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NEW YEAR NEW ME!

OK so its not quite the new year yet but 2007 just IS going ot be MY year, I can feel it in my waters :P

I currently weigh in at 93.3 not too bad considering the separation from my partner 6 odd weeks ago, the general breakdown of myself over the past year of crappola, but no dwelling, its time to get myself into better shape and health!

I am giving myself the whole year, i might have mini goals but i just want to be in the healthy weight range for my height by new years 2007/08 so that is UNDER 76 kgs.

I need to do my measurements again and update them and promise to post here more oftedn with what I am doing.

I left weight watchers a bit ago now but will loosely follow their proigram as I know it works, but I dont want to count points forever, I want to just get new habits, excercise more, sleep better, drink less, completely quit smoking, eat more whole foods and just feel better about myself.

So here's to the new me :)

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I know I've been slack lately.

Had some issues at home, they aren't sorted yet, not by a long shot, but I figure I need to take a bit more care of me for now so its time for an update.

Weights hovering around the same, which is good considering I've drunk extra wine in this stressful period!

I had negeklected the treadmill for 2 weeks too and the gym due ot cick kids.

but today i hopped on and am going to start running!

I did 2 minutes then 3 lots of 90 seconds over a 20 minute period, whilst walking in between.

going to aim to do that a few times a week and try walk on it the other days, getting out for walks is abit harder at the moment.

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ok I am a slacker!

I have been excercising this week, I just havent tracked it, so form memory!
I did 2 gym workouts of 1 hour each, did 2 walks of 45 minutes each, I think thats it this week, having the long weekend meant less excercise.

I am going to start running on my treadmill this week though, going to attempt the couch - 5 kms.

Also other big news is I am not going to Weight Watchers anymore.

You see I've been helping out at the meetings for ages now and I knew a month or two ago that I had lost my enthusiam for it all. I LOVE weight atchers, it really is the BEST way to lose weight and I highly recommend it to anyone :) I will be following it myself to finally get to goal, I just wont be going to meetings anymore.
I had been fretting about telling my ww leader (who btw is a lovely lovely lady :)) that I wanted to use the time to go to the gym instead as I think it would help my weght loss more, plus I am busy wiht work kids etc so thats a good solid 2 hour block each week, heck i could do a class and some gym work in that time! anyway my eader pulled me aside to mention how I hadnt been pulling my weight staffwise lately, in a very friendly nice way, and I knew she was right, so in fact it worked out well for her and me, she didnt feel bad (she wasnt asking me to leave either, it just gave me the opening I wanted to have the guts to say I'd rather be in the gym)
I hadnt weighed at the meeting in ages anyway, I was too afraid too :)

OK enough rambling about that, you get the point :)

So here i am, me on my won, going to go for it !

now for a bit of blabbering/crap
a survey I found online, so for fun :)

Bold what you have done before- (oh and feel free to add this to your own blogs!)

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside outside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game (and survived the crush afterwards)
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk.
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe.
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raiseding children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life


oh and november excercise! = 1175 minutes to go!

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weigh in day.

gained 400 grams, not at all fussed or disheartened as have done a lot of weights this week so thiking its just change.

Excercise today 1 hour and 15 minutes at the gym.

1385 minutes to go.

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Going to count backwards for excercise this month :)

I want to rech 1500 minutes!

did 40 minutes this morning at the gym.

1460 minutes to go for November!

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weigh in day!

92.3 kilos! woohoo much better :)

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well i am there!!!

45 minute walk wiht the neighbour on Tuesday night and 50 minutes at the gym tofday! makes for 1000 minutes EXACTLY! and with a few days to spare :)

Going to do this again next month, at least if anything I'll be getting fitter!
Next month i am aiming for 1500, with the treadmill at home there is no excuse!

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still going!

Didnt do any 'specific' excercise on the weekend but did do a few HOURS gardening on saturday, loads of digging, heaps of weed pulling and some planting, was a good workout!

Sunday was a day off :)

Yesterday was 40 minutes on the treadmill last night, then today was 40 minutes at the gym and hopefully another treadmill walk tonight.

October total: 905 minutes (not including tonights treadmill yet)

so almost at 1,000 minutes!

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still plodding along.

Made a big mistake yesterday and weighed myself. i think last weekend had caught up with me...

95.1 kilos!

Thats IT. I am NOT going any higher! I have crept up slowly over the last year, just read down the blog and see. this is atrocious! I have neveer been this close to 100 ever! Even at 9 months pregnant my biggest 94 kilos! and iAM NOT PREGNANT! grrrrr...

