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A few months ago I downloaded a free music streaming service called Spotify and compiled a playlist full of upbeat, energetic tracks to raise my motivation before and during a workout. If you’re thinking about doing something similar, here are some of the tracks I’ve chosen and highly recommend:

Green Light (Freemasons remix) - Beyonce
Fergalicious - Fergie
Lose Control - Missy Elliot
Wind it Up - Gwen Stefani
Yummy - Gwen Stefani
What Are You Waiting For? - Gwen Stefani <— belt out the lyrics as you get moving, they’re so feel-good!
Scream - Michael Jackson 
Fix Up, Look Sharp - Dizzee Rascal
When I Grow Up - Pussycat Dolls
Work - Ciara
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) - Beyonce
Party People - Nelly
Spitfire - Prodigy <— an absolute must to sweat out stress and frustration! 
Aerodynamic - Daft Punk
Robot Rock - Daft Punk
Faster Kill Pussycat - Paul Oakenfold
Try Again - Aaliyah <— a song to remind you to never give up
Jump! - Girls Aloud
Burn, Burn - Lostprophets
Fascination - Alphabeat

What playlist would be complete without a golden oldie? Here’s mine…

Get Up Offa That Thing - James Brown <— The Ali Dee remix is available on Spotify and delivers a bit of extra clout to really get you shimmying around the living room ^_~

One of my friends has introduced me to a brilliant website called Graze.com, which sends you a box filled with healthy snacks for you to graze on throughout the day to promote stable blood sugar levels. I thought the idea of a company sending me fruit and nuts through the post was a bit loony at first, but when I started thinking about it I realised what a good idea it was. I often find myself craving sugary snacks when I’m bored or fed up, and after scoffing a chocolate bar I feel worse than I did before. I could quite easily buy a selection of healthy snacks and dish out a portion at my leisure, but it doesn’t take much for me to expand my portions beyond their recommended sizes. Instead, all Graze.com boxes are divided into 3 portions: large, medium and small, and each is filled with a different food (fruit & nuts, nut mixes, seed mixes, yogurt coated fruit, even olives!) - and, to take away the temptation of having a bit more than is really necessary, the most indulgent foods (such as the chocolate coated fruit) are restricted to a small portion. There’s far too much for me to explain; it’s all condensed on the website itself so do make sure to check it out! 

 So, if you think it’s something you might be interested in trying, visit the website and be sure to enter the following promotional code to receive the first box FREE and the second one half price (the full price is just £2.99 including postage!): DZPWZMDH

Typical!! Mere days after I sign up for BuddySlim, my house was broken into and my laptop stolen. Brilliant. Utterly brilliant. However, internet deprivation has not been my excuse for Cherry Coke and Krispy Kremes. Knowing that someone made the effort to [successfully] violate my privacy and make off with my stuff is both immensely frustrating and upsetting. There was nothing important on my laptop, but it was my laptop. Either way, I responded to such an event by pigging out. And I feel disgusting. I’m at the point where I feel uncomfortable in my own skin and my clothes serve no purpose except to camouflage rolls of fat.

I hate being the size I am because everyone at work is slimmer than me, so I feel like the porker of the lot. The same goes for uni, and I’d love to slim down even if it’s just to make my rival jealous. It’s very petty and childish but she’s a snotty cow who has always been rude to me.

 Well, there’s nothing I can do about thieves. I’ve told the police everything I know, SOCO have searched the house twice for fingerprints (although it transpires the offenders wore gloves), and local CCTV is being scanned for clues. I’ll be applying anti-climb paint and barbed wire to the fence, installing a security light and installing tracking devices on all future laptops. What else can I do? And is there any point in beating myself up about it with food? No. Self sabotage isn’t going to get me anywhere.

 On a lighter note, I passed the second year of uni