healthy living - Polly Jemima

30 little goals To make you healthier and happier this year

Spring is here. After the cold, dark days of winter, we’re slowly coming out of hibernation. It’s the perfect time to set some goals, to shake off the last traces...

Smoothies for hot summer days

I’ve been making a conscious effort lately to inject a little more goodness into our diets, as well as cutting down on the amount of sugar and junk we’ve been...

Getting in shape with FitBit

I know it’s December, which seems to be the month that the diet gets thrown out of the window and we all eat and drink as much as we like,...

Healthy Granola Bars

As well as working out more recently, I’ve been making more of a conscious effort to clean up my eating. I’d fallen back into bad habits, especially over the festive...

Workout Motivation

Working out…. it’s not something that I’m naturally drawn to. I never was athletic… sure, I horse rode and played netball in primary school, but by the time I was...

Super Seeds

A while back, I bought a packet of mixed ground seeds from a health food shop. packed full of pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, linseed and flaxseed, they contain essential fatty...

Cutting down on caffeine – 4 fruity alternatives to coffee

I’ve been trying to cut down the amount of caffeine I’m consuming lately. Even though I don’t drink coffee in the afternoons anymore, I’m sure that the copious amouIts...

Couch to 5k – Final Week!

source I did it!!!!! I’m so happy that I’ve actually stuck this one out and finished the training plan :) I won’t lie – this last week has been tough,...

Couch to 5k – Weeks 7 & 8

source I didn’t post an update last week, but I was still busy working out. I’m finding this weeks training schedule pretty tough. I think my body is best suited...

Couch to 5k – Week 6

Week 6 – or really Week 5, take 2!!! After the slight hiccup at the start of last week, I decided that I’d spend an extra week doing the week...

Couch to 5K – Week 5

Week 5. This week has been tough. Monday morning I came to do the first of this weeks workouts… and about 3/4 the way through I felt as though I...

Couch to 5K – Week 4

Week 4 – and I’m seriously impressed that I’m still on track!!! I’m all to good at getting started on something, and then after a couple of weeks just not...

Couch to 5K – Week 3

Week 3… I’m feeling great! I’m impressed that I’m keeping to the training plan. Even on days when I wake up tired and not feeling like excerising, I’ve managed to convince myself...

Couch to 5K – Week 2

The first week went really well… I managed the workouts with no problem, found myself looking forward to them too!!! I think that I may add in a 4th workout...

Couch to 5K!!

One of the things that is on my 30 Things List is to work out daily. At the beginning of March I started to workout on my cross trainer everyday. For almost 3 weeks I...

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