I added in an extra component to my 60 day challenge yesterday. Exercise! My daughter is my inspiration, she maintains her 'skinny minnie' figure by a very vigorous regime of exercise and enjoys it. She always looks amazing and I hear others say so too, so it is not just a mother being proud of her offspring. She is, of course, 23 years younger than I. Her tummy is what I think a tummy should look like but then my post-birth flab and a scar overhang from a hysterectomy in my 40's is my excuse for a protruding midriff.
At the leisure centre once a week I burn off a few hundred calories in the gym, followed by a swim, jacuzzi and sauna. I enjoy it but it doesn't cut mustard. It makes no difference.
So yesterday at home I got down on the floor, with a pillow under my head for support, and pushed myself to do 20 sit ups. I could not pull up enough for my finger tips to reach my knees, but I did my best.
This morning I can 'feel' that I did that exercise, whereas I never feel anything after my hour or so in the gym except for hot and sweaty. My back and tummy muscles are awake and letting me know it! I don't like the sensation but my head is saying 'no pain, no gain'. Not sure whether this is true or not but will probably keep doing 20 sit ups a day for the rest of my challenge and see if there is any tummy improvement.
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