tears in the kitchen

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" I came to dance, dance, dance, dance
I hit the floor
'Cause that's my, plans, plans, plans, plans "

The enormity of what I've taken on hit me today...

I'd had huge life changes in the last 10 years; with every challenge where the outcome is dependant on the work that I put in, I've had a little wobble.
The gorgeous Mr Taio Cruz, accompanying me in the housework, set me off!

So, kitchen roll is scratchy, a red nose is not a good look - wobble over - we're off!!! You need to know that your sponsor money is a safe bet for the CF trust...

The weight's still coming off (surely I should be a supermodel by now?)
I've signed myself back up for tap classes after 21 years.
Hoodies are designed and ordered.

T-shirts from the Cystic Fibrosis Trust are out and ready to go.

My lovely man has been a star - supporting the madness in whatever way he can :) ...thank you xx

" I wanna celebrate and live my life
Saying AYO
Baby, let's go "  ;)

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wine, exam date......more wine needed?????

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weight loss, tick
exercise, tick
wine (saved those WW points and ooooooooooooh, the joy), tick




Unfortunetly...
feeling pants (sore throat, sore chest, sore everything) so no Zumba :(
freestyle floor still in bits :(
...but the BIG news - exam on April 3rd
...and I need to pass, or I cannot enter the competition to qualify for Blackpool

...no pressure them ;)
                                     ....more wine???????

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Lime green for the loser

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I lost! (weight that is)...again - all good :) I SHALL be fabulous at 40 (and not damage the floor at Blackpool)

This week has been spent sorting and repairing....I've managed to stop most of the hypos and have stuck unwanted frozen veg on my arch (nobody liked my time-saving stew packs), with good effect....spot the nurse ;o). I'm still unfit (or uunfit, as my label says), but I'm getting there.

The freestyle floor is, indeed, in bits, so no freestyling for moi for two weeks - Britney Spears is breathing a huge sigh of relief as I type.
...So, tonight I headed off to I.B. land again to Zumba  (apparently, with        7 000 000 people this week) (...and I'm now wondering if the man who invented it would like to marry me). My ULTIMATE aim (once the dust has settled and my very large trophy is gleaming at the back of the wardrobe ;) is to be able to wear crop / bikini style tops again when exercising...hhhhmmmmmm....
Smiley Black Cloud and the Loony Latino were in lime green tonight (lime green - love it!) and SBC's outfit included said crop top - fab! I SHALL wear that top! (Well, not that one, as she tells me she's a Hobbit ... which makes me Gulliver, midst travels).

Maybe I could have a lime green bag until then

                                     or I could pur-chase a "Go on, you can wear me if it doesn't wobble" top to spur me on
<<<pause in proceedings>>>  (I've just checked the website - lime green no longer available - eek!!!! ....Will have to go will the flash up the back). SBC verrrrrrryyyyyyyyy excited about my plans for Blackpool.....no going back now.

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Loony Latinos in a quest for lovelier legs

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Hhhhhhhhmmmmm

More pounds shed ....and the WW computer has rewarded my good work by restricting my intake even further - propoints 'n' me are falling out big style at the moment ;O)

Still, after the washout of December...out on injury and illness again....I'm back! This week has included powerwalking (for which my three-legged woofer is v grateful), rowing (Sir Steve doesn't have anything to worry about just yet) and Zumbaing (I'm still not sure - is that a word?).

Now, I have three friends who are Zumba instuctors....so I decided to share the love around a little and tonight hit I.B. land with Smiley Black Cloud and the Loony Latino. My knees are still there, but the left one's not talking to me and I'm pretty sure my calves walked out and left me about 20 minutes in. Shaking my thang was not high on the agenda tonight, so shaking whatever might move in vague time to the music was the order of the night. My dance-off resembled a drunken shuffle - ho hum :)

Not sure if Dancing Queen will hold a freestyle class tomorrow, as the dance floor's currently in bits...
                                             ....I know how it feels! :)

I keep reminding myself...
...I can do this... I don't have to undertake physio every day to be able to breathe through my exercise regieme, I don't have to load up on calories to try to keep my weight up and I'm looking forward to a 40th birthday...anyone with CF  would give their right arm to swap with me.
Tell your friends, get their support on board - we can do this people!

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Oh dear....if we carry on like this....

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I promised to blog, good or bad
....this week it's badddddddddddd! (and not in the tweenteens' 'sick' sense)

Well, I stuck to my 'woman and home diet' and I put on 0.4 of a pound....that's the last time I read any magazines in a hospital waiting room and have bright ideas :)...and I've been starving!!!!!

Today, I signed up for Weight Watchers online again....did well until about 20.30 and then troffed almost my entire week's extras which I was saving for the weekened....ho hum!

At least I'm not walking in treacle any more...as I have done for the majority of the last week, due to trying to throw myself back into dancing like I was 19 (instead of 39) again...

However...a good few sponsors...thanks you, you lovely people you ....much love...even (especially!) to those I don't know - CF research has GOT to find us a cure...I'd like to see it in my life time...fingers, legs, freestyle partners, costumes straps, whatever (!) crossed.

So, onwards and upwards - yikes!!!!! Here's to muscles we'd forgotten existed ;)

Death by Dance Teacher

Day one of fundraising nearly over and 3% of the target raised...thank you all so much, you lovely lovely people :)

I went back to dancing properly tonight, after being out with an injury for 11 months...
I became Janet from Friends (well, I would have done, if I could have raised the breath to expel the words)...."Oh....my....Gwad!!!"
Dancin' Queen is, obviously, determined for me to go to Blackpool.
I am sooooooooooooooooooooo unfit and, to add insult to injury, my belly wobbled :( Yuck! and Yikes!!! I SHALL be fab-u-lous at 40

On the plus side, I've stuck to my diet and I've nosed at a rowing schedule (another exercise I'm allowed to do post injury)...the lovely Wine Queen keeps telling me I should swim (hmmmmm, she represented G.B. swimming, I should listen to her), but I'm not quite ready to take on the waxing of that frequency...

Mid-life crisises don't come any better than this

A few days ago I hit 39 ...the countdown has begun.

I'm setting myself 40 challenges for my 40th year.

So....I thought I'd have one challenge as I headed towards my birthday (to be fab-u-lous at 40), but I've decided to set myself another. Please help me to reach my goal and check in here to keep up with my progress :o)

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