I forgot Anne tagged me (I only responded because of item G)........LOL
Four things about me:
A) Four jobs I have had in my life: (I like variety)
1. Clerk of the courts
2. Legal Secretary
3. Trade Analyst
4. Laboratory Supervisor
B) Four movies I would watch over and over:
1. 50 first dates
2. Shawshank Redemption
3. Forrest Gump
4. Fried Green Tomatoes (me too Anne)
C) Four places I have lived:
1. Australia - Sydney (born and breed)
2. Lower Hutt - Petone
3. Lower Hutt - Manor Park
4. Upper Hutt - Trentham
D) Four favourite TV shows:
1. Extreme Makeover (Home Edition and the Plastic surgery one)
2. Critical Hour (love blood and gore)
3. Maternity Ward (love watching births)
4. Location, location (again, me too Anne)
E) Four of my favourite foods:
1. Sushi (and again Anne)
2. Chicken (any way)
3. Salad's
4. Bread (any kind - bad ay?)
F) Four places I would rather be right now:
1. With my kids
2. Somewhere warm and tropical (and again)
3. Shopping (should have been number 1.....LOL)
4. Shopping again
G) Four friends I think will respond:
1. Ang
2. Sue
3. Sandii
4. Mandy
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Weigh in
Gain of 400grams................bugger, bugger, bugger. Now I know I put on when I have TOM but 'come on people', I have been SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good this week and I thought I would at least stay the same *sigh*, oh well there's always next week.
Right - over it - move on.
Had a little 2 years old throwing up all over me, Andrew and all the bed linen at 3.30am this morning..............LOL (to much info?????). Poor little thing, he hadn't complained about feeling sick before he went to bed and the only thing he said after he had finished throwing up was "I think my tummy is sore Mummy"..............ya think????
Got everything changed (the bed and all of us) and Andrew opted for Adam's bed and Adam and I went back to sleep and this morning he was a box of birds. I asked him if he felt sick or had a sore tummy but he said "nope" and proceeded to chase his brother around. I told Andrew we will send him to daycare and let the teachers know, and if he was under the weather we would go and get him (fingers crossed).
Ummmmm what else, oh steps:
Wed - 6287
Thurs - 7966
Fri - 4558 (sick child, spent hours on the couch)
Sat - 11229
Sun - 0 (dropped the silly thing and it zeroed out)
Mon - 8054
Tues - 6981
Average = 7512 (up about 200 steps per day compared to last week - yeah baby!)
Back to work I go, ta ta
Right - over it - move on.
Had a little 2 years old throwing up all over me, Andrew and all the bed linen at 3.30am this morning..............LOL (to much info?????). Poor little thing, he hadn't complained about feeling sick before he went to bed and the only thing he said after he had finished throwing up was "I think my tummy is sore Mummy"..............ya think????
Got everything changed (the bed and all of us) and Andrew opted for Adam's bed and Adam and I went back to sleep and this morning he was a box of birds. I asked him if he felt sick or had a sore tummy but he said "nope" and proceeded to chase his brother around. I told Andrew we will send him to daycare and let the teachers know, and if he was under the weather we would go and get him (fingers crossed).
Ummmmm what else, oh steps:
Wed - 6287
Thurs - 7966
Fri - 4558 (sick child, spent hours on the couch)
Sat - 11229
Sun - 0 (dropped the silly thing and it zeroed out)
Mon - 8054
Tues - 6981
Average = 7512 (up about 200 steps per day compared to last week - yeah baby!)
Back to work I go, ta ta
Monday, January 29, 2007
Missed 21st
Yep I missed my newphew's 21st on Friday night because I walked in from work and Adam had a temp of 39 degrees and a red rash up the back of his legs (not just behind the knees like the night before) and wanted to sit on my lap and nobody was aloud near us.
Andrew said he would stay home with him so I could go to the 21st but Adam would have a bar of him so it was best he went and I stayed home with the kids *sigh*.
After I had given him a bath with anti-itching stuff, a REALLY good dose of Pamol and put some cream on his legs he was as happy as larry and went into the playroom and watched a DVD with his brother while I sat in the lounge on my own all night *growl*. He's 100% now.
Saturday I felt really guilty I didn't go to the 21st so I asked my sister around (the mother of the 21st boy) and family and then figured I'd better also ask the other sister or there would be a family feud and I made all the salads etc for the rest of the afternoon.
I made potato salad, rice salad, stuffed eggs and the most amazing salad I have ever made.
My salad consisted of mesculin lettue leaves, crispy bacon, avacardo, roasted pine nuts, sundried tomato's, feta cheese and then drizzled with citris dressing..............A - MAZ - ING!!!
My plate consisted of half a plate of the above mentioned salad and a spoonful of the rice salad and potato salad plus 1 stuffed egg and 1 chicken kebab and 2 small pieces of paua (fried on the Barbie...YUMMO). I had also made heaps of pudding but managed to go inside and do the dishes while everyone else ate that. All in all I was very proud of my efforts and even had another dose of brown rice and vege's on Sunday night for dinner.
