Nope. I'm not moving house guys. I've actually purchased my own web page so I'm in the process of moving everything over onto it! I can't wait for you guys to see it! I hope you're as excited as I am!
Head on over to www.stephtalksaboutlife.com and tell me what you think!
Wednesday 28 September 2016
Monday 19 September 2016
FABULOUS BBG SCOTLAND MEET-UP
Hey everyone! Thanks so much for all the positive feedback on the happiness planner review! It got over 300 views! That may not sound like much to some of you but that is my most popular post thanks to the happiness planner retweeting on twitter for me.
This weekend, I went on a little adventure. Ok it's not that much of an adventure but when you are a social introvert like myself, its quite a big thing!
I went to Edinburgh for a BBG meet-up!
If you're not familiar with BBG then it's the bikini body guide by Kayla Itsines.
The BBG community is absolutely incredible. We all support one another and once in a while someone schedules a meet-up and we all work out together then have a super healthy lunch! This was my first meet-up and I had so much fun! It was great meeting loads of like-minded people and it has done wonders for my motivation. Seeing these beautiful ladies working out with each other was the best thing ever.
I've now restarted BBG week 1 because I wasn't doing very well with my first attempt and stopped at week 6. My friend Laura is going to be my motivation and workout buddy!
Have you been to any meet-ups that really make you feel proud to be part of a certain community? Let me know in the comments below!
This weekend, I went on a little adventure. Ok it's not that much of an adventure but when you are a social introvert like myself, its quite a big thing!
I went to Edinburgh for a BBG meet-up!
If you're not familiar with BBG then it's the bikini body guide by Kayla Itsines.
The BBG community is absolutely incredible. We all support one another and once in a while someone schedules a meet-up and we all work out together then have a super healthy lunch! This was my first meet-up and I had so much fun! It was great meeting loads of like-minded people and it has done wonders for my motivation. Seeing these beautiful ladies working out with each other was the best thing ever.
I've now restarted BBG week 1 because I wasn't doing very well with my first attempt and stopped at week 6. My friend Laura is going to be my motivation and workout buddy!
How amazing do these mini cheesecakes look?! They were clean too! So no need to feel guilty when munching on them! From Grams in Edinburgh
Here's a few different goodies we got from Top Herd! They are protein packed and taste devine!
Group photo of all the ladies after our workout! Super sweaty!
We got little goodie bags too! The chocolate is soooo good! Mine tasted exactly like a terrys chocolate orange but with a hell of a lot more protein!
Have you been to any meet-ups that really make you feel proud to be part of a certain community? Let me know in the comments below!
Wednesday 14 September 2016
HAPPINESS PLANNER : REVIEW
My name is Steph, and I'm a planner-aholic.
I LOVE pretty planners that I can use every day. The ones that have sections for you to write about your day so you don't really need to do much thinking about what content you want to put in it. One of those is The Happiness Planner.
I am obsessed with the beautiful designs these planners come in. Their newest design is a pastel leather binder that is to die for! Their main focus is for you to work on your happiness (duh) through reflection. So you look at your day and write down what you done and how you felt about certain things you accomplished or maybe didn't. This helps you to strive towards being able to, perhaps, improve how you did it or think of a new strategy to help you actually get it done.
You get daily planners, weekly planners and 100 day planners.
I have the 52 week planner. So instead of filling it out daily, I do it every Sunday/Monday and reflect on the last week and plan the week ahead. It has one page for 'Happy things I will do', 'Personal Goals', 'Work Goals' and 'Things I'm looking forward to'. For my personal goals, I jot down things like eat breakfast (I have a bad habit of not eating breakfast), getting all my workouts done and spending some quality time with David. For work goals, since I'm still on maternity leave, it consists of things like doing the shopping or cleaning the bathroom. I know those are things I would be doing anyway but I like to work from a list. It makes me feel more productive.
In terms of making me feel happier, I have definitely noticed a difference over the last 13 weeks I've been using it. It is helping me keep my depression at bay because it's something I love doing. I really think about the things I do now and think of how it will help me in the long run.
The price. Not so happy. If you're someone who really will use it religiously, then on you go and purchase it, you won't regret it. There's no point in spending £30+ on something you're going to barely look at.
The design is amazing. Very modern and it certainly puts me in a good mood. I have the heart eye emoji face every time I go to use it and although it is only a weekly one, I do still use it every day so I take it around with me everywhere I go. I'm always getting compliments on it. Everyone loves it! The gold accents are lovely and it's a very girly and chic kind of look.
All in all, it's something I would splurge on again. Or maybe ask someone for it for my Christmas. Then I'll have it for the new year and may even get the daily planner to try that one out!
I'm sure I wont be disappointed!
KEEP SMILING!
I LOVE pretty planners that I can use every day. The ones that have sections for you to write about your day so you don't really need to do much thinking about what content you want to put in it. One of those is The Happiness Planner.
I am obsessed with the beautiful designs these planners come in. Their newest design is a pastel leather binder that is to die for! Their main focus is for you to work on your happiness (duh) through reflection. So you look at your day and write down what you done and how you felt about certain things you accomplished or maybe didn't. This helps you to strive towards being able to, perhaps, improve how you did it or think of a new strategy to help you actually get it done.
