Chinatown and celebrations

Second day of Fitbruary wasn't so great on the diet (when I say diet, I mean it in the original sense of the word, not a weight loss thing) front as I didn't really get a chance to eat all day. Started off with porridge and granary toast though so had a good base.
The reason the diet wasn't good though, was because I took my daughters to see the Chinese New Year celebrations in Chinatown in Liverpool town centre. We saw the lions and the dragons and heard the firecrackers, there were a LOT of firecrackers. Saw some old people do some tai chi (which cost me £2 to get into the place that they were doing it, and that was all that was in there, bloody fleeced I was!) and youngest rode on a train that went round in a circle for about three minutes (also £2, but she was happy so hey ho). We then headed to the museum and I basically spent the next 2 hours being bored to death, but again, the kids enjoyed it and that was the main thing. It was nice to spend some time with them, just us, not at home. It doesn't seem to happen all that often as they split their time between different parts of the family so it was a nice kind of bored.
I'm also putting day 2 of Fitbruary down as a success. Tomorrow will be gym time, possible bike ride and fabric hunting. I have a few ideas of things that I want to make so I want to crack on with those whilst the creative bug is biting.
Plan.

February = Fitbruary

• Bust - 37 inches
• Waist - 33 inches
• Belly button - 37.5
• Hips - 39 inches
• Thigh - 24 inches
• Arm - 12 inches
• Neck - 13.5 inches

Guess who's back making promises to change their lifestyle again? :/

I know, I know, you've heard it all before. So have I! But at least I still haven't given up. I've made a promise to myself to try my absolute hardest to be as healthy as I possibly can for the month of February. Four weeks of making healthier choices, all through my life not just with food choices. Declutter, try and get on top of housework and maybe even to start boxing up things in preparation for moving. 

Today has been ok, I'm not going to turn into a health nut, we all know that that really isn't possible, but where I've been able to, I have chosen better re: food. I could've done more around the house but I spent the afternoon chilling with my youngest daughter so I'm striking that up as a win too. 

I'm going to try and write a progress post each day, possibly sometimes short ones, but I want to try and keep a record and use it as motivation to keep going once February is over too. 

Day 1 - done. Day 2 will be better. I'm going to start with a hot lemon water and a bowl of porridge and  go for a run with my youngest daughter. Then I'm taking both girls into town, they think they're going to the museums, which we will, but it seems there're Chinese New Year celebrations on tomorrow too so they'll love that.
So yeah, I'm going to go try get a good nights sleep to prepare for tomorrow.

Here we go again!

Photo post

I know this is a bit of a cop-out just posting this like this, but it'd be a pain in the arse to do it all over again. 

This was posted originally on the 12/6/13 if I remember rightly. I just need it here for a bit of a reference.

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coy0te shared something with you coy0te So. Here it is. This is what I'm working with. Measurements are: Bust - 36 inches Waist - 32 inches Hips - 38 inches Thigh - 22 inches I'm going to take a couple photos like this every Wednesday and record my measurements. I don't record weight as often as I don't have any scales and considering I'm quite muscly under there, I don't think weight is terribly accurate as an indicator of my health and fitness. But yeah, this is my 'starting point'. I want to be fitter and yes, thinner, for my birthday in three weeks time and this will (hopefully) be a bit more of a motivator for me to keep going with my journey to optimum health. I'm not getting any younger (I'll be 33 on my birthday), so if I don't get on top of it now then I'm probably pretty screwed! Any words of encouragement are always greatly received! Wish me luck? #photo post #fitness #fitspiration #health #fatvsfit #project awesome 1 notes 35 East 21st St, 10th Floor  New York, NY 10010 Email settings | Opt-out

First photo post of 2013

• Bust - 36 inches
• Waist - 33 inches
• Hips - 37 inches
• Thigh - 22.5 inches
• Upper arm - 12 inches

So there we have it. This is my starting point. 

I've done my own personal comparisons to the last photo posts and if anything has changed, I think I may be slightly bigger but on the whole, its pretty much the same.