I just love BBQ weather!!
Expecting TOM today or tomorrow and its weigh in tomorrow night (typical) so I am feeling very bloated and yuck but I know I have been the best I have been in months as far as making good food choices, so I am hoping I have at least a small loss (I usually put on TOM week).
Later.............
Andrew said he would stay home with him so I could go to the 21st but Adam would have a bar of him so it was best he went and I stayed home with the kids *sigh*.
After I had given him a bath with anti-itching stuff, a REALLY good dose of Pamol and put some cream on his legs he was as happy as larry and went into the playroom and watched a DVD with his brother while I sat in the lounge on my own all night *growl*. He's 100% now.
Saturday I felt really guilty I didn't go to the 21st so I asked my sister around (the mother of the 21st boy) and family and then figured I'd better also ask the other sister or there would be a family feud and I made all the salads etc for the rest of the afternoon.
I made potato salad, rice salad, stuffed eggs and the most amazing salad I have ever made.
My salad consisted of mesculin lettue leaves, crispy bacon, avacardo, roasted pine nuts, sundried tomato's, feta cheese and then drizzled with citris dressing..............A - MAZ - ING!!!
My plate consisted of half a plate of the above mentioned salad and a spoonful of the rice salad and potato salad plus 1 stuffed egg and 1 chicken kebab and 2 small pieces of paua (fried on the Barbie...YUMMO). I had also made heaps of pudding but managed to go inside and do the dishes while everyone else ate that. All in all I was very proud of my efforts and even had another dose of brown rice and vege's on Sunday night for dinner.
I just love BBQ weather!!
Expecting TOM today or tomorrow and its weigh in tomorrow night (typical) so I am feeling very bloated and yuck but I know I have been the best I have been in months as far as making good food choices, so I am hoping I have at least a small loss (I usually put on TOM week).
Later.............
Friday, January 26, 2007
Vege's for dinner
Well I told them what was for dinner and attempted to give them (hubby and 2 kids) what I was going to eat for dinner but the amount of whinging and moaning got the better of me so I gave in (soft ay?), so this is what we had:
Hubby and kids = Beef schnitzel, mashed potato's, carrots, brocolli, cauliflower.
Me = Half piece of schnitzel, brown rice with onion, mushrooms, 3 different coloured capsicum, carrots, brocolli, cauliflower.......yummo, doesn't mine sound much nicer?
I actually made too much of my little mixture, so I have taken the leftover rice and vege's for lunch today.
Righto back to work..........catch ya all later.
P.S. Sandii - if you read this can you please email me so I have your address as your comments are only coming in through 'anonymous' and I'm dying to hear how you are getting on in Perth.
Hubby and kids = Beef schnitzel, mashed potato's, carrots, brocolli, cauliflower.
Me = Half piece of schnitzel, brown rice with onion, mushrooms, 3 different coloured capsicum, carrots, brocolli, cauliflower.......yummo, doesn't mine sound much nicer?
I actually made too much of my little mixture, so I have taken the leftover rice and vege's for lunch today.
Righto back to work..........catch ya all later.
P.S. Sandii - if you read this can you please email me so I have your address as your comments are only coming in through 'anonymous' and I'm dying to hear how you are getting on in Perth.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Nothing exciting happening
I have been just plodding along the last couple of days, not much happening.
Today I have a doctors appointment as I have to get a sun spot on my face checked out (and burnt off I think) as it is changing shape and colour and both my dad and aunty have had melanoma's on their faces so I'm getting it seen to before it turns into anything nasty.
My 5 years old Reece has been having some 'emotional' moments the last couple of days, he keeps thinking about his Poppy dying and gets really upset. He will be there watching TV or something and then just start crying, when I ask him whats wrong he says 'Pop is old and is going to die and I am going to miss him'....bless his wee heart. I am not one for going into death etc with a 5 year old but to help him emotionally I just told him that Pop is old and will die but not until he is also old and married with kids...........hahaha, that started a whole new subject.
I spoke to Andrew about it and he said he can remember going through a similar thing at about 7 when he use to always think his mum was going to die...........strange family ay?
Right onto less more morbid things.
My water and steps have been excellent and tonight I am going to make brown rice with HEAPS of vege's and ALL the family is going to eat it. With this weightloss journey I have been cooking one meal for me and then another one for the rest of the family, when I actually thought about it I realised what a twit I was being as I don't ONLY want ME to be heathly. I have converted Adam (2.5 year old) to eating my WW cereal of a morning.....LOL he much prefers it to coco pops or something like that and the whole family are great fruit eaters but terrible vege eaters, so as of this week I am not going to buy anymore 'yellow' foods (ie. chips, nuggets, 2 minute noodles) and see how they handle it.
Right its lunch time and I am a bit peckish so I will love ya and leave ya and go and have something to eat.