You get daily planners, weekly planners and 100 day planners.
I have the 52 week planner. So instead of filling it out daily, I do it every Sunday/Monday and reflect on the last week and plan the week ahead. It has one page for 'Happy things I will do', 'Personal Goals', 'Work Goals' and 'Things I'm looking forward to'. For my personal goals, I jot down things like eat breakfast (I have a bad habit of not eating breakfast), getting all my workouts done and spending some quality time with David. For work goals, since I'm still on maternity leave, it consists of things like doing the shopping or cleaning the bathroom. I know those are things I would be doing anyway but I like to work from a list. It makes me feel more productive.
In terms of making me feel happier, I have definitely noticed a difference over the last 13 weeks I've been using it. It is helping me keep my depression at bay because it's something I love doing. I really think about the things I do now and think of how it will help me in the long run.
The price. Not so happy. If you're someone who really will use it religiously, then on you go and purchase it, you won't regret it. There's no point in spending £30+ on something you're going to barely look at.
The design is amazing. Very modern and it certainly puts me in a good mood. I have the heart eye emoji face every time I go to use it and although it is only a weekly one, I do still use it every day so I take it around with me everywhere I go. I'm always getting compliments on it. Everyone loves it! The gold accents are lovely and it's a very girly and chic kind of look.
All in all, it's something I would splurge on again. Or maybe ask someone for it for my Christmas. Then I'll have it for the new year and may even get the daily planner to try that one out!
I'm sure I wont be disappointed!
KEEP SMILING!
Sunday 4 September 2016
APOLOGIES AND SFN EXPO
Hey lovelies! I am so so sorry I haven't been able to post in a little while. I've been super ill and haven't been doing much apart from sleeping and feeling sorry for myself! I'm so bad when I'm ill I can't do anything for myself and it's like the world is ending hahaha! But I'm on the mend and now it's just about trying to get my strength back and not feel like I'm going to pass out every two seconds!
Last Sunday (Aug 28th), David and I went to the SFN expo at the SECC arena in Glasgow. I heard about it from a BBG group I'm in on Facebook (amazing support group) and I hadn't heard of it before. Me being me, I used my best friend, Google, to help me get more information on what it was. It's a huge sport, fitness and nutrition expedition which holds loads of competitions, seminars and fitness classes all in one weekend. They have lots of stalls where you can buy some great supplements and healthy foods.
Since we're both really into fitness we just HAD to go! As the days crept up we were super excited! But then the day came and David woke up with the Irish flu (Hangover hahaha) and we had a bodybalance class to do at 10.30am. We managed to get there in time and the class was amazing! Who knew yoga and Pilates would get you so sweaty! Big thanks to Bram and Tori for taking the class and making sure us beginners had a great time!
After the class we went and done a bit of exploring of the hall where everything was set out. They had crossfit competitions on and most people were in teams of two completing a set number of reps on each exercise the fastest. It was truly phenomenal watching all of these incredible crossfitters competing against each other and they all done such an amazing job! The time and effort they put into their training was definitely shown. We walked around all of the different stalls and tried all the free samples! Who doesn't love a good freebie! We listened in to a few seminars and ate a very lovely meal from prep fitness kitchen who were there, although I wasn't too impressed by the fact we had to wait 30 minutes for it to be heated in a microwave. We ended up leaving early because we were so exhausted from walking around all day. David came away with a batman T shirt, I got a lorna Jane fitness planner and we both got a slamball. We spent way too much money but it was totally worth it. We had an amazing time!
Were you at the expo? What did you think of it? Let me know in the comments below!
KEEP SMILING!
Last Sunday (Aug 28th), David and I went to the SFN expo at the SECC arena in Glasgow. I heard about it from a BBG group I'm in on Facebook (amazing support group) and I hadn't heard of it before. Me being me, I used my best friend, Google, to help me get more information on what it was. It's a huge sport, fitness and nutrition expedition which holds loads of competitions, seminars and fitness classes all in one weekend. They have lots of stalls where you can buy some great supplements and healthy foods.
Since we're both really into fitness we just HAD to go! As the days crept up we were super excited! But then the day came and David woke up with the Irish flu (Hangover hahaha) and we had a bodybalance class to do at 10.30am. We managed to get there in time and the class was amazing! Who knew yoga and Pilates would get you so sweaty! Big thanks to Bram and Tori for taking the class and making sure us beginners had a great time!
After the class we went and done a bit of exploring of the hall where everything was set out. They had crossfit competitions on and most people were in teams of two completing a set number of reps on each exercise the fastest. It was truly phenomenal watching all of these incredible crossfitters competing against each other and they all done such an amazing job! The time and effort they put into their training was definitely shown. We walked around all of the different stalls and tried all the free samples! Who doesn't love a good freebie! We listened in to a few seminars and ate a very lovely meal from prep fitness kitchen who were there, although I wasn't too impressed by the fact we had to wait 30 minutes for it to be heated in a microwave. We ended up leaving early because we were so exhausted from walking around all day. David came away with a batman T shirt, I got a lorna Jane fitness planner and we both got a slamball. We spent way too much money but it was totally worth it. We had an amazing time!
Were you at the expo? What did you think of it? Let me know in the comments below!
KEEP SMILING!
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