Fitness chat and tips #3

Had my first Yoga class tonight and LOVED it! It was often uncomfortable, but I could just tell that it's what my body has been needing iykwim.. :leap:

Feel all 'nimble' and sprightly now! If a bit cold! Brrr...

My other goal (and has been for a few weeks - don't know why I didn't think of it yesterday!) is that when Masterchef ends (I'm seriously addicted to watching it every night), I'll use that hour to exercise instead. Now Wednesday nights are covered with Yoga - I'll do some weights, dancing and exercise bike for the other nights. I get Saturday nights off (no Masterchef then! :lol: )

Brilliant idea Nettie!!!! And so glad you enjoyed your first yoga class! I think I need a yoga session right now!

Tan, don't forget your body needs time to rest and rejuvinate as well!

AFM, I had gym tonight. I went straight after work. Lucky I got out early because otherwise I'd still be there! But I struggled to go in. Thank goodness for CeCe who talked me into going in on the phone! It was just too busy... but I went in and trained. The treadmills were all taken so I went to the bike first. 10 min then off to treadmill for 20 then xtrainer for 10 then treadmill for 5 then home before I turned into a pumpkin... and I have an early shift tomorrow! It was a struggle. My legs hurt, specifically my hamstrings. Hoping I pull up ok tomorrow.

WINTER! Where are you mate?!

Keep active girls and Mr S!

tpu is looking forward to summer ps i am keeping active

Sorry ive been MIA for a while. I've just been so busy with life, and focusing on achieving my goals.

I ran my 11km race on Sunday and achieved my 2 goals. the first was to run without stopping, the other was to better 75 mins. I ran it in 67.5 mins which I am really happy with.

Wondering where to go from here as I dont want to lose my fitness now that I have it. I need a goal to work towards. I could either increase my distance, or improve on times? I'll thik about it.

Just quickly scanning other posts, you guys are doing a fab job. Keep up the awesome work. The days are getting longer and the weather will gradually get warmer as well. Not that long until spring and working out won't seem so hard!!! yay.

Hey ladies and Mr S!!!

How are we all. I must say - I am concerned about Winter. I miss her, where is she at?????????

Nellnell - awesome work on the race and achieving your goals - I think its a massive feat to run without stopping!! So I take my hat off to ya :-)
MG - Can't wait to hear about your weekend hun!! Spill. P.S - still waiting to have a debate over anything with D on FB lol!!!
MrS - how do you keep active these days?
Nettie - so now there is no more Masterchef, then I guess you'll be exercising on the evenings eh? I'm glad you enjoyed yoga. P.S - I love that word 'sprightly' :-)

AFM - you may have read the pregnancy annoucement, still off to to a BT done to triple check (no idea on dates) but I think I have found out my new August goal - just to keep exercising, every second night. I plan to continue doing my Body Attack and Body Pump class on Wed nights and Sat mornings, and on 2 other evenings I'll do something at home. I am determined to keep active, especially so I don't become a beached whale - I need to stay active for the two babies (well toddlers now) I already have. *what have I got myself into lol*

Mwah to all - keep moving :-)

So I went to gym today. Felt sooo good. I did 40mins on the bikes and 20 mins on the treadmill. Did a little bit of abs work but have decided I want to see what I can and can't do being pregnant. Gonna try and keep going through my pregnancy to keep a sensible weight :)

OMG girls. How do you do it? To tell the truth I'm really jealous!!! Leesa and rhyb - congrats on the pregnancies. I suppose my OMG is that I have an 07 and 09 baby, and barely cope some days, and you guys are well...........wow, especially rhyb who has 4 under 2 and going for another. Congrats, and wow for being able to cope, and exercise and jump on to post (which I rarely do as I can't find the time). Maybe I need to start organising myself a little more.

Sorry about the non exercise post - keep up the great work everyone!!!

OMG! I totally missed your announcement Leesa! CONGRATULATIONS! I am so excited for you!

AND DOUBLE OMG! Rhy! CONGRATULATIONS!

There must seriously be something in the water!!!!!


