Sunday 30th March 2008....
This week has been a good learning curve for me for sure! From my five factor plan of attack (see Thursday's entry below) I have already learnt 3 very important lessons.
Firstly....tracking. Tracking is 100% vital! Not only does it allow you to plan ahead your meals and feel in control but it also allows you to really know that you are on track and doing well - or not as the case may be. Tracking this week has also taught me a VERY valuable lesson about alcohol.
As many of you know I like my vodka's on a Friday/Saturday night. I don't drink all week but I tend to have at least one binge night each weekend. My favourite drink is vodka and red bull energy drinks (full sugar red bull if I'm drinking at the pub as they don't sell sugar free there). But due to the energy drink content I tend to swap over to a vodka and soft drink mixer after I've had 3 or 4 red bulls. Now in the past that always used to be vodka and diet coke but in the last year or so I really went off the taste of the post-mix diet coke at the pub? It always tasted sort of flat? Anyway so that led to the habit of drinking vodka Cruisers and vodka UDL's - both mixed with full sugar soft drink of various flavours - pineapple being one of my favourite's.
Now by the end of a usual Friday night at the pub I may have had up to 10 or 12 vodka's with the various full sugar mixers. This week however I was tracking properly for the first time in as long as I can remember. Now what I should have done was to look up my drinks prior to going so I could make good choices - but I didn't!
I did have a vodka and can of diet coke to start with and realised that I did still really like that drink so long as the coke came from a can and not post mix over the bar. So at 1pt a drink that was a good choice.
My mistake was in not adding up the points of my drinks until this morning. 22.5pt's spent on alcohol!!!!!!!!!!! 22.5pt's!!!!!!!!!!! Weekends are always very difficult for me to stay on track from Friday arvo until Sunday morning but this week my tracking showed me that, with the exception of the alcohol, I did really well this weekend. But of course I cannot count out the alcohol once I had consumed it. I was shocked to see that one teeny bottle of vodka Cruiser had 4 pt's!! I could have had 4 vodka and diet coke's for that price!
So after completing all my tracking this is the damage. I am now 24 pt's over for the week so far!!!! Crikey!! However when you consider that 22.5pt's of those came from alcohol I would only have been 1.5pt's over otherwise - much more successful for a weekend :) So that's what I mean about learning things this week. I've learnt to track and plan my drinks in advance and to always chose vodka and diet coke when I can instead of full sugar mixed drinks from now on.
The second thing I learned was about water. I am THE WORST water drinker ever *wink* I'm fairly certain I have diet Coke (or Coke Zero of late) running through my veins. I can easily go weeks and weeks without a single glass of water passing my lips, same goes for milk. I drink diet drinks and the odd full sugar softdrink, iced tea or juice...but mostly just diet cola. This week my water challenge has shown me there is another option. I only made it for the first two days so far successfully. Yesterday I only had about 700ml of water and more of the usual low sugar substitutes like diet red bull, diet coke and diet iced tea. The days I did drink the water though I noticed a huge difference in my body. My poor bladder etc must have had to drag itself out of retirement. I haven't had to run to the loo so many times since I was pregnant. It's amazing what a fully functioning bladder can do huh :) It made me think about what I must usually put my body through and how important it is for me to make this water drinking a priority. Not just for weight loss, to fill up, for better skin, cheaper drinks or less caffeine ..... just because it's so god dam good for me and because my body really does need it!
The last thing I learnt was about exercise. When it comes to exercise I have to admit I'm a bit of an all or nothing person. If I'm not sweating my butt off in the gym for an hour or hiking hills etc for an hour I figure it's not worth doing anything. But I've forgotten just what I can achieve at home with a 30minute toning session. That session that I did on Thursday while Talyn slept (see entry below) - Oh My God have I been in pain from that ever since. I know I worked every major muscle group that day because I've felt the pain in them ever since. Not injury pain but just good sore muscles that have worked hard. It really surprised me just how much of a total body workout can be done when you have 30min's at home!
So yeah...as I said a great week for learning this week. For the sake of interest though here is my days so far on the 5 plan attack:
Thursday - 5/5
Friday - 4/5 (no exercise - too sore & tired)
Saturday - 2/5 (only tracking and breakfast done)
Today I'm back at it though and hoping for another 5/5 day. I've tracked my healthy breakfast which has included one of my two dairy serves. I'm going grocery shopping soon so will have plenty of good food choices at home. After Talyn's nap we are going to a park or the beach with the boys for some exercise that's fun. And I'm on the water today to reach my target. :)
I may not be able to recover the excess points I drank this weekend but I can at least make sure I do everything else right.
Oh and about that noodle query I had. Thanks to Tania for her suggestions and I also heard back from Calorie King and WW. The WW team calculated it to be around 10pt's a small box as a rough estimate but honestly....that seems too low for food so yummy!!! *tee-he* I really want to find an accurate one to be sure.
Ok....best go make a start on Caleb's birthday update before the lad wakes up. Hmm have to work on my shopping list too! Hope to have Caleb's page and pics done in next day or so. Oh for more time :)
TFTD: "Persistence prevails when all else fails!!"
Cheers P
Friday 28th March 2008....
Today I wanted to share with you some great websites that I have been using for points info for tracking purposes. I think I've mentioned them all before in some form or another but I've found them so useful now that I'm tracking again that I thought others are bound to also get some benefit from them :)
-The first is a site that contains a Weight Watchers Points Calculator. If you don't have one, or like me yours is out of batteries then this is the site for you. The points calculator is on the upper right hand corner of the page.
-The second is CalorieKing Australia. This site has a HUGE searchable database of nutritional info on any food you can think of. Use this to get your Kj's and Saturated fat count to then input into the WW points calculator.
Next I wanted to ask you all for some help/advice. I am desperately searching for a WW points value of my favourite take away. Since last December I cut out all my usual favourite takeaways like hot chicken/chips, Chinese food, pizza etc. The only take away I have had this year is noodles and I have it once a week. The problem is I don't know the points value of the same dish that I order every time. I only need the kj's and sat fat content for it but I can't seem to find it for a similar dish anywhere? I've emailed CalorieKing and WW today hoping they may help and I've also posted the question on our forum hoping for help?
This dish is from your usual take away noodle store and comes in the standard sized noodle box (like a US Chinese container with a little metal handle). The dish is BBQ Pork Noodle and the menu describes it as "Thin egg noodles with roast pork and fresh vegetables in Chinese BBQ sauce". The pork is the pink coloured Asian BBQ pork variety. Anyone who may have any idea of the count of this please drop me an email or visit my guestbook pretty, pretty please! I'll be forever grateful *wink* I think it will be around 11 points or more but I'm really not sure??
Ok so I know you are all wondering......how did day one of my 5 point attack week go???
1. Track everything, every day - no matter what it may be!
I began a nice new tracker and tracked everything from breakfast to bed :) 17.5pt's
in total. I am allowed 23points a day.
2. Drink water - for this week I'm aiming at 1.5L a day. Drank 1.5L of water then
one can of Coke Zero today.
3. Eat a good breakfast daily - no more tin spaghetti or nothing most days
For the first time in about a year I had cereal for breakfast with skim milk. Not only
was it a good start to the day but it also achieved one of my low fat dairy serves as
below.
4. Include two serves of low fat dairy every day - I'm lucky to have one a week!
Easy done - One cup of skim milk on my cereal and one low fat yoghurt
5. Exercise every day this week - be it toning or cardio or gym. Anything!
Because yesterday was a work day I knew I couldn't do an extended gym or
Esplanade session so I did some toning work after breakfast while bub napped. I
did 100 crunches, 50 push-ups, 50 dips, 50 squats and 50 lunges.
Today will be challenging as after working until midnight I am always tempted to turn to food for an energy hit on a Friday morning but I've started my morning with a diet yoghurt so far to get things off to a good start. The scales today showed a good reward for yesterdays efforts so I look forward to seeing what I can achieve by Wednesday!!!! :)
TFTD: "If it is to be it is up to me!!"
