Monthly Archives: January 2011

Bikini Weigh-In Week 3 LondonPersonalTrainingStudio.com Challenge

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Sarah's Weigh-In

Well, I’ve made it to Week 3 of the London Personal Training Studio 30 day challenge and here’s the delightful weigh-in involving, me, my very personal webcam and a bikini I can’t wait to get rid of for something smaller and sexier.. when I’m smaller and sexier.

Last Thursday to Sunday wasn’t brilliant for me.. I wasn’t a complete disaster but I wasn’t perfect either and I did spend the entire Sunday loafing around in pj’s, watching movies and snoozing at odd times of the day.

Monday saw me think ‘Fuck! I better get back on it’ only to log in and be presented with a new exercise set which consisted of Dax Moy doing impossible things in the name of resistance work.  Ermm… well I resisted – does that count?

I DID try, but  the second video was just too much, involving yoga moves and muscles I have not yet developed.  I laughed pitifully with my face buried in the mat I was lying on (think splat and that will help you visualise what I looked like) and after attempting it for the 4th time I realised it just wasn’t going to happen and had to confess on the blog group that I couldn’t do one, let alone 8-12 sets four times…

I did feel like a complete 2 year old having a tantrum and I realised how amazingly annoyed I get at being asked to do something I haven’t a hope in hell of achieving.

Cue long walk along the River Adur to calm down.

For my own sanity I’ve decided to ditch the new workout and just do one of the old ones instead.. I’ll probably try these complete bastard ones again at the end of the 30 days and video it for you to give you a laugh hahaha.

Anyway, on to today’s weigh-in and measurements:

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Weigh In – Measuring Getting My Sexy Back

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Week 2 Weigh In for Sarah Cairncross

Ok, you may have been wondering what I’ve been up to, especially after my last post.. Well, I’ve been continuing with healthy eating and exercise and today is my third weigh-in video of 2011…

The past few days have been a time of true reflection and focus.  I created a spreadsheet will all my income and expenses, moved regular payments around and been managing on what I had in my purse.  My wonderful guy, Tommy, who lives in Belgium has sent me some cash to keep my head above water and avoid £35 a pop NatWest bank fees (ouch), that’s a whole blog post in itself.. how I felt about his offer and the inner turmoil that ensued.

I’ve got a clear view on what I want to be doing, now I just have to get it out of my head and on paper and write down the steps to implement it.

  • Ideas
  • Goals
  • Commitment

And having points along the route where I can measure my progress and adjust things accordingly instead of winging it and hoping it’ll all work out for the best.  I don’t mind being flexible but I do need focus!

So despite everything, I’m feeling quite positive and it also looks like the really simple offer I suggested to finally get my divorce finalised may be going ahead.. *crosses fingers, toes, legs, the cats paws*

I’m also feeling totally and utterly exhausted.

So, back to the weigh-in and the dreaded video – can’t wait for the day when I’ll love looking at myself.  This week though, I do look a little less like death, my eyes are clearer without such dark shadows and my skin is clearing up.

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Scraping Bottom, as in Rock not Arse

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stormy waters of Shoreham Beach

This is my personal financial life right now – scraping rock bottom.

I’ve not been this skint since I was a teenager, having left home within a couple of months of my 16th birthday.  No matter how broke I was then, or hungry, or cold,  it was still the right choice for me to have made.  Definitely character building.

Since then my life has of course been full of ups and downs with times of exciting abundance but always, it has returned to place of being just ok.  With moments of OH FUCK.

At the moment, it is OH FUCK.

If I don’t cancel a standing order due on Monday then I’ll have 40p in my bank account.

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Joan Armatrading | Love and Affection

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I was born in 1970 and grew up to the sound of a lot of soul and funk and disco, especially thanks to my older sister, Nicola Cairncross, who has an awesome taste in music which has influenced me throughout my life.

Browsing through YouTube this evening I thought..hmm.. what did I used to love listening to?

Joan Armatrading popped into my mind.  I had an album of hers and played it really loudly and sang really badly to it when my flatmate was out when I was about 16 or 17.  Love and Affection is one of those songs.  Beautiful words but funny how it makes me feel sad as I listen to it.. maybe I was lonely then.