Well, I can safely say that my lower tummy muscles are definitely feeling the first yoga session!
Now, normally, I don't like anyone, even my husband seeing me exercise - being a red, sweaty lump is hugely unattractive! However, I've realised that I've got to get over myself, and I have just finished my second work out on the bedroom floor, whilst hubby was having an extended lie in. I guess he got board of the instructor, so he got up, showered and went downstairs.
The second workout was tougher. Slightly longer at 30-ish minutes, it focused on thighs, hips and bums, whilst also giving those abs another run for their money. I also couldn't consistently manage the 'jasmine vine' exercise, which was laying on your back, raising your legs to the ceiling, and then scissoring them as you raise and lower them to the point you can manage. However, I'm not giving up and am looking forward to seeing how many sessions it will take before I can do everything she was asking for on this work out.
Here is the vid - if you're going to try it too, please let me know how you found it:
Of course, I must remember that my blog is also about crafty stuff! So, with that in mind, later I'll post pictures of a chunky scarf that I started on yesterday - it's already working up a treat and I hope that we'll actually get some cold weather for me to actually wear it!
That's all for now folks - see you later!
Monday, 28 December 2015
Right, I'm going to do this thing!
Am not waiting for Jan - I want a head start. What is it they say? A year from now, you'll wish that you started today . . . .
So, I'm overweight - but who isn't after Christmas eh? I have managed to put on half a stone over December, and I was already overweight before that. Obviously, I don't want to stay this way, so I'm going to chart my progress as I try out methods of losing weight and gaining a better shape than a sack of potatoes, which is prety much what I am right now.
On Christmas day, I saw this video . . . . . .
This . . . . it inspired me!
I loved this guys attitude - he couldn't manage everything, but rather than give up and accept his size for the rest of his life, he accepted that he was at the beginning of his journey and each day he'd do a little better than the day before. He lost 21 stone in 15 months!!!!!
I thought about it - we had the whole in-law family around - a house of 10 people, 4 of which were kiddies, and to be honest, there was no way I was going to do anything on Christmas day, or Boxing day, and the 27th was a visit to my folks for more food and happy meetings. One thing I have agreed with myself is that life is to be lived, so I wasn't going to stint myself too much!
But today was the day to begin - my parents-in-law left this morning, and we had a lazy few hours after that, getting used to being just 4 again. So I dug out the mat I bought when Wii Fit was the fashion, took it to the bedroon and found this video:
I managed pretty much the entire work out, and can feel it now in my tummy! I look nothing like the lovely lass in the video, of course, but I really enjoyed the workout. And, it's a start.
She has 3 work outs at this level, and I plan on going through them all, doing one a day, for the next couple of weeks. It's only 20 or so minutes a day, and I can already feel that it's working my muscles.
Anyway, I'm going to chart my progress here - tomorrow I'm going to be brave, take photos and take measurements - I want to see the changes myself!
However, I'm also going to be brutally honest - I'm not perfect, and life has the potential to be very short, so I'm typing this whilst outside a few glasses of white wine.
Honestly, I will be drinking fairly frequently, and not always eating healthily, but I will be working harder at being good than 'normal' and still trying to achieve the goal of weight loss and a better lookin body.
One thing I do believe is that life is to be lived, and I don't want my last thought to be - I wish I hadn't said 'no' so often. There are delicious things to eat, drink and experience and I want to make the most of all of them, but still do my best to not turn into a human dumpling!
