Friday, June 30, 2006
Feeling Fine...
I'm still on track!!!
YAY ME!!!
Took Wednesday off from the gym to give my muscles a rest, cos boy o boy did they need it!!
My arms and shoulders and chest were really feeling it!
Anyway, I had plans to go to the gym yesterday after work, but since Chris had to work late, those plans went out the window.
Never mind - I have today off work, so I am gonna head down there this morning and have a good workout!!
Really looking forward to it too!!
Chris was supposed to have today off work too, but since they are shifting premises, he has had to work, and may even have to do a coupld of hours tomorrow as well!!
It was his actual birthday yesterday, and him and his mate got on the rum & bourbon last night - he had a sore head this morning!!! Hehehehehe..... I wonder why???
Rhian is at daycare, so today is my day to get things organised at home so that I dont have to spend all day tomorrow cleaning before the party....
Just had a suggestions from a gorgeous friend that I should make some jellies........ and since I got given a big bottle of Midori last night, I'm thinking that Pineapple/Lemonade/Midori jellies will be blimmen nice!!!
I'll do that today as well!
Crickey - I better get cracking then..........
Shopping, cleaning, make a cake, make jellies, gym, Dr appointment, and then I have to go and pick up a girlfriend at 4pm as we are going out for drinks to say goodbye to a workmate (and DragonBoat team mate) who is leaving work to go back to the UK next week!
Gonna be a busy day me thinks!
Weigh in tomorrow - I'm hoping and praying for another loss! Two in a row would be so much better than being the yo-yo queen that I seem to have become of late!!!
Right - DO SOMETHING JOANNA!!!!!
YAY ME!!!
Took Wednesday off from the gym to give my muscles a rest, cos boy o boy did they need it!!
My arms and shoulders and chest were really feeling it!
Anyway, I had plans to go to the gym yesterday after work, but since Chris had to work late, those plans went out the window.
Never mind - I have today off work, so I am gonna head down there this morning and have a good workout!!
Really looking forward to it too!!
Chris was supposed to have today off work too, but since they are shifting premises, he has had to work, and may even have to do a coupld of hours tomorrow as well!!
It was his actual birthday yesterday, and him and his mate got on the rum & bourbon last night - he had a sore head this morning!!! Hehehehehe..... I wonder why???
Rhian is at daycare, so today is my day to get things organised at home so that I dont have to spend all day tomorrow cleaning before the party....
Just had a suggestions from a gorgeous friend that I should make some jellies........ and since I got given a big bottle of Midori last night, I'm thinking that Pineapple/Lemonade/Midori jellies will be blimmen nice!!!
I'll do that today as well!
Crickey - I better get cracking then..........
Shopping, cleaning, make a cake, make jellies, gym, Dr appointment, and then I have to go and pick up a girlfriend at 4pm as we are going out for drinks to say goodbye to a workmate (and DragonBoat team mate) who is leaving work to go back to the UK next week!
Gonna be a busy day me thinks!
Weigh in tomorrow - I'm hoping and praying for another loss! Two in a row would be so much better than being the yo-yo queen that I seem to have become of late!!!
Right - DO SOMETHING JOANNA!!!!!
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Twice in a week already!
Yep - I've been to the gym twice this week already!
Once Monday morning, and once tonight after work!
YAY ME!
I had a crap sleep last night so am glad that I had already decided not to go to the gym this morning, cos I reckon that I wouldn't have!!
Anyway, work was really quiet today, so I decided (at the last minute) to go into the airport and meet mum and dad who were meeting Steph off the plane from Sydney, and surprise the lot of them!
I picked Rhian up from Daycare and we headed into the airport, and for a minute I panicked cos I couldn't find mum and dad at all!! I thought that we must have missed them, but a quick phone call tracked them down, and we waited with them for Steph to clear customs.
It was a great surprise for everyone, and Rhian loved seeing her Aunty Steph and nanna and grandad!
Then we went from the airport to my other sister's house and stayed for a coffee while Steph got to hold her new niece Anastasia.
Then it was goodbyes all round, as mum and dad took Steph back to Foxton with them, and I took Rhian to Chris's work for him to take her home - and I hit the gym!
My gym buddy was already there, warming up on the bike, so we just jumped straight onto the treadmills and did a brisk 20 minutes, before doing some weights.
Ange (my Gym buddy) then piked on me and went home, but I wasn't ready to give up, so headed back to the treadmill and did another 2 x 20 minute sessions! I was sweating buckets by the time I finished and I felt FANTASTIC!!!!
A quick cool down on the bike, and I was done for the night!
It was so great being able to have a hard workout, and not have to worry about getting home by a certain time to get ready for work!
I could just keep on pushing myself that little bit harder, and I felt great for it!
I plan on going back again on Thursday after work, and I am still thinking about going in the morning as well!
I must be mental!! hehehehehe......
Anyway, once I got home, I had a shower with my princess and then ate dinner, as Chris had already cooked it all!
Lucky huh??
Bummer was, that Rhian grabbed my razor in the shower, and took a chunk out of one of her fingers, so we had a bit of a drama trying to get the bleeding to stop!
It really looks like a lot when there is a white towel involved!! hehehee...
Bleeding stopped and she is now tucked up in bed with a plaster on her finger!
Poor wee thing....... it must have hurt!
Righto - I'm off to make a coffee then hit the hay - I'm buggered!!!!!
Keep smiling everyone!!!
Once Monday morning, and once tonight after work!
YAY ME!
I had a crap sleep last night so am glad that I had already decided not to go to the gym this morning, cos I reckon that I wouldn't have!!
Anyway, work was really quiet today, so I decided (at the last minute) to go into the airport and meet mum and dad who were meeting Steph off the plane from Sydney, and surprise the lot of them!
I picked Rhian up from Daycare and we headed into the airport, and for a minute I panicked cos I couldn't find mum and dad at all!! I thought that we must have missed them, but a quick phone call tracked them down, and we waited with them for Steph to clear customs.
It was a great surprise for everyone, and Rhian loved seeing her Aunty Steph and nanna and grandad!
Then we went from the airport to my other sister's house and stayed for a coffee while Steph got to hold her new niece Anastasia.
Then it was goodbyes all round, as mum and dad took Steph back to Foxton with them, and I took Rhian to Chris's work for him to take her home - and I hit the gym!
My gym buddy was already there, warming up on the bike, so we just jumped straight onto the treadmills and did a brisk 20 minutes, before doing some weights.
Ange (my Gym buddy) then piked on me and went home, but I wasn't ready to give up, so headed back to the treadmill and did another 2 x 20 minute sessions! I was sweating buckets by the time I finished and I felt FANTASTIC!!!!
A quick cool down on the bike, and I was done for the night!
It was so great being able to have a hard workout, and not have to worry about getting home by a certain time to get ready for work!
