Beetroot Face!!

I think I did well! Actually I know I did well!!

After ignoring my alarm to get up early and exercise yesterday morning, I went back to sleep haha! When I woke, I was lazing in bed and thinking of everything I had to do today and beating myself up for not exercising when I thought OMG don't be Lazy!!!! Seriously I was almost in tears the night before thinking about how much I hate my belly so I threw off the covers, got dressed, walked out to my husband and said 'Honey, I'm going to go for a bike ride, I'll be back in half an hour so you can get ready for work, MissV is still asleep and MasterV is just getting dressed'

I then walked my bike out the front, put my helmet & headphones on and took off :)

Holy Crap am I unfit! I almost died after only getting around the second corner LOL! BUT I kept going! I'd been riding for about 10-15mins when I wanted to check how I had gone so I opened up the Road Bike Pro App and lo and behold I had forgotten to press start HAHAHA!!! So I pressed start from there and kept going. I have to admit, I struggled going up the slightest of hills and with the smallest of head winds. Oh where , oh where have my strong legs gone? Oh yeah, into the pile along with every other unused item :(

So I got home! The App said I had ridden for 15mins and ridden 3.5 kms so I guess I did about double that :)

Now, while this is not something to go to the cycle club and brag about haha I am definitely feeling proud of myself for 1. Getting off my butt and going and 2. Well.... Getting off my butt and going!

The worst thing Bout this whole exercise wasn't the realisation of how incredibly unfit I am, nor the memory of how sore I get after sitting on a bike seat (ouch) NO It's the memory of my embarrasing affliction of going Red as a Beetroot when I exercise!! And I mean RED, and now I remember back to when I was fit and No matter how fit I am, I still go incredibly red in the face! Yesterday, I'd been home for an hour and had a shower and I was still glowing! Anybody else suffer from this?

Tick Tock! Body Clock!

Well!!! I haven't been very successful in my attempt to exercise in the morning.

I have been trying to get to bed earlier so that I can get up earlier and exercise before the kids get up, however, this has not worked all that well. The first few nights were fine, went to bed an hour earlier, got up half an hour earlier, exercised then got myself and the kids ready for the day. PERFECT I thought, once I have gotten used to the new sleeping pattern I can start getting up another half an hour earlier and I will have plenty of me time to exercise and enjoy my mornings.

Alas, this only worked for 3 days!!! Yep 3 freakin days! Then I was so tired that I went to bed even earlier and woke up no less than 6 times in one night! 6 times! So by the morning I was so exhausted I just couldn't drag myself out of bed to get ready on time, let alone exercise.

The next few nights were much the same but this time it was my darling darling children coming in to wake me, along with my own traitorous body.

Now the kids have stopped coming in, my body seems to have worked out that it is absolutely not necessary to wake every hour or so, I thought I could get back on track. WRONG!!

Last night, I got to sleep early (10.30pm, which is early for me) and although I didn't wake up 6 times, I still woke up 2-3times (that I remember) which just made me feel too tired. So by 6.30am I was ready to get up and figured I should Just F'n Do Exercise and then my kids both got up so had to get them sorted and by then I figured I had better just get myself ready.

So!! My conclusion to this pain in the butt rut is to GO TO SLEEP, NO LATER than 10.30pm (but not too much earlier either) and GET UP, NO LATER than 6am, otherwise I will just find excuses if the kids are up. I am hoping that by doing this EVERY NIGHT that my body clock will fix itself and start letting me sleep the whole way through and I will wake refreshed every morning :D

What are your sleeping patterns like?

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Back with a Capital V

I am back!!! 

I didn't like the look of my blog and wanted to update it before posting any new stuff, however time got away from me and I decided it was all too hard!

Now I am Back :)

I've decided I need somewhere that is just for me, to write about my weight battles, excercise, organisation and well all that's in between! 

I didn't make any resolutions for 2014! Instead I have a list of goals for 2014 and if I get to the end of the year and I have achieved these, well then I'll be incredibly happy :)

My main goal is to get fit and look and feel better both in clothes and naked! 

So to start this goal off I am posting mybefore pics right here...........

27 Jan 2014 - Starting Project Fitter V

To begin with I am doing some exercise vids from PopSugar & Blogilates

I'll let ya know how I go :)

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