yummy mummy – Mummy To Twins Plus One

The Slinky Project

Hi all, I have been trying to lose weight and tone up. I am not that bad but don’t feel comfortable and would feel better if I lost more weight, I suppose most people are in this boat. It is hard with kids, study, the house to maintain and other things in your life. I know these are all just excuses and other people manage it. The issue I have is that I cannot just take a walk as I have two kids that need to come with me. I do try and put them into the pram but then it limits where you go, at the end of the day if I am walking with kids in the pram it is better than not walking, right?

So my plan is to get fit and wonderful by my birthday. Yes I have a deadline and thought I would expose it so I will get motivated to keep to my timeline, good idea right? I hope so! Now if I fail, I will fail publicly. Maybe it will help me stick to it. My birthday is in May so I have about 7 months to have a good go at it. I have a number of kilos that I would love to lose, pounds or stones depending on where you live. However I would rather just see what the outcome is and if I lose my targeted amount that is just the icing on the cake.

So I have decided to start The Slinky Project™, it is a project to get me fit, toned and by the time of my wonderful birthday next year, looking like a new and improved woman. Some might call me a yummy mummy by this stage, well I can live in hope.

To ensure success this is what I will be doing to for The Slinky Project™:

Try and exercise a bit each day, walking, jogging, zumba, swimming, or aqua aerobics (anything that gets me moving)
Lower portion size
Eat less meat
More lean protein
Less sugar – no treats or only on special occasions
Hardly any alcohol (yes I know I do like a glass of wine sometimes for dinner)
Will try and get up early to fit in some stretching – find this hard due to loving my sleep, but will try as need to get motivated
Look at more vegetarian meals and recipes, so if you have some send them in!

So this is the start of the new me, or actually a new and improved me. I am still me, just would like to have less of me if you know what I mean. My issue is finding time to exercise all the time, hubby works late and then he does not get home till late, so I cannot just leave the kids to go off and exercise. Thank goodness for daylight saving, more daylight and hopefully more opportunity to walk in great weather.

What do you do to make sure that you have time for exercise? Does your partner or family help you? Do your kids join in with you when you exercise or do kids helping make exercise redundant? Has having a deadline for your weight loss goals helped you? Send in your tips and tricks.

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Dressing up or down?

I think that the term “dressing like a wife” is rather annoying. Is there a term for dressing like a girlfriend, fiancée, and so on? Kate Moss has said of her husband, “He would go mental if I started dressing like a wife! He likes me when I’m a rock n roll kind of a girl.” I do agree dressing up and looking good is great; however it is a bit hard when your circumstances change.

I used to love to dress up all the time. When I was working I wore snazzy business clothes, high heels, makeup, and hair up and done up all the time. Now that I have kids and I am a stay at home mother to the twins, I don’t dress up so much. Why wear your fancy outfit to playgroup to have paint on it? Maybe other mothers don’t care, however I would like to save my better outfits for going somewhere special and fancy.

Currently I am in the situation of having no money to extend my wardrobe to include some nicer pieces for everyday wear. I know I have to go through my wardrobe and remove some clothes that I don’t wear anymore; this might create more room for new pieces when I can get them. I do look at lovely clothes/shoes and think gosh that would be great for the office or for work. However my job is at home with the kids, so not practical. There might be an in-between casual style that I can adopt for home and mummy things. I would like to, however it again is the cost. Do you find this as well?

I also have another issue; I fit into some pants and don’t fit into others. The pants I fit into are baggy and loose, basically needing a belt to keep them up. However wearing the other size it is a bit tight around the waist so I wear the other baggier pants. I know the look is not ideal, but it is comfortable and they fit to a certain extent. I am in the process of trying to lose weight and tone up. I was hoping to be in better state so far but it is always finding the time and fitting it all in. I just need to get more focused and stick with getting up early to ensure that mummy gets her time and much needed exercise. Go the Wii Fit.

I do understand that Kate Moss is saying that if you look good you feel good; also if you take better care of your appearance your partner will like it also. I do agree with this. It is not like I don’t want to. Most of the time in my current situation, it is not practical to dress up as I am mostly at home. I don’t want to end up dressed to the nines like those stars on day time soap operas.

It is also easier for the likes of Kate Moss to maintain her style, she has the help to have kids looked after, trainers to help with her weight loss, and the money to purchase clothes or the celebrity to be given clothes to showcase. Real mothers don’t have this at their disposal, and if I did, you bet I would be looking better and be more relaxed than I currently am.

What are your thoughts? Has your dress/style changed since becoming a mum? Is it only when you are doing kid things that you don’t dress up? Do you dress up for special events and if so has that changed since you are a mother? What has changed for me is what I can fit into, but maybe that is just me? I do want to be a yummy mummy but think it is harder than it sounds. Send in your comments.