I started with Tracy's DVD about 4 weeks ago. On the first day I managed to keep up using a 20lb bell up to the point where she starts teaching transfers. This is about the 500 swing mark. My form on those last few swings was not great to say the least. I collapsed in a small puddle clutching my forearms and watched the rest of the DVD in awe at Tracy barely breaking a sweat.
For the last 4 weeks I have been doing a combination of following the DVD and the roundabout video that Tracy posted from her blog around the same time.
Last Sunday, I followed along with the entire DVD, and repeated the workout at the end for a second time all with my 12kg bell. My hip snap at the end was as good as the first rep.
My left hand grip has improved so much that I no longer need chalk to complete the workouts and I have no fear of losing my bell on the 1 hand swings and transfers as I did in the beginning. Oh and my forearms don't hurt any more. I also have a much better appreciation for how important the hip snap is. I train in front of a mirror so that I can't slack off without seeing it immediately.
For the record the entire DVD, by my count, is 926 swings. The 12 minute workout is 266. After I did the math I quickly stood up and snapped out 8 more reps to be able to claim a 1200 swing workout. :)
To say I was pleased is an understatement. This is phenomenal for me. I am loving my workouts, I am excited to get into my workout room and knock out some Tracy Style swings. I am feeling and seeing changes all over my body. So is my husband. *grin*
I think I am ready to start designing some of my own workouts as well. I think more than anything I love how this DVD gave me the tools, ideas and confidence to make up my own workouts. At first I thought I was going to be all left feet in trying to get the moves down, specifically the roundabout but it comes pretty natural now. I do have to envy Tracy's ability to keep count though.
If you don't own this DVD, I cannot encourage you to get it enough. Thank you Tracy :)
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Vacations over..
Here we go:
Weight For giggles, aka why people need to stop freaking over 1lb variations:
8am: 168.2 (On Waking)
6pm: 167.2 (Post Fast)
8pm: 166.0 (Post Workout)
Supplements:
Fish oil, Prograde metabolism, Saffron, 6000 iU D3 supp (docs orders), Multi
Fast: - Not strict but good enough for me.
8am - 12pm: 2 cups of coffee w/Creamer, 32oz water. (60 cals)
12pm: 1 yoplait light yoghurt (100cals)
3pm: 1 cup of coffee w/creamer, 64oz water (30cals)
Pre-Workout Snack:
6pm: 1 Prograde Craver (180cals)
TL;DR Workout: 21 mins - 464 swings. (see below for more complicated breakdown)
Dinner Post Workout:
8.30pm: 1 Can of Amy's Vegetable & Barley soup (140cals)
Pad Thai with Chicken and Sausage. (no clue)
Pad thai was leftovers. maybe 1.5oz dry rice noodles. 1/2lb'ish of meat. Onion, bell pepper, lime juice and a healthy dose of sesame oil. (meat mix was a leftover from day before, I don't usually put cajun sausage in my thai food. It worked out pretty damn good though.)
There might be something else before bed, probably just a decaf coffee though.
Workout:
This was first run through so a bit fluffy. It's the 12 minute workout at the end of the DVD I have been raving about. I tried to do it twice. Didn't make it all the way through the second time around.
Tracy's pacing is 10 swings per 15 seconds. Speed swings are 12 swings per 15 seconds. This pacing makes up most of the entire workout. Each set as listed below took 1 minute to complete including it's rest component.
15 seconds work, 15 seconds rest: (W15/R15)
Set 1) 10 2h swings / Rest / 10 transfers / Rest
Set 2) 12 2h speed swings / Rest / 10 transfers / Rest
30 seconds work, 30 seconds rest: (W30/R30)
Set 3) 10 2h swings / 10 transfers / Rest
Set 4) 12 2h speed swings / 10 transfers / Rest
Set 5) 10 transfers / 12 2h speed swings / Rest
Working into rest component. Each set is 1 minute, the 1h swing portion takes 30 seconds exactly, the 2h swings are working into the rest period.
Set 6) 10 swing transfers (30s work, 30s rest)
Set 7) 10 swing transfers + 2 2h swings
Set 8) (5 1h swings left / 5 1h swings Right) x 2 + 4 2h swings
Set 9) (5 1h swings left / 5 1h swings Right) x 2 + 6 2h swings
Set 10) 10 1h swings Left / 10 1h swings Right + 8 2h swings
Set 11) 10 1h swings Left / 10 1h swings Right + 10 2h swings (45s work, 15s rest)
Set 12) 10 2h swings (15s work, 45s rest)
Total: 12 mins, 266 swings.
