Day 90(ish) The Final Post

I cannot believe its all over. Its been one hell of a journey - sometimes good and sometimes bad. I've certainly learnt to make better food choices but must confess that alcohol has been more than welcome back into my life these last few days. Maybe I need to sign up for AA next...
Today, which is officially Day 92, I went and had my body measured at the gym which I did the day before we started. In some ways I was a wee bit disappointed with myself because my foot definitely slipped off the metal towards the end what with holiday and then moving so I know the results could have been better.  To be honest I have no idea what most of it means but here's some of the stats.


                                             Before                  Now

Weight                                57.2kg                   53.4kg

Body Fat Mass                    14.6kg                   10.9kg

BMI                                     22.2                       20.9

Percentage Body Fat            25.4                       20.3

Visceral Fat                          70.5                       18.7 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get a load of that!!!!!!!!

BEFORE

NOW

Looking at the photos you would not believe how much in denial I was about my body before I started. I thought because of my BMI I was doing ok. Obviously NOT!!! So, I turn 40 in a couple of months, my body is at its best probably ever, and for the first time there are lots of photos of me on holiday with the kids - before I would delete, delete, delete.
A big congrats and thanks all round to the Pucksters - I include Connie, Tracey and Ines as honorary Pucks - without all your blogs I would have been hugely unmotivated some days. Patrick, this program is the nuts. Anyone reading this and thinking of joining up - JFD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Big thanks to Jasper and Bill who motivated Pete to do PCP and drag me along for the ride. I've known Pete for 18 years and this is the 1st time I have ever known him to be thin - he's looking HOT and I know he is disappointed with stopping a few days early but I am in awe of his dedication, getting up at 5am to workout at home AND on holiday. He definitely rocked it. OH YEAH. And now I get to take him SHOPPING.......

Day 88

I'm SO sorry guys, but my PCP seems to have ended a little prematurely. I've not skipped since Thurs and haven't done the workout since Monday. I have been doing my best to stick to the diet - I don't have a problem with that at all - although the Mothers Ruin (gin) has lured me back again. On the upside my weight seems to have stabilized as I haven't stopped humping boxes and furniture about for days so getting a good back and shoulder workout at least. So today is our first proper day in the new pad and the internet was put on in order for me to say WELL DONE everyone and keep up the good work for the next day or 2...rest of your life...
I fully intend to use the diet as my template, keep up the skipping and incorporate some of the exercises into every day life. However I shall never again be doing creeps, floor jumps, Da Vincis or double katanas.
Its been an experience and a hugely positive one. I'm just a bit sad that my Day 90 pics wont look as good as they could have but when you gotta move, you gotta move. And actually I'm not sad..more miffed because I've become very vain ;)

Day 85

Official weigh in day. 52.7kgs. I am super chuffed with that (even though I was 52kgs on the dot before Bali) as I haven't had the time to workout every day just recently.

Anyone with kids knows that you often fantasize about having a day at home on your own. Well, today I got one. And all I did was pack boxes :(  I'm absolutely knackered. I knew the workout was unlikely to happen today but I did envisage a skip at some point but the time just got away with me. Its 9pm and I suppose I could go and do it now.....but I'm having a G&T instead.

So, Day 1 (of 2) of moving tomorrow and its also little 'uns first day at his new kindy so we are off there in the morning - don't these people realize how busy I am???!! I don't have time to sit around in a classroom with playdoh...I have a workout and skipping to do AND bark orders at removal men. Tsk, tsk, tsk. The timing of all this is a nightmare.

Noel, be prepared, when you arrive in HK next Friday - I'm on a mission to get VERY drunk. Pete & Ines, you have been warned......
10PM UPDATE...  2 G&Ts later and I feel the need for some loud music so I pop on the Ipod and skip for 20 mins....now I'm just waiting for the sleeping tablet to kick innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Day 84 Enough!!!!

Today started at 5.30 when both kids woke up. Great. Managed to get the big one off to school and pack the little one off on a play date so thought I will have lots of time to get on with Saturdays ( ahem) workout and skip, plus pack boxes and generally get a bit straighter. Who was I kidding??!! Both kids aircons have packed up this week and the chap couldnt fix them, as fast as I fill boxes someone seems to fill more cupboards with even more crap that I have no idea where its going in the new place, curtains haven't arrived and the man making our furniture seems to have forgotten what we have ordered. The PCP stuff...thats a piece of piss. Its real life I cant cope with.....

