Yes it's official, I'm the other side of 40 now, some might say the wrong side but I'll call it the better side, the side that I'm going to carry on improving myself with a little help from little blonde bombshell Tracy Anderson.
After a night of exciting encounters at a ghost hunting evening followed by a relaxing day opening my birthday gifts and being treated to a home cooked dinner, I failed to do my cardio and my muscle work yesterday, but I'm not beating myself up, I'm allowing myself that one!
Today I've worked hard not only doing my TAM but also starting wallpapering the dining room and conservatory, and there's still lots to do tomorrow too. Pat on the back for me.
The last thing I'll mention today is bikinis, and I don't mean the sort you pull on for the beach, I mean the sort I've been wearing since I can remember - those lines in my skin where a bikini should sit but are really where my shape folds when I lean forwards. Well the good news is that I've noticed the lines are getting more faint, which I think means my muscles underneath are stretching into new longer leaner shapes and are pulling the skin tighter with them. Very pleased! Also when I get a cross light on my abs they are definitely more pronounced, so more incentive to keep going with the little blonde bombshell that is Tracy Anderson. Bring it on!
Janice
Monday, 30 May 2011
Saturday, 28 May 2011
Day 21... Cupcake Time!
Wow, it's day 21, which means that today I start sequence 3 of my 'Tracy Anderson Metamorphosis Omnicentric Workout Series'.
That might be a mouthful to say but I tell you what's a real mouthful - this giant cupcake my husband has just presented me with, for my birthday tomorrow! It's not ideal Tracy food plan material but it is my 40th birthday so I have to say what the heck and I tell you now I have already had a slice and it was oh so yummy!
Having said that I am not planning on eating the whole thing to myself but sharing the love (& cake) instead. I will allow myself a piece a day for the next three says but after that it has to go! I'm sure the gannets at work will polish it off for me if I give them the chance.
So as today is the first day of sequence 3 that means it's also measurement day :-( Not a day I look forward to as I don't want to be disappointed but I think I will have stayed the same if not lost a tiny bit around the beehind again, we'll see shortly when I get changed and get the tape measure out.
Another transformation that I have undergone since the last photo is that I have had a new hair do. It's now shorter in a choppy bob with dark blonder highlights. I like it and I have had so many nice comments that I have to think I should've done this years ago. Actually I did do it a couple of years ago but I just never went back to get it cut so it grew out. I always do that. I won't this time. New me.
So I shall fill in the rest of today's blog once those all-important measurements are in...
(2 hours later...)
Ok, so the good news is that my arm, bust and waist measurements have all gone down by a quarter inch each, the other measurements have stayed about the same. So not too bad I think!
Just done 1st attempt at sequence 3 of Omni, I LOVE IT!!! I really think this will be the level to boost the results even more. The arms & abs moves are more intense and I love all the new leg rotations, I can even balance on one knee & one hand when required on this level, I must be getting better!
Tonight I may lose some weight in an involuntary manner - I'm going ghost hunting to a spooky Tudor house called Smithills Hall in Bolton, a few trips to the loo may be required, before AND during!
So, just time to go and pick out an outfit - what do you wear for the company of the spirits???
Until later... and next time I post I'll be past the post, 40-wise. It's coming...
Janice.
That might be a mouthful to say but I tell you what's a real mouthful - this giant cupcake my husband has just presented me with, for my birthday tomorrow! It's not ideal Tracy food plan material but it is my 40th birthday so I have to say what the heck and I tell you now I have already had a slice and it was oh so yummy!
Having said that I am not planning on eating the whole thing to myself but sharing the love (& cake) instead. I will allow myself a piece a day for the next three says but after that it has to go! I'm sure the gannets at work will polish it off for me if I give them the chance.
So as today is the first day of sequence 3 that means it's also measurement day :-( Not a day I look forward to as I don't want to be disappointed but I think I will have stayed the same if not lost a tiny bit around the beehind again, we'll see shortly when I get changed and get the tape measure out.
Another transformation that I have undergone since the last photo is that I have had a new hair do. It's now shorter in a choppy bob with dark blonder highlights. I like it and I have had so many nice comments that I have to think I should've done this years ago. Actually I did do it a couple of years ago but I just never went back to get it cut so it grew out. I always do that. I won't this time. New me.
So I shall fill in the rest of today's blog once those all-important measurements are in...
(2 hours later...)
Ok, so the good news is that my arm, bust and waist measurements have all gone down by a quarter inch each, the other measurements have stayed about the same. So not too bad I think!
Just done 1st attempt at sequence 3 of Omni, I LOVE IT!!! I really think this will be the level to boost the results even more. The arms & abs moves are more intense and I love all the new leg rotations, I can even balance on one knee & one hand when required on this level, I must be getting better!
Tonight I may lose some weight in an involuntary manner - I'm going ghost hunting to a spooky Tudor house called Smithills Hall in Bolton, a few trips to the loo may be required, before AND during!
