Day five...

[libbydaniels88]

Yesterday was hard, but I survived. Does anyone here remember a magazine back in the sixties called Petticoat ? One of the regular articles was one called Battling Through The Dieting Day, and that pretty much sums up life for all of us at the moment I suppose. Still, my motivation is there for me in hopefully getting mobile again when im lighter. Years ago, i belonged to a Morris dancing side, which , though you might laugh, is brilliant exercise and helped to keep my weight down, but I always fancied clogging. There are no clogging sides in this area, but ive found tutorials on YouTube, and so this is to be my new goal. I will lose this weight , my leg will get better and my mobility will return, and i WILL with the help of YouTube , teach myself to clog !

Good luck to everybody today- thank you for your continued support - and look forward to my ranting feet making clog noises soon x

[Hidden]

Brilliant! If the exercise is fun, you'll be more likely to keep it up. All sorts of things are great exercise, people forget that it doesn't have to involve gyms and sports shops. We can get fit just as well in funny shoes with bells and brightly coloured handkerchiefs

[libbydaniels88 in reply to Hidden]

Definately !

[Gonti 10 kg]

That's a brilliant plan. I think the battling bit does get easier. I love watching Morris dancers and it outcools Zumba any day.

Hope today is less of a trial.

Ps can you imagine launching a magazine called petticoat now?

[libbydaniels88 in reply to Gonti]

I know ! Very unacceptable ...it was a bit of a trail blazer at the time, with stories of girls who had sex with men they weren't even married to !!!! My mum banned it eventually after she saw some of the articles

[Dave1961 25kg]

You mad old thing

Clogging - I love it!

You better watch out though - don't let those bloody hipsters hear about it or there will be combined clog/spin classes at your local gym before you know it!

[andrewleeone in reply to Dave1961]

Nah, Cloggin (Steppin) is too hard for them. Thats for real women!

[libbydaniels88 in reply to andrewleeone]

Yeah and we were border morris- no hankies and baldricks for us, we had rag coats, bells, Morris sticks and black and yellow faces ( that was face paint by the way - not bruises from the sticks :D)

[libbydaniels88 in reply to Dave1961]

If only Dave ! If I can get mobile again, id start my own side

[cherry-blossom]

Fancy mentioning Petticoat magazine I do remember this well! How funny! Good luck with getting on track I have just started this week too.

[Portlandprincess]

Hey Libby, will be checking out clogging later...and as for Morris dancing...so cool! Love your goal and will be checking out your posts to see how you're getting on. Good luck.😄

[Dave1961 25kg in reply to Portlandprincess]

If you end up clogging I need to see photos - many of them!

[Portlandprincess in reply to Dave1961]

Lol...

[andrewleeone]

There are probably more sides (Technical term!) out there than you realise. Have a good google. Never met a side yet that too many members! Got for it!

[libbydaniels88 in reply to andrewleeone]

I wish ! Unfortunately the nearest cloggies to me are in Retford, Nottinghamshire, or Grantham....too far, even for a dedicated Morris lover

[Hidden in reply to libbydaniels88]

... start your own side?

[libbydaniels88]

I remember one entry being about "breakfast - 1 hard boiled egg" ...luckily we've come a bit further in our dieting knowledge these days