I could just keep on pushing myself that little bit harder, and I felt great for it!
I plan on going back again on Thursday after work, and I am still thinking about going in the morning as well!
I must be mental!! hehehehehe......
Anyway, once I got home, I had a shower with my princess and then ate dinner, as Chris had already cooked it all!
Lucky huh??
Bummer was, that Rhian grabbed my razor in the shower, and took a chunk out of one of her fingers, so we had a bit of a drama trying to get the bleeding to stop!
It really looks like a lot when there is a white towel involved!! hehehee...
Bleeding stopped and she is now tucked up in bed with a plaster on her finger!
Poor wee thing....... it must have hurt!
Righto - I'm off to make a coffee then hit the hay - I'm buggered!!!!!
Keep smiling everyone!!!
Monday, June 26, 2006
1 down, 2 to go
Got my lazy ass outta bed this morning when the alarm woke me 5.15am!
Surprised the hell out of myself actually!!!
Had a fantastic workout, then came home, had a shower, got ready for work and off I went.
Had a productive day at work, felt like I accomplished stuff, so that was great!
Went out for coffee with a girlfriend at lunch time, and managed to have JUST a coofee - even though there were loads of tempting things there, I didn't succumb to their call!
Had left over roast chicken and vegetable for dinner, and now here I am - freezing my ass off in the computer room......
Must go get warm actually!
I'm going to the gym after work with a girlfriend tomorrow, so I get a sleep in!
YAY!
That's it - I'm cold, and Chris has just made me a coffee, so I'm gonna go enjoy it by the nice warm fire!
Nighty Night!
Surprised the hell out of myself actually!!!
Had a fantastic workout, then came home, had a shower, got ready for work and off I went.
Had a productive day at work, felt like I accomplished stuff, so that was great!
Went out for coffee with a girlfriend at lunch time, and managed to have JUST a coofee - even though there were loads of tempting things there, I didn't succumb to their call!
Had left over roast chicken and vegetable for dinner, and now here I am - freezing my ass off in the computer room......
Must go get warm actually!
I'm going to the gym after work with a girlfriend tomorrow, so I get a sleep in!
YAY!
That's it - I'm cold, and Chris has just made me a coffee, so I'm gonna go enjoy it by the nice warm fire!
Nighty Night!
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Not so Lazy Sunday...
12.21pm and I am still in my jim jams!!!!
Shocking!!!
That said - I have cleaned the entire house (except the computer room) and all I have left to do is the vaccuming. I HATE that part!!!
We will have a house full next weekend, as it is Chris's 40th birthday on Thursday and we are having a party for him on the Saturday night, so I wanted to get a headstart on the housework!!!
Our gorgeous families will be here (including Steph from Sydney - YAY!!!!!!!), as will Chris's best mate from Palmie. I think I have invited about 40 people, but time will tell how many people turn up, and I hope that the cold doesnt put too may off!
Anyway, I've been up since 7.03am with Rhian, which was actually a sleep in for my girl!
Gotta love her!!!
Oh yeah - here is a pic of her the other day in my swimming cap!
It seems to have taken up residency in her toybox since her useless tart mother never uses it for it's intended purpose!
Hahahaha.....
Too Cute!!!!!
Had a good day yesterday, the ensuite floor is now fixed and we no longer have any holes in the floor or walls or anyhwere!
YAY!
And as I type this - Chris is putting the toilet back in there, so we wont have to trek to the other end of the house for those early morning pit stops!!
BIGGER YAY!!!!
I think that later on this afternoon, we are gonna go out for a real coffee!
Can't wait!!!!
There is a new-ish cafe that has opened up over in Whitemans Valley, and apparently they are VERY kid-friendly, so we are thinking of going out there for "afternoon tea"
But it will depend on the Princess, cos she needs a sleep!!!
Righto - nothing more to say...... and I NEED a shower!!!
Roast chicken for dinner tonight - Can't wait!!! YUMMMMMMM!!!!!
Oh yeah - personal challenge to myself this week - to get to the gym AT LEAST twice!!!
Then I can start building up to full time again.
I miss it, and I always feel fantastic after a good workout - so I am gonna PUSH myself to get out of bed at 5.15am to get there!
Once the endorphins start pumping - it feels great!
Just gotta remember that when it is freezing cold and I can't be bothered getting out ofbed!
Hahahaha.....
Shocking!!!
That said - I have cleaned the entire house (except the computer room) and all I have left to do is the vaccuming. I HATE that part!!!
We will have a house full next weekend, as it is Chris's 40th birthday on Thursday and we are having a party for him on the Saturday night, so I wanted to get a headstart on the housework!!!
Our gorgeous families will be here (including Steph from Sydney - YAY!!!!!!!), as will Chris's best mate from Palmie. I think I have invited about 40 people, but time will tell how many people turn up, and I hope that the cold doesnt put too may off!
Anyway, I've been up since 7.03am with Rhian, which was actually a sleep in for my girl!
Gotta love her!!!
Oh yeah - here is a pic of her the other day in my swimming cap!
It seems to have taken up residency in her toybox since her useless tart mother never uses it for it's intended purpose!
Hahahaha.....
Too Cute!!!!!
Had a good day yesterday, the ensuite floor is now fixed and we no longer have any holes in the floor or walls or anyhwere!
YAY!
And as I type this - Chris is putting the toilet back in there, so we wont have to trek to the other end of the house for those early morning pit stops!!
BIGGER YAY!!!!
I think that later on this afternoon, we are gonna go out for a real coffee!
Can't wait!!!!
There is a new-ish cafe that has opened up over in Whitemans Valley, and apparently they are VERY kid-friendly, so we are thinking of going out there for "afternoon tea"
But it will depend on the Princess, cos she needs a sleep!!!
Righto - nothing more to say...... and I NEED a shower!!!
Roast chicken for dinner tonight - Can't wait!!! YUMMMMMMM!!!!!
Oh yeah - personal challenge to myself this week - to get to the gym AT LEAST twice!!!
Then I can start building up to full time again.
I miss it, and I always feel fantastic after a good workout - so I am gonna PUSH myself to get out of bed at 5.15am to get there!
Once the endorphins start pumping - it feels great!
Just gotta remember that when it is freezing cold and I can't be bothered getting out ofbed!
Hahahaha.....
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Weigh Day.... 119.3kg
Yo-yo Girl...
I can post a loss of 1.3kg this week, which takes me down to 119.3kg.
After last weeks gain of 1kg, I seem to be yo-yoing forever which is damn frustrating!
Still, all I can do is do my best and aim for a loss next week, and the week after that and the week after that ....
Not always possible, but hey, you never know - I might just surprise everyone!
Anyway, not much to say this morning....
The builder is here working on the ensuite as I type, the groceries need to be bought, the house needs to be tidied, the child needs to be fed, I need to exercise, Prenzels needs to be delivered and the dog needs to be walked....
