Coldpress Juices.........

In 2006, Andrew, their founder, and Bradley, our technical whizz, transformed the Australian juice market by pioneering cold pressed technology that could naturally retain more taste, more nutrients and vitamins than pasteurised juices before introducing their distinctive hexagonal bottles to the UK in 2011.

This juice stood out to me when I was on the Coldpress website. It is a Passion Fruit Apple Juice. This bottle is 750 ml. This is so refreshing and tastes really tropical. It tastes like a Pornstar Martini but without the alcohol, this is definitely an amazing juice. 

These two smoothies caught my eye as soon as I got the delivery. The reason why was because they contained Almond Milk and were really thick smoothies. These bottles are 250 ml. The Banana Raw Cacao smoothie only has 201 calories and contains Almond, Banana, Apple, Lemon, Raw Cacao and Cinnamon. This smoothie is also dairy free. I love this smoothie it has an amazing taste and is really thick but doesn't have any big bits in it. This smoothie is so filling I could easily have one for breakfast and be fine till lunch. The Very Berry smoothie is really filling too. I find that I can drink this at lunch but then at three or four o'clock I get hungry so have to snack on some cashews. This Very Berry smoothie is only 12o calories and so delicious. 

The first smoothie of these I tried was the Mango and Passionfruit one. This has the texture of a juice rather than a smoothie. It isn't thick at all and I was able to drink a lot in one go. I love the flavours in this smoothie, I really am a tropical girl and love a tropical smoothie. The strawberry and banana smoothie was exactly what I expected in taste but what I love about these smoothies is that they aren't too thick and don't have bits in them. As you all know I love the taste of coconut and the Coconut, Pineapple and Banana smoothie was incredible. All the flavours together are more tropical, it reminds me of a holiday and just lying on the beach. 

I love all these juices and smoothie and would really suggest you pick them up as a healthy snack or drink alternative in the day. Coldpress Juices can be found in Waitrose, Tesco, Sainsburys, Ocado, Morrisons, Budgens and Co Operative. Their website is http://www.cold-press.com. 

Love Vicky x

How to Get Those Abs........

Kin is a dynamic platform for your health and wellbeing journey. Founded by husband and wife team Kyle and Kelly Maslen.

I was sent the travel packets of Kin Nutrition. These are one protein tubs on protein. I have used a lot of protein recently and I was intrigued by the interesting flavours they had to offer. I was sent the Strawberry and Cookies and Cream flavours.

 

I tried the strawberry first as I have seen this flavour of protein before. It definitely tastes like strawberry and is so creamy. I put this favour with cashew milk. I normally use almond milk but i saw cashew in the shop and preferred that one at the time. I then again put the Cookies and Cream protein with Cashew Milk. The taste of this protein is very sweet and not as light as the strawberry one. I have got to say I love the strawberry flavour but would definitely recommend both. You can also put these with water but I prefer the taste of a nut milk with them. 

The travel Collection can be found at here.

Love Vicky x

My Workout Routine....

   

Since it is two years since my weight loss post that everyone enjoyed so much, I thought I would write a workout routine post and show you guys how this has changed since that post. I try to go the gym two or three times a week. If I can't I normally do a workout at home instead. When I go to the gym I start on the treadmill. I start with a brisk walk for five minutes to warm up then I do a steady 10-15 minute run depending on how I feel on the day. After that I start to increase the speed to sprint speeds for five minutes just to push myself at the end. Then the treadmill automatically starts a cool down which is a slow walking pace for five minutes. 

I then like to move on to the climber or stepper, these are very similar machines so I tend to just do one, depending on which is taken and which isn't the climber is basically like climbing upstairs. If you watch Kourtney Kardashian's snapchat she posts this a lot on there. I do this for 5-10 minutes. The stepper I would do at the same length of time but this machine is more like pedalling and stepping than climbing up stairs. 

I will then go do a 15 minute ab workout consisting of sit ups, press ups, russian twists, knee touches, toe touches, bicycle, crunches, leg raises and many more I can't think of right now. 

I really am into building up muscle and toning my body this year and to do this you have to eat well along with exercising. I decided in January that I wanted to start using protein shakes after workouts. My initial reaction was well which brand do I buy and where can I find the perfect brand. I have been really interested in Cute Nutrition recently that produce cocktail flavoured proteins. I may get this one next time, I just wish there was a way to try them online! 

I then found out that Protein World were doing 30% off discount and then decided to get some from there. Their proteins comes in Banana, Strawberry, Chocolate and Vanilla. I decided to get Vanilla as I thought the others would be too strong and as this is my first time using protein shakes I thought it would be better to get a plainer flavour to start off with. The protein arrived two days after I ordered it. It came super quick and actually arrived two days before it was scheduled to. The Vanilla shake powder I put with water because that is what they suggest, I found the taste quite sweet therefore next time I would like to try it with almond milk instead. 

I also was sent some whey protein from The Pure Blend Co against ago and decided to try there powder in a shake as well. I have Chocolate flavour and Acai berry flavour and have tried them both with almond milk and they taste amazing!

So does it really work? And is it going to improve my abs? Only time will tell and I will let you guys know. I have noticed a little difference since I have started. 

Love Vicky x