38th bit from me

Feeling tired and crappy as I have a head cold so this will be a short post.

Yesterday was good, took the kids ot the museum, had a coffee while out ad ate about 3 chips fomr the kids bowl otherwise was fine as I ate lunch before I went out.
Last ngiht had a casserole beef bourgounon or somehting like that from the new ww cookbook it was delicious but needs to be cooked a bit longer next time as the onions were a bit firm still.

Today feeling crappy and would really like take away for tea, a nice spicy pizza..mmmmmm yummmmmmm but I wont do it. I will cook a thai green curry, feel i need somethign really hot to try clear my head. No excercise today as feel too crap :(
Yesterday did a heap though so its ok, went ot gym for 1 and a half hours then walked for 40 minutes in the evening iwht my neighbour so 2 hours 10 minutes yesterday.

Running: ran 3 minutes at the gym then 3 sets of 2 minutes so a small improvement! Little steps :)

June excercise total = 2085 minutes! woohoo what an effort :)

37th bit from me

Well the weekend is over and honestly it was a good one :) Ate well excercised lots :)

Have been cooking a few recipes form the new contented tummy cookbook form ww. Had the osso bucco again on the weekend and the potato bake, both were yummy!

Too tired to update too much at the moment so basically have stuck to points each day, went to the gym for 1hr 30 minutes on saturday, went for a 1 hour and 10 minute walk sunday, today went to the gym for 1 hour then walked tonight with dh for 30 minutes.

New excercise total = 1955 almost doubled what my aim was!

Oh there is somethign to post! I started running at the gym on Saturday! I wanted to try running a while again and attempt to buid it up over time to eventually be able to run 5 km non stop. Now i want to be abel to run for 20 minutes wihtout stopping which is roughly 5 kms anyway. So I got to just over 2 minutes on Saturday then came hoem and updated the ipod with aheap of upbeat songs to try running to each week at the gym! lets see how long it takes til i can run 20 minutes straight!

36th bit from me

well i gained :( But its ok I am seriously fine wiht it. I have my period and always weigh more when I do plus I did on average 1 and half hours of excercise every day t his last week and in that was 3 days of weights! I have to have built some muscle and well we all know muscle weighs more than fat :) so Hopefuy there is fat gone and muscle in its place :)

Food wise today have been good, had a shake this morning, then toast with ham and cheese and otmato for brunch, then a bean and corn salad, then some sushi/sashimi when out earlier. Had an orange also and some rice crackers. Tea is the potato bake from the new ww cookbook, if it looks nice I'll take a pic :) and chicken thigh fillet and steamed vegies or a salad or both :)

I wlaked for one hour on my way to ww then 40 minutes home. So thats todays excercise :)

Recap of the 'plan'
21 weeks: 86.8
20 weeks: 84.5
19 weeks: 84
18 weeks: 84.8
17 weeks: 83.2
16 weeks: 83.9

means I need a 550 gram loss each week from now til the end to get to goal. I am sure next week will be more than 500 grams so we'll be fine :)

June excercise total = 1705

35th bit from me

1 more sleep til weigh in! Yes I am going to go this week! I seriously tossed up not going due to my period but heck I am going to go and well if I have gained a litte its no stress, heck even if its a lot as I have excercised every day this week for well over an hour EVERY day! So there has t be some muscle built there too!

Today: had toast tomato, ham, cheese for breakfast, ww meal for lunch and some salad, choc frog, apple, packet of nibblies, half a mini sausage roll (lol Liam didnt want it) then fish and vegies for tea. Went to the gym and worked out for 1 hour and 40 minutes as was annoyed at Joey at the time so worked off the stress :) Also walked to school this morning so a heap of excercise again today!

June excercise total = 1605 miuntes (thats over 26 hours! so averaging more than an hour a day! woohoo!)

34th bit from me

back again :) Feeling a bit better this afternoon, have steered clear of the chocolate so far :) Tea was yummy too.

Excercise i did well, walked for 1 hour and 20 minutes before lunch and then walked for 40 minutes tonihgt wiht the neighbour. so 2 hours worth today! It was really cold though tonight, might have ot wear a beanie next time, lol not a good look I tell you!

I bought some cards and a little box to sort a heap of my favorite recipies so its easier to look through when I get bored wiht what I am eating. Might go have a bath and start work on that now :)

June excercise total = 1490

33rd bit from me

Yes yes bene slcak havent posted for a few days :)

All is good though been on track points wise and done a heap of excercise/

Monday night I did cook the risotto was very yummy.
went for a 40 minute walk with my neighbour in the evening on Monday also.

Tuesday: ate well, shake for breakfast before I headed to the gym, worked out for 1 hour and 20 minutes and felt great all be it I am sore today! Lunch was a bowl of soup, oh yes I made a big pot of soup Monday night, mums old recipe, was yummy! Dinner last night was a pork and noodle and vgie stir fry, yum again, oh and treated myself to a choc frog yesterday and a coupe of wines after dinner, all still in points so great!

Today: Walked dd to school, not going to the gym today need a rest day i think as am quite sore in my arms. Breakfast was a bacon and egg toasted sandwhich, was good as ww bacon makes all the difference points wise! Have got noodles for lunch, left overs form last ngiht and then tonight for tea will be a chicken burger and salad.

Best go clean my hellhole of a house, its seriously looking atrocious!

June excercise total = 1370

Oh and downfall this week is I got my period today :( So am not looking forward to weigh in now as I seem to always gain when I get my period :(

32nd bit from me

Back again :)

Ergh was bad lasy night, dh bought home chinese and I had a couple of steamed dim sims! Really have to make an effort to stick to points for the rest of the week now! and work hard at the excercise!

Today has been great, had toast, ham cheese tomato chilliu for breakfast, had a chicken salad for lunch and not sure whats for tea yet havent got naythign out yet, actually must work that out before I get ot the end of this post!

Went to the gym this morning, did a warm up on the bike before heading to the body balance class, was great, coped better than I expected but yes it was still very hard work!