Cheers P
Thursday 27th March 2008....
Today marks a change!
I've been off track since Easter and struggling to get things back into line. I've slacked off on exercise and I cannot remember the last time I tracked a whole day let alone a whole week as I had intended to do last week!
So today is a new day, a new week!
I have a new tracker ready. I went shopping yesterday and filled the fridge and cupboards with healthy fruit, vege's, yoghurt, low point snacks, some frozen WW meals etc, my usual tuna and cruskit's ... lot's of choices so I have no excuse for not making good one's.
And, as I'm prone to do - I've come up with a plan. A 5 point plan of attack for this week. I've highlighted my top 5 problem area's and created a daily goal around each one as follows:
1. Track everything, every day - no matter what it may be!
2. Drink water - for this week I'm aiming at 1.5L a day
3. Eat a good breakfast daily - no more tin spaghetti or nothing most days
4. Include two serves of low fat dairy every day - I'm lucky to have one a week!
5. Exercise every day this week - be it toning or cardio or gym. Anything!
I'll come here each day to let you know how I'm going. I'll be weighing in next Wednesday night and to be honest I'll be glad to be 98-point-anything! Last weigh in was 98.0kg and while I was hoping to lose 0.4kg next weigh-in to reach my half way point....after the last week I'll be happy to just keep any gain to less then 1kg. I'd be thrilled to reach half way of course and that's what I'll be using for my motivation but I'm also being realistic about how much damage I can actually undo in one week.
Hold on to your hats....it's going to be quite a week!!!
TFTD: "Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today!!"
Cheers P
Tuesday 25th March 2008....
Slowly but surely I'm catching up on my websites and all that I have to say on the boy's pages since Easter and Caleb's birthday.
Today I have completed Talyn's latest update - and boy was it a big one! Plus I had to create a new page for him from 1yr onwards. Golly where did that first year go to I do not know??
Now my next task will be to update Caleb's page with all his birthday and Easter news but I have to create a new page for him first also for his new year of age. Then I have to upload and sort out all my birthday and party and Easter photo's so that I can add them to his page photo page too!
Phew! One day at a time. For now feel free to check out Talyn's new page here. :)
TFTD: "Success is getting what you want - happiness is wanting what you get!!"
Cheers P
Monday 24th March 2008....
I survived it!
Woah what a weekend!!
Since last entry I've averaged only about 6hrs of sleep a night. I didn't get home from work Thursday night until nearly midnight then I was up until 1.30am wrapping Caleb's birthday presents. Caleb then woke us up bright and early about 6.15am Friday morning to open his presents.
Friday was a blur of fast paced birthday adventures like McDonald's for breakfast, Good Friday lunch down the beach with friends, party preparations in the afternoon then friends around for dinner before falling into bed again at about midnight.
Saturday morning dawned cloudy and rainy for Caleb's pool party. We raced around all morning getting everything set up for the party and watching the hire mob come and set up the giant inflatable water slide. It rained, and it rained and it rained some more but I don't think anyone cared?? The kids and adults, myself included, all had a blast on the giant slide and there was plenty of food and drinks to go around (even though I left two giant trays of sandwiches and fairy bread forgotten in the fridge!). We had tarps up for the adults to stand under so the rain was more of an inconvenience then any thing else. The clean up afterwards was horrendous but that's a sign of a good party I say *wink*
Then after that massive day we went out for drinks that night and games of pool. I got VERY under the weather by the evenings end ... no doubt more to do with the lack of sleep/exhaustion then the few drinks I had but in any case I feel into bed about 2am again that morning then was up early to see what the Easter bunny had left for the boys (not to mention the chicken that we've still yet to find that a drunk Easter Bunny/Daddy stashed somewhere we cannot remember!!) and to get ready to go to a friends house for Easter lunch. We spent a few hours there before dragging ourselves home to tidy up then prepare dinner for Simon's Mom for Easter tea and a relaxing watch of The Biggest Loser.
PHEW! Like I said - a HUGE weekend! Last night I was absolutely wrecked and fell into bed at 8pm and except for the few wakes to Talyn I stayed there until 7am. Man did I need that sleep!!
Today is a holiday of course for Easter Monday so I have both boys home today but Simon has gone to work :( I'm going to do a big update on Caleb's site all about his party and birthday and post heaps of pic's of the slide and other party snaps. I've also got a big update to do for Talyn's page too. I'll let you all know here when they are done :)
I've been thinking a lot about training of late. About how fit and strong I used to be when I was training 11hrs a week and how much I miss that feeling. It's time to get back into it. Not only will it bring my goals to me closer but I'll also begin to drop the weight faster again.
This week I'm having a post-Easter week off the scales but I'm hoping that next week's weigh-in my finally bring me back to my half way point - only 0.4kg to go!!! *Finger's crossed*
In the meantime my goal for this week is to get back to exercise, at least something every day. Keep you posted :)
I was going to start another challenge up soon but to be honest I'm a bit pised off and disillusioned as to whether all the effort involved is worth it? I love the thrill of seeing others succeed and I know it DEFINATELY keeps me more on track but I'm pretty pissed off with how slack so many people are with it and how many waste my time without any consideration for the effort I put in?? I've never cared if you gain or lose...I think both can be equally inspiring for to others to see. But for god's sake...if you don't intend to see it out to the end don't join!!! Or at least have the common courtesy to tell me when you want to be removed from the challenge so I don't waste my time emailing you or waiting for your results!! This challenge was typical - 19 people started it but only 9 actually saw it out to the end!!!
So before I decide whether to run another challenge or not I need to cool down and give it some thought. I mean is it even worth it??? Does anyone even care?
TFTD: "Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance!!"
Cheers P
Thursday 20th March 2008....
Hoorah! A loss :)
No matter how small I'm thrilled with it. As you know I avoided the scales last week so I was just praying for any loss at all this week and I was rewarded with a 0.2kg drop. That puts me dead on 98kg right now and only 0.4kg away from my half way point again - yippee!
Remember how when I went to the gym last week I wasn't sore?? Well today I am!!! Don't know if it was the gym or the mowing or walking or all three but my abs were really sore yesterday and many other muscles ached a bit. It's good to feel the effects of my hard work.
Well tomorrow is Caleb's birthday, then his party is Saturday and I still have to work tonight yet so busy, busy, busy Easter weekend ahead. I'll be back next week to let you all know how it went :)
Happy Easter everyone!
TFTD: "One week of neglect could mean one month of repair!!"
Cheers P
Wednesday 19th March 2008....
One day closer to Caleb's busy birthday weekend and a bit further along on my mega-long list of jobs to do before then. Yesterday I got the front garden weeded and pruned, the sandpit raked and tidied and all the lawns mowed. While I was mowing Simon was kind enough to scrub the laundry, ensuite and toilets for me - yey for missing out on that job!!! Then after the boys were fed and bathed it was onto the B.A.S for the taxman. I managed to get it all organised and about half of the work done last night so I'm hoping to finish that today if I can get hold of a couple of receipts we are waiting on?? If not we might have to beg a few more days grace and submit them next week instead?
Today....well we've just taken Caleb to school and in a minute I'm off to playgroup with Talyn. My sister in law Alicia is bringing her bub Zachary along for the first time so that will be fun! Once Talyn is down for his afternoon nap I'm going to tackle a few party chores like the lolly bags etc and wrap Caleb's gifts.
Then tonight I'm working at WW so I'll be weighing in and hopeful of a loss. At this stage it looks very close to being the same but I'm hoping it could drop even a little bit in the next few hours?
I did get to the gym yesterday at least - Hoorah!!! Even though I felt like the walking dead from the HORRIBLE night before it did feel better to get some exercise done at least.
