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Well, it may be a small thing, but I was actually tickled pink.

I have been working on rollovers in my Pilates practice for a couple of years - they're the ones where you lie on your back on the floor and flex the bottom of your spine so your legs & hips are over your body. I had been really struggling, trying various techniques to make it easier, and even then I found I had to really psych myself up for a huge hoik up, and even THEN the results weren't too great, I could only manage about 3 or 4 in a row. I probably haven't done them for a few months, certainly not since starting fasting.

So - yesterday! When my teacher said, "do some rollovers, jools" I just made my usual sourpuss face, but resolved to try some anyway. Well, OVER I went without even thinking about it - and again, about 6 in a row! I'm still hanging on to something heavy, but it's early days! I am absolutely thrilled that it was so easy!

It's so strange, generally day-to-day I don't really notice physically that my weight is a bit different to 3 months ago, and that my body actually behaves very differently when it moves, even during dance, but, goodness, I noticed it yesterday!!

That is terrific @jools7 - congratulations and well done.

Cheers Maggie

That's great Jools and you will probably now continue to see improvement in your performance as you slim down. Well done!

Well done INDEED @jools7 that's a fantastic achievement! I bet you're on Cloud 9!

Bean

Well, it may be a small thing, but I was actually tickled pink.

I have been working on rollovers in my Pilates practice for a couple of years - they're the ones where you lie on your back on the floor and flex the bottom of your spine so your legs & hips are over your body. I had been really struggling, trying various techniques to make it easier, and even then I found I had to really psych myself up for a huge hoik up, and even THEN the results weren't too great, I could only manage about 3 or 4 in a row. I probably haven't done them for a few months, certainly not since starting fasting.

So - yesterday! When my teacher said, "do some rollovers, jools" I just made my usual sourpuss face, but resolved to try some anyway. Well, OVER I went without even thinking about it - and again, about 6 in a row! I'm still hanging on to something heavy, but it's early days! I am absolutely thrilled that it was so easy!

It's so strange, generally day-to-day I don't really notice physically that my weight is a bit different to 3 months ago, and that my body actually behaves very differently when it moves, even during dance, but, goodness, I noticed it yesterday!!

That's great Jools!!! It's amazing when you start to notice little changes. Keep practising and they'll coming naturally to you

That's great, isn't it wonderful to see the, however gradual, changes in our mind and bodies?

Ballerina x

Well done Jools I'm so happy for you.

You're having fun discovering what your body is letting you do.

Jools that is wonderful - and it's happened without you thinking about it! Go Jools!

It is wonderful when your body surprises you @jools7. I was on the elliptic machine this morning, so humid like in a sauna and I was just chugging along, I cast my mind back to the early days when doing 2 minutes was my maximum. It is wonderful when our body gets with what we are wanting to achieve. Go you how fantastic

Wow! Congrats on the progress & the self-discovery. It's great when movement becomes joyful again. Continued success.

Well done @jools7 Yes it's the small changes that we don't actually notice at first but when added to a second and third they do then become enormous great news you won't feel quite so "conspicuous" doing them on your
next class.