All going south...

Well I managed to get to the pool 3x again this week - OK so the exercising is a bummer but floating around (and feeling weightless) is great plus I'm spending a lot of time in the sauna... funny really, because I've historically been a steam person really, but the heat in the sauna is doing it for me now!

Since I haven't been swimming or pilates (proper) for 3 months I have really noticed a lack of tone in my upper arms, legs, thighs and hips. Although I have always been a bit chunky I have never been flabby (once I hit 30 going to the gym became a way of life for me not a luxury) and so I have managed to remain fairly toned, mainly by swimming. NOT NOW!!! It's horrible - all that flabby, flapping skin and bingo wings eeeeyuckkkkk... The skin around my hips and lower back is like a big flabby tyre - to me if feels like the weight and pain associated with this whole operation malarky is resting right there! I know it sounds weird, but that's how it feels to me. Dr. Vic says yes things are flapping a bit of late :-( but no, he can't see what I'm saying about the jelly flabby tyre thingummy :-).

Sooooo SWIM-MITTS are go!!! Yep have started to use them and they are working like a dream, after just 2 weeks. What are they, you might ask? Well they are colourful neoprene mitts with webbed fingers that catch the water as you move. Soooo when I'm walking up and down the pool I wade with my arms - my goodness, it doesn't take long to realise that those mitts are doing something in the bingo wing area! SPINEYS: if you find the wading puts added pressure on your back, STOP!

I'm also using the woggles to add in some light arm exercises like pull and push downs which also strengthen the core too. SPINEYS: if you do these make sure that you are bent out at the knees otherwise you will find yourself bending and putting pressure on your back which is a no-no.

Oh and through all this, even when I'm sporting bright orange woggles, lurid green gloves, squinting (coz I can't see without my gogs) and wobbling around in the shallow end surrounded by kids in nappysuits, Dr. Vic continues to love me dearly. God bless him...