My workout was:
- Treadmill 6km/hr walk for 2min's
- Treadmill 7.5km/hr run for 6min's
- Treadmill 6km/hr walk for 2min's
- Arc Trainer 10min's, Incline 3, Resistance 15.
- Reverse Pulldowns, 30kg, 3 x 10reps
- Leg extensions 15kg x 10 reps, then 2 sets of 10kg x 10reps
- Leg curls 3 sets of 15kg x 5reps
- 45 degree inclined full sit-ups x 20
- Treadmill 7.5km/hr run for 5min's
Pretty happy with that. Especially when I followed that up with the 1hr brisk lawn mowing in the afternoon.
Here's hoping it pays off on the scales tonight :)
TFTD: "Determination determines the outcome!!"
Cheers P
Tuesday 18th March 2008....
"YAWN"
Oh my god I am SO tired!!! Last night was awful, awful, awful. I got to bed about 10pm and was up at 6am which sounds good right? Except that in between those hours I was up a gazillion times to Talyn who has a bit of a cold (along with his Daddy) and just wouldn't settle all night. I stopped counting after the 11th time I was up but I feel each and every one of those in my fatigued body this morning.
And when I wasn't getting up to him I was lying awake stressing about money. Oh what I wouldn't give for a lotto win, a good sleep and oh.... say wake up 20kg lighter tomorrow morning *wink*
Sadly none of those is going to happen so plod along I must. I have a list the length of my arm of all the cleaning, housework, yard work, shopping and preparation I have to do before Caleb's 5th birthday party here on Saturday morning (his birthday is this Friday 21st).
I really feel like I'm struggling to keep my head above water of late and I think sometimes that my next breath will be my last but somehow you just keep on keeping on when times get tough??
Today....my plan is to wake Talyn shortly from his morning nap (so that he'll sleep well this arvo when I'm able to take a nap with him)....then I'm dropping him off to Granny's house for an hour for morning tea while I drag my tired and sorry butt to the gym. I've got to do a solid hours session there before I pick up the lad, head home and feed him, make lunches and do some of my job list before nap time. Then this afternoon after getting Caleb from school I have to mow the lawns, do a mountain of washing folding and then complete two VERY overdue BAS's (Business Tax Statements - don't even get me started on how I'll find the money to actually pay them) before cooking tea and doing more chores before falling into bed.
Then tomorrow I have to make some real progress on my job list for the party as I'll be working until midnight on Thursday night before waking early for his birthday on the Friday morning. *Sigh*
But enough of my grumping....I'd rather end today's post on a bright note. And I do have to end it as I've got to go and get ready for the gym.
I just wanted to say a HUGE congrats to one of our challengers. Jypsygirl not only lost a mind boggling 6.9kg in the 6wk's of the challenge but she also made her challenge goal and then some!!!! Well done :) I have found this effort so inspiring, as I'm sure others have too, and I just love to see someone do so well. Bravo! :)
And for anyone interested.....the new challenge will begin next month. Will bring more details here for you when I have them sorted :)
TFTD: "You don't ever have to be the same again after today, only by choice!!"
Cheers P
Thursday 13th March 2008....
"Cluck-Cluck-Cluck"
That's me making chicken noises for the chicken that I am *wink* Yes I skipped out on my weigh-in last night. I was even there to work as the weigher for the week and all but I just didn't want to see what they said for me. I knew that my dinner/cinema trip the other night had pushed up a temporary gain when I'd last looked and to be honest I just didn't want the disappointment.
But not to worry. It's a new week this week and I'm ready and raring to go! I'm even going to track!!! Yes - I hear what you are saying - "but isn't she already doing that?". tee-he. Yes I should be but over the years my tracking habit comes and goes. I usually keep a rough mental note of how I'm going but this week I want more. I want to track absolutely everything and know that next week when I get on those scales (and I definitely will next week!) that I have given it all I've got. :)
On a better note I did achieve a goal for this week - I went back to the gym!!!!!!!! At long last. It was my first visit since changing back to my old gym about 3 months ago. I've been paying but kept putting off that first visit back. Why I don't know though because it was great :)
My mother-in-law came and watched Talyn for me while I went and although we didn't have a full hour to spare it took about 40min's and was way better then the nothing I'd been doing. Now that I've got past that first visit again I'm so looking forward to going again this week!
There are heaps of new machines and extra cardio equipment since I last went and I'm going to try out something new each time. Yesterday I tried an arc-trainer. Pretty similar to the cross-trainers I thought except your feet don't make a full circle but go back and forth instead. I think I did feel that more in my legs/butt then the cross trainer usually would?? Next visit I'm going to try the new stair masters - gulp!
My workout yesterday went as follows:
-Treadmill: 5min's walking at 6km/hr
5min's running at 7.5km/hr
2min's walking at 6km/hr
2min's running at 7.5km/hr
1min running at 8.5km/hr
-Arc Trainer: 5minutes (on an incline of 3??)
-Recumbent cycle: 5min's
-Reverse Pulldowns: 10 reps of 20kg
30 reps of 30kg
-Seated Cable Row: 3 x 10reps of 30kg
I actually thought my arms/chest would be sore from the upper body weights yesterday but I've woken feeling normal today? Either it's going to hit me tomorrow or I just didn't do enough to be sore?? In any case I'm just glad I've finally broken the gym drought and now I can get back to going regularly like I used to. Not sure when my next chance will be as I'm working tonight and have a hairdresser appt Saturday morning when they are open. I may get to get there tomorrow arvo if Simon get's home early enough or it will not be until Monday. Will just see how I go.
Hope you all have a great weekend ahead. This is the last week of the 'Great in 08' challenge so get's those final stats in to me when you can. And yes...there will be another challenge starting soon for those of you who have asked :) Stay tuned here for more details!
And before I go...a quick shout out to my sister-in-law Alicia who just lost her first 5kg since joining WW online!!!! She had my newest nephew Zachary on Christmas day so we know how hard those early weeks can be as it is let alone trying to lose weight as well! Congrats to you girl :)
TFTD: "The road to success has few travelers, because so many get lost trying to find short cuts!!"
Cheers P
Tuesday 11th March 2008....
Yikes...a few days since I've updated I see :)
Last night Simon and I finally used our movie/dinner tickets that he had purchased for me as a Valentine's Day present. We watched the movie 'Run, fat boy, Run!'. It had a few good laughs in it but overall it held no surprises and the ending was totally predictable and sappy. Unfortunately it was the only one of two that were showing at the time and the other was 10,000 BC which is not my style of movie.
Before going in to the cinema we had dinner and drinks at an adjoining Irish pub. I had two vodka/energy drinks and my tea choice was not ideal *tee-he* I had a chicken & veg filo with salad and chips. Should have skipped the chips I know but heck - I can't remember the last time we ate out so I figured what the heck.
Of course that what the heck attitude will not go down well on the scales this week - dammit! Nor will the chocolate in the movies *blush*. hehehe But as I've always said, you only live once and I'm all for living life along the way of this journey. Now I'll just have to be really careful for the rest of the week!
Today, after Talyn's nap I'm going to take him to check out a new shopping centre that's just opened here yesterday. Sure to be busy but there are a few things I'd like to get during opening specials so I'll have to brave the crowds.
Caleb's big 5th birthday party is next week. I really need to get organised with cakes, party bags, decorations, invites, food, gifts etc. It will be here before I know it!
On the weekend Scotty and I went out Friday night to the pub then we had him around here for dinner and drinks on the Saturday night. Sunday we spent the morning mowing, tidying yards and shopping etc before going to Caleb's friends 5yr old birthday party held at Hungary Jack's. The weekend's just go so fast!!!!
One thing I have done right this week is that I have planned for my return to the gym. My mother in law is coming here at 10am tomorrow to watch Talyn while I go back at long last - Hoorah! It will probably damn near kill me after so long away from it but I'm actually kind of excited to get back into it. Will let you know how it goes.