None of which are getting done while I sit my big ass here in this seat!
Hehehehehehe....
Best I go do something then huh??
I can post a loss of 1.3kg this week, which takes me down to 119.3kg.
After last weeks gain of 1kg, I seem to be yo-yoing forever which is damn frustrating!
Still, all I can do is do my best and aim for a loss next week, and the week after that and the week after that ....
Not always possible, but hey, you never know - I might just surprise everyone!
Anyway, not much to say this morning....
The builder is here working on the ensuite as I type, the groceries need to be bought, the house needs to be tidied, the child needs to be fed, I need to exercise, Prenzels needs to be delivered and the dog needs to be walked....
None of which are getting done while I sit my big ass here in this seat!
Hehehehehehe....
Best I go do something then huh??
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Diet hero, exercise zero...
I am on a roll........ long may it continue!!!
Well, actually, let's just clarify that one.
I'm on a roll with my eating!
In fact, I'm a bloody HERO!
Exercise, on the other hand........... I'm a big fat ZERO!!!
LOL
I did some baking on Sunday night, just cos I felt like it......
Made some peanut cookies, and some chocolate crisp cookies, and some bran muffins.
I've eaten TWO chocolate crisp cookies, and ONE peanut cookie since Sunday night!!!
And that includes the one that I ate as soon as they came out of the oven - "just to test it was cooked" !!!!!!
So, on that note - I have been fecken brilliant!
You see, to some, three biscuits over 5 days might still be a lot, but to me, the queen of bingeing, it is a minor miracle!!!
OK, so what else........
Monday night I was supposed to do a Tupperware Party, but the hostess cancelled, so I stayed at home in the warmth instead.
And when I had my usual cup of coffee before bed (DE CAF of course!!) I DIDN'T have a biscuit at all!
Not even a Digestive one from a packet!
Nothing.
Nada
Zilch
Zero
NOT A DAMN THING!
Again...... a minor miracle for me!!!!
Tuesday I went to lunch with the beautiful Rachel, and we both had the gorgeous warm chicken salad.
It was just DIVINE!!!! And, we had trim lattes, and NO CAKE!!!!!
We ROCKED!!!!!!!
Anyone who has been to the cafe in Mitre 10 Mega in Petone will KNOW how AMAZING their cakes and slices are! So to not have one was yet another miracle!!
Tuesday night I had a Tupperware meeting, and my manager chose to pick that night to "teach" us how to effectively use some of our products.
Of course in doing so, she had to make a chocolate self saucing pudding!!!!
THEN....... once that was cooked - out came the ice cream too!
Every single person in that room had a bowl of pudding and ice-cream - EXCEPT ME!!!!!!
Woohoo!!!
I felt in CONTROL again!!
I was so proud of myself, I went home and celebrated by having a cup of coffee........... and NO biscuits!!!
Yay me again!!!!!
Yesterday, I went out for lunch with another girlfriend. This time we went to Wholly Bagels, and instead of getting a Cream Cheese filled bagel, I got a chicken salad low fat bagel with low fat mayo!!!
AGAIN.......... YAY ME!!!!!
Then...........
Yep - there is more!!!!
Last night after work, I went out with a group of ladies from Head Office and we went to a place called The Swish Dish.
It is a cute wee shop, where you go in, pick a dish (bowl/plate/mug/platter etc) to paint.
I picked a long oval platter and painted it bright purple with a lime green squiggle bit through the centre of it.
Then I picked a plate for Rhian, which I painted with a funny flower, and then painted her name on it as well.
It takes about 7 days for them to be glazed and fired, then we get them back.
Anyway, we went to the pub before hand, and i had ONE beer.
Someone at the table ordered some wedges with sour cream, and I just watched while the others ate them.
Then, when we got to The Swish Dish, someone else had taken nibbles and wine, but i didn't have ANY!!!!
Instead, I waited until I got home, where Chris had cooked dinner and it was waiting for me in the microwave!!
Fantastic!!!
Today, I have been the absolute best that I can be, and I have had a salad with tuna for lunch, and I have just finished off a huge apple.
So yeah - I'm ON FIRE with my food!!
Exercise is a different story though!!!
I'm basically throwing money away at the gym.... I haven't been back since last Monday!!!!
When my alarm goes off in the morning, it takes all my energy to turn the damn thing off, let alone get up at that obscene hour and exercise!!!
I know that i MUST do it.......... it's just a matter of getting my mind and my body to cooperate!
My gym buddy friend wants to try out the Spin class on Saturday morning.
I'm scared!!!!!
I know that it is a damn hard class, and I don't honestly think that I am ready for it....... actually, I KNOW that I am not ready for it!!!!
But I really don't want to let her down........ besides, we said that we would go for a sauna afterwards..........
Hehehe...
I dunno......... I'll decide later!
FINALLY booked the flights home from Sydney today.
We have had our flights there booked for weeks and weeks, but I have been waiting to get Rhian's passport to book our flights home.
Well, the passport turned up today, so I booked the flights today too!
YAY!! That is certainly a load off the mind!
Righto - I'm babbling about nothing now, so I'll sign off here and go do some work........
Might even go make a coffee for everyone!
Monday, June 19, 2006
FRICKEN FREEZIN!!!!!
It's damn cold - too fricken cold to be holed up in this icebox of a room on the computer!
So this will be short......
I have been a diet queen today - I got organised and took salad for lunch, plus grapes and carrots as snacks, and I was so busy at work that I didn't feel hungry all day!
For dinner we had boring soup and toast, but it was filling and warm and just what was needed!
I was supposed to have a Tupperware party to do tonight, but the hostess rang to postpone. I was secretly relieved as I really didn't want to have to go out in the cold!!
I'm REALLY really tired.
Seems like no matter how much sleep I have, I still wake up exhausted!
It's really not fair!
It feels a lot like it did when I had glandular fever a few years ago, just the constant state of exhaustion.... it's really not very nice.
And NO - I'm definately NOT pregnant!!!
I am just finishing a period from hell this month - so that ain't even an option!!
LOL :)
Just feel drained all the time, and that makes me grumpy, and when I am grumpy I eat......
It's a never ending cycle, that I really have to break....
And I hope that by tonight, saying NO to a biscuit with my coffee was just a small step in breaking that cycle...
I'm a little hungry right now, but instead of delving into the cupboard, I'm gonna go climb into bed instead!
And ya know what??
Grey's Anatomy will be just as good if I tape it and watch it another night!!!!
And for that matter - so will Desperate Housewives!!
So, from this tired camper, It's GOODNIGHT!!!
So this will be short......
I have been a diet queen today - I got organised and took salad for lunch, plus grapes and carrots as snacks, and I was so busy at work that I didn't feel hungry all day!
