Continue the change and enjoy the journey!

fedupandskint

Woah am I tired! The legs are aching away after todays run - it went well and the intervals went well which is good. just some recovery now, really feel like I have had a proper work out still from coming back at 8.45am!

Had a gentle session in the garden, dug up some old tired shrubs, planted the new bargain patio roses for £2 instead of £5 each, tidied up, swept up, watered the plants and tied some plants up. Nice time listening to the cricket - what a test match and great commentary too!

Just relaxing with a glass of wine after a fish curry - just went over the calorie allowance for today but burnt off over 1300 kcals so allowing myself a little over today as a treat

Right back to see if I can tackle this computer problem again - here we go!

fedupandskint

Just had a look back to the front page as I remembered it was a year ago I started the diary and am doing pretty ok overall

I am wearing earrings and jewellry again like I used to do
I am wearing make up again like I used to do
I am exercising regularly and building up my strength and mileage now from 6 miles running
I go out with mum every couple of months for a nice day out
I invite family over for a nice home cooked meal on every occasion
I paid off some CC and then had to slack off a bit as everything went up in price again and will try to get back on track again

The best news is I lost 5lb and I am trying to lost another 9lb! I lost inches from my waist, chest, hips, legs and arms. It took some months to get there but I now realise the longer it take to lose it, the better chance it stands of staying off as the changes in eating habits kick in for the longer term and I realise how I need to do it alongside my exercise to lose the stone I never lose

I feel much more confident and better than I did this time last year

First year of Masters completed alongside work which is going well too. Looking forward to completing the masters and moving on to another area of work as a result where ever it takes me to.

Good 12mth appraisal!

Onwards and upwards we go from here to the next level - jump aboard everyone and enjoy the journey!

juliejim

Sounding good - well done!

fedupandskint

Thank you Jue!

A 6 mile run tonight after work - 6 x 8 min intervals, planning a shorter run on Thurs then a longer one at the weekend. Feels good to be back out there regularly again!

Really must attempt to get some NSDs in this week after a very expensive start to the month and that's about it for now

fedupandskint

2 NSDs now

Shopping tomorrow and run day

Sat NSD and garden day, Sunday cleaning day and all is well!

Shopping list written for tomorrow and looked up some more recipes to try that are seasonal as my non stop fish diet is getting a little repetitive this week! Still nice though but have a lot of herbs and lettuce to eat up so more exciting salad recipes found to try!

See you all later

fedupandskint

Shopping done, too tired to run tonight and just don't feel like it so watered the garden instead and will get up and go tomorrow instead

Chilling tonight watching the athletics with a curry and shandy and aiming for a NSD weekend, can I do it? I reckon I can!

fedupandskint

my list of things to do this weekend, will try not to spend any money unless I am driven to jam making! Can delay this until next weekend if I try hard

1. pay CT
2. pay into SPC £20
3. send form back
4. find some cheap apricots for jam making
5. go running on Sat
6. continue garden clearence on a fine day over the weekend
7. Paint nails, foot treatment pamper session, hair treatment, face mask
8. bloomin boring cleaning, washing and ironing as usual
9. Take Mr dog on a nice long pleasant walk somewhere different
10. Have a rest before it all starts again next week!

Bored and off to bed in a bit

Lula-Hula

Hi,

I've finally got here & am really impressed with all you've achieved. That's a very good 12 month appraisal & I'm pleased that you're enjoying the running again.

I spent yesterday doing your number 6 & number 7 in the evening, this weekend there'll be a bit of your blooming boring number 8 & hopefulyl a bit of number 10 too.

Enjoy yours,
xx

fedupandskint

Back from a 6mile run (3rd one this week) and just having a rest now! Went pretty well overall and next week will be increasing the running interval times to 9min from 8 mins per intervals

Have just spent an enjoyable time googling soap making and bath salt recipes and will defintaley give this a try - one for me as I have to be so careful with ingredients and they are in many bath foams etc, and some for brother and friends. All packaged nicely with a pretty label and should look great! Doesn't work out too expensive at this point and I'll have shuffle through my oils in a bit to see if I can use any of them! Then its off (not this weekend aiming for NSDs!) to find some cheap epsom salts and sea salt etc - probably next Friday

Looks like its a cleaning day today as its too wet for gardening today, let me see how much I can get done when I drag myself up to move!

Went over the calorie allowance yesterday feeling a bit down in the dumps, feel much better today after a good nights sleep and a run and will attempt to come in somewhere close to it today. Back later on with an update

fedupandskint

Enjoy yours too Lula!

Bath Salts, Bath Melts and Foot scrub recipes - a reminder for me

Oils already have
3x lavender
menthol blend of pepermint, eucalyptus, red myrtle, black spice
tea tree
energising blend of mint, pine, rosemary

Just need sea salt and epsom salts then ready to go - better have a look for some pretty glass jars and find out my labels to see if they will do . Here we go with some recipes to try out

Bath Salts
2 cups Epsom salt
1 cup Sea salt
1/2 cup Baking Soda
10 drops rosemary essential oil
10 drops lemon essential oil
1 Tbsp. of carrier oil (almond, grapeseed, olive, etc.. your choice)


OR


950g of sea salts, choose fine or coarse, or a combination of the two
40g Sodium Bicarbonate
10ml of Essential Oil or 10g of Cosmetic Fragrance Oil of your choice
A tiny amount of pigment if you want the salts to be coloured
Dried petals or herbs - optional
Airtight glass jars

Foot scrub recipe

To make one jar of scrub:

125g Fine Sea Salts
125g Dead Sea Salts
4g Apricot Kernel Oil
4g Avocado Oil
5 drops Vitamin E Oil
2.5ml blend of Lavender, Peppermint and Tea Tree Essential Oils
Small pinch of fine-cut dried Peppermint Leaves
Clip-top glass jar


Bath Melts
Makes 15+ bath Melts
You will need:

200g Cocoa Butter
100g Sweet Almond Oil
6g Fragrance oil or essential oil
Dried flowers/petals
Bath melt cases - sillicone

Fizzing Bath Salts Recipe
Makes 2kg of Fizzing Bath Salts
You will need:

500g Coarse or Fine Sea Salts
500g Dead Sea Salts
500g Sodium Bicarbonate
500g Citric Acid
20ml Essential Oil
Tiny amount of Cosmetic Pigment if colour is desired
10-20ml Essential Oil of your choice
Small Airtight Glass Jars

Found some nice cases, jars and moulds for a good price too

Will be having fun making these over the next few months alongside anymore preserving