Elbows wobbling. Led like legs ready to cave in.
“Come on, Grace! 30 seconds to go!” my personal trainer yells.
A groan is all I can muster.
Just. Want. To. Get. Through. Stupid. Plank.
“Come on, keep that bum up! Core muscles switched on!” she commands.
Which core muscles are you talking about? Oh, the ones that were sliced open when I gave birth to my twins and have been missing ever since?
I sweat through 35 kilo lateral pull downs then finish up by wanting to punch my PT in the face for making me do them in the first place.
She’s the voice inside my head (a text message, actually) that tells me to get up at 4:30am to go for a run.
Huffing and puffing up the hills. Only garbage trucks are on the roads, with the occasional party goer heading home, doing the walk of shame.
That used to be me once. No, not the garbage truck.
Next morning, I hop on the scales at the gym for my weekly weigh-in.
“That’s a 800 gram loss this week! Well done!” my PT beams.
High fives all around!
Woah! Was that definition in my tricep? Michelle Obama guns, not quite.
Still a LONG way to go. (Thanks Bali holiday and silly season indulgences).
But hey, baby steps. Baby elephant steps.
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I plank like that too – the elephant…
Lydia C. Lee recently posted..Treat Yo Self!
Too cute, giggling as I think about a plank challenge that I saw on facebook, where you increase the time everyday. I would look like an elephant face down in the mud by about day 4!
Nikki@WonderfullyWomen recently posted..Aroma-Therapy Thursday – Lemon Grass To Keep Your Bathroom Smelling Fresh
Go Grace! Christmas has a lot to answer for this year 🙂
Lisa@RandomActsOfZen recently posted..What About You?
Woohoo! Good on you. I seriously need to do some exercise. I’m still at the thinking about it stage though 🙂
Renee at Mummy, Wife, Me recently posted..The time-traveller
You’re such a good girl wheliken it comes to exercise! Feeling this post. Soooo hard to get back into it after time off. Keep at it X
Robo recently posted..By the Powers of Grayskull!
Yes Christmas and a month at the beach has ensured everything is that little bit tighter! So you are not alone my friend. And you always look gorgeous so no need to stress! Xx
Martine@themodernparent recently posted..2 Things Parents must do to Effectively Parent with Technology and the Online World
I’m confused? Isn’t a plank something you walk off when you’ve been a bad pirate?
Keep fighting that good exercise fight Grace!
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Mark recently posted..CPR, NFR And Palliative Care
I saw a “Planking Challenge” on Facebook recently. It encouraged you to ‘like’ and ‘share’ it… that’s about as far as I got. There’s always tomorrow, right?
Bec | Mumma Tells recently posted..Mumma Bakes: Veggie Muffins – with a Moovalous Twist
I am so hearing you…back at the gym this week and my body is killing me…must be working though, right? 🙂
floodproofmum recently posted..Recycled Love
I realise now why I don’t have a personal trainer lol. Good on you Grace for pushing through towards your goal, and for a loss! 🙂
Alicia recently posted..Plum Applesauce
I feel your pain Grace! Having started bootcamp this week and Wednesday night being ab night I am struggling!!! Good luck with future PT sessions!
Zita recently posted..for bootcamp!
I loved having a PT. Sounds like you’re smashing it 🙂
Kaz @ Melting Moments recently posted..Weekly Wrap Up – Sorry to ruin your day
Is it sad that I just get motivated to do a plank reading this? Can feel brutal at the time but not much beats that feeling at the end of the session. You’re doing great, keep it up!
Kate recently posted..Learning To Love Mondays
Oh man I know what you mean!! The past few months of travel, Christmas and Chinese New Year has turned me into a mess for my workouts. Yesterday I went for my first training for 2013… Nearly wanted to faint!
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Good on you!!!! You have to feel good for giving it a try although I have to say I have also felt like an elephant getting back into physical training (well doing any really)
Caroline Raj recently posted..Is this what mothers’ guilt feels like?
Well done. You should be proud.
I would need someone throwing water over me to get me out of bed in the morning and even after that, they would have to tie strings to my arms and legs like a puppet to get me to do all that. Particularly the plank!
