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Lazy lady

14/12/2015

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 I think there comes a time in many peoples lives when they just accept that they're not athletic. I've known for a while now that getting sweaty in the pursuit of fitness does not come naturally to me. I tell myself that a nearly full time job and two small kiddie winks is the reason I don't work out a lot. But, to be honest, when I was footloose and fancy free I was a lazy moo. I've always been fairly slim, (apart from at the moment, at the moment my bum is definitely on the peachy side) so I haven't felt the imperative to work out frequently. I wasn't really encouraged to exercise as a teenager and was always too self conscious to work out in front of other people. A classic recipe for exercise avoidance. Having said all that, historically I've managed to dip in and out of a regime of some kind. The gym, walking, ballet, riding, tennis, mountain biking - I've done it all in small doses, keeping my stamina ticking over.


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My bottom jiggles

27/3/2015

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I am definitely the sort of person who needs to regularly 'have a word with myself' about exercise and grooming, which means I love a good motivational quote or list of reasons to exercise. I can often be found looking at before and after pictures of awesome people who have got themselves all sorts of ripped. So, I thought I'd prepare my own round up of honest reasons why I ought to break a sweat from time to time.

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Unconscious fat shaming - casual self-criticism delivers a stomach blow to others

25/3/2015

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I was at work recently when I overheard a conversation between two friends who were queuing up to buy their lunch. One girl was very slim and tall and the other was a bit overweight and a good few inches shorter than her friend. The slim girl was discussing what to have for lunch and lamenting her recent weight gain, which, horror of horrors meant that she was currently sporting her ‘fat’ sized 10 jeans.

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The pelvic floor - PMSL

20/3/2015

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Nearly five years ago when I was pregnant with my first son Thomas I used to go to aqua aerobics for preganant lasses. It was a great way to take the weight off (and there was a considerable amount) my swollen, aching feet. You could float around, ocassionally flapping an arm or leg for effect, while two midwives shouted encouraging instructions from the edge "has she drowned at the back?" "are you having a contraction or is that your impression of breast stroke?" "can you stop gossiping and concentrate on not kicking Dierdre in the face?" (I don't think there was a Dierdre but it's the perfect name for this memory).  It was a good way to get the blood flowing round my balloon like body and it mitigated some of the guilt I had about my daily consumption of flapjacks, scotch egss and Twirls.


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Blog re-awakening

19/3/2015

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This poor blog has been left to its own devices over the last ten months. It's been simmering away in the background waiting for me to come back. Nice people have still dropped by for a visit from time to time, but I've not been able to invest any time in writing, so the pages haven't been updated with tasty new tid bits. So, now I've resolved to nurture it back to health.

Much like the human body, a blog needs fuel, tlc and lots of attention in order to thrive. It also needs a healthy injection of 'interesting content', so I intend to focus some of my free time (ha ha) into this endeavour! When I'm not making train sets or changing nappies, commuting to work or studying (not showing off about my busy-ness, just facts, people) I'll have a creative splurge right here.

Over the past almost a year I've been rather busy with my gorgeous little herberts, with work and with moving house. Thinking back, the last time I wrote a blog post was just prior to putting my old house on the market, so no wonder this little site got pushed back to the recesses of my brain. Right then, onwards to blog writing nirvana. I promise to deliver some amusing, informative, sometimes nonsensical blog posts that might entertain for 5 minutes, as you take a break from your own personal chaos!

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