I've Been Thinking... - This Girl Can

Hi!!!

How are we all? This is one of my world famous posts about an ad campaign. OK, so maybe not world famous, but hopefully you'll like it. Today's advert is from the "This Girl Can" campaign. I really love this campaign (which you'll find out more about as we go on) and I really hope you enjoy.

The campaign "This Girl Can" launched fairly recently. I first saw it on Sky News Sunrise with the ever fabulous Eamonn Holmes and crew and I just fell completely in love with the advert, the campaign and what these amazing women stand for.

 

 "This Girl Can" is one for all you lovely ladies out there.

The campaign is funny and witty (If you don't laugh at "I Jiggle, Therefore I Am" then I'm not sure we can be friends...) and is so relatable. It also features the music of the ever amazing Missy Elliot (who we all love, right?) which makes it so much fun to watch.

There are inspirational women of all shapes, sizes, ages, skills and abilities in the campaign, which is something I really like as it shows that being active, being healthy and taking care of yourself is something for everyone. These women look like the kinds of people you might know, which reminds you of this.

One billboard I have seen from the campaign is a phrase I really like: "I Swim Because I Love My Body, Not Because I Hate It". I like it because I see a lot of people hating the way that they look and hating their bodies. I'm not saying that you can't want to make a change, that you can't want to get fitter, to tone or to lose weight (or anything else) but the reasons must be right. Don't go into it hating your body. Go into it wanting to make your body better, to make you happy, to make you healthy (or something else) and you'll do much better.

This campaign serves as a great lesson for a number of people that exercise is for everyone, that how you look while you exercise isn't important and that a good lifestyle is a way to improve yourself in many ways (your health, your happiness, your looks etc.)

Leading a healthy and happy life is key for us all and "This Girl Can" is a reminder that nothing should stop you from achieving this or achieving your goals.
 

To watch the television advert for "This Girl Can", mosey on over HERE and to see their campaign website, click ME.

 



That's everything for today then, you guys. I hope that you enjoyed this post and that you like the campaign as much as I do.

What do you think of "This Girl Can"? Had you heard of it before now? Do you participate in any sports? Do you workout or do any other kind of exercise? Has this campaign helped change how you feel about sports and exercise whether you currently participate in it or not? Let me know in the comments below...

Thanks for reading this, everyone.

 

I hope your day is exceptional!

 

GingerSnaps xxx

On Your Marks, Get Set, Go! - Fitness - Running.

Hi!!!

OK, so today, I wanted to write a post about something different. Something new.

Running.

That's right, this post is about running. But its not me ranting about people running or anything like that...

I've taken up running. Stop sniggering please. Thank you.

I'm being serious.

I know that, if you know me, you'll find this rather unbelievable. I've never exactly been "Sporty Spice", by any means. I enjoy watching sport on telly like the football, and the really "sporty" sports like the Olympics, or the smaller versions of that. But I've never really felt the urge to take it up. I've always known and seen the benefits because of other people, but I've never been the type of person to become interested in something for the purpose of shedding a few pounds and toning my backside.
 

In fact, the real reasons I decided to take it up are probably a lot more simple than you'd think. I'll never be an Olympian - nor would I want to be, in truth - but it wouldn't hurt me to be a bit fitter and healthier. Whenever I have to run for something (i.e. the Tube, the bus, that really important piece of paper blowing down the road), I end up more out of breath than I probably should. I don't want health issues, at any point in my life, so I want to keep on top of it.
Also, I was inspired by fitness/running related blog posts all over the interwebs (would you like me to do a separate post on these? If so, tell me in the comments!) which was a bit of a friendly slap on the back to say "Look what you could achieve. Not everyone is sporty, but you can still make a positive change in your life".

 

Last Saturday, I went for my first run, and I enjoyed it. Yep, I know, shock horror! I enjoyed sport (again, if you know me, try not to faint!). I know I may not have gotten very far, and I did get out of breath fairly quickly but that for a "first time" runner, is OK. I think I enjoyed it because I got to control how much I did, when I did it and where I did it. When people do Sports at school, they tend not to enjoy it because they are being told what to do, how much to do, when to do it and where to do it. That's one of the reasons I'm not typically sporty. P.E at school, over time, gave me a pretty bad attitude to sports on the whole. Now though, I think I could really get into this whole running thing, and that in itself is an achievement for me.

 

I'm going for another few runs over this week. I'm trying to phase myself into it, and so far, I'm finding that working well, because then I look forward to my runs.

What I think this post was really about, was not me taking up running but rather telling you that you can make positive changes in your life with the right motivation. It doesn't have to be a "big deal" to anyone else, and it doesn't have to be about Health and Fitness. Anything at all, that you want to do, you can. I promise.

Have a simply brilliant day.

 

 

GingerSnaps xxx