Daily Troubles.

Lately, I have been trying to get more physical in my day to day life, there has been one problem that is constantly stopping me which is stress and money. Both of these factors are stubborn and just won't leave me be, but this is something I am working on. I'm even applying to every job I can possibly get my hands on to get that little extra cash in my life. It would after all make my life  that much more easier.

Stress has been causing me troubles because it is constantly thrumming around in my head leading me down different paths, but not any more. I'm staying committed to everything I want to, from jogging around the block to going gym and pushing myself beyond words.

I have struggled with life since I can remember, it's never dealt me a good hand except from a handful of friends and a boyfriend and mother and father who I love dearly. Other than this life has been hard, I've barely got money to go anything other than catch the bus to college and even then, I can barely afford that, I would walk to college but with it being an hour and a half walk it doesn't quick great to me. Especially when I live in Plymouth, one of the worst places in England. The weather is absolutely rubbish down here all the time, it's unbelievable.

I have been finding ways around my money issues recently and I've even managed to get a job interview with Clarks, who I actually do enjoy, I just never have any money to shop there. I have to make sure I am on top form when I walk in that door and I show them exactly how hard I am willing to work.

Okay, now lets get down to the serious stuff.

Fitness, I have decided when going gym to do an hours work of Cardio.

15 minutes - Treadmill

15 minutes - Rowing Machine

15 minutes - Cross Runner/Elliptical

15 minutes - Bike

Each one will help massively with toning different sections of my body, giving me a full body workout which is exactly what I need. Then once I've finished that workout, I'll be heading over to the weights to do my strength workouts.

I'm going to be doing:

100 crunches at 10kg (My stomach can't take much more yet)

100 leg presses at 30kg (I will in fact have to work up to this, as I can only just manage 50 presses)

100 leg abductor's Inner & Outer thigh 30kg (This will help to tone up the legs, my main trouble area)

100 arm presses 14kg - 21kg (I'm still struggling with this, my arms are a lot weaker than I first thought)

100 leg raises (I haven't done this one yet, but I want to add it.)

100 dumbbell curls (I'm not sure what weight I'll use for this yet, but this will also be joining my list)

I say that after all of this I shall be thoroughly pooped and I'll be one step closer to a sexy body. I just know it'll be worth it all, and I could be getting a new gym buddy very soon which shall be amazing.

My dear friend Shauna who I've spoken about before has decided that she wants to join gym to help me, and to tone herself up. She's a very dainty girl, someone you wouldn't expect to see at gym but she wants to tone up the figure she's been blessed with. This will be amazing, because I know I can rely on Shauna to come through and even if she didn't want to go gym she'd still help me to go.

This is the kind of hard work and dedication that I need in a gym buddy. I know it's going to be strange seeing her there but it'll definitely be worth it, and the best part is we can sit with our headphones in and it doesn't bother either of us, this will be good for certain workouts we do. I know she'll be able to go by herself and she'll be able to workout on whatever she wants without having me to be there with her, this makes her a strong individual but also a strong team player, which actually makes her perfect for a gym buddy.

I hope you all enjoyed this rather long post and have a nice day, perhaps you're enjoying this blog so much that you might want to follow it on blog lovin'?

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Tribe Sports, Work It Out.

Let's take a look at this new website that I've found, this is if you haven't already guessed Tribe Sports (the link is right there). It's a simple website with the encouragement and resources to make you want to work out. It's also filled with 100's and 100's of challenges all getting you doing little workouts here and there, and the best part of it all is, it makes you want to workout it. Even when you're sat there watching a programme on TV is gives you workouts to do.

If I'm quite honest the entire website is genius, I've signed up and already signed up for a lot of different challenges, well to start me off. Now all I have to do is make sure to do them. After all you earn medals and achievements and don't forget the fact you're losing weight and improving yourself.

I've taken a couple screen shots to give you an idea of what the website is like, I must admit it isn't exactly flooding with colour but that doesn't matter but it's aimed at people who want to work out and who needs ideas of motivation to do so.

This one above me here, is a general view of your timeline almost like Facebook, although you can link your account up to both Facebook and Twitter, which is handy when it comes to enticing your friends to do it with you, you could even considering challenging each other into doing workouts, which would not only be fun but competitive, and nothing is wrong with a little competition.

This image is what my profile looks like, but as you can see the general layout is quite neat and very easy to use, you even have more multiple sites to share your information to. Then you have of course your main topics, from Tribes which is where you can sign up to these groups. Challenges basically explains itself, and I can honestly say it's there and it's catering to everyone's needs, which is just brilliant. You can also include yourself into Discussions, Guides and Q&A if you want to, but personally I don't think I will. It's not my particular style, then of course you can upload photo's of absolutely anything you please.

I'm just going to upload photo's of my process, and that way I can keep track and also check to see which areas need more work etc.

Then of course you have the Challenges which I can honestly say is just wonderful and it really does give you a few things to think of, I mean they even have challenges for just going outside and soaking up some sun, I would join that challenge but my town doesn't get sun, like ever.

It's really easy to use and you have a nice easy filter system to your left, this can come in stupidly handy if you want to do certain types of exercise and when I say they cater to all, I really do mean it. Have a look around and see what you find, you never know you may just find something that catches your eye and makes you want to work out as well.

Starting from today I'm going to be doing a few of these exercises and do you know what, I'll keep you updates and let you know exactly how it's all working out for me, you never know some of it may kill me quietly but otherwise it'll be good hard work and put me one step closer to getting my lovely healthy skinny body.