So, just time to go and pick out an outfit - what do you wear for the company of the spirits???
Until later... and next time I post I'll be past the post, 40-wise. It's coming...
Janice.
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Day 18
Where did the time go since my last blog? I can't believe I'm on day 18 already, that means I've only 2 more goes at sequence 2 of Meta Omni then I'm onto the next round of weird and wonderful positions and repetitions! How Tracy comes up with all these variations I do not know. But I love her for it...
So, progress. Well the diet, which is not really a diet at all, goes in fits and starts. Mostly due to me hankering after chocolate, lovely dark Hotel Chocolat in particular. I'm not going at it like it's going out of fashion or anything but I just have to have a piece. And maybe another one to keep the first company. I should move them out of reach, say into my hubby's tummy, but I just can't, it's too good to 'waste' on him! Other than that though I am eating oaty clustered cereal for breakfast with oat milk, usually 100g of chicken breast and a salad for lunch then salmon & stir fried veg or similar in the evening. Oh, plus pineapple and raspberries for snacks/afters. So overall I'm doing good I think. The weight is now hovvering around the 8st 1.8 region, rather than about 8st 4.6, which is what I was about 2 months ago. So going in the right direction. My jeans fit better too, tonight I'm wearing a pair that I couldn't even get into when I bought them a couple of years ago, then I managed to fasten them after losing about 6 lbs, and now I don't even have to undo them when I sit down, they're even sat on my hips not high on my waist. So more progress I feel!
I've been so tired the past couple of days I haven't put in 100% effort on the workouts but I'm determined to get more sleep to fix this. Plus I'll be 40 in ... (counting) ... 5 days so I'm putting in a good last push to see if I can't get down to 8st 0 dead or below before then. I'd love to be able to say Happy Birthday To Me, From Me!
Another way I might lose a last few ounces is by going on the ghost humt / paranormal evening the night before my birthday - I'm sure I'll be mildly cacking my pants before hand, and if anything does jump out at me on the night, well, that'll be another half pound gone, say no more. Spare pants packed.
So, until the next installment I shall go and plan my new hair do - due the day after tomorrow. Inspiration gods please start smiling on me...
Janice. x
So, progress. Well the diet, which is not really a diet at all, goes in fits and starts. Mostly due to me hankering after chocolate, lovely dark Hotel Chocolat in particular. I'm not going at it like it's going out of fashion or anything but I just have to have a piece. And maybe another one to keep the first company. I should move them out of reach, say into my hubby's tummy, but I just can't, it's too good to 'waste' on him! Other than that though I am eating oaty clustered cereal for breakfast with oat milk, usually 100g of chicken breast and a salad for lunch then salmon & stir fried veg or similar in the evening. Oh, plus pineapple and raspberries for snacks/afters. So overall I'm doing good I think. The weight is now hovvering around the 8st 1.8 region, rather than about 8st 4.6, which is what I was about 2 months ago. So going in the right direction. My jeans fit better too, tonight I'm wearing a pair that I couldn't even get into when I bought them a couple of years ago, then I managed to fasten them after losing about 6 lbs, and now I don't even have to undo them when I sit down, they're even sat on my hips not high on my waist. So more progress I feel!
I've been so tired the past couple of days I haven't put in 100% effort on the workouts but I'm determined to get more sleep to fix this. Plus I'll be 40 in ... (counting) ... 5 days so I'm putting in a good last push to see if I can't get down to 8st 0 dead or below before then. I'd love to be able to say Happy Birthday To Me, From Me!
Another way I might lose a last few ounces is by going on the ghost humt / paranormal evening the night before my birthday - I'm sure I'll be mildly cacking my pants before hand, and if anything does jump out at me on the night, well, that'll be another half pound gone, say no more. Spare pants packed.
So, until the next installment I shall go and plan my new hair do - due the day after tomorrow. Inspiration gods please start smiling on me...
Janice. x
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Day 13
Going to the spa with your friends is one of the best ways of not only relaxing, but also fixing those niggling injuries you inevitably get when you take on a fitness program. Yesterday I went to the spa with a sore calf muscle and sore oblique muscles - I used the steam & sauna rooms, the crushed ice rubbed all over my body and the very warm spa pool (complete with jets you can stand in front of and get pelted!) and came out with - no injuries! What a great day! Must remember that next time I pick up a niggling injury - what a good excuse to go to the spa eh girls?
I'm now onto day 3 of sequence 2 of Meta Omni and although I'm finding some of it quite hard, especially the floor exercises where you have to balance on one leg & one hand, I think it's great that it's so different from sequence 1. And it really has stepped up another level.
Not been too disciplined with the food this week, had pizza after the spa (it was my pre-birthday girlie treat day), and have had chocolate most days, not loads of the stuff but enough to disappoint myself, so I think a bit of a push and some effort is required now to get another pound off before my birthday in 10 days time. Did I say birthday? 40th birthday - eek!
