G'Day everyone, sorry I haven't updated for 5 or 6 days but I have been on leave and haven't gotten to jump on a PC as I've been soooooooo busy.
Quick rundown.
Friday:
Dad in hospital (he's fine now)
Reece's 5th Birthday
Reece's last day at Kohanga
Birthday dinner to cook
Saturday:
Cook a few meals for Dad freezer
Clean house
Play with Reece's new toys
Friends over for afternoon tea
Watch Fireworks at Trentham park
Pick up birthday cake for Sunday
Sunday:
Get us and all the extra's to the Ten Pin Bowling by 10.30am
Tend to Dad
3 hours of bowling and eating and birthday cake
Cook dinner while kids play with MORE new toys
Monday
Reece's first day at school
Adam crying etc because Reece isn't staying with him for the day
Groceries
Tend to Dad
Visit sister who's father in law has just died
Get eyebrows waxed (ouch!)
Collect one tired little boy from school
Cook dinner
I haven't stopped and unfortunately Andrew hasn't been much help as he has a Cadbury new promo/lauch going on which means he has been starting at 6.30am and finishing late.
Plus he had golf on Saturday for the semi final of some tournament (which he won.....yaya!)
I am late to work and off early all the rest of the week due to Dad being out of action for the next 2 weeks and Andrew doing his launch (strawberry twirl) so I am dropping the boys off and picking them up again...........*sigh* busy busy busy.
My eating has been worse this week then in the last 3 months and I haven't been drinking my water but I WILL go to weight watchers tonight to see what the damage is and then GET MY BUTT BACK INTO IT! Can't remember the last time I went to the gym but I'm not making any excuses, I will just accept it and move on.
I am dying to get around to everyone's blog and see what you have all been up to (and leave comments) but I might not get there this week ...... sorry :)
Since I am on a short day (being first day back) I'd better go do some work *screws face up*.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Weigh in
Gain of 600grams..........now 101.4kgs (total loss 8.9kgs)
Didn't hit my goal of being under 100kgs by this week but can't complain as it is my own fault and I can't blame anyone else (unfortunately.......LOL).
Didn't get to the gym last night as we had visitors coming over which meant I had to get home and feed everyone early, then get to weigh in before they arrived.
Planning on going tonight as I am actually starting to miss it because I haven't been since last Thursday.
Through out the remaining 6 chocolate crackles last night so I wasn't tempted again, the kids had had heaps and really didn't need them either so in the bin they went.
Going out for lunch with hubby today as he is in the area and we don't get much time on our own anymore plus we have to pop into The Warehouse and get the last present for Reece's birthday on Friday (Cars DVD). We are going to his favourite chinese restaurant in Petone that do a wicked seafood Laksa and I will have a vege dish of some sort.
Not much else happening so I will love ya and leave ya..........ta ta
Didn't hit my goal of being under 100kgs by this week but can't complain as it is my own fault and I can't blame anyone else (unfortunately.......LOL).
Didn't get to the gym last night as we had visitors coming over which meant I had to get home and feed everyone early, then get to weigh in before they arrived.
Planning on going tonight as I am actually starting to miss it because I haven't been since last Thursday.
Through out the remaining 6 chocolate crackles last night so I wasn't tempted again, the kids had had heaps and really didn't need them either so in the bin they went.
Going out for lunch with hubby today as he is in the area and we don't get much time on our own anymore plus we have to pop into The Warehouse and get the last present for Reece's birthday on Friday (Cars DVD). We are going to his favourite chinese restaurant in Petone that do a wicked seafood Laksa and I will have a vege dish of some sort.
Not much else happening so I will love ya and leave ya..........ta ta
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Long weekend
After a lovely lunch at Mitre 10 Mega with Karen (yes I had the chicken salad AGAIN), I headed back to work for a lazy afternoon.
We unfortunately had the worst weather over our long weekend which isn't unusual for Labour weekend. I can only remember 1 time in the last 18 years that we had a lovely weekend......sad ay!
Saturday and Sunday Andrew played in a golf tournament so was away from 7am to about 1.30pm both days and because the weather was horrible the boys and I stayed indoors and played. I don't remember doing one bit of housework both days and just had fun with my kids, we made huge cubbyhouses and played trains (lined all the chairs in our house up as a train), then we played cards and tried to do a jigsaw puzzles but these were a bit too much for little Adam and he constantly messed everything up.
I then managed to get out for a coffee and catch up with Helena, Karen and Jo which was lovely and never long enough!
On Sunday we also decided to cook some Chocolate Crackles, we made a big bach of these (24 in total) and I managed to polish off 8....................oh yes 8!!!!!
Sunday night's dinner was a nice healthly chicken stir fry that I then ruined with 2 biscuits with my coffee *shakes head* and then Monday morning I had 4 Vogels toast for breakie, will I never learn (apparently not - read on).
Sunday we went out visiting friends with kids and that was nice as the kids all managed to run off some 'stuck indoor' energy and we toddled off to get some trellis for the deck and then popped into a local cafe for a coffee. It was getting late so we got McDonald's for the kids on the way home and Andrew and I were just going to have something light but he ended up having chops (I can't eat chops - too fatty) so I polished off half a cheese burger and chips plus a couple of nuggetts of the kids and felt so guilty that I had another 3 chocolate crackles.......mmmmm not good choices at all!!!!
