Day 2 of #SweatWithPride and I've walked to and from a friend's place - 15 minutes of rolling hills each way (funny how there's always more up than down in both directions... 🤔)

Will I be able to move for more garden digging later this afternoon?!? Tune in later to find out...

Day 4 of #SweatWithPride and with the very wet weather, I decided to stay indoors and try getting back into some belly dance (before my fatigue years, I used to dance a lot, including some teaching and performing)

Tried an online video, but that turned out to be a talk fest with occasional movement... (at least for the first 20 minutes, which is all I lasted!)
So I found an old iTunes playlist and drilled to that instead 🙂

Funnily enough, after 5 or so years of very little dancing, my hips are very stiff... So strange!! I'm looking forward to seeing how I loosen up over the next few weeks 😊

Day 5 of #SweatWithPride
Because my abs have some opinions about my dance workout yesterday, today I've gone for a walk (in a strong northerly, so now my legs have thoughts!)

I'm really enjoying moving more. It's so lovely to be able to, and my body is feeling better for it (despite all the thoughts and opinions!) 😊

By the way, if you're thinking about sponsoring me, today is a good day to do that as every dollar will be matched by corporate sponsors... Every dollar helps!
https://www.sweatwithpride.com/fundraisers/jaysmith/swp/

Day 6 of #SweatWithPride
I was very tempted to take a rest day and hibernate (it's cold and wet here today) but I managed to talk myself into a dance session and feel better for doing it 😇

Many thanks to the kind anonymous soul who sponsored me yesterday 😘
If you want to join them, the link is https://www.sweatwithpride.com/fundraisers/jaysmith/swp/

Day 7 of #SweatWithPride

Um, I got distracted by my knitting and book, so just 15 minutes of vacuuming today, not my full 21 minutes... Oops...
(but then I've gone over every other day, so I'm still comfily on track for my monthly target)

Day 8 of #SweatWithPride and I've sneakily done my workout already - walking to and from church.

(I've also introduced our congregation to the idea of including pronouns on our name tags, but that's more an intellectual exercise!)

Day 14 of #SweatWithPride
I meant to go for a walk in the sunshine, but got distracted by my knitting... So, evening dance work out it is!
Reayll enjoying getting back into my belly dance groove - my body is starting to remember how to relax into the moves 

Also, I've just hit halfway on my 'minutes of sweating' goal (and we're not quite halfway through the month!) 😁
Still a bit short of halfway on my fundraising goal, so if you fancy helping me with that here's the link https://www.sweatwithpride.com/fundraisers/jaysmith
Every dollar helps! 😘

Day 15 of #SweatWithPride
Today, I enjoyed the sunshine with a walk around the neighbourhood with my lovely husband before lunch.

I am definitely finding it easier to get up hills now - who'd've thought that regular movement could help me get fitter and stronger?!? 🤯😜

Day 17 of #SweatWithPride
Getting my belly dance on again. Body still feels quite stiff (it's barely been two weeks, Jay, be patient!!) but my hips and ribs are moving again. Found some tunes that made me grin tonight* - always helps to practise smiling while dancing!

*For the curious, 'Bounce' by Solace and Shirley Bassey's cover of 'Get This Party Started'. (I'm nothing if not eclectic 😁)

Day 18 of #SweatWithPride and another interesting work out with my trainer 😊

He also has ADHD, so our conversations can get cheerily random!