Day 83 All about Pete

If any of you read Petes blog today you will know what this is all about. Here is what Pete looks like from behind now he has shed his fat.

And another amusing thing...someone who has been away over the summer bumped into us over the weekend and then asked a good friend of ours if Pete had cancer.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best laugh I've had in ages.

Day 80

Whooo I am knackered. Had a full day shopping in Shenzhen ( need curtains for the new pad)  which the HK girls will know is full on, so had to get up early to do the workout as I knew I wouldn't be up for it when I got home. Thankfully almost back on track weight wise to where I was pre Bali so feeling better about that. Nearly killed myself on the tricep dips today - taking yourself to failure when you are suspended between 2 chairs is actually a bit dodgy for when you have to get off them. I sort of just collapsed onto the floor. Bit like when I'm drunk. Wishful thinking at the mo.....

Day 78

Another diet sheet and I have 50g of carbs to add to my evening meal. 5 weeks ago I would have been ecstatic but now I'm thinking Patrick doesn't like me and doesn't want to help me shift my extra 2kgs. So, sorry about this Patrick, I'm sticking to my carb free evenings. Thank the Lord that the egg white snacks are gone. I was seriously struggling to keep them down towards the end and I was always an egg lover before. I think I'm going to have to take a leaf out of Traceys book and time my rests in-between the workouts as they definitely are taking up too much time and as you know, I'm a bit short of that at moment. Hating myself for falling off the wagon with holiday as I was doing so well, and now feel I'm back where I started. Still, with only 11 more days to go I am determined to finish and do it properly. Positive mental attitude. For now. See how I feel tomorrow morning....

Day 76

Sorry everyone for my lack of support and comments over the last few weeks. Wasn't easy to do so on holiday and then coming home to find we have sold our home and have to move in 10 days time hasn't left me with a great deal of time. Fitting the workout in is a challenge. Its taking me soooo long. I enjoy the skipping, don't mind that at all, headphones on and I can skip, skip, skip but the rest of it...HATE IT!! SO in 2 weeks, no PCP and a new home. Bring it on.....

DAY 71 ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH

Official weigh in day today. Jumped on the scales this morning....55.8kgs!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats a very big whoops. I was 52kgs the day I went on holiday. I cant begin to tell you how much I hate myself for it. Still back on it today BIG TIME.  Weekly photo day today too :(  

Day 69 I think...

Going home today and I'm not looking forward to the official weigh in Wednesday. been 2 weeks since I was on the scales and it ain't gonna be pretty. Neck & shoulder still giving me gip so workouts are a mishmash of what I should be doing and the things I put in for what I can't. Hopefully getting home I can see the Physio. Looking forward to some plain food as all fooded out now. Got 3 weeks to try and turn around the crapness of holiday. Bring it on.......

Day ???

Still on holiday hence no idea of what day I am on as not using t'internet much and being guided by Pete as to exercises. Everything was going fairly well up until yesterday. Skipping and workouts all being done by both of us in the mornings before breakfast without exception. Yesterday I thought I felt a twinge on the davinicis - not the first time - and by the afternoon my back and neck felt tight and sore so stupidly I got a massage on the beach. Fast forward a couple of hours and I couldn't move my neck. It's an old injury that rears it's head every now and then and is only solved by anti inflams and seeing the physio. Thankfully I don't go on hol without the tablets but no chance in he'll in getting a Physio appt. needless to say today's workout and skipping did not happen for me in the usual fashion. Instead I made my own up, a nice big swim which actually gave me some movement back in my neck and then lunges, squats and leg raises as they were the only things I could think of which didn't use my upper body. Fingers crossed for tomorrow although my legs and arse need the extra leg work anyway so not too bothered. Food good at breakfast and lunch. No carbs in the evening meal and sticking to seafood but dessert has crept in and i HAVE to keep my gin intake up in the evening or I'll get mozzie bites from the lack of quinine...won't I Tracey ;)
No time to read everyone blogs but hope you are all enjoying the new evening meal.