My measurements are
thigh: 72.5cms
calf: 40cms
hips: 122cms
waist: 98cms
bust: 112cms
arm: 36cms

last measurements taken back in january this year!!
thigh: 67cms
calf: 38cms
hips: 113cms
waist: 92cms
bust: 108cms
arm: 32cms

but hey i am pretty much 10 kilos heavier :(

Now back to the grindstone... or is that the treadmill!

I am feeling really positive xcercise wise.

lets see thsi week, Wednesday night I did 35 minutes treadmill, Thursday I did 25 minutes walk in morning, then 25 minutes treading water at the pool, then a 50 minute walk in the evening with my neighbour and her dogs.

Today will be 30 minutes treadmill later.

so october excercise: 825 minutes

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oooh no post for a week!

Its ok all is good :)

Last wednesday I walked for 1 hour, thursday I swam for 45 minutes, Friday was weights at the gym for 1hour and 15 minutes, then I went on a girls weekend away and went for a good one hour or more walk Saturday, nothing Sunday.
Yesterday nothing and today will be a one hour walk on my newly hird TREADMILL! woohoo, no more excuses!

so october total = 660 minutes

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OK this excercise goal is working well, am staying motivated to do something each day.

Today was 45 mionutes at the gym (was late was meant to be 1.5 hours!)

So new total = 360 minutes (I added wrong yesterday)

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well a bit of a slack weekend, well saturday I worked so i chased a 2 yr old around for 2-3 hours photographing them (see here www.susandarcy.com.au/myblog ) then Suynday tidied up at home and got one 15 minute walk in.

Today I did a 50 minute walk so that was good.

So new total = 310 minutes

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Still going! Feeling good!

Yesterday swam for 30 minutes in the morning, then today went to the gym and did weights for 1hour and then did a 15 minute walk this afternoon

so new total for october is : 250 minutes!

that makes me 1/4 of the way there already :)

Not weighing yet, just going to focus on this for a bit.

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Had a good day :)

Walked 10 mins this morning
then 1hour at lunchtime

October total = 145 minutes

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only 12 weeks til Christmas! Scary hey! Whats scarier is the hot weather is already hitting and none of my clothes fit!!!

How many times in the last year have I said it? I am going to get there? I willd o it? BLAH BLAH BLAH!!
How about I JUST DO IT ALREADY! LOL

I know what needs to be done, I know how to do this. So you know what I am going to do it :)

On the 31st of january 2007 I will turn 33, maybe at least by then I might be down at 80 kilos! Then I can spend time working towards the next goal!

Now this month I am keeping it simple, focusing strongly on excercising. i feel sooo much better when I excercise regularly and it really works to help fshift the wiehgt and allows ne alittle of leeway with food/wine so its best I get moving more!

Just had a weeks family holiday so loads of walking. So a good kick start back into action!

Now going to count the minutes for october, goal is a min 1000 minutes starting form today!

Today
2 x 15 minute walks
1 x 45 minutes gym workout (weights)

October excercise count: 75 minutes.

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91.6 yesterday morning... and 91.1 this morning.

I figure my first week properly back on track will bring a good loss, i certainly don't expect to see the scales drop so much in the coming weeks.

Did a fair bit of excercise yesterday too, assembled our new bed, did a heap of cleaning, went for a walk, just busy most of the day.

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OK weighed yesterday late morning as came home my friends as I have a throat and ear infection..fun...

I was 93 when i hopped on.

This morning I hopped on at the time i actually intend weighing myself, first thing in the morning and naked, after my first wee:)

I was 91.5kgs. that sounds better.

So will keep this up for a month to see how my body changes along the month.

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My new tanita scales arrived today. I got them through flybuys a good thing i think as mine at hoem suck and I am too scared to weigh at ww anymore! I will get there though and as I go along will weigh at ww aghain.

So I weighed just before lunch......

93.4 kilos:(
40.4% body fat
44% water

Oh my!

Oh well am going to weigh each morning for a few weeks and watch how much I fluctuate, kind of to in the long term make less fuss of my weight, I dunno, maybe to get me motivated again too.

I reckon I was higher as it was half way through the day and I had been to the gym this morning, now rtomorrow orning i will be at a friends so no weigh then, so from Thursday morning onwards every morning i will weigh for a bit. I'll probably check in here a few times a week.

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Going very well excercise wise.

