Wednesday, June 29

Just a quick post;
With help from Kate, I have managed to get a photo done. Not the best, but it's a photo! At the moment I can only see it if I look on view profile. So now there is a face behind the blog..

Since Luke started school this year I have been wanting to return to the workforce, but have found it hard due to lack of experience ( and I don't want to go back to my old job!)
So last night I did a short course, responsible serving of alcohol which was fun - and the first time I had been in a classroom for at least 12 years ( I feel so old...lol)
I passed my test, and the teacher said the certificate will arrive in a few weeks - I'm very excited since this is my first one!

Also took Jason to the dentist yesterday - he needs a filling so has to go back next week.

Eating and water has been great - not much exercise with the boys being home though!

Monday, June 27

Weekend over...

It has been a very busy weekend;
On saturday I had a central council meeting in bendigo - which is 1 1/2 hours travel each way!
It was good to hear what's happening - and we get a free lunch, low fat of course!

Then we had the suprise party for Rhonda at a pub, she was already there with two friends having a drink. She got a big surprise when she was brought into the dining area to find 25 others waiting for her! It was a great night - didn't get home till 1am. I was good though choosing healthy options for dinner, and only having a little bit of icecream cake. I did not have a drink, as I was driving home so stuck to water!

On sunday I had the kids - since Vic had them all day Saturday, they ended up going to play with friends...so when the lady came around and delivered my scrapbooking stuff I had the afternoon free to play around - thats why no update yesterday!

Today (first day of holidays) I have babysat a friends 3 kids most of the day so she could go to the dentist. When the kids were eating lunch I did 4k's on her treadmill.
Other exercise today has been walking from the service station after I dropped my car off to get some tyres put on, walking to my friends house, and picking the car up again which = approx 15minutes.

I have been drinking my water, 2 litres down already, 1 to go
eating has been good - except for some biscuits today:)

Well must go get some dinner organised!

Ps Kate have got on to flickr - need to wait for an email back for verification :)

Thursday, June 23

Weigh in this morning was great - I lost 1.1 kilo's

This has to be the bigest loss in quite a while!
I treated my self to the new so fresh winter cd - to listen to while I am exercising
- and brought a new handbag :)

Today at my weigh in we had a suprise morning tea for a member who turned 50 yesterday, and who also finish her 2nd lot of radiation for breast cancer last week - it was a great suprise for her!
She doesn't know yet but a few of us are meeting her for dinner on Sat night:)

I am reved up to have a great week this week..so stay tuned:P

Wednesday, June 22

Finally things are going great on the weight loss front! Since Sunday I have had my water - 3litres, exercised and have eaten well - even had some chocolate.

It feels so good to be in control, and for once I can't wait to get on the scales tommorrow to see how I have done. I went shopping yesterday and I was proud of myself for walking past the food court, and the choc isle in the supermarket - and just buying a loaf of bread, and making a yummy egg sandwhich when I got home!

It has been cold and rainy here the last few days, we have footy training tonight - it is going to be freezing. I have made a big batch of pumpkin soup to have for tea when we get home.

And Kate, I also walk around the house to get moving - I have floorboards so it gets a bit noisy, so I put the stereo on real loud so the neighbours won't know what I am up to!

Well I am off to get some mini tramp done...

Monday, June 20

Starting from scratch...

My weekend eating has been really bad - I'm not sure if it is the implant or not, but I have been craving chocolate real bad and I have been giving in to it, I am feeling a bit sorry for my self with my arm hurting when I move it too fast!
I have really found it so hard to get back into healthy eating, after a few weeks of eating loads of crap - But I have to just do it anyway!

I found a quote;
"Short term satisfaction will not bring me to my long term goals"

I have written this on a post it, and put it on the fridge. To make me think twice when I open the door!

I started using my mini tramp too, I have done 2x 15 minutes jogging (in front of the telly).
The reason I brought it was I have really been lacking exercise wise for quite a while now - on sunday I was reved up o go for a walk - but it was pouring with rain, but with the mini tramp I don't have the excuse of rain. The kids don't know I have it yet - as it is hidden in my room, so during the holidays I may have to bring it out. I have been hiding it from them because I once had a gym ball, they they liked playing with too. One day I found it deflated, shoved away in a cupboard with a huge cut in it. if they cut my tramp I will not be happy!!

I have also got back into the water, yesterday I had 3 litres, and I am 1/2 way through my 2nd litre ..so I should get through 3 again today!

Well this has got a bit long.....Ciao

Saturday, June 18

A long time between updates

It has been over a week since I last updated, my computer 'died' last week!

My neighbour, who is a computer wiz kinda fixed it and gave me some parts - but now I need to save up to buy a new one :(
.. So what's been happening;
My niece has gone back to Tassie - so there are no tempting foods in the house!