Day 59

So, update from Bali. Up early yesterday to do the workout before leaving for the airport. The skipping was supposed to be done when we arrived but never happened. Stayed pretty much PCP food wise as we packed our own for the plane. Went a bit off piste in the evening with the G&Ts. Oops. Started today off with the workout and skipping before breakfast which considering my mouth was a bit like the bottom of a budgies cage shows some dedication. Hotel breakfasts for me normally involve a lot of food, especially the pastry kind! There I was in my gym kit at the salad bar - I'm a changed person! Well for now....
After a day at the beach we took the kids back to the hotel and we thought we should really do the 8 min abs while the kids were busy watching tv. The little one wandered in half way through to watch us and started saying skweeese, skweeese, tummy, tummy. We laughed so much we had to stop. Can't say we are having an apple & egg white for evening meal but we are swerving the carbs and just having grilled fish and veg. And gin...

Day 57

Another busy day. Flying to Bali tomorrow so unpacking from our upheaval yesterday and repacking for tomorrow. Dropped No.2 son at summer school and then had 30 mins until my pedicure appointment ( its a hard life!) so took my skipping rope along and found a quiet corner to get on with it. What I didn't realise is that a bunch of workmen had turned up behind me - they probably thought I was mad, I got a few looks from passers by but I didnt care as I just wanted it out of the way. Workout didnt happen until 5pm which was tough mentally - especially the poxy lunges. Need to get up super early and do tomorrows exercises before we leave as I dont fancy having to do them when we get there. I was all for not doing it at all but Pete wont let me :(

Official weigh in day 52.1kgs. Photos later.

Day 55 & 56

No blog yesterday and thats because I had nothing to put. Thats right, no skipping and no workout. We are temporarily moving out and I had a whole heap of stuff to sort so that took up my entire day. The intention to workout was always there but at 10pm I conceded it wasn't happening and went off to bed. So now its the wee hours of the start of Day 56  and I'm wide awake. 4am in fact and I'm not sure if the churning of my stomach is a) the stress of moving out this morning for 48 hours b) the guilt of not working out yesterday or c) the packet of chocolate buttons I ate in 30 seconds flat yesterday so no-one would catch me.  Maybe all 3. All I know is, is I have my gym kit on and I'm about to something that I have NEVER done before and will make Pete laugh when he reads this later. I'm about to sneak out in the dark and find somewhere to skip ( cant wake the kids up by bouncing around in here) and do as much of yesterdays workout as poss. Wish me luck!

5am update - Finished the skipping much to the bemusement of 2 security guards. The last few days its been in the 30s here so it was nice to go out and find it was breezy and cool this time of the morning. UNTIL I STARTED SKIPPING!!!!!!!!!!! Must have a lost a few pounds in sweat but cant get on the scales as everyone is still asleep and I'm stuck in 1 spot writing to you lot to relieve my boredom.

Day 54 Smug Sunday

Its 9am and I have already finished working out ( although still to skip but I dont mind that bit!) and had my breakfast. A different scenario from yesterday where I started with skipping at 11 and finished the workout at 1pm! I was definitely not in the mood yesterday and procrastinated throughout.  Its a gorgeous day and we are off to the pool with the kids. A good nights sleep seems to have made all the difference although No.1 son needs to learn to lie in - he came and woke us up at 5am!! Probably why I'm all finished by 9

Day 53

Knackered. Too much to do in general and in the workout. It took me forever today.  Insomnia started up again. Hoping for a better nights sleep tonight. Sorry for boring blog and no comments to others but I'm just too tired.

Day 52

Oops forgot to blog yesterday. Nothing to exciting to say anyway. What a CRAP morning. Started with the TV blowing up ( waaaaaay too much use) and opened the workout to find pull ups 1st up on the list. And how many???!!!! By the time I had done 2 sets of the double katanas I was a wobbly mess. I HATED working out today. It was the most teeth gritted JFD day. And I ran out of time to skip so have that still to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Day 50

So looks like things are going to be a bit tough exercise wise this week looking at whats to come. I dont normally look and live in blissful ignorance day by day. Today wasn't too bad - Davincis aside. Thanks for the extra egg white for after my workout Patrick, like I dont eat enough eggs as it is!! Had a dodgy tummy this morning ( been a long time since we discussed our poo ) - must have been the 22g of chocolate I had last night ( well, thats Patrick will say). Do I care - no I do not. I will put up with that if it means chocolate can come back into my life. So 116 calories gone from my indulgence.

Official weigh in day - 53kg on the button. Boo hiss. I was hoping for a 52.something. Still, its 4.5kgs loss since we started. Its just past lunchtime and I'm STARVING. My yogurt this afternoon wont do the trick I'm sure. I've had a LOT of coffee today. Had to switch to decaf before I murder the kids.