Monday 2 hours solid gardening
Tuesday Gym in morning for 40 minutes
Wednesday nothing
Thursday 1 hour weights at gym

so august total is now = 340 minutes

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Friday, did one hour total excercise, saturday nothing, today half an hour so far (a short walk, tramp and totem tennis! Have stuck to points so am happy, need to stay on track!

Joey's jined the gym too, this will either help or hinder me! We'll see....

Aug excercise total = 120 minutes

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well weighed myself today and am back up to 92 :( bwahaha....


Took some photos to try shock myself into reality...

it worked!!

bah load, will try tomorrow!

Finally started my countdown of excercise today

August total: 30 minutes
( a walk with Joey after tea)

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well July is over...and it sucked!

After the detox i have fallen off the healthy eating wagon and straight into pig out hell.

Alas I must plod on along. Tomorrow is the first of the month (and 2yrs since my darling mum passed away) so time to finally get this ever growing 'A' into 'G'.

Going to attempt another excercise challenge, find that more motivating than trying to diet too strictly, will still do ww but plan to hit 1200 minutes excercise for the month...

I will be back...

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20 minute walk with Joey tonight, making it 330 minutes for july now.

I did so well tonight, everyone else had fosh and chips for tea and I had a lentil curry with brown rice... ok brown rice actually sucks, its the first thing I have eaten on this detox that officially really tastes awful!

Also its a weekend and no wine for me, at all, no chips, no crap, nothing!

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well I blitzed in my 1000 minutes last month so set a new goal of 1250 for July, so far so good, have been quite active, walking,m cycling, gyming etc and am at a total so far of 310 minutes!

Am in the middle, well day 5 of the quick cleanse detox and doing well on it, am suprised!

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OK been going good really.

Excercise is on a roll :)

did go for a walk after my lasy post in the vening, that was 40 minutes then walked friday and saturday during the day 30 minutes each and friday night a 1 hour and 10 minute wlak wiht dh so all up am up to

June excercise total = 905 minutes!!! I am so going to get there :p

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well Liam did come down wiht chicken pox so no weight watchers again this week.

Have had a good week though, been getting right back into tracking points and taking note :)

Excercise:
Monday night walked 1 hour 10 minutes, yesterday walked 1 hour and 20 minutes and a 40 minute wlak today though might get another lak in after dinner possibly!

June excercise total = 735 minutes

Might still get to 1000 yet!

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ooh no update yet this week.
Ok no weigh in as Liam might be coming down wiht chicken pox so no creche.

Excercise, been quite slack this week. Went to gym Tuesday (50 minutes) have done 2 20 minute walks and 1 30 minute walk. oh and today walked for 45 minutes.
so not too bad when I write it down I guess.

excercise total for June: 545 minutes

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bah gained a kilo!

Back to 90.6!

Period arrived today too so hoping thats part of the cause.

No excercise last 2 days.

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25 minutes walk today so far, might do gym again tonight, will see how I feel, might maybe go for a swim instead.

Food today:
Breakfast: Osso bucco and vegies (last nights left overs)

Lunch: salad and soup

dinner: pork noodle dish (ww recipe)

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20 minute walk this morning then 1 hour at the gym tonight.

June Total = 355 minutes.

Had KFC though today :(

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Gym this morning, so 1 hour workout wiht weights.

June total = 275 minutes!

Foods been good, feeling motivated, have Joeys support which helps.

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Did loads of walking today!

1 hour and 20 minutes this morning then another 1 hour and 10 minutes this afternoon, so all up 2 and a half hours!!

Thats 140 minutes!!

June total: 215 minutes

Looking healthier now!

Eating was good, apart form some potato chips as we watched desperate housewives!

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Feeling determined.

Walked 40 minutes today.

June total= 75 minutes

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Weighed in today at weight watchers!!

89.6 kilos. So not too bad, back under the 90 mark and I intend well and truly staying this side of 90 now!

So to get to goal by christmas thats a loss of 514 grams a week needed.

Quite doable :)

Walked 35 minutes yesterday, planning to walk with Joey tonight.

June total= 35 minutes.

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Still plodding.

Setting myself a new goal for June.

To attempt 100o minutes of excercise.

Been good, been wlaking wiht Joey most nights after dinner, so if we can keep that a few times a week it makes winter excercise a bit easier, we just reup and walk fast and tlak to the whole way, its good for us too i think.

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Signign in again.

Been doing really well food wise, feel like I have that under control, same wiht my wine consumption, I feel like my head is in a good spot finally to achieve my goals again.

I did weigh at home the other day and my home scales said I was 90 kilos again.