Transfers are when you switch hands, ie:
1h swing up with left hand, switch hands at top of swing and come down in right hand.
Swing transfers are a 1h swing + 1 transfer (1 rep made up of 2 swings)
Just to explain my possibly cryptic notation here:
(5 1h swings left / 5 1h swings Right) x 2 + 4 2h swings
is 5 swings left, 5 swings right, 5 swings left, 5 swings right, 4 2h swings - rest.
Some of this info is for you guys, the rest is for own remembrance later while I figure out a standard of notation for myself.
It might look complicated but it really does distract you from the workout.
I do know that while the Rif's might be able to walk in and make it up as they go along I will have to plan mine out beforehand to start off. Half the time I can't remember what set I'm on unless I'm making scratch notes on a pad as I finish each set.
Ended up resting about 5 mins and then repeating up to Set 9. I was losing the 1h swings on my left side at that point.
Weight For giggles, aka why people need to stop freaking over 1lb variations:
8am: 168.2 (On Waking)
6pm: 167.2 (Post Fast)
8pm: 166.0 (Post Workout)
Supplements:
Fish oil, Prograde metabolism, Saffron, 6000 iU D3 supp (docs orders), Multi
Fast: - Not strict but good enough for me.
8am - 12pm: 2 cups of coffee w/Creamer, 32oz water. (60 cals)
12pm: 1 yoplait light yoghurt (100cals)
3pm: 1 cup of coffee w/creamer, 64oz water (30cals)
Pre-Workout Snack:
6pm: 1 Prograde Craver (180cals)
TL;DR Workout: 21 mins - 464 swings. (see below for more complicated breakdown)
Dinner Post Workout:
8.30pm: 1 Can of Amy's Vegetable & Barley soup (140cals)
Pad Thai with Chicken and Sausage. (no clue)
Pad thai was leftovers. maybe 1.5oz dry rice noodles. 1/2lb'ish of meat. Onion, bell pepper, lime juice and a healthy dose of sesame oil. (meat mix was a leftover from day before, I don't usually put cajun sausage in my thai food. It worked out pretty damn good though.)
There might be something else before bed, probably just a decaf coffee though.
Workout:
This was first run through so a bit fluffy. It's the 12 minute workout at the end of the DVD I have been raving about. I tried to do it twice. Didn't make it all the way through the second time around.
Tracy's pacing is 10 swings per 15 seconds. Speed swings are 12 swings per 15 seconds. This pacing makes up most of the entire workout. Each set as listed below took 1 minute to complete including it's rest component.
15 seconds work, 15 seconds rest: (W15/R15)
Set 1) 10 2h swings / Rest / 10 transfers / Rest
Set 2) 12 2h speed swings / Rest / 10 transfers / Rest
30 seconds work, 30 seconds rest: (W30/R30)
Set 3) 10 2h swings / 10 transfers / Rest
Set 4) 12 2h speed swings / 10 transfers / Rest
Set 5) 10 transfers / 12 2h speed swings / Rest
Working into rest component. Each set is 1 minute, the 1h swing portion takes 30 seconds exactly, the 2h swings are working into the rest period.
Set 6) 10 swing transfers (30s work, 30s rest)
Set 7) 10 swing transfers + 2 2h swings
Set 8) (5 1h swings left / 5 1h swings Right) x 2 + 4 2h swings
Set 9) (5 1h swings left / 5 1h swings Right) x 2 + 6 2h swings
Set 10) 10 1h swings Left / 10 1h swings Right + 8 2h swings
Set 11) 10 1h swings Left / 10 1h swings Right + 10 2h swings (45s work, 15s rest)
Set 12) 10 2h swings (15s work, 45s rest)
Total: 12 mins, 266 swings.
Transfers are when you switch hands, ie:
1h swing up with left hand, switch hands at top of swing and come down in right hand.
Swing transfers are a 1h swing + 1 transfer (1 rep made up of 2 swings)
Just to explain my possibly cryptic notation here:
(5 1h swings left / 5 1h swings Right) x 2 + 4 2h swings
is 5 swings left, 5 swings right, 5 swings left, 5 swings right, 4 2h swings - rest.
Some of this info is for you guys, the rest is for own remembrance later while I figure out a standard of notation for myself.
It might look complicated but it really does distract you from the workout. I do know that while the Rif's might be able to walk in and make it up as they go along I will have to plan mine out beforehand to start off. Half the time I can't remember what set I'm on unless I'm making scratch notes on a pad as I finish each set.
