Monday, 29 June 2015

Easy Detoxing??

Hello my lovelies,

Summer is finally here and we are all trying to get fitter and look as good as possible in our summer swimsuits! 

I'm not all that bothered about being 'summer ready' or 'bikini ready' because what the hell is that?! Anyone of any shape or size should be allowed to wear what they want when they want and be able to feel confident and comfortable without the un wanted/ un needed pressure that society has created for us! 

If you want my advice to feel good for summer you should concentrate on how you feel than how you look! I have recently been looking into detoxing/detox waters. 

Not because I want to lose weight (that would be a bonus but it's not my main priority). I noticed in the past few months I have been feeling extremely tired constantly and just frumpy, getting lots of headaches and just feeling like a huge lump. Not exactly the way everyone wants to feel in bikini weather! Am I right?! 

I started looking into ways to change my diet, or even add things to my diet that will make me feel a bit more human. I already eat a well balanced diet. I don't eat take aways at all really (mainly because I live in the middle of nowhere so there isn't much choice and I can't eat wheat or gluten so that doesn't give me a lot of choice!!).

Someone said to me I should start drinking green tea because it speeds up the metabolism but I hate hot drinks so I didn't think I could. But then I thought about it a little more. Then I started researching cold brewing tea's and coffee's and tested some out.


My two favourites are extremely tasty and easy peasy!!



The first is a mixture of a cold brewed green tea bag, one sliced lime and a handful of mint leaves. I fill the cup 1/2 way full with tap water and add the tea bag. I place it in the fridge for around twenty minutes to half and hour. Then I add the lime and mint and let it sit in the fridge for another twenty to thirty minutes! You can leave it over night if you wish but I like to drink it fresh! I add ice and some more water, remove the teabag then off I go. 

Benefits of green tea, lime and mint: 

A natural fat burner,
Full of antioxidants, 
Kills bad bacteria,
Both help with IBS symptoms,
Boost metabolism,
Helps with headaches and indigestion,
Reduces fatigue.

After drinking these twice daily for two weeks I can confirm I felt so much more awake and full of energy. They are also so refreshing definitely worth a try! Yummy! A great summer drink!


The second is a mixture of white tea, raspberries and mint. Again I put the tea in half a cup of water and let it sit in the fridge for twenty minutes to half an hour, add the raspberries and add the mint and let that sit for a further twenty minutes. Add ice and then enjoy! I decided to try white tea as it is 10x better than green tea! Which I never would have known! Has a very subtle taste but is lovely. Raspberries are amazing natural fat burners and again are tasty!! 

With a few tweaks to my diet, exercising for twenty minutes twice a week I managed to lose five pound this month!! I feel so much more alive and feel like getting fitter will take time but I love how I feel already! I definitely recommend you trying these! 

Hope you find this interesting or helpful! Speak to you soon! 

Love Paige x

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