Day 18: Get outside, get fit, have fun!

After a really miserable Friday, Saturday started off quite groggy and negative, but I didn't have time to mope about. Saturday mornings are always an early start for my favourite group class of the week, Glenboig Bootcamp. This session was especially exciting this week because it was going to be my busiest class of the year so far!

17 people joined me at Glenboig Park and I thoroughly enjoyed delivering the session. I am always more comfortable delivering fitness classes to a large audience and everyone had fun. All of my troubles from the previous day melted away and I felt so energised again. Thank you to everyone who made the effort to get outside, get fit and have fun with me yesterday!

This is something I will need to remember in the next 11 days if I start to suffer another dip in energy and motivation whilst fasting. Getting outside will always improve my mood, even when I'm on my own.

The rest of my Saturday involved entertaining my parents who had driven up from Lancashire for quick day trip - but, I wasn't much fun. I just wanted my nap. As soon as they departed I was up and in to bed for 60 minutes of long overdue snoozing and rest. I could have snoozed on and off for much longer, but it's always risky at that time of night, and I had a special box of treats to collect!

If you remember last week my friend Zenab and her family gifted me with some beautiful chocolate dipped dates from Dipped Bites, saying well done to me on my fasting journey so far. This little box of deliciousness didn't last the night! It definitely wasn't going to be my first and only sample of these dipped beauties.

Whilst feeling a little low and demotivated on Friday, I took what I see now as a brilliant decision to place a large order for 21 dipped dates and 9 covered strawberries...this was a decision I would not regret! I jumped out of bed at 630PM and hurriedly got myself to drive down in to Glasgow and collect my treats from Cookiez'n'Creamz, a fantastic desert shop on Nelson Street where you can collect your Dipped Bites from.

Thank you so much to Dipped Bites, Cookiez'n'Creamz and my friend Zenab (again) who very kindly dropped off a box of Palestinian Medjoul dates for me at the shop too. Eating Medjoul dates for the first time and enjoying some delicious Dipped Bites has been one of the real highlights of Ramadan so far. Anyone who knows me will see this as a significant turnaround and climb off of my carnivorous high horse, but honestly I wouldn't do Ramadan again without enjoying Medjoul dates on a daily basis! Life changing! 

Enjoying my dipped bites after Iftar was a really sweet end to a better day.

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