Wanna get shredded!

So after 3 babies in 32 months I have quite a bit of baby weight to shift, in fact I find myself wondering if Beatrice had a twin and they left her in my mountainous tummy!

Last week I found myself trawling the net to find the ultimate workout, one that could miraculously transport my body back to its heyday of 1994. Well, I think I may have found it, The 30 Day Shred. The trainer (who was overweight herself before developing this routine) promises to change your body in 30 days if you give her just 20 minutes of your time everyday for 30 days. How hard could it be right!?!?

Day 5 and amazingly I'm no longer dying at the end of the workout, I still resemble a beetroot and can't talk to my husband or kids for 10 minutes post workout...but my stamina is definitely improving. Whether it will take my body pre-pregnancy remains to be seen but I'm enjoying having 20 minutes of the day to myself.

The ten minute rule...

Discipline, its something I struggle with, giving it that is. I find myself either feeling bad because I've upset my children or I'm trying to stifle my laughter when mid flow my nearly 3 year old calls me Stinky Pete or tells me to behave. I fear I've said "no" too any times for silly things in the past that now its lost its meaning.

I was talking to my cousin about it and she told me about her ten minute rule. It's a way for grading telling offs. So I now ask myself, will it matter in ten minutes? Will it matter in ten hours? Will it matter in ten days? So I "tell off" according to the grading. It seems to be going well so far, I haven't  been called Stinky Pete for a while but I do get told to be quiet, but I comfort myself with the fact that he says please.