For dinner we had boring soup and toast, but it was filling and warm and just what was needed!
I was supposed to have a Tupperware party to do tonight, but the hostess rang to postpone. I was secretly relieved as I really didn't want to have to go out in the cold!!
I'm REALLY really tired.
Seems like no matter how much sleep I have, I still wake up exhausted!
It's really not fair!
It feels a lot like it did when I had glandular fever a few years ago, just the constant state of exhaustion.... it's really not very nice.
And NO - I'm definately NOT pregnant!!!
I am just finishing a period from hell this month - so that ain't even an option!!
LOL :)
Just feel drained all the time, and that makes me grumpy, and when I am grumpy I eat......
It's a never ending cycle, that I really have to break....
And I hope that by tonight, saying NO to a biscuit with my coffee was just a small step in breaking that cycle...
I'm a little hungry right now, but instead of delving into the cupboard, I'm gonna go climb into bed instead!
And ya know what??
Grey's Anatomy will be just as good if I tape it and watch it another night!!!!
And for that matter - so will Desperate Housewives!!
So, from this tired camper, It's GOODNIGHT!!!
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Back to work tomorrow...
Haven't really done anything worth writing about, but thought I better sign in before anyone thought i had dropped off the face of the earth!
Demolished the ensuite yesterday........ now we only have one toilet! :(
Hopefully the builder can start on repairing the holes in the floor next weekend, then I wont have to worry about mice (or worse) coming up through the floor! Not that they have (YET), but I am paranoid!!!
Didn't get skating yesterday...... didn't feel that great.
I had my period really bad, and just felt like shite most of the day, so I skipped it altogether.
Went and met my new neice today.... she is so tiny and so beautiful.
Makes me a tad clucky to be honest!!
But of course, that novelty wore off damn quick when she started to cry!!
Hehehehe.....
Work tomorrow and it will be another busy week, as we are one down again......
Makes the days go fast, but makes it damn hard to catch up on stuff...
Righto - I'm off to bed!
Nighty night!!
Demolished the ensuite yesterday........ now we only have one toilet! :(
Hopefully the builder can start on repairing the holes in the floor next weekend, then I wont have to worry about mice (or worse) coming up through the floor! Not that they have (YET), but I am paranoid!!!
Didn't get skating yesterday...... didn't feel that great.
I had my period really bad, and just felt like shite most of the day, so I skipped it altogether.
Went and met my new neice today.... she is so tiny and so beautiful.
Makes me a tad clucky to be honest!!
But of course, that novelty wore off damn quick when she started to cry!!
Hehehehe.....
Work tomorrow and it will be another busy week, as we are one down again......
Makes the days go fast, but makes it damn hard to catch up on stuff...
Righto - I'm off to bed!
Nighty night!!
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Work sucks sometimes!
I have been flat out at work this week (we are short staffed) and when I get home at night, the last thing I feel like doing is looking at a computer screen again!
To make matters worse, our internal comouter system crashed yesterday, so I have had that as an added bonus headache!!
Trying hard to catch up on stuff that I have outstanding from last week, plus this week now due to losing the system........... blah blah blah!
Sure you don't wanna hear about that shite though right?
OK - food......... I have been 98% angel this week so far.....
We had a celebration lunch at work today, and I admit that I had a slice of carrot cake, but I was good and left it at just ONE slice! *giggles*
Got back to the gym on Monday, promised myself that I would go again this morning, but it was so damn cold, I chickened out and stayed in bed for an extra hour and a half instead!
I will try to drag my ass outta bed in the morning for a session before work, but I aint making any giant promises that I can't keep!
Rhian is still off daycare.
Mum came down to stay on Sunday and will go home tomorrow, and depending on how Rhian is, she might go to mum and dad's place to stay for a couple of days, or we might take her back to daycare.
Not sure yet - will make that decision tonight.
I am having a Prenzel Tasting tomorrow night, so mum has been ultra fabulous in getting my house clean and tidy for that.
I think there will be about 12 - 15 people here for that, so that should be pretty cool....
We will all get to sample some delicious liquers and oils and vinegarettes etc, so I am looking forward to it!
OK, time to go and pack up my Avon orders........
To make matters worse, our internal comouter system crashed yesterday, so I have had that as an added bonus headache!!
Trying hard to catch up on stuff that I have outstanding from last week, plus this week now due to losing the system........... blah blah blah!
Sure you don't wanna hear about that shite though right?
OK - food......... I have been 98% angel this week so far.....
We had a celebration lunch at work today, and I admit that I had a slice of carrot cake, but I was good and left it at just ONE slice! *giggles*
Got back to the gym on Monday, promised myself that I would go again this morning, but it was so damn cold, I chickened out and stayed in bed for an extra hour and a half instead!
I will try to drag my ass outta bed in the morning for a session before work, but I aint making any giant promises that I can't keep!
Rhian is still off daycare.
Mum came down to stay on Sunday and will go home tomorrow, and depending on how Rhian is, she might go to mum and dad's place to stay for a couple of days, or we might take her back to daycare.
Not sure yet - will make that decision tonight.
I am having a Prenzel Tasting tomorrow night, so mum has been ultra fabulous in getting my house clean and tidy for that.
I think there will be about 12 - 15 people here for that, so that should be pretty cool....
We will all get to sample some delicious liquers and oils and vinegarettes etc, so I am looking forward to it!
OK, time to go and pack up my Avon orders........
Saturday, June 10, 2006
3kg loss...
Yep - you read that right - I had a 3kg loss for this week!
Even with being stuck at home and not being able to get to the gym at all, I managed a 3 kg loss!
Not sure how, but hell, I'm gonna take it anyway!
Now, you all know my track record, and a good loss, is usually followed up by a no change or a slight gain, so I am gonna do my damndest this week to make sure that I have another loss next week, and then I'll do it again next week for the following week as well!
NO MORE PISSING ABOUT!!
Otherwise the gorgeous Helena will make it to 99kg on her own, and we can't have that now can we?!?! *giggles*
Rhian is doing better today, her nose is still running but I have only heard her cough once or twice today, so that has to be good!
HOPEFULLY she will be back at Daycare on Monday, and we can get back to some kind of normal life here in this crazy house!
Thanks for all your fantastic support and words of encouragement while she has been sick! It is fantastic to see so many caring people out there!!!
Skating - I went today, and it was bound to happen sooner or later...........I ended up on my ass!
Yep - today was my day to hit the deck, in a super-duper un-ladylike fashion I might add!
I was going as slowly as I could, cos I was holding on to Rhian (more on that later...) so literally, I dont think I could have been going any damn slower, and I tripped on the tinyest stone EVER, but it was enough to send me down onto my knee, and then over on to my butt!
FUNNY!! It must have looked damn hilarious!! Hehehe...
However, now, my knee is a bit swollen and throbbing a bit too!