Leesa, my weekend was awesome - thanks for asking! We hiked Mt Oberon at Wilson's Prom. It's 3.6 Km one way and marked as moderate to hard. Can I just say, it makes the stepped look **** easy! :rofl: It was such a steep and constant incline! It was awesome though. Sadly we didn't make it to the top (probably about 600m short) because someone (maybe me) developed really bad blisters about 1Km in but didn't say anything. Not that it would have mattered because I didn't have any blister packs and bandaids don't help. So I pushed. But then I fessed up and the girls pointed out I had to get back down again... so we had to turn back which was sad. Luckily I had my sneakers in my car and when I got back I changed shoes. BLISS! I was able to walk on level area but no inclines. So we walked onto squeaky beach which was gorgeous! Then we went to Foster.

Yesterday we went to Innverloch and saw Eagles Nest which is awesome!!! We had a great weekend - a little drinking but not too much. Loads of walking but not as much as we wanted. I can't wait to go back again!

No gym today because I can hardly walk with shoes on with my blisters and I have damaged my calf as well (can anyone say accident prone?) but I do have PT tomorrow... time for me to really lose this weight so I can jump on the baby wagon!

MG: It really is a beautiful part of Victoria down there. I grew up in Mirboo North, spent alot of time going to where you have been. Foster is beautiful. My Mum still lives in Mirboo North.

Congtratulations to all the ladies who are UTD!! Must really be something in the internet line here in BB..careful everyone, it may get you ;)

Winter, Winter, come out, come out from wherever you are. It's been a while, hope everything is ok.

I hope everyone is staying active and keeping fit and healthy :)

Well...I am over my lurgy enough to go to Pump this morning. Still have a the coughers hanging around, can work with that. Have to get there 20mins before start to get a spot! Very busy, will be back again next week.
Will not be making Combat on Wednesday as have plans. I decided to give Attack a miss on Sunday just gone as well as I really want to make sure I am well enough.
So this Sunday Attack, Monday Pump then back to Combat on Wednesday.

Have a great week everyone.

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:jawdrop: OMG! :leap: I missed this announcement! Wow, you must be seriously insane! But congrats! :clap: :clap: :clap:

Yes Leesa, we went for a huge walk tonight (more than an hour) but did have pizza for tea (Liam's new word for today - pee-zaah) :rolleyes: It would have been my Mum's 57th birthday today, so I couldn't just stay home and eat something mundane - it's tradition to go 'out' to tea...

I'm still really excited about yoga and am doing it on Thursday this week as I have something on Wednesday night (which will mean I have to do my exercise in the morning that day! ) :dance:

Congrats leesa and rhyb :D awesome news!!

nellnell, well done on the run and achieving your goals! I am a long, long way off running 11km's but I love hearing other people's achievements. It inspires me :)

MG, have you recovered from your weekend yet? Blisters gone? How's your hips going?

Heather, are you feeling better? I've had some kind of chest/throat lurgy the last few days. Just got hte cough now hanging around. It's awful.

AFM, went to pilates tonight. Thankfully the instructor showed up this time. Although I was a bit disappointed by her instructing style. She is a new instructor (for me, I haven't been to pilates since before DD was born) and she just seem so uninterested and bored. She hardly demonstrated any movements. She didn't ask the new people in the class (ie, me) about any injuries, previous pilates experience etc, etc. And the whole session just seemed like an hour long stretching exercise. That in itself is not a bad thing as I needed a good stretch but I was pumped for pilates damn it!! LOL. Seriously, the first ten minutes were spent lying on the floor breathing. Then we did about 50 crunches, 50 oblique crunches, 50 pushups, a couple of hip stretches and that's it. Hopefully, next week is more full on. Maybe she was having a bad day today. Who knows, will give it a few weeks and if it's still the same I'll look at swapping classes. But as someone who has not done a floor class in over 8 months, I was not challenged at all tonight. I found it very easy.

Anyway, have slowed down with the jogging/walking as I've been unwell with a chesty cough/cold the last few days. Hope it clears up soon as I'm keen to get into it.

Have been thinking about my goals and I would like to walk 10,000 steps per day and be able to run (jog) for 5 minutes non stop.

