Hannah Louise Swift

I found out this week that I have been accepted to give a 45 minute (plus 15 mins Q and A) at an international conference in Amsterdam! Hurrah! I am so chuffed! It’s something I have wanted to do for a while and I am over the moon to be doing it.

This is my speaker profile – http://www.a4uexpo.com/europe/speaker/hannah-swift/ Don’t I sound smart! lol!

This is my presentation title – Don’t Mess up your content – Make your content Sell (Begins at 14:00 room E-F) I’m not giving too much away about what I will be speaking about, but it will be good! In the usual Hannah style it might be a little different too!

If you want to know more about A4Uexpo have a looksie here – http://www.a4uexpo.com/europe/

Well, I may of accidentally been persuaded out last night instead of my usual 2 class stint at the gym. I was a good girl and only had 3 drinks though so no heavy head for me, although the maccy d’s breakfast wasn’t overly healthy.

I took my usual place at the front of class and it was once again rammed. Di was her usual cheeky happy self, and I was brimming with excitement (I’ll explain why in another post) so concentrating went straight out the window. There were a couple of near misses where I was so busy being stupidly happy that I didn’t realise we had changed moves and so I almost kicked people, and looked a complete idiot!

I had a good workout and stopped back to ask Di how to get rid of my ‘love handles’ apparently running (as if) and body pump are the way to go. When I came out the girls I vive with were on the stairs waiting for me, to inform me that in the Aqua class that is on at the same time as Vive had 5 young hot guys in it. GUTTED! I’d missed my chance of 5 hot guys in swimmers! dammit!

I’m not spending a fortune for no reason at the gym! I’m a thrifty Northener at heart, so I decided to spend February monitoring weight loss and more importantly inch loss. I can already see a difference in my thighs and upper arms from my first months efforts but I wanted to be more scientific about February. So I took a number of measurements to see if there was a vast difference at the end of Feb. I’m female and shy so won’t reveal actual numbers but will give you the difference week on week.

1st Measurements
Taken at midnight, 03/02/09
2nd Measurements
Taken at 11pm (yes, an hour out but I’m pooped), 10/02/09

Weight (kg) – +1kg (doh!)
Upper Arm (cm) – -1cm (yay!)
Under Bust (cm) – Same (Phew!)
Bust (cm) – Same (Phew!)
Waist (cm) – -4cm (Hurrah!)
Hips (cm) – -2cm (Whoopie!)
Thigh (cm) – -2cm (Whoop!)
Calf (cm) – -2cm (Whoa Yeah!)

Just to be scientific, the measurements were taken with the same tape measure, in the same places on my body, and I used the same weighing scales (although I’m convinced they are broken!)

The results are interesting especially if I continue on the same path!

I just realised I forgot to measure my arse! Doh!

meh! Another day of haribo and coffee and the evening downer continued! On the plus side I did catch up with my gym buddies and had a good old Valentines Day slagging off! I have spent the past 6 weeks prepping Valentines Day and I am single and could quite happily never hear those words again, I digress.

Aqua was good apart from the ruddy running around the pool! That gives me sore cankles! We did some serious arm work so my bingo wings shall not flap in the wind tomorrow! Woo hoo! I think I must have lost weight because my swimmers were rather baggy which was a little bit of a boost in my haribo/coffee downer! Some floating and leg kicking later and it was time to get out, have a quick steam, quick jacuzzi and shower ready for Jam.

Up to Jam I headed and Di was her usual chipper self! One of the regulars who had been on holiday was back which was great for me as I usually copy her. Some Meringue, Cha Cha Cha and salsa etc and a spot of the ol’ hippety hop and Jam was over and done with, leaving an exhausted, sweaty, dry mouthed, and grumpy Hannah at the back! (NB – dry mouth likely result of too much sugar)

Day 26 and after eating haribo all day and drinking a vat of coffee (which I have only just started drinking I might add) I was on one heck of a downer! I felt like the world was against me as I struggled through the tracks half heartedly lifting weights and zoning out. Note to self… Sugar, caffeine and me do not mix!

I do like Monday night pump, as it’s completely different to Di’s class, a little harder if anything, but I really could not be arsed with this class. I even had my CantBarsed t-shirt on as a mark of my rebellion against all things healthy! (Thanks for the freebie btw Joe)

I came home and decided to bake bread. Disaster 1- my treasured bread maker decided to break which I didn’t notice until it was too late. The ruddy thing didn’t mix everything properly so I had a flour base, with pretty much beer on top! I in my infinite wisdom decided to mix it and leave it to continue baking. It was a rock when it finished. Not great for a cheese butty!

Working on my webby sites. Disaster 2 – I just launched a new site, and can I decide on a theme? No i can’t! I created a load of content units using Easy Content Units and then changed my mind about the theme, so changed it breaking the whole ruddy thing. Websites are a pain in the bum sometimes!

Up to bed, I had some washing to put away. Disaster 3 – I started hanging my clothes up on my clothes rail (no, I don’t own a wardrobe as 2 people who looked at my house for me, no names mentioned *cough* Mark and Bruce! told me there were fitted wardrobes!) The ruddy thing broke splaying my clothes everywhere and leaving me with a nasty bruise on my shin! Grrr

EDIT – I forgot these!

Lost Bankcard. Disaster 4 – I cannot find my bank card anywhere, and the really annoying thing is it’s the one with my money on it! Grr… Must phone Natwest for new card!

Split Bag. Disaster 5 – My faithful gym bag that I have been using has finally ripped. Leaving me with a gaping hole down the side of my Sunshine.co.uk bag I was given as a freebie! I must buy a new one, or schwag another.