My journey to get back in shape.

[Detour5]

I feel for you and your lack of sleep lady! You're a trooper to still motivate yourself to do workouts. Your daughter's flexibility is amazing! Sounds like she could earn a living as a contorsionist...lol! Enjoy laying with the new camera

Haha, way ahead of you! With that there trick we're in the preliminary stages of being on a kiddies TV programme with it!

 

[slair]

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careful...any higher on that shirt and we might see a nip slip...just sayin lol. ya look great though, congratulations on the results!!

 

[Mrs P]

Thanks girl! My husband bought a new camera a few days ago and is tinkering with it now after taking a few shots of our daughter doing her amazing flexibility stretches She's amazing, she can lie on her tummy and bend her knees to touch the top of her head, then she moves down to her nose, and then moves her toes down to her mouth!!! So the sleep thing is STILL an issue! Still averaging between 3 - 5hrs sleep, not feeling super human, but I'm still doing some exercise. I have to build up again. Tomorrow I might just shock my body and throw in some olympic lifts with some snatches to generate more power. On pics by end of the week

You are definitely a super mom & that entitles u to a cape & a sexy super girl costume, just sayin

Seriously Dee, u are truly an inspiration, I would be "out of service" with 3 hrs of sleep... I'm proud of u girl !
I hope u get more sleep tonight...sending u some zzzzzz's vibes as I type this.

 

[Detour5]

So an update of my midsection after baby

Still need to hold to my word and get a proper photo of everything, always something to do and just forget, easy to snap my torso with my phone in the bathroom mirror lol! I think I have slight loose skin on my lower abs and down the front middle. Yeah I know I had a baby 8 months ago (he's 8 months today ), and yes he's still waking through the night and needing settling. I now just think he wants cuddles. It's my legs that I need to get pics of but they never come out in my phone pics so you can't see what I want you to see. That's where I have to make my Mr get his phone out and just snap away...

 

[Detour5]

Just comparing my recent upload to my avi...a mixture of emotions between "yay I'm not far off!" to "damn I'm not there yet!"

 

[Mrs P]

Still need to hold to my word and get a proper photo of everything, always something to do and just forget, easy to snap my torso with my phone in the bathroom mirror lol! I think I have slight loose skin on my lower abs and down the front middle. Yeah I know I had a baby 8 months ago (he's 8 months today ), and yes he's still waking through the night and needing settling. I now just think he wants cuddles. It's my legs that I need to get pics of but they never come out in my phone pics so you can't see what I want you to see. That's where I have to make my Mr get his phone out and just snap away...

Looking good Dee,

U are making good progress, give yourself some good earned credit, not many can do what your doing with the little sleep your getting, keep it up girl ~your doing great~

 

[Mt-momma]

You look AHhhh-mazing! Love the recent update pic. You have a figure for females to aspire too regardless of the fact you've had two kiddos and one of those less than a year ago . Give yourself credit. You're running on empty and still manage to take care of yourself. Keep it up! <3

 

[Detour5]

Looking good Dee,

U are making good progress, give yourself some good earned credit, not many can do what your doing with the little sleep your getting, keep it up girl ~your doing great~

Thanks girl! I won't lie, it's real tough right now because he is still waking in the night. The most I can hope for is 5 hrs sleep, but that is not straight 5 hrs. I'll keep going, but I know until he sleeps through regularly I'll be zapped.

You look AHhhh-mazing! Love the recent update pic. You have a figure for females to aspire too regardless of the fact you've had two kiddos and one of those less than a year ago . Give yourself credit. You're running on empty and still manage to take care of yourself. Keep it up! <3

Thanks momma! I'm trying, just difficult. I try to do so many things in one day. But yeah, I'll keep doing my thang!

 

[Detour5]

So, a new gym opened up 2 minutes from my home. I joined last Wednesday and today was my second time going. I went this evening as soon as my husband got back from work after I'd fed the kids. I did 20 minutes not too intense HIIT type cardio, pull ups, dips, single legs squats and Y stand holds on the bosu for balance and leg/core work, and hollow/arch holds.
I always do some sort of flexibility training after weights to keep supple. So I always stretched my splits both sides, oversplits both sides and included backbend during the splits. I stretched my shoulder and upper back flexibility because I plan on doing some gymnastics type training tomorrow and keeping those areas open helps with maintaining my goal even if I can't quite surpass it yet.

I'd forgotten how it can be in the gym when people try to show off a little bit, and I'll admit I did a little!! I know that the things I do are to keep another fitness contest in mind and I have a unique way of training. It does make me chuckle to myself when I'm doing something and people are probably thinking - how the f*** she doing that..lol!
Don't get it twisted, I'm not a big show off - just an iddy biddy one!

 

[Detour5]

Just a quick update on my status. My silhouette seems to have improved. A quick snap of myself clothed I can see changes.

 

[Mt-momma]

Woohoo! Look at you hottie!

 

[Detour5]

Woohoo! Look at you hottie!

Thank you MT!

So another update for my situation.