I'm sorry your class was so disappointing Eluned and hope the next is better! I like your goals, and know you will reach them!

Heather, how is your week going?

Nettie, how is yoga?

AFM, I did PT yesterday. It was a shambles. I was limping from the start and couldn't hide it. We had an easy session with the aim of lots of moves that would generate a stretch but I either didn't get a stretch or it would just be a bad pain. It was so disheartening. But D was supportive especially when I was almost crying from the pain.

Today I've been limping heaps and am so over comments and questions. Hoping it settles soon as the blisters are ok so now I just need to sort the muscles out. But I am annoyed because I'm too sore to go to the gym today. And I feel like I really need to go to the gym :(

Hi Girls, I'mmmmm baaaaaack! Just been on holidays with the family & away from the computer. :)

Congratulations Leesa!! Sooooo excited for you! That's awesome news! Congrats Rhyb, that's brilliant! Can you both send some pregnancy vibes this way? :) We're not having much luck ATM.

DD whinging, better go, bbl :)

Welcome back Winter..we missed you!! :bluedust::pink-babydust:

Eluned: That is disappointing about your pilates class. Is it gym ran or Physio Ran? I used to go to a Physio ran pilates and there were only ever 6 or 7 people allowed in the class so she could attend to everyone and adjust there movement as necessary during the session. Perhaps that may be worth looking into, and you could also get the classes back possibly through your PHI as it is run by a Physio.

Thanks MG and Eluned..I am feeling better. Still have this cough, it's not too bad, just an annoying tickle.

Nettie: Yoga is addictive..glad you are enjoying it.

Leesa and rhyb: Congratulations to you both, I am thinking someone is sending very strong pregnancy vibes through BB..there is an amazing amount of Birth Announcements at the moment!

I did Pump on Monday and they actually ran out of poles for the weights!! I was lucky and got there early. It really is a packed class. I am back to Combat tomorrow. I didn't go to Attack on Sunday as I was taking DS1 to see Mary Poppins and it would have been too much of a rush..hopefully will be all good this weekend.

Have a great week everyone :cheer::bluecheer:

Welcome back Winter! :D I hope you had a great holiday. Are you all ready for the City to Surf next weekend?

MG, how's your hip going? Have you made it back into the gym again? I hope you are feeling well :hug:

Heather, the pilates is at a dedicated pilates studio. They do have physio based but I just do the regular floor mat classes. They also do the reformers and other traditional pilates equipment. We have a maximum of 10 in the mat classes and max of 4 in the studio.

Tonight was better than last week. The instructor was more cheerful (must have been having a bad day last week!) but she was still very monotonous in her instructing. I miss my old instructor! Had a very nice workout tonight so I'm happy. Giving it a few more weeks before I think about swapping classes or looking for a class closer to home (this one is 20 min drive away).

I finally found my pedometer this morning and did 13612 steps today :dance: Going on a big walk with the kids in the pram helped so I think I will try and get out every day now that the weather is becoming good.

Hope everyone is well!

WINTER - I've missed you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Welcome back chic :-) Sending baby dust your way hun!

Eluned - what? The instructor for pilates just didn't rock up? So unprofessional, grrrr! I wonder how long she has been instructing for? Sounds like she has the words re-recorded in her head, she needs to spice things up to keep ppl wanting to come back. Thats the best part about being an instructor - ppl generally never know what'll spill out my mouth next lol! Although that can be good and bad hehehe!

Heather - sounds like you are going brilliantly, I love reading about how many classes you've done (and maybe I'm biased, but you chose awesome classes too hun)!

MG - hugs hun - I'm glad D is being really supportive. Whats the thing about the 'questions and comments'? What are ppl saying? Who is saying it? You are such an inspiration to me, continuing on in the face of injury to exercise - if only half the overweight population had your attitude sista it'd serve them well :-)

Nettie - isn't Wednesday night (tonight) Yoga for you hun? Howz it going?