Today I have a doctors appointment as I have to get a sun spot on my face checked out (and burnt off I think) as it is changing shape and colour and both my dad and aunty have had melanoma's on their faces so I'm getting it seen to before it turns into anything nasty.
My 5 years old Reece has been having some 'emotional' moments the last couple of days, he keeps thinking about his Poppy dying and gets really upset. He will be there watching TV or something and then just start crying, when I ask him whats wrong he says 'Pop is old and is going to die and I am going to miss him'....bless his wee heart. I am not one for going into death etc with a 5 year old but to help him emotionally I just told him that Pop is old and will die but not until he is also old and married with kids...........hahaha, that started a whole new subject.
I spoke to Andrew about it and he said he can remember going through a similar thing at about 7 when he use to always think his mum was going to die...........strange family ay?
Right onto less more morbid things.
My water and steps have been excellent and tonight I am going to make brown rice with HEAPS of vege's and ALL the family is going to eat it. With this weightloss journey I have been cooking one meal for me and then another one for the rest of the family, when I actually thought about it I realised what a twit I was being as I don't ONLY want ME to be heathly. I have converted Adam (2.5 year old) to eating my WW cereal of a morning.....LOL he much prefers it to coco pops or something like that and the whole family are great fruit eaters but terrible vege eaters, so as of this week I am not going to buy anymore 'yellow' foods (ie. chips, nuggets, 2 minute noodles) and see how they handle it.
Right its lunch time and I am a bit peckish so I will love ya and leave ya and go and have something to eat.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Weigh in
Gain of 200g taking me to 98.1kgs (total loss 12.2kgs)..........hhhhmmmmmmm I'd like to moan about that gain but alas I can't. I made some bad choices during the week and I must face up to it.
I managed to find my old pedometer (the one that zero's out on me alot) and I am determined to keep up my steps. The steps week that was:
Wed - 10440
Thurs - 8555
Fri - 7534
Sat - 5373
Sun - 0 (Turangi funeral - didn't wear it)
Mon - Lost my pedometer at pools
Tues - 4753 (Found my old pedometer at 10am)
Average for the week - 7331 which is about 1270 extra per day compared to last week (gotta like that!).
Apart from the gain last night, I am actually feeling really positive and enjoying experimenting a bit with my food (thanks to the few of you that put your recipes up for me to copy).
After weigh in I went home and had yellow and purple kumera, pumpkin and onions roasted in the oven with a citris dressing (prenzels) and it was divine!
I am finding that the last couple of weeks I am enjoying meals without meat which is different for me. I find red meat is too fatty (mince I mean - not steak) and steak just doesn't do it for me, I usually eat mostly chicken but occasionally throw some fish in but the last few weeks I have been eating either vegetarian or fish (with a bit of chicken thrown in) and I feel really good......what's up with that????
Water has been brilliant and now I just need to get the exercise in sync (I say this every week) and I will be away laughing. I noticed that the few nice days we had hear in Wellington did wonders for my exercise and I was out and about so ROLL ON THE NICE WEATHER I say!
I managed to find my old pedometer (the one that zero's out on me alot) and I am determined to keep up my steps. The steps week that was:
Wed - 10440
Thurs - 8555
Fri - 7534
Sat - 5373
Sun - 0 (Turangi funeral - didn't wear it)
Mon - Lost my pedometer at pools
Tues - 4753 (Found my old pedometer at 10am)
Average for the week - 7331 which is about 1270 extra per day compared to last week (gotta like that!).
Apart from the gain last night, I am actually feeling really positive and enjoying experimenting a bit with my food (thanks to the few of you that put your recipes up for me to copy).
After weigh in I went home and had yellow and purple kumera, pumpkin and onions roasted in the oven with a citris dressing (prenzels) and it was divine!
I am finding that the last couple of weeks I am enjoying meals without meat which is different for me. I find red meat is too fatty (mince I mean - not steak) and steak just doesn't do it for me, I usually eat mostly chicken but occasionally throw some fish in but the last few weeks I have been eating either vegetarian or fish (with a bit of chicken thrown in) and I feel really good......what's up with that????
Water has been brilliant and now I just need to get the exercise in sync (I say this every week) and I will be away laughing. I noticed that the few nice days we had hear in Wellington did wonders for my exercise and I was out and about so ROLL ON THE NICE WEATHER I say!
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
The weekend that was........
Saturday was quite with Andrew at golf and me and the kids at home.
Sunday started very early (5am) as me and a family friend had to go to my Aunties funeral in Turangi in a day. Go there at 9.30am and went straight up to the marae, didn't get away until 1.30pm and then took nearly 5 hours to get home as there were 3 accidents......dumb drivers following too closely in wet conditions.
Monday morning I got a sleep in (good husband good!) and then breakfast and coffee made for me. Got dressed and sat outside in the sun for an hour or so watching the kids play and then headed off to Mitre 10 for our Wellington bloggers lunch. I had the best time with the best company and totally forgot my camera but Sue took some and may post them?