Will I EVER learn??
Nope - I doubt it!
Anyway, today, we took Rhian down to the rink for a look, and put her on the smallest skates we could find.
At first she hated it, and just wanted the skates off her feet, but later on she seemed to enjoy it a bit, and even looked as if she was trying to skate by herself.
Of course Chris had hold of one hand and I had hold of the other so that there was no way that she could fall, and it looked so cute!
I'll make a skater out of her yet! hehehe........
What else??
Not much to be honest........
I didn't end up going out last night at all, unless of course you count the Supermarket as "out"!
I was supposed to go out for dinner with some workmates in the city, but I stayed home in the warmth like the nanna that I am!
And it was good too!
I don't think I would have lastest very long out on the town, and as it was, I feel asleep watching Rove Live at about 9.45pm!!!
Sad huh?
And speaking of sad...... it's now 8.57pm and I am about to go and jump into my lovely warm bed right now!
Saturday night and I am probably gonna be asleep by 9.30pm!
Old Jo, you're getting old!!!!!
Even with being stuck at home and not being able to get to the gym at all, I managed a 3 kg loss!
Not sure how, but hell, I'm gonna take it anyway!
Now, you all know my track record, and a good loss, is usually followed up by a no change or a slight gain, so I am gonna do my damndest this week to make sure that I have another loss next week, and then I'll do it again next week for the following week as well!
NO MORE PISSING ABOUT!!
Otherwise the gorgeous Helena will make it to 99kg on her own, and we can't have that now can we?!?! *giggles*
Rhian is doing better today, her nose is still running but I have only heard her cough once or twice today, so that has to be good!
HOPEFULLY she will be back at Daycare on Monday, and we can get back to some kind of normal life here in this crazy house!
Thanks for all your fantastic support and words of encouragement while she has been sick! It is fantastic to see so many caring people out there!!!
Skating - I went today, and it was bound to happen sooner or later...........I ended up on my ass!
Yep - today was my day to hit the deck, in a super-duper un-ladylike fashion I might add!
I was going as slowly as I could, cos I was holding on to Rhian (more on that later...) so literally, I dont think I could have been going any damn slower, and I tripped on the tinyest stone EVER, but it was enough to send me down onto my knee, and then over on to my butt!
FUNNY!! It must have looked damn hilarious!! Hehehe...
However, now, my knee is a bit swollen and throbbing a bit too!
Will I EVER learn??
Nope - I doubt it!
Anyway, today, we took Rhian down to the rink for a look, and put her on the smallest skates we could find.
At first she hated it, and just wanted the skates off her feet, but later on she seemed to enjoy it a bit, and even looked as if she was trying to skate by herself.
Of course Chris had hold of one hand and I had hold of the other so that there was no way that she could fall, and it looked so cute!
I'll make a skater out of her yet! hehehe........
What else??
Not much to be honest........
I didn't end up going out last night at all, unless of course you count the Supermarket as "out"!
I was supposed to go out for dinner with some workmates in the city, but I stayed home in the warmth like the nanna that I am!
And it was good too!
I don't think I would have lastest very long out on the town, and as it was, I feel asleep watching Rove Live at about 9.45pm!!!
Sad huh?
And speaking of sad...... it's now 8.57pm and I am about to go and jump into my lovely warm bed right now!
Saturday night and I am probably gonna be asleep by 9.30pm!
Old Jo, you're getting old!!!!!
Friday, June 09, 2006
Sick of this...
I love my little princess - I really do - but she is driving me INSANE!!!
I am home again with her today, and took her back to the Dr today as she just wasnt getting any better....
Turns out that she has the beginnings of an ear infection, and if I had left it any longer, she would have been very miserable, and we would have ended up at the After Hours Dr over the weekend again!
GREAT!
So, she started on a course of antibiotics the second we got in the door, so hopefully that will kick in soon!
And here's a miracle - she's SLEEPING!!!!
After the battle I had with her yesterday, she never did get a sleep at all, so I wasnt looking forward to today, but she has gone down no trouble at all....... bless her!
I am supposed to be going out tonight to a farewell dinner and drinks for a workmate (and Dragon Boat team-mate). It is in the city, and my boss has said that i can crash at her place, but I am not sure if I should go or not!
I would LOVE to go and have a great time, but I'm not sure if I would last past 9pm!! Hehehehe...
I'll see how I feel later!
Last night's Tupperware outing turned out to be the biggest waste of time EVER!!
It was a fundraiser for the local Playcentre, and they only had FOUR people through the door, and they were all mums that take their kids there!
Two hours of nothingness it was.... Still, I guess it was a couple of hours chatting with a group of great ladies, so that was OK!
Righto - I'm gonna go make some lunch (at 2.45pm!!!!!) and maybe even have a nap!!
Sad huh??
I am home again with her today, and took her back to the Dr today as she just wasnt getting any better....
Turns out that she has the beginnings of an ear infection, and if I had left it any longer, she would have been very miserable, and we would have ended up at the After Hours Dr over the weekend again!
GREAT!
So, she started on a course of antibiotics the second we got in the door, so hopefully that will kick in soon!
And here's a miracle - she's SLEEPING!!!!
After the battle I had with her yesterday, she never did get a sleep at all, so I wasnt looking forward to today, but she has gone down no trouble at all....... bless her!
I am supposed to be going out tonight to a farewell dinner and drinks for a workmate (and Dragon Boat team-mate). It is in the city, and my boss has said that i can crash at her place, but I am not sure if I should go or not!
I would LOVE to go and have a great time, but I'm not sure if I would last past 9pm!! Hehehehe...
I'll see how I feel later!
Last night's Tupperware outing turned out to be the biggest waste of time EVER!!
It was a fundraiser for the local Playcentre, and they only had FOUR people through the door, and they were all mums that take their kids there!
Two hours of nothingness it was.... Still, I guess it was a couple of hours chatting with a group of great ladies, so that was OK!
Righto - I'm gonna go make some lunch (at 2.45pm!!!!!) and maybe even have a nap!!
Sad huh??
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Still at home...
Yep - I'm still at home with my girl, and to be honest, it looks like I probably will be tomorrow as well...
What started out as Croup, has now led into a fully fledged cold, and her wee nose is running like a tap!
I didn't realise that so much snot could come out of someone so damn small!!! *giggles*
I felt like the baddest mummy in the world this morning........ Rhian was trying to take her socks off, and I kept on telling her "No", as it was too cold for her to run around in bare feet.
Anyway, she just looked at me and laughed and took one off, then started on the other.
Well, I lost it, and smacked her for it!
Now, I very very rarely smack Rhian, as I don't need to, she USUALLY listens to me, so I think it gave her more of a fright than anything else, and she started to cry like her little heart was breaking!
Of course, then I felt terrible and I started crying too!
My God - what a pair of blubbering fools we looked like!!