AFM - Lets see, last Wed I instructed Attack, Friday I did RPM, Saturday I instructed Body Pump, Sunday I did RPM and last night I did RPM. I'm trying to get out of the weightloss mode of thought and seeing that I've upped my exercise and not seeing any results on the scale (well a 'maintain' is better than a gain given the amount of DH's Grandma's home baked cookies I got into yesterday lol). So the damage could have been far worse. All up - I'm happy with this weeks efforts at increasing exercise. Yay me :-)

leesa, yeah I know right! I'm not sure how long she's been an instructor for but she wasn't there when I was doing the preg classes at the end of last year. I agree, I love to be challenged and each week to have something different.

I've been doing lots of walking this week, not so much jogging though. I feel so heavy when I jog. I'm sure my technique can be better. I feel like my legs are made of lead or something equally as heavy! LOL Mind you I am pushing a pram when I go out so I don't know if not being able to swing my arms makes a difference.

Despite all the extra exercise and watching portion sizes for my meals, the weight is not budging. My diet is not perfect by any means and I am coming to recognise that I am eating junk when I'm feeling good! For example, I got out in the fresh air this morning and walked to the shops and park for DS to play and whilst at the shops I felt great so treated myself to a packet of lollies and yes, I've eaten the whole packet :redface: So how can I break this habit? Need ideas girls!

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Nettie - isn't Wednesday night (tonight) Yoga for you hun? Howz it going?

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:lol: Yup! I'm loving it! I can't do all the moves (damn you big fat thighs!) but I try. I'm often a tad sore the next day, so I'm sure it's doing good! :leap:

:hello: to everyone else... short on time tonight, sorry :(

Went again today, little session though, had a horrible last 2 days and this morning got to me :(

Sorry girls, I havent' had a chance to catch up on what everyone is up to, although I did notice the word "jogging" in one of Eluned's posts?! YIPPPEEEE!! So exciting hun, let me know when you're up for that jog together. :)

I'm back in the swing of things this week. Gym session on Tuesday which was really just running on the treadmill & some Xtrainer. Then Wed back into group fitness with lots of squats and running and some burpies that always kill me! This time it was burpies with 5kg plates that we had to press above our heads when we did the jump part of the burpie. Yep, that got the old heart rate up!! I always push myself to be one of the first in the class at anything we do, so was going hammer & tong but they got me in the end & 2 people finished before me....not happy! Ran 7km this morning as had DD in childcare today, and am all excited about group circuit tomorrow as who knows what we'll be doing, but you can bet your bottom dollar that I'm going to be pushing to be the best person I can be. Go hard or go home. :)

Keep moving y'all!!

Hi All

Everyone is going so great, its very inspirational

I have been MIA lately, mainly because of work and other stuff but all good, am cranking now, continue going to Combat on Monday and Attack on Wednesdays. May have to participate in some weekend classes, I have a burlesque themed hens night to attend at the end of the month so am looking at toning up the butt and hips before i pull on my outfit!

Hi Everyone!

Sorry I've been MIA. No excuse... not a valid one I can think of anyway!

Tan, glad to hear you're back into things again. How are your classes going?

Winter - so good to see you back!!!! How are the burpies going? Have you kicked butt yet? I'm sure you have!!!!! How is your running going?

Rhyb, how are you doing hon? I have to :clap: you! I have no idea how you find the motivation or energy to keep going to the gym with FOUR little ones and now with another bundle of joy on the way!!!!!!!! You are amazing!!!!!

Nettie - how are you doing hon? How is yoga?! How is everything else going? :bluecheer::cheer:

Eluned - how are your hips? I am so proud of you for jogging! Pushing the pram whilst you jog will definatley affect your gait, effort, and smoothness whilst jogging. It's a bit of a technique really! Can you go for a jog on your own at all? About the snacking, maybe try and think about how much exercise you'll have to do to work it off? A mars bar is something like 2 hours of running!!!!

Leesa - how are you going honey?! I don't know how you do it either!!! My goodness! Q's and comments were things like how I injured myself, how I should give up exercise, not go hiking, why am I limping etc etc. So frustrating. Especially from ppl who have no fricken' idea!

Heather - how are you doing hon? Are you feeling better? How was Mary Poppins?

