Um the weather is quite cold but not miserable it hasn't rained in days.

Frus, there are no classes at my gym, I would like to take up martial arts again, I used to do jiu jitsu, but am a bit embarrassed about going on my own, I know, stupid me. There are classes at my sister gym in Bury, I'll look into it, might even do another this week!!! I am a bit scared that I like exercise now!!!

It's a :censored: conspiracy :(

First free danish pastries and croissants by the thousand at work (I had half a danish pastry) then I go to buy some books at Borders and get given a free chocolate bar at the checkout. Do they know it's not good to tempt me? :angry:

I've taken the plunge and signed up for a Spanish course, but I'm a bit worried it will be too basic for me. I've done a fair amount of teach yourself stuff and I visit Spain a lot so I'm fairly good at reading (I read Spanish newspaper articles sometimes when my parents forward me something interest) but I'm rubbish at speaking/pronounciation. At the college I'm going to you can only sign up for the most basic course (beginners 1) unless you do a test so they can put you at the right level, but due to being disorganised all the test dates have passed because courses start next week, so I can only do the basic one, but I want to make a start on something this term not in spring. I've signed up for it but not paid yet so I'm still pondering...

Secret :ziplip: news :ziplip: from :ziplip: fat :ziplip: club! ;) Slimming world are doing something with Fitness First and members of sw and ff will get discounted membership of each other. Also sw scales are going chip and pin! Or something! ;) It's a secret don't tell anyone. :p :lol:

oooh does this mean you will be joining the gym??????

I just watched a show on BBC2 tonight about a bulimic mother, and her daughter who is now also bullimic. It was really tragic. http://www.pocklingtontoday.co.uk/Vi...icleID=1204091

She won Slimmer of the Year in Yorkshire for Slimming World, but actually achieved her goal weight by practicing her bullimia, which is just so sad. She's now gone on to have a gastric bypass.

It just made me think, there but for the grace of god and all that. I've never had bulimia, (I couldn't stand the throwing up, I cry whenever I have a poorly tum!), but it makes you realise when you hear their stories, just how close my overeating was to bulimia.

I meant to watch the bulimic programme but I watched the Robert Carlyle thing on itv and forgot. Apparently my nearest FF gym is Preston. Hmm a bit far. :p

Gosh, you may as well come and work out with me in Ramsbottom, or YP in Leeds!!!!!

It was good, very graphic, and I had to look away in some bits (they did warn first when they showed something yucky) I felt like smacking the woman though, not before I punched her horrible husband first. He kept going on and on about how he liked her better slim, and he kept moaning about the money she spent on food each month, but he gives her the money even though she earns herself. And he made her cry. Talk about reinforcing her behaviour, pig. Like anything I thnk bullimia, anorexia and obesity in general, needs a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, flexible approach if its going to be successful in the long term.

And it was really sad how she has given her daughters such mixed messages about their bodies. Her daughter who has bulimia had anorexia first, and is still dangerously underweight.

Karen (the mother) has had loads of counselling, tried medication, but no one has managed to treat her problem, and now she has had the gastric by pass, and hasn't dealt with the causes of her problem, so goodness knows how she is going to end up, because her tummy isn't going to be able to cope with the purging now.

I always want to punch blokes on tv especially on Wife Swap. :D

I have to be physically restrained during wife swap!!! Like the man who expected his wife to dress like some Japanese geisha every night when he came home, and got jealous if she spent time with her child prodigy kid who was completely neglected, and was only brilliant at music because he never had a chance to do anything else. Not that I am angry about that, no not me.

But this guy really annoyed me, because he came across as the sweet loving husband in his pieces to camera, talking about her illness, and wanting to help her get over it and lead a normal life, but then whenever they interacted, he started criticising her weight, and her depression, and made her cry, and reach for vodka, then food.

A pig who knows he is a pig is one thing, a pig who pretends he is a knight in shining armour, is quite another.

Oooh that sounds like an interesting programme!

Went kickboxing last night - apparently my kicks have improved when I spar. :D I reckon that's cos of all the :censored: grading practice we've been doing for the past 2 months! :rofl:

Feeling weary today - v dehydrated for no particular reason (might've been that hot bath last night actually!) and got a headache and have a project meeting this morning! At least I don't have to do any proper work!

I know Cat will tell me off again for asking too many questions :p but what sort of kickboxing is it that you do? Is it Muay Thai or something else? Do you spar from the start or just do other stuff til you get used to it?

After reading your posts yesterday I have done some research in the Bury area, and have found a Muay Thai and a Jiu Jitsu school. I really should do it again, a) because it's fun b) because it's a good workout and c) I'm getting a bit bored, and aerobics and yoga and pilates are not quite my scene!!!

:lol: It's "Shentie Freestyle Kickboxing" Which is no-where near as hardcore as muay thai! We do spar straight from being beginners, but it's usually no contact till you get hardcore! :rofl:

Shentie kickboxing only takes place in Hounslow cos it's my instructor who "invented" it! :lol: These guys all like to be different! I'd give you the website for it, but it's under construction! You can have a look as soon as it's finished!

The Bury Muay Thai website I found looked a tad "serious", I just want to have some fun, I don't want to turn into some hardcore scary martial arts wielding fat chick!!!!

I'd like to convince someone to do it with me, I hate doing new things on my own! I used to do jiu jitsu with the ex hubby, before he was my ex!!!! The only thing he was good for - kicking practice!!!!

:lol: Sometimes mine gets used as a punchbag! He likes it really ;)

You'll meet lots of great people there! I went by myself to start off with. They'll all be really friendly. If you go by yourself, you're more likely to concentrate on what you're doing rather than what your mate's doing!!

Originally Posted by kykaree:
I know Cat will tell me off again for asking too many questions :p but what sort of kickboxing is it that you do? Is it Muay Thai or something else? Do you spar from the start or just do other stuff til you get used to it?

After reading your posts yesterday I have done some research in the Bury area, and have found a Muay Thai and a Jiu Jitsu school. I really should do it again, a) because it's fun b) because it's a good workout and c) I'm getting a bit bored, and aerobics and yoga and pilates are not quite my scene!!!

You ask all you want I will deal with that Cat :rollpin: :rollpin: :rollpin: :rollpin: :rollpin: :rollpin: She likes being hit with that :lol:

Poor cat!!! She'll have a very sore botty!!!!

I've been shopping again, this time for d "what am I going to wear on my hols" h. Normal people would just shop, but oh no, not him, he just looks pitiful and worries away, so shop I did and he now has classy t-shirts from Bury Market and a pair of shorts!!! Legs!!! Argh!!!

I don't normally tell about bedroom activities in my postings, but last night was so funny. I had asthma last night and got up for a coffee. I went back to bed and Col was asleep but started asking me where the nine went. We ended up having a fifteen minute sleep Sudoku conversation, it was hilarious, and in the end he decided he had no idea what numbers were already in the squares and didn't want to play anymore!!! Mad man!!!

I was going to go to aqua aerobics tonight, but I fell asleep, and woke up too late to go!!! I did do gym this morning, so I'm not too terrible.