TFTD: "For things to change, you have to change!!"
Cheers P
Thursday 6th March 2008....
Hoorah!!!
Another good loss and another goal achieved. After losing 0.9kg last night to get to 98.2kg I am now the lowest weight I've been since Talyn's pregnancy. My next goal is to get to the starting pregnancy weight of 94kg then after that I want to get back to 'Virgin Fat' - my lowest ever weight of 89.4kg.
There are a couple other goals in between those two - such as half way point etc...but I guess I'm looking forward so much to getting back to where I was so that I can keep moving downwards from there.
One goal I did not achieve this week was my goal to get back to the gym...ho-hum. So I have reset that for this week again and I'll see how I go.
I'm really feeling good to see the numbers moving again and I am so looking forward to them continuing to do so. Bring back the 80's I say!!!! *wink*
Well it's off to work again for me tonight (2.30pm-11pm) so I guess I'd best go get some things organised.
Have a great day!
TFTD: "We are what we repeatedly do!!"
Cheers P
Tuesday 4th March 2008....
What a great weekend!! :)
As you know we traveled to Brisbane on Saturday for Sexpo. We took our mate Scotty with us and then also met up with both my sister's and their partners for a day/night of hedonistic fun and debauchery *wink*
The Sexpo was great. A little tamer then it had been the year we were last there (2002) but overall a great day. The exhibition centre was packed with people from all walks of life, all body sizes, all stages of dress and undress and the atmosphere was just great.
In between shows we walked around the centre checking out the various stalls/displays/demo's etc. There were some with toys/lingerie etc, fetish ones, BDSM displays, strip poker, naked jelly wrestling, erotic shadow shows etc etc. Then throughout the whole day and night there were various shows on the stage such as strippers, porn stars, amateur strips, hypnosis, male dancers and much much more.
We spent many a spare moment propping up the bars then even left for an hour or so to walk to a nearby hotel for a counter meal for dinner, a few more (cheaper) drinks then we returned back to Sexpo before leaving there for the motel at around 11pm or so. We got to sleep about 1am then dragged ourselves up at 5.30am for the long drive home on Sunday.
One chick that stood out to me on the day was a girl in the amateur strip. She would have been about 20yrs old and size 16-18 at least and she seemed very out of place beside all the skinny girls stripping beside her. Yet she was the most confident being I've ever witnessed! She had her clothes off before anyone else, took centre stage and the audience just went nuts for her. I couldn't take my eye's off this bizarre, beautiful creature - wondering how on earth she had the confidence to pull it off? What I'd give for such a devil may care attitude towards my own appearance.
I did have a rather funny experience yesterday as a side effect of Sexpo. On the day everyone was walking around with these "I love Sex" tattoo's that were made to promote the sale of X-rated adult material in Qld. Anyhoo... I lined up for mine like everyone else and had it put on my chest/breast area. I forgot all about it until I was grocery shopping with Talyn back at home yesterday. As I carried him into the centre I noticed that many people were looking at me strangely and I couldn't figure out why?? Until I looked down to find that he was holding onto me by my shirt, exposing my big 'I heart Sex' tattoo for everyone to see!!!!! **Blush** Any wonder I got some odd looks. Needless to say I was sure to scrub every last little bit of it off in the shower last night!
hehehe :)
TFTD: "Life is for the living - you are a long time dead!!"
Cheers P
Thursday 28th February 2008....
Yahoo!!!!!
Another loss. Down 0.6kg this week which brings me to 99.1kg and oh so close to my lowest (since Talyn's pregnancy) weight of 98.9kg. So that's my goal this week ... I want to reach 98.8kg to hit some virgin fat *wink*
I'm also back over the 20kg lost mark again after my brief slip off track and I'm focused and oh so ready to get these numbers moving faster again.
I'm back to exercising....I AM going back to the gym this week (in fact I'm going to set that as a goal also!). After this week's goal I am focusing on my pre-pregnant weight of 94kg next and then my lowest ever weight of 89.5kg.
One step at a time :)
TFTD: "Coming together is the beginning. keeping together is progress. Working together is success!!"
Cheers P
Wednesday 27th February 2008....
Another good day done :)
I didn't get to the gym as I'd hoped thanks to a late start to my afternoon plans but I did go out for a walking session. I did a brisk 45minute walk which included 5 very steep hills so that was a good workout for the day all the same.
My eating was good. Recently we bought a great sandwich press that we also use to make our own Kebabs with. Last night I made satay chicken kebabs for tea - so yummy!! Lean skinless chicken, reduced fat cheese and heaps of salad :)
Weigh in tonight. Means careful eating for me today but I'm pretty sure of a loss of some description at least so I'm a happy girl :) Keep you posted!
TFTD: "You are successful the moment you start moving towards a worthwhile goal!!"
Cheers P
Tuesday 26th February 2008....
Well I finally got my butt moving again yesterday - at long last ;)
I took Talyn out on his push along trike for a walk down the Esplanade. We walked briskly for 45minutes on a section with some small hills also. It was super hot but it felt good to be out doing something again. I also stopped to work out a bit on the rowing machine there also. I tell you my back/shoulders/arms can feel that today.
And....SHOCK HORROR!...I'm thinking of hitting the gym today at long last. I still haven't been there since I moved gym's and I've really just got to get it over and done with. Today seems like as good a day as any :)
Weigh in tomorrow night. I'll be working there this week so no excuses. I should lose something but how much remains to be seen?
Oh let me share some exciting news with you - my baby boy Talyn is walking well and truly now!!! You can read his latest update here.
I've also just completed a new update for Caleb here.
Enjoy :)
TFTD: "As you think - so shall you become. You have the power to change!!"
Cheers P
Monday 25th February 2008....
Is it Monday already? hehehe
Gosh the weekends go fast! I began it with a BIG night out at the pub on Friday night. Way too many vodka's/energy drinks as usual but a plus was I missed tea so I guess I saved on some calories that way (not intentionally though!).
Saturday went by in a hungover blur *wink* We pretty much just vegged out at home all day then we had Scotty and Granny come round to join us for a roast tea that night and some PS2 cricket. Friday night I'd got to sleep about 3am and up at 6am and Saturday I got to sleep about 1am and up at 7am. Honestly if sleep loss actually helped weight loss instead of hindering it I'd be a stick by now!!!
Sunday we had another birthday party for one of Caleb's classmates (2nd one in 3 wk's). It was at the indoor play centre so it was LOUD LOUD LOUD :) Lucky that at least I did not drink on Saturday so I had no hangover for that one. After leaving there I went straight to tackle the grocery shopping then spent the afternoon getting chores done around the house while watching the boys, while Simon got the lawns mowed, pool cleaned and hedges trimmed etc.
Like I said....a whirlwind weekend! This weekend is set to be even more hectic as we are going to be traveling to Brisbane for Sexpo early Saturday morning and not getting back until mid Sunday. Golly I hope the boys go alright staying with Granny. I know Caleb will be fine but I just hope Talyn goes ok without us?
Bloomin' scales are up a bit again today - not surprisingly! I've still got until Wednesday night for them to settle down again post weekend so I should be fine. I'd LOVE to get back to 99.2kg this week to make 20kg lost again. Fingers crossed :)
TFTD: "If you always do what you've always done - you'll always get what you've always got!!"
Cheers P
Thursday 21st February 2008....
Hoorah!
Back to the 90's for what I hope will be the last time :)
I was pleasantly surprised by a 0.9kg loss last night....bringing me back to 99.7kg and only 0.8kg away from my lowest weight since my pregnancy with Talyn. I've added that one to my goals page also for extra motivation. Once I reach that lowest weight then my long term focus will be to get to my lowest ever weight of 89.4kg (with mini goals of 95kg and 90kg along the way)....before heading to my ultimate WW goal of 76kg.
