Friday is here. Thank You Followers. X

What a roller coaster week it’s been emotionally. Thank god it’s Friday. Drinks with the girls tonight and a dance is just what’s needed. Tonight I take a break from everything for a few hours and am just going to enjoy the company of my close friends. ❤️

BAD INFLUENCE… 🙀
Are you a bad influence? What even is a bad influence. As a person you make your own decisions in life and what path you choose to follow. Others can steer you but only you can truly choose what path you go on. People like to blame others for the behaviours and actions of others, an excuse if you like to justify a change in someone else’s behaviour. Recently this Bad influence term has been used to describe me. Hence why I’m bringing this up. An ex friend i fell out with recently probably the most selfish person in my friend group at the time had the nerve to call me a horrible influence to her and her children.
To this I had to laugh. Was i horrible influence when your children needed looking after whilst you went out for drinks? Was I horrible influence when I came to your house and cleaned your sons urine stained bed? Was I horrible influence when I stood by your side even when you broke down. No. Funny how people are quick to forget all the things you do for them.
Another person whose pulled this word out recently is my own mother. From my last blog I’m sure you can see that currently things are not good in our relationship. What little relationship we have. There seems to be a power struggle she has created herself for control of my sister. She likes to limit our time together says that I am a bad influence. If encouraging her to not stick up for me and keep the peace at home to make her life easier is a bad influence then I don’t know what planet she is on.
She has absolutely no right to judge me, whilst she does not know me. She thinks she knows me from the past. This year has been the biggest year of change for me. I finally grew up and took responsibility for my past and became a more positive person. I live a cleaner lifestyle, I exercise daily and I try to keep positive. I encourage my sister to think positively and would never try to influence her. She is a person in her own right and I love her for it.
Anyway.. Just for the record. I AM NOT A BAD or HORRIBLE INFLUENCE. 😡

Vent over 😉

Clean eating:-
This week has been okay. I’ve stuck to my aims and upped my exercise. My body is sore and I will rest in Sunday. The more emotional I am the more it Spurs me own to get strong.
Here are some of the meals consumed this week.

Nothing too exciting and glam this week I’m afraid just the basics. Will try and spice it up next week. Sometimes the most simple meals are the best. 👌

Tonight I will be on the Red wine. I’ve found this in my local home bargains…

£3 a bottle and only 55 cals a small glass. Will report back once I’ve tasted it. Anyways have a great weekend all.
The weekend starts here. 👍

MASSIVE THANKS to everyone that follows me and the comments I get. Really Spurs me on with my writing. You lot are awesome. Thank you. Xx

Virtue tea review, Clean and Delicious!

So I was kindly sent samples of Clean Iced tea by a company called Virtue Tea. Look them up on Instagram.
They have two flavours of iced tea out at the moment and they are both delicious. It is so hard to find things that are clean and different to drink. As you know from my blogs I only drink herbal teas and water. I’ve been off the fizzys for about three months and feel so much better for it but it can be a bit boring and I’m always looking for something new to try that’s not going to interfere with my clean lifestyle.

Here above are the two flavours they currently do. My favourite was the peach and strawberry as I prefer a more fruity taste than citrus but the lemon was also fantastic. I cannot believe these are clean and taste so great. It’s such a shame they don’t do these in my local food shops but they are branching out all the time to new areas and I will be first in line when it does come to bournemouth! I asked the owner why he thought his product was clean and how he came across it. Here is his reply below

Virtue was inspired by my struggle with weight growing up. Once I lost the
weight in my early teens I decided to stop drinking soft drinks altogether
as the majority of them do you no good whatsoever. Last year when tasting
several ice teas and bubble teas, I looked out for a healthy ice tea and
could not find one. There were mainstream brands selling sugary water and
several premium brands which still had excessive levels of sugar whilst
claiming to be healthy. I spent months testing flavours with consumers and
we reduced our natural fruit sugars to the lowest possible while maintaining
an exceptional taste. Virtue Ice Tea launched a few weeks ago and we are now
in Revital health stores, Partridges, several independent health stores &
cafes, with other exciting stockists on the way and we are about to begin
exporting.

Is this product considered clean for clean eating fans? Yes definitely, our
drinks are naturally low calorie and we do not use any artificial
ingredients. The sweetness in our drinks comes from fruit extract and
stevia, this keeps our calories low and means the only sugars you find in
our drinks are naturally occurring sugars from fruits, we do not use refined
sugars. We are the only ice tea to add vitamins & minerals and we do this so
consumers gain the benefits of antioxidants from tea, in addition to
essential vitamins (C, B3, B6, B7, B12) and minerals (Magnesium & Zinc). Our
drinks are refreshing and good for you, containing less sugar and calories
than most coconut waters, with much more palatable flavours.

Is this in your opinion all natural and why? Our drinks do not contain any
artificial ingredients. We use natural ingredients and also add Vitamins &
Minerals. Our drinks are naturally sweetened with fruit extract and stevia.

So there you have it not only is it refreshing and delicious but it is also good for you especially with all the added vitamins and minerals in it. Such a great idea and product and I hope they continue to grow and grow. If you see this in your local food shop area buy one!

Thank you to the Lovely people at Virtue tea for sending these.