Of course it doesn't help that I havent had more than 4 hours sleep per night since Monday night! Chris is in the same boat, but he has to work as well - poor bugger!
And to make matters worse, I have a "Mini-Expo" on tonight at the local Playcentre, and I am supposed to be setting up a Tupperware stall.............. ARGH!
That is honestly the last thing in the world that I feel like doing, but it has been advertised in the local paper, and I was the only Tupperware dealer to be asked (cos I know two of the ladies on the committee), so I really feel like I cant let them down.
And of course I wont let them down.
I'll go along and smile sweetly and make small talk all the while wishing that i was home tucked up in bed! Hehehe...
What else..... Oh yeah - I went into work this morning to do the "official" weigh in and before photo for The Biggest Loser competition that I have entered.
I was shocked and horrified to see the numbers reach 124.6kgs!!!!
Of course, I was fully clothed, with jeans, skivvy and sweatshirt, plus I had eaten breakfast and had about 6 cups of coffee by that stage!! hehehehe........
Well, Ok, not 6, but 2 at least! hehe..
And I purposefully wore heavy clothes - naughty huh??
At the final weigh in, in 12 weeks time (25th August) I will make sure that I have the lightest clothes that I can find on!!
Sneaky AND naughty huh?
I'm not too worried about it though as I heard a rumour that some of the guys from the factory had put weights in their pockets before weighing in!!!
So at least I am not cheating as bad as they are!!
Righto - I'm off to continue the battle with a very very tired little girl that NEEDS a sleep, but seems to think that she doesn't!!
She has just appeared in the doorway for the fifth or sixth time since I started typing this update, only this time she has got herself dressed into her pyjamas (over her clothes) and good shoes!! *rolls eyes*
I can just tell that it is gonna be a battle this afternoon........ Hopefully there won't be anymore tears!
Eating has been good today - not so good yesterday, but not too bad either........... just a few too many marshmallows and digestive biscuits! But I am making up for it today by being extra extra good!
I want the scales at my weigh in on Saturday morning to be UNDER that dreaded 120kg mark!!!
OK, time to go put the little monster back to bed AGAIN!!!!
What started out as Croup, has now led into a fully fledged cold, and her wee nose is running like a tap!
I didn't realise that so much snot could come out of someone so damn small!!! *giggles*
I felt like the baddest mummy in the world this morning........ Rhian was trying to take her socks off, and I kept on telling her "No", as it was too cold for her to run around in bare feet.
Anyway, she just looked at me and laughed and took one off, then started on the other.
Well, I lost it, and smacked her for it!
Now, I very very rarely smack Rhian, as I don't need to, she USUALLY listens to me, so I think it gave her more of a fright than anything else, and she started to cry like her little heart was breaking!
Of course, then I felt terrible and I started crying too!
My God - what a pair of blubbering fools we looked like!!
Of course it doesn't help that I havent had more than 4 hours sleep per night since Monday night! Chris is in the same boat, but he has to work as well - poor bugger!
And to make matters worse, I have a "Mini-Expo" on tonight at the local Playcentre, and I am supposed to be setting up a Tupperware stall.............. ARGH!
That is honestly the last thing in the world that I feel like doing, but it has been advertised in the local paper, and I was the only Tupperware dealer to be asked (cos I know two of the ladies on the committee), so I really feel like I cant let them down.
And of course I wont let them down.
I'll go along and smile sweetly and make small talk all the while wishing that i was home tucked up in bed! Hehehe...
What else..... Oh yeah - I went into work this morning to do the "official" weigh in and before photo for The Biggest Loser competition that I have entered.
I was shocked and horrified to see the numbers reach 124.6kgs!!!!
Of course, I was fully clothed, with jeans, skivvy and sweatshirt, plus I had eaten breakfast and had about 6 cups of coffee by that stage!! hehehehe........
Well, Ok, not 6, but 2 at least! hehe..
And I purposefully wore heavy clothes - naughty huh??
At the final weigh in, in 12 weeks time (25th August) I will make sure that I have the lightest clothes that I can find on!!
Sneaky AND naughty huh?
I'm not too worried about it though as I heard a rumour that some of the guys from the factory had put weights in their pockets before weighing in!!!
So at least I am not cheating as bad as they are!!
Righto - I'm off to continue the battle with a very very tired little girl that NEEDS a sleep, but seems to think that she doesn't!!
She has just appeared in the doorway for the fifth or sixth time since I started typing this update, only this time she has got herself dressed into her pyjamas (over her clothes) and good shoes!! *rolls eyes*
I can just tell that it is gonna be a battle this afternoon........ Hopefully there won't be anymore tears!
Eating has been good today - not so good yesterday, but not too bad either........... just a few too many marshmallows and digestive biscuits! But I am making up for it today by being extra extra good!
I want the scales at my weigh in on Saturday morning to be UNDER that dreaded 120kg mark!!!
OK, time to go put the little monster back to bed AGAIN!!!!
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Do ya think it is winter yet??
With everyone else commenting on the bloody freezing cold - I just had to as well!
I think if I had balls, they would have frozen off this morning! *giggle*
Yesterday was a really yucky day for us, Rhian gave us quite a scare.......
It turned out to be "nothing serious" but at the time it was pretty bloody frightening, and I learned that I am an emotional eater!
She started the day with a slight cough, that seemed to get no worse through the day, then at about 3pm, she started wheezing, and within 30 minutes could hardly breathe and was having a major coughing fit.
It was really scarey to see her so upset and struggling to breathe.......
We all jumped in the car and headed straight for the Emergency Dr (5 minutes away) where they assesed her and tried to put her on a nebuliser (machine that creates steam) to help her to breathe properly. Of course she HATED it, and wouldnt have a bar of it, which made her breathing worse and she was screaming and crying and fighting it for all she was worth, until she finally got weaker and gave in for a few seconds....
Then the Dr gave her a dose of some sort of steroids to reduce the inflammation in her throat and we had to wait there for ages to make sure that she didnt have any kind of reaction to it.
Then we get told that if she gets worse, to bring her back, or if it is after 10pm to take her straight to A&E (half an hour drive away!!!)
Anyway, it turned out that she has croup........ so nothing major - and probably more distressing for the parents than the child suffering from it - and I would wholeheartedly agree with that one!!
Scarey - plain scarey!!
Anyway, because we left the house in such a hurry, neither Chris or myself had jackets, so we were frozen, Rhian was fine cos she was wrapped up snug as a bug.... the fire was just about out when we got home, the curtains were all open, the lights and tv was on and it was dark..... so then of course we had to get the house warm again so that she wouldnt have a relapse.....
ARGH!!!!!
Then last night, Chris and I both hardly slept at all, panicking that she would have another coughing fit and we would have to get her up and take her to hospital, but luckily (thank god) that never happened......... and now we are both shattered today, while Rhian seems happy as!