Day 49

Why is it on Tuesdays I'm always so knackered?? My skipping was crap too. Was 53.1kgs this morning so hoping for a 52 figure tomorrow for my official weigh in, ALTHOUGH with the indulgence upon us I thought I'd sneak a bit of the contraband choccie and now worried it might bugger that up. We go on holiday next week to Bali so we agreed to save our indulgence until then ( minus a mini Crunchie) - can I wait????

And the answer to that is no. I just had some Cadburys from the UK and it was fantabulous. Now I want more................

Day 48

Todays workout wasn't so bad. I seem to find Mondays workouts my favourite of the week - maybe its because I know Tues is only skipping. No skipping for me today so off I went for a swim. Its annoying because with skipping, 3 x 12" remixes on the Ipod and I'm done. Swimming, I'm up and down the pool thinking 'Ok, enough now' and look at the clock to find I still have 25 minutes to go. Anyway, it was stinking hot and muggy today so the swim was at least a bit refreshing. And thats another boring blog from me.

Day 47

Absolutely cream crackered. Insomnia struck last night and I didn't get much sleep. Think I managed to pull something yesterday doing the Davincis. Was a good enough excuse not to do the pull ups today. Boring blog but just too tired to think of anything witty. Sorry.

Day 46

I feel that I have reached the top of the mountain and am now on the descent to the finish line. Got the workout and skipping out of the way in the morning and am SO glad that I know there isn't nothing else to do. Well, not strictly speaking true because Pete has roped me into doing 8 min abs and thats my Saturday night treat. Woohoo. It was my Friday night treat too.....I REALLY need an indulgence night soon as fed up staying home in my pjs watching tv.

Day 45 with 45 days to go....

Maybe its because we are now half way through, or a new record low weight for me today, or the new bikini...whatever it is I definitely feel more like my old PCP self in working out. For the last few weeks I've been putting it off until the last minute which I know makes it 10 times worse. Don't get the wrong impression - its not like I enjoy it or anything! Only 45 days to go........

Day 44

After 5 hours sleep, today was definitely a JFD morning when it came to the workout. Most bizarrely I had some pineapple for my morning snack and it tasted exactly like Pina Colada. I'm starting to hallucinate about alcohol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Day 43

9pm and I've just remembered I haven't skipped today. Guess what I'm about to go and do.....

Day 42

Still hungry......

Day 41

Boring blog. Workout and swim all completed this morning. Still no skipping for me. For some reason I have been starvin' this evening so I even enjoyed my plain yogurt. Probably overstating it saying 'enjoyed' but I made sure I scraped every available bit out of the pot. Busy day so going to bed knackered and hungry :(

Day 40 Things can only get better

And they did!  8am and I was in the pool. Didn't even have a cup of tea before I left home. Unheard of!!! Skipping is off the menu for a few days with my knee and ankle but swimming is a nice change. Although 30 mins of going up and down the pool seems more like an hour. Just finished the workout and did my plank in ONE GO!!!! I think my day off yesterday was enough to recharge my batteries and enthusiasm.  We were a little bit naughty at lunchtime. We had the biscotti that came with our coffees - and I dipped it in the nutella on No 1 sons dessert. Still we had a salad for lunch, which, for us, in Pizza Express is a complete first. Thats my 4th slip...they are very small ones when they happen but I am aware I'm letting the  Pucksters down. Sorry.  Positives for the day are that I went out in a pair of little shorts for the 1st time in years - probably wasnt so nice for everyone else I admit - veins still need to be done at Bumrungrad. Weighed in this morning at 53kgs and thats better than my pre children weight. I was probably 11 the last time I weighed this little. Shop, shop, shop, shop, shopping.......
Oh and another positive - Pete binned half his wardrobe..AT LAST!

Day 39 whinge blog

Couldn't skip yesterday although managed the workout eventually at 8.30pm. Today couldn't workout but did skip. Spent the next half hour with ice on my knee and ankle. Have not been feeling well since Thursday and think my body needs a rest.

Day 38

Totally disheartened today. No energy at all. Cant be arsed with the exercise.  I was going to give it all a miss today and give myself a break but hey, its Friday night and 8pm and what else have I got to do?? SO, after this I'm going to do the exercises and eat my veg. Woohoo. Ate lunch out with my friend today and took my scales - how weird am I - ok, dont answer that. Beef fajitas if you want to know as its an easy thing to weigh. No 2 sons official birthday today so yet another birthday cake. And yes, I caved in and had a slice....if I didn't tell you, Pete probably would.  It was made with mango ice cream...mmmmmmmm. It was worth the shit I'll get from Patrick. So to date, 2 pieces of birthday cake and a chocolate coin. OK PETE!!!!!!