Ended up resting about 5 mins and then repeating up to Set 9. I was losing the 1h swings on my left side at that point.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Swinging it TracyStyle
Watching and re-watching Tracy Reifkind's new DVD: Programming the Kettlebell Swing this week. Absolutely love it so far. I also highly recommend checking out her blog for some awesome recipes :)
The DVD is a workshop they did in San Francisco so I've just been following along with a bit of what was done in the class while I re-watch it hoping things slowly sink in.
The biggest thing I have gotten so far (and this is just the tip of the iceberg) is the pacing she teaches. I'll be setting up some proper workouts for Friday but this evenings following along resulted in 400 2 handed swings with my 20lb bell in about 40 minutes. Not great cardio wise but it's easing my hands into it. I got a bit further Monday night which explains the sore abs.
The DVD is a workshop they did in San Francisco so I've just been following along with a bit of what was done in the class while I re-watch it hoping things slowly sink in.
The biggest thing I have gotten so far (and this is just the tip of the iceberg) is the pacing she teaches. I'll be setting up some proper workouts for Friday but this evenings following along resulted in 400 2 handed swings with my 20lb bell in about 40 minutes. Not great cardio wise but it's easing my hands into it. I got a bit further Monday night which explains the sore abs.
Gardening... aka working miracles
My absence has been due to my Mum coming over for the last 10 days to help clean up the chaos that was our garden. I have the blackest thumb around unless it's a weed and quite frankly gardening is one of my least favourite chores. Especially in the Louisiana heat.
We spent 6 days of constant cutting, clearing, hauling and laying down mulch. It's nothing special but it should be easy to maintain over the winter and even I should have a hard time killing it. We weren't going for much more than providing a blank slate for prospective gardeners or a should look prettier in a few months, easy to maintain for the non gardener. If we are still here in spring I'll most likely brighten it up with some bedding plants.
I didn't get too sore thankfully but I did go to bed early every night absolutely shattered.
This is what we accomplished in 6 days.
There are a couple of oak trees growing in on the right there that were not fun to remove. And there was a bramble that has gotten itself all through the Wisteria and Azaleas that is responsible for a lot of scratches and rude words. The Azaleas are all coming up as they are pretty much dead. I still have to finish off cleaning up the bed to the right. We made pretty good progress though. The front of the house was our main goal and what took up most of our time.
Just to give you some idea, the bird bath you see below is actually under all the weeds in the picture above. Mum had also cut some of the ivy stuff before we thought to grab the camera and it was actually growing pretty thickly up the centre post of the car port.
You can see the bigger pics here: Taming the Garden
We then spent the weekend in hot springs hiking around 6 miles of Garven's Woodland Garden trails, climbing 15 flights of stairs up to the top of the mountain tower and then hiking around town shopping. I am exhausted.
We spent 6 days of constant cutting, clearing, hauling and laying down mulch. It's nothing special but it should be easy to maintain over the winter and even I should have a hard time killing it. We weren't going for much more than providing a blank slate for prospective gardeners or a should look prettier in a few months, easy to maintain for the non gardener. If we are still here in spring I'll most likely brighten it up with some bedding plants.
I didn't get too sore thankfully but I did go to bed early every night absolutely shattered.
This is what we accomplished in 6 days.
There are a couple of oak trees growing in on the right there that were not fun to remove. And there was a bramble that has gotten itself all through the Wisteria and Azaleas that is responsible for a lot of scratches and rude words. The Azaleas are all coming up as they are pretty much dead. I still have to finish off cleaning up the bed to the right. We made pretty good progress though. The front of the house was our main goal and what took up most of our time.
Just to give you some idea, the bird bath you see below is actually under all the weeds in the picture above. Mum had also cut some of the ivy stuff before we thought to grab the camera and it was actually growing pretty thickly up the centre post of the car port.
You can see the bigger pics here: Taming the Garden
We then spent the weekend in hot springs hiking around 6 miles of Garven's Woodland Garden trails, climbing 15 flights of stairs up to the top of the mountain tower and then hiking around town shopping. I am exhausted.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Changing it up
Kettlebell Circuit
(all done with 26# kb)
Set one:
20 swings left, Transfer 20 swings right
20 transfers (DARCs)
Set two: 10 swings left, Transfer
10 swings right
1 swing, one transfer, 40 times
Set three:
One swing, one transfer 30 times
Set Four:
One swing, Clean, Press: 10 reps per
arm then transfer to opposite arm
Set Five:
One swing, Clean, Press: one rep per
arm then transfer10 times
then 10 Transfers (DARCs)
Set Six:
One swing, one snatch, 10 reps per
arm then transfer to opposite arm
then 10 Transfers (DARCs)
There was supposed to be a 7th set but I was fried and I had put a huge blister on the middle finger pad of my my right hand pruning our bloody wisteria over the weekend. It was starting to rub even under the plaster.