There was Sue, Helena, Karen (and baby Rachel) and Jo and we must have been there over 2 hours. We laughed and jokes and had a lovely lunch and lots of coffee's.
Got home around 3pm and then decided to take the kids to the pools as it was really muggy, it was really packed but the kids had a ball and the only downfall of the trip was that I lost my pedometer. I will give them a ring today to see if anyone handed it in (doubt it).
Got home and did all the usual lunches, packing bags etc and got to be around 10pm.
I have been excellent with my water intake and my food hasn't been too bad (apart from my triple chocolate brownie at Mitre 10 - oh and the 4 picnic biscuit fudge bars), hmmm re-reading that comment and I can't really say my food has been that good, bugger!
Weigh in tonight so I will have to wait and see.
Sunday started very early (5am) as me and a family friend had to go to my Aunties funeral in Turangi in a day. Go there at 9.30am and went straight up to the marae, didn't get away until 1.30pm and then took nearly 5 hours to get home as there were 3 accidents......dumb drivers following too closely in wet conditions.
Monday morning I got a sleep in (good husband good!) and then breakfast and coffee made for me. Got dressed and sat outside in the sun for an hour or so watching the kids play and then headed off to Mitre 10 for our Wellington bloggers lunch. I had the best time with the best company and totally forgot my camera but Sue took some and may post them?
There was Sue, Helena, Karen (and baby Rachel) and Jo and we must have been there over 2 hours. We laughed and jokes and had a lovely lunch and lots of coffee's.
Got home around 3pm and then decided to take the kids to the pools as it was really muggy, it was really packed but the kids had a ball and the only downfall of the trip was that I lost my pedometer. I will give them a ring today to see if anyone handed it in (doubt it).
Got home and did all the usual lunches, packing bags etc and got to be around 10pm.
I have been excellent with my water intake and my food hasn't been too bad (apart from my triple chocolate brownie at Mitre 10 - oh and the 4 picnic biscuit fudge bars), hmmm re-reading that comment and I can't really say my food has been that good, bugger!
Weigh in tonight so I will have to wait and see.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Photo's
Here are a couple of photo's of Andrew and the boys Jetskiing on the weekend, Adam playing with the ducks (well, trying to) and Reece in the front seat of my Nissan Patrol as we launch Andrew into the water.
Weigh in
Lost 400grams bring me down to 97.9kgs (total loss of 12.4).
I was rapt with that result and went home and had the yummiest fish and salad dinner. Only a couple of weeks ago, I would 'reward' myself with a treat on my weigh in night (ie. Burger King, Subway, chinese etc) but thought about it and realised that it was then taking extra effort to work that off (HELLO Rachel !!!) so now I don't do that anymore and I think it is really going to help me.
I have been really slack on my exercise and steps (results below) so if I can only get the eating and exercise in sync I will be ON FIRE.
Steps for last week:
12/1/07 - 5907
13/1/07 - 6217
14/1/07 - 5176
15/1/07 - 7028
16/1/07 - 5977
Averaging - 6061 per day which is well below what I was aiming for, so this weeks challenge will be to increase my steps.
I was rapt with that result and went home and had the yummiest fish and salad dinner. Only a couple of weeks ago, I would 'reward' myself with a treat on my weigh in night (ie. Burger King, Subway, chinese etc) but thought about it and realised that it was then taking extra effort to work that off (HELLO Rachel !!!) so now I don't do that anymore and I think it is really going to help me.
I have been really slack on my exercise and steps (results below) so if I can only get the eating and exercise in sync I will be ON FIRE.
Steps for last week:
12/1/07 - 5907
13/1/07 - 6217
14/1/07 - 5176
15/1/07 - 7028
16/1/07 - 5977
Averaging - 6061 per day which is well below what I was aiming for, so this weeks challenge will be to increase my steps.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Back to work
Good ole Monday and back at work, I had a busy weekend and Mother leaving so it was all go!
Went out for dinner on Friday night with Mum and Bing to my favourite restaurant (Furnace) and had a lovely meal.
Squid fin (entree)
Roasted Vegetable's combo (main)
Cheeseboard for dessert (only a little taste)
3 bottles of Mudhouse Sav shared with Mum (bad.....very bad)
All in all I didn't do too back with my eating but the drinking went WAY overboard and I certainly paid for it the next morning.
I had a hair appointment at 10am and sat there for the first 30 minutes trying not to throw up (THAT BAD!) but then the panadol's kicked in and I could actually talk in complete sentences.............LOL
Saturday afternoon I took Mum and Bing to the airport for a 3.30pm flight back to Oz which got delayed to 7pm due to fog in Wellington (I know!!!) and mechanical problems.
Sunday I went and did my grocery shopping in the morning while Andrew and the boys attempted to clean the house but I reckon it was worse when I got back. We then all headed off Jetskiing in the afternoon which was nice if not a bit windy.
