WWW's 10 year younger bootcamp, all welcome, May 08

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All welcome

Veils drawn over last week...

The rules (anyone can join):

This is about feeling better about yourself...not necessarily a diet per se etc etc

• Sunscreen at all times
• No or little booze. Wine at the weekend is allowed if you want it
• Walking is important, a small amount every day if possible. 30 mins if you can
• Lots of water, aim for 2 litres a day
• Apply body cream as often as possible
• Use hand cream
• Go to bed early, by 10.30pm if pos
• Eat healthily
• Be happy

The idea is that we all feel happier, healthier and glow with the good food, sleep, exercise, water and lack of sun damage.

www, hope you've had a lovely evening.

saggars, did you get your photo done? DH had to have his done so that I can practise darts he can be on the board at school (chair of govs). Only there are extra copies, which have been sent home...wtf am I supposed to do with all these extra photos (incl 8 passport-sized ones - but not suitable cos they're head and shoulders, rather than just head iykwim).

DS2 has been to the dentist. Tooth should reroot fine, we need to watch out for nerve damage (ie tooth turning black - ew) and he's got to avoid contact sports etc for a couple of weeks - blardy nightmare with DS2. He's also managed to cut his finger tonight quite badly, grrrr.

• Sunscreen yy
• No booze, well...except gulps sips of DH's.
• 45 mins exercise bike plus I swam, steamed and slathered again.
• Lots of water/weak tea.
• Apply body cream. done.
• Use hand cream yy
• Go to bed early, Stupid O'clock, forgot I had to deal with schoolrun this morning.
• Eat healthily. Not too bad, although DH did force chocolate down my neck tonight
• Be happy - well, we don't have a BNP councillor, so that's reason to be cheerful.

Attended a funeral today - a grandad from school, it should have been a perfunctory task really, but I had avoided overlooked the fact that he was also the DFIL of a good friend/grandad of my sons' schoolfriends, he was also a good friend of my w stepmama and my dad. Didn't help that stepmama decided to blank me as far as possible, which will no doubt be twisted to me blanking her... (even though both my stepsisters were quite amicable). Oh hum, no one likes a funeral, I know.

I do like my friend's family though, both sides. They're a cosy mix, and her mum reminds me a little of my mam.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Oh, forgot the details of the cruise...

10 nights around the Canaries next Easter, with stops are Madeira, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Vigo.

P&O's Oriana.

It's quite formal I believe.

gulp.

Oh dear. Less than 24 hours before I have to have a fitness check prior to session with trainer. Have got wine in fridge. And cheese. Feels a bit like last supper with roast chicken for comfort. Must not drink too much as winey fumes will not be good.

Seem to be running late with everything today so my great plans for a body overhaul have amounted to nothing. Had to leave house with dripping wet hair to get DD to sport. A great look - of course all other parents looked as though they had been to beauty salon first. Don't think I will ever get in that league!

Ho hum. DrWho soon so must enjoy empty house for next 30 mins before all children arrive back ravenous and loud.

Have a graet w/e everyone.

ureb - cruise sounds great, I do like a bit of sunshine early in the year (never bloody get away though). Your boys are really on a roll for injuries right now aren't they?!

yoyo - good luck with trainer tomorrow.

We've had a nice, fairly restful (at least by our standards) day in the garden. And I do not ache.

I've eaten 2 x cereal; ham, cheese, salad, bread & butter; apples & carrots; handful of chocolate raisins; fish & chips & peas. Quite a lot of water.

Sunscreen & hand cream and body lotion. Still neglecting my feet. I'm also sleeping better though this is only achieved through going to bed at 12pm or later - not perhaps, the obvious choice for an enormously pregnant woman but it works for me! 23 days to go and counting down...

Hello all, have been awol but need to get back before I get into bad habits again.

Hope everyone is ok, I've completely lost track!

Will start with a vengence tomorrow. I'm signed up for a 10k run next Sunday so not doing too badly but I need to get back on track with water and potions.

ttfn!

Just got back from gym. Heavier than I thought, couldn't bear to work out waist and hip conversion from cm to inches, politely declined BMI analysis and then had to stop twice during the session as I felt so faint. This is going to be a struggle but I have booked my next two sessions so am feeling very committed at the moment. My trainer was very nice and encouraging and I am hoping so much that this is going to be a success.

Off for a shower now and then cutting lawn before going for a knockabout game of tennis with DD2.

ureb - no I didn't go for the photo. I'll blame my aged brain. Cruise sounds lovely

Yoyo - did you eat/ drink enough before the gym? Don't overdo things to begin with - passing out on the treadmill is not good for you!

bamamama - am of your 10k next week.

That said I supposed to be doing a 16 mile bike ride next Saturday. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to manage it as my knee is far from right although I did do a couple of miles on the bike yesterday and it's no worse. I'me a bit depressed about the lack of running TBH - the effect on my mental health is one of the reasons I've kept it up all this time. Or maybe I'm miserable because I'm not drinking - which is far more easily solved!

Saggar - no idea why I felt so rotten. The trainer really wasn't pushing me hard. The second time it happened I was doing light weights on a machine. Very strange.

