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 :(