Proud Mother Moment

[Megandllsmum]

Originally Posted by Bootrip2

DD tries a cartwheel but only manages a funny little bunnyhop at the moment! Any tips?!?!?!?

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Lilly is stubborn, her cartwheels were exactly the same as you describe but her friends at school were really good, in the warmer weather at school they can play on the field so she went in there with friends and they practised them ... a lot, she got better at school but still a squished up cartwheel she couldn't unfurl her legs , she started gymnastics a few months back and loves it, it's at our local leisure centre and its a beginners group she loves it, and with all the stretching she does and rolls etc it's as though she's opened up her joints and muscles and she does a brilliant cartwheel, I think it helps she's performing it all on crash mats so knows she can't get hurt easily ... which is a big thing with her but repeating it over and over really helped. Last couple of weeks she's been doing one handed cartwheels ... she earns badges at gymnastics and that's another big thing she wants to get awards and progress so that helps her focus too . Would your daughter try a gymnastics group? Lily goes an hour a week every Saturday and it's really helped, she goes to swimming lesson beforehand so has a busy Saturday which she loves and something I didn't think years ago she would be enthusiastic about X

[caj]

Originally Posted by tomdan

Another 1lb😄 we have now moved on to get a little exercise😁 for every 30mins of sitting we have to get up and do 2mins of movement, i got a crosstrainer from a garage sale which is in the bedroom so we jump on that and have a race to see who can get the most excersise in 2mins, still work in progress with this one😉

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Sounds like you're both doing great. Hard work for you to maintain the exercise like that ... but SO good for him.

[tomdan]

Thanks for all your kind words and support. It makes a difference talking to people who understand😍

[Megandllsmum]

Originally Posted by tomdan

Thanks for all your kind words and support. It makes a difference talking to people who understand😍

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Just keep on doing what you are doing cos you are seeing the results xx

[Bootrip2]

Originally Posted by Megandllsmum

Lilly is stubborn, her cartwheels were exactly the same as you describe but her friends at school were really good, in the warmer weather at school they can play on the field so she went in there with friends and they practised them ... a lot, she got better at school but still a squished up cartwheel she couldn't unfurl her legs , she started gymnastics a few months back and loves it, it's at our local leisure centre and its a beginners group she loves it, and with all the stretching she does and rolls etc it's as though she's opened up her joints and muscles and she does a brilliant cartwheel, I think it helps she's performing it all on crash mats so knows she can't get hurt easily ... which is a big thing with her but repeating it over and over really helped. Last couple of weeks she's been doing one handed cartwheels ... she earns badges at gymnastics and that's another big thing she wants to get awards and progress so that helps her focus too . Would your daughter try a gymnastics group? Lily goes an hour a week every Saturday and it's really helped, she goes to swimming lesson beforehand so has a busy Saturday which she loves and something I didn't think years ago she would be enthusiastic about X

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DD started gymnastics in Feb, moving to a mainstream group in September, hoping that will help her more,

[Megandllsmum]

Originally Posted by Bootrip2

DD started gymnastics in Feb, moving to a mainstream group in September, hoping that will help her more,

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Lilly is in a group and she's come on brilliantly x

[tomdan]

Originally Posted by Megandllsmum

Lilly is in a group and she's come on brilliantly x

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Well done to your daughter.x

[tomdan]

Originally Posted by Bootrip2

DD started gymnastics in Feb, moving to a mainstream group in September, hoping that will help her more,

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Sounds like she is doing really well x

[tomdan]

Stayed the same this week🤔 Not sure if this is right but is there a thing that he might not be eating enough? Put him on 2000 calories but he is always under that😮

[Megandllsmum]

Originally Posted by tomdan

Stayed the same this week🤔 Not sure if this is right but is there a thing that he might not be eating enough? Put him on 2000 calories but he is always under that😮

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Things do slow down after first couple of weeks watching what you eat usually, it's easy enough to find online how many calories he should be having, 2000 calories is usually for an adult female to maintain their weight, just focus on him eating healthily and I'm sure the weight loss will continue, don't let him get frustrated by not losing anything this week, it can be for any number of reasons he hasn't lost weight this week, heavier clothing when getting weighed for example, everything you've been doing so far is working and helping so hopefully this week staying the same is a one off... How was he when he got weighed? Hopefully not too disappointed xx