A healthier 2014

I often find myself going through a health kick phase. I mean well and fully intend to stick to a healthy eating plan... But it is in these moments I tell myself that I flat out cannot have ANY chocolate WHAT SO EVER, in the next breath all I want is to pig a whole bar of Cadbury's the most...

I cook the majority of what we eat from scratch, but I am as guilty as most when I spring for a jarred sauce rather than whizzing up my own, especially during the week when I have been at work. Sometimes it is just easier to reach into the cupboard and pull out a easy option... and then of course the forbidden chocolate bar that I neglected to hide very well..

I tell myself I am going to find time to exercise.. (insert giggle here) and that I will spend more time in the kitchen following the Slimming World diet (which they won't actually let me join...Ironically) but somehow my best intentions don't get me any where.

Back in the summer I was looking into how useful a George Foreman Grill may be in the kitchen. I eat a lot of meat and thought this may be a great way to cook in a more sustained way. Although I haven't really been using it to cook healthier meals... Admittedly I use it regularly to grill stuffed chicken, with cheese a plenty! 

Maybe I will use the New Year as jumping board to get healthier in 2014, and leave chocolate and other temptations back in 2013. I have been looking at sessions at the gym, and think that I will somehow make some time out of the house for just me.

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A Belated New Years Resolution!

January is the month that you make or break your New Years Resolutions, and honestly…I don’t think mine ever took flight. My resolution to myself was to eat more healthily (less of the chocolate gold!) and to somehow find time to exercise and maybe even go to the gym a couple of times a week.

Now don’t get me wrong I am not heading for a mass diet, I am in my pre-baby clothes and have been since I brought Leo home from the hospital (please don’t hate me!) but I really want to get toned again.

Now although I am yet to give up the chocolate, I am mentally preparing to do exactly that!

Maxitone have given me the final push and of course the motivation to give my New Years resolution a chance by sending me a very generous box of goodies.

Now before I can start and make the very most of everything that I have been sent, someone really needs to tell my tummy that Christmas is over and there is no more excuse for me to be munching on the naughty goodness, oh and let’s not forget the occasional tipple of Malibu and Coke!

Maxitone must have heard me pondering how I would fit in the time to head out to the gym, or the dilemma I have with finding the motivation to leave the house in an evening as they have included a Power Ball Kitl and a DVD to work out too. They have also included a Cardio To Go Kit and DVD and although I haven’t had chance to use it yet, it is going to make my chances to exercise so much easier as I can do it through Leo’s nap time in the comfort of my own lounge.

To help with the exercise that I WILL be doing, Maxitone have included their Definity Shake, a high protein drink that is ideal for drinking straight after your work out to help your body recover. They have even anticipated that I may like to snack, all be it a healthy alternative! Sculptress bars are a nutritious high protein snack replacement, so I can wave bye bye to anything that may want to distract me from the mission in hand. Getting toned!

*Empties Bin and throws all chocolate away!*

So yes I have opted to start a New Years resolution a little later than everyone else… I did in fact have a Mcdonalds for lunch…However from this moment I am going to be skipping and donning my weighted ball, choosing a healthier lunch option and hoping that by shear determination I will be able to get the tummy back that I was once rather proud of!

So here it goes….Wish me luck!

I have a feeling….I am going to need it!