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Vanisha September 9, 2015

Work It Out | Workout Music Playlist – Throwback #1

Getting a great workout in can be one thing, but having a great workout playlist to get your sweat on whilst working out can sometimes be a struggle. You never know how important it is to have a playlist that can pump you up, until you’re there, on the treadmill, trying to get the intensity as high as your body can handle. I am endlessly sitting on YouTube listening to music which I can purchase or add to my Spotify playlist to hep me get in the workout mood whilst at the gym.

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Vanisha August 27, 2015

Get More Zzz’s | How To Get Better Sleep

Modern day sleep routines have been known to be a routine which is no longer that important to us any more, with most of us not even getting our recommended hours of sleep a day. It’s generally recommended that we get about 9 hours of quality sleep a day to help us focus on tasks the next day, wind down, and actually wake up on the right side of the bed everyday! There is nothing worse than waking up super grumpy the next day because your sleep has been interrupted or your just haven’t had enough. I for one am guilty of not getting enough sleep on a regular basis, and there’s only one thing that keeps me going everyday – coffee. Latte’s, Cappuccinos, Americanos you name it. So I think it’s amount time we aim to wind down, and drift away with a better nights sleep. So here are…

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Vanisha August 24, 2015

Laser Eye Surgery Diary | Two Week Update

As I haven’t posted an update on my Laser Eye Surgery Diary since my surgery day, which can be found HERE, I thought I’d post a short update on how things are going two weeks after my surgery. I mentioned in my surgery update that I was due to go back to Optical Express the day after, and one week after my surgery day just to check everything was A Ok. After the first week of recovery I did notice that my eyes were no longer improving as quickly as they had done the day after my surgery. Though, I did expect this as the biggest improvement in your vision is seen after the surgery day itself. Following this, I noticed that my vision wasn’t as clear as I would have hoped, and my vision was still blurry. Now this might just be me being really picky, and I can’t…

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Vanisha August 12, 2015

Work It Out | Polar FT4 Review

Ever since I joined the gym I have always been curious of that little monitor on each machine counting how many calories are burnt on each work out. I’ve seen it fluctuate so much; some machines even going so far as to indicate that I’ve burnt almost a thousand calories in a half an hour workout. To me, that simply could not be correct as there are so many other factors that go into how many calories you burn. Machines at the gym don’t have such functions to be as precise as I had hoped. Since starting working out from home (you can catch up with my Kayla Itsines home circuit workouts HERE I’ve wanted to see exactly how hard I’ve been pushing myself, and also the vital figure of how many calories I’ve burnt. This is where the Polar FT4 Heart Rate Monitor can be introduced nicely.

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Vanisha August 8, 2015

Laser Eye Surgery Diary | Surgery

Two weeks ago I went along to Optical Express for a Laser Eye Surgery consultation, my laser eye surgery diary entry can be found HERE. I finally decided to take the plunge and be free from glasses and contact lenses. To go through any sort of surgery, especially one that is elective is a huge decision to make. But with this decision I was pretty sure it was one that I wasn’t going to regret! My Laser Eye Surgery appointment was booked for Wednesday at 1.30pm at Optical Express in Harley Street. I took my other half, Ankit, with me as it is recommended you take someone with you to make sure you get home ok after the surgery. I woke up on Wednesday morning with mixed feelings about the surgery, I was both nervous and excited at the thought of going through with the surgery, though also slightly anxious…

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