I am so happy to finally announce that I took part in the This Girl Can campaign in collaboration with Boohoo! Their new This Girl Can landing page has now gone live ,where you can see my fitness story as well as other lovely bloggers I got to spend the day with. One of them being, Ella, who I have got really close with since hanging out on this day!
I hope you feel inspired after reading our stories and watching the videos as it means a lot to me. I may not be known for fitness and am not exactly a ‘beach body’ babe with an ideal body but I hope you can see that it doesn’t matter! The point is to feel good about yourself and to get involved in fitness for your own reasons. For me it has been to make my over all well being and health better. I still have days where I sit and scoff a whole packet of cookies and don’t go to the gym in a week, BUT I am better than I ever was. I actually go running now and feel a lot stronger then I used to be. It’s not always about having a toned and perfect physique but also it’s great for mental well being. Get involved and post your fitness journey with the hashtag #thisgirlcan
We can all do it if we just believe in ourselves and support each other for all being different!
Did you ever worry about whether you were good enough to go to the gym? How did you get over that?
I used to worry all the time that it would make me hurt and that I’d look silly. I never had expensive trainers and good sportswear, so I thought people that went would all think I looked stupid. Sometimes there are girls there in tight tops that look great, but that’s okay becase they’ve worked hard to look like that. I realised I needed to do it for my health and my body, and in turn it made me feel better mentally about it because I was doing it for me.
What would you say to other girls/women who might want to get involved in exersize but don’t because they’re worried about being judged for how they look or not being good or fit enough?
I’d say that first of all you have to WANT to do it for yourself, and not because your friend or someone else is doing it. It isn’t a competition and everyone has to start somewhere. So always remember, even if you start really small, you are still on your way to getting where you want to be.
I know you’re active now, but was there a time when you weren’t or when you stopped for any reason. Did you ever feel worried about that? Did you ever feel these worries held you back from starting up again?
I recently got active in March, due to months of being ill due to my condition of Crohns. I have had it for 10 years but never took pride in exercise, as I always felt like it would make me worse. I started off doing light work outs at the gym and yoga classes. After a few weeks I could feel an improvement in myself and my energy! Now I love to exercise and when I am having a bad day, that’s okay also! It’s about feeling happy, and not forcing yourself into something you wont enjoy.
