Introduction

Hello and welcome to my new blog. I'll try not to waffle on too much but I just wanted to give you some background as to why this blog is now coming into action. 

I'm not going to lie but this blog is NOT a fashion blog nor is it a beauty blog. To be truthful I work a 52hour week and I'm either in my pj's or in my work uniform and have no time to prance around in the lasted fashion and spend hours on my hair and makeup every day (my wardrobe is full of clothes which are about 4 years old) I do however take my hat off to those that do have the time to blog fashion, as I do follow a few, so thanks.

This blog is more of a diary type blog which looks into the struggles of working shifts and trying to keep fit. I will blog my diary as to what I ate and when, my workouts and when I fit them in and some extras like what I listen to when working out and my updates on my weightloss/fitness progress.

I've always struggled with my weight all through school I was a size 16 and dropped to a size 12 in 6th form. While back packing for a year in Australia In 2011 I lost a tone of weight and was at my smallest of 9stone 5 which I kept up till 2013. My daily routine would be go to work, have half hour lunch break where I'd eat fruit and have a diet coke, return home to work out for 30miniutes using a DVD and if I wasn't too sleepy I'd make food but more often or not I'd go to bed hungry. I wouldn't socialise, it would be work, workout, sleep, repeat. Everyday. Not healthy. 

Fast forward to the present and I'm living with my boyfriend ben, who has a very sweet tooth, I work shift work of 52 hours a week and I've got myself back to a hefty 11stone. 

Over the years I've tried slim fast, 1200cal diet, 5:2 diet and weight watchers. All of them you lose weight on but as soon as you go off the track you put it all back on.

My friends introduced me to slimming world this year but sadly due to my working hours I can't commit to a group as I don't always have the same day off. Sigh. However after hours of searching on eBay I finally found an affordable (£12) slimming world starter pack 2014. It has all your syn foods, your free foods and explains the diet. I've been on and off it for the past month, the results are awesome when you follow it and when I don't follow I haven't put on any weight.

A few extra things that's inspired this blog;

- People say that EVERYONE has time to work out

- people say that taking pictures of everything you eat keeps you on track

- people struggle and need motivation to keep going.

So here I am, a 25 year old shift worker struggling with her weight and having trouble finding the energy and time to work out. You will get to see everything that crosses my lips, the amount of free time I have, what exercise I fit in and most importantly if it actually works. 

I'm not looking for a six pack and massive shoulders, I'd just like to feel comfortable in my own skin and get the wobbly bits less wobbly.