Viv's Life ~ March No. 1

Welcome, welcome to the first edition of Viv's Life! I try to make it sound exciting, but it isn't that exciting at all actually... I just show you what happened in my life last week and that's it. So without further do: My week:

Saturday:

On saturday I went to Münster with school. It was a lot of fun and Münster is an absolutely beautiful city.

I did it!

A few weeks ago I told you  that I had signed up for the electric run, because I needed a change. I wanted to get back in shape. I didn't exactly stick with the plans I made, because some unforeseen, not so nice things happened. Sh*t happens but that doesn't mean that I should stop doing the things I like. I went and did the race and let me tell you; it was awesome!

Review: Bourjois Color Boost Lipstick

When I was shopping for a spring lipstick last week, I saw this Bourjois lipstick in the corner of my eye. It reminded me of the Clinique Chubby sticks, which made me quite happy. I'm trying to save up so my budget doesn't allow me to buy too many high end products. Reading what Bourjois promised me made me even happier. They promise: A lipstick that lasts for 10h, feels like a bare lip, feels comfortable and hydrates your lips and is waterproof. This lipstick also has SPF15. You can already sense how stoked I was. I decided to buy one in the shade '04 Peach on the Beach'. This peachy colour really gives me that spring/summery feel which makes me feel happy.  Let's test this thing!

Jump roping: The best exercise for calorie burning

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Want to burn a lot of calories as quickly as possible, but don't feel like running? Well I have a quick tip for you: Get your jump rope and get moving! Not only is skipping a lot of fun, but it also burns more calories than running does! Jump roping burns approximately 800 calories an hour. If that isn't motivation then I don't know what is. Some more benefits are:

• It's fun. It might bring back child hood memories and if you have kids you could skip together.
• It's cheap You could buy a good jump robe for 10 euros, which is nothing in comparison to some other fitness equipment.
• You can do it practically anywhere Some of you might not be able to skip inside because of low ceilings. You can do it in your garden, in the park or even on the patio.
• It's small and light Jump ropes are the perfect equipment to take with you. They're light weight and easily fit into a brief case.
• You can use the jump rope to improve strength, agility, coordination or endurance. You can improve strength if you use a weighted jump rope and agility with a speed rope.

Now that we've established that jump roping is amazing, let's make it into a little challenge. As said before, 1 hour of jump roping burns approximately 800 calories, so 10 minutes burns approx. 130 calories. Skip for 10 minutes a day for an entire month and you burn 3900 calories, which is more that 1 pound burned! This will make a perfect addition to your workouts. So:

Skip 10 minutes a day for a month and burn more than 1 pound. Good luck!

♥ Love, Vivian