I really don't know why I had such a bad weekend of eating (and no exercise), I could blame the weather or because we were stuck indoors but they aren't excuses really *shrugs shoulders* I just can't work it out.
Now I am sitting here after eating hot chips for lunch (I know, I know) kicking myself because it is weigh in day and I SO wanted to be under 100kgs to reach my goal but am now looking at a gain (which I can't moan about as it is self inflicted)...........dunno what's wrong with me.
Looking on the bright side, I am only working 3 days this week as Monday was a holiday and I am taking Friday off as it is Reece's 5th birthday plus Dad is having an op and I will have to take and pick him up. As it is also Reece's last day at Kohanga I am taking in a birthday cake and some savouries for lunch. I have ordered his cake for Friday but haven't ordered the Batman one for his party on Sunday yet.
Right I'm going back to work and feeling sorry for myself and will catch you all later *big grin* bye :)
We unfortunately had the worst weather over our long weekend which isn't unusual for Labour weekend. I can only remember 1 time in the last 18 years that we had a lovely weekend......sad ay!
Saturday and Sunday Andrew played in a golf tournament so was away from 7am to about 1.30pm both days and because the weather was horrible the boys and I stayed indoors and played. I don't remember doing one bit of housework both days and just had fun with my kids, we made huge cubbyhouses and played trains (lined all the chairs in our house up as a train), then we played cards and tried to do a jigsaw puzzles but these were a bit too much for little Adam and he constantly messed everything up.
I then managed to get out for a coffee and catch up with Helena, Karen and Jo which was lovely and never long enough!
On Sunday we also decided to cook some Chocolate Crackles, we made a big bach of these (24 in total) and I managed to polish off 8....................oh yes 8!!!!!
Sunday night's dinner was a nice healthly chicken stir fry that I then ruined with 2 biscuits with my coffee *shakes head* and then Monday morning I had 4 Vogels toast for breakie, will I never learn (apparently not - read on).
Sunday we went out visiting friends with kids and that was nice as the kids all managed to run off some 'stuck indoor' energy and we toddled off to get some trellis for the deck and then popped into a local cafe for a coffee. It was getting late so we got McDonald's for the kids on the way home and Andrew and I were just going to have something light but he ended up having chops (I can't eat chops - too fatty) so I polished off half a cheese burger and chips plus a couple of nuggetts of the kids and felt so guilty that I had another 3 chocolate crackles.......mmmmm not good choices at all!!!!
I really don't know why I had such a bad weekend of eating (and no exercise), I could blame the weather or because we were stuck indoors but they aren't excuses really *shrugs shoulders* I just can't work it out.
Now I am sitting here after eating hot chips for lunch (I know, I know) kicking myself because it is weigh in day and I SO wanted to be under 100kgs to reach my goal but am now looking at a gain (which I can't moan about as it is self inflicted)...........dunno what's wrong with me.
Looking on the bright side, I am only working 3 days this week as Monday was a holiday and I am taking Friday off as it is Reece's 5th birthday plus Dad is having an op and I will have to take and pick him up. As it is also Reece's last day at Kohanga I am taking in a birthday cake and some savouries for lunch. I have ordered his cake for Friday but haven't ordered the Batman one for his party on Sunday yet.
Right I'm going back to work and feeling sorry for myself and will catch you all later *big grin* bye :)
Friday, October 20, 2006
The Beat Girls
These women are amazing, they sing hits from the 60's, 70's & 80's from the 'girl bands' (ie. Andrew sisters, The Supreme's etc) and have been together for 10 years.
The have sung at the last 2 Olympic games and they come from dinky old Wellington in New Zealand............gotta love that!!! We went and seen there show last night and they were excellent, the only down side to it is that we were all seating (movie theatre style) so couldn't get up and dance.
We had dinner before hand at the theatre the Beat girls were playing at and I had a glass of Sav and a Spinach and Feta filo pastry. Andrew had a filo pastry as well as a Beef & Vegetable roll (sort of like a sausage roll) and a BIG piece of chocolate cake which I did have a bit of......yummy!
Haven't been to the gym for the last 2 days as I have had something on both days and just couldn't spare 1 hours (pathetic aye?) but I intend to put in an EXTRA effort today!!
My eating and water intake has been on target so I am pleased with that but I am hoping to get some bike riding done on the weekend.
We have a long weekend this weekend but have nothing planned (love that!). I'm hoping the weather report is wrong (rain and cold) so we can get the kids out and about.
I want to go and pick Reece's birthday cake plus another small cake to have at Kohanga on his last day from the bakery which sounds very un-motherly like but I can't bake! I made Reece a birthday cake when he was 3 and put heaps of effort into it but when he turned 4 he asked "Mum can I get a birthday cake from the shop this time, please don't make one", so that pretty much summed up what he thought of his cake the year before.....................LOL
That's it, nothing else planned..............isn't that cool?
The have sung at the last 2 Olympic games and they come from dinky old Wellington in New Zealand............gotta love that!!! We went and seen there show last night and they were excellent, the only down side to it is that we were all seating (movie theatre style) so couldn't get up and dance.