I think I just need to bite the bullet and use the weight watchers scales only. Mine arent great, they are ancient crappy ones.

I guess I just dont want to see 90 recorded in my weight watchers book.

Maybe I can just keep going weigh in a month and hopefully the ww scales have me under 90 by then.

I want to finally get to goal weight. i feel like this has been such a long journey that just hasn't gone anywhere. I feel like I am going in circles.

So its time to move forward, instead of chasing my tail.

I need to find my measuring tape, i really want to take measurmeents so I can compare them also, they help when i feel I work hard but the scales dont show results.

OK now i am setting a new goal. Christmas is 29 weeks away. I'd so love to get to goal by the end of this year. I think its achievable.

Start weight 90 kilos
goal weight 75 kilos
15 kilos to goal.
thats a loss needed of .517 grams a week form now til christmas.
or 2 kilos a month fomr now til then.

It sounds very achievable.

I promise to update here my progress too.

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weighed again today, though mind you it was directly after lunch and I normally weigh in the morning before I eat. so i think I am actually less than this, anyway I weighed at 85.5 kilos. So even wiht lunch in its still a loss.

2 weeks now wiht no coffee and I really dont feel like it at all.

Foodwise, had a couple of off-ish days this week but got right back on track each time, excercise has been going but not as much as I'd like, just been busy this week.
So in general all good.

Still haven't found the measuring tape, might have to buy a new one.

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I went to the gym this morning to do my workout, whilst doing my weights I was atching myself in the mirror and i think I look slimmer! I think I have lost a bit more weight. Not a huge amount but my shape is defintly changing again, for the good!

Food has been good, bought the new the very contented tummy cookbook form weight watchers last week and am really enjoying trying some new recipes form it.
Have been eating more soup too and drinking loads of green tea instead of coffee and I feel so much better!

Really need to find my measuring tape and do my measurements.

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1 week of no coffee now, actually ihitnk its 8 days! I feel much better, am sleeping better and all! I had head aches for a few days there but feel fine now and have now made the switch to green tea.

Food and excercise have been gong good, I'm feeling good that if I weigh in another few weeks I'll be down again.

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I weighed myself! I am now 89 kilos! Yay! so back under the 90 mark and plan to stay that way!
I've also now been 3 days with no coffee or soft drink!

Will be back later to do todays food diary.

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As promised will be back more regularly wiht updates!

So far so good fomr the other day!

I went and bought a bottle of this detox drink to drink over 10 days and started that today. Will see how it goes.

Food today is so farZ:
Breakfast:
Plum and banana and a glass of juice

Lunch:
bowl wholemeal noodle and vegie stri fry.

Snack: off to make myself a garden slaad now and a cup of green tea.

No coffee at all for 2 days now! Going to see if can get rid of it for good! No diet soft drink either!

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OK as promised photos from today!

This is my new outfit, a bargain from fashionable target! LOL

The tops are both an 18, the jeans are a 16, I got new shoes and socks too, felt very special!

These were all taken my my 7 yr old so excuse the poor quality but you get the idea :)

FIL, is about to return form NZ today, knowing my luck he will have bought me a bottle of alcohol!! Just when I am thinking of detoxing!! MMM maybe I am wrong and he hasn't!

OK photos, front:


Side: and no i am not pregnant!!


Back:


and one of my face, blurry I know but I want to be able to see change in it and this shows my extra chin :)


Havent found my measuring tape so havent done measurmenets yet btu if and when I find it I'll be back again :)

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OMG! My 100th post!!

Well things seem to be going fomr bad to worse weight wise for me. It truly sucks and I know the biggest thing is I need to get my head int he right space for it! I need to really want it and be dedicated to it, I need to change my habits, I need to do so much more!

I weighed a few days ago, I was 91 kilos!!

91 kilos!!

Shocking stuff! I hate it. i went shopping for new clothes and am back to a 18 :( Its so very sad. Oh I can squeeze into target 14 jeans though but I know they arent really accurate!

I am thinking about trying a detox diet for 2 weeks, eliminate coffee, alcohol etc completely and eating really healthy and giving my self a kick start back on track.

I've been tracking probably 4-5 days out of 7 a week but its not enough, i am not doing it right.

So my goal is to go to the chemist tomorrow, then go shopping and try the detox.

I'll post in here more often too, when I did a long time ago last year i was actually doing well for a while.

I took some photos of myself before, OK my 7 year old daughter and my 4 year old took them but here they are all the same, my new outfit I bought a few days ago on and all.

