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Another Busy but Balanced week ❤️⁣
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I’m doing another deadly dozen comp with Jon in 3 weeks time so that’s my mini focus at the min 💪🏻 ⁣
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It’s a juggle trying to fit training in around both kids 😆 but this is how I’ve managed to fit 5 sessions in… ⁣
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Monday I had good intentions of training once the kids had gone to bed but I couldn’t be bothered and ended up scrolling instead 🙃🙅🏽‍♀️⁣
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Tues- 6:15am weights at home before anyone was up… ⁣
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Wed- 5pm DeadlyDozen session with Jon in David Lloyd whilst Luna was in club and my sister looked after Sonny ⁣
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Thurs- Rest Day! ⁣
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Fri- Horrible Fridays Spartan Dynamic took the kids with me ! I thought Sonny would fall asleep on the way because that’s his usual nap time but OF COURSE he didn’t 😂 ⁣
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Sat- Running with Lee Siemaszko whilst Jon had the kids and did the ballet run 🩰 ⁣
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Sun- Yoga at home once Sonny was down and Luna was watching TV 💤 📺 ⁣
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So just getting it in where I can at the minute! ⁣
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1 more week of the summer holidays 🤪🙏🏻 ⁣
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Anyone else looking forward to getting back into a proper routine? 💪🏻😆⁣
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Healthy Snacks I’ve made recently! 😍 Save & Try! Recipes from Tiny Tums Recipes and The Pediatric Dietitian | Lauren Mahesri, RDN 🤌🏻

Back to feeling like me! 🥺⁣
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I was active throughout my pregnancy, but by the end I was struggling to even walk because of the pelvic pain and pressure! So getting back to feeling fit, running again, getting my speed back and feeling comfortable and confident in my clothes again feels pretty bloody good! ❤️⁣
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But honestly, the biggest thing this year has given me is proof of how strong I can be mentally… ⁣
(𝘖𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦? 😆) ⁣
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Because getting up at 5:45am to work and train after feeding Sonny in the night is abit nuts! 🙃 ⁣
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But I’ve somehow managed to drag myself out of bed even when I’ve looked at the alarm and thought “Noooo 😭😭” ⁣
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Two kids, work, broken sleep, feeding a baby, school runs, cooking meals, the general chaos of motherhood… it’s A LOT.⁣
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So my journey hasn’t been perfect or easy…. ⁣
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And that’s the bit I want other mums to hear…⁣
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You don’t need perfect conditions to start looking after yourself.⁣
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You don’t need hours in the gym.⁣
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You don’t need to wait until the kids are older, work is quieter or life is less chaotic.⁣
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You just need a sustainable way of doing it that actually FITS your life! ⁣
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You have got to get rid of that all or nothing mindset… ⁣
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And that’s exactly what I help mums do inside our Busy, But Balanced Programme and Club ❤️⁣
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Ladies if you keep saying you can’t lose weight because you’re busy, or you haven’t got the time, or it’s because of the kids or your job or whatever else… Stop ✋🏻 I promise you right now you can! ⁣
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Your always going to be busy so you may aswell let me help you find balance or your going to be stuck in that rut for a very long time 🫶🏻⁣
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𝗗𝗠 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘁 😆

Another busy, but balanced week ❤️… ⁣
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1. Finished this book! 7th book of the year 📚⁣
2. Gorj girl time 🌯 (a night off bath & bed duty 👌🏻) ⁣
3. Picky summer lunches 🥗 ⁣
4. Time with my sis and the kids 🍦⁣
5. A tough run session 🏃🏽‍♀️ ⁣
6. Burning off some energy 😆 ⁣
7. Lunch on the go! 🍟⁣
8. Client result! 😍 ⁣
9. Watching with my moon and sun 🌓 ⁣
10. Postpartum client making unreal progress 11. My huge baby 👶🏼⁣
12. Back to my old stomping ground! 🏋🏽‍♀️⁣
13. The best Aranchini and lots of red wine 🍷 14. What it says 🙃 ⁣
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The highlights! ⁣
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Plenty of ‘trying to get out the house’ stress. ⁣
Lots of overwhelm and overstimulation ⁣
A good few melt downs ⁣
Long and tiring bedtime routines ⁣
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Plus trying to keep up with work and life admin! 🤯⁣
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But we move 💪🏻🤪⁣
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Anyone else on the summer holiday rollercoaster? 🎢 😆⁣