We had dinner before hand at the theatre the Beat girls were playing at and I had a glass of Sav and a Spinach and Feta filo pastry. Andrew had a filo pastry as well as a Beef & Vegetable roll (sort of like a sausage roll) and a BIG piece of chocolate cake which I did have a bit of......yummy!
Haven't been to the gym for the last 2 days as I have had something on both days and just couldn't spare 1 hours (pathetic aye?) but I intend to put in an EXTRA effort today!!
My eating and water intake has been on target so I am pleased with that but I am hoping to get some bike riding done on the weekend.
We have a long weekend this weekend but have nothing planned (love that!). I'm hoping the weather report is wrong (rain and cold) so we can get the kids out and about.
I want to go and pick Reece's birthday cake plus another small cake to have at Kohanga on his last day from the bakery which sounds very un-motherly like but I can't bake! I made Reece a birthday cake when he was 3 and put heaps of effort into it but when he turned 4 he asked "Mum can I get a birthday cake from the shop this time, please don't make one", so that pretty much summed up what he thought of his cake the year before.....................LOL
That's it, nothing else planned..............isn't that cool?
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Pictures
Righto, 1st photo is of the SNOW (YES SNOW!!) we had in Trentham Upper Hutt last week - freaky!
2nd photo is the NEW contact wearing me and 3rd is of the OLD glasses wearing me.
I will get my profile photo updated but thought I would post these while I remembered.
Weigh in
Lost 1.5kgs................bringing me to 100.8kgs (total of 9.5kgs), cool aye!
My original goal when I started this blog was to get under 100kgs before Reece goes to school and since he goes the week after next (30th Oct) I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
I attribute this lovely loss to me now being back at the gym and managed 3 good workouts since last weigh in which has paid off. This week I want to complete 4 workouts.
I am going to hopefully shout myself a new top or manicure or something like that if I get under 100kgs by 30th Oct. Then my next goal is to get to my 10% weight loss which is 99kgs.
Chubbymum told me I had to update my profile photo as well as she reckons it doesn't really look like me...........hahahha.
Since I got my contacts yesterday (love them by the way) I will do a before and after contacts photo.
That's about it from me today, see ya later *waving madly* :)
My original goal when I started this blog was to get under 100kgs before Reece goes to school and since he goes the week after next (30th Oct) I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
I attribute this lovely loss to me now being back at the gym and managed 3 good workouts since last weigh in which has paid off. This week I want to complete 4 workouts.
I am going to hopefully shout myself a new top or manicure or something like that if I get under 100kgs by 30th Oct. Then my next goal is to get to my 10% weight loss which is 99kgs.
Chubbymum told me I had to update my profile photo as well as she reckons it doesn't really look like me...........hahahha.
Since I got my contacts yesterday (love them by the way) I will do a before and after contacts photo.
That's about it from me today, see ya later *waving madly* :)
Monday, October 16, 2006
Just a useless drunk
Yep, I wrote myself off again on Friday night (70th Birthday), you would think I would have learnt after Helena's Birthday bash but NOOOOOOO......... Andrew had to get a girlfriend to come and find me in the toilets after half an hour (I was texting friends.....hehehe) and then I got taken home....LOL The 70 year old and his OLDER friends outlasted me, then I stayed on the couch all day on Saturday nursing a huge hangover (self inflicted I know).
So Friday night I did actually enjoy myself and then Saturday (sitting on the couch all day with my blankie and huge amounts of coffee) was something I can't remember doing in the last 10 years which was kinda nice (apart from feeling like death warmed up) and then Sunday was a horrible day weather wise so we again stayed inside and played with the kids all day and then had visitors in the afternoon for coffee. All in all, not a bad weekend.
Exercise wise was a total non event!! I did absolutely nothing but my water intake was brilliant and apart from Friday night, my food was pretty good as well.
Back into it again today full force now I'm back at work. I am sitting here eating my WW cereal as I type and it is so yummy, I can't believe I didn't use to like cereal.
So Friday night I did actually enjoy myself and then Saturday (sitting on the couch all day with my blankie and huge amounts of coffee) was something I can't remember doing in the last 10 years which was kinda nice (apart from feeling like death warmed up) and then Sunday was a horrible day weather wise so we again stayed inside and played with the kids all day and then had visitors in the afternoon for coffee. All in all, not a bad weekend.
Exercise wise was a total non event!! I did absolutely nothing but my water intake was brilliant and apart from Friday night, my food was pretty good as well.
Back into it again today full force now I'm back at work. I am sitting here eating my WW cereal as I type and it is so yummy, I can't believe I didn't use to like cereal.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Busy week and weekend
Last night I managed to scoff down a Chicken Chow Mein WW meal with 2 pieces of bread before shooting out the door to go to the 'New Entrants' parents night at Belmont school and it was interesting finding out bits and pieces about the school and how they do things etc but I didn't get out of there until 8.30pm (1.5 hours).
Raced home and managed to give the kids a kiss goodnight (they were in bed) before they fell asleep.
I felt good though because I had gone to the gym after work and even though I didn't do any longer on the treadmill, I did up my speed and incline which felt good.