I hope you enjoy the site, and you never know you may enjoy it.

What I'm Working With.

Hey there everyone, I thought I'd finally show you the body I am working with. I know it's not huge but it's not healthy nor slim either. The images you are looking at are of me today. I also weighed myself, although it was after I'd eaten my breakfast...

Weight: 67.1kg

Height: 5ft 1inch

I was going to do an underwear one but honestly I have no matching underwear and just didn't feel quite comfortable enough to do it, you'd think considering me and my family are quite poor that I would actually be skinnier, I wish. I think as I don't get decent food often I also gobble it all down without thought, which is silly in more then a few ways.

Either way, my size clothing wise is a size 12, well in Primark sizes it's roughly 14 and upwards in some clothes, in tops it's different again. As you can see in these pictures, I have three main target areas that really need sorting out. That of course would be my arms, especially the top half, my legs (thighs) and my stomach. I'm not quite sure if it was due to my abortion from my age at 14, but my stomach has never had roles only this almost bloated look to it instead. I'm not quite sure why it does it but a number of times I've been asked if I'm pregnant, when I was at my largest. I'm still in that area where I don't know what routine would be the best one for my body, so I generally aim for a bit of everything, from heavy cardio to heavy weights, going to light cardio and light weights, I did do yoga on the Wii Fit at one point but it was hard to access, as it was at my boyfriend's house.

I have a few important events coming up in the next few weeks and months and I really have to start tackling this body of mine, especially if I want to get down to a nice sexy size 10, in time for it all. I just need to start exercising everyday, from doing a DVD workout or two, and then doing some Challenges.

Have we all heard of fitness challenges? I have, it's only been recent mind you, but I have been looking into them and as seen as they do quite a harsh workout in a short time frame, usually 15 mins or so, it's quite an interesting thing to look into.

You see, today is going to be the day that I try out two DVD workouts from Davina's Body Buff and then I'm going to do a 15 min work out (I'll post the image when I can) and then I'm going to try a couple more challenges, this way I am literally giving my body the full workout it needs and deserves. Then I'm going to be drinking 2 litres of water, as this is another challenge to clean your body out.

What I'm going to do is do a separate blog post on these challenges, giving you a website a few images and also some advice and details about the entire thing, then if you feel like it's right for you, you can sign up and give it a go. Also leave a comment if you have already tried them and if you think they work, you never know it maybe a nice little treat that just sorts you out without you even realising, well we all can hope.

Wish me luck, and leave a comment. I don't bite, promise. 

Time For Motivation & HARD WORK.

Everything has been annoying as hell lately, I'm going to be honest it's been stressful. Money is a all time low, and even then it's basically nothing and then you have college, that entire part of my life has been the cause of most of this stress. After all the project we had recently was extremely difficult, but thankfully it's over.
I have a few things in my life that I try to organise myself around, which is college, my boyfriend, home life, trying to get a job, and preparing my body for later life. Each part is different in such drastic ways that it's almost impossible to image it all running smoothly but I believe with the motivation I have now, I maybe able to do it.

I have however been going gym except from this past Friday, it's been beyond words when I tell you that day was one of my worst. I had to head home before the weather was horrendous and once I got off the bus my back completely gave up on me, and for the past 2 days I have been bed ridden.
This happened briefly after I said 'I want to workout every single day.' How is that possible when you can't even move properly? This has now put me 3 days behind schedule but this just means that I'm going to have to work harder, I'll make sure to use my workout DVD and really push myself and once I've done that I'll be cleaning, walking my dogs and even doing random workout challenges all in the name of fitness.

I have been looking at photos to help me stay motivated and even perfected my routine at the gym, still with no gym buddy, but this isn't something I care for any more. I know I can go gym by myself, and I'm proud of myself for being able to do that, I can't go on Mondays any more, as I have absolutely no money. But that doesn't matter.

I may even be walking to college two and half days a week, which is an hour and half both ways. This will be both exciting and annoying beyond words, shows don't last more than 1 month maybe 2 at the moment, especially when they are from Primark.

I've also been looking at a large variety of motivational images and each one in just another piece of inspiration that I adore, I'm amazed at the results and how amazing they all look. It's also a healthy reminder of what is healthy and what is skinny and unhealthy I definitely find myself staring at these images in 'awe' these women look amazing and you can see the work and effort that has gone into them.

It hasn't taken days, no it's taken months and years and it's been worth every ounce of time they've spent doing it. They all look incredible in their bodies and the best part is the fact that they look happy I can't remember what it feels like to look at myself and feel truly and amazingly happy but soon this will all change and then I'll be able to enjoy every ounce of my life and body without a trigger of doubt.

Of course there will always be things about myself that I'll never truly love, like the fact that I don't tan and I also burn, badly. Silly things, that can't ever be changed, but don't worry. Those things I can overcome in my own way.

I just hope one day you'll all be able to do the same.

After all it isn't easy and it never will be, but it is something that is very possible and will always be possible.

Why should be hate ourselves, this is who we are and we are this way because we allow ourselves to be, if you don't like what you see in the mirror every day then change who you are. That is the gift of life, you can change yourself to how you want to be, be thankful for that.
You never know what the results maybe and you may even find yourself loving yourself all over again, in so many ways it seems vain, but isn't the fun part. Knowing that you're not vain but in fact happy, truly happy with the person you are and have become.

I hope you are all exercising like mad and enjoying every moment of it, if you enjoy this blog then please follow or comment anything, it would be lovely to know what you all think of it.