Have felt cheerful all day despite the shock of the weighing scales so lots of happy hormones were obviously released. Great fun attempting to play tennis and have done lots of little jobs that I have been putting off for ages.

Quite fancy an early night now.

Happiness high - on account of our local team getting promoted to the premiership.

Sad, I know, but I've always liked footie and have followed my local team since I were a lass.

Yay - up the Potters!!

Been celebrating with pear cider, hehe.

So Stoke went up? Congratulations Charlton gave up on even trying some time ago bunch of slackers
Unlike moi of course, loads of exercise and healthy behaviour this weekend
Will be good next week honest www
Have not drunk much alcohol in fairness.
Or eaten ALL that much (excluding a rather gloopy curry while out with the aged ps on Sat night).

Hello, well I did day 1 yesterday:

bacon and eggs
steak with salad and blue cheese
camembert and dolcelatte
chicken with tarragon, double cream and lemon juice, salad with avocado
salami and dolcelatte
lots of water
multi vits
no booze
went to bed at 11.30 but feel fine!

Can't quite believe it'll work, it seems wrong but we shall see. Have had bacon and eggs for breakfast. Apparently I'll feel shite on day 3 (tomorrow, back at work) or 4 (weds, workign from home) but equally, I may not.

Hope everyone is enjoying the bank holiday!

www - the food looks fab. Can it work? (I don't do dieting but if I did, I'd be sooo happy with that)!!

batters - was wondering where you'd got to. Have you had time to get to the gym recently?

at long bike rides & 10k runs.

And congratulations to Stoke City supporters.

I have had an exceptionally good bootcamp morning - aided by the weather, which was supposed to be wet but is gloriously sunny. Showered/body scrubbed/flexitolled/self-tanning lotion all over/face & hand cream. I've done the animals, walked round the paddocks accompanied by happy, rugless ponies and cleaned the chickens out. DCs are playing with new, clean sand in sandpit. I just have to decide weather to iron their uniforms now before I start to ache or go and sit in the garden.

So far have eaten a croissant and glass of lime cordial spiked with Spatone.

Yesterday was quite good too, had lunch out but had prawns in Marie Rose sauce baguette and a huge salad.

Lots and lots of water, raw carrots & apples!

Have a lovely Bank Holiday.

Had a good Bank holiday everyone?

We went up to the Peak District for a hike from hell walk. Should have been a nice easy stroll as dd was coming but she changed her mind at the last minute. dh changed the route and I ended up having a close encounter in a muddy bog and being stuck up to my calves. Thank the Lord for the proper footwear which managed to stay on my feet as dh extricated me. I doubt my boots will ever be the same again.

Knee held up under the strain though and still no booze!

Marina - although Stoke went up our other local team, Port Vale, crashed down another division and TBH I sense it's the beginning of the end for them.

Hello batters

Yes Duchess, the boys are having a bit of a run. A bit of cotton wool wouldn't go amiss! DS2's top lip is giving him more aggro than his tooth, but he's ok.

Yoyo, are you feeling ok now?

Oh dear, Saggars, sounds like an erm adventure!

Yes Saggars, how Port Fail Vale have survived this long amazes me. Have followed their (mis)fortunes for years too (a cousin was signed to them once upon a time).

How's it going www? Food sounds fab for yesterday.

I've managed to lose 2 lb!

• Sunscreen yy
• No booze
• No exercise - it's a bank holiday!
• Lots of water/weak tea.
• Apply body cream. Maybe later.
• Use hand cream yy
• Go to bed early, midnightish last night.
• Eat healthily. Not too bad.
• Be happy - Have managed to lose 2 lb, not bad considering Saturday's chip bap and pie n pea supper!

Have tried on a LBD today that I've never worn, although I've had it 14 years (Bought for a Christmas Do then felt tight on the night - I was pg but didn't know it at the time) It's a fairly classic style, lol, I don't do high fashion, so still wearable. Anyhoo, it fits on the bust and hips, but is rather tight around the midriff (looks ok frontways on, but sideways ooh nononono). This is the problem I have with frocks, and I really need to do something about my midriff, aarrgghh, but midriff exercising always seems like such hard work.

Have to say was chuffed to actually get into the dress, lol.

Hello all. Just briefly checking in as I'm trying to cut back on the MNing (pah!). Anyhoo, bootcamping going OK although I did have fish and chips for lunch yesterday.
Also, after much ummimg and aahhing we've decided to ttc#2 so although this is the first month of trying and at 37 and 41 hardly likely to hit the jack pot first time round, I've managed to convince myself I 'feel a bit ill'. Bound to be heading for a fall.... Only a week and a bit off trying to keep of the conception boards.

Hope sun is shining with you all - it's gone cold here, what is the point of staying???

I have lost 8 lbs

I weighed 10 stone 8 this am

sunscreen tick vg
booze - poor over the weekend
walking - very poor
water - tick, vg
body cream - yes prob 5 days out of 7
early to bed - yes deffo ever since dh bought Grand Theft Auto 4
eat healthily- yes but lots of 'banned' foods this weekend
be happy - very poor, dh and I getting on appallingly...