AFM, I've been still doing my sessions AND going to the gym on my own :o. It is still a struggle on some days when I'm there on my own. And I'm still struggling with stretching after a session on my own. D doesn't understand my phobia and was useless when discussing today. He thinks I'm afraid to stretch, he is yet to get it connected the right way in his brain. Once he does, I'm sure he will have something helpful! Otherwise I'll just laugh at him for a long time to come! So, does anyone have any ideas on how to get me to stretch in the gym before I leave?! The stretch area is directly in front of the cardio equipment (specifically the cross trainers) and always crowded.
I've been a bit panicky the last few weeks and frantically awaiting AF. I've had all the symptoms of PG which, as much as I want another baby, is not a good thing at the moment! I need to get this injury sorted out more before I have another baby! Just not the right time. So I was very relieved when AF arrived!!! I am so worried about my back and hips when I do get PG so need to get as rid of as much weight as I can! Especially since DH wants to start TTC in Feb/March!!!!! D was very supportive though and reassured me he would make sure I could still train and remain active as that is what works for my injury. If I stop exercising then I seize up.
Positive news for me is that I've dropped more weight. Not much but enough to have me excited. I'm back at the same weight I was before I went away last year and stuffed up my weightloss! Now I just need to keep getting the scales down! WOOT!

I'm kicking some goals in PT. Have improved on everything to the point where D is telling my friend in her sessions that I'm better than her at hover! :rofl: normally it's the other way around! We are all proud of my achievements... now to just keep moving forward!

Keep active girls!

MG

Hello Ladies!!! Come on! Where is everyone?!

Just thought I'd drop in and share a realisation I had today. I went to the gym and was bopping away on the treadmill and realised that in the last few months, I have increased my walking speed by a whole 1Km/hr! That probably doesn't seem much to most people - but with my injury, that is HUGE! I'm walking pretty damn fast! Faster than other people at the gym! In fact, I'm walking so fast I'm sure people are wondering why I'm not running! :rofl: which is a question I intend to throw at D on Tuesday!
In other gym news - I am struggling with the cross trainer at the moment. I've dropped my speed for some reason and not sure what it is. It is a rather significant drop too and it is annoying me! Plan to work on that this week! AND I did bike today - 15 minutes at a great speed...and with no recourse! WOOT! Things are looking up!!!
AND, there was this couple who enjoyed pointing at me and whispering comments (BTW - no point in whispering when I've got my music so loud, I cna't hear myself sneeze anyway!). Know my reaction? NOTHING! I totally ignored them! Including in the car park! I actually pitied them - how sad they have nothing better to do at the gym!

How is everyone else going? I hope you're all keeping active!

MG

Loving that attitude there MG!!! and congrats on the increase in speed....I thought I saw this flash before, didn't know what it was - now I know it was you scootin' past my place lol!! Seriously, brilliant work hun!

I've noticed the fitness thread has been a bit quiet of late too! thanks for joining Fat Chic Slim hun, you've already given some great info and ideas. Everyone else, check it out on FB - its a group I've created :-)

AFM - you all know I like to exercise in the evening....? Well why is it that I'm getting arvo / evening sickness with this PG? How unfair GRRR. I did go for a pretty brisk walk today, pushing the kids in the pusher up a slight hill - all up for about 30 mins, so better than nothing. And I did Body Attack last Thursday night too, high impact as per usual. I also did Attack on Monday night @ high intensity. So on par with what I had been doing prior to becoming UTD again.

Sending you all fitness vibes :-)

:cheer: you so totally ROCK MG!! :cheer: We're all so proud of you :hooray:

I'm sick at the moment with a headcold including tummy pains and aching kidneys - so no exercise for me (coupled with whatever food I can handle eating at the time) equals no fitness :(

Yoga's going great though - loving it still! :loveshower: Will have to see how I'm feeling this week though... a face full of cotton wool (how my sinuses feel) isn't a good start to doing yoga :shakehead:

:hello: to everyone else - hope your journey is going good! :leap:

Hi everyone!!! I've been a bit quiet as DH is on holidays. I have been exceeding my goal of 10,000 steps a day every day so far :)

MG, yeah I guess I could go out for a jog on my own on weekends and leave the kids at home with DH. You are awesome for improving your speed!! Well done!!! :D

Leesa, I have joined your FB group. It's a great idea! Have loved reading everyone's tips :)

I've also been on my cross trainer almost every morning and if I can't I've gone out for a big walk. I find getting it done first thing in the morning gets it out of the way and I feel good for the rest of the day.

