Love Emily

Throwback Thursday this week is a picture which is of 2 very special people. 2 people who quite frankly, have been my rock for the past few months, let alone years! We've all known each other since we were practically born! (Well not literally!) We've had a million ups and downs and we've had laughter and tears, oh man the tears!

I feel very lucky to have such amazing friends as these 2, going on travels and adventures all together, well that just makes my life amazing!

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Slimming World Journey Update #3

by Em - 13:28

It's been a while since I posted about my slimming world journey, and truth be told, the reason is I've been slipping dramatically. But a month ago, along with Bex and Lisa, I took the plunge and rejoined a local group, run by our fab girl Em!

So, it's taken me a bit longer to get my head into this time around, but after a few words of encouragement from Em, I'm well on my way now. This week, I haven't been great, as I've been really poorly, but I am trying to make the best choices I can and I'm even 'synning' my throat sweets!

Last week, I had a few events which I knew would result in a gain, and truthfully, I gained 2lbs! I had a 4 year olds birthday party, which involved cake and crisps...you can imagine. I'm hoping I've lost it this week and a bit more, but while some people will look down on the fact I slipped up, one of the biggest things for me, was I went to group, and took the gain. I spoke to Em, and with the support of her and the other girls, I'm feeling more positive about it all! I'm more than determind to get my target, which is now only 3 stone away, unless I decided to lower it again!

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Why I'm Happy Being Single

by Em - 14:09

Today's post is a post that's a little bit more personal. Something that I've been wanting to talk about for a while but couldn't really find the words. Until this week! Back in June, my life was flipped upside down. My relationship of nearly 5 years came crashing down around me. Just like that, it was over. There was nothing we could do, there was just no way of working it out, going back to how we used to be. My heart was broken, mind a mess, life just sucked.

Looking back, I thought I couldn't carry on, how could the person you loved and depended on just go. Who would I wake up to in the morning now? Cook dinner for? Ring on my lunch break, just to see if they were ok? All my dreams of building a future, a family, marriage, buying our first home together were all gone. I told myself I'd never find someone else, no one would ever love me, and worse still, I couldn't love anyone ever again. How silly was I!?

In hindsight now, being in that relationship was not a healthy thing for either of us. We were arguing more than anything, our communication was poor, and 3^rd parties were involved. I won't go too deep into what happened, as it's not really fair to do so, but all I will say is, I'll never trust someone the same way ever again.

Fast forward to present day. Remember I said earlier about how I wouldn't be able to carry on? Yeah, well, I did! I took some time out to focus on me and what I needed/wanted. Something I hadn't really cared about for a while. So far, I've lost 4 stone, 3 stone to go till my target, something that I'm extremely proud of! I've gained a lot of confidence, which was seriously lacking. In turn of that, I've started going out a lot more, again something that was seriously lacking in my life. My friendships have gotten stronger, and I've gained some very close friends along with that. Some who I would literally do anything for.

Why am I writing this post? Well, today, I got asked 'How can you be so happy single?'. Well apart from the above? I just am. It's taken me a while, but my dad once told me 'you can't love someone until you learn to love yourself', and truth be told, I didn't love myself. I still don't, I'm still 'finding' myself. It sounds sad, but I truly do feel like I 'lost' who I was. Interestingly, a friend of mine commented on this. When I spoke to them they told me that when they first met me, they got the total wrong impression. “I thought you were a miserable person who wanted nothing to do with us lot”. To which my reply “And now?”....”You're a lovely girl and a great laugh”. If you hadn't guessed, when they first met me I was with my ex. What more can I say?

Am I ready for another relationship yet? Maybe. I'm not looking for it. I'm not searching. If someone comes along, then it happens. But for now, I'm happy being single, being me! Truth be told, it's slightly scary, the thought of 'loving' someone again. When you've been hurt by something, you're obviously going to be more cautious around it the next time around, relationships are no different. So who knows what will happen, obviously, I will want a relationship again, but for now, I'm happy! :)

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Arbonne Primer Review

by Em - 15:47

Hi everyone!

Recently, I've been learning more and more about a brand called Arbonne. A brand which I discovered back in July and is becoming a firm favourite brand of mine. Arbonne is a brand, which sells Make-up, Skincare, Heath and Nutrition and more.

Arbonne was started up over 30 years ago, and is a company that doesn't sell on the high street. It's a company that doesn't test on animals, vegan certified and doesn't use harmful chemicals. They describe there products as 'friendly to the earth' and this is something that really attracts me to the brand, as well as the name which comes from a Village in Switzerland, which means 'Beautiful Tree'. I found this lovely, because after speaking to some people who represent Arbonne, this is exactly what this company is, a beautiful tree, expanding it's branches out and helping people.

Recently, I was offered the chance to try out a few products for Arbonne, and this primer has to be one of the best products I've tried. Not just Arbonne products, but within all beauty products I've used in recent times. This luxurious makeup primer glides on to visually diminish the appearance of fine lines and pores, creating a smooth surface. And this is exactly what it does, the only other primer I've known that comes close to this one is the Porefessionals.

This Arbonne Primer is classes as a premium make-up product, but is actually sold at a lower cost of just £27, which is an amazing price, given the quality. You also, really do not need to use a lot of this product, so I would imagine this would last me a rather long time!

This primer is on my wish list, and come payday, I will be ordering this without a doubt!

Have any of you guys tried Arbonne before? What are your thoughts?

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Slimming World Update #2

by Em - 15:58

Hi everyone!

I haven't updated about my slimming world journey for a while, so I thought I'd do a small update for you guys!

Since my last update, I've been quite bad and have skipped a few classes, I have however been weighing at home and have continued to lose weight! I'm now nearing the 2 and half stone target, and this makes me extremely happy! This will be the most I've managed to lose with Slimming World ever, and it's given me the boost to carry on losing.

I've had a few Non-Scale victories as they're called recently, one of those being, my Bridesmaid Dress for my brother's wedding needing to be taken in, due to it now being slightly too big. When I first got this dress, it was slightly too small, and I promised myself I would fit into before the wedding. Well I've achieved that and more! I'm not at target, not by a long shot, but I know I feel a lot more happier in that dress now then I did, and I cannot wait to wear it for the wedding!

Another non-scale victory for me, was having to take a dress back to the shop, due to it being too big! I'd brought a size smaller than I would have before and even that was too big! Making me 3/4 sizes smaller than when I started! Which is, for me, an amazing achievement.

I've recently also blown the dust off my treadmill and started running again, after downloading the above album. I can now run/jog straight for 30 minutes straight, which for some doesn't sound a lot, but considering I once couldn't run 2ft, I'm shocked this is me!

So there we go, I'm hoping next time I update you all, I'll be nearer the 3 stone mark, and then I think I might finally have a firm target of my final goal weight in mind!