Tomorrow I go and see about teeth whitening - there's no stopping me trying to improve myself these days! And next week it's new hair-do time. Mid life crisis? Maybe!
Nighty night.
I'm now onto day 3 of sequence 2 of Meta Omni and although I'm finding some of it quite hard, especially the floor exercises where you have to balance on one leg & one hand, I think it's great that it's so different from sequence 1. And it really has stepped up another level.
Not been too disciplined with the food this week, had pizza after the spa (it was my pre-birthday girlie treat day), and have had chocolate most days, not loads of the stuff but enough to disappoint myself, so I think a bit of a push and some effort is required now to get another pound off before my birthday in 10 days time. Did I say birthday? 40th birthday - eek!
Tomorrow I go and see about teeth whitening - there's no stopping me trying to improve myself these days! And next week it's new hair-do time. Mid life crisis? Maybe!
Nighty night.
Sunday, 15 May 2011
Metamorphosis Day 10
I know it says day 10 in the title and I know this is my first post but better late than never to start blogging my Tracy Anderson Method Metamorphosis transformation hey!
I started TAM (let's just call it that, we all know what I'm talking about!) in early April 2011, I found myself staring at all the exercise DVDs in the supermarket and Tracy's Mat Workout DVD ended up in my trolley! As soon as I started it I knew she was different. So I bought the 30 day method book & dvd, and wow, what a creative and inspiring little lady she is! Soon followed the Total Cardio DVD and within a month I'd ordered myself the full Metamorphosis Omnicentric DVD Set, all the way from America. I waited 3 weeks for it to arrive, doing a combination of all 3 of her other DVDs in the meantime, loving it all the way.
So today is day 10 of my metamorphosis into something newer, better, slimmer, more toned and more fabulous hopefully! I'll be 40 in 2 weeks so I think this was my way of trying to cling on to my 30's and my youthful(ish) looks just that little bit longer, before the 40's really kick in!
So at day 10 I stand, having taken my measurements on day 1. Tracy wants us to take measurements every 10th day so here are my results to date:
Starting measurements:
Bust: 35.5"
Rt Arm: 9.8"
Waist: 29.5"
Hips: 36.25"
Rt Thigh: 20.75"
Weight: 8st 2.6
And day 10 measurements:
And I really hate this picture but I will share a picture of me at day 1. I'm hoping day 90's picture will be MUCH improved from this.
So for the bright ones amongst us that means I've lost 1 pound and over an inch. Not bad for 10 days eh.
I took a sneak preview at sequence 2 Omni after my workout tonight, seeing as I'll be starting that tomorrow, and I have to say I'm looking forward to it because it definitely looks a lot harder (which means results hopefully) but also I'm a bit scared because she does a lot of moves where she's resting on one arm, which is not good for my bad shoulder. I'll try it and see...
So for now I think that's day 10 wrapped up... will write some more when I have anything useful to say!
I started TAM (let's just call it that, we all know what I'm talking about!) in early April 2011, I found myself staring at all the exercise DVDs in the supermarket and Tracy's Mat Workout DVD ended up in my trolley! As soon as I started it I knew she was different. So I bought the 30 day method book & dvd, and wow, what a creative and inspiring little lady she is! Soon followed the Total Cardio DVD and within a month I'd ordered myself the full Metamorphosis Omnicentric DVD Set, all the way from America. I waited 3 weeks for it to arrive, doing a combination of all 3 of her other DVDs in the meantime, loving it all the way.
So today is day 10 of my metamorphosis into something newer, better, slimmer, more toned and more fabulous hopefully! I'll be 40 in 2 weeks so I think this was my way of trying to cling on to my 30's and my youthful(ish) looks just that little bit longer, before the 40's really kick in!
So at day 10 I stand, having taken my measurements on day 1. Tracy wants us to take measurements every 10th day so here are my results to date:
Starting measurements:
Bust: 35.5"
Rt Arm: 9.8"
Waist: 29.5"
Hips: 36.25"
Rt Thigh: 20.75"
Weight: 8st 2.6
And day 10 measurements:
Bust: 35"
Rt Arm: 9.75"
Waist: 29.75" (why has this gone up!!!)
Hips: 35.75"
Rt Thigh: 20.25"
Weight: 8st 1.6
And I really hate this picture but I will share a picture of me at day 1. I'm hoping day 90's picture will be MUCH improved from this.
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| Me in my 'disco pants' on day 1, trying me on a typical Tracy pose... |
So for the bright ones amongst us that means I've lost 1 pound and over an inch. Not bad for 10 days eh.
I took a sneak preview at sequence 2 Omni after my workout tonight, seeing as I'll be starting that tomorrow, and I have to say I'm looking forward to it because it definitely looks a lot harder (which means results hopefully) but also I'm a bit scared because she does a lot of moves where she's resting on one arm, which is not good for my bad shoulder. I'll try it and see...
So for now I think that's day 10 wrapped up... will write some more when I have anything useful to say!
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