I am going again tonight so I can also have a good equipment work out and not just the treadmill all the time.
Tonight I have a Prenzel's party at a friends house which I am looking forward to, not just for the products but to catch up with a few mates and sit down and relax for an hour or so.
Tomorrow night we are going to a suprise 70th birthday party for an old neibough that we just love and his wife has organised for 7 of us to go out for dinner (so he thinks) but actually has over 50 people going. She has booked out The Furnace restaurant around the corner from us in Upper Hutt which is my favourite restaurant at the moment and has friends and family coming from all over New Zealand and Australia............can't wait.
He is a very hard man to buy for so Andrew and I thought we would hire a limo for them to be picked up in but I have rang 3 different companies (Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt and Wellington) and there was only an answer phone message. I have left messages on all and haven't received a call back yet........argh!
Saturday night we are going to hopefully stay home and relax as Sunday we have more visitors.
I'm by myself at work tomorrow (other lady has the day off) so it is going to be full-on which means I may not get to blog so if not, have a great weekend everyone :)
Raced home and managed to give the kids a kiss goodnight (they were in bed) before they fell asleep.
I felt good though because I had gone to the gym after work and even though I didn't do any longer on the treadmill, I did up my speed and incline which felt good.
I am going again tonight so I can also have a good equipment work out and not just the treadmill all the time.
Tonight I have a Prenzel's party at a friends house which I am looking forward to, not just for the products but to catch up with a few mates and sit down and relax for an hour or so.
Tomorrow night we are going to a suprise 70th birthday party for an old neibough that we just love and his wife has organised for 7 of us to go out for dinner (so he thinks) but actually has over 50 people going. She has booked out The Furnace restaurant around the corner from us in Upper Hutt which is my favourite restaurant at the moment and has friends and family coming from all over New Zealand and Australia............can't wait.
He is a very hard man to buy for so Andrew and I thought we would hire a limo for them to be picked up in but I have rang 3 different companies (Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt and Wellington) and there was only an answer phone message. I have left messages on all and haven't received a call back yet........argh!
Saturday night we are going to hopefully stay home and relax as Sunday we have more visitors.
I'm by myself at work tomorrow (other lady has the day off) so it is going to be full-on which means I may not get to blog so if not, have a great weekend everyone :)
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Weigh in
102.3kgs ........ loss of 100grams bringing my total to 8kgs!
I am sooooooooo taking that as a win because my eating hasn't been the best, with this cold weather I have been eating hot chips, Oh yes hot chips. I have tricked myself into thinking that I have been good because I get a bunnet of chip and only eat half (sharing with a friend), not the right frame of mind so I have knocked that on the head.
Guess what???????
It SNOWED in Upper Hutt last night..............yep SNOWED!!! Being an Aussie girl, I have never seen snow before and I was just gobsmacked (also because it never snows in Upper Hutt). It snowed for about 15 minutes and me, Andrew and the kids were so excited. Unfortunately it didn't snow enough for me to go and make a snow ball (to throw at Andrew ... hehehe) but there was heaps of the stuff!!
The weirdest thing about it is, 5 minutes before it snowed the kids and I were outside on the deck because the weather was warm and sunny .... go firgure???
ALSO I got my MP3 player yesterday which is really cool. I ordered it off the internet and really didn't have any idea if it was a good one or not but it was cheap and after speaking with a friend (techie) who confirmed it had everything I wanted, I bought it for $56.95 and last night I downloaded my songs and it is awesome! I only downloaded about 25 songs (it holds 540 songs) because I couldn't for the life of me think of any songs I liked. I am going to listen to the radio today and write some done.
Back to the gym tonight (armed with my MP3 player) for another session. Mondays little stint must have worked because the ole calf muscles were a bit sore yesterday.
I am sooooooooo taking that as a win because my eating hasn't been the best, with this cold weather I have been eating hot chips, Oh yes hot chips. I have tricked myself into thinking that I have been good because I get a bunnet of chip and only eat half (sharing with a friend), not the right frame of mind so I have knocked that on the head.
Guess what???????
It SNOWED in Upper Hutt last night..............yep SNOWED!!! Being an Aussie girl, I have never seen snow before and I was just gobsmacked (also because it never snows in Upper Hutt). It snowed for about 15 minutes and me, Andrew and the kids were so excited. Unfortunately it didn't snow enough for me to go and make a snow ball (to throw at Andrew ... hehehe) but there was heaps of the stuff!!
The weirdest thing about it is, 5 minutes before it snowed the kids and I were outside on the deck because the weather was warm and sunny .... go firgure???
ALSO I got my MP3 player yesterday which is really cool. I ordered it off the internet and really didn't have any idea if it was a good one or not but it was cheap and after speaking with a friend (techie) who confirmed it had everything I wanted, I bought it for $56.95 and last night I downloaded my songs and it is awesome! I only downloaded about 25 songs (it holds 540 songs) because I couldn't for the life of me think of any songs I liked. I am going to listen to the radio today and write some done.
Back to the gym tonight (armed with my MP3 player) for another session. Mondays little stint must have worked because the ole calf muscles were a bit sore yesterday.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
ARGH FINALLY!
