Dumbells

Dumbells...not a fan!
Today Jon threw dumbells into the mix...I nearly smashed them into V's light fittings...by accident obviously! We were training indoors again due to the dreadful weather and we had to lift them above our heads and then out to the side. I couldn't actually even manage to hold two out simultaneously and circle them, I had to go one at a time! So I add another thing to my "dislike" list but the good news is that I did manage to hold "the plank" for thirty seconds which may not sound much to you but for me it's on a par miracle wise with the visitation of the archangel Gabriel to Mary!

Bend and Flex

At the moment I am meant to be working on my flexibility...I have none! I am as a rigid as a brick wall! Jon has given me 12 exercises to do in circuit fashion which is meant to improve this situation. The noise my knees make as I bend is really quite disconcerting! As with most of this new challenge I'm attempting...we live in hope!

Victoria Sponge

Today the lovely Jon was poorly so V and I were left to our own devices! V was slightly ahead of me as she went out for a jog on Saturday afternoon! She texted me to see if I wanted to join her but as I was in a cafe in Oxford stuffing my face at the time...
So today I vowed I would go out and do some exercise on my own in the afternoon as small child was firmly esconced in school till 4:30pm thank goodness for tennis club! The problem was that I had friends coming for lunch...so this morning I made a Victoria Sponge cake...a big one...with fresh cream! Having finished lunch and sent my friends on their way I dressed for the artic, grabbed my phone and tried my new app which is a stopwatch! I set the timer for three minutes and ran for 3 then walked for three...did that three times each and then went back home and did exercises in front of Location, Location, Location.
It is quite hard to watch tv whilst doing squat thrusts but I managed it! I definitely entertained the kids next door as they came home from school because I'm not normally doing jumping jacks in front of my lounge window! So all in all quite pleased wit myself until teatime when that cake came calling my name again!!!!

Baggy Trousers

Well yesterday we had training again...oh dear was so not in the mood! Perseverance is definitely the name of the game and Jon helps with that he is always cheerful even when the weather is ming!
So back to the less enthusiastic V and me...we started off with some warm ups, running from side to side and back again and this is where the problems started...my joggers were too big and kept falling down! Try doing shuttle runs in the mud whilst holding up your trews...hard work! The problem was exacerbated by Jon deciding that everytime we ran back to the middle we had to do a squat thrust! Regular readers will know that I do not enjoy the squat thrust exercise and yesterday did nothing to change my mind. Squat thrusts with trousers which will not stay up are simply not a good idea! Jon's response to the trouser issue was merely to congratulate me on having lost enough weight to merit baggy trousers rather than suggest I called it a day as I was secretly hoping he would...well it was cold out there! My favourite bit of the session was the running round the football pitch bit...straight forward jogging while holding up your trousers is a lot easier than holding them up whilst doing jumping jacks! There was a hilarious moment when V had a mutiny and refused to do anymore squats because she could barely stand and the two of us collapsed in a heap on her sofas at the end of the session  probably entertained Jon for the rest of the day. The only good news...at least I get to go shopping for more joggers that actually fit!!!

Smug

I am (finally) two stone lighter and a great deal smugger than I was in March of this year. The last two pounds have been really tough to shift but I have got there in the end!
Sadly at 13stone I have another two stone (28 pounds) still to shift but hey halfway is not bad right?!