I'm so sick of being a frumpy mum, I need a new haircut, I need some more make up and I need to make sure I buy myself clothes regularly. I'm not going to wait til I lose weight to do these things, thats what I keep doing, saying oh when I lose 5 kilos I'll do this etc.

Be back in about half an hour to update photos and to post my measurements.

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well things have gone fomr bad to worse in my absence! Instead of possibly hitting goal by my 100th post I am at an all time highest EVER weight! I am currently 90 kilos!!!!

Thats is over my ww joining weight by far! It sucks it really does!

So I have been getitng osme cousnelling fo rother issues and had a chat wiht her this week and we have agreed that it would be a good idea i just don't weigh at all for a while... that is going ot be hard but I know really is for the best!

So I am going ot go back to tracking, exzcercising, being busier, getting soem routine in my life etc but no weighing, not for at least one month,m so not til at least the first week of may!

Will be back sooner than my gaps between last posts, promise!

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well things have gone fomr bad to worse in my absence! Instead of possibly hitting goal by my 100th post I am at an all time highest EVER weight! I am currently 90 kilos!!!!

Thats is over my ww joining weight by far! It sucks it really does!

So I have been getitng osme cousnelling fo rother issues and had a chat wiht her this week and we have agreed that it would be a good idea i just don't weigh at all for a while... that is going ot be hard but I know really is for the best!

So I am going ot go back to tracking, exzcercising, being busier, getting soem routine in my life etc but no weighing, not for at least one month,m so not til at least the first week of may!

Will be back sooner than my gaps between last posts, promise!

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OK have cooked 2 recipes form the new book so far,
yesterday made a tuna, cannelini bean and olive salad that was yummy, I have enough left over easily for lunch today too.
Last night I made couscous with roasted cherry tomatoes and red onions, with a lemon and basil dressing, very nice!

food and excercise today:

Breakfast:
Coffee, banana and water

Gym for 1.5 hours weights workout.

Lunch:
Bowl weight watchers point free soup
Tuna salad (from new cookbook)

Afternoon tea:
Nectarine

Dinner:
Pork, noodle dish form new cookbook

Snack:
Rice crackers and salsa.

Might hopefully get another walk in today too.

March total: 320 minutes
So on track for my goal of 1300 minutes for March!

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Went to ww friday, am currently 86.6 so technically only down 100 grams form a fortnight ago :(

I can only keep going.

I went shopping saturday afternoon to buy some clothes as was going out saturday night and felt I had nothign to wear. I bought a nice skirt (size 14 but is a tad too small but still looks fine and is comfy and its a good goal, only 3-4 kilos and it will fit really well) I also bought a black shirt in a size 16. I wore my jeans and the black shirt with a top under on saturday night and actually felt I looked nice. Weird for me!

Excercise, Thursday did another 20 minute wlak in the afternoon/evening
Friday I cant remember!
Saturday I toook the kids ot pools os mucked aroudn with them butno specific excercise and yesterday none.
This morning did a half hour walk.

March excercise total = 215 minutes.

Oh got the new weight watchers recipe book 'pantry pull-togethers' and it looks great, menu planned for the week inlcuding lots of recipes from it.
Will post osme during the week.

96th bit from me

Still here and have had a good week really.

Excercise has been good, but gave up counting for feb as I reached goal and surpassed it.

March goal is 1300 minutes.

Yesterday I did a one hour walk in the evening and a 20 minute walk in the morning, today did a 45 minute walk this morning and am planning either naother walk this evening or a bike ride.

Food today has ben great, toast with hsam cheese and tomato for breakfast, and a beef salad for lunch. Dinner not sure yet but most likely chicken and vegies.

March excercise total = 145 minutes

95th bit from me.

Well not going to reach goal by my 100th post here thats for sure!

Not giving up though!

Short again!

Weighed on home scales and a friends scles as didnt make weiht watchers this week, both said just under 86 kilos so will go with 86 kilos for this week and hoping to get back under 85 by next week.

excercise, lets see wednesday, walked 40 minutes, then yesterday didnt do anything, then so far today did one hour walk this morning.

so new feb total = 1105 minutes!

94th bit from me

another quick updte :)
Food has been great today. excercise has been even better.

I finally have my motivationback and am rolling properly with my excercise routine. Its become a priority again adn I am enjoying it! Plus I know it brings results!

Yesterday I went for a extra 20 minute walk i nthe afternoon, then this morning I did 1.5 hours weights at the gym then this evening I went for a 1 hour walk.