Last night I managed to spend heaps of time repacking the kids bags for today as Reece has his first day at the holiday programme, Adam at daycare and Andrew has a launch of a new Cadbury choocolate product (Picnic biscuit fudge.......very nice) so he'll be out early and home late for the next few days.
My steps over the weekend haven't been very good (have got them recorded at home and will post at the end of each week) but my water has been awesome (3+ litre's per day) and my eating has been pretty damn good as well. I looked at the new Superstart menu from Weight Watchers and it looks really yummy and easy to throw together so I am going to give that a try next week (read it AFTER I had got the shopping....typical!).
Went out for dinner on Friday night with Mum and Bing to my favourite restaurant (Furnace) and had a lovely meal.
Squid fin (entree)
Roasted Vegetable's combo (main)
Cheeseboard for dessert (only a little taste)
3 bottles of Mudhouse Sav shared with Mum (bad.....very bad)
All in all I didn't do too back with my eating but the drinking went WAY overboard and I certainly paid for it the next morning.
I had a hair appointment at 10am and sat there for the first 30 minutes trying not to throw up (THAT BAD!) but then the panadol's kicked in and I could actually talk in complete sentences.............LOL
Saturday afternoon I took Mum and Bing to the airport for a 3.30pm flight back to Oz which got delayed to 7pm due to fog in Wellington (I know!!!) and mechanical problems.
Sunday I went and did my grocery shopping in the morning while Andrew and the boys attempted to clean the house but I reckon it was worse when I got back. We then all headed off Jetskiing in the afternoon which was nice if not a bit windy.
Last night I managed to spend heaps of time repacking the kids bags for today as Reece has his first day at the holiday programme, Adam at daycare and Andrew has a launch of a new Cadbury choocolate product (Picnic biscuit fudge.......very nice) so he'll be out early and home late for the next few days.
My steps over the weekend haven't been very good (have got them recorded at home and will post at the end of each week) but my water has been awesome (3+ litre's per day) and my eating has been pretty damn good as well. I looked at the new Superstart menu from Weight Watchers and it looks really yummy and easy to throw together so I am going to give that a try next week (read it AFTER I had got the shopping....typical!).
Friday, January 12, 2007
You gotta read this
Sandii just sent me this link for you all to read.
I am amazed that a MAN wrote this but if he was my hubby, he would have just earned MAJOR brownie points.
http://blogs.smh.com.au/
thedailytruth/archives/2007/01/pinups_they_aint_what_they_use.html
By the way Sandii, if you are reading this - PLEASE email me your address as I am only getting anonymous emails and I wanted to ask you a question.....Good luck with the move chic!
I am amazed that a MAN wrote this but if he was my hubby, he would have just earned MAJOR brownie points.
http://blogs.smh.com.au/
thedailytruth/archives/2007/01/pinups_they_aint_what_they_use.html
By the way Sandii, if you are reading this - PLEASE email me your address as I am only getting anonymous emails and I wanted to ask you a question.....Good luck with the move chic!
Calculations
I found my original weight watchers book from when I started this journey back in Feb 2002 (restarted in August 06) anyway here are the stats:
26/2/02 - Start weight 126.3kgs
My lowest weight October 2004 was 96.3kgs
I always thought my lowest weight was 93.6kgs (wishful thinking...LOL) but that now means that I have lost 28kgs exactly and I am only 2kgs away from VIRGIN WEIGHT...yee ha!!!!
Gotta love that ay? So even though it has taken me nearly 5 years to lose 28kgs (I had a year off when I had Adam) I don't care because I feel amazing now compared to then and I still have 33.3kgs to go (god that was depressing working that out *giggle*) but I have decided that it isn't going to take me another 5 years because I have much better habits now (eating, exercise) and I am going to Aussie for Xmas this year so I want to be no more than 10kgs off my goal. That will give me a major goal of shifting 23.3kgs by Xmas 2007 but I won't be stopping there and will 'go for gold' and hopefully lose the lot! Arrrrr I love being motivated at the start of each year, long may it last :)
Right back to my life in general:
BBQ for dinner last night and we even got the water slide out for the kids to play with as it was SO HOT (Oh yes you read that right - HOT in Wellington!).
I could seriously live on salad all year round........just love it and I am getting very adventureous and experimenting with lots of different flavours ---- YUMMO.
Reece's last day at home with his Pop today and he's off to the holiday programme next week which he will just love. I got home yesterday and there was Reece and Pop on the playstation playing golf (god help me I'm surrounded by golf lovers) and it was really lovely outside, so I turned it off and sent them outside......hahaha.
Before we got the water slide out, we got a bucket filled with water and went and got their water bombs santa got them for Xmas (stocking fillers) and Andrew had some of those little water balloons and we all had a great time soaking each other - cooled everyone down.
Right back to work for me, catch you all on Monday.
