Lavender Rose
Specialized Fan Girl
- Location
- Ashford, Kent
Hi guys...I have been busy! Hence not getting on much. Definitely not taking a break from cycling though.
I joined the gym back at the beginning of June. I always said I wouldn't. But I got a good offer for 6 months and I really did want to start changing my life around. I go around 4 times a week for around an hour. Like an intense hour. Consisting mainly of bike/rowing/cross trainer and treadmill. In addition I have dumbbells and various workout videos on YouTube which I love doing to tone the podgy bits
I have always been not keen on the gym...convinced I was doing enough when really it wasn't. I decided this time I was doing it for me and I only have myself to prove wrong, the push the limits. Before I have tried to stick the gym due to nagging parents or boyfriends. It has never worked because I didn't want to be there.
I have had lazy some weeks mind you and injured myself through work also which sometimes would take away the odd session here and there but I started to feel confident. Started to RUN ON THE TREADMILL?! These things I never thought i would do.
Weight loss has been slow and gradual, which is good. I think I have dodgy genes in honesty which doesn't help. The main point of this thread is this.....
I went out on my bike around 4 weeks ago with my mum and it was around 25 miles. Along the coast, beautiful weather and ice cream!! I felt amazing, I have never been unfit and have always had good stamina but this was something else, I didn't feel grumpy or hot or wanting to get off at the sight of a hill. My willpower has rocketed and my determination and confidence has grown too. So what if it's taking me time to loose weight. I am having a tonne of fun in the mean time and I just feel better and better each day. Clothes fit easier, I dare to wear stripes....
It's all coming together slowly and I just don't want it to stop.
Thanks for listening to me, I hope others feel the same and may even be inspired hehe
I joined the gym back at the beginning of June. I always said I wouldn't. But I got a good offer for 6 months and I really did want to start changing my life around. I go around 4 times a week for around an hour. Like an intense hour. Consisting mainly of bike/rowing/cross trainer and treadmill. In addition I have dumbbells and various workout videos on YouTube which I love doing to tone the podgy bits
I have always been not keen on the gym...convinced I was doing enough when really it wasn't. I decided this time I was doing it for me and I only have myself to prove wrong, the push the limits. Before I have tried to stick the gym due to nagging parents or boyfriends. It has never worked because I didn't want to be there.
I have had lazy some weeks mind you and injured myself through work also which sometimes would take away the odd session here and there but I started to feel confident. Started to RUN ON THE TREADMILL?! These things I never thought i would do.
Weight loss has been slow and gradual, which is good. I think I have dodgy genes in honesty which doesn't help. The main point of this thread is this.....
I went out on my bike around 4 weeks ago with my mum and it was around 25 miles. Along the coast, beautiful weather and ice cream!! I felt amazing, I have never been unfit and have always had good stamina but this was something else, I didn't feel grumpy or hot or wanting to get off at the sight of a hill. My willpower has rocketed and my determination and confidence has grown too. So what if it's taking me time to loose weight. I am having a tonne of fun in the mean time and I just feel better and better each day. Clothes fit easier, I dare to wear stripes....
It's all coming together slowly and I just don't want it to stop.
Thanks for listening to me, I hope others feel the same and may even be inspired hehe
let me just tend the rose bushes while drinking Earl Grey hehe x
