2016 HERE I COME!

So this year has been somewhat of a roller coaster,
I started the year 2015 by loosing a stone in 1 month by cutting out all dairy product, then early January I was bitten by a Lyme infected deer tick and had to go on 4 weeks worth of antibiotics. I kept trying to loose weight and get into football and over the few months after the weight slowly melted off me and by the end of may I had lost nearly 2 stone since beginning of January,

These pictures were taken 8 weeks apart! :) very pleased!

 then in May we moved house and went on holiday in the space of 2 weeks!

And doing all this and having 2 kids under 3 is no joke!!

3 DAYS after we came back from holiday I was cycling back home from work on a Friday night ( work at a pub), where a lady who didn't see me with full light gear coming down the hill turns in front of me and I missed her hood by a foot but smashed into the side of her car instead, face planting the car with the handlebars digging into my thigh, as I was trying to jump off the bike,  and then bouncing onto the road and hitting my head and my shoulder badly on the road.

I was taking by an ambulance to the nearest hospital and thankfully nothing was broken, just a severely bruised thigh (hematoma along with damaged fat cells ), bruised knee, face and a really bad whip lash.

Took 2 weeks to recover before I started going out and about again,

The thing I was most destructed about after the accident is all the hard work I had put in to get myself fit and ready for football season, now I had 2 months of absolutely no exercise do to terrible back and thigh pains.

I slowly eased back into football and with physio therapy along side I think I came back together quite quickly, I wouldn't even say I'm now at the same place as I was in the summer, I still got a fair way to go before I get to that stage again but I CAN AND I WILL!

 Yes I'm definitely getting my confident back and my body back. Slowly but surely, but hey I will get there!

Signed on again this year with the most awesome team ever!, Newbury ladies, they are the most amazing group of girls and just absolutely epic to play along side them!

I keep taking progress pictures as I feel its the best way to see how well I'm doing!

I try keeping on track as just from September - December, I pulled a muscle in my groin, abs, and thigh, I got 2 infections in my throat, 1 in my wisdom tooth, a new found severe allergic reactions to avocado! :(,  fractured chest bone  , constant sickness bugs (either me or the kids) and just all in all a hell of a lot of CRAP thrown in me, but Ive always tried to keep on track with my eating if i haven't been able to exercise properly.

And I have to say in a year!.. I'm So happy going from this 

TO THIS!! :D

Peace out 2015!, Ill be rocking into 2016 in my Pj's as a true Mom !

All about CARBS!

I'm one of the people who LOVE Carbs, after I started eating them religiously, making sure if they contain simple or complex sugars I feel ten times better!, more energized and focused!

Simple sugars are digested faster and release energy faster, but you will go down just as fast, so making sure you are eating more of complex sugars to get the slow releasing of Glucose and keep energy nice and steady over the day so you wont be up and down like a yo-yo.

It varies how much of each Macronutrient each person needs depending on age, weight, how often and for how long you train for and what your goals are.

- Carbohydrates prodive the body with glycose, which is converted to energy used to suppord bodily functions and physical activity.
- healthiest sorces are : whole grains, vegetables, fruits and beans,
- Unhealthier sorces are : white bread, pastries, soda and other highly processed foods, these items contain easily digested carbs that may contribute to weight gain, interfere with weight loss , and promote diabetes and heart disease.



Good Foods high in carbs:

• Whole wheat bread , 1 slice, about 14gr
• Multi grain bread, 1 slice, about 17gr
• oatmeal cooked, 1 cup , about 25gr
• Pasta, whole wheat, 1 cup cooked, 37gr
• rice, basmati brown, 1/4 cup dry, 31gr
• rice, brown, 1/4 cup dry, 33gr
• Rye bread , 1 slice 15gr

•  Avocado , 1 medium  17gr
• Rasberries , 1 cup , 15 gr
• Blackberries, 1 cup. 15gr
• Black beans . 1/2 cup . 22gr
• Broccoli , 1 cup , 9gr
• Pear , 1 medium , 20gr
• Apple, 1 medium, 23gr
• Barley 1/2 cup, 22gr
• Peach, 1 medium 12gr
• banana, 1 medium , 27gr
• Pomegranate , 1/2 fruit 27gr
• Mango  1 cup , 25gr
• pinapple , 1 cup, 22gr
• Orange, (3 inch piece), 18gr
• Grapes, 1 cup , 16gr

I reccomend Myfitnesspal app !, easy to input what you are eating and it shows the Macros (carbs, protain and fat), and its usefull to keep track of what you are having on the go! :)

Obviously there are ALOT more foods that contain carbs and how you puzzle your meals togeather is upto you and your diatery needs.

soon I will be putting up some meal suggestions and recipes and best way to Carb load before a heavy physical activity :)

Instagram @justdiymama

Twitter @justdiymama