Long Weekend - A distant memory

WOW that weekend went fast.
Had a fantastic time and the weather cooperated.
Don't have much time on here as I'm at work by myself as the other lady rang in sick (yeah right!) so its going to be a bullent point post.

* Took Adam to his first swimming lesson and he loved it and is WAY to confident.
* Had a friend and her kids around for lunch.
* Went shopping with said friend and left kids at home.
* Picked up family portraits and they are smashing (I'll take a photo soon)
* Got a new toy (Eppi something which is basically a stepper with handles)
* Got a visit from the gorgeous Leenie but she didn't ride over on Trude (much to
my kids disappointment).
* BBQ for Dinner on 3 occasions (love BBQ's).
* Visited some old neigbours who now live an hour away.
* Went shopping with hubby for some clothes for him (didn't get anything - he is so
fussy).
* Also went out for a coffee with hubby (no kids) which was a real treat.
* Helped Reece finally ride his new bike (still has to use the step to get on it).
* Took the kids around to friends house to play.
* Hubby finished building new front gates (they look fab).

- Drank too much.
- Ate WAY to much and it was the non healthly kind.
- Didn't exercise *sigh*.

So all in all I had fun, ate whatever I wanted (so gunna pay for it tonight) drank whatever I wanted and socialised to our little hearts were content - one very FABULOUS long weekend.

Be back tomorrow (hopefully) with some pictures.

Weigh in

Loss/Gain: Nope - stayed the same
Total loss: 23.3kgs
Current weight: 87.0kgs

A bit dissapointed with that but so be it.

In Paulene's Spring Challenge (6 weeks) I managed to lose 1.5kgs which is something eh?

So my day off was a total disaster, started off getting the kids off and out of the house late, then did my shopping and didn't finish that until 9.30am. After getting home with the shopping and putting the meat (only) away, off I went to meet a JP who needed to sign some papers for me which took forever. I then popped into Upper Hutt to post the said forms away and had parked next to Postie Plus (BIG mistake), was just about to walk in the door and heard a 'oy!' which was from the fabulous looking Helena who was also going in for a shop. Then popped in to the place where Reece is having his hip hop concert in December to get the tickets (I'm now totally broke, what is with that?) which cost me $70.00 for 1 adult ticket for each show (there are 4 in total) and 1 child's ticket for Adam so he can come with me on the last day.

After finally getting home at midday, I finished unpacking the groceries, put on a load of washing and took in the 2 loads that were on the line, tidied up the lounge and kitchen and then thought I'd better get onto the kids room.

Looked at the time and it was 1.30pm and I had to pick Adam up in an hour to take him to the dentist....argh!

Needless to say the boys room got a quick 'lick and a promise' rather than a 'clean out' but at least it was bareable to look at by the time I had finished with it.

Went and picked up Adam from daycare - dentist (he was a little angel) and then back up to Upper Hutt to get Reece his remote control car and a transformer for Dad to give him for his birthday *phey - wipes brow), ice cream for the little fella for being a good boy at the dentist (how ironic) and home to get dinner on.

Are you are tired reading that as I was doing it?

So I did get a few things done but not half of what I wanted, thinking I could do most of it in 1 day was mad (yes thank you chris - stop nodding your head now).
We (in Wellington NZ) have a long weekend coming up (Labour Day) so I am going to try and tackle the hallway (sanding and undercoating) in between taking Adam to swimming lessons, having Reece's mate and mother over and viewing our pixi photo's which we had taken the other week.....yeah right! Wishful thinking.

BUT what I did get done for myself last night was 4 scrapbook pages after the dishes were done, kids bathed and into bed, while neglected husband watched mindless TV.

Sore back

I spent 3+ hours on my PC last night downloading stuff for my digital scrapbooking and had an absolute ball but I can't remember the last time I spent that much time on the PC and it isn't really set up very ergonomically hence my sore back this morning........well worth it though. That stuff is so very addictive and I was telling Kate that even Andrew made the lunches last night because he knew I wasn't coming off that PC anytime soon......LOL. That NEVER happens!

I've decided to take tomorrow off work because I have heaps of 'stuff' to do at home and just never find the time to do it (no I won't get off the PC of a night....hahaha). The boys room is the most major thing that needs to be de-cluttered and while they are at school/daycare tomorrow I'm going to tackle the whole room (wardrobes/draws/toy boys).

I also wanted to get the paint (undercoat and top coat) for the hallway and get some sandpaper and get started on the wooden skirting boards and doors. I HATE HATE HATE the preparation when painting but it must be done so I'm hoping to get most of it done while there is nobody home.

I also want to get the groceries done, take Adam to the dentist (3pm) get a JP to sign some papers for me, get some items together for a Xmas raffle at Adam's daycare, look for a remote control car for Reece's birthday, pop up and visit Helena, soak and wash all the nettings in the house and look for a new BBQ table for outside but I'm guessing those things aren't going to all get done tomorrow (DUH ya think?).

I wonder if I'll fit a walk in????? Here's hoping!

Right best I get everything sorted here at work so I don't have a massive pile when I get home.

Time to spend some money

Firstly the weekend rap up:

Saturday -

Cleaned house in the morning

Went and got groceries in the afternoon
Went to a friends house for a pot luck dinner and by the way, I am the dance mat queen (some thing you attach to your playstation and dance). Ate way too much, drank even more but danced the night away on this dance mat thing.......nice!


Sunday -

Late start (with very sore head)

Visitors for a coffee

Tried to clean kids room out (draws, toys etc) but didn't get very far

Sister turned up so went shopping with her while kids stayed home with their father who was building the front gate.

While out I got the kids a cowboy outfit each and also stopped off at 'Tog Zone' (swimming bars in Upper Hutt) and got Adam signed up for swimming lessons starting next Saturday at 10am (parent assist...argh!).

Went and had coffee and toasted sandwich with sister

Plonked in front of the TV while hubby cooked dinner

Went and had bath and went to bed by 9pm.......ah bliss.

Very lazy weekend.....not good.

Anyway back to the title - time to spend some money.
Hubby and I have been talking about getting a few things down around home and we have been trying to do things as we get the money but most things we just want done NOW, especially the fences (only 1 side to go now - 50m long) so the kids can go out and play and one of us don't have to be out there with them.

So we have compiled a list and are starting to get some quote's together and when we know approx what we need, we are going to the bank to get some more money and JUST GET IT DONE! I'll be happier, hubby with be happier and we will be able to spend more time with the kids on the weekend rather than always working on something for the house. Here are the things we want done (in no particular order):

Fences/Gate - $3,000.00
Underfloor insulation - $800.00
Texture coating house/garage - $ waiting on quotes
Carpet (lounge/hall)- $ waiting on quotes
Interior Paint & undercoat (whole house) - $300.00
Exterior paint (gutters/sills etc) - $100.00
Heater (bathroom) + sparky - $150.00
Lino (bathroom & toilet) - $ waiting on quotes
New curtains (master bedroom ) - $200
New bed linen - $200.00
Front door (add glass and repaint) - $ waiting on quotes
Treadmill (I wish! - we'll see) - $2,000.00

Our house has been revalued by the council and has gone up $110,000 in 2.5 years which is brilliant apart from the extra rates we have to pay now but it really needs a spruce up.

Digital Scrapbooking

OMG your've done it now Kate, I'm addicted.

Following Kate's lead (private blogger) I have followed her instructions and started digitally scrapbooking and I am 100% addicted. I joined a site and got a free starter kit and have now created my first page. Its very basic but its a start, I have been sitting on this PC for over 2 hours while my poor husband sits in front of the TV on a Friday night by himself.......LOL

Here it is, what do you think?



Right best I go and talk to hubby before going to bed and then getting up early to start on my 2nd page.

Nite nite *yawn*

SPAM

How do I get rid of spam left in my comments?

I occasionally see when I am leaving a comment "deleted comment" but I can't find where to do that.

2 posts ago (Head in the sand) I have a massive spam comment which was also left on Lyn's latest post....grrrr

If leaving advise, please make it idiot proof as I'm not that crash hot with this blog navigating.

Weigh in

GAIN: 100g
Total loss: 23.3kgs
Current Weight: 87.0kgs

Strangely enough I'm quite pleased with this result as 2 days ago my scales were showing a 2kg gain so I think I'm quite lucky getting away with only a 100g gain.