Day 37

Not sure whats going on today but I've felt weak and tired all day. Workout was incredibly halfhearted. Couldnt skip because of my ankle so swam instead. After all the shoulder stuff in the workout, half an hour of swimming just about finished me off. No.1 son been sick today - threw up all over the tennis court in his lesson which was a tad embarrassing - and then managed a spectacular one into the bath that he was sharing with his little brother. Put me off my dinner....well my apple and egg white...cant exactly call that dinner.

Day 36 The log blog

Kim, you'll love this.
So, its Wednesday and that means its weigh in time. I was hugely disappointed to see that I have GAINED weight. Only 0.3kg but still. The little voice in my head says "Its ok, its because you're getting fitter and muscle weighs more than fat" and the other little voice says "Its because you ate that chocolate coin...."
I then take No.1 son to summer school and pop to the supermarket moaning on the phone to Pete that I gained weight. I get home, have my fruit snack and promise myself after my coffee I will workout. THEN, I feel a little rumble....and had a dump of such epic proportions that I had to weigh myself after ( get away, we've all done it...) and here's the thing. After a cup of tea, 2 slices of toast, an avocado, fried egg,a coffee and a banana, egg white, no workout, big dump..... I come in half a kilo lighter than this morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Too much info??????????

Day 35

1400 skips with only 3 trips. I'm baaaaaaaaaack!!!!!!! Now my ankle is REALLY hurting. Didn't feel too bad at the time. Maybe it was all the walking round the shops today that made it worse. In case you think I have caught a big dose of Petes smugness I would like to say its more the fact I was worried I was never going to get my skipping back on track. Think tomorrow will be a nightmare again. Oh well, it was good while it lasted.

Day 34

Zipped through the workout and enjoyed it, well, until I got to the leg raises. No pull ups, no push ups - yaaay!
I CANNOT believe that Pete grassed me up on his blog about me eating the chocolate coin. I'd manage to block that out..
No skipping again today - thats twice now - as my sore ankle is now a sore foot and getting worse. I'm hoping some rest will sort it. I did mean to have a swim this afternoon instead but the supermarket run and a sick child put paid to that.

Day 33

Hot day. Want a drink. Beer/wine/G&T/meths...anything....
Glad I did my workout this morning but just remembered I didnt skip so still have that to do. Bummer.
Went to the pool with the kids and my bikini is too big. You think I am doing PCP to get fit...I did it to buy a new wardrobe...

Day 32 Saved by Kylie

So there we are, on the ferry, on our way to Kylie. Veggies in my handbag, sipping on a perrier. The conversation between us was how much nicer the evening would have been with a glass of wine and how our enthusiasm has ebbed. If there had been a bar on the ferry I might have given in at that point and had one and then the queue at the concert bar was so big that even if I WAS drinking I'd have passed. HOWEVER, the concert rocked and the dancers - male & female - were so amazing that it gave us a new enthusiasm for looking good. It certainly showed us we still have miles to go :)

Managed to skip today, with ankle strap on and one on my knee from an old injury ( torn ACL at Xmas) - I deserve extra brownie points because if you could see the size of the blisters on my feet from last night you would wince. Walking from Wanchai to the DB ferry in 5 inch heels - not a good idea but there wasn't a cab for love nor money. Took 35 mins so I dont feel bad about missing the skipping yesterday I can tell you. Pete suggested I take my shoes off....we were walking through a bloody building site at the time!  

Day 31

So with my ankle strapped I decided not to skip today. Its the 1st time I've missed any of the exercises but I  still did everything else. Man, the floor jumps and leg raises killed me today. I've been miserable all day too. Sticking to the plan food wise isn't a problem but a glass or 2 of vino wouldn't go amiss. Off to see Kylie tonight - will it be the same as last time we went??  Without my dutch courage I probably will stand with my hands in pockets all night.

