Jun
26
2022
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Friday 24 June 2022

24.1A quick trip to the gym whilst The Little Miss was swimming today.

My life is so sad that I was excited by the new weight plates.

I need to get out more (somewhere other than the gym!)

This evening The Little Mister has headed off to Cub Camp. I hope he has a wonderful time – it certainly looked like they were prepped for a busy weekend.

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Sep
19
2021
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Saturday 18 September 2021

18.1This morning I cycled Dad’s electric bike to the gym and attended a ladies weights session at 7.30am!! An ungodly time to be exercising BUT it is one of my favourite classes.

It is a small class of up to 6 people with one instructor, the fabulous Jemma, and it is a tailored session depending on who is in. We now have it down to a fine art and we can all work on what we want with Jemma nearby to check on technique and to encourage us to push ourselves.

I love lifting weights… I never thought that would be something I would ever say but I enjoy the feeling of achieving the next goal and pushing myself beyond my expectations. I have been working my way up the quat weight list and Jemma laughingly said to me today ‘I reckon you can squat 90kg today’. Yeah yeah I thought… I pushed myself and squatted 100kg. Just three reps but I’ll take that.

I feel good. I am never going to be thin but I want to be strong with healthy bones fit. That’s what lifting heavy weights gives me.

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Aug
18
2021
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Wednesday 18 August 2021

18.4My morning started really early with a bodypump class and then I went into the gym with my friend and fitness instructor Jemma and we tested out how heavy I could squat. I managed to get to 70kg with relative comfort and think I can go heavier. I am really proud of this photo though. I lost a bit of weight doing Joe Wicks and have put some back on over the holidays. I will get back on the wagon after the holidays.

I am so proud that this rather large Mummy body is strong enough to get me through a full class and then still squat 70kg. I am happy that my body is strong and healthy and functional. It makes me smile when I can go into the gym in my funky leggings and stand next to a miserable looking man and lift heavy weights. Yeah, it makes me feel good, even if I hate the gym culture and intimidation.

My body may not be beautiful but it is bloody strong.

After that I went for a lovely walk with my sister and the kids. Good to catch up and to be out. Lovely to be on holiday.

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Jan
15
2011
1

Still here

Hello people, I am still here but I have been really busy and I am properly knackered. Back at work now and things are really manic as ever. Lots of changes are happening there which means loads of stress and unnecessary anxiety which makes things a bit more difficult.

I have joined Slimming World and lost 5lbs on my first week which I was pretty pleased about. There is loads that you can eat on this diet which makes things somewhat easier! Last Sunday The Mister and I went for a gym induction and I have been a couple of times since then. This morning I had an appointment there to get my programme sorted. I am concentrating on cardio to help with weight loss. However, I feel absolutely shattered now and really, really stiff. Hope I can keep it up.

Hopefully I will be the incredible shrinking woman soon!

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Dec
14
2009
0

Hell at the gym

As I was walking passed the window on my way home I witnessed the most hideous sight. A spinning class with ‘So Here it is Merry Christmas’ playing full blast.

I would rather be fat than go through that!

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Jun
09
2008
0

eek!

I am truly, truly knackered today.

Work was very busy and it was stuffy, hot and horrid in the office. Then I went to the gym and really struggled through my programme.

Either I am coming down with something or I am just overdoing it.

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May
18
2008
11

The life and times of a reticent gym-goer

My younger sister has spent years telling me that exercise is good for you. My mother’s answer to all problems, e.g. “I have a headache”, “I have backache”, “I am tired”, is that you need to get some exercise. Now I am starting to think there may be some truth in their comments. Throughout school I have hated most exercise. I loved walking, gymnastics and trampolining, but things like netball, hockey and running were, in my mind, very unnecessary to my life.

About 5 years ago I started doing Pilates. Initially I started doing it because I had a bad back, but I also found that it helped with my hyper-flexibility, improved muscle-tone and was relaxing. I love Pilates… it has been pretty life-changing for how I feel about myself. Then I started swimming and did that 4 or so times a week and that also helped to improve my fitness, but I started getting bored.

At Christmas I made the decision to start going to the gym. I have always been a passionate anti-gymer, but I decided something had to be done about my weight. So, since January I have been going to the gym at least 4 times a week as well as doing Pilates and I have lost 1st 3lbs. Whilst I can’t say that I love it, I have certainly found it to be mood-altering and on Thursday I was in the foulest of all foul moods (I made Robert Mugabe look reasonable) but an hour in the gym (plus a glass of wine and a chocolate muffin – ooops!!!) seemed to help my mood, and even my bad head-space. The other plus side is that not only have I lost weight, but I have lost about 3 inches off my waist and several inches off other parts of my large body. Who knows, one day I might be wafer thin!!

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