Ok now dinner....mmmmm....ummmm...willg o look in my recipe books and be back in a monet..................ok cant find my new ww cookbooks anywhere, kids have probably hidden them! So rissotto it is! Chicken, leek, musroom, spinach and roast pumpkin.

June excercise total = 1230

31st bit from me

Ok the weekend :)

Yesterday I ate really wel duirng the day as I knew I had an engagement party to go to in the evening and knew I was going to be drinking red wine :) I saved u some points in the day or two prior and made sure I had a low point yet filling breakfast and lunch and dinner too that day. Headed off to the party with 17 or so points to play with. Drank most of that in wine but was very very proud of myself as I didnt pig out on bad food at all! I declined all of the finger food as it went around and then ate some nibblies later in the ngiht, then when the platter wiht cut up vegies and dips came out i got stuck right in lol!

Today though being the day after and feelign a bit seedy I caved and had kfc for lunch, had a zinger and a small chips and a diet pepsi so could have been worse. I had a good breakfast and dinner so my only downfall of the day and well i havent had it in so long and to be honest it wasnt that great!

I went to the gym for my program start today and had a couple of trainers go through my program wiht me, a much more positive experience than last week at the gym! I really liked both of them, they were so very helpful and positive and supportive! Yay! I asked if I have to see the guy who did my plan again and they said it would be wise to have him do my first reassessment but then no i can chose someone else. Also I do not have ot be weighed there again they said to just tell them instead what my current ww weight is and they will go by that instead.

so a 1 hour and 10 minute workout at the gym and a 25 minute walk this evening. Oh and a 45 minute walk saturday afternoon before going out.

June excercise total = 1160 minutes.

Got to put ina good effort this week now til friday to hopefully still get a los after waivering off track a little!

30th bit form me

well went to the gym. Wasn't great to be honest!

The guy who did my review needs some educating in personal skills I reckon! I got weighed tested for fitnes and all my measurements done. measurements were very similar ot ones I had doen at home, some smaller some slightly bigger but nonly 1 or so cms either way, will stick wiht my hoe ones for comparing.
Now the bit that annoyed me most. He asked to step on the scales which were a dodgy old style regular bathroom scales that were quite clearly wrong as they said i was 90 kilos!!! lol I said ot him i didnt care what his scales said as i had attended weight watchers in the morning and will go by what they weigh me as I dont want to weigh on different scales all the time, he ignored me and didnt even answer me! He put my weight down as 86.5! blah anyway.
Then he did the fitness test and my resting heart rate was quite high (ok it was 91bpm so very hgih!) but it was at 70 bpm before he made me uncomfy! So it wrecked my fitness test result and it came out I was very unfit, down at the 'poor' level! blah to hima gain! He said what did I expect for osmeone who did no excercise! I said to him 'uh actually I have been walking everyday for 3-4 months now for on aavergae 45-1 hour a day!' again no response, i think he thought i was speaking shit!

Anyway not fussed as he is only one instructor there, there are others and heck I just need my workout done for me!

So excercise!
Last ngiht I ended up going for a half hour wlak wiht the neighbour after I did my post, then today I did 35 cardio at the gym after my assessment. So dddaaadddadadada
june excercise total = 1020 minutes! Over the challenge of 100 aready and today is only the 17th! woohoo!

29th bit form me

woohoo! I LOST 1.6 KILOS!!!! yay! Feel great about that!

This is the least I have weighed since starting ww at the start of the year! I am currently 83.2 kilos! Not long before I become a 70's girl again! woohoo cant wait and its certainly great motivation to keep going!

Today is measure day also and 4 weeks since i started back on track!

So measurements first
The first amount in brackets is cms lost in the last 4 weeks the second amount in brwackets is total cms lost since starting ww in January.
Measurements:

Neck: 36cms (-2cms) - (-2cms)
Upper Arm: 32.5cms (same) - (-1cm)
Waist: 94cms (-5cms) - (-7cms)
Hips: 111cms (-4cms) - (-5.5cms)
Upper leg: 65cms (-2cms) - (-4cms)
Calf: 38cms (-1.5cms) - (-1.5cms)

to follow my goal of getting to 75 or under for my friends wedding.
21 weeks: 86.8
20 weeks: 84.5
19 weeks: 84
18 weeks: 84.8
17 weeks: 83.2

480 grams a week needed to get to there!

Total loss since start of this goal is 3.6 kilos total since starting ww at start of year is 3.7 kilos.

am off to the gym for my assessment soon so need to go have osmehtign to eat, will be back later wiht the days eating/excercise totals.

28th bit from me

oooh ok another week over! weigh in is tomorrow! I think I have lost this week I certainly believe I deserve to have!

Today:
This morning mel came over and we walked ot the gym so she could join up. Was running late so i had the remains of some salad that was int he fridge for breakfast. The wlak to and form the gym is 1 and a half hours so a great walk! Stayed at the gym in the creche for a while so our children could get familiar with it, they seemed to enjoy being there, hope so tomorrow is the first day I leave them there!

Walked back home and made some toasted ham cheese and tomto sandwiches for lunch with some salad and some oven fries, a yummy nto too high point lunch! oh and the can of diet coke ofcourse!

Dinner was fish and vegies, which is pretty standard thursday night fare now, had flake tonight, steamed it with spices was yummy.

Also walked tiahna to and form school today so another 1/2 hours wlaking on top so a full 2 hours wlaking today! was thinkign of going to the gym tonight for a swim but think thats enough for one day!

snacks were the ww choc crisp bar and the nibblies and half a bana, going t have a madarin in a moment. Am under points by about 4-5 today but have an engagement party sat night that I wanted to save a couple for.

Will do my measurements aswell tomorrow and see what I have lost in cms over the past 4 weeks since starting this!

June excercise total = 955 minutes!

Fingers crossed for more than half a kilo tomorrow!!

27th bit form me

OK yesterday first: Biggest thing about today is went and joined the GYM! Woohoo am actually looking forward to going! I enrolled the kids in the creche there too and they seem to have some vacanices regularly so should make it easier to go. I also rang Mel and she is going to join up tomorrow and we are going to commit to 3 days a week there together, if we go more its a bonus but def committing to 3 days.