I've got my head back in the right place and got most things sorted at home (de-cluttered, menu's sorted) so this week is going to be a pearler!

Reece has his first Hip Hop class tonight so I'm leaving work early to take him the first time (then his Pop will pick him up from school and take him).
I will make sure I get some photo's of him in his Hip Hop gear because he thinks he is such a 'dude' (which he is of course).

Weather has really packed up after a lovely day yesterday, terrential rain, flooding, cold - roll on summer I say.

Nothing else to report so I'll love ya and leave ya...........bye.

Head in the sand

Boy have I had a shocking week of eating and exercising.........I mean SHOCKING!

Got on the scales this morning and I am over 2kgs up on last weeks weight, lets see what I can reverse before tomorrow nights WW weigh in.

I'm cluttered!
I mean everything is cluttered at the moment in my life. My house is a mess and I HATE that, I'm not organised as far as planning my food and exercise and the kids stuff is everywhere around the house and I sit on the couch of a night and look at it all and it annoys me but not enough to get off my behind and do anything about it.
Hence my weight has increased because I have just eaten 'whatever' is going and everything I've made has been quick and easy (ie. sausages, chips and egg's etc) not good.

I can't work it out *shakes head*, I really don't know why I have gotten 'lazy' for a better word the last week as I was feeling so fantastic a few weeks ago *shrugs shoulders* I just can't work it out.

I'm back at work this morning and have had a 'shake' for breakfast as I wasn't organised this morning and didn't bring my yoghurt for my cereal. I have had 1.5lts of water which is good compared to my efforts of late but don't even want to think about lunch - oh I've just had an idea (lightbulb moment), I have to go and get Reece some shoes for hip hop today at lunchtime and subway is next door which means I could just get a subway and not think about it..........yep, that's what I'm gonna do.

Had a nice, if not uneventful weekend. Quite Friday night and then Saturday morning at 7am (yep 7am) I had a friends mother's funeral to go to. Headed to McD's for a coffee (trim latte) afterwards as it was the only place to get a coffee at 8.15am.
Off to Upper Hutt to get Reece's Hip Hop pants ordered and pick up hubby's jeans which he was getting altered. I then decided I had 15 minutes to kill before my hair appointment so went and spent $70 on a new pair of jeans as the only long pair I had are just too baggy now.

Hair done (just a colour and a fringe trim) and grabbed some more groceries for the BBQ in the afternoon.

Had 8 adults and 4 kids which was great and the weather even co-operated so we were able to stay outside for 80% of the time.
I ate stuff I would never usually eat (ie. apple crumble, homemade cheesecake, creamy pasta salad) for no apparent reason as I didn't enjoy the way I felt afterwards.

Drank lots of wine instead of breaking it up with some water and woke up really dehydrated the following morning.

Sunday morning and the All Blacks (Rugby team) lost their quarter final in the World Cup which put hubby in a hineous mood. Had to get family portraits taken and then hubby to golf and me and the kids just stayed at home and played with lego and Adam's Bob the Builder toys.

Kid's in bed by 5.30pm (tired fromt he night before) me in bed by 9.30pm but didn't go to sleep until 11.45pm and now feeling 'low'.

I'm hoping some retail therapy (even though it is for Reece) at lunchtime will lift my spirits.

I need a plan.......

I think I will go home tonight (nothing else planned) and get my planned menu's out and write myself out a shopping list and get the food side sorted out for the week and then do some exercises at home (ie. lunges, swats etc) and I'm sure that will make me feel better?????? Get the ironing done which I keep saying I'm going to do but then sit down and watch TV instead and clean my kitchen benches of 'clutter' as this always makes me feel better (anal I know).

Right I've got a plan so lets see me stick to it !!!!!!

Sorry for the doom and gloom post but I felt the need to vent and to let you all know why I have been slack updating this week.

Weigh in

GAIN: 100g
Total Loss: 23.4kg
Current Weight: 86.9kg

As you can proberly tell, I'm not a happy camper.
A gain??????? What is THAT about????
I THOUGHT I'd had a great week and before anyone starts telling me that its only 100 grams, I know I know it is but I need to vent and I've done that now so I'm over it.

Hubby took me out for dinner last night to 'Speights Ale House' which was absolutely devine!

I had pumpkin soup for entre' with a half loaf of bread (that I shared with hubby) and then had the Black Cherry Chicken for main which was a chicken breast stuffed with cashew nuts and cream cheese and then wrapped in bacon with a black cherry sauce....mmmmmmm yum.
I would have loved the chocolate mud cake they do which is really good with a coffee but thought better of it (plus I was full) and went home.

Went to bed and woke up 2 hours later with the most wicked reflux/heartburn and when I thought about what had caused it, I summised it must have been the pumpkin soup which I think had cream in it (cream does it to me everytime). I haven't had reflux since I was about 100kgs and I must admit I don't miss it, I managed to find a couple of quickeze tablets but it was very uncomfortable for a good 30 minutes or so.

We have a BBQ planned for this weekend and the weather is going to be horrible for the rest of the week but is suppose to clear on Saturday (fingers crossed) because we have quite a few people coming (ex Cadbury people) and we only have a little house so I want it to be nice so we can stay outside. We have opted for a lunchtime/early afternoon BBQ hoping we can stay outside. We have heaps of seafood in the freezer that Andrew's Mum and Andrew have caught (ie. crayfish, white bait and paua) that needs to be eaten (only lasts a couple of months in the freezer) so we are looking forward to that.

I'm hoping to pop into Helena's after work to see how 'Miss Gorgeous' is getting on.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to KT today as well - 24 years old!

Ho hum

Hello

Just plodding along here, haven't had anything exciting happen in my life in the last few days...........how boring!

Didn't get up to much on the weekend, went shopping with my sister and got a nice pair of shoes (yes another pair) a pair of 3/4 black pants for work and 2 tops.
Took the kids to the park to fly kites and kick rugby balls and that's about it.

I have been quite good with my food and water but not so good with my exercise (no suprise there) if only I could get it ALL together, I'd be on fire.

Still feeling really good and going shopping and managing to get clothes from shops I have NEVER stepped into before is a real buzz.

Had a pedicure on Sunday with a mate and ran into Jenny who was buying a really cool outdoor furniture set.

The boy started his new job at Tip Top Bread yesterday and he bought home the freshest loaf of bread I've EVER had in my life (bread being my downfall) and I only managed to eat 4 slices before I put it out of sight. They get 2 loaves a day to bring home of whatever flavour they like so he is going to get one white loaf for him and the boys for lunches and a nice loaf (i.e. seeded/grainy bread) or garlic bread for BBQ's.

Weigh in tonight and I'm confident of a loss which is a nice feeling. I've got 2 weeks left (after tonight) for my Spring Challenge I'm doing over on Paulene's blog and I wanted to reach 85kgs (which I thought would be EASY - NOT!) so I have 1.8kgs to go.

Girls and kiddies

3 gorgeous girls and 8 kids (ranging from 3 years old to 12 years old) and we had an absolute BALL.

The kids entertained themselves and all we had to do is call them to the table for dinner and after they scoffed their meal (and pudding) they were off again so we got to sit down and have a nice girlie chat while eating our dinner.

Marinated chicken thighs
Corned silverside
Egg and potato salad
Roast vegetable salad
French bread
Focossia Bread (sp?)
Chocolate self saucing pudding

I managed a small portion of everything and was quite satisfied.
I even had some chocolate pudding which I haven't had for ages and really wasn't that fussed with it.
Oh did I mention I drank nearly 2 bottles of wine *giggle* I wonder how many points that was??? I only had about 4 or 5 glasses but I would describe them more as BUCKETS.

I had a terrible night with Adam who woke up 5 times crying and it took quite a while to get him back to sleep (a bit too much entertainment for the wee fella I think) so I have had a shocking nights sleep but woke up a box of fluffies this morning (go figure?).

Another grey, cold, windy, rainy day in Wellington which is a bit of a bummer for the kids who are on school holiday's as they haven't had a nice day yet and it nearly the end of the first week.

Steps yesterday were 9200 so an improvement on the day before which is all good.

