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Someone asked me recently if I had any plans to go on holiday this summer and I laughed because currently I can't imagine how I'd afford it. This summer I will be paying my bills and silently envying anyone with the funds to take themselves somewhere sunnier. It does seem as though I might be changing jobs in the next month or and if that comes about maybe it might become less of a ridiculous possibility. Fingers crossed or me or alternatively contact me to find out how to send me money ( I jest !)  Anyway while driving home today I was listening to Beat Fm, mostly because 3 months after buying my car I still haven't gotten around to tuning in other radio stations, and they were talking about a competition they are running over the summer where they are giving people money to make their summer dreams a reality. You apply and tell them how much you need and what it's for e.g  holiday or festival or so on and then you might be in with a chance of winning some of that ...

I realised recently that its been five years since I picked up my first Kettlebell and maybe three since I began Crossfit. I have also spent the majority of this time sort of eating healthy and then falling off the wagon in a dramatic fashion. In all this time the one thing I haven't managed to find is some motivation so I do really well for a few weeks and suddenly I'm skipping classes and stuffing my face. Not to mention the 9 month break I took when I delved into Social care work. This should explain to you why I am not the paragon of fitness you might expect given how long I've been with my gym. My 6 year old niece drew the picture above for my birthday. It's very sweet but it also depicts me lifting a much heavier bar than anything I have lifted thus far and I took it as a reminder  to get my act together. It's weird how fitness goals shift over time. I know I have been stuck in pretty much the same place for about three years thanks to Facebook sharing blo...