Hi friends! Thank you for the massive amount of support for Okay Sophy so far! I didn't think anyone would even want to read it, so I've been blown away that so many people have followed the Facebook page and subscribed to email updates. All your kind words and excitement for the blog have encouraged me even more and now I can't wait to get it started properly! I planned to start some sort of fitness schedule on Monday, but because life is life, Monday ended up being the biggest write-off ever! We literally didn't leave the couch, and ate nothing but macaroni all day, which is obviously totally okay, and I would definitely recommend that as a balanced lifestyle... So I started on Tuesday instead (who decided Monday was the start of the week anyway?!) Fitness I've been craving a ballet class for ages - weird dancer thing to say but okay - so I found this intermediate/advanced ballet barre video on Youtube. It was taught by Katrina Morgan who has a channel FILLED with ballet tutorial and follow along videos. She is a dream! I love that she doesn't talk too much in her videos, but still includes little technique reminders and the aims of the exercises. I was absolutely SWEATING during and after but it was great and a nice level of class! I've popped the link below incase anyone wants to give it a go too! x www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IXip5hM06U&t=2515s I thought I'd also chat about home workouts this week. I've always struggled to follow along to workout videos or other peoples' routines. I find that I stay more motivated and disciplined if I create my own workout plan/routine. I usually put together a combination of exercises that I find work for me, and cover abs, arms, and legs. I would just start with a number of reps or length of time (e.g. 20 crunches or 30 secs plank hold) and then increase/decrease as needed every day that I continue the routine. I won't post what my routine is, because it probably won't be useful to anyone else, but if you find you are struggling with motivating and disciplining yourself to work out at home, I would definitely recommend this! Another thing I wanted to write about this week is 'Couch to 5K'. This brilliant app encourages beginner level runners to run 5K by the end of the 9 week training programme. I've been doing the 'Couch to 5K' running challenge for the past 6(ish) weeks, but hit a major motivation struggle at week 7. The app challenges you to run a bit further each week, starting off with little 60 second runs during week one, and ending with consistent half hour runs by the end of week 9. I've been really enjoying it and I love running further and faster each run, but I'm just finding it SO HARD at the minute! I decided I needed to get a grip on Thursday morning. So I got up at 6am, got my running gear on (by 'running gear' I do just mean Nike leggings and any T-shirt I can find in the dark) and started week 7! This week consists of running for 25 mins without stopping, which is a struggle if you're not a runner. But I finally did this on Thursday morning bright and early and was super proud of myself! With any luck, I might do it again over the weekend! We'll see... Food Since we moved into our new flat, we have been really consistent with planning meals. We decided at the very start that we wanted as little waste as possible (of food and of money!) So every week before we do our food shop, we sit down and write what we want to have for dinner each day of the week. We then only buy the ingredients we need for those meals (and breakfast and lunch stuff, obvs) This has saved us SO MUCH money, stops us forgetting about (and therefore wasting) food in the fridge, and most importantly, stops that awful nightly drama and indecision of what to have for dinner. We used to be THE WORST for being indecisive and stroppy about what to eat, and would usually end up having something easy, random, and probably unhealthy. People who know me personally will have definitely experienced me waffling about meal plans (haha accidental food pun). Anyway, I would totally recommend this for anyone who wants to save money, cut down waste, and stop dinner decision dramas in their household (that's everyone, right?) Some fun things we made for dinner this week were: Homemade gluten free lamb gyros - We haven't cooked lamb before as it always seemed such a faff, but Renee's sister mentioned lamb on FaceTime today and we were inspired. Renee literally cooked and prepared all of it but we'll pretend I helped too.. This whole recipe is completely gluten free as always, and we bought all ingredients from Lidl (apart from gluten free wraps, we got those in Morrisons). It probably cost us less than £5 to make, and was so so good! If you'd like to make it too, I've posted the recipe here: Homemade Gluten Free Lamb Gyros Misty Copeland's Spinach and Goat's Cheese Salad - This recipe came from Misty Copeland's 'Ballerina Body' book. (A book that focuses on becoming strong rather than skinny, and creating a healthy lifestyle without restriction or deprivation) I would definitely recommend this recipe if you're looking to try a more exciting and different salad! Click here to go to the recipe I actually do feel like I've started to make some positive changes this week, and I'm hoping writing this blog will motivate me (and maybe other people) to keep going! Thanks for reading this week's blog post, let me know if you try out any meals from the recipes page, or if you've had motivation struggles this week too! You can contact me via email or Facebook. Love Sophy x
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23/8/2020 07:16:37 pm
I love when people share their challenges alongside their wins. Makes the journey so relatable. I shared my weight loss journey with all its lumps so that, like you made mention, people didn't take those losses too harshly and just try again tomorrow.
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27/8/2020 02:47:00 pm
Thanks for the comments guys, a new Food and Fitness post will be up soon :)
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