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8 Overnight Oats Recipes! 

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As the weather starts to get warmer, I find myself craving more and more smoothie bowls…throwback to this creamy peach one that I will definitely be recreating asap 🍑✨👌🏼 http://ift.tt/2nzQpRX

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Morning light // Photo by Guerel Sahin

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dreamy 🌙✨ banana oats {1 cup oats, oat milk and water with a mashed 🍌 and cinnamon} topped with cacao nibs, frozen bluebs, chia, coconut sugar and butta 🦄 the best part is watching the coconut butter melt like a snowman ⛄️

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Fitness Motivation Quotes - Something I need right now

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Self love isn’t a destination , it’s a continual action

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Day 2

Today was Monday, and it was a pretty shit day overall. I wore impratcial clothing, had numerous public transport struggles, felt a bit shit when none of my new clothes fit and pretty much failed at my fitness goals. 

I have been eargerly awaiting a few much needed articles of clothing from boohoo, that were supposed to arrive last Tuesday, but only finally came today. My initial excitement quickly turned to despair when none of my new clothes fit/looked very flattering. I’m going to try them on again tomorrow and see if anything can be salvaged but most of it will have to be returned. I think I have to accept the fact that I am offical plus size. It was not a good end to my already pretty terrible day.

I had to run for public transport which ended in my impratical (slightly too small) tights rubbing against my thighs and resulting in large blisters by the time I got home and was able to take them off. I stressed a lot about making it in time for the numerous buses and trains I take everyday (8 in total), only for every single one of them to be a few minutes late, resulting in more horendous running in hot clothing and sore shoes, as I dashed from one to the other in my interpretation of a flushed oompa loompa.

I also failed to eat the two carrots I packed for lunch, choosing instead to eat my brown half an apple and soggy vegemite and cheese rice thins. I did have some yogurt and water for breakfast this morning (forgoing sugary juice). However by the time I got home I caved and had a fruit drink, a junky museli bar and then nachos and cordial for dinner. I started off with the best intentions but could barely maintain it for 12 hours. 

However I did have a marginally better day when I was actually at uni, I have been reasonably successful in making friends, a grand total of two good ones so far, as well as keeping in touch with some old high school friends. I am also genuiely enjoying the content (even if I am behind the apex with the whole notes and studying thing) and find the classes quite stimulating. And despite my not too stellar timetable that requires me leaving the house at a truly horrifying 6am two days a week, uni is the one aspect of my life that I don’t regret doing (but honestly that could change at any point).

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“We’ve got a motto here: You’re tougher than you think you are, and you can do more than you think you can… You don’t have to be fast. But you’d better be fearless.

Christopher McDougall, Born to Run (via runningonsmoothies)

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Motivation is broken into two parts: wanting something and believing you can achieve it; you need both to be successful in whatever it is you’re aiming for. Always believe in yourself. Call me crazy, but I think that is more powerful than anything.

one of my doctoral supervisors when discussing the importance of helping our clients find their strengths  (via amandagenine)

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The Beginning

Today, an unassuming Sunday much like any other, is the day I have selected to start working towards some goals of mine. To ‘get fit’, whatever that means. I have been trying (and failing) to lose weight and get in shape for a few years, with mixed results. I have gone through stages of hardcore dieting and working out, sometimes for months, but I always slip back into a mixture of bad habits and denial. 

Last year, my dreaded HSC, was perhaps my worst yet, where the overwhelming stress, bad diet and lack of exercise saw my weight hit an all time high of 85kgs. The last four months since my HSC has ended have been a bit hit and miss but I have managed to at least lose a few of those HSC kilos. However I’m still atleast a dress size or two bigger than I used to be, which has made shopping and getting dressed in the morning two of my least favourite activites.   

Therefore I’m making this blog to prompt myself to keep to some simple fitness goals each week, to ‘keep me honest’ so to speak. Perhaps other people will find this and use it as motivation for themselves too, or perhaps not. Either way I hope I can make some positive changes in my life that will ultimately make me happier, and above all healthier.

I have stuck to the mantra for years, that it doesn’t matter what your weight is as long as your happy and healthy. But for a few years there have been long periods of time where I haven’t been happy or even very healthy. I know that losing weight won’t really make me happy. However by developing healthy habits such as eating better, drinking lots of water and working out regularly, I hope that I can begin to feel better and healthy. The side effects of feeling happier about what I see when I look in the mirror, is really just a bonus. 

I want to be able to walk up my driveway without losing my breathe, to run a flight of stairs and lift heavy grocery bags with ease. At this stage I’m not happy with the way I look on the outside or my current fitness level, which is pretty abysmal if that wasn’t already obvious.

I aim to workout, starting first with walking and then maybe graduating to running, three days a week - Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. Hopefully in the mornings, but most likely in the late afternoons. I also hope to drink atleast two liters of water a day and begin to follow a healthier diet, cutting out as many fats and sugars as I realistically can. 

I know I will struggle, for if it was easy everyone would do it. I will find it hard in the beginning, to break my bad habits and do what I’m supposed to. I will struggle especially with my diet as I am already a very picky eater with little to no impulse control. However I hope this blog will encourage me to stick to it and hopefully become a better me. And if not at least I’ll have something funny to laugh about in a few years, the time I started and promptly deleted a fitness blog

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