I finally got my sorry butt to the gym and LOVED IT!!!! Yep you heard me right people - LOVED IT, but you all new I would aye?
Took me a good 5 minutes to work out the treadmill but once I did - away I went.
Got off after 20 minutes and felt like I had had a really good workout (will go for 30 minutes next visit). Did my other routine of weights and other bits of gym equipment (don't ask me the names...LOL) and got home feeling wonderful.
The kids thought I looked weird in my shorts (bike shorts) because my legs were so white (must work on that....hahaha). It was such a beautiful night that I sat out on the deck with a glass of wine and watched the kids play while hubby made a really nice chicken stir fry with noodles.
Weigh in tonight...................
Took me a good 5 minutes to work out the treadmill but once I did - away I went.
Got off after 20 minutes and felt like I had had a really good workout (will go for 30 minutes next visit). Did my other routine of weights and other bits of gym equipment (don't ask me the names...LOL) and got home feeling wonderful.
The kids thought I looked weird in my shorts (bike shorts) because my legs were so white (must work on that....hahaha). It was such a beautiful night that I sat out on the deck with a glass of wine and watched the kids play while hubby made a really nice chicken stir fry with noodles.
Weigh in tonight...................
Monday, October 09, 2006
Not a gym girl
I haven't been and I have pathetic excuses which aren't good enough and I am ashamed I haven't gotten my butt into gear so tell me off if you must ..... boo hoo!
Onto much more interesting things, my food has been pretty good over the weekend which is a bonus for me and my water intake has been spot on - another bonus But TOM arrived today and I am in massive amounts of pain (long story) and feel bloated and horrible.........NOT A BONUS *sigh*
I'm still hoping for a loss tomorrow night *fingers crossed* wishful thinking maybe, I'll have to wait and see.
The weekend was lovely in Wellington and even though Saturday rained a wee bit, at least it wasn't freezing cold. I managed to get heaps of washing done while Andrew worked on the deck and managed to cut down a massive Loquet (spelling?) tree that I hated and blocked my view into the backyard. It is now much lighter down that side of the house and I can see the kids at the back of the yard. Sunday was even better and the sun was out and it actually had heat in it, kids had to put their sun hats on (something they haven't done all year) while they sat out on the back deck and either played with their Thomas trainset or did some colouring in (pictures to follow). After Andrew got home from golf on Sunday afternoon he managed to finish the step on the deck and now it is just the oriental trellis and capping to do......yay, at least we are now using it.
Um what else..................
Lawns got done, cars got washed, went shopping for a sofa bed and found one at Big Save but haven't bought it yet .................. didn't catch up with anyone on the weekend which was a bit of a bugger but quite nice at the same time. That's about it I think, right I'll post these photo's now.
This photo is of my babies (Adam on left, 2 years old and Reece who is 5 is 3 weeks), they were "helping" me bake a banana cake with chocolate icing for their Dad and Poppy (no I didn't have any).
This is the deck (steps are now done but old clothesline is still there)
This is the boys playing on the deck on Sunday (notice the sun and sun hats....amazing!)
Onto much more interesting things, my food has been pretty good over the weekend which is a bonus for me and my water intake has been spot on - another bonus But TOM arrived today and I am in massive amounts of pain (long story) and feel bloated and horrible.........NOT A BONUS *sigh*
I'm still hoping for a loss tomorrow night *fingers crossed* wishful thinking maybe, I'll have to wait and see.
The weekend was lovely in Wellington and even though Saturday rained a wee bit, at least it wasn't freezing cold. I managed to get heaps of washing done while Andrew worked on the deck and managed to cut down a massive Loquet (spelling?) tree that I hated and blocked my view into the backyard. It is now much lighter down that side of the house and I can see the kids at the back of the yard. Sunday was even better and the sun was out and it actually had heat in it, kids had to put their sun hats on (something they haven't done all year) while they sat out on the back deck and either played with their Thomas trainset or did some colouring in (pictures to follow). After Andrew got home from golf on Sunday afternoon he managed to finish the step on the deck and now it is just the oriental trellis and capping to do......yay, at least we are now using it.
Um what else..................
Lawns got done, cars got washed, went shopping for a sofa bed and found one at Big Save but haven't bought it yet .................. didn't catch up with anyone on the weekend which was a bit of a bugger but quite nice at the same time. That's about it I think, right I'll post these photo's now.
This photo is of my babies (Adam on left, 2 years old and Reece who is 5 is 3 weeks), they were "helping" me bake a banana cake with chocolate icing for their Dad and Poppy (no I didn't have any).
This is the deck (steps are now done but old clothesline is still there)
This is the boys playing on the deck on Sunday (notice the sun and sun hats....amazing!)
Thursday, October 05, 2006
GYM GIRL
Well its now Thursday and I FINALLY remembered to bring my gym gear with me, so off to the gym I go after work. I am looking forward to getting back into my routine and the work gym is usually empty which is just the way I like it.
Just had boring old left-over's last night which left me feeling hungry but I was really tired and opted for bed rather than anything else to eat. I had eaten all of my points anyway but I didn't use them very wisely.
