April Fitness Routine

Its been a few weeks since I have done a blog post. I have just been so unmotivated and thought it would be best to take a couple of weeks off. I have missed it a lot and am excited to slowly start getting back into it. Today I thought I would do another fitness routine! I did one last month but it has changed quite a lot. You can check it out here.

I still try to go 3 times a week. With 2 classes and then at the weekend I do my own workout. The two classes are the same as last month.

Tuesday- Metafit

Thursday- Boxersize

Saturday/Sunday- Own workout

Lunges

Push ups

Dumbbell squats

Long arm crunches (with medicine ball)

Hot Hands

I do these exercises 3 times. I do the first set 15 times each. The seconds set 20 times each and the third set 10 each. I have found this works the best and works me really hard. I do (or try to) 30 seconds skipping between each set and then 10 minutes cardio before and after the full workout. Definitely works me hard!!

I have done this for the last few weeks though so will probably change it up soon. Let me know if you would like to see more of these and I'll definitely share it with you :)

March Favourites

I thought I would do another monthly favourites today. These are never really big because I genuinely use the same stuff most the time but I like to do these to share any new things I've brought or things I've rediscovered. So heres a few random things I've been loving this month.

The Body Shop Dead Sea Salt Scrub - I loved this because its so gritty but also really moisturising. It's quite a chunky scrub but I find it exfoliates really well. Its also smells amazing!

Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream- Its taken me a while to get into this but I have been loving it recently. It has great coverage and is so quick to apply.

Pro Formula Tescos Dental Floss Harps - Ok so I know this is a random one but I have been loving dental floss harps. There so easy and convenient (btw, Don't get the Tescos ones! they're rubbish. The Wilkinsons ones are the best but I ran out of them and replaced them with these. Wont be buying them from Tescos again though.)

Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara - I have fallen back in love with this again! You probably know how good it is :)

The Body Shop Tea Tree Face Mask - I have fallen back in love with this mask! I just love the creamy texture and its so soft. Also its green and smells amazing! I did a review which you can see here.

Essie Nail Polish in Cabana Boy- This is an off white silvery colour which I only brought this weekend but I am in love with this colour already. It also has a slight shimmer to it as well so quite wintery I think but I still love it.

The Body Shop Beurre Corporel Body Butter - This smells so so so good! I brought this in the sales and have been loving it! isn't lasting very long though and I'm hoping that this collection are still in the shops.

Let me know what your favourite things this month have been?

2016 Goals Reviewed

I have wanted to review my goals for the year for a few weeks now but haven't felt like doing it. But after an unproductive weekend of watching youtube videos and shopping I thought it was a good time have a look and see if theres anything I can tick off. There has been a couple of things that have happened this year already which have effected a couple of my goals. So a couple maybe be changed slightly and I also have an idea of how some can be achieved. If you'd like to check out the original post, check it out here.

Travel

Now I had a more adventurous idea for this. But as I got a new full time job after Christmas it just seems a bit ideal at the moment to use that job to save and get the experience and go traveling probably next year. So I have changed this slightly and I would like to visit 2 new countries this year.

Save save save!

This one has been going quite well so far this year. I have been putting a certain amount of my wages into my savings every month. As I said I'm my travel goal, I'm going to focus on saving this year so my aim is to carry on putting the same amount into my savings account every month as I have so far this year.

Give up meat

This one is sort of done! But I don't want to say its done yet. Me and a friend gave up meat for lent and it felt so good to cut it out. But as lent ended on sunday, and although I haven't eaten meat since,  I'm going to give it a few more months before I cross it off.

Make more effort making plans with people

I think this has gone well. I try to make plans most weekend with my friends. Although this can be hard at times because most my friends work at the weekends or live a bit away. But I am trying to achieve this by planning at least one thing every weekend with family or friends.

Go to a festival.

This one isn't looking very promising anymore. I had planned to go to reading festival but I could only get the friday off work, plus it doesn't look like my friends are going anymore. I might try and get a day ticket though but I think thats the best I'm going to do now. But I won't cancel it out just yet though.

Be able to touch my toes

Why am I so inflexible!! I am getting better at this though. I do a couple of classes a week and when we stretch out at the end I feel like I I'm not making any progress with it. But I think I have a little. I can now touch my ankle, maybe a little lower on a good day, aha.

Followers on my blog

I wanted 500 followers on my twitter and bloglovin. I managed to smash twitter in only a couple of months so I am going to raise that to 2000. I feel like that will be a lot harder. Not doing so well with bloglovin, but am going to make more of an effort to start following people on there again (kinda went off it for a while) and promote it a bit more on social media.

Get a domain name

This just hasn't happened yet.

Improve my photos.

I think I am putting a lot more effort into my photos and I am putting pictures on my blog that I like and am proud of. I want to improve the backgrounds though and get more variety.

More personal content

So I wanted to do this by doing weekly reflects. Which failed quickly. I enjoyed the writing part but I just didn't have any photos for them and my weeks are just me working so I wasn't pleased with them so have stopped. I have definitely been doing this in other ways though such as sharing my fitness journey and some photo diarys. I would like to do something similar to the weekly reflects again but a little different. So we will see how that goes.

New Goals

Ok so Its just one new goal, but its an exciting one! (well it is for me anyway)

Buy a car - I do have a car already but its my mums old one and I would really like to buy my own when the insurance runs out and so I can be all adult and stuff. 

I hope you have enjoyed this post. I'm quite surprise with how well some of these are going.  I wouldn't have know unless I did this post so may do a couple more this year. I think its good to look back and adjust them or add more as you never no whats going to happen in the year that can effect them. 

Have you achieved any of your 2016 goals yet?

