Morning girlies,
Yeah my phonebill WAS massive, we did have a "lock" thing on there to stop people phoning mobiles which was £30+ just to have that.....but then there'd be mobile calls on the bill when we'd leave the lock on all the time??
So we've just had enough of BT now and are swapping to the Sky+ package.
Vanda, I'd give the Neath Curves a ring, (just "google" Neath Curves and they're number should come up) explain youre interested in starting but you don't have alot of money etc.... explain you're interested in coming in and being shown around the machines and then they should advise you from there. (Nice ones normally waiver the joining fee to get people to join, will offer you your first workout for free to see if you like it,and then will go from there). I'd def recommend!
£30/month sounds alot, but with Curves you get the best results if you go 3-4 times a week, so that works out @ only £1.88 (4times/week) or £2.50 (3times/week) each time you go - which is considerably cheaper than my normal gym which is a whopping £5.45 every time!
I know it's easy for me to say, as I get mine free until Feb, but I think you should go for the first free work out - I think you'll really love it!
Also, I've found that Curves can vary alot club to club, the one local to me isnt as nice as the one I'm a "member" at - (Curves is a franchise so anyone can buy the Curves name and run it independently as their own business - the concept is the same - but they DO vary alot on attitude and the way it's set up etc....) So if you go to the Neath one and like the actual WORKOUT but not the owners/set up etc....I'd advise trying a few - i'm sure there's a few in the Neath/Swansea area now??
The one local to me has actually just gone into liquidation :-( and is closing down in the next few days, so I've found another one about a 30min drive from me, so I'm going there tomorrow night to see what that one's like!
Some have "star" awards where they progress people's achievements and put them on the star board - a great incentive as there's normally around 60-80 members and only 10 star places on the board so it's like a competetion to get on the star board!
Anyway.....something other than Curves! lol!
I was talking to my partner last night about being determined to go all the way with this "lifestyle change" this time, and that i'm actually enjoying it and looking forward to seeing the changes and the weight coming off.....he happily listened and commented in the right places....then he said, "there's sounds like there's a BUT coming...."
and there was! I'm SOOOOO worried about loose skin! I said I wouldn't be, and its not gonna stop me loosing the weight, but I AM worried about it.....the other thing I'm worried about (vain alert!) is my boobs! They've always been my best assest and I can't bear to think of them as droopy and saggy but i know they're gonna go that way as (I don't know how much I've lost this month yet but) they're already going crepey and loosing their "fullness".
SO....OH said not to worry, to keep moisturising and body brushing and toning, and when I'm at target we'll assess the "damage" and look into a breast lift and tummy tuck!! WOO WOO! He's going to pay for it too!! I love love love him! lol!
I'm hoping that I won't need either, but if I DO it's something to look forward to now, not fear loosing the weight and being left with the skin its place!
I know I'm incredibly lucky to have a partner who wants to help me with this and has the £ to afford to offer me surgery at the end and I'm totally appreciative!
We're not going to do anything too quickly tho, as I've read up on this alot and it takes around 6 months for the skin to go back naturally, so I'm gonna aim for end of July 2010 to loose all my weight and get to goal and then I'm going to look at Dec/Jan time, maybe even later, for any surgery!!
Having July/Aug as my goal means I need to lose just over 2lbs a week until then, which is DEF something to aim for!
I measured every inch of me yesterday, as is recommended when you start Curves, as you tend to lose alot of inches through their workouts, and the results were soooo depressing!
I wasn't going to post them on here as I was so disgusted by them, but I will, as it should work as motivation!
Under my bust - 38.5 inches
Around fullest part of my bust - 45 inches
Biggest part of my tummy (what's supposed to be the waist!) - 49.5
Biggest part of my hips - shockingly disgusting 56 inches
Thighs - a shocking 30 inches!
Arms - 15 inches
So needless to say I was totally disgusted :-(
On a brighter note, I stuck to 3 meals NO snacks yesterday:
*wholemeal toast for brekkie with flora really light
*pasta and garlic & herb pitta for dinner
*turkety dinner for tea with lean turkey breast, cabbage, broccolli, carrots, peas, 2 roasties, a small yorkshire pudding, cauliflower and green beans, 1 small ladel of gravy.
Lots of water!
I'm going to have my brekkie now, gonna have a SF bar and a big glass of water and a cup of green tea!
Meant to be going for a big walk today but the weather's not too nice round here today! gonna get SOME exercise in regardless, then a walk and Curves tomorrow!
xxxx
sounds good. is it expensive?
