Small Primark Fitness Haul

So I popped to Primark the other day to check out there fitness collection. I have being losing weight lately around half a stone so far and have managed to drop a dress a size. I was in desperate need of a sports bra and some leggings. I am really impressed with Primarks fitness collection and think they have some beautiful designs and brights colours. This time around I only picked up what I needed but will be certainly going back to purchase some more. 

This time around I picked up 

• Neon Green sports bra (Smoed colour if your a cheerleader) that was £3.50
• Thick leggings which where 3 quarters £3.50
• Thinner full length leggings £3.00
• Skipping rope which was on sale for a pound

Kayleigh x 

The Theory Of Everything!

Yesterday despite the heavy snow here in the North of England me and one of my closet friends decided to venture out into the Narnia like world outside and go see The Theory Of Everything and go to one of our favourite Leeds Bars called the Alchemist which I highly recommend. We both have being waiting a while to see it and have heard so many great things about it. So been the Performing arts students/film geeks we are, we couldn't wait any longer. The Theory Of Everything stars the utterly talented Eddie Redmayne and the beautiful Felicity Jones as Stephen and Jane Hawking. Everyone should know who Stephen Hawking is and if you don't well all can say is crawl out from under your rock and do your research. He is one of the great Physicist that has ever lived. The film follows Stephens life from being a PHD student at Cambridge to becoming the successful physicist he is today all whilst dealing with his fast developing Motor Neuron Disease and the struggles of family life.
To me Motor Neuron Disease is not a disease that's well known and I personally knew little about it before watching this film. I think this film is a great teaching platform to get the message across about the disease and to teach people about its affects and symptoms.
Eddie Redmayne did an absolute wonderful job and certainly deserves all the awards he has being winning and fingers crossed he bags that Oscar. He certainly is a very versatile and passionate actor and from watching his role as Stephen I can tell he spent many hours developing the character by researching the disease, and watching Stephen hawking.
I also think Felicity Jones as Jane deserves to win those awards too. For me her performance stood out in the film compared to anyone else because I believe her character went on the biggest journey emotionally. As an actor if you can get your characters emotion on screen or stage felt by the audience even though they haven't being through the same thing as the character, to me that's impressive. through out the whole film I felt like when Jane's stressed I am stressed, when she's happy I am happy. It takes extremely talented actors to do that.
I highly recommend this film to everyone even if you don't think its your thing. its just simple and beautiful!

Kayleigh X

 

My 25 minute home workout which has results!

I noticed the key to getting fit is interval training and it's used by top trainers such as Jillian Michaels.  I started out by doing her thirty day shred however I soon became unmotivated and bored with it and that's because I didn't find it fun and it's not tailored to you personally. So I thought why not create my own which is fun and motivational. I first started out by picking a work out track list with my up beat favourite songs. Select a track list around 25-30minutes long. mine includes songs such as Real Love by Clean bandit and Ellie Goulding Burn.  
The first song you need to start of by doing cardio as this gets the heart pumping and you warmed up. Do cardio exercises which you enjoy for  like 30x each or like half a minute.  For my cardio warm up I do exercises such as

• Jumping jacks
• On the spot skipping (you can do this without a rope)
• Frog jumps (go down to a crouching position like a frog and jump straight up) 
• Jump twists
• High knees

Once my first track is finished I then move onto strength. I added weights to my work out which include tow light weight hand weights and I found my brothers old weights bench so I also use a bar with two 5lb weights on.  If you don't have weights at home don't worry you can just do strength exercises such as push ups, burpees and squats. 

• Squat stance punches with hand weights
• Squat and arm raises with hand weights
• Chest press with heavier weights
• Over head press with weights 
• Dead lift bar 

On the third track I then move onto my ab workout my favourite part of the circuit. Choose your  favourite abs focused moves. I do

• Reverse crunch
• Crunch 
• Full sit ups
• Plank
• Bicycle
• Abdominal twist with a weight 

After your third track has finished re-peat the circuit again starting from cardio. When you have done the circuit twice your work out track list should have finished.  I have seen really good results from doing this but make sure you are eating healthy too. 

Follow me on social media for my journey to a healthier lifestyle :-) I will continue to post my progress, healthy recipes and work outs. I also challenge you to warm up to Taylor Swifts Shake it Off without stopping. It's a lot of fast paced jumping, shaking and dancing put it gets the heart pumping and is lots of fun. 

Kayleigh x

Protein World Slender Blend Review

I recently started on the Protein World Slender Blend after hearing so many positive things. At first I got to admit I thought it was all lies due to being heavily celebrity endorsed however it has certainly proved me wrong. I have lost half a stone in 3 weeks and I believe I could have lost more quicker if I would have taken two a day like the company say. however I choose to have one shake a day as I was already a healthy weight I just wanted to loose around a stone and most importantly tone up. I chose the chocolate flavour Slender Blend which goes really nice with milk. it can be quite sickly so I don't recommend drinking it fast or in big gulps. I have also tried it with water which I did not like at all as it tasted like chemicals. I would certainly recommend this product to anyone wanting to loose weight or tone up. Please remember to eat healthy and exercise daily whilst taking the shakes. the shakes alone wont make you loose weight that's impossible as its protein. You don't need to be a hard-core gym addict or even have a gym membership. You just need to spare 25 minutes of your day to workout at home just like I do. I will do a follow up blog with my home work out.

 

 

The tub Costs £30 and can be purchased from Proteinworld.com

 

Kayleigh x

 

 

Aliexpress Haul/Review

I ordered this amazing Celine bag replica from the Chinese site Aliexpress. This is my first purchase from there and I am very impressed. This bag was ordered on New Years Eve and arrived today the 21st of January which is quick to say it had to travel to the other side of the world. There's no faults, no loose stitching or a bad smell which has previously being said by other customers. The quality is great and certainly matches the quality of bags on the high street as the fake leather is very thick. I would say if this bag was on sale on the high street it would cost around £30. I bought this bag for $28 which converts into £18 and included free shipping. Aliexpress lists manufactures in china and wholesalers, it is known that there are scammers on there so please be aware of this. If you plan on buying from the site look at products that have had a huge amount of orders and good reviews. also another tip is to look at hauls on YouTube and blogs to see other peoples purchases and reviews. 

Kayleigh x