Weigh in

Loss: 1.1kg
Total loss: 23.5kg
Current Weight: 86.8kg

Told ya I have been feelin' great and this weeks result just proves it. A little bit more exercise in my life ALWAYS helps with the scale results and I know that but it is just hard to do sometimes.
I also managed to keep my pedometer on for a whole day and clocked up 8648 steps which I intend to improve on today........on fire baby!

Things I have noticed over the last few months:

When I got to buy alcohol from the grocery store and the 16 something year old rings for a Supervisor to 'check' I am over age - they don't even look at me now, they just say 'yep'....*sigh* I keep telling them "can't you just LOOK to make me feel better"......LOL. They must think I'm pathetic.

When I go somewhere (ie. out for dinner etc) the young waiters always call me madam now instead of miss......hahaha.

A young man (approx. 15 years old) opened a door for me the other day and said "There you go lady" as if I was 90 years old *big, lung filled sigh*...I'm getting old.

I really don't mind, in fact I do have a bit of a giggle most of the time but it seems I am noticing these things more and more and realise my youth is fading away into middle age. I remember my parents always saying to me that they might have been 40 but they only felt 25 and I have to agree with them, the unfortunately thing about that is I'M STARTING TO SOUND LIKE MY MOTHER - eeekkkkkkk.

Raining today in the Capital of NZ and pretty cold as well which doesn't help me with my water intake - oh well, suck it in Rachel and just drink it!

Two of my girlfriends have their husbands away on business so they are having a 'pot luck' dinner at one of their houses (the one with the biggest house) and me and the kids are going as well (3 women, 8 kids) so we (the women) are going to drink LOTS of wine and hope this helps us with not hearing the 8 children who will be running around like mad things because they are so excited to see each other. I am taking a HUGE corned silverside with 2 french sticks of bread, our host is doing chicken pieces with a MASSIVE salad and the 3rd lady is doing dessert which means there will be heaps of choice for me (apart from the dessert) and awesome company.
Hubby is going to drop me and the kids off and then pick us up when we are ready to come home (good man!) so I don't have to worry about how much I drink (well I do but you know what I mean). I'll try and remember to take my camera.

Right better go and do some work......chow

Another new one

New Pedometer: - CHECK!
Steps so far today (9.45am): 2522

Andrew chose the one with the tightest/strongest clip he could find so lets see how long it lasts.

Went and changed some boardshorts after work yesterday as I got a size 18 and didn't try them on and when I got home they were WAY TOO BIG.....*snigger, snigger, snort*.

Popped into Woolworths and got some crumbed snitzel (sp?) for the boys for dinner and I had the left over tuna bake from the night before.

Boys in bed by 7pm, me in bed at 10.30pm (after lunches, tidy up etc)...love it!

Thought I'd tell you a funny story (well I think its funny), I went and had a shower last night and when I got out Andrew asked me how come I take so long in the shower, or his exact words were "What in god's name do you do in there for that long?" and this is what I told him:

1. Strip off and jump in shower
2. Wash hair, condition hair
3. Shave armpits
4. Shave legs
5. Shave nether region....hehehe
6. Get out and wrap my hair in a towel and dry myself
7. Put my hair bleach cream on my ladies mow (top lip)
8. Clip toe nails
9. Put Heel balm on my cracked heels
10. Put moisturiser on elbows (also get dry and cracked)
11. Put celulite stuff from my ankles to my bum
12. Put eye cream on eyes
13. Put night cream on face and neck
14. Notice a few stay hair on eyebrows, so pluck them
15. Take off hair lightener from top lip
16. Brush teeth
17. Clean ears (cotton buds)
19. Hang towels and bathroom mat up
20. Put nightie on and go into my bedroom to blowdry my hair

To which he said "I didn't need to know that - I won't ask again"........LOL

Before I go, I just wanted to say a HUGE HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Helena.
Have a fantastic day mate :)

Another weekend gone

Man the weekends go by quickly, I can't believe I've had 2 days off.

Friday night I babysat for a friend which was excellent as they kids were brilliant and I only had them for an hour and off to bed they went so I sat and read half a book. I got home just before midnight and everyone in my household was asleep so I took the opportunity to have a coffee and read more of my book.

Saturday was last day of soccer and then we had Reece's mate for the rest of the day, so we went to the local bakery and loaded up and went to my sister's and had lunch there (I had a sandwich and a sausage roll) and then went home and the boys played outside for a couple of hours in the sunshine while I pottered around doing housework. Popped into Helena's to drop off a pair of pants and WOW that chic is GORGEOUS!!!! I nearly cried - she just looked sooooo amazing!
Saturday night after dropping Reece's mate off home the boys wanted KFC for dinner which I got (I had a shake) and they ate that and then Adam and I headed off to the Pool Party (Reece said he had a sore tummy so he stayed home) and stayed for about 2 hours (heaps of kids) and then home, kids in bed and I went to bed early as well.

Sunday - Quiet day at home with the boys, played outside most of the day even though it was overcast and spitting with rain on and off, it was still really warm. Made a yummy tuna pasta bake for dinner and my little bruiser (Adam) had 4 plates and Reece had 2 (Note to self: make that HEAPS) while their father didn't like it and only managed 1 plate and then ate junk for the rest of the night.

All in all I think I had a relatively good weekend with my eating but alas no exercise apart from running around with the kids both days.

I've got my gym gear today and will be at the work gym after work.
I've drank 1.5ltrs of water already today and it is only 10.40am (pee'ed about 8 times.....TMI???) and have had a shake for breakkie (going to have 1 shake a day I think) and feel great.

Hubby is hopefully going to get us 2 new pedometers today as Rebel are having a sale and we both want our own rather than having to share. That will be back on my hip tomorrow, I just wish they had a thing that goes around your belt loop or something as that clip really doesn't do much (hence the toilet trip my last one took), oh well, I'll just have to be more carefull.

That's all my news, not very exciting I'm sorry but hopefully this week will prove to be a bit more exciting........details to come.

Another glorious day in Wellington

21 degree's they (the weather gods) reckon we are going to get to day....lovely.

I've got my 3/4 pants on with a thin short sleeved summer blouse and my sunglasses ready for when I go out for lunch.

Yesterday we got to 18 degree's so I went straight home and had a glass of wine on the desk while hubby cooked a BBQ........my ideal evening.

After reading how well Jenny, Jo and Anne are going with their walking (pedometers on) I decided to clip mine back on yesterday morning when I got up and all was good until I went to the loo before I walked out the door for work and as I pull my duds up I heard a 'plop'.........oh bugger! Fished it out (ewwww) washed it off and it seemed to be working so I clipped it back on but when I checked it 2 hours late - NOPE. So that's another pedometer that bites the dust.

Tonight I am babysitting a friends kids at their house on my own with a good book, I can't wait..........LOL. I hope they don't come home too early :)

Saturday is the last game of soccer (YAY!) and then a sauage sizzle and team photo's. My eldest sister then wants me to go around there to see their new carpet they just got laid and to see the kids. Saturday night we are going to a friends fundraiser at Naenae pools (swimming bars) for a pool party night which I'm really looking forward to but Andrew is trying every trick in the book to get out of it...LOL.

Sunday - Nothing (nice!)

Hope everyone has a fab weekend, catch on Monday/

Photo post

I just love photo posts, so I have taken a few photo's to share with you all.

The first 2 are of my darling 3 year old Adam. I took these photo's later in the morning on Sunday but he did present me with this face at 5.39am.





These are the books and vouchers I bought or won at the fundraising auction I went to on Monday night - notice the 1 months membership at Lifestyles gym.
I also bought a Wellington Lions (Rugby team) poster with it signed by the team for the boys but forgot to take a photo.





Here are a few pair of shoes I bought last week because I work in a job where I am only allowed to wear closed in toes and heals but it gets very hot so it makes it tricky. The jandels I just loved and couldn't resist.






And last but not least, my precious boys Reece and Adam.
Reece did his first Hip Hop class last night and just loved it and came home and tried to teach his brother all of his 'moves'........very cute!






- Eating and drinking everything I'm suppose to.
- Gyming (well treadmilling).
- Feeling fantastic.
- Looking fantastic (clothes getting WAY too baggy).
- I'm only 3kgs heavier than my husband (I use to be over 40kgs bigger - yeah baby!!!)
- People at work (mostly men) are complimenting me on my weightloss and appearance which is very weird because that has NEVER EVER happened.
- Socialising more (don't have only black clothes in my wardrobe)
- This hot weather is definately helping with my eating, drinking and exercising. I knew as soon as the weather picked up, so would my resolve.......I love spring (& summer).

