So it's been a while since I posted anything new on here. But I'm back in Kuwait, the hardest place to be healthy, I find! With its non-pedestrian lifestyle, it's social circle revolving around restaurants and cafes, you can definitely find a way to keep in shape.
We've all established that there's honestly not much to do around here, other than shop, sit, watch movies, lounge around and go out to restaurants. However, I want to develop a list of different things that people should try- other than new hotspots around here! And I'd especially appreciate people adding some more :)
1. Join a gym in Kuwait- whether it's a small one, with just a couple of rooms of weights and machines or the slightly more extravagant resort/beach clubs like Palms, the Corniche, Sea Club or SAS. There's not much to do during the day, so spend an hour at the gym and go for a swim outside! Take on a couple of classes, and enjoy your 'you' time, and if you want to, try to get a personal trainer once a week for some good tips and a workout routine that you can do yourself!
2. Discover new places. Head down to the Avenues and try to window shop and have a good walk around the gigantic air-conditioned mall withOUT going to eat. Check out what they have to offer you and you'd be surprised how little is not about food!
3. Girlies: (And boys if you want!) Invite some friends over and have a home-made spa night. Prepare heaps of homemade chemical-free spa treatments for hair, face, nails and more. You can find loads of recipes online. Experiment with different cocktails and enjoy some 'virgin' cocktails with fresh fruit and sugar rimmed glasses! Also prepare some healthy snacks like Popcorn sprinkled with parmesan cheese for salty, and an assortment of berries and skimmed/fat-free yoghurts for sweet and guilt-free. Just chill out, and vegg-out !
4. Have a cooking/baking party. Better yet, a COOK/BAKE-OFF! Be inspired by Iron Chef. Have friends over, and provide each with only a limited number of ingredients at random. If your friends aren't top chefs, which will be expected, have only a dessert bake-off with simple ingredients that can't go wrong.
5. Another idea to with friends coming over: have a movie-marathon day and prepare pizza ingredients in the kitchen. Have everyone make their own pizza with all their favourite toppings and enjoy the movie!
6. Allright enough with food! Try to organize a team of players for any sport, find a location and organize an entire tournament. Losers buy rounds! (of..umm...redbull or something....)
To be continued...