Day 30

Strangely enjoying my evening meal - probably because it requires the minimum effort to make and eat. For the veg snack I just shove a wedge of pumpkin in the oven. I'm so knackered at the moment its a joy to do almost nothing in the evening.
Have hurt my ankle,  I think from skipping, so am now sporting some nice footwear like Ines. And not her Manolos...
Pete has suggested I take it easy tomorrow and not skip - he just wants to get fitter than me - I know the way his mind works.
Oh - and the chest dips.....what the f***...they were a nasty surprise

Day 29

Well you can call me a lazy b*itch, but I enjoyed sitting down to some fruit & milk for dinner. AND minimum washing up....
I've been very tired and hungry the last few days and my enthusiasm is waning a bit. Its that poxy indulgence...now I want MORE!!!!!!!! Have had LOTS of coffee to get me through. Just as well its decaf or I'd be off my head!

Day 28

4 weeks already!!! Doesn't time fly when you're having fun...

Day 27

Squats...what a relief from the creep and the floor jumps.  Push ups aside, the hardest thing for me today was finding the time to work out. Kids off school for 8 weeks..........

Day 26

What's with the creeping?????  I'm not sure if I was doing it correctly because I didn't find it too hard until the end of the 3rd set whereas I could hear Pete grunting and moaning all the way through...I THINK he was working out...
I felt a bit silly doing it - like I was auditioning for Snow White & the 7 dwarves. I hope the neighbours couldn't see me skulking up and down the hallway.

Anger has abated. Maybe the half bottle of wine helped. Or everyone is tiptoeing (creeping!) round me so not to set me off again. I can honestly say I haven't missed having a drink in the last 25 days but once I got drinking....just as well we were at home and not out as I could have had more. Did everyone use their indulgence on alcohol??

Day 25 SUPER RANT

Just as well I can have a glass of wine today because I have some serious anger issues again today. I shall use the bottle afterwards to wrap round Petes head. I know he will bitch about me on his blog today but he has been so inconsiderate. I have spent the whole afternoon picking up after him and the 2 kids. I sort of understand it with them as they are 5 & 3 but at 41 he should know better. Yet another kids party this morning - thats 3 in 2 weekends - and this morning the homemade sausage rolls & brownies were shouting my name as I walked past. I made do with a cup of coffee and my weighed out fruit that I took with me. Didnt work out until 4.30 again which mentally takes it toll but it was probably a good thing so I could work some on the rage off.  The floorjumps -  the first 3 I thought 'whats the big deal' - by number 10 I was cursing and swearing again.  Vsits - no control and felt I was throwing my upper body up and down. Today I have bloody well earned my glass (or 2) of Cloudy Bay which will go lovely with Shaonas tandoori chicken. Thanks Shaona & Patrick for making it seem like a pre PCP weekend. Pete - dont push your luck or I'm off to CL!!!!!!!

Day 24

Nothing to say and wasnt going to blog - I think the same could be said for Pete who has now started to blog absolute rubbish. Thankfully TV means we dont have to talk when he comes home from work.

Day 23

Boring blog. Kids kept me busy all day so only got to work out at 4.30. Trying to find new ways to cook things to stave off boredom is a challenge. I'm trying Shaona's tandoori chicken tomorrow as  fri night should be a curry night!

Day 22

Oooooooh no carbs tonight then.  Mind you, seeing as I've only had 50g of carbs for the last 2 weeks in the evening it wont make that much difference! All exercises done for the day, had my Wednesday weigh in, photos later. I know Patrick said NOT to worry about the scales but I have managed to lose 3kgs since we started and that makes me a very happy bunny. School closed because of the weather and we have to make cupcakes today for school tomorrow. Dont worry Patrick I wont slip up again. I hope...

Day 21

Well me and my big mouth. My skipping today was Pucking awful. Bet Patrick wishes he hadn't given us that group name!

Day 20

You're gonna hate me but I'm going to say it anyway - 354,700,1003.....OH YEAH!!!
Maybe I have a faulty counter on the rope??

Day 19

Right, I have to stand up and say it. My name's Mandy and I ate a piece of cake today.  It was my sons 3rd birthday party and I didn't cave once at the party. However when I got to clearing up, I licked the icing off my fingers and thought, f*** it I'm having a piece of this cake. So I did. There, all out in the open.
Still have the exercises to do but that will have to wait until kids are in bed as they are far too interested in playing with the resistance bands etc and I dont need them hurting themselves or looking like freaky little Arnies. Have at least done the skipping, and now I'm about to do some boasting...I did it in my least amount of stops - 121, 584, 856, 1024!! My calves dont half hurt......flat shoes for a few days....

