Just checking in...

Things are still going along nicely - weighed in yesterday and LOST weight for the first time in a long time:)

Last week 95.1
This week 94.4
Lost 0.7
Total lost 0.7
Weight left to lose 29.4 kilo's
( to reach goal weight of 65 kilo's)

I am going to love watching that 29.4 go down:)

P.s Wanna - that pic was taken in my loungeroom, you can see a bit of the dining room over my shoulder, our house isn't huge - just high and really open:)

Things are going great at the moment - taking the time out to plan has really made a difference!!

I know what I will be eating and when, and my personal trainer has my exercise planned out...everything is falling into place!!

I have not peeked at the scales yet, but for the first time in ages I am confident on a loss:)

On Monday I also did my measurements and got Jason to take a 'before' photo...It's not the best, but ya get the idea:)

I am hoping to see a change really soon!

Firstly I want to send a huge congratulations to Hayley and Adam on the birth of their new daughter, it sounds like Hayley had a long labour...can't wait to see the baby pics:)




Sunday= Plan Day
Today I will start planning again!!!

I am a bit of a list person, and have always been organised ~ at the moment none of that is happening (and it has been driving me crazy!) and I have been neglecting myself lately, life has been busy, with school holidays breaking up my routine...it's been hard to 'get back into it' and I have also been doing extra shifts at work - I wasn't at all surprised to see 95 kilo's on the scale this morning, most meals the last few weeks have been quick and easy, if I have cooked at all!
My sister said to me the other day, if she didn't know better she would think I was pregnant!!, and she is right, lately I have gained a lot of weight around the middle (between boobs and waist) - I can still fit comfortably into my jeans and work pants, but my shirts are bursting at the seams. If I keep going on like this I will be at 100kilos before long (and that is not a milestone I wanna reach). So today is the day to nip it in the bud!!

I already have exercise doing well - I need to concentrate on my eating!
So this afternoon I will be going though my recipes and planning my meals out - if anyone has any lunch/dinner ideas I would love to hear them:)

Hey Lyn - we live in Lancefield, it is around the middle of Victoria!



It was very surreal, even though the snow melted as it hit the ground in closer towns like Woodend, it was actually covered:)

It's a beautiful sunny day here today:)



I am all revved up for the gym this morning I am planning on doing the podcast while I am on the cross trainer - I have been given a new program lately and every 4-5 sessions I do cardio only, so I am hoping to do the podcast for those sessions to keep me motivated....I will probably be on week 1 for a month...but I don't care:)

Thanks to Zanna I have found the podcast I need - and it is downloading at the moment...fingers crossed no problems this time:)

I skipped the gym this morning - it is so windy here I was worried about driving in it....I'm glad I stayed home though... as it has started snowing!!!
It looks so cool, I tried to take a photo but you can't really see.... and it melts as it hits the ground - just watching it fall looks so calming :)

I need more help...

I am feeling really dumb at the moment - I found the couch to 5k podcast where CKK and Zana told me it would be - I downloaded week 1 onto my computer - and here is the problem...
I can listen to it on the computer but I can't put it onto my mp3 player or even a cd!!!
When I try it says it doesn't recognise the program???
Can anyone shed some light??


School goes back tommorrow - which I am really looking forward to, I love having the boys home - but my routine has completely gone - I only mananged two days of gym...my eating has been less than desirable (we have gone out more than we usually do aswell) and I am feeling really FAT!!
So with the boys back at school, I really need to 'get my shit together' !!!

Well must go - Vic has a cousin and family coming to visit this afternoon, who he has not seen in about 20 years...should be fun!!

During the Holidays I have taken the boys to the pool This is the 'pool monster'

Here is Luke climbing aboard,

...and Jason

They had so much fun we are going back tomorrow!!


Last night we all went out and celebrated my sister Jennifer's 21st. Doesn't seem that long ago since she was a baby:P

It was a great night with the whole family...my we have grown this year...lol, had way to much to drink...so its been a really quiet day here...lol

Can someone help....

A while ago a few of you were talking about the couch to 5 k podcast.

Since I am now going to the gym I thought it would be great to give it a go, but all I can find on the net is info on what to do eg. how long to do each bit - but I can't find anywhere to go to download the podcast!
Any help will be greatly appreciated:)

I was sent this in an email and thought I would share....

Is there a magic cut-off period when offspring become accountable for their own actions? Is there a wonderful moment when parents can become detached spectators in the lives of their children and shrug, "It's their life", and feel nothing?

When I was in my twenties, I stood in a hospital corridor waiting for doctors to put a few stitches in my son's head. I asked, "When do you stop worrying?" The nurse said, "When they get out of the accident stage." My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing.

When I was in my 30s, I sat on a little chair in a classroom and heard how one of my children talked incessantly, disrupted the class, and was headed for a career making license plates. As if to read my mind, a teacher said, "Don't worry, they all go through this stage and then you can sit back, relax and enjoy them." My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing.

When I was in my 40s, I spent a lifetime waiting for the phone to ring, the cars to come home, the front door to open. A friend said, "They're trying to find themselves. Don't worry, in a few years, you can stop worrying. They'll be adults." My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing.

By the time I was 50, I was sick and tired of being vulnerable. I was still worrying over my children, but there was a new wrinkle. There was nothing I could do about it. My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing. I continued to anguish over their failures, be tormented by their frustrations and absorbed in their disappointments.

My friends said that when my kids got married I could stop worrying and lead my own life. I wanted to believe that, but I was haunted by my mother's warm smile and her occasional... "You look pale. Are you all right? Call me the minute you get home. Are you depressed about something?"

Can it be that parents are sentenced to a lifetime of worry? Is concern for one another handed down like a torch to blaze the trail of human frailties and the fears of the unknown? Is concern a curse or is it a virtue that elevates us to the highest form of life?

One of my children became quite irritable recently, saying to me, "Where were you? I've been calling all day, and no one answered. I was worried."

I smiled a warm smile. The torch has been passed.

PASS THIS ALONG TO OTHER PARENTS ( ... also to your children. That's the fun part!)


The boys are on holidays at the moment...it has been fun...will post some photo's soon xxx