My Updates
Day 7
Final day - did not start well. Home from a dog walk to discover i’d no longer got the keys for the handcuffs.
A date at the gym loomed - and Coach Anna ( A.K.A McTwatty ) was having none of it - “if you’re having money off me you’re damn well wearing it” and she fixed me up some makeshift wrist straps! I failed hang tough by 5 seconds - but still earnt extra donations for effort alone coz my squad are epic!
Chest press / trap bar lift and chest fly all completed in the gym - along with how ridiculous can we make Nita look was the theme for the gym!
An afternoon of lunch / cocktails and pool soon turned into beer pong shots and goodness knows what else! Rolled home 1/4 to midnight and whacked the ball and chain off at bang on midnight.
Extremely proud of myself - thankful of everyones support - but longing for a day where my wrists dont ache from wearing handcuffs!
Day 6
Day 5
No dog walk again this morning - rain stopped play.
In the office for work again today - and today was the day everyone wanted toners. I thought this was the perfect excuse to put the ball on the trolley - but the staff kept telling me thats cheating - so instead - i had to steer a trolley with one hand and carry the ball in the other!
No gym on a thursday (everyone needs a rest day) - and even though Coach McTwatty tried to get me in with promise of extra sponsorship - my arms are so tired they needed a rest in prep for tomorrow night circuit class.
Ready to hit one last day in the office tomorrow. 2 challenge days left - £20 away from £1k 😮
Day 4
Day 4
Ball back to the left non dominant hand today. Dog walk to start the day.
Thankfully work today required phone cover most of the day - so ball and chain got to sit on the desk and wasnt quite so much a hinderance!
Wednesdays at Transform ladies fitness is a full body blast - and omg did that session wipe me out. Couldnt do jumping jacks so Coach decided a jump with ball push would be a good substitute - she then also made the rest of the class try it! Dont think im very popular now!
A massive highlight today - Over £750 raised - and passed the halfway mark - just 3 days left!
Day 3
No dog walk this morning as it was lashing down and my two dont like the rain - thankfully.
Another day in the office at work - lots of scanner calls and a few equipment moves today - at least using a trolley gave me somewhere to rest my ball - but i never realised how difficult it could be using a screwdriver whilst handcuffed to a ball! 🙈
Transform fitness session today was Arms Day - now that was a struggle - had to swap out an over head press for an L Sit - and overhead tricep extensions required either Coach Ash to hold my ball or me to kneel down as i am too tall for the chain to reach above my head with the ball on the floor ( never thought i would complain of being too tall)!
Low points - wrists are sore from wearing the handcuffs and my shoulders are aching badly.
High points - smashed the £500 fundraising bracket (currently 5th place on the leaderboard) and successfully completing an arms workout at the gym including press ups with the ball on my back.
Day 4 tomorrow which takes me to the halfway point.
Day 2
Another dog walk to start the day - defo felt more difficult having swapped hands and having the ball handcuffed to my left wrist.
Full day in the office - usual call outs - printers needing toners changing, kit moves and scanner failures.
Completed a legs bums tums class at Transform Ladies Fitness without modifying anything and then rounded the night off at footy with Formby Community Football Club.
Low points - having to admit defeat and ask for help to get a box down from the top shelf - because given your lack of height, added to having to balance a 3kg ball in one hand whilst getting a box down with the other - was going to result in disaster and - hearing people whispering “whys she walking round carrying that all the time - just put it down” - without asking so they could understand the point of the challenge. You can choose when to pick up and put down your mental health - i didnt have the confidence to stop and explain - i just put my head down and carried on walking.
High points - lots of convos started in the office about the challenge and what it represents, actually managing a footy session handcuffed to the ball without seriously injuring myself or anyone else - resulted in no falling over, 5 goals scored and coming home with the player of the week trophy!
Wrists are agony and swollen from the handcuffs - and im getting a fair few bruises from the chain smacking me!
Day 1
A morning dog walk - usual route of 30mins / 2 miles - took a little longer than usual - and made me appreciative of all the women who daily carry a mary poppins style handbag around with them!
Aldi / Tesco shop was a challenge - lots of people stared and frowned - trying to work out what on earth i was doing - I Never thought that in trying to raise awareness of how people struggle carrying around the weight of mental health - it would affect my own and cause me anxiety at everyone staring and frowning wondering what the hell im doing.
I dislike most of my housework chores at the best of time. But changing the bed, cleaning litter trays and taking the trash out is so much harder handcuffed to a 3kg ball.
The ups though - im super proud i still managed some form of boxing session - enough to make Coach Cass get a sweat on and i have successfully meal prepped next weeks lunches without causing injury to myself or breakages in the kitchen!
My wrist is agony from being handcuffed all day - its defo not a kink im going to be taking up anytime soon! And i totally need to get used to carrying the ball with my left and not just my right - or one arm is going to be like popeyes and the other will be like flat erics!
Thank you to my Sponsors
£50
Nick Glass
£50
Cass
£50
Cindy Grange-glen
Amazing achievement 🎊
£48.06
Collection Tin
£21.50
Karen
£21
Lorraine & Rob
Good luck mate, from me n Rob
£21
Bowser
£20.50
Vana Rimmer
£20.50
Kelly Turner
Great cause. Super proud xx
£20.50
Demi Houghton
£20.50
Anna Mcnally
Incredible cause Anita 👏 🙌 Looking forward to watching you complete those presses on week 4 of sculpt with that thing! 😅
£20.50
Linda ????
