So the past week has been a little crazy, I'm sorry for the lack of posting. I was in Galway with my boyfriend for the bank holiday weekend and have just had so much to do. I'm just after watching Big Brother and oh my gosh I'm so proud of my friend Ashleigh Coyle who just entered the house! Ashleigh was in Miss Ireland with me last year, she's such a sweet girl I hope they're good to her in there!
Well I'm after starting looking after my health and fitness again. I was working so hard on it before Miss Ireland last year. I took a break after and well never really got back to it. I really want to get back into my nutrition as my skin is really suffering. I've always had really good skin which I took for granted. Now that I don't really have that anymore I realise what I had.
My boyfriend is really into his fitness and has a very strict diet. I really admire that of him because well, when I open the fridge and see chocolate. I don't think twice! Hi I'm Niamh and I'm a chocaholic! A strict diet takes serious self discipline and I don't have that. But I am willing to try!
At the end of the day I don't want to loose weight. I want to tone up and get fit and healthy. The first step is healthy eating. While in Galway I was actually sticking to a good diet as I was eating what my bf eats. Breakfast was 2 boiled eggs, cup of tea and a bowl of Watermelon. So as soon as I came home I have been having the same thing each morning for breakfast. But instead of normal tea I'm having a mug of Green Tea with lemon.
For my dinner I've been either having chicken or steak cooked in coconut oil with some veg and rice. I will fry a piece of steak in coconut oil along with either broccoli, peas, peppers, baby corn or asparagus. Then a cup of basmati rice. I had everything pretty plain this week because I LOVE coconut and you can really taste it. Coconut oil is totally guilt free and is a fantastic alternative for cooking with olive oil or butter. Now one bit of advice, buy it in SuperValue. you get the big tub for only €8. Other places sell smaller tubs for much more money.
I went for my first run in months yesterday. I ran almost 2 miles in around 25 mins. This was a combination of walking fast for 1 minute, 30 second sprint, 30 second jog then back to walking fast for 1 minute. It was so hot out yesterday and I didn't bring my bottle of water, I thought I was going to die! I went running with my doberman Zoey! She's the best running partner, she runs along with you but once you turn around to come home she will drag you back down the road. This was perfect as about half a mile from home I wanted to just collapse but she pulled me on.
When I head back up to Galway later in the month my bf going to show me some workouts to do for exactly what I want to do and how to lift weights which I'm very excited about! I haven't one bit of muscle on my body. I always thought weights and girls don't mix but how wrong could I be! Girls who lift have amazing bodies! This is what I want and I'm going to work so hard to get it. I'll eventually start on protein shakes I think but for now I'm just getting back to a good fitness level.
Jen Selter is a fitness idol of mine! She has an amazing body I'm so jealous of it! Check her out on Instagram youtube and well everywhere! You'd have to be living under a rock not to know who she is!
This is my ultimate goal to get in this kind of shape! The last photo is me now wearing my Pennys/Primark workout gear! Their stuff is amazing and so affordable!
I'm going to do a fitness post every Friday and call them Fitness Friday's and I'll also start doing What I ate Wednesday Posts. Going through what I've eaten for the past week. I hope you find this helpful.
Toodles
Niamh xo