WOW don't know where that came from but that's how I'm feeling at the moment.

Weigh in

Lost: 200g
Total Loss: 22.4kg
Current Weight; 87.9kgs

Got home from weigh in and TOM arrived so I wasn't to worried about the small loss, a loss is a loss right?

It has been mad at work plus I have my performance review this afternoon (god I look amazing on paper......LOL) and I have to leave early as I am picking Reece up to take him to his first Hip Hop class to see if he likes it.

I had a quite weekend like I'd planned - bliss!

But Monday, Tuesday and today is full on but the time is racing by so that is a good thing.

Sorry this is only a short post but I'm snowed under at the moment.......be back later.

Quiet weekend

Its not very often it happens but I actually had a quiet weekend as far as visitors or visiting which was nice.

I even got quite a bit done around the house.

Saturday was soccer then I had Reece's mate for a few house and when I dropped him home I spent an hour or so having a coffee with his mum.
We are going to a fundraising auction tonight for her daughter's basketball team and she is organising it so we made up a basket (chocolate's, lollies, wine, stuff) to put in the auction plus bought tickets to go and we will more than likely buy a couple of things tonight.......hahaha expensive fundraiser.

Went home and had a hangi (traditional New Zealand Maori meat and vege's cooked underground for 4 or so hours) for dinner (I had half of mine and Andrew finished the rest of mine) which was lovely. Bought from a guy at my work for another fundraiser.

Sunday the weather wasn't very crash hot so the kids and I stayed home while their father went to golf. Had a visit from one of our mates with his two kids at 9am in the morning and then about 10am my housework day kicked in. I managed to clean out both freezers in my house plus the main fridge, then tackled the double pantry and finally the plastic's and crockery cupboard's........*whoa - wipes brow*.
Oh yeah, and then I did all the ironing for the week, made lunches, bathed the kids and got their clothes out for the morning.

I have noticed the first couple of blowflies in the house which is a good sign summer is only around the corner and that Andrew need to 'ripcord' the house to keep those little buggers OUT.

Got to work today and realised I didn't bring my running shoes for the treadmill at the gym (grrr!) but I'm not going to stress about it because there's always tomorrow and I'm hoping to get over there (gym) early as we have got a few slow days at work so I will get extra long at the gym......GOOD PLAN.

Eating on the weekend was my usual - terrible PLUS until last night at about 7pm I don't think I had drank ANY water so downed 1.5 litres which as you can imagine wasn't my brightest idea as I spent half the night up peeing.

Right I'm off to the Australian High Commission here in Wellington NZ to get my passport name changed (to my married name) as I booked my ticket in my married name and forgot I hadn't updated my passport - $234.00 to change my name - how rude!

Cold Friday

Hay! What happened to our nice weather???????
It has disappeared just in time for the weekend.....don't ya just hate that?
I got up and since it is 'casual Friday' I have a nice THIN summery blouse on with 3/4 pants and holey shoes on and I'm bloody cold. I also have a jacket which I am wearing while sitting at my desk (not a good look). Watching the weather last night would have been a good idea but I was confident that with the lovely weather we have had most of the week, it would just carry on.

Hydro:
All I can say about this is HEATED POOL - I DON'T THINK SO.
I was good to see some familiar faces as they had all thought I'd 'given up' (I know what you were talking about Anne) because I haven't been for a while.

On a more positive note, our gym here at work has just invested in another treadmill which is awesome because I loved using the one they had but I had to forever wait and they (being the company) have said that if they get more people using the gym with the 2nd treadmill, they will buy a 3rd one......noice.
So as you can guess, I'm going to bring my gym clothes and starting next week I will be getting back to the gym. I haven't worked out when and what times yet but I'm hoping 2 nights of hydro, 2 nights of gym (which will include my toning exercises either at the gym or at home) and a couple of walks thrown in, sounds like a plan.

I dropped some books off to Leenie this morning because I just couldn't stand it that she was reading Mills and Boone and enjoying it ..... argh!
I also dropped off the latest catalog of EZIBUY and SARA (didn't know if she got it or not) so she can start looking at all the new clothes (and new styles) she will be able to wear soon.

Weigh in

Loss: 400 grams
Total Loss: 22.2kgs
Current weight: 88.1kgs

YAY love that result after the 'not so great' weekend.
I have set myself a goal to lose 750g per week so week 1 hasn't gone to plan BUT I'm not concerned about it because I will make up for it next week.......no worries.
Plus this if the first week without the protein shakes everyday (sometimes twice a day), I think I've had about 3 all week so I'm happy that my eating hasn't gone totally haywire.

Didn't get to Hydro, I do have a couple of excuses but they are pathetic (couldn't find togs, girlfriend rang etc) so I have told myself I will go Thursday night even if there is a MAJOR EARTHQUAKE/FLOOD/*insert major reason*............

I need to get out my fake/rub on tan stuff that I got through Avon (bloody brilliant) as there seems to be heaps of people nice and brown and I am lilly white (not a great look) and with the weather getting nicer I think I could do with some colouring up.

Nothing else to chat about really so I'll sign off and get back on here when I think of something riverting to say.......LOL

Mini challenges

Right I have been thinking and I really don't have any short term goals as far as my weight goes so I decided to join Paulene's Spring 6 week Challenge and put down that I wanted to lose 3.5kgs in that time (0.6kgs per week), I did this last Friday.

But after thinking today, I realised that that isn't very challenging and I wanted to up the antie so I rang my girlfriend and asked her if I could borrow her new top for my Xmas 'do' which she said yes to. The only problem is that I tried it on last week and it was at least a size too small, I loved it that much that I went into Stax (where she got it from) and tried to get myself one but they didn't have a larger size (typical - it was the 1st time I had ever set foot into the shop) so I figure I will need to lose about 5 or 6kgs to fit into it and the work 'do' is usually the first week in November which gives me 7 or 8 weeks........stay with me people.

So I plan to lose 6kgs in 8 weeks which is 750g per week.......yep I reckon I can do that will a bit of planning.

I am NOT doing any exercise and this MUST change so I am going back to Hydro tomorrow night (twice a week) and riding my bike twice a week and my mate (the one with the top) has hand weights which she is going to lend me and show me some 'at home' exercises I can do twice a week which will give me 6 days of moving my butt for that top. Next time I go to her house, I will take a photo of it and give you a visual of what I am striving towards.

Great, good, glad I got that out there.

I am meeting Andrew after work so we can both get a new pair of runners because he has been unwell and has been told he has to do more exercise (golf doesn't count!) so he and his mate are going to start running of a night and I will do my exercise while he is doing that.........sorted!

The weekend that was

Friday I went and visited the beautiful Helena and I was blown away by how chipper she was. I got to see the fabulous new body (with a not so gorgeous body suit on it) and she looks fant-friggin-tastic!

I thought I'd better take a photo to show you all that she is alive and well (more than well!).





Headed to the Hen's Night and it was boring and horrible and the food sucked, I ended up getting home at 9.45pm (no really!). More photo's.






Saturday was soccer and then I had one of Reece's mates for the day, dropped him off at 4pm and ended up at my sisters for a couple of hours and then home with the boys for takeaway chinese.
Sunday dawned and the boys were excited because their Dad was coming home after 5 days in Te Araroa white baiting so we whipped round and had a clean up and then spent the morning outside in the sunshine.......lovely.
Andrew arrived home at 1pm and I got a break for a while because they were all over him.....again - lovely.
Had whitebait fritters for dinner and nothing else, 6 in all but everyone was bloody beautiful. He also brought home lots of crayfish which he loves, I can take them or leave them so I wasn't very excited about that.....LOL

Kids were exhausted and in bed by 6pm (yeah baby!!) so I sat up and read my book and he had a wee sleep on the couch while also watching some cop show.
Bed by 11pm and all is back to normal in my house this morning......ah nice.

Hen's Night........

........and I'm going to be sober - that makes a change.

I'm also the 'bride to be's' sober driver plus a few others which makes me smile.
I got her some boiled lollie willies....hehehe and a badge to wear announcing that she is the one getting hitched and about 8 other badges that say 'hen's party girls' which I will distribute once we get there. I also went and got her a beautiful pair of white lacy nickers.