£20.50
Vicki Lewis
Wow your doing so well, Great cause
£20.50
Alex
WELL DONE FOR DOING THIS. 3RD FLOOR IT SUPPORT NEEDED 🙂
£20.50
Sara Abbott
£20.50
Katie Fryer
Good luck! See you at 5pm (I'll be the one without the 3kg ball attached to me!!) Xx
£20.50
Kathy Douglas
Fabulous effort for a great cause. Well done
£20.50
Janice Ball
£20.50
Jill Bradley
Doing an amazing job, keep going 👏👏
£20.50
Penny Crook
£20.50
Christine Symonds
£20.50
Keith Littler
Good Luck!! from Keith L
£20.50
Jo Parry
Amazing work! Super proud of you!
£20.50
Lisa Carlin
Well done!
£20.50
Parentals
We are so proud of you x
£20.50
Louise
I’m sure you’ll smash this! Fantastic cause!
£20.50
Jill
£20.50
Nyome Rook
You’re a Star!!!
£20.50
Diane Livesley
£20
Anita Acaster
£20
Mark Poole
You can do it Shorty! ;)
£20
Andy Sherman
£20
Lynsey Rogers
£20
Kath Tomlinson
Absolute trooper!! And you're nearly there, keep going!
£20
Jill Spencer
Well done Anita, fantastic effort 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
£20
Karen Slater
Well done 👏.xxx
£20
Lil Marflitt
£20
Alice
Fire on up!!!
£20
Clare Ascroft
Well done Anita! Amazing effort x
£20
Debbie Jones
£20
Mctwatty
The effort for those 55 seconds is worth another £20!
£20
Sarah Robinson
Amazing Anita! We’re all very proud of you! Keep smashing it! Your an inspiration to many! X
£20
Lisa Thomas
smashed it
£15
Cath Lloyd
Well done Anita!
£11
Paul Parker
£11
Rich Morton
£10.75
Anne Hewitt
You will smash it Anita. Anne xx
£10.40
Anita Houghton
£10.25
Colin Howard
£10.25
Amanda Scott-norton
Well Done Anita
£10.25
Vicky Wilson
Good luck
£10.25
Marie
Well done. Great achievement for a great cause.
£10.25
Katy Hodgkiss
Good luck!!! You’ll absolutely smash it 🙌🏻
£10.25
Wendy Powell
Such a great cause Anita. I'm sure you'll smash it! Xx
£10.25
Tina Goadsby
£10.25
Linz
Nice one Anita! A powerful message. 💪💪💪
£10.25
Lorraine (transform)
Good luck Anita. I hope our Gym coaches are as kind to you as they can be (not holding out much hope ha ha) xx
£10.25
Dave M
You’ve got this mate, proud of you!
£10.25
Janice Ball
£10.25
Mary Hilton
Well done great cause great effort, PTSD sufferer so I know the significance of this
£10.25
Rachel Fripp
Anita, you're making this all look so easy, but I absolutely know it's not! Mightily impressed by your drive and determination, and for such a worthy cause. You're an inspiration! Xx
£10.25
Angeline Foulkes
Nice one Anita
£10.25
Debbie S
Smash it mate. Total legend
£10.25
Dawn Bigley
Well Done kid x
£10.25
Linda Russo
Good luck Anita, you’ve got this
£10.25
Tracy Mason
£10.25
Claire Beck
£10.25
Helen Wynne
Well done Anita x
£10.25
Debbie Mc
Good Luck Anita !
£10.25
Janine Smith
£10.25
Rooksy
Well done for hanging with your ball buddy 👏👏
£10.25
Clunge
£10.25
Sue Mentha
Well done Anita
£10.25
Antony Parry
Well Done Anita
£10.25
Jacquie
Great charities 👍🏻
£10.25
Moira Football
£10.25
Leanne Conway
Good Luck Anita xx
£10.25
Sue Gautrey
Well done Anita!
£10.25
Anonymous
Sorry its not much.A massive congratulations hunny, I knew you'd smash it. I hope you know how loved you are too - well done xXx
£10.25
Marc Garland
£10
John Jackson
£10
Dawn Wilson
£10
Gill Caunce
£10
Jane Marsh
£10
Barbara Newhall
£10
Cheryl Cotton
£10
Sue
Great cause and well done for giving it a go!!
£10
Julie Mccauley
Well done Anita, good luck, great causes too
£10
Nicola Copeman
Well done Anita x
£10
Nicola Popplewell
You have done amazing so far! Keep going, you’ve got this!
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Gillian Goulding
£10
Helen Hall
£10
Carol Jennings
£10
Louise Transform
£10
Leanne Johnson
£10
Claire Milner
£10
Jayne
What an amazing achievement!!! Well done
£5.13
Ash
Get it Nita. You are doing amazing.
£5.13
Jennifer Burns
Well done
£5.13
Anonymous
£5.13
Leah Harwood
£5.13
Kathryn Hall
£5.13
Gayle Ashton
Well done Anita 💪
£5.13
Lorna Birkett
Well done lovely you are amazing
£5.13
Philippa Powell
£5.13
Dave Jagger
£5.13
Deb Tabiner
A really novel way of raising awareness, well done, Anita!
£5.13
Deb Wilson Member Of U1st Gym
Well done Anita
£5.13
Sarah R
£5.13
Amy
Your smashing it Anita, you should be so proud of yourself! 🙌❤
£5.13
Mike Harrison
Well done Anita 💪
£5
Carol Davies
£5
Robin Vurley
£5
Maureen Woods
£5
Julie From U1st
Wow, well done x
£5
Catherine Morrow
£5
Kate Baggaley
Well done Anita!
£5
Terry Gilroy
£5
Anne .
£5
Carl Oldfield
£5
Jen Morton
£5
Natalie Schofield
£5
Emma Stokes
Amazing challenge Anita and a brilliant cause
£4
Well Done Anita, great effort