Round is a shape

This post is about keeping fit / losing weight / eating healthily, as I am 'embarking on a journey' of my own to combat my weight.

I wouldn't (like to) say that I'm fat. I don't eat very well and usually a lot. Like a lot of people I am worried about my weight. Since I've stopped dancing, which kept me in shape despite my bad eating habits, I've put on weight - about a stone. So I am not feeling too great about my body and my shape, although I appreciate it and I am comfortable as myself.

So, I decided to get off my arse, do some exercise and start sorting out my eating habits! I've not lost weight so far (3 weeks) from exercising 3-4 times a week intensely, but I have lost 3 inches off my waist which I am over the moon about. I've ditched the cans of coke for water, the cakes for pears and bananas and trying not to snack. 

My point is, if I can do it, you can! 

It will be hard. Sometimes you'll want to quit. No one else can do it apart from yourself. Its okay to go to classes/gym and work hard, but you must push yourself past the boundaries of your body and your mind. Find the special place, the place where nothing is more important than getting through these last 10 sit ups. For me, I think about being in my bikini on the beach and not having to breathe in all the time :) 

and remember this: The more you suck it up now, the less you have to suck it in later :)

There are lots of support things online and I am always here for tips or advice :) 

From the soon to be skinny girl ... (but not too skinny) :)

A Good Read

I like to read. Something which made me a bit 'weird' on secondary school, but something, I'd like to think, that helped my writing/creative skills. Also, of course my grammar. Nothing is more displeasing than seeing bad grammar in a published book. 

I rarely read any more (I think this is because  my brain can't handle unnecessary information that has nothing to do with my A-levels) but I do enjoy books. I always sit at a table when I am eating at home so that I can read whilst I eat; a habit that has been passed down from my Mam to me and my sister. I haven't read the 'Classics' like Jane Austin books, or anything by the Bronte sisters - I prefer rom-coms. My favourite author is Sophie Kinsella/Madeline Wickham. Her books are witty,fun and always have an unexpected ending. How will Becky pull of two weddings? Will Lexi get her memory back? You can never guess what's going to happen next, but it is guaranteed to be clever and funny! The shopaholic series are great books and if rom-com books are for you, I highly recommend these books! 

Another series I enjoyed was the Georgia Nicholson books by Louise Rennison, (Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging...). As a young teenager these books were a fabulous read and I still quite enjoy them now. Me and my friend used to use the 'Snogging Scale' and all the terminology to go with it. It was a fun phase. Another phase was the Twilight Series. As a lot of other teenage girls did, I became slightly obsessed ... yes, I know. I still think they are interesting books and the films are good but I've stopped dressing all in black and having bright red hair haha!

The point of this post is that, I like reading, and I know I have some readers out there! So I would like to know of some good books -any genre, I'm open to suggestion, as I am running out of unread books on my shelf and I'm looking for something to fulfil my literary hunger. 

Comment with you ideas pleaseeeeeeeeee 
(Any good French books are appreciated, also.)
From the girl with her head in the books :)

Breaks, lunches and free periods

The third instalment to the 'Sixth Form' post.

Breaks, lunches and free periods - the perks of sixth forms (apart from trips). But are they what they seem? 

At first, they are great. Lunches are now an hour long (plenty of time to go into town for some food), breaks are a nice break up to the day and give you enough time to grab a cup of tea for 3rd period, and frees are just for lazing about. Fress are especially great if they fall before or after school, because this means you get a lie in or an early finish! RESULT.

Then, after a few weeks, things aren't so cushty as they once were. 
Breaks - the refectory is loud and there are lots of people and it's extremely hard to get a table. And for some reason the bell always goes 5 minutes early so break is only really 15 minutes, once you actually get out of class and meet your friends. 
Lunch - The novelty of going into town for your lunch has worn off as the lack of shops in a 5 minute walk just doesn't seem as appealing as it once did. So you suffer and deal with the school canteen - not bad food but oh so over priced!!
Frees - You realise that frees are great, and it nice to not have a lesson but ... frees when you are by yourself? What do you do? Where do you go? You've got no homework to do, the school library is just too quiet and you cant be in the refectory by yourself (saddo). It's a very uncomfortable situation. 

Then, a few weeks after the few weeks after what now feels like a dream land, you well and truly hit cold hard reality. The truth of these 'perks':

Breaks - Spent doing homework for the next lesson that you really should of done last night, but you had that essay and then you absolutely NEEDED sleep!
Lunch - Spent doing work due in for a lesson after lunch. You were going to get up early to do it, but you had a late night doing that piece of coursework and you're bed is just too comfy. 
Frees - Doing any outstanding homework that needs doing. These are golden opportunities for catching up. An hour to do the cover work set by the teacher or just plain homework. Its a beautiful little hour. Usually very much needed. Also, you realise that having a lie in messes up bus systems - late start, still need to get the same bus because it only comes once and hour so you have to wait around or be late and early finishes, your bus comes earlier than usual and you have an unexpected free but your'e alone (and you remember this predicament from earlier in the post.)

So we must enjoy the free time we get, because it stops being free time and become homework time D:

From the stressed out sixth former :)
(Even weekends and nights are homework-doing time)

The 10 Best and Worst Things about Sixth Form

Ah, the fourth and final chapter to the 'Sixth Form' post. 

The 10 best and worst things about Sixth Form according to me! :D

We shall start with the worst (so things seem to get better.

The 10 worst things (Not in any particular order)

1. Not wearing earphones is lessons any more
2. Catching up work from missed lessons
3. Spending frees alone
4. Registration and tutorial
5. Having to find different outfits everyday
6. The work load
7. Transport isn't free any more
8. Finding a table at break/lunch
9. Being in a lesson you don't want to be in but having to go anyway 
10. Exams

The 10 best things about Sixth Form

1. Non Uniform
2. Meeting new people
3. Free periods
4. Having notepads instead of exercise books
5. Going into town for lunch
6. Doing lessons you actually want to do
7. Having a cup of tea in lessons
8. Trips - geography is the best for this
9. No more petty drama
10. You feel awfully grown-up with your files and you've got SO much work to do

So there you have it. The basic good and bad things about Sixth Form. Please note that some of these don't apply to every Sixth Form and these lists are based solely on my own views :)

A hopefully helpful blog post :)