This Wellington weather really isn't getting any better, I thought it was finally clearing up but I am just about to go for lunch and it has started pelting down AND hailing..........isn't it October???
Food so far today:
1/4 piece of my sons toast = 0.5
Cereal = 1.5
Trim milk = 1
Lunch is a ham and salad sandwich:
Ham = 1
Bread = 3
Salad = 0
Coffee (Milk) = 2
Sitting on 9 at the moment but I have a WW bar for afternoon tea (another 1.5) leaving me 11.5 for dinner.........wow that's quite a bit today :)
Just had boring old left-over's last night which left me feeling hungry but I was really tired and opted for bed rather than anything else to eat. I had eaten all of my points anyway but I didn't use them very wisely.
This Wellington weather really isn't getting any better, I thought it was finally clearing up but I am just about to go for lunch and it has started pelting down AND hailing..........isn't it October???
Food so far today:
1/4 piece of my sons toast = 0.5
Cereal = 1.5
Trim milk = 1
Lunch is a ham and salad sandwich:
Ham = 1
Bread = 3
Salad = 0
Coffee (Milk) = 2
Sitting on 9 at the moment but I have a WW bar for afternoon tea (another 1.5) leaving me 11.5 for dinner.........wow that's quite a bit today :)
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Weigh in
Lost another 1.1kgs bringing me down to 102.4kgs (7.9kgs total).........gotta love that aye!
I new I had been pretty good food wise but I thought I might have stuffed it all up with my wine consumption on the weekend but doesn't seem to have affected me.......thank god!
All my good intentions to get to the gym on Monday hasn't happened. I have lots of excuses but none of them are really good enough when I think about it, I need to get my butt into gear and JUST DO IT!!
Went to my optometrist appointment on Monday (Monday's excuse...hehehe) and as I am long sited with astigmata I didn't think I would be eligible for the laser eye surgery (just wanted to find out - can't afford it yet) but I am. If you had astigmata they didn't like your chances of getting it down but appartently they have a new of doing it and she was 90% sure all would be OK to have it done (in the future). She also said that my eye's were OK to have contacts and that my prescription hadn't changed in 3 years (gotta love that) which means my eye's aren't getting any worse (yet!). I couldn't get my next appointment (to get them) until the 17th October (2 weeks!) so I will have to wait until then.
I just had my darling Reece (4 year old) ring me to "tell on Dad" because he got a smack for not eating his breakfast and watching TV (Dad had the TV off and while he was getting dressed, Recee turned it back on ....... clever little thing) so he was crying and it makes my heart ache but he was OK once he spoke to me as I said all the right things (ie. "oh my poor baby" blah blah "Daddy only wants you to grow big and strong" ....hehehe). Little one then gets on the phone and says he's not going to Kohanga unless he can take his 'Thomas' (Train) ..... LOL I am soooo glad Andrew has to take them in the mornings!
Been trying one or two new recipes which I have mainly been getting off other bloggers (ie. Emily & Paulene) and have just ordered a book called 'Easy Mince Recipes' as my boys love anything with Mince in it and I am running out of ideas.
OK back to work for me, catch ya later :)
I new I had been pretty good food wise but I thought I might have stuffed it all up with my wine consumption on the weekend but doesn't seem to have affected me.......thank god!
All my good intentions to get to the gym on Monday hasn't happened. I have lots of excuses but none of them are really good enough when I think about it, I need to get my butt into gear and JUST DO IT!!
Went to my optometrist appointment on Monday (Monday's excuse...hehehe) and as I am long sited with astigmata I didn't think I would be eligible for the laser eye surgery (just wanted to find out - can't afford it yet) but I am. If you had astigmata they didn't like your chances of getting it down but appartently they have a new of doing it and she was 90% sure all would be OK to have it done (in the future). She also said that my eye's were OK to have contacts and that my prescription hadn't changed in 3 years (gotta love that) which means my eye's aren't getting any worse (yet!). I couldn't get my next appointment (to get them) until the 17th October (2 weeks!) so I will have to wait until then.
I just had my darling Reece (4 year old) ring me to "tell on Dad" because he got a smack for not eating his breakfast and watching TV (Dad had the TV off and while he was getting dressed, Recee turned it back on ....... clever little thing) so he was crying and it makes my heart ache but he was OK once he spoke to me as I said all the right things (ie. "oh my poor baby" blah blah "Daddy only wants you to grow big and strong" ....hehehe). Little one then gets on the phone and says he's not going to Kohanga unless he can take his 'Thomas' (Train) ..... LOL I am soooo glad Andrew has to take them in the mornings!
Been trying one or two new recipes which I have mainly been getting off other bloggers (ie. Emily & Paulene) and have just ordered a book called 'Easy Mince Recipes' as my boys love anything with Mince in it and I am running out of ideas.
OK back to work for me, catch ya later :)
Monday, October 02, 2006
Party Girl..................NOT!!!
What a busy weekend I have had and now I'm back at work looking out the window at our horrible, wet, rainy weather.
Helena's birthday night was fantastic (even the little I saw of it - more about that later) and she looked stunning in her outfit. I didn't take my camera but Jo took some photo's and will more than likely show us a couple later.
