No more wobbles!

Missed last weeks #wobbleswednessday! There was a different type of wobble in our house as the little lady started school!! Well to be fair the only wobbling was coming from me, one week into school and she is loving every minute, was very disappointed this morning not to be going to breakfast club or afterschool club!

Anyway, starting school meant 3 half days so we took the week of work, and I took a week of 'dieting' although its not dieting is it? This is just how to eat and be. Full stop. Its not like I am going to reach my target and break out the junk, well I might for a day, but you know what I mean.

All in all it wasn't too bad. I ate more junk than I would normally but I moved an awful lot more than I do at work (resenting the desk job this week) and actually lost a little bit of weight not much but still. By Sunday I was more than ready to get back to some normal eating and craving vegetables!

I guess I am lucky in that I have a VERY active daughter (although you will frequently hear me cursing it) I hope it will continue and I don't want to discourage her. So, given I can no longer keep up with her running while she is on a bike, I have purchased a bike! Now I have not been on a bike for at least 12 years but am enjoying our wee bike rides together, for a 4 year old she is nippy so there is no need to try and slow myself down :-)

What's more it was a bargain! £50 from the very lovely people at http://www.recyke-a-bike.co.uk/ who refurbish second hand bikes, so I can feel I've been nice to the environment.

So am back to it, healthy food choices with the odd treat thrown in. Exercise wise I have got my fitbit back in action. I struggle to say I will do this on this day so instead in a week I will walk at least 70,000 steps, do one cardio DVD, one Pilates DVD, some abs work and one run or decent cycle plus what ever additions the little lady makes!

What are your goals?

The scales dont say it all!

So at roughly the 6 month mark I have hardly lost any weight around 4lbs woo hoo!!!

But I think I have made a difference to my body shape.

This in in January

 

 This was last week

 

Not the best of pictures I know, and was just before me and the little one were about to go swimming and had an invasion of cuddly toys!!

 

But I think there is a difference (maybe its the angle it was taken?)

 

However the point is if I have given even 90% for the last 6 months I would be looking a lot better! I think the problem is I look 'alright', if you walked past me in the street you wouldn't think I was huge, well not unless you were really mean! But I don't want to look 'alright I want to look amazing and I'm only going to do that if I focus and stick to it!

 

I am still using myfitnesspal.com and I do like it, there are some fab people on there who are not just great at motivating but also understand that real life gets in the way.

 

I am still joining in with the great ladies at #WobblesWednesday

 

I have also joined up with #TeamLean2013 on twitter, great motivation. Have joined the July abs challenge to see if I can get this jelly belly

 

 



 

 

looking a bit more toned!

Have done two days on C25K and really enjoyed it, problem is fitting it in! Hopefully the next 6 months will see a huge transformation into awesomeness!!

#WobblesWednesday - Winning!

I am not, nor ever have been a runner, give me a dance floor and I can shake it for hours. Show me a running track and I start sweating, heavy breathing and that's before I've even put my trainers on.
So I was not looking forward to the Mums race at nursery last week, I did not (unlike some other Mums) go prepared, no trainers, jeans on you get the picture. However, I am competitive! In a kind of Monica from Friends way, so when the time came this side took over and I went for it. And my goodness I only came joint first!!! I got a medal and sticker to prove it!

Now I am aware this does not make me a runner but what was better than the medal and the sticker, which were very appreciated, was how chuffed my daughter was! I received an enthusiastic high five and was informed that her and her friends shouted 'Come on Tamsin' for the race, she may have inherited my competitive side.....

Although I was keen on taking part in a Spartan Sprint, I wasn't sure about the whole running side of it. But do you know what? I want Chloe to see me complete challenges, to work hard to achieve things, that you don't need to win the race to win for yourself. So yesterday, I downloaded Couch to 5k, I strapped on my trainers and out I went. Now before you all get excited I ran for a minute at a time for a total of 8 minutes with a one and a half minute walk in between but I did it, it was hard don't get me wrong, but I did it and for me that is winning!

I have Hypermobility Syndrome and was told not to run when I was diagnosed many years ago, but I have been having more flair up and dislocations anyway so I figure the fitter and stronger I am the better it will get, I may be kidding myself but play along for now! I will however listen to my body and not push it too far too fast. My first official run passed with little incident, I dislocated a toe but that pops back in easily, my hip wobbled but a check on posture and focusing on my core and it stayed put, I sweated, I was red, I smiled, I won!

Linking up with Autismmumma for #Wobbleswednesday while Kate at nakedmum.co.uk has a wee break!