Eat your Greens.

Eat your greens.

A story of becoming a vegetarian.

As a self conscience teenager I explored all avenues of weight loss and how to maintain a healthy lifestyle, I was adamant that I would aspire to have the figure of Kelly Brook. In reality I was NOT going to achieve that EVER! Then like every other teenager in the world, we discover alcohol. Those dreams were soon a haze as I chowed down on a late night binge of pizza and chips. For years I had issues with my weight and my appearance in general and after attending professional dance school I realised not matter how hard I tried I am just not built to be a size six. So after years of abusing alcohol and food (and needless to say my poor body) I have come to the conclusion the only way to somehow sustain a healthy lifestyle is to eliminate certain foods from my diet. 

I started back in December when I slowly began to wean myself off alcohol, something I had never genuinely enjoyed, I had been doing so well and then at the weekend I had a few too many a realised I would never expose my body like that again. I felt rotten for days and then it hit me, I am going to do it, I'm going to become a vegetarian. I have always been a meat eater and I had always said that I could never give up my Saturday morning bacon sandwich or my Roast Chicken on a Sunday but I am at a place in my life now that I am strong enough to resist. 

I want to become aware of the foods I am putting into my body and I found this to be the perfect way to explore the affects meat and other foods have on our bodies.

After spending the night in an all vegan household Henry felt I had been slightly brainwashed, but the truth of the matter is most Vegetarians or Vegans will not force their views onto anyone and are happy for others to eat meat in their presence. There is a total misconception that you become a preacher, I have never been one to follow a trend or to feel pressured into doing anything. 

I am on day three and I feel so healthy & full of energy. I would love to keep you folks up to date on my progress, and share great recipes, if you are a vegetarian or a vegan and you have any advice please do get in touch I would love some support.

Laurie Rose xx

The Bikini Countdown.

A story of my final attempt to wear a bikini this summer.

Okay, so it's a new year blah blah blah, I'm sick of hearing people around me complain about how they will never reach their ideal weight goals, when they are actually doing something about it and over time they will probably lose enough to feel comfortable gracing the beaches this summer. The truth of the matter is I am unhappy. Over the last few year I have suffered from depression & severe anxiety, which I now feel open enough to talk about. I put on a lot of weight through the over use of alcohol and of course a cocktail of prescription medication, needless to say the comfort eating didn't help either. Years ago I knew I would never swan around the streets in skin tight clothing or short skirts that skimmed my backside, I was built like that and I had accepted it, but I always felt I could tone up a little hear and lose a few inches there. I was dancing four full days a week at college and also worked full time at a restaurant, I was never still. I was healthy and within my healthy BMI, weighing in at just over 10st (140 lbs) give or take the odd bottle of wine, what I was a student! There always was a pressure at college to be thinner than the next girl, it was all about the image of course. But I wasn't one for starving myself or sticking my fingers down my throat.

Now after gaining a whopping 40lbs I think it's time I actually do something. I think it's time, not that I get skinny, but I become healthy. This summer it would be refreshing to buy a bikini that fits over my boobs and to see those toned thighs I once had make an appearance. So hear is my pledge, one I have to just say this has been very hard to share on something so public as my blog, as everyone knows I am extremely open about almost anything, but at the end of the day I am still human and a woman and the question I always dread answering is "And how much would you say you weight Miss Belle?" This is a change to my life style not a quick fix, fancy fad crash diet. 

I would love to hear from other people in the same boat, maybe drop me a line, let me know how you are getting on, or maybe you need to confess to eating a whole tub of Ben & Jerry's while having a Bridget Jones marathon, we have all been there.

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Laurie Rose x