Hi :)

MG: Loved Mary Poppins!! You do such an amazing job with your excersise plan, you never give up, it really is great to read your posts, even when you are having a bad day, you still sound hopeful.

Leesa: Hope you are feeling well.

:hello: to all the other ladies and man, you are all doing a great job of keeping on the move.

It has been quiet in here, me included. After I took the week off to recover from my cold, I did a Pump session on the Monday and felt ok. Then I did Combat on Wednesday and silly me cannot bring myself to do the low option so went in hard. Took it's toll on my and by Thursday I was back where I was the following week. So I have had a good break, and went back to Pump on Monday and if felt great! Combat too was excellent, so I am back in the swing of things. Still have a cough hanging around, that will just have to get better on its own.
It's been a long week so far, DH has had something similar, the only thing is being a Man :rolleyes: he obviously gets it worse than me ;) Anyway, he has coughed himself silly and probably cracked a rib or torn a muscle near his lung. So with him coughing all night it was perfect timing for me to get back into the swing of things as the excersise actually helps keep going.
The Combat instructor announced yesterday she is 15wks pregnant. So we are probably going to lose Combat again, as they just don't seem to have enough Combat instructors around here. She plans on going right up to her due date from what she was saying.
The Pump has been great, I am trying to find my feet with the weight I should be lifting. Hoping I can get some tips.
I am slight built, so I have starting with 3kg each side and that is my max all through the session with me going down to 2kg for legs. I see some of the girls who have been doing for quite a while lifting 10kg either side :o So my goal is to gradually increase the weight.

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Heather, well done on getting back into it. You do need to take it easy when you're sick which can be hard for some people (me included!!!!). I hope your DH recovers soon from man flu!

Eluned, so glad you're jumping on your cross trainer each morning! How is everything going?

Nettie - how are you feeling now hon?

I'm doing well girls. Plodding along nicely. Getting to the gym when I can, which is difficult with my shifts and DH working so hard at the moment (staff shortage). I had an awesome PT session Tuesday and feel so great! Both D and I were hugely impressed by what I was able to achieve!!! My bad shoulder is a little bad sore today, but still ok. D has commented on my walking speed and is pretty impressed. He has noticed a huge difference from when we first started. And my core is improving although I found a big deficit the other day. But I have a plan! And I set that plan into motion yesterday!!!! Lets see how I go!

Heather, it has been quiet in here... hopefully because everyone is busy exercising!!!! But I think some of it may also be to Leesa's FB page! Haha.

Keep active girls!

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MG - I'm feeling better, but still quite tired (you know how you know your body hasn't recovered yet, but the symptoms are gone?). I skipped yoga this week and was really disappointed!! I'm looking forward to returning next week!

Did a fair bit of walking today around the city as I had a day off work to take my son to some follow up appointments and then used the opportunity for some shopping! :leap:

Hope everyone else is going well. We need a fitness emoticon!! :cheer:

I like the cheering one though Toni! Glad you're taking it easy whilst recovering though. I know it's difficult but it is necessary! But I won't get too high on that horse since I've been known to go with laryngitis, on Day 5 of the flu (not contagious after Day 3 due to tamiflu!), fevers, severe injuries.... but I didn't just tell you that!

Ahhh this is lovely, i LOVE coming in here and reading everybody's journeys, but its definitely too quite, hehehe will check out the fb page later on today, how exciting.

Ahh well I havent been doing classes recently, have alot going on with other stuff to the end of this month, but will start again in September, so having said that I have been on the x-trainer this week so am getting into a regular routine with that again, so quite pleased about that!!

Winter! How'd you go at the City to Surf this morning?