Let me set the sceen......................
After our blogger lunch (last post) I got home and had a girlfriend ring to say she was coming over with her kids for a coffee. She arrived at about 3.30pm and I told her I was going out that night and getting picked up at 6pm (by the lovely Carol). Both our hubby's were golfing together and we new they wouldn't be home for HOURS and she was at a loss what to do as the weather was yuk and the kids were hypo. I managed to get Adam in bed for a quick sleep and the other kids ran around outside like mad men while we chatted in the lounge.
Looking at the clock it was 4.45pm and I hadn't even had a shower little own gotten dinner for the boys organised so Jo offered to go get them all McDonald's while I had a shower.
Once they got back I was showered with my makeup on and half dressed and Jo said "let's have a wine before you go"...............1st mistake of the evening!
As I was still rushing around I was gulping the wine and little did I know Jo had refilled my glass a couple of times. She left at 5.45pm and I finished getting ready, Carol came and picked me up and then we carried on and picked up the lovely Rose and arrived at Helena's where her, Craig (Helena's hubby) and Jo were sitting in the dining room having a drink.
I had taken a bottle of wine with me so I asked Craig to crack that and we had another couple of wines (I was later to find out in the hour or so we were there, we all drank 3.5 bottles) and Jo and Helena got changed and again I will say they looked stunning.
Jumped into the car and Off we went into Wellington.........got about 15 minutes down the road and Jo had to go to the loo and couldn't hold on so we got off the motorway and found a shell service station. A few of us then had a tinkle and back in the car and off again.
I was feeling mighty fine by this stage and was soooooo excited about getting out with the girls and having a good night.
Got to the restaurant and a couple Helena new from work were there and the lovely Chubbymum, I planted myself down at the end of the table and Helena kindly bought a couple of bottles of wine and put on the table, so we all got stuck into those.
I am now louder than usual (which is hard because I am a VERY LOUD person) and was laughing and giggling.
Menu's came and CM and I decided to share a main as they did a bit of everything for 2 people.
The music that was playing behind my (live) was fantastic and I was having a ball and then got up to go to the loo.......................2nd mistake of the night!
Got into the loo and decided I couldn't focus on anything and thought I must have lost my glasses - checked and they were still on my face so figured I should slow down with the wine because I'm not normally a drinker and by this time I think I was getting close to about 2 bottles. Got off the loo to head back to the table and realised my legs weren't working real well.
Once back at the table I started talking to Rose and realised I could see her lips moving but couldn't concerntrate on what she was saying and started my own conversation in my head (Warning sign or WHAT!!!). About this time everyone started asking me if I was OK because I had gone very quiet.....surprise, surprise and I assured them I was OK but decided I really wasn't and needed to go home. Rang Andrew who had just gotten home and asked him to come and get me but he had had too much to drink and said he would ask my Dad to come and get me but the ladies heard me on the phone and told me to stay, I told Andrew I would ring him later and confirm what I wanted to do.
Meal arrived and it looked fantastic, CM started eating but I was looking at it thinking..."no way", they managed to convince me to try some so I attempted a couple of pieces of potato but that then confirmed I needed to go home.
Dad arrived about 10.30pm and Helena and Jo piled me into the car and off I went.
Can't really remember the trip home but did manage to get my shoes and top off before I passed out in my bed.
Next morning consisted of a MAJOR Hangover and about 8 litres of water........LOL
I also managed 1 piece of toast.
Sat on the deck watching Andrew finish it off with the boys jumping all over me until it was time to get ready for Karen's baby shower.
Jo came and got me at 2pm so I could follow her to the shower and we arrived early (Jo is getting into a habit of being early......not like her at all *kiss kiss Jo*) and I must admit she didn't look 100% herself (they had arrived home about 1.30am).
Karen on the other hand looked bright and bubbly (her usual self) and was really excited about the day. Helena and CM turned up also not looking 100% but not too bad at all ;) and we proceeded witht he baby shower where we played a few games that we weren't very good at and didn't manage to win any prizes.............hehehe but had a lovely time and the food that was served up was unreal and lots of home baking.
By this time I was ready for some food and had a great variety of sandwiches, crackers and cheese, sausage roll and a big piece of banana cake that Karen's Mum made which was YUMMO!
Karen opened her presents (in between the games and the food) and got some fantastic baby things, she was so overwhelmed by it all. Had a bit more of chat with people out on the back deck with a sprinkling of rain which was lovely and then CM and I headed off to meet up with Helena and Jo (and wee Rhian) at the Cossie Club for a latte.
Took CM home and got home and made a really nice healthly chicken stirfry for me and steak, potato's and vege's for Andrew and the boys and relaxed.
Even though I am NOT THE PARTY GIRL I thought I was and ruined a great night out for myself, I am really lucky to have these wonderful girls as my friends and I always manage to have the best fun with them.
It was just lovely meeting Sue, Janene, Ann and I hope we can all catch up again soon and what can I say about Chubbymum.............FUN, LOVELY, GENUIN person who I know will now become a closer friend just like Helena, Karen and Jo are.
If your still reading............well done!
Helena's birthday night was fantastic (even the little I saw of it - more about that later) and she looked stunning in her outfit. I didn't take my camera but Jo took some photo's and will more than likely show us a couple later.
