One of my goals for 2019 is to move my body daily (read it here - ‘My 2019 Goals + Plans’), which I have been doing to some extent, but also not to the full extent that I probably could be, why? Because this year I’m choosing to take my time to find my personal ‘fitness groove’ in terms of how I actually want to move.

Last Sunday, 30 September 2018, I celebrated my sixth Active Nation Day.

What is Active Nation Day?

Active Nation Day is a day created by Lorna Jane to get the Nation (and the world) moving. To spread awareness about how important it is to move and to encourage everyone and anyone to move their body and fall in love with how exercise makes them feel all over again.

If you aren't a regular reader of mine, basically this year I have been taking a more light hearted approach to my fitness, I've been purely focussing on what I enjoy and what feels good to me at the time, less the pressure of trying to do it all and do it perfectly (read it here - 'Restarting My Fitness Journey (Again)' + here 'Why I Love Having a Personal Trainer').

My first personal training session was on the morning of Saturday, 24 February 2018, so I've had a personal trainer now for just over 3 months. Earlier that week I joined a new gym (Anytime Fitness), and with that received a free personal training session.

Over the years my fitness has had many highs and many lows. I've gone from not exercising at all, to exercising 2 hours a night - 6 days a week, never running, to running 7km's every morning, giving it up completely, to joining a gym, cancelling my membership, joining another gym, cancelling again, I'm sure you get what I'm getting at, my fitness journey for years has been all over the shop, I've never stuck at my fitness for more than a year at a time without giving up on it in between. I love it when I'm really into it, but I've never felt like I've been doing it for the right reasons, until now.

I've recently gotten back into my fitness journey (full story to come about this in another blog post), and thought a fun blog post to do to kick off this journey that I'll be sharing with you overtime here on SPARKLE on darling, would be to firstly share with you what's in my gym bag right now.