Becc recently posted..You Don’t Have to Kill or Remove Your Hyperthyroid to Improve Your Health
Oh I wish I could plank like that elephant. I can’t even hold that position these days!
Tried to comment on your post earlier this week but it didn’t work. So, in the hopes that this one works, AWESOME dinosaur cakes! And I’m glad the twinions had a good time. Gorgeous pics. x
Emily recently posted..Step into my office
It worked! HIGH FIVE!
Emily recently posted..Step into my office
Im not even going to think about what I would look like planking! Go you for getting fitter, you are a reminder that I should do the same xx
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Do we really need to go all lovey dovey next week? Really? I think the closest I will come will be a Vday giveaway. I could do a post of all the hilarious gifts I’ve received from Mr C over the years. Starting with the first one, which was a home cooked meal where he mistook 3 cloves of garlic for 3 whole garlics. It didn’t go well.
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Good for you!!! High five from me too! Keep eating that elephant…one bite at a time. 🙂
Carrie Ann Tripp (@CarrieAnnTripp) recently posted..Attending a Drive-Thru Church
Good on you Grace. No pain, no gain!
Twinkle in the Eye recently posted..Easy Leek and Bacon Pie
Go girl, running with the trucks at that hour, and isn’t SOOO easy to put on and horrific to lose. Looks like you’re doing it though, unlike me xx
Emily @ Have A Laugh On Me recently posted..What happens when I escape from home – Wordless Wednesday
Very proud of you x
PS – I am trying very hard to leave comments but Disqus seems to have died a death this afternoon. I’ll try again over the weekend. x
Kim-Marie from Kimba Likes recently posted..The 52 Project | January 2014
That made me giggle. I always think of you running around Sydney. I don’t believe any of this is true! 😉
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Well done – those baby steps are big steps! I’m currently having a stand off with exercise, no steps being taken in any direction at the moment. Hopefully I will muster up the courage to join you in planking land soon! 🙂
Meg @Mumdanity recently posted..The Philosophy of In-Between
Good on you Grace, I’m impressed you are getting up so early to go for a run! I always have the best intentions of getting up early to exercise, but that snooze button is just too easy to hit!
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I’ve just started my daily walk around the river again. I have blisters on my blisters. My feet have gone soft on me!
Pinky Poinker recently posted..The Cats in the Cradle have Silver Spoons in their Mouths.
Good job! Every bit you do counts and you should feel proud. 🙂
Cassandra recently posted..There Is Something Very Special About This Chair…
I need to get onto exercising again. Now bub is 6 months old its probably time to work on dropping the last bit of baby weight.
Toni @ Finding Myself Young recently posted..52 WEEKS OF MEMORIES | 5 – HUG
Baby Elephant steps! I love that so much xx
Alisha recently posted..Hard Days
LOVE the elephant face down pic Grace! I’m right there with you, silly season indulgences and lots of work ahead because of it – one step at a time, or one run at a time shall I say? xx
Josefa @always Josefa recently posted..Pocket Money
Good on you.
I went back to yoga this week after 6 weeks off due to school holidays. I was I sore!
Sally@Toddlers on Tour recently posted..The Shoulder Season – A great time to travel with kids
I really couldn’t ask for more from this article.
Until I found this I thought I’d have to spend the day inside.
Haha! This planking picture is priceless! So funny!
I went for a 4km run this week… I don’t know what I was thinking… I was sore for the next 3 days!
Go Grace!
Rita @ The Crafty Expat recently posted..Die Vampire, Die and a pledge
ROFL !!! (as teen daughter would say).
I, myself, personally avoid planking like the plague. But I do sit ups (pure vanity to keep stomach at bay); and jog with the dog. All this justifies cake, wine, cheese and chocolate (in no particular order).
🙂
Lee-Anne recently posted..Weekly Photo Challenge: Selfie.
Hi Grace, I just popped over to say g’day and this post is 100% relevent to me. I thought the 3 kilos I put on over Xmas might just melt away by themselves… but not. So exercise gear on today and I’ll make myself sweat for 30 mins at least, did an outdoor class on Monday… not with the PT at the moment which is right for me… smoothie for brekkie… need to start listing what I eat… such a drag but in this world of excess we live in, only way to stay healthy for me.
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