Chris stayed home with her today and took her back to the Dr, and I will stay home with her tomorrow, and after that I guess we will play it be ear.
She hasn't had anymore coughing fits, so that has to be a good sign!!
On to other things......... Like I said, I found out that even though I thought I was not an emotional eater, it turns out that I am! When we got home from the Dr's we had dinner, then after dinner we had a coffee, and that is when I started on Rhian's biscuits! Just plain digestive biscuits, but biscuits all the same! After about 6 I realised what I was doing and had to make myself stop, which I did, but it was freaky to see me doing that when I wasn't hungry at all....... but it was almost like the food offered me comfort and at that precise moment, nothing else mattered except the sweet taste of the biscuits melting in my mouth....... WEIRD!!!
But apart from my slight meltdown with the biscuits yesterday - I have been a diet queen this weekend, and also today! I didn't get to the gym this morning and after the shit night we had, there was NO way that I was gonna beat myself up about it either!!
I'll try to get there tomorrow morning, but again, it will depend on how Rhian is and what kind of night we have.... I'll make a decision in the morning.
I have planned out our meals again for this week, and it makes it soooo much easier for everyone! We both know exactly what needs to come out of the freezer, or what veges need to be prepared. Makes me wonder why the hell I didnt start doing this years ago!!
I was supposed to have my weigh in today for the start of "The Biggest Loser" challenge at work, but there was a bit of a mix up, and we didnt get the scales at all. It turns out that there are only two of us from the my department that are doing it - me and my boss!
(Quick explanation - there is our head office, about 10km up the road, they have about 150 staff there, then there is the Distribution Centre, where I work in the office, and there are about 25 staff that work there)
So, we will do our initial weigh in and "before" photos on Thursday when i get back to work......
Her and I get on really well, so I am sure that we will be able to support each other and push each other along too when needed!
I am looking forward to being crowned the Biggest Loser in 12 weeks time!!
Go me!!
Righto - I'm gonna sign off here and go and get into my lovely warm bed and get some much needed sleep!
I think if I had balls, they would have frozen off this morning! *giggle*
Yesterday was a really yucky day for us, Rhian gave us quite a scare.......
It turned out to be "nothing serious" but at the time it was pretty bloody frightening, and I learned that I am an emotional eater!
She started the day with a slight cough, that seemed to get no worse through the day, then at about 3pm, she started wheezing, and within 30 minutes could hardly breathe and was having a major coughing fit.
It was really scarey to see her so upset and struggling to breathe.......
We all jumped in the car and headed straight for the Emergency Dr (5 minutes away) where they assesed her and tried to put her on a nebuliser (machine that creates steam) to help her to breathe properly. Of course she HATED it, and wouldnt have a bar of it, which made her breathing worse and she was screaming and crying and fighting it for all she was worth, until she finally got weaker and gave in for a few seconds....
Then the Dr gave her a dose of some sort of steroids to reduce the inflammation in her throat and we had to wait there for ages to make sure that she didnt have any kind of reaction to it.
Then we get told that if she gets worse, to bring her back, or if it is after 10pm to take her straight to A&E (half an hour drive away!!!)
Anyway, it turned out that she has croup........ so nothing major - and probably more distressing for the parents than the child suffering from it - and I would wholeheartedly agree with that one!!
Scarey - plain scarey!!
Anyway, because we left the house in such a hurry, neither Chris or myself had jackets, so we were frozen, Rhian was fine cos she was wrapped up snug as a bug.... the fire was just about out when we got home, the curtains were all open, the lights and tv was on and it was dark..... so then of course we had to get the house warm again so that she wouldnt have a relapse.....
ARGH!!!!!
Then last night, Chris and I both hardly slept at all, panicking that she would have another coughing fit and we would have to get her up and take her to hospital, but luckily (thank god) that never happened......... and now we are both shattered today, while Rhian seems happy as!
Chris stayed home with her today and took her back to the Dr, and I will stay home with her tomorrow, and after that I guess we will play it be ear.
She hasn't had anymore coughing fits, so that has to be a good sign!!
On to other things......... Like I said, I found out that even though I thought I was not an emotional eater, it turns out that I am! When we got home from the Dr's we had dinner, then after dinner we had a coffee, and that is when I started on Rhian's biscuits! Just plain digestive biscuits, but biscuits all the same! After about 6 I realised what I was doing and had to make myself stop, which I did, but it was freaky to see me doing that when I wasn't hungry at all....... but it was almost like the food offered me comfort and at that precise moment, nothing else mattered except the sweet taste of the biscuits melting in my mouth....... WEIRD!!!
But apart from my slight meltdown with the biscuits yesterday - I have been a diet queen this weekend, and also today! I didn't get to the gym this morning and after the shit night we had, there was NO way that I was gonna beat myself up about it either!!
I'll try to get there tomorrow morning, but again, it will depend on how Rhian is and what kind of night we have.... I'll make a decision in the morning.
I have planned out our meals again for this week, and it makes it soooo much easier for everyone! We both know exactly what needs to come out of the freezer, or what veges need to be prepared. Makes me wonder why the hell I didnt start doing this years ago!!
I was supposed to have my weigh in today for the start of "The Biggest Loser" challenge at work, but there was a bit of a mix up, and we didnt get the scales at all. It turns out that there are only two of us from the my department that are doing it - me and my boss!
(Quick explanation - there is our head office, about 10km up the road, they have about 150 staff there, then there is the Distribution Centre, where I work in the office, and there are about 25 staff that work there)
So, we will do our initial weigh in and "before" photos on Thursday when i get back to work......
Her and I get on really well, so I am sure that we will be able to support each other and push each other along too when needed!
I am looking forward to being crowned the Biggest Loser in 12 weeks time!!
Go me!!
Righto - I'm gonna sign off here and go and get into my lovely warm bed and get some much needed sleep!
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Big catch up...
It’s June already!! How’d that happen then huh???
My God, we are nearly half way through the year, and I am sitting on the same weight that I was at the beginning of LAST year!!
Is that just plain damn crazy bad or WHAT???
Not gonna dwell, not gonna sulk, I’ve done that already – I’m over it – time to move on...
I thought that m eating had been pretty good last week, I tracked every day, and allowed myself 24 points per day……….. in hindsight that was too many! But in saying that, I only went over points (26) on Thursday, so I thought I had done pretty good!But, imagine my utter disgust when the scales registered 122.6kg on Saturday morning!!!!!
OMG!!!
I’d had a perfect day on Friday, tonnes of water, really good food choices, and then I get THAT on the scales!?!
HA! What crap!
I guess I should have waited until this morning to weigh, cos just 24 hours later the scales read 121.3kg, so that meant a loss of 1.3kg in just one day!
Dunno what the hell my body is playing at, but whatever it is – I DON’T LIKE IT!!!