Day 18

So, its the weekend and we are both at home to exercise - I thought I should show Pete how its really done :) I think I impressed him with my tricep dips.
Had my first real food/drink test this afternoon. Kids party - mums on the sparkling wine and lots of birthday cake left over. Probably because I wasn't scoffing it all this time!! I took my bottle of water and my fruit - everyone asked what I was doing and I started on my PCP pitch.. is everyone a bore about PCP or is it just Pete and myself? Having been an exercise dodger most of my adult life I now have the cult fever for PCP.
Even though my stomach looks much flatter I am still resembling the last satsuma (mikan) from Xmas - you
know the one...baggy wrinkly old skin.  Still, only 72 days to go.........
My workout today was to The Jacksons singing "Can you feel it" ( showing my age!)...on that last set of leg raises...as Patrick would say...OH YEAH

Day 17

Yaay I have my mojo back!! 320 skips in one go. Ok, so not as good as the other day but a huge improvement on the last 2 days for sure. Exercises went quickly today, thankfully. I find it hard to be enthused about exercise but I'm liking the results. My weight might be the same as last weeks weigh in but my spare tyre is slowly deflating. I'm itching to shop - but guess no point now as I'm going to look like Wonderwoman at the end of this right...right??!!!!

Day 16

A big thank you for all of you who congratulated me on my 450 skips...BUT it was a fluke! I havent got back that form at all. Had a cracking headache all day and kids got me up at 5.30am so completely knackered. Doing the exercises was definitely more of a mental thing today but I did do it. Boring blog day, sorry.

Day 15

So yesterday I managed 450 skips all in one go before I tripped. Get me!! Today, I tripped at 51, 85, etc etc and it took me twice as long. I did however do the exercises in the right order without a coffee break in between each one :)
Food much the same as last week for me, I shall definitely be growing feathers or gills before long. What I really want is a nice fat greasy bacon sarnie dripping with butter and loaded with ketchup and a sugary latte. mmmmmmmmm. What was that Pete?? Glass of water and some fruit...oh okay then....

Day 14

Just as well we dont have a canary or Pete would have killed it last night...the fruit & veggies have a LOT to answer for....

Day 13

No internet for 2 days!!!!!! Sadly we had already downloaded the exercises so no excuses for getting out of them. Was SO relieved to see only skipping tomorrow. Dont know if its the weather or PCP but we have been knackered the last few days. I could do with a snooze on the sofa after my mammoth lunch but sadly kids activities are putting paid to that. Am really starting to go off chicken, must go and buy steaks for dinner. Mini ones of course :(  Am surprised at how much flatter my stomach is already when I seem to be eating copious amounts of food. Here's hoping Patrick doesn't halve the portions for next week as we all seem to be moaning about the amounts of food!

Day 11

Another boring blog. Exercises done for the day. Got myself a skipping rope with a counter - what a relief not to tax my brain with the counting. Now I can mindlessly watch crap tv while doing my exercises.  Even though I have weighed out the cooked chicken, washed and chopped the salad and put it all in tupperware, Pete still asked me to do his lunch???!!! Am feeling a bit short tempered. The kids are climbing the walls and I'm about to explode. This will not be helped at the supermarket as my local one is shitetastic. You may see me on the front page of the South China - Crazed woman goes mad in veg department...

Day 10

Nothing exciting to write but todays exercises done and out of the way. Calves and shoulders were tight from yesterday but thankfully todays exercises didnt seem as bad as yesterdays. Apart from the chin up bar...pathetic. Managed 200 skips in a row without tripping and could have done more if I could actually breathe so had to have a break. The next 450 were not as fluent. Think my legs had had enough by then. Tried pureed roasted veg on toast for breakfast - it was actually tasty and thats from a cinnamon bun kinda gal! Date night tonight - usually involves copious amounts of food and alcohol. Tonight is cinema and a tupperware of fruit. Is it worth going????

Day 9

Who would have thought that chopping and preparing veg would take so long??? I seem to have lost my last 2 evenings preparing stuff for the next couple of days. Fingers crossed I'm ahead enough to sit on my arse watching tv tonight. Its about all I'm fit for. My shoulders were sore from yesterday before I even got started on todays exercises. For once I didnt skip at the same time - I'm saving it for later....meaning all I wanted was my breakfast, a cup of coffee and a rest. I'm gonna regret it I'm sure. A boring blog but I'm too tired to think of anything today.

