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Happy Monday 😄

Today feels like a bit of a fresh start - I have a rough first draft of essay 1 and am now starting reading for essay 2 so I'm feeling marginally less stressed than before.

New wireless earphones arrived this evening! I gave them a test run straight away while exercising. Did weeks 5 & 6 of the Karen Hauer 10 minute workouts and listened to my fave radio show from Saturday. Really enjoyed it after a pretty lazy weekend, and the earphones are good - they stay in pretty well, they stay connected to my phone, sound quality is good. So I'm super happy, hoping for an early morning run tomorrow now that I'll actually be able to hear my music 😊

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Was feeling really unmotivated this afternoon but managed to pull myself together to do this interval leg / glute workout of 3 x 10 minute circuits this evening and really enjoyed it. Totally boosted my mood 😄💃🏼Loving intervals for home workouts, helps me get on with it rather than dilly-dallying between exercises.

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It's been a very inactive day for the most part (been writing my essay all day) but I got a solid workout in this evening when I finished working - I did week 4 of Karen Hauer's 10 minute series followed by a new core video that came out from Blogilates today. I haven't done her workouts in ages bc I don't like all the focus on aesthetics and tbh i just mostly prefer doing my own thing with my music on which is what I enjoy about exercising in the first place 😊 BUT this was 25 minutes of intense core work so I couldn't resist. It was HARD but I managed to keep up for the most part and I really enjoyed it 😄 Had a lovely soak in the bath afterwards.

Also @xokrazyinsanexo tagged me (thank you lovely!) to share my home gym which is pretty unimpressive 😂:

We have a pullup bar (ironic bc I still can't do a full pullup lol) and a yoga mat and that's it but tbh I've always done home workouts from doing Blogilates videos in my bedroom as a teenager to starting to build my own workouts with the moves I learned. I only really used the uni gym bc it's conveniently there on campus. I do miss the weights though bc I really don't have much here that I can substitute for dumbbells ☹

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Feeling much better today ☺

Did a core & cardio-focused interval workout this morning and really enjoyed it - it gave me such a boost and I felt so much more relaxed & optimistic afterwards, so I managed to get a little bit of work done on my essay this afternoon 🤗 We've been for a lovely long walk this evening and it's pizza night so all is well 😄🍕

Also the lovely @81welsh tagged me for a selfie - I tag @therambl3r @insertcaffeine @weight-warrior if you fancy it, hope you're all well 😊

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Last night's dinner: Roast veggies with spicy tomato chickpeas but I was so hungry I didn't bother with pics other than this one of my veggies.

And today's exercise was just some core pilates this morning bc I was feeling a bit iffy and my body was just not feeling anything too hardcore but I enjoyed it nonetheless 😊 Double leg lifts, single leg jackknives, plank side crunches, plank shoulder taps, side plank dips, bicycles. And a quick walk this afternoon just for some fresh air. 👍🏻

Currently writing my French mock exam and then I've made up my mind that I want takeaway tonight. I think we're going to order one pizza and one portion of noodles and have half of each bc we couldn't decide what we wanted 😳 Super looking forward to it, I need it today 😋