I can't speak highly enough for the importance of setting yourself lots of short, medium and long term goals along the way! If I thought at the start about losing 43.2kg I would never have begun. But by focusing on just 5kg at a time, lowest weights, fitness goals and body/clothing goals it has really helped to make this journey more achievable! And there's nothing nicer then looking back on all the goals I have already achieved and using that to motivate me towards my next one :)
Thursday today - means work for me tonight - boo-hoo!! How does Thursday come around so fast every week!!?? I leave here at 1.50pm and I get home about midnight and just hope that Talyn doesn't have me up too many times between when I can finally wind down to sleep and when I have to drag myself up again at 6am.. Makes for a tired day on Friday. Oh well....it's a good thing they pay me $270 each shift (in the hand). Sure beats earning nothing at home! :)
So on that note...I still have washing to do, school/work lunches to make for tomorrow, uniforms to iron and vacuuming to do all before I leave for work in a few hours so I'd best get a move on.
Is it Friday yet????? *wink*
TFTD: "Aspire to be Barbie....the b*tch has everything!!"
Cheers P
Wednesday 20th February 2008....
I've finally caught up on Talyn's news at his page (see here). Any one who is interested can pop over there for all the latest on my little man. Caleb's needs updating too with more school news etc but I'll let you know here when I've done that. Hopefully in the next day or two?
WW night for me tonight. I'm remaining hopeful of a small loss. I can't see me quite getting back to the 90s but I'm giving it my best shot! I'd definitely like to be back there next week so that I'm feeling good about myself before we go away next weekend.
Not sure if I mentioned it here already but we are going to Sexpo. Simon and I went to it about 5yrs ago and it was SO much fun. This time we are traveling there with our best mate Scotty and both my sisters and their husbands are traveling in for it also. We''re all stay it the same motel too so it's going to be quite a get together!
The Sexpo has stalls selling various adult products/entertainment and then there are live demonstrations, performances, strips, piercing's etc - you name it - on the main stage all day and night. We'll all be having a drink or 3 *wink* and all up I think it will be a great night!
I'm a bit nervous about leaving Talyn but I'm sure he'll be fine with Granny and Caleb over night:)
Speaking of Talyn, I'd best leave it here and get that boy up and ready if I have any hope of getting to playgroup this morning...especially since it's already started!! D'oh!
Let you all know tomorrow how weigh-in goes. Any loss and I'm a happy girl!
TFTD: "When life gives you lemons - turn it into lemonade then mix it with vodka!!"Cheers P
Tuesday 19th February 2008....
Tomorrow is weigh day. At this stage my home scales are showing a teeny loss of about 0.2kg or so. So I'm hoping that by tomorrow night's meeting that will be a bit more substantial number.
Don't get me wrong - given all the distractions in my life of late I'm more then happy for a loss no matter how small! However I'd love to lose at least 0.7kg this week to get back to the 90s again ... for what I hope will be the last time *wink*
That means eating very carefully today and tomorrow. Low salt, no bread, plenty of water. Fingers crossed.
This morning I am about to meet my sister in law out at a cafe for morning tea with the babies. Should be fun :) She's just recently joined WW online so I know she'll be conscious of making a good low point selection there which, as we know, it's so much easier to be good in the company of other's who understand what it is you are trying to do.
I REALLY need to find the time to do an update on Talyn's page too as the little rascal is advancing in leaps and bounds at the moment - not least of all walking!!! But I'll let you know here as soon as it's done for those who wish to read more :)
Ok....well best leave it here for today as I've got to go and make Talyn's snacks to take with me and do a mountain of washing. Caleb had an accidental wet bed last night. Thankfully he only does it maybe 4 times a year but boy when he does is there a lot of washing with sheets, mattress covers, doona, pillow, Ascott cuddle toy etc etc. Best make a start on it :)
TFTD: "Let your greatest fear be that there is no PMS and this is just my personality!!"Cheers P
Saturday 16th February 2008....
Not much doing today. Simon is working all day AGAIN - as he does most weekends of late :(
So just me and the boys home. Caleb's having his weekend PS2 time while Talyn naps then we are off for them both to get a haircut and to visit Caleb's best friend Joel.
Other then that....a long, lonely day stretches ahead.
We are going out tonight at least which is something to look forward to! Both of us and Scotty are going to our usual pub for an hour or so for some quick drinks then back to Scotty's place to play some pool, darts and drink some more *wink*
TTOM arrived - as suspected so now I feel better about this week's weigh-in as I know that things will settle down again by next week. I hope! Tee-he. I'm still working towards getting back to the 90s by next week. That would be awesome.
I've really got to start getting back into some exercise next week too. Simon recently took Talyn on a ride on the back of my bike the other day, which we had yet to try him with, and he loved it. So this week I'm planning on taking him for a nice long ride along the Esplanade one morning while Caleb is at school. Mind you the only problem with that is the LONG STEEP ride back up the hill from the beach, especially with an extra bod on the back....but it will do me good ;)
TFTD: "When life gets you down - just put on your big girl panties and deal with it.!!!"
Cheers P
Thursday 14th February 2008....
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!
I hope that the someone special in your life is showering you with love today and that you are returning the favour. For those of you without someone special right now - go on and spoil yourself ... you deserve it!!
I was woken with a lovely card and two dinner and movie ticket deals from Simon. Some time next week we'll go out to the dinner then pick a movie to see afterwards - I'm so looking forward to it already. I also had a card for Simon (personally I think the card is more important than any gift anyway) ... although I did get him a small gift - a chocolate body paint pen *wink* Should be fun!!
I even heard the DJ on our morning radio show propose to his girlfriend on air this morning. Aww shucks!!
Anyhoo though....back to all things weight loss :)
Well as expected - I gained last night! It was only 0.2kg though (but 1.3kg since I'd last used the WW scales 4 wk's ago). I was expecting it and I knew why it happened so I'm not complaining. Too much boozing, too many convenience meals of late with my routine being out and far too little sleep.
All of which I intend to work on this week. I REALLY want to get back to those 90s again next weigh-in. No time to waste!!!
TFTD: "Go on the 30 day diet. (I'm on it and so far I've lost 15 days)!!!"
Cheers P
Tuesday 12th February 2008....
I made it back for another day!
Simon did something with the computer yesterday and *touch wood* it seems to be working a little better today. I've still had to restart at least half a dozen times today mind you and when it does start it has frozen 4 times already but .... I'm here now so I won't complain :)
Caleb's at school, Talyn is napping, I've caught up with all the challenge stats and Forum posts so I though what better time then now to catch up on some chatting here with you all. Talyn is due to wake any time now so if I end this abruptly that will be why but I'd rather at least say something than nothing at all.
Just some quick housekeeping re the challenge....PLEASE ladies keep up with your stats. Most of you are right up to date which is great and those who are not will have received an email from me about this today. There is a bit of work involved in running these challenges but I truly enjoy the process. I get so much inspiration from everyone's amazing results rolling in and I'm glad to help others in anyway I can. If being accountable to the challenge helps you as so many of you tell me then that's great. But when I have to chase stats etc it really takes the fun out of it for me.
So....I won't complain anymore about this other then to say THANK YOU to all those who do so great in keeping me up to date with their details. You make my task a breeze :)
So what else is new? Well I'll finally get back to those WW scales tomorrow night when I work there this week- and it aint going to be pretty! After missing the last couple weeks due to illness and work and having to use my home scales to weigh I'm a bit nervous about what will happen when I have to convert back to the WW scales results??
That plus the fact that TTOM is due for me and I've been eating/drinking like there's no tomorrow. Man I hate when that happens. Like the PMS mood swings aren't bad enough, then your skin breaks out, your back aches and you gain a kilo just by looking sideways at at a salad!!! Ugh!