I am going to pop in and see Helena on my way out as well because I am just busting to see how she is now she is at home.

Weekend is going to be quite hopefully, I have soccer in the morning but not much else planned which makes a change.

The last couple of days have seen me eating great and drinking loads of water.
My usual day consists of weight watchers cereal with yoghurt in the morning, vitaweats crackers for lunch with vegemite and some sort of meat and either salad or vege's for dinner. I find that I can be quite boring sometimes and think this might have something to do with why I had a blowout last weekend so I have decided to get my menu plans out again but revise them a bit because they had a lot of 'sheperd's pie' and 'lasagna' and stuff like that on them and I really must stay away from mince as it gives me wicked heartburn.

I had sushi for dinner and got the boys McDonald's so I wasn't feeling bloated or overfull (gotta love sushi) and then I jumped into bed early to watch a movie 'The Lake House' with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock as I have been wanting to see it for ages and I certainly was NOT disappointed.....*sigh* I love those sorts of movies (romances or romantic comedies) and ).

Right that's it for me this week, catch ya all next Monday.

P.S. Happy Birthday M for Saturday and Chubbymum for Sunday *mwah*

Weigh in & Protein Shakes

Loss: 700 grams
Total loss: 21.8kg
Current Weight: 88.5kg

REALLY happy with that and I know I was good 'most' of the time but I reckon those yummy protein shakes really did the trick for me. I said I wanted to drop a couple of kilo's in the 2 weeks I was doing the shakes and that's exactly what I did, I lost 2kgs exactly over the 2 weeks......noice!

Got home from weigh in and Andrew had made my favourite meal at the moment with is unpronoucable (sp?) but is an indian dish that he gets the sauce from one of his dairy retailers with garlic and corriander roti and vegetable fried rice. It was really good and I enjoyed every bite.

Andrew went to Gisborne this morning with a mate to go Whitebait fishing with his Mother, she has the best spot up there and we just LOVE whitebait.

So me and the kids have a few outings planned and tonight we are going to stay with my mate Jo (who I went to Auckland with a few weeks ago) and her kids for the night as her hubby is also away. Lasagne and curry is on the menu (wierd combination I know but I had lasagne out of the freezer and she has left over curry) with a salad, so I should be able to choose wisely. Andrew's mate's wife is also coming over later on for a few wines which will be lovely.

I have a Hen's night on Friday night for a dear friend (her 2nd marriage) who I work with and I am also looking forward to that as we are meeting at my sister's (its also her best friend) and starting with a few drinks and the 'naughty' presents and then moving onto the Workingmens Club (Yes yes I know, nana's!) for dinner and some dancing. I have decided to drive (less hassle) so will be partaking in one wine and then heaps of water (drunk through a penis straw.....LOL), and will try and get lots of photo's.

Haven't heard from Leenie today but will be ringing soon to see how she is getting on. Ta ta for now.

Helena Update

Hi guys and gals, just to let you know that Helena has come through the op wonderfully and even had something to eat last night.

Craig's text to me last night:

Hulo craig here, leenie is awake and starving she is feeling quite narrow she is happy and chatty

How cool is that!! If you pop over to her blog, her hubby (Craig) has updated and will hopefully update again today.

Protein shakes:
I am feeling 100% better today and have been having my protein shakes and drinking loads of water.

Had a nice hot bath when I got home and jumped into bed and read my book which I bought at the Spring Fair on the weekend (Watermelon by Marian Keyes).


**********GUESS WHAT??????????**********

Helena just txt me as I was typing this update to tell me that the Doc took off 9.8kgs (500g with lipo) and because she weighed in at 102kgs on the hospital scales, she now weighs womewhere in the region of 92-93kgs.............*sqeals with delight*, she is SO HAPPY and is up brushing her hair and teeth......wahoo!

Oh Oh another 'guess what'??

I've just spoken to her on the phone and she is feeling fantastic, eaten twice and been up and about. The nurses and doctor are totally amazed that she is doing so much and said she could more than likely go home tomorrow (originally it was to be Thursday). She has been taken off the 'hard' drugs and is now just on one pain killer and panadol.....wow!

Right I've been gas bagging to her and typing this for the last hour so I'd better get some work done me thinks....

Healthy to very unhealthy

Last week I was ON FIRE! I was doing my shakes, feeling great, getting a little exercise, drinking ALL my water plus some and just generally feeling fantastic.

This week.............disaster!.

Saturday

Spring fair, decided I would eat when I got home but ran late and didn't get home until after 2pm and then just started getting the food ready for the BBQ with our friends who were arriving at 5pm.

I then proceeded to make the salad's for dinner and kept popping things in my mouth that I usually never do. Now you would think alarm bells would be going off right about now but NOooooooooooo, onto the mango philly cheese with crackers and dip and don't forget the packet of chippies that I taste tested while Andrew went and picked up our guests.

I then ate 3 BBQ'ed sausages (not on the plan) and half a loaf of garlic bread (not good) a large piece of steak and minimal salad......WTF? I then proceeded to ice the chocolate eclairs and make the fruit salad and put the marshmellows out and had a huge bowl with everything in it???????

I'm sure the 2 bottles of wine did nothing to help me either.....*sigh*

I then got up Sunday morning and made Andrew his 'Father's Day' big breakfast as well as giving the boys eggs on toast and I just had 1 piece of toast (all good). When Andrew left for golf I then found my way to the pantry and ate half a bag of left over chips and 3 more sausages out of the fridge. I then made the boys lunch and had 3 sandwiches (yes 3) with vegemite and cheese on them. I had had no water for over 24 hours but about 6 coffee's.

This was about the time I started to feel really sick and bloated and had to think of what to make for dinner for Dad and Andrew (Father's Day again). I ended up roasting a chicken with pom pom potato's and left over salad (there was heaps thanks to me not eating bugger all the night before) and dinner rolls.

I finally gave myself a talking to and had a shake and was quite satisfied and not hungry so I sat at the table with the family while they ate tea (no promblems right?......wrong) and I started picking and ended up having 2 dinner rolls with chicken and stuffing on them.

I really have NO IDEA what that was all about because 9/10 times when I ate, I wasn't hungry. I'm not due for my monthly so I can't blame that and I had good choices to make (ie salad) but chose to eat crap........I am so kicking myself today.

This morning I've had my 30g WW cereal and trim milk and a shake for lunch plus 2.5 litres of water and feel 100% better (but not back to normal) and I'm at a loss as to why I did that to myself on the weekend. Looking back, I thought maybe because I was missing my carbs (ie bread) so just went crazy which may be right but I felt horrible, sluggish, bloated afterwards and do not want to eat bread the way I use to (only a month ago).

I have weigh in tomorrow night and pretty much think I have stuffed this week up but it is also my last week of protein shakes and I think I haven't achieved what I wanted (which was to drop a bit of weight faster than I usually do) but I will wait and see what the results are tomorrow night.

I don't think I will give the shakes away completely as I really rate them as far as stopping me snacking (ignore this past weekend) and really filling me up, so I might have one or two a week when I don't have time to eat properly.

OK, this is a horrible negative post and I just HATE being negative and down on myself but I can't hide from what I did and I have left this post to really late in the day (which isn't like me) because I didn't want to post what a bad weekend I'd had but then decided that I wanted to be honest and you guys need to know that there is good and bad weeks (no suprise to anyone I bet) and I have to face up to it rather than hide from it.

Rant over.......

On a brighter note, Leenie is in for her op today and I'm busting to hear from her hubby about how it all went (hurry up Craig!).

Protein shake - Day 9

Still going strong and feeling GREAT.

Food yesterday:

Breakfast: WW cereal and yoghurt
Lunch: small packet of sushi (hubby bought it into work for me.....ohhhhh)
Dinner: berry shake and grapes

Snacks: 1 mini packet of sakata crackers (10 in each packet - 1 point)
Water: 4 litres

I have also been having 3 coffee's a day which is one more than I had planned but still think 3 is better than the 6 or 8 I usually have.
My carbs have been nearly non-existent and I haven't had bread in 9 days and feel fantastic for it.