My body looks slightly leaner and longer from sticking with my training. I do 1 - 2 days of yoga type training anywhere from as little as 20 minutes to 1 hour all dependent on how long my son sleeps. 1 - 2 days of basic gymnastics training/conditioning dependent on the same factors, weights (sticking with what's important to me like pull ups, dips, squats all 3 sets of and with reps ranging from 30 - 8) and cardio twice a week. I haven't been doing much dance so just muck about for the sake of making my kids laugh when it comes to that.

It's difficult to have real structure and do a proper log, my son still wakes in the night. Last night he woke up screaming at 2am and I couldn't get him settled until 3:15am. I then couldn't get back to sleep for a good couple of hours. Then he woke up at about 7 ish in the am. This is my life everyday folks, so it's so hard for me to keep up with everything. My diet is the part that will determine my success and I'm still eating to survive this onslaught of sleepless nights inflicted on me. My shape is OK, but I'm noticing that my upper inner thighs stand out to me and need sorting out!! My lower abs, upper back and hips - basically every womanly part, and diet not workouts is what sorts that out.

Just to give an example of my diet, I have almond butter on toast (easy so I can feed my baby at the same time) and a strrooonnnngggg coffee.(If I can I scramble 2 egg whites with 1 whole egg with some bell pepper, mushrooms and spinach and a slice of wholegrain toast spread with organic butter) After my training a glass of chocolate oat milk which replenishes me fast and a pear. 3 hours later I'll have sirloin steak with a selection of veg (aubergine, Kale, avocado, beetroot..) and either a pitta pocket made from quinoa and seeds or quinoa or brown/wild rice. If I have the time and if I'm hungry enough I'll have some fruit with a spoonful of peanut/almond butter and dinner will be stir-fried veg with chicken/fish/steak (all organic) and a serving of quinoa/rice/sweet potato.

now that I'm training twice a day on some days my appetite has increased again. I'm training for strength, not to add muscle. I obviously want to lose fat, but that will be with diet. Oh... I also add a few squares of 85% dark chocolate in the afternoon or after dinner occasionally I have biscuits, a gin and tonic (small) and a small glass of wine. Not an ice cream fan but sometimes have a bit. So a touch sporadic, but I'm basically eating what I want to eat right now. Reading it back it doesn't seem so bad

My son has just sicked up his milk on me grrrr

 

[Mrs P]

Well, Well, Well, Look who's bringing sexy back ? lol

You are looking great !!!!!

Like I walways say, I admire your determination, you are doing an amazing job ! I really don't think I could even do 3 workout a week with such little sleep.

I agree with you, I think diet will be key in achieving what your looking for..
Diet doesn't look that bad to me, and u have seen progress, so some tweaking here and there & I'm sure you will achieve your goals in no time..

You already look amazing, can't even tell u had a baby 8 months ago ~U go girl~

 

[Detour5]

So I've been away for a while. Guess why... I'm exhausted My boy wakes every night screaming the house down and I have so little sleep everyday it's hard to function. But I'm still training some be it weights (doing some now) some cardio (mainly dance) and some gymnastics (hoping to get to the gym with my trainer and improve on my skills) The over exhaustion is hurting recovery and my will power plus I'm eating eating eating to get through it all so

My waist measurement has gone up by a few mm ( I know not much, but still )
Well it's not all bad, my gymnastics strength is slowly coming back again and my handstands and planche (type) holds are improving so if anything I have come along strength wise in some respects.

 

[Mt-momma]

D- you are beautiful and a wonderful mama! It is all a journey and wil ebb and flow with life events. Don't feel bad, just keep on trucking and know that *someday* his sleep issues will calm and you will have rest as well. It's hard to run on so little sleep for so long. I understand and feel your pain. I also admire your determination. Remember that you are amazing.

 

[yesitis]

Your doing great Detour keep up the good work!

 

[Mrs P]

I know it seems like it will never happen, but soon you'll be sleeping through the night, hang in there.. You are an amazin mom !! Your doing great, I'm proud of u girl~

 

[Detour5]

D- you are beautiful and a wonderful mama! It is all a journey and wil ebb and flow with life events. Don't feel bad, just keep on trucking and know that *someday* his sleep issues will calm and you will have rest as well. It's hard to run on so little sleep for so long. I understand and feel your pain. I also admire your determination. Remember that you are amazing.

MT - Thank you so much, the support is so appreciated and especially lately. My determination is also stubbornness! Amazing? Dunno about that, just trying to be all things to all people and burning out. But you know what they say, you're a long time dead

 

[Detour5]

Your doing great Detour keep up the good work!

Thank you. I'm trying and I know one day it will all have been worth it

I know it seems like it will never happen, but soon you'll be sleeping through the night, hang in there.. You are an amazin mom !! Your doing great, I'm proud of u girl~

Thanks girl, it's tough and I'm hanging by the skin on my skin of my teeth lol! But to be honest I feel motivated dropping by here and seeing you, just too haut!

 

[meloyelo7337]

great thread and nice work. the was back a few pages but someone had mentioned the bowflex weights...... you should check on craigslist.com
so many people buy this kind of stuff and never really use it and then they sell if for nothing just to get it out of the basement. i got a 100lb punching bag for $25 and it was like brand new.