I think I'm going to gain anywhere up to 2kg this week all things considered. Yikes!!! I've been hitting the alcoholic drinks pretty heavy of late (red bull and vodka is my poison of choice) and making less then stellar food choices. I'm only averaging about 6hrs broken sleep a night and even less on weekends. The week of full time work last week left me having to chose form some less than great options of food to buy for lunch too. Then I'd come home to whatever Simon had cooked for tea - bless him for the effort but the food was not always so good for me.
I hate to gain at the best of times but to have such a big gain during challenge time....NOOOO!!!!!! Still.....I'm trying to look at the positive. I've not had a big gain for some time and so long as I begin turning it around the very next day then no harm done I guess. We all have bad weeks some weeks - it's what we do next that matters :)
I'm also under an increasing amount of stress at home at the moment. I wont' go into details here but life is very strained at present. Nothing a holiday and a lotto win wouldn't solve I guess?? But until such a miracle occurs...I must keep battling on. I know I don't eat well under these circumstances so I can only be aware of that and try to do the best I can do.
Now if only this damn rain would clear up so I could get out for some exercise!!! I know I have the gym but Simon's leaving at 6am lately and not getting home until nearly tea-time so I don't have any child free opp's to get to the gym for the next few weeks. Walks/esplanade workouts/bike rides etc are all good alternatives I can do with Talyn - IF it wasn't bloody raining every day!!
Oh well....what doesn't kill me only makes me stronger *wink*
TFTD: "Take life with a pinch of salt... a wedge of lime, and a shot of tequila.!!!"
Cheers P
Sunday 10th February 2008....
FINALLY!!!
I have spent ALL day trying to get on here to do an update without any luck. Caleb slept at Granny's last night and Simon has worked all weekend so with just bub and I home today it was a great chance for me to get some time to do a really good update.
Excpet my computer has been going downhill for weeks and as of today took a near fatal turn for the worst. Typical bloody computers!!
I have no idea how much longer this one is going to last for but things have definitely going down hill fast. I have restarted it easily 30+ times today. It seems to start ok except the message doesn't get to the monitor and it stays turned off. The only couple of times it did start up the computer soon totally froze or filled the screen with
googly-gok anyway so I had no choice but to start the damn thing again. And so it went on. :(
So anyway......now it's tea/bath time here and I have no time left to write much now but since I did get this rare, brief window of operation I wanted to come straight here to explain my silence.
Keep the challenge stats coming in please. If everything goes to crap with this PC then I guess we'll have to hire one for a while or something as god knows we can't afford to fix or replace this one right now. But so long as the stats are there waiting for me I'll be able to catch up when I can.
Having said that I may get Caleb off to school tomorrow and sit down to update and find that it's all working fine??? If that's the case...I owe you all a good update and catch up :)
If I do go silent a while longer - don't' worry. I'll be doing everything I can to get back online and operational. I have so much going on in my life right now. SO much and I'm really stressed to my eyeballs so this is just one more problem I don't need!! Will explain more when I next update.
Until then....keep up the fight. God knows it's a daily battle!!!
TFTD: "When it all seems too hard - just breathe!!!"
Cheers P
Thursday 7th February 2008....
No...I haven't dropped off the face of the earth!
I apologise for my absence over the last week. Firstly we went away camping last weekend with friends (excellent trip I might add!)...then this week I have worked my first full time week of work in 5yrs. Not surprisingly I've found that a little unsettling to the old routine. :)
It's made worse by the hours I'm working. I leave home at 7am and don't get back until 5pm. By that time it's all I can do to get Caleb's school lunch/clothes ready for the next day, eat tea, shower and have an hour or so with Simon before I have to go to bed to do it all over again.
Thankfully Simon is a fantastic house husband *wink* He's been home all week with the boys, cleaning the house, getting Caleb to school, cooking tea etc. He's been great!
I do usually only work one Thursday evening shift a week but this week I'm doing a 5 day aggression management training course. Today and tomorrow in particular will be very physical with lot's of self defence training, take downs, escort holds etc etc. It's interesting and fun but I have no idea how anyone who words regular office hours ever get's anything done?? We are just about out of food, I have two birthday gifts to buy and post, I need to collect my mail and so many more jobs are going begging too. Thank god this is only a one off week!
Weight wise I haven't moved much. I've got no exercise done this week and I didn't get to my WW meeting. I did just weigh in on my home scales again and I've lost 0.3kg this week so I guess that's better then nothing :)
Anyhoo....it's 5.30am now and I've gotten up early to get on here and let everyone know what's been happening. Now I have a mountain of Challenge stats to update. For anyone sending them and wondering why they have not been updated - I'm onto it :) I appreciate everyone's patience and I assure you that next week things will return to normal :)
TFTD: "Definition of a caring profession: Cover Ass, Retain Employment!!!"
Cheers P
Thursday 31st January 2008....
Well I didn't get to WW last night :(
I was dressed and ready to go on time but then I was called away to a friends house who really needed to talk to me so I couldn't go.
Luckily though I did weigh myself at home before I left the house (no surprise there!) and I was 100.7kg on the home scales.
Now my home scales used to always be 0.7kg heavier then the WW one's for years but lately they seem to be more like only 0.4kg heavier or so??? So to be sure I've just used the full 100.7kg result as my start weight and whatever difference there is will balance out next week when I get back on the home scales.
So a gain, as I expected but no drama. I've faced it now. My challenge week 1 has begun and the possibilities are endless!! :)
I have to work tonight so I'd best leave it here and get some things down while bub's napping and Caleb's at school. Back tomorrow with more chatter :)
TFTD: "Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night!!!"
Cheers P
Wednesday 30th January 2008....
As promised I have updated Caleb's page today with the full story of his first day of school. You can read it here and see the new pic's in his album here.
On the weight front....well tody is the day I must face the big gain at WW to get my start weight for the new challenge. Sadly I expect to be over 100kg again...but within 1kg I think so I'm not too worried.
I'm not looking back - only forward! I'm excited by what I will achieve in this new challenge and I'm ready to see those numbers dropping again!!! I'm feeling positive :)
TFTD: "It is easier to get forgiveness than permission!!!"
Cheers P
Tuesday 29th January 2008....
Well....today was the day my little man went off to his first day of school!
Caleb began prep year at our local primary school today and it was a day of mixed emotions. I was more excited about it then him I think. There were no tears from him or us....when it came time to say goodbye and sit down on the matt he happily gave us all a smooch and away he went :) His Daddy and I, Talyn, Granny (Simon's mom) and Poppy (my Dad) all came to share his big day with him which he got a thrill out of.
It's weird to think that from now on he'll be gone 5 days out of every 7!!! The extra two more from his 3 day week at Kindy last year just seems so much more! And it's weird that it's right across the street. He's so close yet so far!
I'll be updating his site tomorrow with the full story and pic's etc once I can report on how he said his day went. So for anyone who's interested check there then.
Just quickly for now though....there's a pic of my big school boy on the upper left of this page!
TFTD: "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic .!!!"
Cheers P
Monday 28th January 2008....
Well this is it folks!
Today is the start of the 'start weight week' for the new Look Great in '08 Challenge! It's not too late to join. Anyone who is interested in participating in the latest 6wk weight loss challenge just needs to visit the page on the link above for full instructions on how to join before the end of this week.
For those of you who have already joined us this is the week your work begins. On whatever day you chose to be your weigh-in day (it will stay the same each week from then on), just email me your result as your start weight and also your challenge goal if you've not already done that. Your week 1 then begins immediately. Then you keep sending me an updated weight each week on that day. Too easy!
I'm SO glad myself that the new challenge is beginning this week. I've gone so far off the rails of late that I really need this to pull me back into line. In the last challenge I dropped a quick 5kg or so and I REALLY need to do that again this time.
It's funny how my self sabotaging mind must work?? This year I exceeded all other years over the Xmas period and gained only 0.4kg, when I'd usually gain more like 4kg each year. But since Xmas....I don't know if that gave me a false sense of security or what....but I've been just terrible!!!