Foodwise yesterday was good, had eggs and mushroom for breakfast, salad and a ww beef burgundy for lunch and roast lamb for dinner, had a few wines with dinner but was ok. Waked to and form the gym too which was 1 and a half hours and also wlaked Tiahna to school so plenty of excercise.

Today: Breakfast was toast ham cheese tomato and chilli, lunch was a baked potato whilst out, had half a scroll with coffee too and then tonight for tea was the ww burgundy meal again and salad and a few chips as the kids had fish and chips for tea.

Went for a walk in the rain after I picked Tiahna up from school, was only 25 minutes but better than no walk!

Oh went shopping today with Kylie and i bought soe new trackies, a size 16 so that was good and they fit well! last pair I bougth were an 18 so thats a good sign :) Got two jackets too both a 16 too which is again great! I will need some more tops though and a cuple more pairs of trackies if going to the gym, will wait though now for around 2-3 weeks to see if i lose some more and maybe go donw to a 14!

June excercise total = 835minutes, almost to 1000! Maybe I can aim for 2000 now wiht joining the gym!

26th bit from me

well weekend is over and i wasnt too bad :) No take way which is a great thing, had a few wines last night but all wihtin points so am hoping it has no ill effects.

I cooked fomr the new ww book 'contented tummies' and made the osso bucco on mash and it was soooooooo delicious! Definatly going to make that one again! Lucky there were no left overs as I would have eaten them!

Took the kids ot the childrens farm today and I packed lunches for all of us, I was glad I did as when we got there there was a kiosk and they sold hot chips and hotdogs and i held back! I made some yumy salads and had some tuna also.

Not much else to report, walked each day, 40 minutes sunday and 45 minutes.

June excercise total = 705 minutes, nearly to 100 already woohoo!

Going down tomorrow morning to the gym to join up, looking forward to that!

I have friends coming for tea otmorrow night, going to get a couple of boneless lean legs of lamb to cook and hopefully they dont bring wine! lol.

Oh and bloody fil keeps offering me beer at every moment, then every time i say no he carries on a bit ;why not?' me - 'well i am tryign to not to drink as much' him - 'ah but a beer is ok' me - 'I dont want one thanks' repeat that agin on almost every day! lol. I told him the other day I am limiting myself to weekends only and one ngiht in the week where i can have a glass or so of wine. Thats not just good for my weight i am sure its good for my health too :)

Oh did new pics too, yesterday! I was wearing a pair of size 14 jeans Kylie gave me a while back that didnt fit before! Granted they are tight round the waist but I still wore them!

I look miserable lol

25th bit from me

had a good day today.

had 2 eggs and some mushroom, spinach and tomato for breakfast.
had left over fried rice for lunch, then a slad for afternoon tea, oh a banana in there somewhere.
tea was apita bread pizza oh and pre-tea was a small plate of prawns.
I also let myself have some chocolate todaythere was a plain choccie frog in the fridge starign at me so I ate it :) All well within points today.

have gone back down to 22 points a day this week to see if that helps get things moving downwards again. Today I have 1 point left but earnt a few excercising on top though must admit am not hungry as the pizza was so filling!

excercise was housework for 2 hours (including scrubbing of all florrs and vaccuuming so that was about 3 or more points worth!
and i wlaked for 35 minutes.

june excercise total = 625 minutes

Oh spoke ot joey about joining the gym and he is in support of it, we know it will pull fnances a bit tighter but its worth it for my helath and some time out for me. Will go and join up on Tuesday or maybe even tomorrow! we'll see :)

24th bit form me

well crap :( I GAINED .8 of a kilo!

That sucks I tell you.

I am blaming it wholeheartedly on last friday nights pizza and wine and chips! every other day i was within points :(

It is really dissapointing but hey I am NOT giving upo!

I went and had a look at the gym after my meeting and will most likely join up after school holidays (its hard ot get care in their cc over school holidays) so will be joining that in a month. I am keen on that idea as as i lose I do want to tone and strengthen.

Today has been great food wise
toast ham tom, chilli and cheese for breakfats as uaual, coffee and then mushroom and bok choy.brocollini for lunch the same as the other nights dinner and tea tongiht is home made fried rice and honey soy chcken form the syms books, havent made it in ages so am looking forward to it.

bit worried abotu the long weekend and Joey being around more as i dont want to be tempted. he also had a gain of 1.6 kilos so I reckon we should work together to be good :)

so rehashing for friends wedding:
21 weeks: 86.8
20 weeks: 84.5
19 weeks: 84
18 weeks: 84.8

so .505 grams a week to lose to get to goal! lets hope next week looks better than this one did!

oh walked to and form ww again so 1.5 hours walking!
and wlaked to school this morning so
june excercise total = 590 minutes.

23rd bit form me

ergh weigh in is tomorrow! I am little nervous abot this week due to the pizza and souvlaki! Souvlaki night I was still wihtin points so should be fine butpizza night i went well over! Every other day i have neem fine and made sure I have stayed under points and I have excercised every day!

Man all that vegie eating yesterday and today certainly has reminded me my bowels work just fine :) lol seriously I have pooed soooo much and my farts reek like no tomorrow.... yeah yeah tmi i know but hey its all part of it, I imagie my system is reasonably cleaned out anyway!

Today: I had toast, ham, cheese, tomato and chilli for breakfast (if you havent worked out yet I am not much of a cereal person, prefer toast for breakfast or something cooked!) Then half a banana.

Lunch was one of those light lunch packs, i had a pasta salad one, worked out to be only 3.5 points. I then had some of the point free soup and a garden salad.

Dinner was fish and vegies as pictured here.


I poached the fish in water wiht some soy, lemon juice, fresh chilli and fresh coriander and a little ginger (have you seen a pattern in my flavours of food yet :))
Brain (FIL) buys fish each thursday for tea, I am tryign to convonce him to buy soemthign other than grenadier, whilst i do like it I would like to try somwthing different, he only buys it because it is cheapest!

