Skipping with kids is GREAT!!!

Had a tough start to the day. Not only tired, but after dental treatment yesterday couldn't chew. So breakfast of liquidized food including carrots and celery just not good. Plus if it is liquidized, seems to make you hungry more quickly. Snack and lunch was also reminiscent of baby food. So was not in a good mood. The kids both said they would come to the park with me and skip this evening. So they skipped and played with airplanes whilst I skipped away. I discovered 1) it just whizzes by when you have distractions, and 2) if I keep moving forward in something between a light jog to a slow pace I am much more fluid and don't trip up as often. For the first time ever I managed to get to 100 without tripping up! Kept going round and round the park. Result! The rest of the workout was a breeze as a result. But I did nearly tip over the drinks on the coffee table when I tried to do my pull-ups. Need a child to sit on it, and no drinks! Aim for tomorrow: take husband AND kids to the park to skip.......

Tired today

Early up for hockey with children at school then exercises done soon after that. Woke up very tired, and stayed tired all day. Felt very weak and wimpy in the afternoon but may have had to do something with having to go into Shibuya which was, as always relatively, crowded. Food better today. Was able to eat everything and not quite such a major chore as yesterday. Looking forward to tomorrow. Have rediscovered my local park. Fabulous setting to skip in. Shaded with lots of trees, dirt ground, some old people exercising, dogs and pigeons and just a relaxing place to count to 600!

Felt like I spent all day eating

I know that I did a lot of other things today but it felt like I spent all day going from one meal or snack to the next. I wasn't hungry after breakfast and snack one but had lunch and then felt really bogged down with food. It is now glaringly apparent that I may not have been eating enough. It wasn't the content of what I was eating but the quantity. It felt like there was just so much of it. Don't think I like mixed leafy greens anymore... they don't weigh enough. So in between eating I was shopping for more vegetables and upgrading my exercise equipment. Skipping ropes with counters sold out but got a great new set of push up bars with soft spongy handles and a slight incline. They were MUCH easier to use than my previous cheap hard handled ones. Also got a new set of resistance bands as my old ones were actually too old and looked like they were going to snap. Once I had started the exercise session it wasn't so bad, but did freak out when I first saw the new daily exercise programmes and was dreading it all day. Used my coffee table for the pull ups. Not ideal, but sort of works. My daughter had to sit on the table so that it didn't tip. Day started off with a panic, but feel OK now and happy to have achieved what I needed to. Didn't manage my mid-afternoon snack, but will have my evening fruit. Hope that doesn't mean I failed.

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Need to learn how to count to 500.... can only manage sets of 100

Half a steak (leftover from dinner, 4cm x 3cm) and half an apple for breakfast just didn't do it for me this morning. So added a cup of black coffee in addition to usual huge glass of water. Already hungry and thinking about lunch 10 minutes later.

500 skips went well. Hardest part was the counting. Had to use a marker to remind me where I was. Really enjoyed it and took Karim’s advice to alternate legs. I now do two skips with one leg leading then a funky little hop mid-air to change to two steps with the alternate leg. I managed to keep going a lot longer than normal without fumbling, but towards the 470 mark became quite tired and fumbled quite a bit those last 30. Great feeling to have finished. Did my session in a public car park!! Will be interesting to see where I can do my skipping over the next 83 days…..

Waited until dusk to exercise

With the weather up and down quite dramatically every day I waited until dusk to exercise today. Really looked forward to it and enjoyed it. Still not smooth but just laugh at myself and keep on going. Have taken to skipping outside in the road, but need to go to nearby park. Can't do it inside as ceilings are too low for new rope and don't want to ruin the ceiling. Leg lifts difficult but only because I nearly squeezed my thumbs off by putting palms face down under bottom. Not sure where the thumbs should go. Had a handful of nuts at 4pm which turned into two handfuls, but other than that am eating only half of everything else. Feeling good actually. Day 7 here we come!!!!! Looking forward to my 500 skips tomorrow.

Tired today

Have been tired all day, so decided I would get best out of workout when I was ready. So didn't start until 5.30pm. It was a good session, but when I jump with two feet at once when I am skipping it hurts my lower back and pelvis, so have switched to jumping with my left leg first. This makes it a lot easier. Push ups still hard. Very hungry all the time but after 4pm is my weak time. Will try having dinner at 5.30 or 6.00pm instead of later. Once I finish my training session I actually give myself a pat on the back... makes me feel like I have achieved something great... which I have!

Beautiful day in Tokyo today

The weather is stunning.... a hot 29 with a nice breeze. Makes the eating easier and also the exercises. More than that though, the ¥498 I spent on a new skipping rope was WELL worth 10 times the actual cost. Sore lower back when skipping but other than that technique has improved with the new rope. Not sure yet about the push up thingies that I got. Makes it a lot harder and afraid that I might fall off them! Insane fear I know. Better day after eating a little bit more than I should have last night. However I did not have any wine at all.... just water. Feeling tired but then not used to skipping every day yet.