I have the most annoying tickle in my throat which hasn't turned into anything (like a cold etc) but it is driving me crazy and the only thing that gets rid of it for a little while is gallons of water, hence my 4 litres yesterday. So really the negative of having the tickle has turned into a positive because I'm drinking my water without even thinking about it......LOL

Saturday I will be down at the fruit and vege market early and then going to get my hair cut and coloured (it sooooooo needs it) and then I'm off to have a look around the Upper Hutt Spring Fair. It is always a lovely fair and that's where I usually get Andrew and Dad's father's day presents. I'm also meeting a friend afterwards at a coffee shop up there to have a coffee and watch the people walking up and down the street (its a yearly thing we do - weird aye?).

We have a few friends coming over on Saturday night and we are going to try and have a BBQ, I'm hoping the weather is wrong (forecast is rain) because there will be 4+ kids and I want them outside as we only have a tiny house plus I don't want hubby to get too wet while cooking the BBQ.....hahaha.
I actually chose what we were going to have because I was trying to think of something that the adults AND kids will eat and a BBQ is meat and salad which will be easier to prepare and be excellent for my eating plan.

Sunday being fathers day, Andrew will get his BIG BREAKFAST with all the trimmings and then he and Dad are off to golf for most of the day and I will have a BIG ROAST DINNER for when they get home, so most of my day will be taken up cooking, cleaning up and cooking again (I'm such a good wifey).

I won't be around tomorrow as I have a full day course (Industrial Medic) and won't get to my computer, so I'll catch you all next week.......have a good one.

Weigh in

Lost: 1.3kg
Total loss: 21.1kg
Current Weight 89.2kg

Gotta love that and gotta love those shakes…………yeah baby!

Really please with that result and I am feeling so much better having lost that 1.3kgs.
I will stay on the shakes for another week and aim to lose the same if not more as I have given myself a kick in the butt about not exercising and have every intention of getting on that bike and walking this week. NO MORE EXCUSES!

My water has been brilliant (2.5 – 3.5 litres per day) and my food has been awesome, last night hubby made me a beautiful beef stir fry and won’t tell me the marinade/sauce he made it with (proberly because he can’t remember) as it was his own recipe.

I also got a really cool cookbook from WW last night as a “sorry you couldn’t weigh in last week because we didn’t have a key” and it has some really quick simple recipes in it. I have flagged about 3 or 4 I want to make straight away so when I do (if they are any good) I will post them on here with points value etc.

Righto, since I’ve been at work for 40 minutes best I go and do something – bye

I feel good.....da nah nah nah nah nah nah

Yep Tuesday morning and I am feeling awesome.
I have had a relatively good week with food/water/exercise and I feel heaps better for it. The shakes are still amazing me as far as flavour and how effective they are. I was saying to Helena on the weekend that I have set morning/lunch/afternoon tea at work and usually when that time arrives I am hunting for food because I am hungry but since being on the shakes, I haven't felt hungry (I'm not eating morning or afternoon tea) which amazes me no end.

Yesterday was a bit of a challenge as it was hubby's birthday and the kids wanted 'party' food and the old man wanted an ice-cream cake (healthly food - I think NOT!). So I did a huge bacon and egg pie and little party pies (mini savories) with fairy bread (kids love it).

That's what everyone had and I had (wait for it)..........cereal and yoghurt...hahahaha got I'm boring. So that was the 2nd time I had cereal and yoghurt yesterday (also had it for breakfast) but I really love it and it fills me up.

We also had friends (and my Dad) around to 'cut the cake' and we all had a piece. Now I have NEVER been an ice cream girl because the creaminess of the ice cream give's me reflux and I suffer for it but thought I would chance it as it was something I haven't had for years and guess what? MAJOR REFLUX all night (will I ever learn) so I was really peeved that I suffered for one little indulgence but it did give me resolve not to touch the bloody stuff again.

I also get reflux from pastry (hence no bacon & egg pie) mince and chops do it to me as well (fat content) so luckily for me I can quite easily stay away from this stuff 99% of the time.

God I ramble............

OK, weigh in tonight and I will be happy with whatever the scale gods bestow on me. I have no magic figure in my head of what I expect or anything, just a loss will be fine. Until tomorrow :)

Sunny Wellington Weekend

What a fabulous sunny, warm (not hot yet) weekend we had here in the capital.

Andrew went to golf so the boys and I thought about what we wanted to do and when I asked them if they wanted to go to the park or the Warehouse they chose the Warehouse.....hahahaha shopaholic's like their Mother (so proud *tear*).
Didn't really get anything, just went for a wander.

Saturday night we went to Lonestar for dinner (finally) and it was well worth the wait. I had heard the meals were huge so Andrew and I decided to share an entree (guacomole) and we didn't finish it as we really wanted to 'save' ourselves for the main. I had ordered the chicken breasts that were stuffed with mushrooms and other yummy stuff and then crumbed with a lovely mushroom sauce and Andrew got the stuffed pork and both came with roasted potato's and coleslaw (the coleslaw was amazing). So I ended up with 2 chicken breasts which blew me away and the only thing I managed to finish was the coleslaw and most of the chicken but I stayed away from the potato's (only a few) and Andrew also only got through about 3/4 before he admitted defeat. When asked for if we wanted the dessert menu we both said "yes please" and when we looked at it we decided there was NO WAY we could eat anything more.....LOL

BEAUTIFUL!! Really enjoyed it and can recommend it for a really good meal but be warned they are MAN size meals plus.

Wandered over the the Michael Fowler Centre and had a coffee/beer in the bar there and waited for the Tony Orlando show (he sings tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree - I kid you not!) which was Andrew's birthday present (he is 38 today) and I was DRAGGED along. He was a good performer and the band was brilliant but it really wasn't my sort of music, Andrew loved it and actually got up and danced to one song with all the other oldies......LOL The people next to us told us we were too young to be there and we were actually the youngest people there.

Sunday was breakfast/brunch with the girls (Janene, Chris H, Sue, Jenny, Anne, Jo & Rose) to have a last cuppa with Helena before she goes in for her op and it was excellent catching up with these women. It amazes me that we are all so different and come from different places but we all get on REALLY well.
We then headed in to the Women's Expo (minus Jo and Rose) for a wander around for a couple of hours and I really enjoyed it. I haven't been over to Chris H's blog this morning but I bet there are some fab photo's.
Grabbed a takeaway coffee (thanks again Sue) and headed up to Sue's apartment in town which was gorgeous.

Home by 3.30pm.........brilliant!

Sat down with the boys for a couple of hours and made birthday cards for Andrew with my card making stuff. Heaps of fun and they couldn't wait to give them to their Dad this morning (5.45am).

Protein shakes - I had two shakes on Friday and a lovely salad for dinner with a corner of Andrew's steak.
Saturday I had one shake for lunch (cereal & yoghurt for breakfast) and then Lonestar for dinner.
Sunday I had a shake in the morning before we left and then muesli, fruit and yoghurt with the girls at brunch and then a handful of raw cashew nuts when I got home and corned beef and salad for dinner.

Back into it today.....

Protein shake - day 2

i think I will record what I have eaten and whatnot so I can look back at it in future.

Hubby has decided that since I don't like the chocolate shake, he will have it and has found that he isn't snacking after dinner (he still eats 3 meals a day + the shake) which he thinks is great.

Breakfast: Berry shake
Lunch: 8x vitaweats with vegemite, grapes
Dinner: Vegetable stir fry and berry shake
Water: 3 litres

Great day I think and I wasn't hungry once! I even left some of my vege stir fry (unheard of) because I stopped and thought about if I was hungry rather than showelling it down my throat until it was finished.

Had a phone call from Adam's daycare yesterday morning to say he had fallen off the trampoline rebounder and cut his head (not enough for stitches) and they thought we needed to take him to the doctors to see if there was any real damage done. As Andrew was in the area, he went and got him and I got a phone call on the way to the doctors (from Andrew's car) from Adam saying "I got a cool hole in my head Mum"....LOL he is so different to my oldest who would have cried for a month.

Got checked out - all OK, back to daycare after his Daddy took him to McDonald's for lunch.

Went and got the grocery shopping after work and I have managed to get it down to $400.00 for a months worth and then I just top it up the other weeks. That doesn't include fruit and vege's which I have been getting from the Riverbank market we have here on a Saturday morning which usually costs me about $35.00 a week. So all up I am only spending $160.00 a week on groceries for a family of 4 which I reckon is bloody good. In days gone by when I use to shop weekly, I could spend about $250 - $300 easily. Mind you now the kids don't have nappies and formula that has saved heaps.

