, I'm not the greatest cook but I like to try! and if anyone has any for me to try feel free to comment below. 

A New Year

This year was a lot different to the last year, I had accomplished a lot. I had gained a degree, lost weight and travelled further. Maybe it was because my relationship was newer and everything was fresher straight out of university. Last year I made a list of goals and I will only tell you the ones I accomplished. Starting with 'try to read at least 3 books' I read Eleanor & Park, The Rosie Project and Paper Towns (all quite easy books but my favourite kind), another goal was 'to travel to at least 3 places' I visited Amsterdam, Barcelona, Devon and Budapest one group trip, two couple trips and one family trip which I feel grateful for and another main goal was to 'run a 5/10k race' In June I completed Nike We Run 10k in 1 hour 2 minutes which I'm still proud of. There's a lot of things I didn't mange to accomplish such as losing another 2 stone, I actually put on 12 pounds. I didn't manage to move out into our own place but I did move in to Rakesh's family home. I made the 1 year mark in my crappy retail job instead of finding my dream creative job. 

In 2016 I'm going to mainly focus on myself, sounds selfish but I need to otherwise I will never get to be the person I wish I could be. I hope to lose the 2 stone I said i'd lose last year and I really really hope to get out of retail. There's nothing more unsatisfying, un motivating and boring about my part time job, I don't exactly know what I want to do just yet but I'd like to be given the chance with some of the jobs I do apply to. 

A few goals for 2016:

• Lose 2 stone
• Keep running
• If I can't find a job, find a creative hobby and stick to it
• Read another 3 books
• Travel to another 3 places
• Be more affectionate

Here's some of my favourite photographs/memories from 2015:

 A shop in Penge

 The plant corner before it got 'too much'