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  

Training when you are tired and got too much to do

This is the time of year that I usually take a break from exercise as it is a busy month. I feel shattered today and I think it could be with travelling a lot doing the school run, thankfully today is my son's last day of school before he goes back in January, and off for the Christmas holidays and boy it is flown so near that I can feel I can catch Christmas day in one hand. 

I did have goals for this year, which was to get back walking and do more home workouts which i did but wanted a dancersize and boxing class I wanted to find and do, but didn't happen. 

I feel a little disappointed in that, but I still kept with my workouts just not those. Having goals is beneficial to keep the energy of exercising regularly in place, but want to carry fitness goals over to the new year 2022.

I know that I will get those things in place, for me it does depend on when, and even if it doing exercise whilst my sons watching his tablet I will do some, and often if he sees me exercise he will join in. 

As I carry on this blog whicb is now the end of the week, from when I began, I thought I was too tired to write this blog and do any writing but no, I am using the rest of my energy I have left to complete this blog as it is important to me that I do, and I did do a workout yesterday whilst looking after Henry. 

Never train if you feel exhausted as it can be counterproductive and can be too much stress for your body and often working on the laptop whre I am sitting down a lot makes me do a workout and its when I have 10 minutes, I just make sure I continue to keep fit and healthy and so I walk a lot. 

Walking is so easy and free to do, and so I training when tired I will when I get that burst of energy I get a workout done, and you can too. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X

Getting fit during the Winter and taking on different weathers

Hello and welcome to a new blog and in this blog I am talking about Getting fit during the winter and taking on different weathers, and I do still do my training and some years and because I don't do a massive routine of exercise in one session, it has allowed me to keep fit, but as I go about my everyday. 

I do find when it is bitterly cold to get fit outdoors but I do, but when it would be icy in the Winter I would wait until late morning to get fit, but you can buy running trainers for Icy weathers, and they have more of a grip, but for me I never invested in this type of weather so would go for a run or walk when the temperature and services are clear of ice. 

When it comes to snowing I will tend to leave it until the snow has cleared and not turned to ice, as this is dangerous and again you can buy trainers for snow, but for me I will wait until the snow has gone. I still walk through the snow, but running is off the cards for me. 

I do wear a hat and scarf and like to layer up, and there are some good running tops you can buy so you don't need a load of layers and I bought mine when I had a thermal top from Amazon and they were cheaper compared to Sports Direct, which at one point was my go to store for running gear. 

I like to have a good hat aswell and bought one last year in pink from Sports Direct and make sure when exercising outdoors this time of the year, it is during the day or if later or in the morning when it is still dark you have bright colours on for your own protection and others who will be driving or walking, and good to be seen than not. 

I mention this a lot when it comes to keeping fit in the Winter, but that is because you do have to exercise safetly and so make you self seen and not, as you can cause an accident when doing so and keep head and feet warma s this is where we lose our body heat. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

Getting fit Autumn and Winter as we get nearer to Christmas

Hello and sorry if you do not want to think about Christmas, but it isn't that far away. 

I usually take a break from my fitness to restart at Christmas, and there is a lot of things I need to do before the festive time of cheer, and so it is important to organize your fitness when you too have a busy season, come Autumn and Winter, and have many birthday's to plan for. 

This year I am not gonna take a break and September for me is a new year, as it is academically a new year so I go by that now and separate my year in to 4 quarters. 

Lastnight I did some exercise as I do six to seven exercises and mixed, so one day I will do squats, leg raises, boxercise kicks and sometimes will do floor training, with my dumbbells and use my own body strength. 

When it comes to clothes I wrap myself up and use layers, and make sure my trainers and other footwear are comfortable and good for walking as I walk a lot, and the thing I would invest is a thermal vest and walking bottoms. I do wear leggins almost everyday but sometimes these can rub, so if you do long distant walks or runs, invest in a good think pair of running bottoms.

If you go out like I did once upon a time, in the autumn and winter when the sun begins to rise, run with glasses or goggles for when the sunlight rises as it shines quite bright, but can effect your view. Layer up as it can be very cold still being up at the crack of dawn. 

Make sure you are hydrated even when it is cold outside, and remember to cool down afterwards and stretch. 

In the autumn and winter wear clothes that you can be easily seen by cars and other people using the footpaths and pavements.

Never let your guard down and run in busy areas and not where you can be vulnerable like parks and woodlands, but in town like areas and places. When running in the early morning or late evening, I never listened to headphones, as you should keep your witts about you and only do what you can and build up gradually.

Wear hats I wear a beanie when it gets really cold and even a scarf.

So I bope this blog helps you and many thanks for reading,

Carrie X