Week 4 of the Fit Yummy Mummy STC is DONE!

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Yay!  I have completed week 4 of the Fit Yummy Mummy Summer Transformation Challenge!  Only 8 weeks to go! So how are things going you might ask?  Well, in between being sick, tired and unmotivated, I’ve surprisingly done quite well.  I even managed to get my three sets of 30 minutes of exercise in – [...]

Why do it the hard way?

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I went to the gym today when I noticed a couple of women who were quite obese, working out on the treadmills.  They were still on the treadmill when I left, half an hour later.  Both were walking slowly too, not varying their pace at all.  In fact, neither of them looked as though they were [...]

Week 3 of the Fit Yummy Mummy Summer Transformation Challenge

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Ok, if it weren’t for the fact that I am sick – AGAIN! – I think I’d be doing a lot better than I am.  Needless to say, the scales are working in my favour, telling me I’ve lost more weight.  How, I am not sure because I haven’t done a lot more than usual, [...]

Setting goals to lose weight

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If you want to lose weight you must set yourself a goal.  Not doing so will cause you to wander aimlessly, not knowing where you’re up to or how you’re going. A quality goal must meet the following criteria: 1.  It must be Specific – You know you need to lose weight, but just saying [...]

I made it through week 1 of the Summer Transformation Challenge!

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Phew!  Week 1 of the Fit Yummy Mummy Summer Transformation Challenge is finally at an end! I did my three x 30 minutes of exercise and maintained a reasonably good diet too.  I’m feeling energised and ready to face week 2! I increased my dumbell weights from 6kg to 8kg so am really happy with [...]

How Women Lose Weight

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Many women feel that because they are female it’s going to be harder for them to lose weight. Personally, I don’t believe it because losing weight for most people is hard, no matter what their gender is. So why is it so hard? It’s hard because we’ve all been lied to for years and years, [...]