Excercise, I went for a walk after jye went home this afternoon, just a quick brisk 30 minute walk, was good, was fresh and just getitng dark, felt good when I got home.

June excercise total = 485 minutes

22nd bit form me

To finish off yesterday: had a yummy yummy rissotto for tea, chicken, mushroom, leek, spinach and roast pumpkin :) was really nice I even had a small second serve :) My neighbour came for our nightly walk after dinner, so another 45 minutes in there. I came hoem to watch my shows and sank a few glasses of red and pigged out on popcorn, all in all not bad and points wise was still ok, but only just!

Today: Had a shake for breakfast and a banana as I had to do things today and was rushed. Made us all lunch though to take with us. I decided i wanted to eat loads of vegies today so made a big salad for myself for lunch, had olives and avocado in it so some good oils :) I then stopped in at a girlfreinds for coffee and scoffed 3 arrowroot biscuits, so much for just fruit and vegies today! Oh I also made a pot of point free soup this morning so I would have it ready for when I got home and would be hungry :)
Had the soup for afternoon tea, then made for dinner some bokchoy, brocollini and mushrooms.

Its here:


it was really yummy
recipe:
one bunch bok choy
1/2 bunch broccolini
small mushrooms
large flat mushrooms
shitake mushrooms
chilli, garlic, oyster sauce, soy sauce, lime juice, ginger and a dob of marg/butter

throw all the spices/flavours into a frypan, add the dob of butter (i use nuttlex) pop mushrooms on top, turn on low heat and pop lid on frypan, cook for approx 10 minutes turning once.
In a wok add a little water and a squeeze of lime juice, bring to boil, throw broccolini in and cover for 30 seconds, then add washed bok choy in and cover for 30 seconds.
pop greens on a plate, pop mushrooms on top, voila done! so simple yet very yummy!

I only wlaked to school this morning so not a lot of excercise, was hoping neighbour would come knock for a walk but no luck :( so only 15 minutes added.

June excercise total = 455 minutes.

Oh meant to add and have a whinge! Today I craved KFC bad!! I LOVE the hot and spicy chicken when they do it and I keep seeing the ads on tv for it and drooling! Today i swear it was haunting me as I swear I passed at least 5 KFC outlets! I was soooo tempted yet held back and didnt get it! I so want to try one of the new spicy wrap things they have going!!! will power will power!

21st bit from me

to finishh off yesterday: I had chicken and vegies for tea, had extra chicken so was 6.5 points. Then my neighbour came to wlak her dogs so we walked for 45 minutes, she said she will come again tonight, hope so I enjoy the evening walks, its quiet and I like chatitng to someone when I walk :)
Had a ww pudding wiht a scoop of ice cream for dessert was under points by about 2 for the day.

Today: Had toast, tomatoe, ham, cheese and chlli for breakfast, and 2 coffees :) I walked Tiahna to school and will walk to pick her up as my car is making funny noises! Must ring our mechanic friend ot come check it.

I went out this mornign after breakfast to pick up my save water prize of a shower head, picked up my sisters too whilst there, on the ay hoem I rang Joey to pop a steak in the micrwave to defrost to make lunch!

Lunch was this!


a yummy thai beef salad
recipe:
piece of steak (I didnt measure but wasnt very thick so guessing around 100-150 gms)
salad ingredients (I used mixed salad leaves, red and green capsicum, mushroom, tomato and cucumber)
fresh coriander leaves
dressing:
dash sesame oil
tamari soy sauce
fish sauce
lemon juice
ginger
garlic
chilii
little vinegar (i used white balsamic dressing)

To cook:
toss salad ingredients in bowl, mix dressing ingredients in seperate jug, season steak with salt and pepper, cook steak on high heat on griddle pan for 2 minutes each side, then sit for 3 or so minutes before slicing.
put salad on plate, slice steak and put on top of slaad, then pour dressing over top.

was VERY yummy!
Just had water wit it, contemplating another coffee now :)

Tonight for tea will be rissotto.

total excercise after adding in last nights walk and walking tiahna to school
June = 395 minutes

20th bit form me

woohoo my 20th entry :) this is definatly a record!

Ok my weekend :) Actually it was petty good. Saturday I was good, went out for afternoon tea wiht my gran, had a bite of the girls choc eclairs and then ate a sweet potato and vegie pattie with a skinny cappacino. Tea was good, roast with dad, didnt drink too much wine at all, was tired so was good.
Sunday morning got up and made all the boys breakfast, did it all on the bbq, love the new bbq with the side hot plate, meant I could do the mushrooms and spinach inthe fry pan without have ot come inside. Had a soy and linseed roll with mushroom, spinach, a little bacon and one egg, had a glass of real soft drink wiht it but thats cool :) Lunch I just had soup as was still tired and feeling a bit off, Sunday night we had my nieces concert so Joey orderd fish and chips, I had a souvalki but still stayed iwthin points as only had soup for lunch and didnt eat anythign when I got home after the concert.

Today has been good, had a shake for breakfast as was runing late, had to drop off at school and kinder then go drop negs of for soem reprints. Home then pasta for lunch from some stuff i froze the other week, tea tonight will be fish and vegies or chicken and vegies.

Excercise I walked 45 minutes on Saturday, 45 minutes yesterday and so far 15 minutes today. When I went to drop off my reprints I parked a good distance away and walked wiht Liam on the hip seat so a good litlle extra.

Oh mel and I did our measurements Friday ngiht, she too wants to lose some weight before the wedding so we will get together again a week before it and see how we have done.

excrcise total = 335 minutes

19th bit form me

ergh! I blew out last night!

I couldnt be bothered cooking, got the kids maccas and pinched some of their chips then when my friend came we got PIZZA! I havent had real pizza in such a long time, I ordered my fav too, salami, capsicum, olives anchovies etc mmmmm it was so yummy! I ate half a large pizza so could have been worse! Then drank a bottle of wine whilst we watched dvds and ate half a packet of red rock chips! Well over my daily points so am going to have ot make an extra effort tonight to not blow out again as we have people coming for tea, though I am cooking roast chicken so food wise will be ok, yet I know everyone will be drinking!