26/2/02 - Start weight 126.3kgs
My lowest weight October 2004 was 96.3kgs
I always thought my lowest weight was 93.6kgs (wishful thinking...LOL) but that now means that I have lost 28kgs exactly and I am only 2kgs away from VIRGIN WEIGHT...yee ha!!!!
Gotta love that ay? So even though it has taken me nearly 5 years to lose 28kgs (I had a year off when I had Adam) I don't care because I feel amazing now compared to then and I still have 33.3kgs to go (god that was depressing working that out *giggle*) but I have decided that it isn't going to take me another 5 years because I have much better habits now (eating, exercise) and I am going to Aussie for Xmas this year so I want to be no more than 10kgs off my goal. That will give me a major goal of shifting 23.3kgs by Xmas 2007 but I won't be stopping there and will 'go for gold' and hopefully lose the lot! Arrrrr I love being motivated at the start of each year, long may it last :)
Right back to my life in general:
BBQ for dinner last night and we even got the water slide out for the kids to play with as it was SO HOT (Oh yes you read that right - HOT in Wellington!).
I could seriously live on salad all year round........just love it and I am getting very adventureous and experimenting with lots of different flavours ---- YUMMO.
Reece's last day at home with his Pop today and he's off to the holiday programme next week which he will just love. I got home yesterday and there was Reece and Pop on the playstation playing golf (god help me I'm surrounded by golf lovers) and it was really lovely outside, so I turned it off and sent them outside......hahaha.
Before we got the water slide out, we got a bucket filled with water and went and got their water bombs santa got them for Xmas (stocking fillers) and Andrew had some of those little water balloons and we all had a great time soaking each other - cooled everyone down.
Right back to work for me, catch you all on Monday.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Maybe, maybe not?
The weather I mean..............it maybe nice, it may not be nice - you just can't tell these days.
I am looking out the window and there is definately a bit of sun out there and it isn't raining but it is a bit overcast and not very hot but I am hoping it gets better as the day progresses.
Steps for yesterday 7429 which was down a bit but I didn't get any exercise done which is a bit slack, hence the low points.
I forgot the blinkin' thing this morning which means I won't know how many steps I do today.
I am going for a long walk at lunch today and intend to do a good workout on my bike this evening.
I got heaps of done at work yesterday which was a major bonus and now I have the big things out of the way, I can concerntrate on the little bits and pieces that need to be done (piece of cake).
Talking of cake, I made a HUGE banana cake last night before I went to bed (heaps of old banana's) and cut it all up and only left a couple of pieces at home for the boys and have bought most of it to work for my mates as I really don't want it hanging around the house.
I had a wee piece last night and it was beautiful (Jo Sega - Easy Peasy cookbook) it was called a 'Moist banana cake' and it definately was as the one I usually make out of the Edmonds Cookbook comes out a bit dry.
Today I'm wearing a top (size 18) and pants (also size 18) that my sister gave me and I feel great. I did put on my 3/4 pants from last year (size 22) and they just swam on me so it looks like I will have to go through last years summer clothes and have another clean out.
Mum and Bing are back tonight after dinner out with some of their friends and tomorrow night we are going out for dinner with them (there way of saying thanks for having them) to my favouite restaurant. They have excellent 'healthly' options that are 'to die for' so I am really looking forward to that. Saturday I have a hair appointment which I desperately need and then Mum and Bing fly out in the afternoon.
I am looking out the window and there is definately a bit of sun out there and it isn't raining but it is a bit overcast and not very hot but I am hoping it gets better as the day progresses.
Steps for yesterday 7429 which was down a bit but I didn't get any exercise done which is a bit slack, hence the low points.
I forgot the blinkin' thing this morning which means I won't know how many steps I do today.
I am going for a long walk at lunch today and intend to do a good workout on my bike this evening.
I got heaps of done at work yesterday which was a major bonus and now I have the big things out of the way, I can concerntrate on the little bits and pieces that need to be done (piece of cake).
Talking of cake, I made a HUGE banana cake last night before I went to bed (heaps of old banana's) and cut it all up and only left a couple of pieces at home for the boys and have bought most of it to work for my mates as I really don't want it hanging around the house.
I had a wee piece last night and it was beautiful (Jo Sega - Easy Peasy cookbook) it was called a 'Moist banana cake' and it definately was as the one I usually make out of the Edmonds Cookbook comes out a bit dry.
Today I'm wearing a top (size 18) and pants (also size 18) that my sister gave me and I feel great. I did put on my 3/4 pants from last year (size 22) and they just swam on me so it looks like I will have to go through last years summer clothes and have another clean out.
Mum and Bing are back tonight after dinner out with some of their friends and tomorrow night we are going out for dinner with them (there way of saying thanks for having them) to my favouite restaurant. They have excellent 'healthly' options that are 'to die for' so I am really looking forward to that. Saturday I have a hair appointment which I desperately need and then Mum and Bing fly out in the afternoon.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Weigh in
Well I'm pleased to announce I had a LOSS of 300 grams bringing me back to 98.3kgs (total 12kg loss). I finished the year off (last weigh in before Xmas) with a 300 gram gain and started the New Year off with a 300 gram loss.......gotta love that!