Even if I can say $10 a week that is $10 towards my spending money when I go to Aussie in January so I can buy CLOTHES.

Shake, shake, shake.......

Day 1 - done and dusted!

Breakfast - Berry shake.......yummo!
Lunch - WW cereal with yoghurt and some green and red grapes for lunch......yum.
Dinner - Mesculin salad leaves, cucumber, spring onion, red and green capcicum's, 60g shaved ham and a sprinkle of Lite Italian dressing......yum AND a chocolate shake (not so yum - I'm not a chocolate girl).
Water: 2.5litres

I usually get peckish about 9pm and last night I was shocked to see it was 9.45pm and I was thinking of going to bed and I hadn't even thought of food (gotta love that).

Was suppose to do my ironing and exercise bike last night BUT (here comes the excuse) it was SO COLD so I cuddled up to my husband on the floor in front of the fire watching mindless TV.

Feeling GREAT, chat tomorrow - Bye *waves*

Weigh in ..... NOT!

No weigh in this week as the leader and the weigher didn't pick up the key because another girl does BUT she didn't turn up, so after 15 minutes of waiting in the cold we all left and were told we would have a FREE meeting next week.

Anyway I went straight home and jumped on my scales which said 90.8kg which are 300g difference from the WW scales which means I stayed the same (I think), so I'm going with that.

Got up this morning and prepared my food/shakes for the day and drank my 1st cup of coffee with trim milk and sweetner (only having 2 coffee's a day).

Breakfast will be a berry shake
Lunch will be WW cereal (I love this stuff) with fruit (grapes)
Dinner will be another shake (chocolate this time) with a salad.

See how we go......

Protein Shakes

Yep I'm gunna try the ole protein shakes.

I feel I need to get back into the swing of things and drop a couple of kilo's to get my head back in the right place and I am doing my usual thing which is trying to not put on weight rather than trying to lose weight.

So I am weighing in tonight and starting the protein shakes tomorrow. I have also gone out and gotten some low GI fruits which I will have with my protein shake and then limit my evening meal to a small amount of protein and lots of either steamed vege's or salad. I am going completely cold turkey with all carbs (bread, potoato's, pasta, rice etc) and lowering my dairy intake as well as cutting out all alcohol.

I will do this for 2 weeks only as I know it isn't sustainable long term and I don't want to be substituting my meals for shakes as I really enjoy food but I need to get some control back as my portions are getting bigger and I am picking HEAPS more because I think I'm hungry and I'M NOT!

LET THE SHAKES BEGIN....................

On other totally unrelated news, I had a lovely weekend which started with me up and out of the house at 7.30am to the Hutt to get my fruit and vege's and then back to pick up the hubby, father and kids and get down to soccer which we discovered was cancelled when we got there (I really need to listen to the radio in the mornings).

Helena came around for a coffee and we talked non stop (as we do) for a couple of hours (thanks mate, love your visits).

Then got the thomas the tank engine train tracks etc out and built a massive track in the loungeroom which the kids thought was 'cool'.

Saturday night we had one of Andrew's friends come around for a couple of hours to visit.

Sunday - Totally Mum and the boys!!
Went to the warehouse and got one of Reece's mates a present for his birthday next week then asked them what they wanted to do and they wanted to 'go visit people'......hahaha social little butterflies just like their mother.
We ended up at my eldest sisters for banana piklets (yep I had 3) and muffins (didn't have any muffins) then went to another friends where it was just coffee and the kids ran around for a couple of hours........nice.

Got home just before Andrew came home from golf, cooked an easy dinner (eggs on toast for the boys with sausages) and I had a vegetable stir fry.

NO ALCOHOL, what a bugger!

Kids weekend

Well as the title suggests, it is going to be a kids weekend. Seeing as I have spent the last two weekend's away I want to spend some time with the boys.
I have a funny feeling soccer won't be on tomorrow if the forecast is correct (yay!) so I will get out all their Thomas trains, lego, colouring books etc and just have a games weekend.

I have the wonderful Helena visiting me tomorrow for a coffee and that's about it as far as visitors go.

Yesterday I went to Mitre 10 Mega with Jo (birthday girl) for our usual chicken salad (creatures of habit) and treated myself to a triple chocolate brownie....hehehe. I figured that since I had a TRIM latte and a chicken salad, I needed to balance that out with something sweet and yummy with yoghurt on the side of course....LOL.

Drank all my water yesterday (3 litres) and finished the day off with Lasagne and salad for dinner.

Tonight I am popping into a girlfriends after work for a coffee and catchup and then home to a cooked dinner hopefully (Andrew is at home today).

Right that is my exciting life, hope everyone has a fab weekend and I'll catch you all on Monday.

Weigh in

Lost: 300g
Total Loss: 19.8kg
Current Weight: 90.5kg

SO not complaining about THAT!!

I'm hoping my weekend doesn't catch up with me next week but for now I am rapt with a loss.

I've been mulling over weather to do The Ultimate Cleanse that Lyn is currently doing because I have been feeling very sluggish and yuk and a good ole clean out sounds like the ticket. I must admit I am a bit scared at the limited amount you can eat and I am watching and waiting to see how Lyn does (sorry Lyn) before jumping in.

Here is the link in case anyone is interested in what I'm talking about.

I'm hoping to take Jo out for her birthday tomorrow if she's available (such a busy girl that one....LOL) and the darling Helena is coming to visit me for a coffee and gasbag on Saturday so two things to look forward to this week.
That reminds me, I'd better email Jo and see if she's still on for Mitre 10 (of course).

Auckland weekend

*UPDATE*

In case you missed it in the post below, I ate very high in fat foods. I didn't make good choices when out and the only liquid I drank was coffee and wine (+ 1 margarita) which means I didn't drink any water apart from the glass I had Sunday morning with a berroca added.

I didn't once think about it, I ate and drank what I wanted, I had a fabulous time but know THAT'S IT now. I have had 2 weekends away and I am ultimately going to pay for this one on the scales this week (like I did with last week) but I don't mind as I had a blast.

BUT - today is Monday and I am back into it. My bowl of cereal this morning was the best thing every and I have had 2 litres of water already and feel fantastic.

OK, original post below

PEACE OUT ;0)



HAD A FANTASTIC TIME
LOVE AUCKLAND

Jo and I arrived Friday (lunch time) and hit the shops on K'Rd and Queens St, didn't buy anything apart from food (panini and coffee) but got in a few hours and were truely amazed at some of the sights (people, fashion).
Jax arrived at about 6.30pm and we downed a bottle of wine (or two) and nibbled on cheese and crackers then headed out to Thai for dinner and again ended up looking at the sites on K'Rd (boy/girls with REALLY high heels and sleezy pubs and young boys hugging in the streets.....very sad some of it).

HOME BY 10.30pm...............LOL nana's.

Saturday we were all awake at 6.45am (WTF???) so got up, had a coffee and some panadol and berroca and chatted until about 9am and then headed to a nice cafe on Ponsonby road. I had corn fritters with bacon and mushrooms which was devine.
Headed to St Lukes Mall as we all prefer malls to street shopping and I managed to get a really funky top (in picture to follow) and I loved it but did feel like I had stepped out of an Austin Powers movie (groovy baby) and of course a nice new bra to go with it. We walked around that mall for nearly 6 hours and all got nice new clothes and Jo and I went for a pedicure (forgot we had sneakers on and walked around for an hour with no shoes.....hehehe thank god we didn't know anyone) and Jax got a head and neck massage.

Grabbed some sushi and went home and did the showers, make up and manicure (I have a kit) and got stuck into the cheese and crackers and wine again (I know, I know).
Headed out about 8.30pm to a really nice Mexican restaurant (we just got mains - I had a burrito thing with HEAPS of salad) and I had my very first Magarita (average).
We then headed to a bar/nightclub called Booey Wonderland (we have one in Wgtn as well) and it was OK but there were lots of smelly people (BO) and I HATE that so we mainly watched the goings on and then cabbed it home about 12.30am (better effort).

Sunday morning Jo had to leave on an early flight so we waved her goodbye and then headed down to the Viaduct harbour for breakfast at a place called Mecca which was beautiful and I managed to eat the Mecca Big Breakfast and two Bowls of trim latte.

