Gym bunny

I have started going to my local gym!

I am one of those January statistics, 'new year, new me' type ladies. Although technically I signed up on the 31st December! 

Really my intention is not to look as round in the middle as I did while I was in Malta last summer. I don't need to loose weight. At 5ft and 56.5kg my BMI is fine, it's more vanity I guess... and fitting more comfortably into those cute denim dungarees I bought from Topshop at the end of last year.



Topshop Petite Moto Denim Dungarees.
http://bit.ly/1ll9rIS

With my membership I was offered an initial induction and then every 4 weeks I'll have a refresher. In the induction I was given a routine that'll help tone my midsection hopefully. The routine goes as follows

5 minutes on the treadmill SPEED 5/6 INCLINE 3 max.
Pull ups on the straps at different angles 3 reps of 10.
Squats from sitting 4 reps of 10.

Then 4 reps of 10
Reverse Crunch, V Sits, Plank to forearms, Plank ball roll (pushing a medicine ball off a wall), Toe Touches (Feet in the air, touch a medicine ball to your toes).

I then finish with 5 minutes on the bike, but sometimes I'll leave that, as I have a big hill to walk up to get home!

So far I'm managing 3 times a week for the last fortnight, usually as soon as I'm in from work around 5/530, so it's just starting to get a bit busier.

Fingers crossed I start to get the same enthusiasm as this woman!

K x

Where you been gurl?

I'm not going to attempt with the false apologies for lack of effort into maintaining (or let's be honest, starting!) this blog... I'm a teacher... effort goes into work, eating and living!

But, now that I am into more of a routine in my job, and find myself watching 2/3 episodes of breaking bad a night, I figured I probably have more time now!!

Long story short here is how the last year went...

• Completed NQT year in year 3 with a 'good' (over the moon!). On paper the level of the children's progress was not great, but the difference I saw in the attitutude towards eachother, towards me, and their confidence in their learning was massive in my opinion, and sometimes, that's more important.
• I went to Malta with the boyf over the summer... bliss!! We stayed in St Julians, went boating around Gozo, got drenched in a monsoon over the sealife park, drank a lot, ate a lot, played cards a lot!
• Started the new academic year as a part time music teacher (yay!) and a part time nursery teacher (boo!). To say I was shocked at the EYFS job is an understatement! I cried! LOTS!!! I had no experience in Nursery, not even a fleeting visit! So that was eye opening! But more on that to come!
• Christmas concerts and nativities are out of the way. As are the obligitory 'kiddie flu's'. I'm still working my way through the Christmas chocolate... however have joined the gym!
• The boyf now lives in Singapore (boooooooo!!!!) but that does mean I am going to visit him in a few weeks time (yaaaaay!)

So that's my long turned to short but actually quite long wrap up of the last year!! Don't punish me if this is the last you hear of me for another year!!!

K xx