Colchester Zoo

Just a quick post today. I when to Colchester zoo at the weekend and had such a good time. Its a really big zoo with loads of different things to do as well as lots of different animals. Theres lots of indoor enclosures which was handy this weekend as it was so cold and there was lots of chances to be interactive with the animals. My favourite was being able to feed the birds (I can't remember what they were called). They were really sociable and quite greedy, aha. We had a really good day out and if you haven't been, I would recommend you do. I thought I would show some of my favourite photos from the day.

Let me know if you've been to colchester or any other good zoos?

The Liebster Awards

In the last week I have been nominated twice for he Liebster Award by the lovely Kaitlin at Kaitlinlouise and Michelle at Homeat5. I wanted to answer both their questions so have done 5 of each. I did this post before a couple of months after I started blogging and was really excited to be nominated again.

The Rules

Answer the questions the person who nominated you gave you then nominated 11 people who have under 1000 followers to answer 11 questions.

Kaitlin's Questions

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Omg I'll be 31! Thats so scary to think about. Hopfully I have figured out what I want to do with my life. Maybe have started a family. Thats so scary to type aha.

If you could travel anywhere where would you go?

There are so many places I want to go. But if I could just pick one place at the moment I really want to go to Australia.

What is your favourite quote?

Tea, coffee or hot chocolate?

I'm not really a hot drink fan to be honest but if I had to pick one I normally go for green tea.

2 things you would like to achieve by the end of 2016?

My goals this year were to travel and to improve my health and fitness. I think they're going quite well so far. Got a few travel plans for later in the year and I am pushing myself at the gym and loving it.

Michelle's questions

How long have you been blogging for?

I have been blogging for over a year now. I started in decemeber 2014 and been loving it more and more ever since.

Why did you decide to start your blog?

I was getting obsessed with youtube and then discovered a lot of them had blogs to. I never had the guts too do youtube so when I found their blogs I thought it would be fun to start my own.

Do you prefer to read a book for watch TV?

I prefer watching tv! I haven't read a book in forever. I'm currently loving Pretty Little Lairs, friends, ibiza weekender and ant and dec's saturday night takeaway.

If money was no object what would you do all day?

Ummm? I was thinking traveling but I don't think I could do that in a day! I would be driven to London in time for the shops to open and go crazy shopping until they shut. Then go somewhere good for food then go to a fancy pub until the days over. Leaving enough time for me to be driven home.

Who would you want with you if you were stranded on a deserted island?

It would have to be my best friend! I don't think I could handle being on my own with someone else in that situation fora long time. And I think he would be able to handle it the most.

Blogs I nominate

Jess at Jessielou

Nicole at NicoleLauranBlake

Kate at Lucky bandit

Kendal at Lifewithkendal

Jess at Jellybluesblog

Stacy at Thebambieyes

Georgia at Chasing belle

Becky at Oh so Becky

My questions for you

Whats your favourite thing about blogging?

If your could take your trip of a lifetime, what would it be?

do you have any pets?

Whats your favourite TV programme?

Do you have a favourite blog post?

Whats your number one beauty tip?

What made you start blogging?

Wheres your favourite place to go to eat?

What do you do in your free time?

Whats your goals for this year?

Do you have any blogging tips?

I hope you have enjoyed this post and got to know a little more about me. If your do this post let me know! I'd love to read it.

March Fitness Routine

This is a post I have wanted to do for a while as over the last couple of months I have been going to the gym. But recently I have got my fitness routine on point and I am ready to share it with you. I do change it up quite a bit so if you guys like these I might do these quite regally. 

I try to go the gym 3 times a week. I do a mixture of classes and my own workout.

Tuesday - metafit

Thursday - boxercise

Saturday/sunday - My own workout

My own workout normally lasts 45 minutes, Which I do 10 minutes cardio, then 2 sets of 8 exercises, then finish with another 10 minute cardio. It may be short but its definitely a killer. I prefer Keeping it at that length and making the workout harder over time. I Do try to change it up regally as I don't want to get bored and want to keep pushing myself.

Weekend Workout

Cross trainer X 10 minutes

Triceps Dips x20

Bulgarian Split lunge x15 each side

Long arm crunch (with medicine ball) x20

Squats (with dumbbell) x20

Leg raises x20

Tricept extensions x20

Side Plank x 30 seconds each side

Plank x 1 minute

Then repeat again

Bike X 10 minutes

I'm really getting into going to the gym and this routine is really working for me. I'm actually enjoying it which is making it so easy to get motivated to go. I do change a couple of the exercise almost every week so I will update you guys in a couple of week a different routine.

Let me know if you have enjoyed this post? Would you like to see more fitness related posts?

What do you do to keep active?

March Sourcedbox

Today I took a detour on the way to work to collect my package from the post office which was I excited to get as I knew it was my march sourced box. I'm always interested in finding new heathy snacks and have found this such an easy way to find new things. I'm writing this while munching on the Raw Halo Mylk and Pink Himalayan Salt Chocolate which is so good. So heres what in this months box.

In the box-

Healthbox Kitchen - Cacao Energy Balls

Oloves - Chili & Oregano Olives

Raw Halo - Mylk & pink Himalayan Salt chocolate

Aduna - Baobab Superfruit Raw Energy Bar

Punch Foods - Japanese Tamari Superseeds

Chi - Coconut Water and Tropical Fruits 

100% natural - Raw Cacao Brownie

Nothing But - Apple and Fig Snacks 

Ape - Lightly Salted Coconut Curls

Raw Gorilla - Maca & cinnamin Munchies

The Primal Pantry - Almond and Cashew Paleo Bar

Have you tried Sourced box? Have have you thought of it?