Still 162 even with a pint of B&J and a bottle of sake over the weekend
(all done with 26# kb)
Set one:
20 swings left, Transfer 20 swings right
20 transfers (DARCs)
Set two: 10 swings left, Transfer
10 swings right
1 swing, one transfer, 40 times
Set three:
One swing, one transfer 30 times
Set Four:
One swing, Clean, Press: 10 reps per
arm then transfer to opposite arm
Set Five:
One swing, Clean, Press: one rep per
arm then transfer10 times
then 10 Transfers (DARCs)
Set Six:
One swing, one snatch, 10 reps per
arm then transfer to opposite arm
then 10 Transfers (DARCs)
There was supposed to be a 7th set but I was fried and I had put a huge blister on the middle finger pad of my my right hand pruning our bloody wisteria over the weekend. It was starting to rub even under the plaster.
Still 162 even with a pint of B&J and a bottle of sake over the weekend
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Doc's and program hops.
Wednesday's workout didn't happen thanks to a visit to the doc's for my annual checkup. Between the blood draw on my right arm and the tetanus shot in my left arm I felt like I had been 10 rounds with Mike Tyson.
I did complete Friday's workout however. In retrospect and in respect for the authors work I won't be posting any more detailed training sessions while I am following this particular plan. I have been having some interesting discussions over on Dragon Door's forums though so I might be changing up a little bit. Mainly following something along Tracy Reifkind's work. I just ordered her Swing Progression DVD's this evening.
I think I am going to try experimenting this week with the workout in her original story (see my fitness page). It looks pretty brutal which is the general idea :)
Friday night Mum comes into town to help us with getting the house ready to sell, I'll be spending the following week gardening, painting and cleaning. I doubt much in the way of workouts will be ensuing.
I did complete Friday's workout however. In retrospect and in respect for the authors work I won't be posting any more detailed training sessions while I am following this particular plan. I have been having some interesting discussions over on Dragon Door's forums though so I might be changing up a little bit. Mainly following something along Tracy Reifkind's work. I just ordered her Swing Progression DVD's this evening.
I think I am going to try experimenting this week with the workout in her original story (see my fitness page). It looks pretty brutal which is the general idea :)
Friday night Mum comes into town to help us with getting the house ready to sell, I'll be spending the following week gardening, painting and cleaning. I doubt much in the way of workouts will be ensuing.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Workout 4
Kettlebell workout B:
Clean and Press ladders
Get Up Sit up
Reverse Lunges
2 Handed Swings
Still can't press my 12kg with good form for long. 3rd ladder @ 12kg was a bit messy. Final set on the 20lb bell saw a last rep fail on the left side. Sucker just was not going to go up.
The swings totally fried my forearms. I think the only reason I didn't drop the damn bell was my iPad was in the potential landing zone.
Clean and Press ladders
Get Up Sit up
Reverse Lunges
2 Handed Swings
Still can't press my 12kg with good form for long. 3rd ladder @ 12kg was a bit messy. Final set on the 20lb bell saw a last rep fail on the left side. Sucker just was not going to go up.
The swings totally fried my forearms. I think the only reason I didn't drop the damn bell was my iPad was in the potential landing zone.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Workout 3
Kettlebell workout A:
Turkish Getups.
Goblet Squat
Bent over Row
2 Handed Swings
Huge improvement over Monday's session. 20lb bell not used at all. Got 2 extra TGU's in and the squat/row combo went from 6 sets to 9 using the 12kg bell for all sets. I had to drop to BW squats for 2 sets last time. Swings went to the from 136 to 150 which is about the max I can do in that time. Week 2 changes to a 30/30 split.
Turkish Getups.
Goblet Squat
Bent over Row
2 Handed Swings
Huge improvement over Monday's session. 20lb bell not used at all. Got 2 extra TGU's in and the squat/row combo went from 6 sets to 9 using the 12kg bell for all sets. I had to drop to BW squats for 2 sets last time. Swings went to the from 136 to 150 which is about the max I can do in that time. Week 2 changes to a 30/30 split.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Mmm Curry
I've been experimenting with Thai cooking recently. I think experiment #2 of the Red Curry can be declared a success.
