Exercising in the Autumn and Winter

It has been a while since writing in this blog because my exercise regime has changed. I play football each week with my son or rugby. I walk wherever I can, and use a Crosstrainer when in my son's home in Epsom, and use this whilst I am waiting for him to return from school. 

My diet has changed and it not all good, I still crave chocolate, but I will have good home cooked food thanks to my family and make sure I still have breakfast and jotted down today on my food habits and making progress. I am not spending a lot of food, and I am thankful for that, and cut down on waste. This all helps with motivation to stay active, and it is nothing strenuous, but helps clear my mind and get rid of the cobwebs.

Exercise is about moving the body, and so making sure I do get some, but I stop with the guilt. This just I have realised demotivates me and so I exercise when I want to and have a treat, but not too much, and make sure I do have vegetables and fruits to help me. It is about being healthy and not size and just writing makes me feel a ease, rather than under pressure.

I enjoy playing football with my son and I am sure we will play some today. That should what exercise should be, doing some that feels good and even though it can take a lot of persuading, once it is done it you wake you up and want to do it again. 

As it gets colder it can hit you like knife when it is super cold, but for my it is really good weather, just be careful of frost because this can make the pavement slippery but I like the fact I can layer up and let my feet take me. 

So lets get outdoors and grab a coffee on the way, and reward yourself as you do. 

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Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

Typical London Gal    

  

Getting fit with your kids and getting outdoors to explore

It has been a busy week and now it is Sunday I feeling the effects. I have been doing lots of walking taking my son out, now it is the School Holidays for the summer and even now I am yawning. It is good to get outdoors but it is also good to relax too, knowing I have another busy week ahead, and then the week after I get a break. 

Wimbledon Park London UK 

I haven't done any weights, but I know I can get myself get back into doing some more. It is good to be outside and exploring and I love walking. I even did a little bit of running and trying my son to do the same and help build his body up and be fit. 

I am not expecting to lift weights but just be active. It is good to go to different places, and in living in London and Surrey there is a lot to choose from and so making the most of it. 

The places that I like going is where you have a park, with climbing frames, swings and animals even and Bocketts Farm is a great place to go and did a video not so long ago of a visit there. https://youtu.be/SXLA7WMeZWc

I know this is a fitness blog, but going these places walking around and you can go on the bikes they have there all adds up. Then there is London and my favourite places are Hyde Park and the Southbank and really good place to walk with friends and family. 

It does get busy so I would advice to go up there as early as possible, and I have run this route too I would take trips to there to do running and walking, and why done charity walks along there too. 

So is a good place to explore and Wimbledon Park near where I live is a good place to run and take your dogs out to walk and they have a funfair this time of the year, and me and my son will be taking a visit back there, and you have two play grounds to choose from and a cafe which does really nice food for adults and kids. 

Getting fit is all about having and why not take a bat and a ball, a football and just making the most of each day and to help you and your kids get fit. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

Typical London Gal 

Getting fit around your children

Being a mum it can be a juggling act, so I workout around my son. Example today, as I pick up my son on Fridays for the weekend did a short workout indoors and did a bit of walking but have a sore ankle so couldn't do much but have fitted in some walking this week with the spare time I have, as it is a distance from the town where I live and train stations, and so fit it in wherever possible.

During the Easter Holidays we walked a lot, went swimming along with some football and exploring in Surrey and in London. Just getting out releases the boredom and that's if we don't go out my son will start jumping all over the furniture so it is good to have your kids be part of your fitness journey. Get them involved and do a fun home workout but in the summer why not get outdoors in the garden and do some exercise there too and get other kids involved and make it a thing you do each week. 

Even if it is dancing in the living room whilst you do housework and again get your kids to do the same whilst they do chores and put on a playlist and clean away.

I would often when taking son and I would do the same, is after I dropped Henry off would go for a run and other mums and dads would do the same. My son now gets a taxi to and from school because of the distance as he has had to change schools and so now when it is sunny play football out in the garden, or we would often do some dancing in the morning before I took him to school. 

When I go for a walk along the river or seaside it is great to see others doing the same or jogging and it is good to be part of that world and it took me a long time to get into running but glad I kept it up, but stopped when I was pregnant as it would cause me to be sick so had to stop, but when I was 8 week post pregnancy I started to get back into it, and would do a workout each morning. 

I know life is a juggle but when you work fitness around your life it is possible to get fit and have fun with your kids. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

 

 

Getting Fit During A Storm

Noone can change the weather but deal with it in a way you can still keep fit but safe at the same time.

I include all my walking weather it is visiting the shops in various places or going for a leisurely walk and include it into my weekly exercise as every step counts.

During the storm we had last week of so I just grabbed my weights in my room and did my six exercise workout, where I just do six exercises into my training and a method I am glad I have continued, and is working out for me and easy to make sure I get it done.

I do bicep curls, pull downs, leg raises, press ups, triceps and jogging on the spot and just moving and can do this when watching a film or whilst waiting for the kettle to boil, making dinner, whilst doing some laundry and just working the body and when I work indoors I make sure that the room is warmed up first as I don't like training in the cold and then turn it down once I have worked out and drinking plenty of liquids.

If you have stairs and chairs you can do a workout with and I bought the DVD of Davina McCall and she has a workout with a chair and really good for toning the legs and abs, and just making the most of being at home and why not get all your family involved, it can be great with bonding with your children and my son loves to join in. 

Having a good space to have a kick about indoors. Of course noone has that luxury to do that, but if you do, this is also good exercise. 

So I hope these tips are helpful and how you kept fit during the storms. You can comment below. 

Manu thanks for reading, 

Carrie X