I've adopted today as my New Years day and have written January off as a false start, considering I've been ill for basically all of it. I've been on antibiotics for a few days now and I am feeling better, so I can put into practice all the plans that I had for January! I listed all these things in my 'New Year' post that I'm basically just going to copy and paste and add a couple of new ones: 

• Take more photos - I have planned (yet another) 365 project, when I feel better though. (NOTE: Starting today.)
• Drink less alcohol - There are so many other things that I could do instead.
• Eat better food - Cook more. Its not like I don't have the books there!
• Do more exercise - I can walk, run, skate. I should, while I can.
• Spend more quality time with my monsters - I complain a lot, about all the things I can't do with them, I should concentrate on doing the things that I can.
• Save up for a holiday - A girlie weekend away would be amazing.
• Save up for a holiday mk.2 - I would love to take my monsters away for a week camping or something.
• Mate dates! - Me and my girls are all single. We've decided we're going to date each other. Just the date part mind, nothing more so stop being rude.
• Be more healthy - Doesn't really need an explanation. But do it. Again. No more excuses.
• Work harder - I need to put more effort into my uni work. I do it, but just enough.
• Get a job - Again, self-explanatory. 
• Have fun and be more positive - I complain, a lot, about everything. That should stop.
• Learn to do the splits and to do a proper strength-held handstand.
• Go wall climbing and start the boxing training.

And first things first. I started the day having our usual Friday brekkie with a couple friends.

I've come home, done some laundry and washed some dishes. I'm writing this whilst catching up on a bit of TV and putting together a playlist for when I go for my run later. 

I will do some studying and send a couple of important emails. I will also wash all the bedding and air out the kids mattresses as they're staying out all weekend. 

I am determined to be as productive as I can be and stop wasting time. I've said it time and time again, but as Buddha apparently said:

"The trouble is, you think you have time."

Well the thing is, I'm running out of time now. I'm not saying I'm old, I know I'm not, but there are things going on in my life that if I don't get up and do something about them, then they are going to bring me down and I fear that I will never pull myself out of it.

I feel I've started well today. Each week, I'm going to write a list of things that I need to do and try and do one or two a day. It sounds a bit pathetic, but small steps will get me there and will let me keep going.
I need to keep going as I'm the only one that can do this.

Having said that, I shall go and get on with my productivity.

Happy New Year everyone x

First measurements of the year

• Bust - 36 inches
• Waist - 32.5 inches
• Hips - 38 inches
• Thigh - 22 inches
• Upper arm - 12 inches
• Weight - 161 lbs 

Theres no point me saying that I'm not happy with this, because I think we all know by now that I'm not. I just need them written down so I know what I'm working with and where to go from here. There will be a photo post following because although I do not like the way it all looks, again, it'll be a starting point and having it out there tends to motivate me a bit more.
I'm still not well. Still coughing up a lot (sorry, tmi) which kind of hinders any exercise because I can't breathe properly and the coughing obviously stops me doing a lot.
I'm considering the doctors tomorrow to see if there is anything that they can do considering its been 4 weeks now and I haven't been 'well' at any point during that time.
This is karma for me being smug about not getting ill all last year methinks. That'll teach me.
I've decided that I'm going to be a bit of a recluse this week. I have things to do for myself, for my sanity, and for my general day to day life that I need to stop putting off and just get done. Little things that will make that day to day life feel easier and more organised, but I need to make the time to do it.
Considering that I can't really run or do any sorts of cardio at the minute, then this is probably an ideal time to get my shit together whilst I concentrate on getting better.
So that is this weeks plan. Exercise is being put to one side, just for a bit, while I pull my head out of the sand and fix the areas of my life that I have been ignoring for so long, that are probably a huge part of the reason why I feel so down and miserable and unmotivated lately.
I need to stop being scared and hiding, and find some confidence that will eke out at least a tiny bit of motivation. I know it's there somewhere, I just have to find it.
Because basically, I just can't live this way anymore.

Tomorrow is day 1. Really this time ..

So, as the title says, tomorrow is the first day of Project Awesome. I have been shopping today and I have this new little running (lower half) outfit and the most beautiful new trainers! Just look at those babys! And they're SO comfortable.

I got my sweatpants (not as big as I would like but they will do for now) and legwarmers (I think I'm going to have to ask my mama to make me the type that I really want). Although saying that about the sweatpants, once I've dropped a bit of weight, they should be as big as I actually want them.

So yeah, tomorrows plan is a bit of healthy grocery shopping and a few errands, then I'll be getting my fat arse down the road and attempting to burn a few calories.

Wish me luck.

Oh, if I don't make it back, it was nice knowing you all.

On to day two ...

So first day was a huge fail. Ended up having leftover curry and sharing chips with the monsters. Tomorrow is a new day ... blah blah. Again.
I'm going grocery shopping tomorrow. Proper foods, and some vitamins to give me a boost.
Then Wednesday I'm going to go and get myself some new running shoes as mine are worn out and make my shins hurt like hell. Nothing fancy, just the cheapest, half-decent ones that I can get my hands on.
And then I will have no excuse.
Well, I will, I'll have tons, but I'll try not to use them.