Swampsville doesn't exactly have a great amount of locally available speciality stores so I have to make do with supermarket ingredients. There is where Taste of Thai products come in. I had to laugh at the first variation of this I made:
The recipe on the back of the jar of curry paste directs you to use 1/2 to 1 tbsp per 14oz of coconut milk along with a careful admonition at the bottom to start with a small amount and work up according to taste. Well I guess I've worked up my tastes a bit since living here as I thought I'd be daring and add the whole tbsp straight off.
Couldn't taste a damn thing. What I ended up with was way too sweet and not even remotely spicy. So experiment #2 I went to three tablespoons of curry paste and left the sugar and fish sauce down at the original amount. Much better :) I still think #3 will probably have one or two more tablespoons. I would put what I just ate at a 'mild' rating. I like my sinuses to be clear when I finish a curry, I'm barely even sniffing. Flavour was definitely good though. I might have gone overboard on the veggies though, I tend to load up on those and skip the rice. I did discover a great addition is some new potatoes though. :)
Anyone who knew me from back in the UK might be mildly shocked as I never cared for anything remotely spicy growing up. Now I eat things that will knock the socks of most of the cajuns around here and they can do some mean seasoning at a crawfish boil. Trying to eat the corn on the cob from your average boil is asking for totally numb lips that'll burn for hours after - it tastes sooo good though :)
Swampsville doesn't exactly have a great amount of locally available speciality stores so I have to make do with supermarket ingredients. There is where Taste of Thai products come in. I had to laugh at the first variation of this I made:
The recipe on the back of the jar of curry paste directs you to use 1/2 to 1 tbsp per 14oz of coconut milk along with a careful admonition at the bottom to start with a small amount and work up according to taste. Well I guess I've worked up my tastes a bit since living here as I thought I'd be daring and add the whole tbsp straight off.
Couldn't taste a damn thing. What I ended up with was way too sweet and not even remotely spicy. So experiment #2 I went to three tablespoons of curry paste and left the sugar and fish sauce down at the original amount. Much better :) I still think #3 will probably have one or two more tablespoons. I would put what I just ate at a 'mild' rating. I like my sinuses to be clear when I finish a curry, I'm barely even sniffing. Flavour was definitely good though. I might have gone overboard on the veggies though, I tend to load up on those and skip the rice. I did discover a great addition is some new potatoes though. :)
Anyone who knew me from back in the UK might be mildly shocked as I never cared for anything remotely spicy growing up. Now I eat things that will knock the socks of most of the cajuns around here and they can do some mean seasoning at a crawfish boil. Trying to eat the corn on the cob from your average boil is asking for totally numb lips that'll burn for hours after - it tastes sooo good though :)
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Workout 2
Kettlebell workout B:
Clean and Press ladders
Get Up Sit up
Reverse Lunges
2 Handed Swings
Stiff and sore so not my best efforts here. I have a 16kg bell tucked in the corner waiting for me to get uber enough to use it Resorting to my 20lb bell is a current sign of weakness. I should be able to do all of this with the 12kg. It's amazing the difference 6 pounds can make.
Clean and Press ladders
Get Up Sit up
Reverse Lunges
2 Handed Swings
Stiff and sore so not my best efforts here. I have a 16kg bell tucked in the corner waiting for me to get uber enough to use it Resorting to my 20lb bell is a current sign of weakness. I should be able to do all of this with the 12kg. It's amazing the difference 6 pounds can make.
Snack Pack Score
So my current eating habits have revolved around Intermittent Fasting of the daily kind. This basically boils down to no breakfast, small lunch and a happy me sized dinner that doesn't make my brain implode at the unfairness of such a minuscule portion as happens when I used to eat 5 times a day.
Generally this keeps me happy but I spent half the weekend ravaging my kitchen for whatever it was I was craving and eating way too much in the process.
After the second pot of sugar free jello mousse (great little snack packs by the way - 60 calories in a little pot of heaven) that normally quash any such craving but this time being totally useless in that regard I found a fruit cup in the back of the fridge.
I pondered it, up till now they had been ignored. Purchased for hubby at some time or another which typically puts food out of my mental range. I don't eat his food, he mostly doesn't eat mine. It's a good system for us that means he can buy his junk and I don't eat it. I just mentally treat it like a house mates food (totally off limits) unless I ask. He knows me well enough to typically say no *laugh*
Anyhow, I ate it since it had been there for a month or so. It was perfect, and then I realised I hadn't bought any fruit recently. So I ended up at brookshires for my lunch break and stocked up on some humongous peaches, bunch of granny smith apples, tub of pineapple and my score of the week: 100 calorie snack packs of wholly guacamole.
