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Tuesday, September 27, 2005 Crashed the Wagon I have been reading a few other blogs lately refering to falling of the wagon. Well I have totally crashed it. Flashback to last week. Friday morning weighin and I had a 200g gain. Quite annoyed considering how hard I had tracked and exercised but at least it was small. That was then. Saturday was the AFL grand final and couple of drinky drinks were consumed while watching. Then a couple more to comiserate the loss. Sunday we went to the Royal Show and I was quite good considering previous years. We took lunch of salad sandwiches. Taste tested a new sausage and a new flavoured milk, but only small samples. Did not purchase any showbags for myself (first time ever). However we did stay later then we had planned so had to purchase takeaway for dinner and there was also my traditional toffee apple. Yesterday was our wedding anniversary. So Pete took me to Araluen, where we go married (the place with all the tulips mentioned in a prevous post) and bought morning tea with scones. Then he also took me out for dinner. So not a good long weekend. Did my mid-week weighin this morning and lets just say that I am expecting a substancial gain this week. I mean I have to lose 2kg from today to have a 100g loss! But we all have to relax every now and then or the stress would kill us. Am however feeling very motivated today after watching the new Biggest Loser last night. Wish I had access to a gym like them. I would use it at every available opportunity. Have also just caught up on everyones journals. A big shout out to Paulene, who is doing absolutely awesome with her 12 week challenge. YOU ROCK GIRL! Well just a short and sweet one today as I am at work at the moment. Just wanted to let you all know the state of play. Until later Bye 
Yay, its Wednesday Well, decided to face up to everything and did my mid week weighin today (I know, only 2 days until final weighin but what the..) and I am at the same weight I was last Friday. I am so stoked. All the extra exercise and close tracking has paid off. Yesterday afternoon, thought I might give my mum's stepper a go. She has brought it to my house so she can use it while looking after Bethany. Geez, I forgot what a workout they give you legs. So have now worked that into my daily routine. This morning I managed a quick 5mins. I am going to do little bits everytime I have some free time and try to work up my fitness on it so I can eventually do 30min sessions. There's more bonus points! Should have started it weeks ago. So today and tomorrow I am going to work my big butt off to get as good a loss as I can. If I do end up with a loss, that will be 3 weeks in a row, haven't done that in ages. I actually can't wait to get home from work to do some exercise. OMG! Well, just a short and sweet one from me today. Just wanted to let you all know where I'm at. Might post a couple of photos later from the Wiggles concert. Geez it was great. Bethany asked me this morning to go again, had to explain that the Wiggles have gone home now. She was so sad. Told her she would just have to wait until she sees HI-5 in December. She has more of a life than I do! Until later Bye
Word Verification Just quickly, like many of you, I have now had to put Word Verification on my comments. Hope it's not too much of a pain.
WOW what a weekend. Busy, busy, busy. Friday was a bit disappointed with only a 200g loss after all the hard work I had been doing, but at least it was a loss. Didn't do my normal free day kind of stuff. Had a small amount of baked beans on toast for breakfast (2.5pts). Picked up mum and the 3 of us did an hour walk around the Swan River in the city. Then went to the shops to make some payments on Christmas laybys. Had Subway for lunch, 6inch roast chicken (I even had tomato and cucumber, shock horror). Walked around the shops for 2 hours and then came home. Saturday took Bethany to dancing and then to the WIGGLES concert. She absolutely loved it, as did her mum. Her mum took 216 photos (thanks to digital camera). Unfortunately the good work from the previous day was undone when the mighty WEST COAST EAGLES got into the AFL grand final and some serious partying was done. Sunday went to visit the in-laws and persuaded everyone to have Subway for lunch (must be an addict now!) but got home so late that take-away was consumed for tea. So this morning am feeling slightly blah! and am totally expecting a gain this week. Am not totally sure as I have not done my mid-week weighin. Infact, quite unlike me, I have not been on the scales since Saturday. I think I am a bit too scared at what I might see. So am going to get back to action and do the best I can and just see what happens on Friday. Will have to be good again on Friday as we are off to the Perth Royal Show on Saturday. That involves a lot of walking which is good, but a lot of bad stuff to eat. At this stage, the plan is to take sandwiches for lunch, to avoid chips and stuff, but ever since I was a little girl, no matter if we didn't have much money for show bags and stuff, I always got a toffee apple, so don't know what might happen there. Hope everyone is having a good start to their week. Here's to getting back to action. Until later Bye
So pumped! I don't know if it is all the water I've been drinking or the fact that I have been exercising the last 2 days but I am totally pumped this morning. Both Monday and yesterday I have been doing crunches, squats and lunges when I get up in the morning and have also successfully managed 30min walks in the afternoons. Monday was a gentle one to get back in the swing of things but yesterdays was just awesome. Peter was 20mins late home from work and I was dressed and ready to go as I was watching the rain clouds building. As soon as he was in the door I was out. Now I live on a big loop and doing 2 laps from my house takes around 30 mins (depending on my speed) and is 3kms. I started off at a normal steady pace but the clouds were getting darker and bigger. I had done just over 1 lap and was 17mins into my walk when I felt little spots. Kept going but totally picked up the pace because I wanted to be close to home if it started. With 25mins down and 2mins from home I knew it was going to start so sent Pete a SMS to bring out my rain coat. As the house came into sight I saw him standing out there but the