I gained .1 this week
So far I have not done much exercise for the week, because I got my implanon implant removed, and a new one put in so my arm has been a bit sore - and I had a headache thurs night and Friday.

I did buy a mini tramp this week though and intend to use that during the day, as it has been raining really hard lately :)

Well i must go and find all the other blogs I read and bookmark them, as well as reading how people have been going!

Have a good weekend!!

Friday, June 10

weigh in results...

I am up really early today...Jason threw up about an hour ago, and when I went back to bed I could hardly breathe as my nose is blocked, and I was keeping Vic awake with my sneezing. So I got up and put a laod of washing on, and thought I may as well update.

So I weighed in yesterday and the result was a gain of 2 kilo's!!

I have picked myself up..and am now moving on :)
As Vix said, ' I am going to ake control of my next step towards my goal', which will be to get rid of the 2 kilo's.
thankyou everyone for your words of encouragement..without those comments I could see myself falling big time..
Not alot planned for today - but I will do some exercise and I will et back into drinking water - I have been very slack with that as well.

Might update later...hope you all have a great day!!

Wednesday, June 8

shocking ...

Just a quick post -
Things are not good on the food front - to many take aways :(
The only exercise I have had was walking around highpoint yesterday, which is not good!
I did buy alot of scrapbook stuff though:)
we are going out for tea again tonight,
So weigh in will definetly be horrible tommorrow
I am going to have to get back to basics - this week has been shocking, I really don't want to weigh in tommorrow.
It is so hard having other people around - I have been doing so well in my 'no fail' enviroment. This week I have been craving junk, because it has been laying around.

So starting tommorrow - Back to Basic's.....

Monday, June 6

great weekend

Well Jason came home friday afternoon - he had had a blast at camp - he had lost his voice a little, so it must have been some late nights!

The State night was great - I met Annette Sym, she was lovely, I have a photo but for some reason it won't work, but I can email to people if you wanna see!
I had alot of wine, it was good just to get out. Most times when we go out I am the driver, so I don't get to drink much. I even got picked up by one of the waiters - he was not bad looking either :), I told him I was married, and even showed photo's of the kids - and he still stayed and talked for a while. It was flattering since that has not happened in a long time!

I got home about lunchtime on Saturday and took the kids to a party ( my friends son) , she had hired a magician - and he was great, they also had a jumping castle - so the kids were well occupied, which was just as well as I had a huge headache :)

Yesterday I picked up my niece from the airport - she is over for a week or so - she is from Hobart. It has been a while since she has been here, so the boys have been all over her. She is 22, my hubby's sister's daughter. It feels funny calling her my niece when ther is not a huge difference in age!

Not much else is happening - my eating has been horrible, because Sarah has chocolate everywhere, and I find it REALLY hard to resist :(

Not sure when I will update next - family does not know about this journal- so I will see how I go!

Have a good lond weekend for those in NZ!!

Thursday, June 2

I lost!!

Weigh in today and I lost .4 :)
I already feel more positive than I did this time last week - which means no emotional eating
- It does feel good when you are feeling in control!

It was a very quiet night last night with Jason gone - Luke had fun playing with Jasons things..lol.
Tommorrow the school is having a pancake breakfast..and Luke will be teasing his brother about missing out!

The hot choc is $4.75 at coles, for 10 separate serves. - I resisted and did not buy any today :)
I only found out last night (half way through the pack) that the packet also has a chocolate shaker, to shake over the top..which is included in the points - so I have been actually having less. I will keep the shaker for something else - as I have not missed it!

Tommorrow night I am going to what my slimming club calls State night, which includes members from all over the state for an award ceremony, I went last year too and it was great fun. This year Annette Sym - the one who wrote the simply too good cookbooks will be there, which will be exciting. All the girls are going by bus, I can see it being a very noisy bus - I am not going to drive back home, so I will get dropped off at my Dads house..a whole night without the kids..yay!

I am going to another scrapbook party tommorrow, Jason comes home after that - and I have to be ready and out of the house at 5pm, So I might not be able to update till the weekend.
Hope you all have a great weekend:)

Wednesday, June 1

I have just come home from watching the bus take my son to camp. He was so excited and was up early and got ready to go...I wish he was like that on normal school mornings!

Luke didn't want to go to class till the bus left, he is going to miss Jason alot since the nights they are away from home, they are normally away together!

The camp is in melbourne, they are going to the zoo today, and up the rialto tower tonight.

Food wise; things have been good - the scales are still around the same as last week, and I am happy with that! Having a bit of trouble getting the water down though as the weather is getting cold.
I found a new hot choc drink that has helped me with choc cravings - Nestle double blend hot chocolate - for those who count points I worked it out to be in between 1 and 1.5 on the cardboard slide. That is just for the hot choc flavor - it also comes in choc mint and choc caramel
I love the double blend choc - and this drink tastes just the same!

Well I must go and get some work done!