Let me set the sceen......................
After our blogger lunch (last post) I got home and had a girlfriend ring to say she was coming over with her kids for a coffee. She arrived at about 3.30pm and I told her I was going out that night and getting picked up at 6pm (by the lovely Carol). Both our hubby's were golfing together and we new they wouldn't be home for HOURS and she was at a loss what to do as the weather was yuk and the kids were hypo. I managed to get Adam in bed for a quick sleep and the other kids ran around outside like mad men while we chatted in the lounge.
Looking at the clock it was 4.45pm and I hadn't even had a shower little own gotten dinner for the boys organised so Jo offered to go get them all McDonald's while I had a shower.
Once they got back I was showered with my makeup on and half dressed and Jo said "let's have a wine before you go"...............1st mistake of the evening!
As I was still rushing around I was gulping the wine and little did I know Jo had refilled my glass a couple of times. She left at 5.45pm and I finished getting ready, Carol came and picked me up and then we carried on and picked up the lovely Rose and arrived at Helena's where her, Craig (Helena's hubby) and Jo were sitting in the dining room having a drink.
I had taken a bottle of wine with me so I asked Craig to crack that and we had another couple of wines (I was later to find out in the hour or so we were there, we all drank 3.5 bottles) and Jo and Helena got changed and again I will say they looked stunning.
Jumped into the car and Off we went into Wellington.........got about 15 minutes down the road and Jo had to go to the loo and couldn't hold on so we got off the motorway and found a shell service station. A few of us then had a tinkle and back in the car and off again.
I was feeling mighty fine by this stage and was soooooo excited about getting out with the girls and having a good night.
Got to the restaurant and a couple Helena new from work were there and the lovely Chubbymum, I planted myself down at the end of the table and Helena kindly bought a couple of bottles of wine and put on the table, so we all got stuck into those.
I am now louder than usual (which is hard because I am a VERY LOUD person) and was laughing and giggling.
Menu's came and CM and I decided to share a main as they did a bit of everything for 2 people.
The music that was playing behind my (live) was fantastic and I was having a ball and then got up to go to the loo.......................2nd mistake of the night!
Got into the loo and decided I couldn't focus on anything and thought I must have lost my glasses - checked and they were still on my face so figured I should slow down with the wine because I'm not normally a drinker and by this time I think I was getting close to about 2 bottles. Got off the loo to head back to the table and realised my legs weren't working real well.
Once back at the table I started talking to Rose and realised I could see her lips moving but couldn't concerntrate on what she was saying and started my own conversation in my head (Warning sign or WHAT!!!). About this time everyone started asking me if I was OK because I had gone very quiet.....surprise, surprise and I assured them I was OK but decided I really wasn't and needed to go home. Rang Andrew who had just gotten home and asked him to come and get me but he had had too much to drink and said he would ask my Dad to come and get me but the ladies heard me on the phone and told me to stay, I told Andrew I would ring him later and confirm what I wanted to do.
Meal arrived and it looked fantastic, CM started eating but I was looking at it thinking..."no way", they managed to convince me to try some so I attempted a couple of pieces of potato but that then confirmed I needed to go home.
Dad arrived about 10.30pm and Helena and Jo piled me into the car and off I went.
Can't really remember the trip home but did manage to get my shoes and top off before I passed out in my bed.
Next morning consisted of a MAJOR Hangover and about 8 litres of water........LOL
I also managed 1 piece of toast.
Sat on the deck watching Andrew finish it off with the boys jumping all over me until it was time to get ready for Karen's baby shower.
Jo came and got me at 2pm so I could follow her to the shower and we arrived early (Jo is getting into a habit of being early......not like her at all *kiss kiss Jo*) and I must admit she didn't look 100% herself (they had arrived home about 1.30am).
Karen on the other hand looked bright and bubbly (her usual self) and was really excited about the day. Helena and CM turned up also not looking 100% but not too bad at all ;) and we proceeded witht he baby shower where we played a few games that we weren't very good at and didn't manage to win any prizes.............hehehe but had a lovely time and the food that was served up was unreal and lots of home baking.
By this time I was ready for some food and had a great variety of sandwiches, crackers and cheese, sausage roll and a big piece of banana cake that Karen's Mum made which was YUMMO!
Karen opened her presents (in between the games and the food) and got some fantastic baby things, she was so overwhelmed by it all. Had a bit more of chat with people out on the back deck with a sprinkling of rain which was lovely and then CM and I headed off to meet up with Helena and Jo (and wee Rhian) at the Cossie Club for a latte.
Took CM home and got home and made a really nice healthly chicken stirfry for me and steak, potato's and vege's for Andrew and the boys and relaxed.
Even though I am NOT THE PARTY GIRL I thought I was and ruined a great night out for myself, I am really lucky to have these wonderful girls as my friends and I always manage to have the best fun with them.
It was just lovely meeting Sue, Janene, Ann and I hope we can all catch up again soon and what can I say about Chubbymum.............FUN, LOVELY, GENUIN person who I know will now become a closer friend just like Helena, Karen and Jo are.
If your still reading............well done!
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