graze box

Bit of a different post today, I received my first graze box!

I had heard about the scheme a while ago but never got round to ordering a box, that was until I got my hands on a voucher for a free one.

Im sure you all know about the concept of the graze box, if you don't then it is basically a postal subscription of healthy snacks, delivered as often as you like, to wherever you like. 

 set up your profile online, tell graze.com what snacks appeal to you, what you want sent soon and which you never want to receive in your boxes and they'll do the rest for you. 

Each box is nutritionally balanced and should last you around 2-3 days. 

In my first box I received :

a cheddar, red onion and chutney foccia     

 golden honey cashew nuts    

   fig roll: fig & sesame balls, sponge pieces & walnuts    

korean chilli rice crackers

each snack is individually packaged to keep it fresh and is the correct size of a recommended portion,

you also get a handy booklet to tell you the nutritional information so you know what your eating

 graze boxes are £3.49 each but you can get your first box free with this code: HQQ3MW6  whats more you can cancel anytime! 

graze.com

I will deffinitly be keeping my weekly subscription for a little while, simply as a way to try out new snacks that I wouldn't have tried otherwise, I can always go to a health food shop and purchase larger quantities at a later date to save money!

If anyone has tried graze boxes before, I wanna know what your favs are! I love the chilli crackers and cashew nuts!

back to it.

So this week marks the 6 weeks after I injured my back which means I can exercise again hurrah!

The week before I hurt myself I went on holiday so it's actually been more like 7/8 weeks since I've been to the gym and don't I know about it! 

So, as advised by doctors I have cancelled my gym membership and am going to take up more gentle forms of exercise, no back injuring clunky gym equipment for me!

however I am not really a fan of "gentle" exercise and as attractive as this may sound, I don't feel like I've worked out unless I'm sweating and ache a little the next day! 

so here it is...

Jillian Michaels 30 day Shred £5.99 @ Amazon

So the principle of this workout is to work hard for only 20 minutes, but you have to do it everyday!

Im hoping I will find the motivation to do this every day, just have to keep telling myself "It's just 20 minutes!!"

The only thing you need is floor space and a couple of dumbbells, I picked these up at my local Sportsdirect for £2 each:

First thoughts? A little nervous as I haven't done any exercise for so long! But then again I'm no stranger to tough workouts, I endured almost a year of intense boxing classes twice a week which saw me loose over 2 stone, so Im thinking I might even enjoy this?....

 wish me luck!

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