We had parked about 500 metres away from the viaduct because we weren't paying $18.00 for an hours parking (I kid you not) and as we left the skies opened up and we got soaked and I mean soaked. Luckily we had checked-out of our hotel so all our clothes were in our bags in the car, so we high tailed it to Sylvia Park shopping mall and got changed in the carpark (the hair was a no go) before spending a few hours there (Thai again for lunch) and then heading towards the Auckland airport but having to stop at Manukau shopping mall.

Got to the airport at 3.15pm as I had to check-in at 3.30pm for my 4pm flight and was then told the flight was delayed until 5.10pm....gggrrrrr! We ended up leaving Auckland at 5.40pm and got in at Wellington at 6.40pm. The kids (who had driven their father mental all weekend *giggle* were all excited (as they had been at the airport for hours) and very tired as they hadn't eaten dinner so it was a quick trip to McDonalds on the way home (god I love Boss burgers) and walked in the door at 8pm last night.

FULL ON WEEKEND but BRILLIANT - Excellent company and just fun, fun, fun.

Unfortunately I kept forgetting to take my camera OUT with me but I managed to get a couple of shots of the girls and I in our room.



Me, Jax and Jo



Me trying to get a close up so you can see the cool top I bought......groovey!



Me and Jax (love her top as well)



Jo and Jax (Awesome chic's)

Weigh in

GAIN: 900 grams (no suprise there)
Total loss: 19.5kg (back under the 20kg...grrr!)
Current weight: 90.8kg (back over the 90kgs...grrr!)

Oh well can't do much about that and to tell the truth I'm really not concerned that much because I had an awesome time at Chris's and didn't think of my weight AT ALL or what was going into my mouth (food or drink) which is quite weird considering it was a bloggers get together.

I've built my bridge and am OVER IT! Roll on next week.

I have such a massive weekend planned I feel like I'm going to pee myself everytime I think of it (TMI??).

I'm going away with my 2 best mates, one from here in Wellington and one from Whangarei (use to live in the same street a couple of years ago) and we haven't been together for years. We have all got the same sense of humour and get on like sisters and we have finally got a weekend that we can all get together and just have fun. FUN will consist of staying at a nice hotel on Ponsonby Road in Auckland, shopping, drinking (lots of water and alcohol), eating (cafe's and restaurants for 3 days), shopping, chatting and shopping (did I already say that?).

All I really want to buy is a really good bra, you know the kind that sits you up as well as pushes everything together in a 'oh so sexy' 20 year old perky way that is also pretty (not conventional and ugly). I need this to go with two of my tops I got from Chris's party.
I also need a nice pair of flat casual shoes for the top and pants I got from ezibuy while also away in Palmy on the weekend. So that is my two priorities and then anything else I can find will be a bonus.

I love 3 days weekends...........

Plan for the rest of the week is to get my work here (work) up to date so I don't come back with a pile to do as well as get my house cleaned and a meal or two cooked for the boys on the weekend or they will live on takeaways (breakfast, lunch and dinner) even though they won't tell me that.

Blogger Mid Winter Xmas party!

Well where do I start?


Saturday I was up nice and early and down to soccer I went with the kids and they won which was a rare event and Reece scored 2 goals for his team and one for their team...hahaha (He is second from the left).



Then raced home and had a shower, bumped my bags in the car (which I'd packed the night before) and shot off to pick up Helena.

Gas bagged all the way to Palmy and couldn't believe we got there so quickly, shot to New World to get some supplies and arrived about 2.30pm.

Lyn, Lee-anne, ChubbyMum, ChubbyDad, Janene and Felicity were already there and drinking so Helena and I quickly got ourselves settled and the gabfest started.

Helena made a comment in her blog saying that apart from us eating the yummy dinner Chris and Stew put on, there wasn't a moment's silence. Everyone got on really well and I felt really comfortable with everyone.
Lynise turned up a bit later and she also just sat down and started chatting with everyone like we had known each other for ages (which really we have in a weird kind of way).
The Christmas present opening was hilarious and everyone got into the spirit of things.

ChubbyMum and Dad I have already met and just LOVED seeing them again.
Lynise was gorgeous and really bubbly.
Chris is of course the hostess with the mostess and made us all feel at home.
Janene was the life of the party and got us all up dancing (thanks for that sweets).
Felicity was a really down to earth lovely person and I really enjoyed meeting her.
Lyn had the best sense of humour and kept us all entertained with her games (ie. how looks and sounds like their blogs).
Lee-anne was really lovely and I felt really comfortable talking to her.
Helena is gorgeous and funny and the 'dancing queen' on the dance floor.
Stew (Chris's hubby) was amazing and cooked for us and then cleaned everything up the next morning (WHAT A MAN!) and was such a giggle when we were opening our Xmas presents.

Got drunk (no suprise there) but also drank 3 litres of water during the course of the night which REALLY helped with the head the following morning.
Had an excellent time jumping on Chris's computer with the girls and leaving comments (which I had to read the following morning to remember what I wrote).

Anyway here are some photo's in no particular order.

Chris (our wonderful hostess)




Chris & Helena the morning after




Felicity (our new grandma)




Helena




Janene (trying to hide through a transparent cup) and ChubbyMum



Me cracking up at Helena's Xmas present (a box with $5.00 in it)




Lee-anne




Lyn




Lynise




Group photo of us all





We did the clothes swap thing (I got 4 great tops and 1 pair of ¾ jeans) and then headed for bed at 11pm…………….pack of nanna’s we are!

Had the best sleep in Brylee’s room (thanks Brylee for giving us your room) and then grabbed a coffee before saying goodby to Chris and Stew (and kids) and headed to Ezibuy for a coffee with ChubbyMum and Dad and Felicity and then SHOPPED but only managed to find 1 pair of brown ¾ cargo sort of pants and a lime green long sleeved top (they look good together).
Dropped Felicity back at Chris’s house and off we went back to Wellington.
Got home about 2.30pm I think and got into my housework as the place looked like a tip. Managed to sit down about 9.30pm last night…………..*sigh*

I had an amazing time and I just loved meeting all you ladies, you were wonderful and I feel like when I read your posts now I will really be able to picture how you say things now which will be totally different.

A BIG THANK YOU to Chris and Stew for opening their beautiful big home to us all.

P.S. I don’t know who brought what but all the food was delicious and when I put on weight this week because I just HAD to have a bit of everything, I’m blaming ALL OF YOU!!!!!! Nah just joking.

Social events

Well I have been eating healthy and drinking my water for the last couple of days but not exercising (that's going to bite me in the butt eh?).

The next couple of days is going to be a challenge.

It is 11.40am at the moment (Friday)and I have a half day today.

First on the agenda is lunch with a girlfriend, then into Westfields shopping centre to get my eyebrow's waxed and then go and get some booze for Chris's party and finally a meeting with Reece's teacher at 3pm .. phew! Somewhere in there I have to dye my mow (oh yes I do) and shave everything...LOL.

Tonight I'm going to get some groceries for the boys on the weekend as I am out of everything and also go and get my fruit and vege's at the river bank markets tomorrow morning, followed by Reece's soccer at 10am and get to Helena's before 12.00 to pick her up and shot up to Palmy for the Mid Winter Xmas party...yeeha!

I intend to be a little social butterfly at the party and get to know EVERYONE while drinking lots and eating little.....hehehehe.
Crash in Chris's recently redecorated spare room and then drag Helena and I back to Wellington sometime on Sunday.

I am already stressing that I am going to forget the camera or xmas pies or present or booze (god forbid!) or a nightie......Yes I can be a stress cadet sometimes.

SEE YOU ALL (who are going) TOMORROW - Woohoo

Weigh in

Gain: 500g
Total loss: 20.4kg
Current weight: 89.9kg

Unfortunately that was expected so I can moan and groan about it. I figure with last weeks huge loss and this weeks gain, I have still lost 2.1kgs in 2 weeks so I'm not complaining.

Not much happening here today, rang Leenie and arranged our travel plans for Saturday. We are going to leave at 12.00 noon so I can go to Reece's soccer in the morning as I am also the Team Manager, so we should get to Chris's about 2.30pm - 3pm?.

Didn't get on my bike last night as I was stuffed once I got home from weigh in and went into Mummy/housewife mode. There was also a programme on that I wanted to watch last night (The Rich list) so when that finished I toddled off to bed.