I already know tomorrow morning is bacon, eggs, mushroom tomato spinach etc so I have grabbed a packet of ww bacon for me so I can join in breakfast without guilt (the boxing is on and Joey has mates coming to watch and they have all pitched in for a cooked breakfast)

Definatly need to get in a good walk today after last night! Might go make some point free soup.....

18th bit from me

Lost 1/2 a kilo! yay! current weight now 84 kilos
total loss so far 2.8 kilos!

I gt up[ this morning and got fil to wlak Tiahna to school so i could walk to ww wiht the other kids. so I pushed a pram wiht 3! yes 3! toddlers on it, a 1,2 and 3 year old a total weight of 53kilos including my pram! The wlak there and back is 45 minutes each way! So all up walked 1 and a half hours today so far, actually am sure that will be it as I am stuffed!
Had just a banana once I got back as was heaidng off for lunch right away for a friends birthday, so showered then headed off. Lunch was yummy! I ordered calamari thai salad and a side plate of vegies so worked out points for that to be 3.5 for the salad and will give the vegies a 1.5 ,half a potato and they had what seemed like a little butter or somethign on them but didnt seem excesive. I had a diet coke and then water.
I still have heaps of points left today as I earnt 7 with my mornings wlak! I need them though as a girl friend is coming for tea and a dvd tonight and am sure there will be wine drank! Tea is planned ot be home mae fried rice and honey soy chicken, have ot check the friend eats that first! If not who knows!

I stuck to all of my goals I set last week! I think I would have lost more had I not shared the chicken and chips with the kids twice during the week and the hot chips I shared iwhtthem yesterday! I really need to be stronger and just say NO!

So Goals this week:
Keep tracking
Menu plan at least 1-2 days ahead
Aim to eat 23-24 points a day.
Keep drinking my water
Excercise at least 4 times this week.
Start doing som etonight excecises, sit ups at least 3 times this week.

So to follow my goal of wanting to lose 11.8 kilos in 21 weeks for my friends wedding:
week 21: 86.8 start weight
week 20: 84.5
week 19: 84

2.8 down = 9 to go!
Loss needed = 470 grams a week!

excercise:
90 minutes today
total = 230 minutes.

17th bit form me

oooh one more sleep til weigh in! Hope I lose soemthing! anything! lol

Today: walked Tiahna to school this morning, too late for laps again but thats ok the walk there is back is better than nothing!
Had toast ham, cheese, tomato and chilli for breakfast and a coffee. Then dropped off the images to my client from last week, she loved them which is always a great feeling!
By the time I got home it was lunch time so decided to use the left over uncooked chicken thigh and make the same as what I had for dinner last nigth since it was so yummy!
Afternoon tea was a nestle choc delight
Dinner was dory fillets poached with chilli, spring onion, garlic, ginger and soy and black pepper. Was very delicious! served with steamed vegies. Then a ww ice cream cone for dessert! I've got left over salad in the fridge too if I get picky, am at my total for points today so only salad now but thats ok as I am not actually hungry.

Oh walked and picked Tiahna up from school also so thats 40 minutes onto the tally

total = 140 minutes so far!

16th bit form me

lol yeah yeah 3 posts in one day is getting excessive but wanted to add this in!

I joined a challenge on another site to do 1000 minutes of excercise for the month of June. I thinki will do it easily but willkeep track this month to see just how many minutes I do get to!

Today:
55 minutes walking (20 minutes to and form school twice then 15 minutes to and form shops)
45 minutes (neighbour came over tonight and knocked on the door wiht her dogs, i sometimes go wiht her walk one of them as its dark and well we dont live in the safest area! but her dogs are huge and we have ech other to chat too!)

total: 100 minutes

15th bit from me

well back agan to share my dinner :)

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It is a chicken burger and salads.
The chicken burger is
1 wholemeal roll (2 points)
1 chicken thigh fillet (2.5 points)
sweet chilli sauce (.5 points)
fresh spinach and capsicum.

I cooked the chicken in soy, chilli and a little seeded mustard.
served with a garden salad wiht lemon, lime and cracked pepper fat free dressing (0 points)
and a corn and bean salad (1.5 points)

and a can of diet coke.
all up a really yummy 6.5 point dinner!

14th bit from me

Update from yesterday: last night was good! Yes i drank wine but was still in points! I made a really yummy dinner, mussels as the entree in chilli, tomato, capsicum and garlic sauce! Then made a stri fry ith prawns, loads f fresh vegies and chilli, garlic, ginger, soy and lemon. I served it wiht rice for the boys but I just had it wihtout. Skipped dessert as had the wine instead and then had rice crackers and salsa as my snack.

Today: Walked Tiahna to school, though didn't do laps as we were late so instead walked the long way to and from school, about 25 minutes all up. Had porrige for breakfast then we headed off to playgroup where I was so good and passed on the yummy looking chocolate fudge slice they were passing around, instead I had some fruit, now that was hard! I took the kids for a walk up to the shops, so another 15 minutes walk in, and picked up some photos for a job, got the kids a chicken and chips to share and picked at them a bit myself too!!! oops! actually felt bad for doing it, like I am spoiling hard work... I counted 6 points for the picking, figured that was a fair amount to add on to todays schedule! Then went to the supermarket and grabbed yet more salad stuff and some more dressing, got Joey another can of weight loss shake stuff (he lost as well, he is finally under 100 kilos at 99.9!) then took kids ot the bakery and got them a donut and myself nothing!
Was planningon coming home to left overs of last ngihts stur fry anf found that Joey and Brian (the fil) had eaten it all whilst I was out! I was alittle annoyed as I was looking forward to it as its mega low in points and really yummy! Instead i put a ww hot pot meal in and had that and really didnt enjoy it :( I wont get that one for a while think I am over it.
I also bought some rolls whilst out as I am going to cook pasta for everyone else but I want a chilli chicken burger for tea and will make salad to go with it, pasta just isnt grabbing me at present.

