MyFitnessPal- wanna be my friend?

So after years of making new years resolutions to lose weight and get fit, I finally decided to do something about it and signed up for http://www.myfitnesspal.com/

This website which is FREE to use, allows you to input your current weight and height and how much you wish to lose as well as how many sessions of exercise you will take part in per week. It then tells you how many calories, protein, carbs and fat you can eat in order to lose weight, how many pounds you will lose per week and how long it will take!

If you want to lose weight but can't afford weightwatchers or the gym then this is a really good idea! You can also make friends on there to help you stay motivated. I've wanted to lose weight for ages to feel better about myself. I hate going into clothes shops and hating the way clothes fit. I also want to be fit for my midwifery training, it won't be good if I'm always out of breath on the wards!!!

If you wish to add me, my name is fun_and_fit. I feel I need to explain that name a bit more as it sounds like a name you would find on a dating site! I choose the name to reflect how I wish to be in the future, fun as in enjoying life and fit as in not feeling tired and sluggish!

I really hope I can keep this up and get to my goal weight and I'm going to stay positive and see how it goes!

Hears to losing weight!

My midwifery journey so far

Well as the title says this post is about my journey to becoming a midwife.I did have two posts already written up and published about my journey so far, however I decided to take them down for the moment as I didn't feel comfy with what I had written. Maybe one day I will have the courage to repost them but for now I will give you a simple run down of my journey so far.

I decided I wanted to be a midwife after the birth of my 7th sibling, a beautiful little girl who I adore with all my heart. At the hospital I met a wonderful newly qualified midwife who truly inspired me to follow the dream. Even though I could tell her job was hard and demanding she never failed to be calm and kind to the women in her care and I thought, this is what I want to do! Of course I had thought about midwifery as a career before but as I was quite young and home schooled I never thought I was clever enough to be able to do a degree.

After the birth of my sister I enrolled in an Access course and completed it with mainly merits and distinctions-I was quite clever after all! During my time on the Access course I also gained work experience with a community midwife in a childrens centre and shadowed a midwife at NCT antenatal classes. I applied to 5 uni's and was offered a place at a London University where I am currently waiting to commence my studying. I have just completed an occupational health check and I am waiting for my UCAS to turn unconditional.

So yeah, this is my journey so far! Hopefully this blog will be filled with happy memories after 3 years that I can look back on and reminisce about!

Bargain Uni Bag :)

So yesterday whilst out carbooting I found the perfect bag for Uni :) It's simply beautiful!!! It's a vintage pleather weekend bag in a lovely shade of brown and the best bit is it only cost me 2.00!!!! I also got a lovely maxi dress from Dorothy Perkins which only cost me 1.50!

Beautiful Bedrooms

Lately, I have been dreaming of making my bedroom into an inspiring place that I can chill out and do uni work in. The house I live in is rented and very plain! These are the bedrooms i'm drawing inspiration from (warning some of the rooms belong to kiddies) LOL.



From http://www.bleubirdblog.com



From http://mycakies.blogspot.com







The three images above are from http://dottieangel.blogspot.com

All these rooms are beautiful and I hav noticed I'm steering towards the granny chic look, mustbe al those carboots I go to!