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As you know I've been doing Lucy Wyndham-read's exercises on youtube for about 6 months. As I've been doing so well with keeping up with my workouts, I decided to buy some new workout gear to keep me motivated and to replace my worn out pieces.

I placed an order with forever 21 they have some great workout gear on there that’s not overly priced. I also found some workout gear in Primark that looked good and was very cheap.

First up ill go through what I got from Forever 21. I bought two sports bras. I don’t have many of these, I have a white one that’s looking kinda grey and needed replacing, a red one and a black one. So I bought this white and grey marbled effect one that was £13.00 it also has lime green back straps that look so cute when they pop out behind a tank top. The other one that I bought is this bright pink and black one that cost £11.00. There both medium support and are very comfortable to wear.

I only purchased one top from Forever 21, its this red one. I thought it would go well with my red sports bra, that I already own. This is asymmetrical, it has a split down the longer side so that you can tie it in a knot at the side if you wish. This cost £8.

I purchased two pairs of workout pants from Forever 21, a grey and a black pair. The grey pair are called heathered yoga leggings that cost £15. These are a shiney material with a bit of mesh on the side of the legs as you can see from the picture, this mesh part is a pocket.

The black pants are called fold over athletic leggings these were only £11.00, so they were slightly cheaper than the other pair. They have a grey waist band that you can fold over. I prefer these ones to the other as they are more of a legging material not that shiny material.

That’s everything I got from Forever 21, I could have bought a lot more as there workout gear is so pretty but it was my first time ordering activewear from them so didn’t want to go too crazy. Everything fits really nice and washes nicely, so I would definitely buy from there again as its very affordable and pretty.

Next onto my purchases from Primark. I bought two workout tops and a sports jumper. I prefer tank tops for working out in, even in the winter. It just means I have to work harder to keep warm, ha! So both the tops I purchased from Primark wear tank tops. The first one is this black top with grey an white marbling on the front of it. This was £6, it has an inbult sports bra and has cross over straps at the back. The second top is this basic pink tank top, nothing special about it but I liked the colour of it and at £4's it was a bargain.

The last item I bought was this pink jumper, I'm really into this shade of pink at the moment. I cant remember exactly but this was between £6 and £8.  I thought this would be perfect to just pull on over my workout top before and after my workouts. Its extremely soft inside too so its most likely going to become a lounge around the house jumper.

Let me know where you buy your active wear from

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In January I put a post up about my fitness and the goals I wanted to reach. I set a goal for my weight, fitness and diet. These were to loose just over half a stone before my holiday in April, exercise 5 days out of the week and tone up, stick to my calories and not go overly crazy on the naughty weekend days. I was planning on loosing the weight and toning up by using the running machine. In order to stick to it I used the run keeper app and did the couch to 5k  programme. I did really well with sticking to the plan until we went away. I didn't loose the amount of weight that I wanted, I lost 5 pounds which was only 2 pounds off the target I set. So I did do quite well with the weight loss but I wanted to shift those couple extra pounds as I knew in America I was going to be gaining quite a few.

After our holiday I had only put on 3 pounds which was good as I thought it was going to be all that I had originally lost. I kept up with watching what I ate in the week when we got back but I couldn't motivate my self to get back on the running machine. Throughout the time I stuck to the plan I found myself dreading the exercise as it took up a lot of time, drained me of all my energy and I didn't feel like my fitness was improving.

I decided I needed to try and find some kind of exercise that I enjoyed and fitted in with my lifestyle. I tried countless workout programmes I found online and then I turned to you tube. I found this amazing person called Lucy Wyndham-read. Her you tube channel is full of quick exercises that are HIIT workouts (high intensity interval training) these are quick, but you feel them working you.  She also has videos on healthy meals and tips to help you reach your goals.

In just 8 weeks I have managed to loose 2.5 inches on my waist and 1.5 in my hips, I've also lost the 3 pounds I gained in America so I'm back to only needing to loose 2 pounds to reach my goal. Here is a picture of me before and after 8 weeks of working out.

I've been doing these exercises every day but resting in Sunday. I  pick two workouts a week and alternate them. This stops me getting bored through the week as I'm not doing the same one everyday. I've found that I'm really enjoying doing these workouts. I've not skipped a workout even when I've felt tired as I know after I've done my workout I gets burst of energy. I've just generally being feeling really good about myself and would definitely recommend you checking her YouTube channel out.

Seeing the difference in the photos is what keeps me motivated, what keeps you motivated?

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