I have also been recording my steps for the last week just to see what I am doing (I hear you should do a minimum of 10,000 steps a day) and was horrified on how much I wasn't doing.
3/1/07 - 5933
4/1/07 - 7793
5/1/07 - 5588
6/1/07 - 3248 (this was from 1pm as I dropped it and it zeroed out in the morning)
7/1/07 - Forgot to put it on.
8/1/07 - 10221 (gym)
9/1/07 - 11982 (went shopping after work - obviously the best exercise for me....LOL)
I want to be doing a minimum of 10,000 steps when I don't do exercise but I want to be doing way over that if I have walked or gone to the gym (to bad you can't wear it in the water when I swim) and then build it up every month.
Right I'd better go and do some more work, I have been flat out at work but don't even seem to have made a dent in what has to be done.
I just looked out the window and it is raining..............IT'S SUPPOSE TO BE SUMMER FOR GOD'S SAKE!!!!!!
I have also been recording my steps for the last week just to see what I am doing (I hear you should do a minimum of 10,000 steps a day) and was horrified on how much I wasn't doing.
3/1/07 - 5933
4/1/07 - 7793
5/1/07 - 5588
6/1/07 - 3248 (this was from 1pm as I dropped it and it zeroed out in the morning)
7/1/07 - Forgot to put it on.
8/1/07 - 10221 (gym)
9/1/07 - 11982 (went shopping after work - obviously the best exercise for me....LOL)
I want to be doing a minimum of 10,000 steps when I don't do exercise but I want to be doing way over that if I have walked or gone to the gym (to bad you can't wear it in the water when I swim) and then build it up every month.
Right I'd better go and do some more work, I have been flat out at work but don't even seem to have made a dent in what has to be done.
I just looked out the window and it is raining..............IT'S SUPPOSE TO BE SUMMER FOR GOD'S SAKE!!!!!!
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Rrrrrrrrrrrr work
Yep it is my 2nd day back at work and I am loving it...............I really am a 'routine' girl and things are getting back to normal.
Andrew and I are back at work (andrew never finished) and Adam is back at daycare. Reece doesn't go back to school until the 7th February (WHAT is THAT about) so he is with his Pop this week and then in a holiday programme for 3 weeks after that (there goes MORE money I don't have).
Mum and Bing arrived back at home last night (after going to Auckland for a wedding) so they (and my Dad) got nice and drunk last night on the back deck with the lovely weather and then kept my kids up unit 9.30pm until I went in and told Mum off ............. Oh how roles have reversed!
Mother moan below:
The one thing I hate about Mum when she drinks is that she gets all 'poor me' and 'why aren't you doing what I say' attitude and treats me like a child which I REALLY hate but if I say anything, the drama of it is too much so I keep my mouth shut.
She knows how hard I am trying with this weightloss journey but because she isn't doing very well she tries to sabotage me to make her feel better. Last night she was hassling me to have a few wines with her and eat a plate of cheese and biscuits because she felt like eating them. I stuck to my water and didn't eat anything until dinner and rather than say 'good girl Rachel' she sulks and drops her lip.........don't ya just love that.......NOT!
But I was very proud of myself that I didn't cave (I have thousands of times in the past) and stuck to my guns, I sat there and thought "I am not going to get to your age and still feel like I do now about my weight, I am going to get this weightloss out of the way and live a healthly life!".
Andrew could see I was quite upset and managed to not piss her off too much and went and built a gate for our fence..........hahaha.
I cooked a big roast chicken with all the roast veges and cauliflower/brocolli with cheese sauce and managed to have one small helping of everything and then left the table (again Mum kept telling me to eat more which I ignored) and I didn't feel all full and bloated afterwards.
Mother moan over.........
Weigh in tonight and I have had a sneaky look at my scales this morning and I reckon if I can get away with a small gain (or maintain) I will be lucky. I am about 300 grams up to my last weigh in but it is only the morning so by the time I eat etc, we will see. I am really hoping it isn't a big gain but I am NOT going to moan about it as it was ME who ate so much over the Xmas/New Year period so I have to pay the price which is fine. At least I didn't go totally overboard and loose the plot completely (which I have done numerous times over the years).
I'm sure I had more (interesting) things to say but I have drawn a plank (had to believe I know.....LOL) so I will sign off and catch up with you all tomorrow morning with weigh in results.
Andrew and I are back at work (andrew never finished) and Adam is back at daycare. Reece doesn't go back to school until the 7th February (WHAT is THAT about) so he is with his Pop this week and then in a holiday programme for 3 weeks after that (there goes MORE money I don't have).
Mum and Bing arrived back at home last night (after going to Auckland for a wedding) so they (and my Dad) got nice and drunk last night on the back deck with the lovely weather and then kept my kids up unit 9.30pm until I went in and told Mum off ............. Oh how roles have reversed!