Another Busy, But Balanced week! 🤍⁣
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Back from holiday and back into a little bit of a routine… 5 training sessions, normal meals, and ticking off my daily habits 💪🏻 ⁣
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Having both kids with me and trying to juggle everything is TOUGH though! 😅⁣
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And if I’m being completely honest… work has taken a bit of a back seat at the moment.⁣
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I’m still looking after my clients, getting their programmes done, checking in, replying to messages and doing the things that actually matter! ⁣
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But content isn’t consistent at all and all my extra ideas and admin tasks and life tasks aren’t getting done 🙃⁣
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And because I’m self-employed, that can be really hard to switch off from! 🤯⁣
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But I keep having to remind myself that I’m currently in my raising a 1 and 5 year old era, not my business growth era 😅⁣
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(𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥! 😩) ⁣
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Currently trying my best to be a good mum, spend the summer with my kids, look after myself and just keep showing up for my clients! ⁣
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Everything else? Can wait! ⁣
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I think sometimes we put so much pressure on ourselves to be doing EVERYTHING, ALL OF THE TIME.⁣
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But being ‘𝗕𝘂𝘀𝘆, 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱’ 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆…. ⁣
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It’s about being clear on your priorities… ⁣
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And right now mine are… my kids, my health, my family/friends and the ladies I coach!⁣
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So yes, my business might not be growing at the pace I’d like it to right now.⁣
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But my kids are growing.⁣
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And I’m not going to get this version of them back. 🤍⁣
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So if you’re also trying to work around the summer holidays or you’ve got lots of pressure and plates spinning…⁣
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Remember you are only human! There’s only so much you can do… ⁣
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But don’t put yourself to the bottom of the list either! ⁣
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Looking after 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 and doing things that make 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 still deserve a place 💪🏻- even in the busiest of weeks ❤️

How I stayed balanced on holiday… ⁣
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Now I don’t mean ‘good’ and i definitely don’t mean in a deficit… ⁣
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Balanced to me is feeling in control of my choices, indulging but not over indulging and coming home feeling relatively normal! ⁣
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Not all fat and bloated and fuming at myself for eating so much 😆… ⁣

I stuck to my normal type of breakfast! A couple of mornings we had croissants 🥐 and we had breakfast on the beach one morning where we got 2 full English’s but shared it between the 4 of us!

If we ate out a lunch I’d pick something light…

A lot of lunch times we just stayed by the pool and had ham and cheese wraps, fruit and I had little mini magnum most afternoons! One lunch time we had burgers at the water park…

For tea we’d usually share 2 starters between 3 of us…

Prawn Pil Pil most of the time! 🤤

I usually go for fish for my evening meal…

If not chicken!…

Or also love a steak!

We also often get bits the share!

This pesto ravioli was unreal 😍

Seafood pasta! 🍝

An Indian 🤌🏻 shared tandoori prawns and chicken chatt between 3 of us and then i got a chicken saag!

Shared these churros 😍 and I usually love a dessert but I was getting so full off the mains I didn’t have many, maybe shared 1 or 2! Had a little mini magnum most afternoons!

Drinks wise I mainly drank wine and prosecco, few sangrias and this French martini was 🤌🏻… I think there was only 2 days (out of 14 😆) that I didn’t drink on, 1st night because we got there late and 3rd night because I’d got far too drunk on the 2nd night put my self off 🤢😂… a couple each night was fine from then on!

And be rude not to when in Spain 😍… ⁣
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So on a typical day… ⁣
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Breakfast- Eggs on toast ⁣
Lunch- ham and cheese wraps/ salad/ fruit ⁣
Snack- Mini magnum ⁣
Dinner- Shared starter and fish/meat main ⁣
Drinks- Water, Diet Coke, 2/3/4 glasses of Prosecco/Wine ⁣
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Which isn’t that much different to what I eat at home tbh… I just don’t drink every day at home 😂

I also did 4 runs and 1 Pilates session! (Planned around hair wash days ofc 😂)… walks with the pram AND Sonny started walking so I hardly sat still tbh 🙃

Boat Day to visit Tabarca Island ⚓️🩵🐠