Hi Eluned (I always without fail write Laranna first :lol:), Tan, MG, Heather, Nettie, Leesa, Winter, Rhyb.

My name is Ashlea and I am a fatty! Anyway, long story short, on the weekend I admitted just how much my wedding rings don't fit anymore and it made me cry. We bought a 12-casual pass to Fenix... and tonight turned it into a 12 months membership. I am uber proud of the both of us!

Anyway I will be a beginner but I hope to be an active participant in this thread, so hopefully i'll be chatting more with you all soon!

ETA: Heather I know you are local so i am curious what gym you go to??

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Hi Eluned (I always without fail write Laranna first

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Lol funny you should say that, it came up at our BB meet yesterday and I've been thinking of changing it back. I didn't think anyone remembered my old username :)

Anyway, Welcome to the group :) you'll love it here!

Had a really sluggish day today but still managed to drag myself onto the cross trainer for half an hour. Indulged in some ice-cream though :redface: but nibbled at the veggies I was chopping up for the stir fry I cooked for dinner :)

Really looking forward to pilates tomorrow night too especially since it's my time out of the house :)

Hi Ashlea :hello: Glad you have joined us in here. Yep, I am at Fenix too. I just renewed my membership the other week. I go to three classes a week, Pump on Monday mornings, Combat on Wednesday mornings and Attack on a Sunday.
I use the creche so the AM sessions suit me best. Let me know if you want to meet up, I would love to meet you.

Well, I did Pump yesterday. I am really starting to get into pump. I even do the push ups on my toes now in all the classes I have to push ups :dance:
I found out that the Combat instructor is sick this week, so I am not sure who or what we will be doing on Wednesday, all I know is I am very afraid :lol: Usually the fill in instructors are either the two girls who really really work you to exhaustion, they are crazy!

Have a great week everyone..will be back with more later.

Excellent work Heather! :clap:

Eluned - funny, when on FB, I always think "Oh, that's Eluned!" :rofl: Don't change it on me now! ROFL

Ash - welcome!!!!!

Can I join again please :)

I decided to wait till Ds was 9mths beforew really getting back into the swing of working out! So now i am trying to walk everyday and I see a personal trainer once a week! Feels so good to be getting active again!

So can I chat with you girls to help me stya motivated :) x

Hi girls i would love to join this group, i am in need of lots of motivation.
I am very over weight but have been working at changing this in last few months, i have lost almost 7kg but have alot too go.
My wedding is in less than 8 weeks and would love to lose another 10kg by then.
I am doing personal training 3 times a week now as when i was doing it twice i was losing motivation between sessions and looking for all excuses in the world to miss a class.
Currently i am struggling with my diet, i eat alot at night and am trying to avoid this very bad habit.

Hey everyone,

I've been busy setting up Fat Chic Slim (FB group - you are ALL welcome to join) with my partner in crime MG :D.

Eluned - Winter pulled out of the run last weekend as her DD was sick - but she's off doing a 12km city to surf run (think thats the name of it) this weekend :dance:.

Abb - Best thing I can recommend, is join up with us on the FB group, and also sign up to triple w dot calorie king dot com dot au and track your calories. You've got a tight deadline, but with guts and determination you can do this - safely (I've done it -so I'm speaking from experience). You'll honestly need to do one hour of exercise each and every day and limit those calories too. If you do sign up to calorie king they'll encourage you to eat back the calories, that is the one piece of advice I did not follow. I didn't feel hungry, so why would I eat for the sake of it? Give it a shot, and remember that white dress you'll be wearing in a few weeks time.

Boomba - I was actually thinking of you the other day and considering rattling your chain to get you back. You must have received my telepathic vibes lol! Welcome back!

Heather - great to see you're getting into Pump hun - but tell me Attack is still your fave ;).

And welcome onboard Dragoncookie!!! Great to see you hear (and on FCS)!

I looked at the Calorie King website (after having it recommended to me by Evie) but found it very daunting as I couldn't be sure how to put in the products I was eating. For example, I have bircher style muesli with Paris Creek yoghurt in the morning and I couldn't find either of those on there).

Maybe you can show that to me too Leesa when you visit?