Will head off soon and wlak to pick Tiahna up so my walkig total today will be over 1 hour.

Typing this now i wonder how long i will keep up wiht keeping track of everything I am consuming? is this a new lifestyle for me? Do I need to do this the netire time I try lose weight? I know I deifnatly lose easier when I do track everythign I eat....

13th bit from me

Its me again :)

Well ended up making a salad last nigth and still had 5 points left over at the end of the day, 4 of them were form excercise though so ate 22 points all up. Joey is on the early shift tonight so i had saved a couple of points for if I feel like a glass of wine or a beer, yeah sad I know was only yesterday I said none during the week lol but hey one night during the week is better than 5 nights which is what I was doing before and hey if I dont end up having it it leaves me more points tonight for snacking whilst watching my shows on TV (Tuesday night is my tv night with All Saints, then Rove)

Food today: 2 oached eggs and 1 slice toast for breakfast, banana for morning tea and a coffee, ww beef burgundy and a salad for lunch, will be having freshly cooked mussles in their shells tonight wiht chilli and tomato and herbs and then a stir fry of prawns and vegies and =chilli for main course:) I got a ww pudding and some low fat ice cream for dessert too! yummo!

I had to go out to the shops before to restock on yummy food! I was feeling in a rut looking in the cupboard for tea as I hadn't menu planned this week. Actually my menu planning isnt going much frther than 2-3 ahead at the moment, most days its just one day ahead! I am OK wiht that though as I am getitng bored quickly wiht the foods I am eating so this helps keep variety by not being committed to cooking somethig I dont really want to eat! Tomorrow night is tortellini and sauce which I was mean to make last week but wasnt in the mood for pasta!

I walked Tiahna to school ths morning and then did laps of the oval with her before walking home again (did I post earlier that her school is currently doing laps each morning to attempt to walk around australia? its a fitness incentive for the kids)

Water intake has been great, getting roughly 1.5-2.5 litres a day. Drinking fomr a water bottle makes it easier aslong as I remember to keep it nearby. I am still weeing a fair bit more though, hopefully that stops soon!

3 more sleeps til weigh in :)

12th bit from me

well one and half weeks and I am still going woohoo!

Had a pretty good weekend. Saturday I went out for dinner wiht dh. We went to thai and ordered all point friendly meals, stir fries and soups etc all stuff that is good for points. I had some wine too and still didnt blow out!

Sunday I went to my sisters for the day and night for a sleep over as she lives a good drive away. I took a ww meal for lunch and they cooked a roast for dinner. In the afternoon we went for a good walk too so that would have helped with the popcorn and one tim tam (still cant believe I only had 1!) I consumed during the movie with yet more wine, didnt count points yesterday ...actually just stopped and added them up then, including the wine it was 32 points! so deduct 3 for my walk and it was only 29 points for the day. Considering I am still breastfeeding and am allowed 26 if I like anyway I think that should be ok :)

Back properly on track today, going to attempt another week of no wine on week nights (didn't get through last week but didnt consume much during the week, heck I do sound like an alco sometimes!) Loads of water instead and diet coke as my treat.

On the subject of diet coke, I still cant believe I have come to like it! That and pepsi max do taste fine, they are actually nice when I am craving something sweet! I have never been an excessive soft drink drinker but I'd always have a can of coke with take away or when visiting friends for lunch etc and occasionally during the week I used to ask Joey to bring me home a can of coke and chocolate on his way home form work :) None of that anymore, actually i cant think of the last time I drank REAL coke!

Back to today :) Todays eating has been good, nutri grain and a slice of toast for breakfast wht the obligatory coffee ofcourse, then a subway sweet onion and teryiaki for lunch wiht a diet coke, tea is steak and egies and I'll probably have a ww ice cream cone while I watch my shows tonight :) I walked to and form kinder hwich is a 40 minute walk, also when I took Liam to the mchn I left my car parked there and walked up to the shops so another 20 minute walk.

I went out this afternoon and grabbed more salad stuff so if I get picky tonight and want to snack I can whip up a quick salad bowl or have a cup a soup.

So so far so good this week, not perfect and been over points but all good all the same :) 470 grams needed to keep on track, anything over is a bonus!

11th bit from me

drum roll please.....ddddddddd...dd.d.d.d.d.d.d.d.d.ddddd.

I lost 2.3 KILOS!!!!! OMG! Thats the biggest loss i have ever had! I certainly don't want nor expect to keep losing at that rate but hey for a first week back on track its brilliant!

So as you can figure thats good motivation to keep going! I had a chat to my ww leader too today, she is actually really lovely, and we discussed working out my WW points for breastfeeding as we don't want me to lose so much each week, a 1/2 to 1 kilo is a better goal and ofcoure if its a bit over a kilo then hey thats pretty good too.

I spoek in formnt of the whole meeting too today, well form my butt on my chair, and explained how i have been a member for 4 months and I lost weight then regained and then started afresh last week and had a good loss for my first proper week back on track, was good as I hate public speaking but I was kind of proud too :)

So Goals this week:
Keep tracking
Menu plan at least 1-2 days ahead
Aim to eat between 22 and 26 points with an average of 23-24.
Keep drinking my water
Excercise at least 4 times this week.

So to follow my goal of wanting to lose 11.8 kilos in 21 weeks for my friends wedding:
week 21: 86.8 start weight
week 20: 84.5

2.3 down = 9.5 to go!
Loss needed = 470 grams a week!

10th bit from me

1 more sleep to go!

Well thats a nearly a whole week of journal keeping, definatly must be a record!

Now for those reading, I apologise for the terrible typos but I really am too lazy to go back and edit so if you want to keep reading I hope you understand typonese :P

Ooooh weigh in tomorrow! I am nervous to be honest! I have set aside enough to pay for 12 weeks again in advance so thats great. I am feelign confident the scales will go down and not up, but down by how much I am not sure!

