4th
July 2017
Don't
stress the could haves, if it should have, it would have!
I
spent a good deal of yesterday ignoring my to do list and sitting in
the sunshine whilst it was here, the rest can wait. I'm cooking in
my meetings this week so on the morning I went in search of fresh
quorn to experiment, the local Co-op, nor Tesco garage had it, I had
to go as far as the big Sainsbury's and they only had a couple of
packs and at £7.71 per kg I decided to stick with chicken, I have
bought one pack to try though. Then I was going to do the entire
shop in Sainsbury's but they didn't have the kg packs of chicken
which was £6kg, the smaller ones where £6.54kg, not a bad
difference, so I ended up in Aldi where it was £5.59kg and the use
by date was a good 4 days longer, British chicken too. The brown
basmati microwave rice that I usually buy when it's on offer 2 for £2
was only 79p in Aldi. They may not have had everything I needed for
the recipe but they had the majority of it, Asda had the rest,
hopefully it'll be delivered this lunchtime and they won't tell me
it's 'out of stock'! It all adds up, that's a saving of over £1 on
one recipe for a family of 4, taking the cost of the meal to under a
fiver. You can save money massively if you think about things, the
recipe uses asparagus, but could easily be changed for broccoli which
is cheaper.
When
I got back, I finally finished sweeping the back yard and got out the
skipping rope I'd bought the other week. Once I'd made Alfie realise
the rope would hurt him, I managed 108 skips! No uninterrupted, I
had a few breaks, change the way I skipped but ultimately I got a
sweat on and that's the important bit. If I can do that daily and
maybe build up a bit at a time, it's exercise without having to go
very far or pay very much. According
to the British Rope Skipping
Association,
10 minutes of skipping
can
have the same health benefits as a 45-minute run. Skipping
is
a full body workout which uses your abdominals to stabilise the body,
legs for jumping, shoulders and arms for turning the rope. If that's
not enough to convince you, how about Cosmopolitans 12 reasons;
1.
The effort it takes to jump rope for 10 minutes is the equivalent of
running a mile in eight minutes.
2.
One hour of rope skipping will burn up to 1,300 calories.
3.
According to the British Rope Skipping Association, 10 minutes of
skipping can have the same health benefits as a 45-minute run.
4.
Skipping is a full body workout which uses your abdominals to
stabilise the body, legs for jumping, shoulders and arms for turning
the rope.
5.
Skipping is less jolting on your joints than running.
6.
Once you've bought your rope, skipping is a zero-cost workout.
7.
Skipping helps to improve heart rate and blood pressure.
8.
It's a good workout for all fitness levels as you can do it at a pace
that suits you.
9.
Skipping regularly improves flexibility.
10.
It also aids your coordination and balance.
11.
A regular skipping session improves muscle tone in both the lower and
upper body.
12.
Skipping is a weightbearing exercise so can help in improving bone
density, thus helping stave off osteoporosis.
Skipping
is one of the cheapest, most effective, fat burning workouts you can
do. And it's fun too. What's stopping you? I'm convinced, but I'm
fickle so ask me again in a week, if I'm still doing it then and
again in a month...
I
stayed the same on the scales, I'll take that, didn't track at all
last week and it was that time of the month, so I'm pleased with the
result, need a pound this week, wasn't great yesterday, it's moms
birthday on Thursday but as I'll be at work for most of the day we
had crisps and pudding in the garden yesterday. I'll be golden today
– I promise, here's to the rest of the week on track and without
wine.
Ooo
it's in writing now, so I'll have to do it...
A lot of yesterday wasn't good but you don't need to hear about that and I don't need to relive it! We're focusing on the positives in this house at the moment, it really does help.
Ready
for a good day BeYOUtiful? I am, we've got this!
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