Avocado's are a fruit too!! hush :p
Anyway, I love avocado but suffer from the once you pop you can't stop attitude and will eat a whole one without blinking. So this fits the bill beautifully. And I can stick it in my lunch bag.
Omm Nom Nom.. :)
Generally this keeps me happy but I spent half the weekend ravaging my kitchen for whatever it was I was craving and eating way too much in the process.
After the second pot of sugar free jello mousse (great little snack packs by the way - 60 calories in a little pot of heaven) that normally quash any such craving but this time being totally useless in that regard I found a fruit cup in the back of the fridge.
I pondered it, up till now they had been ignored. Purchased for hubby at some time or another which typically puts food out of my mental range. I don't eat his food, he mostly doesn't eat mine. It's a good system for us that means he can buy his junk and I don't eat it. I just mentally treat it like a house mates food (totally off limits) unless I ask. He knows me well enough to typically say no *laugh*
Anyhow, I ate it since it had been there for a month or so. It was perfect, and then I realised I hadn't bought any fruit recently. So I ended up at brookshires for my lunch break and stocked up on some humongous peaches, bunch of granny smith apples, tub of pineapple and my score of the week: 100 calorie snack packs of wholly guacamole.
Avocado's are a fruit too!! hush :p
Anyway, I love avocado but suffer from the once you pop you can't stop attitude and will eat a whole one without blinking. So this fits the bill beautifully. And I can stick it in my lunch bag.
Omm Nom Nom.. :)
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Kettlebells for the Win
Kettlebell workout A:
Turkish Getups.
Goblet Squat
Bent over Row
2 Handed Swings
And we're back
Seems blogger has done a wonder on updates in the last couple of years. Not that I am much of an active blogger but hey, never hurts to start again :)
So, I've lost some weight running around the lower 160's these days, picked up my kettle bells again as of last night and decided to move back to England...
Hubby wants to explore the world, to experience a new culture and generally get out of Dodge. I can't blame him. I want to as well and I don't think we are going to do it with our current life.
I could write so much here, the why's the wherefore's but it simply boils down to we aren't happy with the american dream, it's not all it's cracked up to be. We need some passion in our lives, something more fulfilling than a 'good job' that means we are stressed out of our brains whilst simultaneously being stuck behind a desk. I love the people I work with, they have treated me so wonderfully but the job itself has burned me out somewhat.
So back to England we go, me to work with my family. Hubby to explore various avenues and figure out what he wants to do when he grows up :) I hope that one day it is to come work with my family too, I'm not putting any pressure on him there.
In the mean time, we have a house to fix up and sell, packing and sorting to wade through and numerous other hurdles to overcome that seem a whole lot harder than when I did it the other way around exactly 8 years ago this weekend. I also am continuing down my journey to find that flat belly I have been dreaming about for so many years.
So this blog will be a recording of that journey and the move we make that I hope one day we look upon and say 'this was the best thing we ever did'. I hope my only regret to be that we didn't do it sooner.
So, I've lost some weight running around the lower 160's these days, picked up my kettle bells again as of last night and decided to move back to England...
Hubby wants to explore the world, to experience a new culture and generally get out of Dodge. I can't blame him. I want to as well and I don't think we are going to do it with our current life.
I could write so much here, the why's the wherefore's but it simply boils down to we aren't happy with the american dream, it's not all it's cracked up to be. We need some passion in our lives, something more fulfilling than a 'good job' that means we are stressed out of our brains whilst simultaneously being stuck behind a desk. I love the people I work with, they have treated me so wonderfully but the job itself has burned me out somewhat.
So back to England we go, me to work with my family. Hubby to explore various avenues and figure out what he wants to do when he grows up :) I hope that one day it is to come work with my family too, I'm not putting any pressure on him there.
In the mean time, we have a house to fix up and sell, packing and sorting to wade through and numerous other hurdles to overcome that seem a whole lot harder than when I did it the other way around exactly 8 years ago this weekend. I also am continuing down my journey to find that flat belly I have been dreaming about for so many years.
So this blog will be a recording of that journey and the move we make that I hope one day we look upon and say 'this was the best thing we ever did'. I hope my only regret to be that we didn't do it sooner.
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