Also went to the osteopath today, she was great, very lovely. I am going otstart pilates soon and she has given me a range of more excercises to work all those inner muscles, yay one day I might be in better shape after all :)

Feb excercise total = 1005 minutes!!!

WOOHOO Reached my feb goal with a week to spare! Will be aiming for 1300 for march!

93rd bit from me

ok not a great weekend but not too bad, had take away Friday night, but then spent 5 hours straight on my feet saturday as was shooting a wedding so very busy for that.

Went for a bike ride yesterday for 30 minutes and then got up this morning and went for a 40 minute walk. so am keepign the excercise going, going to go for another wlak this evening too, going to aim to walk most evenings on top of whatever other excercise I can manage.

Feb total: 835 minutes.

92nd bit from me

short today.

86.7 so down again, back under the 86.9 mark so has to be good form here out.

Excercise has been good, yestrday I did a 45 minute walk in the morning and a 45 minute walk at night.

Feb total = 765 minutes

91st bit from me

well good and bad to add..

the bad first, can you believe have eaten red rooster 2 days in a row? yes 2 days in a row, truly ashamed :( My lame excuse too is that I was working and by the time I finished work each day I was starving and had a long drive home each time so i stopped by RR :( shameful stuff, I havent eaten it ina while and been great with eating, i think the gains of recent have gotten to me mentally!

Anyway now the GOOD! I have excercised each day!
Yesterday was 1 hour and 15 minutes at the gym, then a 45 minute walk in the evening, then today was a 20 minute walk this morning then 45 minutes cardio at the gym tonight.
so brings my new total to:

675 minutes for february!

90th bit form me

Hello :)

Well I'm back again. Had a bit of time off the ocmputer over the last week, been good, caus emeant more excercise.

Big downfall, I gained again last week, was actually really badly dissapointed as i had done well all week points wise and excercise wise!

I am now 87.4 kilos! Yep the BIGGEST I have been all up! what a joke.

If its any consolation I have been feeling very flat and down. and I think that has cntribute. I also went to the doctors today and had my bloods done to see if anything shows as have been super tired lately.

Excercise have been good. Cant remember every day last week did walking everyday and a bike ride friday.

Friday i know I did a 1 hour 20 minute of walking and a 30 miunte bike ride, Thursday i did a big walk, and have walked to and form school every day which is 40 minutes a day. So adding 200 minutes to febs total even though i am sure it should be more than that. might motivate me to actually fill this journal in more often!

One complete bad day since friday and that was yesterday, Jaimes 4th birthday, had maccas for lunch and a few wines at dinner. but hey their birthdays are but nce a year :)

Feb excercise total = 490 miuntes

89th bit from me

Been feeling quite flat so havent been online much at all, ben a good thing though done more excercise and have eaten wihtin my points every day so hoping to see some results friday form my efforts. Need some motivation to keep me going.

Excercise, I have been walking, went for a ride with Liam on the back of the bike, more walking and today i went to the gym and I have booked the kids in 2 times a week to the creche for the next few weeks so i can get back into going.

Will blitz it in for my 1000 minutes this month I feel!

So adding in
another 35 minute walk in the evening of my last post
40 minute bike ride saturday
no excercise sunday or yesterday (well unless a heap of housework yesterday counts :))
1 hour at the gym today

Feb total = 290 minutes

88th bit from me

OK updated photos fomr last week, very scary stuff, cant believe I am posting them for people ot see!

I cant wait to be able to post smallr pics of myself!

87th bit from me

OMG I really suck at this!

86.9 kilos this morning!!

I am back to exactly where i was 12 months ago... yeah its dissapointing! Very much so actually :(

BUT I am just going ot use it as a good excuse to start afresh, the last few days have been good so am going ot keep going, onwards and downwards :)

I i give up now I'll be over 90 before I know it!

So this week keeping it really simple

2 things i know i can do.

I know if I travck and stick to my points I WILL lose weight
I know if I EXCERCISE regularly I WILL lose weight.

Walked home fomr weight watchers today so already had a 35 minute walk.
Will do more excercise later today

Feb total = 155 minutes

86th bit from me

another quick post, food been OK, walked 40 minutes total today so

Feb excercise total = 120 minutes

85th bit from me

New months today, short post, been good, want to trak the excercise ot get to 1000 minutes thismonth atleast.

read back in my journal and I was doing best when I excercised HEAPS so am trying to build back up to that again :)

Today walked 1 hour and 15 minutes in total

Feb excercise total = 75 minutes.

