#3030wellness

Day 8: Yesterday was the final instalment of Mini Me the Younger's birthday extravaganza - this year's she went one better than the Queen and had 3 birthday treat/celebrations so I was only able to do a 50 second plank, and power walk up the very steep escalators of our local underground station. I managed to get up at 6.30 this morning 😊, which meant I was able to do one of the longer Yoga With Adriene weight loss/tone up videos: Abs & Arms: https://youtu.be/HEHdQxdQT5c This routine was intense and it worked the area (where my abs should be ) really hard. This is a 25 minute routine and believe me I could not do all of the exercises right the way through and I had to take frequent breaks. By the end of the workout I was hot and sweaty and feeling smug that I had managed to work the muscles that had been seriously neglected for quite sometime. Even though the routine has lots of planking I still went on to do today's plank challenge which was 1 minute of mixed plank (rocking and alternate one-leg), followed by the rest of last weekend's smoothie. I did ask Mini Me the Younger when she was going to get up and come downstairs to do my early morning personal training. Her answer was "Mummy I've been sleeping when you get up to do your 30/30 because it's so early. How about you carry me downstairs whilst I'm still sleeping and if I wake up I'll do your personal training then." As I can just about get myself downstairs in the morning I doubt very much that this will happen, so I'll have to soldier on without her. Have a lovely day 😊

30/30 Wellness Challenge - Day 3: Good morning everyone, the mornings are getting colder which means my nice warm bed is so much more appealing than the shock of the cold outside. This morning I did not have much time so my morning yoga routine was Adriene's Yoga Core Workout (11 mins): https://youtu.be/a83LhW_CX4g Luckily I still had some of yesterday's smoothie left so I had the rest of that and got on with the rest of the morning activities: making the Mini Me's breakfast, alternating with DH on calling for them to hurry up and get dressed etc. Later on I was about to make the bed when I realised I had not done my dancercise for a few months - this is when I dance around whichever room I'm in to a favourite song, it's a fun way to exercise and it's amazing just how out of breath you can get when you're throwing down your best moves. So whilst making the bed I danced to Uptown Funk https://youtu.be/OPf0YbXqDm0 promptly joined by Mini Me the Younger and Mini Me the Elder. Darling Husband (DH) also joined us with a few shapes, the award for the best move had to go to Mini Me the Elder for her perfect slide. When I got to work I realised I had forgotten to do my 30 seconds of plank, so I dropped down in my office & did my 30 (Lord only knows what my colleagues would have said if they had walked in). Tomorrow would have been my little sister's 32nd birthday & I could feel her laughing at me, as I held my plank for the 30 seconds. She was always amused when I told her about my planking in the office and one of my last memories of her is when she was in hospital laughing hard at my demonstrating the advanced side plank on the floor of the hospital ward. I think about her every day and even more so when I'm planking. Have a fab day everyone 😎