Mother moan below:
The one thing I hate about Mum when she drinks is that she gets all 'poor me' and 'why aren't you doing what I say' attitude and treats me like a child which I REALLY hate but if I say anything, the drama of it is too much so I keep my mouth shut.
She knows how hard I am trying with this weightloss journey but because she isn't doing very well she tries to sabotage me to make her feel better. Last night she was hassling me to have a few wines with her and eat a plate of cheese and biscuits because she felt like eating them. I stuck to my water and didn't eat anything until dinner and rather than say 'good girl Rachel' she sulks and drops her lip.........don't ya just love that.......NOT!
But I was very proud of myself that I didn't cave (I have thousands of times in the past) and stuck to my guns, I sat there and thought "I am not going to get to your age and still feel like I do now about my weight, I am going to get this weightloss out of the way and live a healthly life!".
Andrew could see I was quite upset and managed to not piss her off too much and went and built a gate for our fence..........hahaha.
I cooked a big roast chicken with all the roast veges and cauliflower/brocolli with cheese sauce and managed to have one small helping of everything and then left the table (again Mum kept telling me to eat more which I ignored) and I didn't feel all full and bloated afterwards.
Mother moan over.........
Weigh in tonight and I have had a sneaky look at my scales this morning and I reckon if I can get away with a small gain (or maintain) I will be lucky. I am about 300 grams up to my last weigh in but it is only the morning so by the time I eat etc, we will see. I am really hoping it isn't a big gain but I am NOT going to moan about it as it was ME who ate so much over the Xmas/New Year period so I have to pay the price which is fine. At least I didn't go totally overboard and loose the plot completely (which I have done numerous times over the years).
I'm sure I had more (interesting) things to say but I have drawn a plank (had to believe I know.....LOL) so I will sign off and catch up with you all tomorrow morning with weigh in results.
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
2007
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!!!!
Sorry I haven't been around to leave comments on anyone's blogs but I haven't even had a chance to read as Mum and her hubby are staying in my computer room and I just can't get in here. They have just left to go to Auckland for a wedding and won't be back until Sunday night so it will give me a chance to catch up with everyone.
I have been very boring and don't really have any news.
We had a BBQ on New Year's Eve and had my Dad plus Mum and her hubby (everyone gets along thankfully) another couple from our old street and Andrew, me and the boys. We all got to bed around Midnight which was quite late for us..........LOL
The weather has been shocking!!! Today is the first time I have seen a wee bit of sun since before Christmas, so the boys are outside (got mostly outside toys for Xmas....poor things) playing with their toys and I am just getting the house back together now our guests have left for a few days.
Andrew has had to work through and has only had the public holidays off but he doesn't mind too much as he and my Mum DON'T get along so it is best they keep apart as much as possible.
I go back to work on the 8th and I must admit I am looking forward to getting back into a routine.
I didn't go to weigh in last night as everyone was out and I didn't fancy taking the kids with me plus I am not looking forward to what the scales are going to say to me but I will front up next week!
I have had a wee peek at my home scales (couldn't help myself) and it looks like about 2kgs damage .... argh! I am now back to my cereal for breakfast instead of a cooked one and am making much better choices for lunch and dinner but I must admit it is much harder of an evening when you have guests staying.
Right I'm off to play with the kids for a while (we taught Reece to ride his bike today) and then a good ole coffee is on the cards.
Sorry I haven't been around to leave comments on anyone's blogs but I haven't even had a chance to read as Mum and her hubby are staying in my computer room and I just can't get in here. They have just left to go to Auckland for a wedding and won't be back until Sunday night so it will give me a chance to catch up with everyone.
I have been very boring and don't really have any news.
We had a BBQ on New Year's Eve and had my Dad plus Mum and her hubby (everyone gets along thankfully) another couple from our old street and Andrew, me and the boys. We all got to bed around Midnight which was quite late for us..........LOL
The weather has been shocking!!! Today is the first time I have seen a wee bit of sun since before Christmas, so the boys are outside (got mostly outside toys for Xmas....poor things) playing with their toys and I am just getting the house back together now our guests have left for a few days.
Andrew has had to work through and has only had the public holidays off but he doesn't mind too much as he and my Mum DON'T get along so it is best they keep apart as much as possible.
I go back to work on the 8th and I must admit I am looking forward to getting back into a routine.
I didn't go to weigh in last night as everyone was out and I didn't fancy taking the kids with me plus I am not looking forward to what the scales are going to say to me but I will front up next week!
I have had a wee peek at my home scales (couldn't help myself) and it looks like about 2kgs damage .... argh! I am now back to my cereal for breakfast instead of a cooked one and am making much better choices for lunch and dinner but I must admit it is much harder of an evening when you have guests staying.
Right I'm off to play with the kids for a while (we taught Reece to ride his bike today) and then a good ole coffee is on the cards.
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