84th bit from me

Back again :)

No weight watchers last week as was too busy with stuff and joey had the car so I couldnt get there.

School is back tomorrow and I am pleased, need the routine of walking somewhere each day might motivate me to excercise more in general too.

No where near this months gola of 100 minutes, have done soe excercise th elast week or so but didnt make it, might try again this month.

Tomorrow is my 32nd birthday! Every year I say 'oh by my next birthday I'll be at goal weight' now this year I wnt say it, I'll just DO IT! :P

Saw video footage of myself a few days ago, i tell you its a good motivator, Was actually a shock to myself looking so big!
I also got Joey to take photos of me front back and side with bathers on, will upload them if i can ever get access to the laptop!
I'm back to where i began, on my scales I actually hit 88 last week :( This week they say about 86.5. Not good, but really over the school holidays and all of december really excercise has gone out the window.

the last two days however I have done something, yesterday i went for a bi8ke ride to the pool then swam some laps then rode home and tonight i went for a walk wiht Joey after tea.

Tomorrw morning will walk to school then to kinder then school again in the afternoon, will excuse me to eat osme take away for tea and have a wine or 3 :) Joey has ot work late tomorrow too so will be having a lonely dinner on my own or will have to wait til 10pm to eat with him.

Glad to see a few people siged in and said hi :) i know there are heaps mor elurkers here :)

83rd bit from me

OK FIRSTLY! ITS SIGN IN TIME :)

FORALL THOSE LURKERS READING THIS BLOG, SIGN IN BELOW AND SAY HELLO! THE VIEWS HERE GO UP EVERYDAY BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHO LOOKS LOL SO TO SATISFY MY CURIOSITY I WOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL.
THANKS!!

Now back to buiness :)
Weekend was a bit of a write off, well Friday we had the funeral, was as nice a service as they can be under the circumstances. Afterwards we came back to our place for drinks, we intended getting pizza for tea but we forgot wiht all the drinking going on, so myself and a few others did a wlak to maccas in the late/early hours and to be honest even drunk it was gross! LOL but hey we never learn when under the influence!

Yesterday was written off due to a bit of a hang over, red rooster for lunch then pizza for tea.... yes two take aways in one day.

So now today has consisted of bacon, eggs, mushroom and tomato for breakfast and a plate of steamed vegies for lunch (see you eat crap like yesterday and now i am craving fresh healthy food!)

Too hot to go out wlaking, might try a walk ths evening.

82nd bit from me

No weigh in tomorrow as attending a funeral instead.

Day reasoable today.

Went for a 30 minute bike ride so thats agood thing at least!

this march trip will sneak up on me fast, so best get my butt firmly into gear after this weekend is over!

an excercise total = 430 minutes.

81st bit from me

Well last night was a bit of a bummer, opened a bottle white, then got stuck into the good part of a bottle of muscat, drank them over a long time time though as sat up til about 4am. I nibbled on cut up carrot and celery that I had prepared earlier in the day wiht some low fat dip.

Had the same breakfast again, bacon and egg toasted sandwhich, then had salad again for lunch wiht 1/2 an avocado, a nectarine and thats it.

Rode to the gym , man was my bum sore form yesterdays ride!then did a 40 minute weights workout at the gym, that hurt too, hadnt been since end of november! Going to try to keep this up, having at least a days break from the bike as I am quite sore, but it is fun riding, makes me young again! I look forward to when all the kids can ride and we can go on day bike rides together.

Tea is probably some chicken and vegies or salads, I have dfrosted chicken anyway, or I might cook that for the boys and just have some stiry fry vegies instead. Got t make up for the alcohol.

January excercise total = 400 minutes.

Oh and scary stuff, it is exactly 2 weeks until i turn 32! Maybe by the time I turn 33 I'll be well and truly at goal!

80th bit from me

well havent updated all weekend, the weekend wasnt too bad, other than saturday eating chips and drinking wine, but nothing too awful.

Went out for tea with Joey friday night and had the seafood basket, I ate mostly prawns, mussels, scallops and salad so that was fine.

Yesterday was ok, ate ok, cooked a roast prok for tea, prbably not the best chice of meat but oh well.

Today was the begining of a new plan, tracking points seriously and doing some excercise!
I had a bacon and egg toasted sandwhich for breakfast (5.5p) a nectarine for snack (.5) then a sald and a can of tuna for lunch (1) and prepared vegies for kebabs for tea (0-1) then I got a phonecall from joey to tell me another friend has passed away, he died in his sleep Sunday.
Its brough back up so many emotions fomr when Damian died and soemtimes I dont realise just how much I do miss him.
I'm ok, dinner is still the same but there will definitly be copious amounts of wine to soak it down with.