The scales are back over 100kg again :( I am succumbing to evening munchies nearly every night. I'm having HUGE weekends for alcohol bingeing (eg Sat night had 12 vodka's with either energy drink or full sugar softdrink mixer)...and I've STILL not been back to my gym since I rejoined months ago!!! It's getting so bad now I'm kinda embarrassed to show my face there :(
But....I'm not whinging! I'm simply acknowledging that I've been off track. I understand why the scales are now reflecting the gain they are. I realise the importance of exercise in my weight loss efforts. And most importantly.....I'm ready to get back on that wagon and kick some butt again this challenge!!!!!
Yesterday matters not so long as I make today count!!!! :)
My big boy begins school tomorrow!! *Sob* I'll be back with an update then to let you know how it went. And now that he will be at school every day I'll be updating each and every week day at least while bub sleeps..and weekends too when I'm organised enough. I need to regain my focus, re-instigate my daily posts and really immerse myself in this challenge with those of you who are doing it with me.
I'm excited! Good luck!! :)
TFTD: "Going to church doesn't make you a Christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you a car.!!!!"
Cheers P
Tuesday 22nd January 2008....
I'm struggling of late :(
I had a really big weekend....out for Chinese all you can eat buffet on Friday night (only ate one plate while most others had 3-5 plates!!) then to the pub for a few drinks. Saturday night we had friends over for drinks, darts and a boardgame - but I couldn't resist the nibbles I served for them. Sunday was better but we still had a big roast dinner with Scotty here and I couldn't help but nibble on the turkey leftovers after. I also ate 4 slices of bread over the course of Sunday which is something I'd pretty much cut out entirely since before the last challenge. I really think it makes a difference to the bloat factor.
Had a peak at the scales today and they were back over 100kg!!! No!!!!!!!! Dammit!!
Nothing I can't fix but I'm certainly not weighing this week and if I can help it I really don't even want to look at my home scales until next week (something I've never been good at sticking to admittedly).
I need to go to WW next week to get my official start weight for the new challenge so I'm going to try to work really hard until then to see what I can achieve. So long as I still start the next challenge under 100kg I'll feel ok.
I'm really glad a new challenge is about to begin as I work much harder when I know I have to lead a good example for the challenge. Next week is the start weight week then we are away. Bring it on!!!
TFTD: "The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers!!!!"
Cheers P
Thursday 17th January 2008....
I did it!!!
I went back to WW last night and faced my Christmas gain and it was great!! I gained of course but only 0.4kg...which for me, over Christmas is great!! I had a look at my stats and noticed that the last Xmas I was losing weight I gained 2.3kg over the Christmas break!! Much better this year :) And I'm so glad I've faced it now - I feel like the new year and all the possibilities it brings begins now!
I also got some more exercise done yesterady too. So last week's (WW week Thur-Wed) went like this:
Tuesday: 30min walk with 3 steep hills
Wednesday: 1hr walk pushing Talyn's bike while Caleb rode
+ 1hr heavy duty lawn mowing of long+ grass
It feels good to be back into the exercise side of things. My only goal this week is to do at least 30mins more then last week so that should be easy. I'll just keep building it up again each week until I'm back to my usual level.
For those of you still thinking of joining the Look Great in '08 Challenge there is still plenty of time. Check out the link for all the details.
And for those of you who read the boys websites....as you know I'd already updated Talyn's page and Talyn's album...and I've finally got around to doing Caleb's page last night also.
Now I feel like I am catching up with my life once more, on track and forging ahead. 2008 is going to be one hell of a year for me!!
TFTD: "You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that very moment.!!!!"
Cheers P
Wednesday 16th January 2008....
Man is it Wednesday already?? I don't know where this week has gone? I can't believe it's back to work again already tomorrow. Drat! ;)
Before I forget....for those who are interested I have done a new update on Talyn's page. I had already done an update on his birthday and added new pic's to his album but I realised today I had forgot to add a HUGE detail! See today's entry there for details if you are interested.
Weight loss....well I'm still going no where fast. I need to get back to WW for my first new year weigh but keep putting it off. If I don't go tonight I MUST go next week. I know I have gained and that's ok. It's not stopping me from going back but I'm scared I may have gained enough to be back over 100kg and I SO don't want that. I think judging by my home scales I'm in the high 99's today....Dammit! Still, as I have said earlier...a 1kg gain over Xmas is by far my best festive effort yet so it's all good.
On a positive note I did FINALLY get back to doing some exercise yesterday. Yes collective gasp I know *wink* I had a look on my stats page and the last time I did any was in the first week of December!!!! Crikey! Yesterday morning I went out for an early morning walk. It was raining but I couldn't let that stop me as I knew I had to do something regardless and after all - I'm not going to melt! I did one 30min lap of my usual circuit so that included the 3 steep hills. I only walked them this time though as I didn't want to push myself too hard on my first day back into it. Having said that though it must have still helped because my legs and butt are a little sore today so I must have woke up those long rested muscles?? Tee-he.
I'm actually thinking of going to the gym this arvo too. "Thinking" I said *wink* I am going for a walk soon though that's for sure. I'm taking the boys and their bikes down the Esplanade for a nice long walk. Like I have any choice in the length anyway....Talyn is so taken by his new push along bike (see his album for a pic) he screams blue murder when he's taken off it so I'll have to make it a long walk/ride for his sake :) We've had SO much rain here of late I can't let a semi-sunny day like today pass without getting the kids out of the house for some sunshine and exercise. Actually come to think of that I'd be better off doing an hours lawn mowing this arvo then hitting the gym as the grass is ridiculously long after all the rain and I should take this op to mow while I can. Then the lawn will look great and I'll have got another hours hard work done to boot. Yeah that's the plan Stan!!
Don't forget...I am taking nominations now from anyone wanting to join us in the Look Great in '08 Challenge. Visit the page for all the details on how to join :)
TFTD: "Thou shalt not weigh more than thy fridge!!!!"
Cheers P
Addit: Talyn's birthday story is now complete here and you can see the pic's here
Sunday 13th January 2008....
My little baby boy turned 1 yesterday!
Mixed emotions....was so thrilled for Talyn and his big day but also a little sad that his baby year is all over. :( We all had such a good day though and in the next day or so I'll be updating his site with all the details just as soon as I can get a chance to upload all the photo's.
In brief though....we had a small party at home with the godparent's (Scotty, Julie, Rebecca) and Simon's family. My family were all out of town. He was totally spoilt with many great pressies and after having a ball smearing himself with his chocolate cake (something that non sweet tooth Caleb has never done yet) he went for a dip in the pool with everyone then settled down for his afternoon nap.
The house and yard is still a total disaster area at this stage but we'll have everything back to normal by the end of today. And so....after 4th Xmas, NYE party and now Talyn's party I finally feel like the silly season has officially ended for us. Next thing now to look forward to is Caleb's birthday party in March.
I ate very little crap food at the party, I think I had two cheerio's (little frankfurters) and one little vege triangle (veg filled pastry) and that was it. I did drink a bit of full sugar soft drink though and on the whole I'm feeling a bit blurgh! Need to get back into stricter eating tomorrow and SO DESPERATELY need to get back into some exercise. I changed back to my old gym about 6wk's ago or more now at least and I've still not been there even once!!!! Tomorrow would be a great day for that :)
But first....must get through today. After cleaning this house up we are probably going to take the boys down the esplanade for a bike ride. Talyn got a new trike yesterday that has the big extended push handle on it. So he's strapped into the seat, feet on peddles or foot pegs and we push him along from behind. Caleb can ride his own bike beside him and it will be heaps of fun. And some activity as a bonus. I'm a bit reluctant to go until the cool of the afternoon though as I got terribly sunburnt around the pool yesterday. Something a sun screen fanatic like myself almost never does!!
