a couple of sewing projects
#1: from a tutorial at craftster which I mysteriously can't find now... argh. I don't really like it, but it seemed simple (and was) and I'm just starting to learn to sew, so... yeah. There's something wonky with the top of it, I think the instructions might have been a little off. However, I did learn how to sew darts, so that's something. Except that the darts weren't in the pattern, I added that. I just can't leave well enough alone, can I?
#2: okay, this one I like a lot better. I copied it from a tank top I have and like, and used some of the scads of material I bought today. Much more my style than the first, and a lot simpler.
Hey, notice how I don't look like I've gained any weight in that picture? Yeah, that's because it's from the front. As I've mentioned before, I gained 30 pounds in the month after I went off anti-depressants, and it's starting to drop (8 pounds so far, since May), but yeah... hello tummy. Does anyone have any exercise suggestions that are a) NOT RUNNING*, b) don't involve the gym, and c) don't cost exorbitant amounts of money? And maybe something that I can do while also playing on the Internet? This whole 'sitting in a chair all day' thing isn't really working out the way I had hoped.
*A note about running: I know, I know, it makes YOU feel awesome and YOU compare it to a heroin high. HOWEVER: When I was a kid, I was on the track team. I didn't come in last, but I wasn't stellar either. Also, no matter how often I ran, I always felt like I was dying. I never got past that 'huge cramps, lots of phlegm, feeling like I'm about to vomit' stage. Plus, my phys. ed. teacher told my mom (when I was within hearing distance) that I "don't run right and never will" and that she could tell from the way I walked. Have I mentioned that I was the kid who everyone picked on? And that there was NOTHING WEIRD ABOUT THE WAY I WALKED? I might have to look that teacher up and slap her when I go home next**, because that little comment increased my self-consciousness and hatred of phys. ed. ten-fold.
**Psst, which will be on the weekend of August 6th, oh Brockvillians, if you are paying attention.
posted by Heather Ann @ 9:27 PM
3 Comments:
Pilates!! awesome for the tummy...and very easy to do at home.
I hate running. And going to the gym. I'm not the biggest fan of lifting weights either.
Swimming can help to tighten up your core, but it's more of an all-over thing, and takes a lot of time. If you switch your chair at your desk to an exercise ball (like the inflatable kind), it makes you keep your core (read: stomach) muscles tightened in order to stay balanced. It's even more of a workout if you keep your feet off the floor, then you just have to balance with your core and inner thighs. (Ps, this is probably easier with my 5'3" short legs than those Amazon legs of yours :).
Hope this helps a little, I know more from class and stuff, so email me if you want to know more.
-Steph
That is an AWESOME tank top! :) Love the pattern!
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