rain started to so went into a jog. He was expecting me to come from the other way so I came up behind him, grabbed the jacket and kept jogging as I put it on and then slowed back into a walk with 3 mins left to go. I felt so exhilerated. I ended up doing the best distance in my 30min with 2 laps and more. I walked the last 45 secs with my hood off, just enjoying the rain and feeling so good. I think it was just what I needed to get back into things. Everyday I have increase the amount of crunches I do by 5. And yesterday I did my personal best with my lunges of 20 on each leg and 25 squats for the day. Today my thighs felt the lunges I had done yesterdays so this morning I only did crunches and 10 squats. But when I got to work I thought whats the use in that. If I stopped everytime my body reacted to exercise I wouldn't be where I am today and while no-one was around I did 5 lunges on each leg. Will continue this throughout the day, so my body can adjust. I am so determined to make the most of this challenge. I feel so motivated and actually quite awesome today that I just want to bottle this feeling to use on low days. So that's about it for today. I will just leave you with a verse of one of my motivational songs on my MP3 that I walk to. "I am a fighter! I ain't gonna stop! There is no turning back! I've had enough!" I CAN DO THIS Until later Bye
Walk thru the tulips Once again I have slipped back into the habit of not updating regularly. Must apologise and stop doing that. Friday my weighin was 74kg, a loss of 800g from Friday but most importantly a 2.1kg loss from Monday. As you all know, I joined in Paulene's 12 week challenge on Monday so a good loss for the first week is just what I need. Unfortunately I must confess my eating over the last 48 hours hasn't been the best. I started out with good intentions on Friday(my free day) with a low point breakky. Then we went shopping and I had intended to be back before lunch but the best laid plans and all... ended up having takeaway for lunch. Then Bethany begged me to bake muffins with her(we haven't done any cooking in so long) and the rest went from there. I know these sound like excuses but it's just what happened. Today again had a low point breakky but then we took Bethany on a promised picnic. We took her to a place called Araluen Botanic Park. It was the place where Peter and I got married almost 7 years ago (15 days to go). During August to October they hold Springtime at Araluen when all the blooms come out. Mainly tulips and it looks so beautiful. We got there and went for a walk around the main area, kind of an easy bush walk. Then we walked down heaps of stairs to get to the main area, walked around there a bit and then caught their little train that takes you on about a 15 minute ride around. Then we walked up this massive hill to get to the car to get the picnic stuff. We had sandwiches for lunch (and had a few treats).
Until later Bye
Damn weather! Well here I am at day 3 and still motoring on quite well. Had 17.5 points yesterday and drank 500ml water. Am trying to reintroduce myself to water. I used to drink 2l a day. Have drank 500ml on both Monday and Tuesday this week and have already drank 500ml today, am aiming for 1l today. Unfortunately we have had horrific weather here the last couple of days. I would prefer just rain to the really strong gales we have had. At least you can walk in the rain but I tried to walk yesterday and the wind just kept pushing me backwards more than I was going forwards so had to give up. The winds are supposed to ease tonight with showers tomorrow and becoming fine on Friday but rain due back for Sunday. So once the wind is gone, I should be able to manage a walk. It is so fustrating because I really, really want to do it. TOM arrived yesterday and was really pleased that I managed the pains without resorting to eating any chocolate whatsoever until last night when I had a Nestle diet mousse. Well just a short one today. A big thank you to those who left the comments I asked for regarding my shopping trip (see last entry) but would like more so anyone who hasn't yet are welcome to. You don't have to put your name against it if you don't want to but any inspiration would be appreciated. Until later Bye
Day 1, Week 1 Well here goes folks. Spring is here and I have signed up for Paulene's 12 week challenge. I was a bit apprehensive at first (will explain more shortly) but have decided to give it a go. Weighin on Friday gave me a 600g loss down to 74.8kg. Very happy with that considering my eating became quite disasterous again. Now to explain why I have been so erratic over the last few weeks. I was certain that I was pregnant. I know I have said this before but I had nausea and dry reaching, constant dizziness. I got severe pains in the tummy if I wasn't eating every hour enough to make me gag, very sore boobies and even a case of thrush which I have never, ever had in my life before and I found out it can be caused by pregnancy. In fact I was certain right up until yesterday morning. My TOM is due today but I took a test yesterday and it was negative and I also started to lightly spot so am 98% sure I am not so I am going to throw myself back to weightloss. But it raises a question. If I am lucky enough to get pg. I can't just throw everything away. I need to make myself a battle plan just in case. Now back to the matter at hand. Yesterday I went for a 30min walk and also did 10min on my mother-in-law's exercise bike. Today shocking weather is due to hit but am going for a walk no matter what. Today is the first day of our challenge and I am not going to let a bit of rain stop me! Finally I am asking for your help. Last week Kate mentioned about having a friend go shopping with her and helping her whenever she was tempted by naughty stuff. Now I am not that lucky but would like you all to help me. I need you to post a comment for me. Pretend you are shopping with me and I am reaching for a packet of Tim Tams or a block of Peppermint chocolate. What would you say to me? I am going to take all your messages, use my scrapbooking sticker maker and make myself a motivation tool to take with me. That way I can look at it whenever I am week to keep myself good. So Please help me! So today is day 1, week 1 of the 12 week challenge. This mornings weighin was 76.1kg. Lets go!
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