Friday Wishlist: Fitness

For a few months now I've been trying my best to get fit. I've always been quite slim but when I went to university, I started to take my lovely metabolism for granted and spent my days developing very bad eating habits. Weekly fast food trips with the boy plus stupid amounts of alcohol, no exercise and a love for pasta and all things naughty and you end up with one very out of shape, very unfit little red head. 

I decided that after I graduated, it was time for a change(mainly because I got out of breath when I ran for the train one day). By this time I'd already cut out heavy white carbs such as pasta and white bread as they made me ill, so it wasn't too hard to change my diet, although learning to eat everything in moderation and not spend every evening scoffing on homemade cakes was hard - I come from a baker's family remember.  I also started interval training, kettlebells, running and going to the gym to help develop my core strength and improve my fitness.

I've bored my friends to death by talking about my lunch, my workouts and how long I spent at the gym last night but for me, feeling healthy and keeping active has had such an impact on my self esteem and my mind that I don't really care (sorry girls).

I'm a complete amateur at it all though and I don't pretend like I know it all. I try and make up for this by reading up on nutrition and workouts etc so that I know that what I'm doing is right for me. 

After spending all this time talking about it to my friends, it was quite clear that this would end up as a blog post at one point. However, I think today, I'm going to focus on my gym clothes - something which every girl thinks about when heading there (don't lie, I know you do.)

Luckily for me, I live near a outlet shopping centre called McArthur Glen Designer Outlet, which means that a Nike store which has 30% discount on all its stock is my heaven. I bought my trainers here, plus some great jogging trousers and tees. 

I'm into prints and patterns at the moment so really loving my recent leggings purchase! They cost just £12 and are perfect for both running and the gym. 

I've scoured the web to find some of my fave exercise apparel to add a little colour to workout. It's always good to stand out and just because you're heading to the gym to sweat and work hard, doesn't mean you have to limit yourself to wearing black or white. There's so many different collections out there now that are experimenting with prints and patterns so it's easy to find some cool kits. Also, as the sports luxe trend has been huge in the recent seasons, many of the high street stores are now stocking their own sports clothes, including European giants H&M. 

So girls, you have no excuse ;)

By Mimi

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