Losingpeople our own age, who have kids is really hard ot deal with, I mean we are talking people in their early 30's it just doesnt seem right.

I went out for a bike ride and a swim after hearing the news, that was a good idea as it meant I could have a cry in peace. plus got some excercise in for the day

I just feel weird.

79th bit form me

OK weighed i yesterday.... 85.7 kilos :( Not great but a loss all the same. Ths week i am going back to counting points, going to up the excercise if i can make time and well hope for a better week.

So to meet my goal for sydney
10 weigh ins to go
570 grams a week, still very doable :)

78th bit from me

OK new goal set!

In 10 weeks i am off to Sydney for a weekend, goiung to meet some lovely internet girlies and am excited about going. This is my new motivation to lose weight!

OK I am currently 85.8 kilos
I have 11 weigh ins before I head off! My goal is to be under 80 kilos when I go!
So thats a loss of 520 grams a week needed. I reckon i can achieve that! be a good start to head towards my first weight watchers goal of 76 kilos too.

I will add my measurements here too and update them on week 5 and week 10.

thigh: 67cms
calf: 38cms
hips: 113cms
waist: 92cms
bust: 108cms
arm: 32cms

(my last measurements taken in October were
Waist: 90.5cms
Bust: 109 cms (though changes as still feeding)
Hips: 112cms
Thighs: 65cms
Arms: 32cms so a slight gain most areas or stay the same. Not good, time ot change!)

No excercise yet today, will work in a walk or may do an excercise video while Liam sleeps, or maybe get the wieghts out and do some here and some squats or soemthig! I really need to get to the gym, looking forward to school going back and getting a routine back.

Be back tomorrow with this weeks weighh in results, feeling like I will have a loss even if just a small one :)

77th bit from me

still been good, yesterday was great, food wise all no count, except a few glasses of wine in the evening. Walked for 1 hour yesterday.

Today went and finally got a masage for my aching back, hurt like hell but will feel the benefits in a day or two. No excercise today other than some gardening... a big slip up too, grabbed a big mac form the petrol station maccas on my home fomr massage as i was hungry, hadnt had breakfast etc... have been good the rest of the day, fruit all afternoon then steak mushroom and noodle stir fry for tea.

Jan excercise total = 265 minutes

76th bit from me

Had another good day, ate again fomr the no count plan, doing well, feeling motivated again, really hope it lasts!

Walked for an hour tonight with Joey.

Jan excercise total = 205 minutes

75th bit from me

Ok lets see, had a good few days. did I mention weigh in yesterday yet? mmmm BAD 85.8 so gained another 500 grams, oh well at least new year, christmas etc are all over. We have no birthdays or anything for a few weeks either so time ot get in focus for a bit!

Have stuck to no count plan yesterday and today well. Walked for 1 hour yesterday then jogged one lap of the park (the park at te bottom of my street, Joey is going to try push me to get jogging again, I need some pushing thats for sure. I jogged half of it then had to wlak a bit then jogged the rest.

Today went for a 40 minute walk. Still havent done measurmeents, might try do them tomorrow so I can compare each month again.

January excercise total = 145 minutes

74th bit from me

Had a good day. Attempting the no count plan, and it is going well. I find it easy enough mostly to stick to the list and when I do stray I reckon i am staying wihtin the weekly poiunts allowance... though tomorrow willt hrow me as i will most likely drink a bit of wine.

I didnt get out for specific excercise today but i did weed heaps of the garden, then fertislised all the plants (we have a big block and 4 vegie patches plus other plants) then watered it all in and tied up all my tomato plants so thats a bit, plus cleaned up inside the house since we have guests tomorrow!

Making lasagna for tea tomorrow night wiht everyone coming, Jules is making vindaloo so will have a lighter breakfast, maybe some salad for lunch to try balance it out... maybe if I get very motivated I could do a wlak in the morning before the day begins...we'll see...

73rd bit from me

Happy New year!

Well its a whole new start isnt it, new years resolutions and all that stuff! Can you guess mine? yep the obvious one.,.. this year I WILL lose weight!

Off to a bad start today food wise, had KFC for breakfast and pizza for dinner.... mmmm lucky I got 2 walks in today!

Going to add my excercise minutes each day too now to try to get to 1000 for the month of January.

Not much more to add today.... its been a pitiful start.

Jan excercise = 40 minutes.