Last ngihts dilema was fixed too! I wore what I mentioned but popped my trench coat, jacket thingy over the top and felt ok. I htink part of it was nerves after not shooting a wedding for a while and not dealing wiht clients on a professional level liek that for a while. I was definatly self conscious when in there but that isn't an entirely weight thing thats just some confidence I need to build back up again!

Today was a good day! I photgraphed a lovely mother and her 2 gorgeous children. I wore my black pants, black top and denim jacket and didnt feel too frumpy. I came away feelign i got some wonderful images so cant wait to see them!
I needed that boost after last ngiht too and feeling os yuk!

Foodwise I have been good, had a beer lastnihgt as cracked it wiht Joey over rubbish, he can be so umspymapthitc at times, noone wants to ever here the phrase 'I told you so' about anything, it really isnt constructive! I did well not to pig out though so thats good. I am off soon for a walk, havent done a hell of a lot fo excercise this week but the knee is feelign good today so willg o once I get home from school pick up.

Back otmorrow wiht the results of my first week back on track!

9th bit form me

yes back again so soon!

My first real whinge!

As i said tonight I am off to see potential clients for a wedding. Now I dont know what to wear! I have washed my jeans and brown top and can iron them but they make me feel fat. They are about my most decent outfit that is plain and simple other than going the whole hog wiht black pants etc which makes me uncomfortable as I am a casual person, my photography style is casual and I feel people relax more if I am dressed more casually yet still neat. I do wear all black when shooting a wedding, maybe i should follow that style through my appointments also? agh I dont know!

I really really need more clothes but apart from the obvious lack of funds there is also the dilema that I dont want to buy clothes in this current size (BTW I am currently a size 16-18 thoguh I also own a few size 20 tops :( i cried the day I had to buy them!) so what do I do? Bt ehte bullet and wear what I have washed and ut out and use the old fake confidence trick??? I think thats what I'll have to do? hmmmm might go peek in the wardrobe, might find something else though I do doubt it!

8th bit from me

2 more sleeps!

Well i caved lastnight and had some wine :) It wasnt too bad, I had a handful of red rock chips when dh got home too so went over my points by about 3-4 points so still ok I reckon.

Straight back n track today! I had a weight loss shake for breakfast which is 3 and a half points. I dont have them often but was a hurry this morning so figured that and a banana was better than no breakfast! Joey is currently using them as meal replacements as he is trying to lose weight also, he isnt having much luck either!
Lunch was some sashimi, yummy! and a little bit of a japanese curry and I also pinched a couple of the kids hot chips! naughty naughty, off ot the naughty spot for me! ah lol tis ok was only a couple and I counted theminmy points. just demolished a yummy salad for afternoon tea and willg o have a piece of fruit in a minute.

Tonight is a weight watchers meal for tea as I have to go see a couple about booking me in as their wedding photographer for early next year! Gee hopefully they will see a totally different me by the time I shoot that! I'd like to buy osme new work clothes too, but am not really keen to buy some in my current size!

7th bit from me

Ah back again :)

Ok last few dayshave been great! I have done well sticking to my points every day! I have walked most days except for today, though I did walk to school today but thats only 20 minutes so i dont really count it. My knee has been hurting a bit though so figured it was a good idea to rest it a bit.

I didn't make the tortellini for tea tonight instead made a thai green curry but alow fat version, it was very yummy! I had pita pizza for lunch again today, they are great, make you feel like you are getitng to eat heaps and somethign thatis almost a treat like take away!

Speaking of take away I havent had any! yay! Good thing is Ihavent taken the kids either, so hey we all get healthier lol

Tonight though am craving a glass or two of wine! I often have a few glasseson a Tuesdaynight wiht All Saints and Rove. Its like my switch off time and I enjoy it. Might go see if Brian has a bottle I can open if not I'll go without as I can't be bothered leaving the house at this hour just for wine.

Speaking of Brian he really annoyed me today, i htink i was a bit tired and iritable anyway but he keeps scrubbing my wok with solvol and I have asked him not too! I have explained how it should be cleaned and otld him that I dont need him to cleanit anyway as I am happy to do it! Then he had alittle dummy spit over it sayign the bottom would drop out! lol ah you have to laugh or you'll go insane!

Well thats it for me, my shows start soon!

3 more sleeps til weigh in! I'll be happy with anything over 1/2 of a kilo!

6th bit from me

Well 3 days into the new plan and so far so good!

Yesterday was good, ate well, had 2 chevups and 2 eggs for breakfast, ww meal for lunch (the chick pea curry one, its quite nice) and I cooked mussels in chilli and otmato for tea, they wqere soooo deliscious! I had a ocupel of glasses of wine last ngiht and accounted forthem imy points. I also planned my snacks for wiht my dvd and the wine. Often if i drink wine it kills me food wise as I so want some chips or similar to go wiht it. So last ngiht Ihad some popcorn and some rice crackers and salasa and was satisfied :) So even with my wine I stayed within my points! No more wine this week, will have some at the EB dinner on Saturday night instead.

Didnt excercise yesterday as we had a friend of Tiahna's come and stay for the afternoon and night and I ran out of time. Today though I am going to go for a swim this evening, havent been for a swim in a while so am looking forward ot it.

I've been great with my water intake, I have some water bottles that are 750mls so I aim to drink at least 2 of them a day and am finding it not too hard if I just keep it nearby.

Today foodwise I have been good too, the kids requested bacon and eggs for breakfast so bought them regular bacon and got myself some WW bacon. Poached the eggs and had a bacon and egg toasted sanwich was so deliscious! Dieting doesnt have to be all bad! I have a pita pizza cooking now, with lite ham, 3 different types of capsicum, spinach, olives, mushroom and chilli it smells divine! Tea tonight is tofu noodle vegie stir fry. have to finish plannign the rest of the weeks meals too.

Monday night = silverside and vegies
Tuesday night = tortellini and a tomatoe and vegie sauce
not sure abotu the rest of the week yet! Maybe if I can at least plan a day ahead will be good!