Day 8

Cant say I was looking forward to the exercises today with all the extra bits added on. I quite liked only having skipping to do yesterday. I'm lazy, I admit it. Anyway, I was surprised it only took half an hour. My shoulders now ache to buggery and I only finished an hour ago. Cant even think what they will be like later. Hope my little boy doesnt need to be picked up - I KNEW we shouldnt have given his stroller away last week.

Diet was a nice surprise. I dont normally have that much to eat at breakfast. Dinner is looking a bit titchy in my head now that I have more idea of how much things weigh :(         Not the biggest fan of eating fruit but more because I'd normally pick a biscuit to snack on which is far tastier in my eyes. I'm starting to stress about the smell that will no doubt be wafting out from under the duvet from us both in a few days time after all the fruit & veggies. Might make the kids think twice about asking to come in with us...result!!!

Day 7

Skipping with a headache makes it feel like your brain is bouncing around...

Day 6

PETE I CANT BELIEVE YOU WROTE THAT!!!!  Yet another excuse not to dish any out tonight then.....

Day 5

Started the day with the exercises, definitely aching less, then took kids to see Cinderella - in Grappas!!!!!!!! Free pizza included in the ticket price...nightmare!!!! Definitely didnt eat as much as I normally would for sure, but not quite as good as I  could have been. Pete was better than me which is a bit annoying as I have always had better eating habits than him. Against each other we are quite competitive which will be good for PCP - to give an example, we once slept in separate bedrooms over who was cooler than who....me obviously!!!! If we keep up the small amounts of food in the next week then I'm buying myself a Princess/Barbie plate to eat from instead of Bob the Builder/Diego. It will be my treat...sigh...how sad....

Day 4

Up and out early this morning so both fighting to get our exercises done first thing. I am realistic about my discipline and know it just wont happen if I leave it until the evening. Such a rush I forgot breakfast - managed to grab a banana and ate ALL of it. Not feeling so hungry today but its only 2pm. I tend to find 4-5pm is my hardest time. Yesterday I was hungry pretty much all day. On the up side my trousers definitely felt loser today - the downside is the achy muscles. 4 sets of push ups.....agony. I'm afraid of what is to come....

Day 3

Ouch, I'm so sore - I was really dreading the push ups today as my chest hurts even when I'm not doing anything! Washing my hair could be a problem, I'm not sure I can lift my arms that high. So, exercises done for the day. Had a bit of a problem with the skipping rope getting tangled with my headphone cable - thankfully I was at home so nobody saw me making a total fool of myself. Last nights meal definitely looked bigger to me on the kids plates but still went to bed hungry. Fruit teas are my new friend. About to weigh out my 15g of porridge, it hardly seems worth the effort of making it. Still struggling at the kids dinner time as cooking them a meal when hungry is torture - usually I help myself to some. A big thanks to Pete for my new nano - it made me a bit more motivated and I'm certainly more awake. Good luck for tomorrow everyone...isnt that day we are supposed to feel really hungry?? Worse than we do already??!!! Help.....

Day 2

Another night of weird dreams. This one was all about me obsessing with half measures of food...yesterdays was all about skipping! I hope I get back to a normal nights sleep once my body is not fearful of whats coming next. So, have completed todays exercises. Chest sore from yesterdays push ups but I still managed max reps of everything and even 2 sets of skipping without tripping over the rope!! According to my 5 year old I am better at skipping than Daddy ( Peter C) - he is rubbish ( sons words not mine) 

Last night I prepared 1 meal and we split it. To convince ourselves it was a larger meal we ate it off the kids Bob the Builder plates. The hardest bit of the food part was not finishing off the kids leftovers as usual. And they had Spaghetti Carbonara :(

Day 1

So this is it! A new and improved me I hope. My motivation is seeing myself in a bikini, I shall post the photos later, and I warn you now its not a pretty sight. Turning 40 at the end of the year is also another motivation and thankfully I have my husband doing this right along side me ( Peter C) or I would never have joined up. I am the quitter extraordinaire!!!
So its 8.45am and I have just finished todays exercises in my pjs - I'm quite sure this will change by next week and I will be slogging it out in gym kit. I actually think today I shall be glad of half measures of food because honestly, this last week, I have gorged on so much crap my body is desperate for a break ( It was my last hurrah before 90 days of hell....) Tomorrow is another story...or come to that, this evening......

Getting Started

Hopefully thats the most difficult bit done....