I also have to grocery shop today too but I decided I'll get a hot chicken when I do and have chicken and salad tonight for an easy tea. That means we can stay out walking with the bikes until late without having to worry about hurrying back to cook my usual Sunday night roast. We'll see how I go anyway.
For those of you who are interested....don't forget we have a new challenge coming up. The Look Great in '08 Challenge. Follow the link for details on how to join :)
TFTD: "You are today what you have consented to be"
Cheers P
Thursday 10th January 2008....
Off to work again tonight...Ho-hum :(
I hate it! Well when it's good it's great but when it's bad it's very bad!! Here's hoping tonight is a good night?
So looking forward to tomorrow though. My best mate Julie (godmother to both boys) is coming to town to stay the night so that she is here for Talyn's 1st birthday party on Saturday. Her and I are going to go to the pub late in the arvo then Simon and Scotty will join us there later in the evening once Simon has the boys settled into bed for his mum to babysit. Should be fun!
TFTD: "What a person does tells us what they are"
Cheers P
Wednesday 9th January 2008....
So much for my plan to walk this morning. It's raining ... Again!!!! We had almost two weeks of rain over Xmas...the the last couple days have been sunny and steamy hot...and now we are back to rain again!!
Talyn's 1st birthday is this Saturday and we are having a party here for him. We were hoping to make it a bit of a pool party, as NYE was meant to be. But like NYE I think there is a good chance we'll get rained out again for this party too. Not that it matters. The kids will still swim in the rain and we'll all have a good time anyway. Simon and I went for a swim last night after the boys were in bed. It was lovely!!! It even rained on us a bit then too.
I'm not able to get to WW tonight as Simon is home sick and I don't want to leave him with the boys to look after while he is not well. So I guess I'll have to wait until next week to see my official post Xmas result. I had a look on my scales this morning and I'm still registering a gain of about 1kg but I'm not worried by it either way. It should be gone by Wednesdays weigh in next week. If it's not it will still be the smallest Xmas gain I've ever had so I win either way! :)
The noodle stir-fry take away I had for tea last night wouldn't have helped the scales this morning. I had planned to put a silverside/corned beef in the slow cooker but forgot to do it early enough. Then we were out visiting my Dad until early evening so I didn't get a chance to cook it any other way. (My Dad's off on an 11 day cruise on the Sapphire Princess today! Lucky Bugger).
I have been so hooked on noodles lately!! I know they are not great but as far as take aways go I figure they've got to be better then salty deep fried chips or greasy chicken. I would love to know the points value of them if anyone could tell me? I always get the BBQ pork with thin egg noodles and BBQ sauce. Actually I've done well on my take away otherwise for months now. I literally cannot remember the last time I had chicken and chips, Chinese or pizza etc. I have had nothing but noodles since at least November. It started when I was dropping quick weight in the last challenge and I guess I never went back to it after that. At the same time I stopped the chocolate binges I was having and except for some of Simon's Xmas chocolate I've not had any of that of my own since November either! Golly!
Work is keeping me busy of late. I have my part time job at WW whenever they need me on a Wednesday night. I have my proper job as a Mental Health RN every Thursday evening 2.30-11.00pm. Then I also do a job for Australia Post, posting letters for them on designated days to test the efficiency of the postal system. It pays $12.50 a week but that's not bad just for popping some letters in the mailbox at my corner store every couple of days. Now if I could just win the lotto I could give them all up and stay home for good *wink*
For those of you who may have missed it...I have started up the new challenge. See here for all the details on how to join. Looking forward to doing the best we can towards finally reaching that 1000kg lost mark!!! Come on and join up and help us reach it!
TFTD: "The shortest distance between two people is a smile"
Cheers P
Tuesday 8th January 2008....
Well I almost got today's good intentions off to a realistic start - but not quite *wink*
Talyn woke me (for about the 6th time) at 5am and I tried desperately to get back to sleep until 6.15am when he woke for good and the day had to begin. I looked at the clock at 5.30am and was so close to getting up and going for a walk....but didn't. hehehe So much for my good intentions huh?
Still the day is not over yet by a long shot so I may still get something done yet. Failing that I am going to get my clothes ready tonight and actually set my alarm for a morning walk tomorrow. I've GOT TO get back my exercise mojo once more!
What is it with me anyway? It's always one or the other but never both? I either exercise like crazy and make poor food choices or I do great on my eating but do nothing on the exercise side of things????
Ok....time to talk new challenge!
I will begin the 'start weight week' for the Look Great in '08 Challenge on Monday 28th January. Follow the link to the challenge page for all the dates, details and joining info.
TFTD: "Don't just go through the day - get from the day"
Cheers P
Monday 7th January 2008....
Well today is the day that Xmas and the whole silly season feels officially over. Many who were on holidays or business's that were shut return to work as normal as from today. Simon and Scotty are back hard at work painting in the steaming heat. After almost two weeks of solid rain it sure is steamy!! Hot, humid and horrific.
Every day as I get dressed from my very limited wardrobe of cool summer clothes that fit I am reminded of how badly I want to drop another size. I have a heap of clothes in 16-18 ready to get back into. For now I am still 18 but I know that even another 5kg or so gone will see me back into many of those clothes that await me.
The last challenge I really focused and did drop nearly 5kg in the 6wk's and that's what I intend to do again in the next one. That would see me back to close what I finished the original WHO magazine challenge on (94.4kg). Then it's only another 5kg down from there to my lowest weigh ever (89.5kg). Speaking of the WHO challenge...those of you who got this week's WHO will see that it's their annual challenge issue again. I haven't finished reading it yet but those I have read have been most inspiring.
Today I've tried to get back to normality with eating. Cut back a bit from festive eating and do the best I can. I had a yoghurt for breakfast as I was too busy to have much more. Then I had my fave tuna and light cream cheese on cruskit's for lunch. For tea we had a rolled roast chicken and dry baked vege's. We were both craving good fresh vege's so much that Simon and I really tucked into them :)
Tomorrow I'd love to make a start back on my exercise program. I've done pretty much nothing for about 4wk's or so!!!! That will be my goal for tomorrow. Even if it's only a few sit-ups or toning exercises it will be a start :) Keep you posted.
TFTD: "Why not go out on a limb? Isn't this where the fruit is?"
Cheers P
Saturday 5th January 2008....
Welcome back to a new year!
I hope everyone had a magical Christmas and a sensational New Year's Eve!!
We had a fantastic silly season here with the boys. I'll leave the story for when I update their pages in the coming days and I'll let you know here when it's done.
For now though I can say that I am relieved the festive season is behind us for another year. It sure was my craziest one yet this year.
I've had lot's of eating challenges and I've had a truckload of alcohol over recent weeks but I'm staying fairly steady all up. This morning the scales said 99.7kg so while that's up just under 1kg it's not only still 90s (YEY!) but it's also the best effort I've done over Christmas ever so I'm stoked. Hopefully by the time I return to WW next Wednesday I'll have that small gain back to a loss. But at the end of the day if 90s remain I'll consider my Christmas a success!
For those of you who are waiting to hear...yes there will be a New Year Challenge beginning shortly. I'll have it all ready to take participants by the end of this week. At this stage it will be 6wk's duration and will likely begin Jan 28th or Feb 4th...but I'll keep you posted here of details as they come to hand.
I also wanted to take this opportunity to remind you of the forum. Feel free to pop in a for a chat, start a topic or just read what others are saying at the Slimming4Health forum here.
Ok....that's it for now but I'll be back to regular updates again from now on. I was thinking about it yesterday and I think I'll begin doing an update every day during the boys arvo nap. That's the only brief window of guaranteed alone time I can count on each day so I'll try to make a habit of using it wisely. I know my updates were pretty scarce towards the end of last year but beware....you'll be hearing a lot more from me from now on! *wink*
TFTD: "No matter what my past has been, I can always begin anew!!!"
Cheers P