Fab weight loss enid, well done bad luck on the Grand Theft Auto scenario though. I never thought having a dh who will do tag ironing while we watch Knocked Up together was much of a boon before
Am off to Slimy World this week having had to postpone last week, but have weighed self and am 3 kg less than last time despite less than optimal diet occasionally. So am cheered by that
at Saggars' close encounter with a bog, how scary. We have just bought the dcs their first proper hiking boots but luckily there is not much marshy moorland in the home counties
Welcome back inspirational batters - what is the point of a wagon if you are not allowed to fall off it oocasionally
WWW - Neris and India sounds yum but a bit wallet-worrying - do keep us posted.
Walked this morning, more at lunchtime, need to reconfigure moisturiser/foundation combo as have NOT been using integral sunscreen, norty.
Good on cream, water and horned hoof filing though
Have a lovely day everyone and hoping that all teeth, colds and pelvic creakes resolve themselves in the sunshine

Hello all, hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful weekend. We did lots of walking - including a lovely trip to hampstead heath on Saturday - and I even managed my first bit of gen-yoo-ine post-birth exercise - went swimming on Saturday. Bliss - and a lot easier when you're not carting a 10ib baby around in your stomach. Enjoyed it so much I'm not sure it really counts as exercise ...

Food-wise, a not-too-indulgent weekend (bar the odd burger and ice cream) (and glass of wine) (and glass of cider) (ok and several other glasses of wine).

Other things - managed to buy sun cream for DS but have failed to apply any to myself yet which is a huge mistake as I am pale as the proverbial driven snow and must treat the sun with constant vigilance. So that's my task for this week.

bamamama - how exciting. Good luck - and keep us posted!

www - my friend (getting married in two weeks, currently an extremely svelte size 10) swears by cutting out carbs when she wants to lose weight (she loves all things bread and pasta, and puts on weight quite easily). No-carbs plus exercise definitely works for her.

Right - must put tea on. See you all later!

• Sunscreen yy
• No booze
• 15 mins ex bike
• Lots of water/weak tea.
• Apply body cream. Maybe later.
• Use hand cream yy
• Go to bed early, Stupid o'clock last night, suffering now, so making a concerted effort tonight.
• Eat healthily. Ahem, fresh cream eclair for breakfast . DH bought them home from work at 7 am this morning, I was fragile, I was weak, it wouldn't have lasted til tonight, blah blah blah.
• Be happy - the sun's out, makes all the difference.

Well, yesterday,

4 rashers of bacon and 2 fried eggs
rare steak with butter and salad
salmon steak and salad and tomatoes
loads of water
vitamins, milk thistle and fish oils

today
2 rashers bacon and 2 fried eggs
smoked salmon wraps with cream cheese inside
half an avocado
some salami and camembert
brazil nuts
lemon sole with lemon butter
salad with olive oil dressing
prawns
loads of water
vitamins, milk thistle and fish oils

Used sunscreen at 7.30am AND 4.30pm when I left for home

feel ok. Appararently I will feel terrible tomorrow (working at home) or next day or I may not, we'll see.

Went home via Marylebone and Bicester, due to lovely Marina emailing me about signal probs at Euston and so had relaxing journey rather than replacement bus service etc etc. Dh collected me and then we had to go and get my car but it was ok.

enid, 8lbs, well done! Dh is playing GTA now. I traipsed all the way to the only Argos in London who had it, and all the way home again, arriving 1.5 hours later due to traipse only for him to say "I've got it" - he got it from our teeny Woolworths, no stock crisis at all. The rest of the country have been fighting every time some stock's come in, gah. Just sold it on ebay today for £2 more than I paid, not worth my time, frankly! So sympathies.

L&S, nice to see you, REMEMBR sunscreen, really, you must.

unknwn at eclair! But hope you enjoyed it!

Yoyo, well done on gym going, I am v impressed at anyone who manages this!

DofN, your life sounds like the Darling Buds of May, with horses! It sounds lovely if tiring. No idea on the diet but will report back.

Saggars, will walking help if it's the exercise? If it's the wine of course, ahve some!

Welcome back batters!

Oh and this is day 3 of no booze although Sat night I only had 2 v small glasses in front of a film due to overindulgent night out on Friday.
and have been going to bed at 10,30 at latest.

bama - neither of you are too old! I was 38 when we conceived first go last year, m/c 6weeks later but then got pregnant again 2 weeks after that. I now live in fear of accidentally conceiving no. 5.

www - your food looks unbelievably good. I want some bacon right now.

The weather is gorgeous and I've been making the most of it. I have a very easy 3 weeks planned now, no playdates, no hosting lunches, just pottering about between school runs.

I've eaten cereal; raw carrots & apples a-plenty; cheese, coleslaw, salad & breadsticks; very salty crisps; sausages, chips & corn on the cob; strawberries & cream. At least 2l of water.

Face & hands yes. Feet - not yet but they need a soak as they are stinky a bit grubby and ache lots so I'll be sure to put Flexitol on afterwards.