Today when I got dressed I looked in the mirror and had ot go change my top as the one I was wearing made me look very chunky :( I had the outfit Ihad on in the pic below.

5th bit from me

Ok I did it! I went to WW! and boy is it bad!!!!

I weighed in today at 86.8 kilos! Firstly that was a gain of 1.5 kilos from my last visit and secondly well in the 13 visits I have lost only .1 of a kilo, yes a measly 100 grams! Granted I also got my period today and I havent been abe to excercise much the last few weeks due to hurting my knee but still this is ridiculous! I need it to change! I need to make it change!

So resetting my goals:
to be 75 kilos or under by Jo's wedding. This is a loss of 11.8 kilos in 21 weeks from today. Ideally I would have loved to have been at 70 kilos by her wedding but I think sticking and aiming for a half kilo a week consistent loss will be a bit more achievable.

Ok changes to make THIS week!
Get back into walking now the knee is feeling a little bit better!
TRACK my points EVERY day!
Drink plenty of water.
Have wine on 2 nights only! and make sure it is accounted for in the daily points.

So far today has been good. Had fruit for breakfast, salads and a ham and salad roll for lunch. Salad and 1 fish finger for snacks, about to have a cup a soup then for tea is chevups and steamed vegies oh and some pont free mushroom and asian greens soup I am starting to cook now.

I walked for 30 minutes this morning and for 20 minutes this afternoon.

Will do my measurements and post them in here also. I will aim to measure once a month so hopefully I see some change there.

Measurements:
21/1 Now
Neck: 38cms 38cms
Upper Arm: 33.5cms 32.5
Waist: 101cms 99cms
Hips: 116.5cms 115cms
Upper leg: 69cms 67cms
Calf: 39cms 39.5cms

21/1 is the date I joined weight watchers at the start of the year. So looking at this at least I have still lost a tiny bit of size. My upper leg isnt suprising as one thig I have done in this time is increase my excercise a fair bit (except for the last 2 weeks where it hasnt been non-existant but just less)

4th bit form me

well 3 days and this is my fourth post. thats about as dedicated as I have ever been to any type of journal before, wonder if I'll ever post my 100th bit!

Well today has been a good day. I discussed with Joey that I really need to keep on track if I want to lose at least 10 kilos by Jo's wedding, he has said he will support me which is good. He also wants to lose around 10 kilos so hopefully we can achieve that together!

Excercise wise I did gardening. I trimmed 3 trees out the front yard, pulled most of my now dead vegetables form the vegie garden and did a bit of weeding.

Food wise I have been great today, havent been hngry and havent eaten any not so great foods. I had a shake for breakfast, Joey bought some slim right mix and we have both been haivng it occasionally with a piece of fruit for breakfast, this works for me as I am not a big breakfast eater anyway and having this and a banana and a coffee really is enough for me and I feel quite full which is good.
I dont think I had anythign for morning tea? Oh yes I did I had some toast with ham, tomato, cheese and chilli. Had a ww frozen meal for lunch, the hot pot one, I dont mind that one. I then had a wendy's smoothie for afternoon tea whilst I did the supermarket shopping. Then now for dinner is fish, oven baked chips and steamed vegies. That will be me for the day I think, must go check the tally of points on the fridge tracker.

Tomorrow morning is weigh in and get back on track properly for me! I really don't want to go but I know I need to be accountable each week and this forces me to be. Facing the weigher each time is really quite daunting, I often wonder if others who go in feel the same stress I feel when I do it. Especially lately as I seem to have gained most of the time! I just want to leave and cry and give up!

Tomorrow though I WILL GO! I will get weighed and I will stay for the meeting!

Will be back tomorrow with the results!

3rd bit from me

back again already!

Was thinking after posting on EB that I need to set my goals out here. To remind myself and to be able to look back upon in time.

I have things I want like I want to be healthier, I want to be fitter, I want to have more energy etc.
But to make it more specific:
I want to be able to run 5 kms non stop.
I want to run in the August womens fun run with Kylie.
I want to comfortably fit into a size 12.
I want to weigh less than 70 kilos.

Timeline goals:
Jo's wedding October 14th is 21 weeks away. I'd love to be ina size 12 by then! I'd love to be at least under 75 kilos by then. Thats a loss of roughly 1/2 a kilo a week form here til then to achieve it!

Mini goals:
Fix my knee so i can at least keep walking up and get back to running asap!

Will make a weight goal once I know for sure what my weight is on Friday.

Mini mini goal....actually GO on Friday!

2nd bit from me

Well 1 day and I am already back.

Figure I best work how to post a photo here so I can pop some of my most unfavorite fatty pics here! I do need some reminding of how I look, its funny because sometimes I forget and think I am still skinny like I used to be, then I see a pic and go 'oh wow is that me!!!!' ewwwwww

but that is what I am trying to change, so rather than being so negative time for change!

I CAN DO IT
I WILL DO IT
I AM DOING IT

I'm not sure of my current weight, as I havent been going to Weight Watchers as regularly as I should, partly due to be being busy with the kids or having Jye and well sometimes I think I use those things as an excuse to not go.
Plus my 12 weeks is up and I need to pay another 12 weeks or I know I wont commit but money is tight and am not sure I can afford to pay that amount up front. Joey suggested a gym membership instead of WW and using the WW money for that but I really dont want to go to a gym, I have done it before and whilst I enjoy swimming and doing the body balance classes the rest is just so boring and I can't stand being around half the pretentious people you tend to get in a lot of gyms. plus add the cost of child care on top of a gym membership and I'd rather spend the extra cash buying yummy healthy food and getting good walking, running gear and well a nice massage now and then!





1st bit from me

Well I decided to start an online blog...

Lets see how long this lasts!

The motivating factor is somewhere to ramble on about myself, my life and in particular my current struggle with my weight loss.

I'm sure it will bore who read it to absolute tears so feel free to move along at any time. believe me I wont be offended, actually I wont even know so do as you please...

What is it with blogs that sudenly you feel like you are actually speaking to someone and not just yourself?

Well thats it for now... exciting stuff eh???