Spot Training Doesn't Work. Apparently.

So today is day nine of the thirty sit-ups for thirty days challenge - except that so far there's only been one day where I only did 30 and that was because the Ridiculously Dominant Husband chose to bark at me while I did weights instead of sit-ups.  In fact, I've mostly been doing 35 or 40 and yesterday I even made it to 45.  The number of reps in a set are also getting higher and the time I need between sets is shorter.  60 seconds tops now.

Anyway, as a curious side note, I had no idea how important it is to have an intact core before you do weights but two things were blindingly obvious the moment I took the weights off the rack;

1.)  The sit-ups have been taking their toll; and
2.)  Trying to do a full weights workout with sore abs is up there with being drenched in honey and left on an anthill in the Texas sun*.

All that work must surely be doing something.  Luckily before I started the challenge I jumped onto the Calorie King website and signed up to keep track of everything (brillo suggestion from the sister-in-law Jen, more on that later).  Halfway through the week I noted that my pants were a little loose and starting to fall down a bit.  RDH scoffed and said spot training doesn't work, no way have I lost weight around the middle purely from doing sit-ups (and eating properly you bully).  Okey doke.  Let's see how we go at weigh in.  Which was today.  Two kilos down, very nice.  But the big surprise?  Seven centimetres off the hips and five off the waist.

Holy moly.  I knew my core was a bit sad after giving birth to the little Viking but I had no idea how badly it needed some whipping into shape.  I don't for a second think that I've lost a bunch of fat from around my middle - that will take longer, I'm sure.  But I do think that the sit-ups have been quite effective at tightening the muscles back up and pulling them back into place.  Might have to add in some push-ups and see if we can correct the T-rex situation.

*Seriously, I've got no idea where these analogies come from.  But reading them back they always  fit with how I felt at the time.