I can't believe how quickly August has gone, it's nearly the end already. Which means, it's nearly my birthday!
So, this week I maintained my weight which I'm relatively pleased with. I don't think my eating was as good as it should have been last week, and I didn't do as much gym as I'd hoped, so it's all good.
I'm not expecting the next few weeks to be as good however, as it's my birthday and it's obligatory to celebrate for your birthday.
So, just a quick one this week but hopefully my next one will be longer with some birthday celebration posts.
Sarah x
Weigh In - 19th August
Tuesday, 19 August 2014
After week 2 of my calorie counting I've lost an additional 1.2lbs taking my total up to 2 lbs in the 2 weeks, and getting me back to the 'maintain' level I was trying to keep.
Alongside watching my calories and keeping up my workouts, I've cut back on the amount of diet coke I was drinking. This is probably the hardest for me to do, but I'm managing. One can is normally my treat for my afternoon break at work. Water until then and water afterwards. I never used to like drinking water, but I'm definitely getting used to it.
The major downside to last week was my plan to go and try out Body Combat only to find the gym so busy I couldn't actually get parked never mind into the gym to get changed. Very disappointing as I was looking forward to trying something new, but hopefully I will be able to try it out another time.
It's not been the most exciting of weeks, and I'm now just on a wind down to my Birthday and some time off week. Hopefully when I get back from my time off, I'll be motivated again and in a better position to plan my routines properly.
Sarah x
Alongside watching my calories and keeping up my workouts, I've cut back on the amount of diet coke I was drinking. This is probably the hardest for me to do, but I'm managing. One can is normally my treat for my afternoon break at work. Water until then and water afterwards. I never used to like drinking water, but I'm definitely getting used to it.
The major downside to last week was my plan to go and try out Body Combat only to find the gym so busy I couldn't actually get parked never mind into the gym to get changed. Very disappointing as I was looking forward to trying something new, but hopefully I will be able to try it out another time.
It's not been the most exciting of weeks, and I'm now just on a wind down to my Birthday and some time off week. Hopefully when I get back from my time off, I'll be motivated again and in a better position to plan my routines properly.
Sarah x
Summer Spends
Sunday, 17 August 2014
Although I'm supposed to be saving ready for my new house, there's a few spends I couldn't resist this summer. Here's my highlight summer spends for 2014.
1 - Jack Wills Fullford Tee - £14
I love Jack Wills clothing at the best of times, but even more so when they have a sale on. This tee comes in a wide range of colours and was down to £14 in their summer sale. The one I've got is a lovely lilac colour and is very loose fitting and comfortable. Great for summer! I love the style and comfort so much my Mum and Grandma are buying me two more in different colours for my birthday.
2 - Boots Cucumber 3 Minute Clay Mask - £1
My skin recently has been feeling very greasy and spotty so I decided to invest in a face mask to try and help my skin out. I didn't want to pay a lot of money so I did some research and found this Boots Cucumber 3 Minute Clay Mask which had some rather good reviews. I decided for £1 I couldn't really go wrong so bought it on my lunch break. After one use my skin was feeling much smoother and a horrible spot that had been developing on my chin disappeared straightaway. I was rather impressed. It's not a massive tube that you get, but if you use it twice a week as recommended it should definitely last more than a month. A purchase I will definitely be repeating.
3 - Dorothy Perkins High-Tops - £7
Another of my sale bargains. I wasn't particularly after a new pair of casual trainers but stumbled across these in the DP sale and they caught my eye. When I took a closer look I saw that the only size left in stock was my size, and decided it was fate! They're super comfy and will be great as the weather starts to get a bit cooler and wetter.
4 - Trudi Canavan Thief's Magic Ebook - £6.49
I love a good book and can't wait for my holidays to be able to do some serious non-college related reading. Trudi Canavan is one of my favourite authors, I've read every book she's published and loved them all. This is the first in her new trilogy and I'm really looking forward to getting into the story. It's a bit pricey for an Ebook in my opinion but since it's relatively new and still cheaper than the hard copy I'm not going to complain.
5 - Personal Planner - £17.95
This is by far my favourite summer spend. I love a good diary and this is definitely one of them. I won't write much here as I plan to write a blog post alone on the pros/cons of this purchase but I definitely will be buying another next summer.
6 - Sensationail Gel Glitter Nail Varnish - £15
I bought this to go with my outfit for the Christening I went to a few weeks ago. It's a gorgeous peachy colour with glitter, the only downside was it took quite a few coats to have a good coverage. You need a UV light for the gel to set, but once it is set it looks really good. For me I didn't quite get the two week coverage it claims to give but I'm not the best at applying nail varnish so I'm normally pretty pleased if they last more than a week.
Sarah x
1 - Jack Wills Fullford Tee - £14
I love Jack Wills clothing at the best of times, but even more so when they have a sale on. This tee comes in a wide range of colours and was down to £14 in their summer sale. The one I've got is a lovely lilac colour and is very loose fitting and comfortable. Great for summer! I love the style and comfort so much my Mum and Grandma are buying me two more in different colours for my birthday.
2 - Boots Cucumber 3 Minute Clay Mask - £1
My skin recently has been feeling very greasy and spotty so I decided to invest in a face mask to try and help my skin out. I didn't want to pay a lot of money so I did some research and found this Boots Cucumber 3 Minute Clay Mask which had some rather good reviews. I decided for £1 I couldn't really go wrong so bought it on my lunch break. After one use my skin was feeling much smoother and a horrible spot that had been developing on my chin disappeared straightaway. I was rather impressed. It's not a massive tube that you get, but if you use it twice a week as recommended it should definitely last more than a month. A purchase I will definitely be repeating.
3 - Dorothy Perkins High-Tops - £7
Another of my sale bargains. I wasn't particularly after a new pair of casual trainers but stumbled across these in the DP sale and they caught my eye. When I took a closer look I saw that the only size left in stock was my size, and decided it was fate! They're super comfy and will be great as the weather starts to get a bit cooler and wetter.
4 - Trudi Canavan Thief's Magic Ebook - £6.49
I love a good book and can't wait for my holidays to be able to do some serious non-college related reading. Trudi Canavan is one of my favourite authors, I've read every book she's published and loved them all. This is the first in her new trilogy and I'm really looking forward to getting into the story. It's a bit pricey for an Ebook in my opinion but since it's relatively new and still cheaper than the hard copy I'm not going to complain.
5 - Personal Planner - £17.95
This is by far my favourite summer spend. I love a good diary and this is definitely one of them. I won't write much here as I plan to write a blog post alone on the pros/cons of this purchase but I definitely will be buying another next summer.
6 - Sensationail Gel Glitter Nail Varnish - £15
I bought this to go with my outfit for the Christening I went to a few weeks ago. It's a gorgeous peachy colour with glitter, the only downside was it took quite a few coats to have a good coverage. You need a UV light for the gel to set, but once it is set it looks really good. For me I didn't quite get the two week coverage it claims to give but I'm not the best at applying nail varnish so I'm normally pretty pleased if they last more than a week.
Sarah x
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