But…… like I said, not gonna dwell or sulk – just have to get over it (which I am I hope) and move on…… And throw those damn scales out the window!!!! hehehe...
Work are running a competition called “The Biggest Loser” and of course, unless you have been hiding under a rock for the past couple of years, you will know what it is all about, cos you would have seen the show on TV.
There was NO WAY that I was gonna enter it…….. you see, whenever I place pressure on myself, I fail – and I fail spectacularly!!!
So, I had visions of me becoming the “Biggest Gainer” and there was NO WAY that I was gonna do that in front of all my workmates – NO WAY!!!
But I tell ya something – seeing a photo of yourself in togs will REALLY help to change your mind!!!
Thursday night I was browsing through some photos on the computer, and I found one of me in togs – GROSS!!!
I took it on the auto-setting on our camera, so no humans eye were harmed in the process, and I have never really looked at it before…………. Until Thursday night!
OK, admittedly, it was me at 126kg, but hey – that is realistically only 4kgs away from where I am at now!!It is revolting! And there is no way, no how, no chance of me EVER letting anyone see it……..
But it has given me the fright I needed to step up my game and get serious about this crap!
Do I really wanna be sitting here in another 2 years time bitching and moaning about the fact that I cant get to 99kg??
Cos if I don’t up the pace NOW, then there is every chance that I will be!!!
So it stops HERE and NOW……….. well, actually, it stopped Thursday night when I laid eyes on that picture……… but it is OVER!!!
All that pissing about, making excuses for not exercising, trying to justify (to myself) why it is OK to eat another Subway cookie!
So…….. I signed up for the Biggest Loser challenge at work!!!!
Oh My God!!!
It starts on Tuesday, and runs for either 6 or 12 weeks – I can’t remember!!!
But, it is great timing, cos they also announced at work, that we will be having a mid year “Starlight Ball” on the 26th August!!!
That means evening gowns and high heels……….. WOOHOO!!
I have a dream……….. to fit the dress that I wore as a bridesmaid for Steph’s wedding (10kg ago!!!), and to look HOT in it!!!!
And I have a goal – to be the BIGGEST LOSER at work!!!
BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!
OK, all that aside, I just have to add that I didn’t melt this morning when I went out walking in the rain at 8am!!!!!
Yep – you read that right!!!
8am on a Sunday morning!!!
Amazing huh??
I had a crap night’s sleep, and was wide awake for most of it, I ended up getting up at 6.30am and letting Chris sleep on….. Then Rhian woke up about 5 minutes after I got up, so we read books and played with puzzled until about 8am, when I decided that a walk would be nice, so I bundled her up, and then me, and off we set with Teagan in the rain……..
We looked like drowned rats when we got home an hour later…..
Oh hang on, I looked like a drowned rat, Teagan looked like a drowned rat, but Princess Rhian was as snug as a bug underneath the rain cover in her pushchair!!
Must have looked (and sounded) a sight too……… cos she wanted me to sing to her half way round the walk, so Twinkle Twinkle Little Star got sung about 50 million times!!
Hehehehehe……….. But it felt GREAT!!! And I am soooo pleased that I did it!
OK, what else……… went skating yesterday, and did a fantastic impersonation of an octopus on speed……….. managed to stay upright, but only JUST!! Must have looked hilarious, I had arms and legs going in every which way, trying desperately to regain my balance, of which I did, but God only knows how!! I was sure I was gonna hit the concrete!! Hehehe
My older sister, Lisa, had her baby this morning. A wee girl that they have called Anastasia Maria. I haven’t met her yet, but saw photos from mum and dad as they called in here on their way home from visiting. I’ll give it a day or two before we go see I think…… or not! Hehehe….. maybe see what tomorrow brings…
I have spent he last two days cleaning up my house…… we have been so busy lately, that the little things have been getting left…….. so yesterday and today, I sorted through Rhian’s clothes (Again) and packed up the ones that are too small for her. I cleaned out the spare room wardrobe and sorted through some stuff to go up into the attic. I moved Rhian’s room around so that her bed isn’t next to the window anymore, and cleaned everything in there!! I cleaned the entire house, and today I have been mainly concentrating on the computer room…… which also doubles as my Avon room, my Tupperware room, another spare room, and the room that we chuck anything that we dunno where else to put!!
So…….. I’m a bit knackered to tell the truth!!!
I hope to get to the gym tomorrow to see how I go on the cardio equipment. I’m gonna leave the weights at present, until my back is 100% as I really don’t want to aggravate it any more than it already is!!!
Tomorrow I also have to write up a menu for the week, and then I want to burn a CD that I can use at the gym…….. I am currently listening to Nickelback, but I need something that is a bit faster paced I think……
Oooo, has anyone else fallen in love with the song “I wish I was a Punkrocker” by Sandi Thom?? Oh My God – I LOVE that song!!!! Part of the reason I couldn’t sleep last night – that song was playing over and over and over in my head! Hehehehe…
Righto – time to do the last of the tidying in this room, then I can go tot bed!! YAY!!
Nighty night everyone!!!
My God, we are nearly half way through the year, and I am sitting on the same weight that I was at the beginning of LAST year!!
Is that just plain damn crazy bad or WHAT???
Not gonna dwell, not gonna sulk, I’ve done that already – I’m over it – time to move on...
I thought that m eating had been pretty good last week, I tracked every day, and allowed myself 24 points per day……….. in hindsight that was too many! But in saying that, I only went over points (26) on Thursday, so I thought I had done pretty good!But, imagine my utter disgust when the scales registered 122.6kg on Saturday morning!!!!!
OMG!!!
I’d had a perfect day on Friday, tonnes of water, really good food choices, and then I get THAT on the scales!?!
HA! What crap!
I guess I should have waited until this morning to weigh, cos just 24 hours later the scales read 121.3kg, so that meant a loss of 1.3kg in just one day!
Dunno what the hell my body is playing at, but whatever it is – I DON’T LIKE IT!!!
But…… like I said, not gonna dwell or sulk – just have to get over it (which I am I hope) and move on…… And throw those damn scales out the window!!!! hehehe...
Work are running a competition called “The Biggest Loser” and of course, unless you have been hiding under a rock for the past couple of years, you will know what it is all about, cos you would have seen the show on TV.
There was NO WAY that I was gonna enter it…….. you see, whenever I place pressure on myself, I fail – and I fail spectacularly!!!
So, I had visions of me becoming the “Biggest Gainer” and there was NO WAY that I was gonna do that in front of all my workmates – NO WAY!!!
But I tell ya something – seeing a photo of yourself in togs will REALLY help to change your mind!!!
Thursday night I was browsing through some photos on the computer, and I found one of me in togs – GROSS!!!
I took it on the auto-setting on our camera, so no humans eye were harmed in the process, and I have never really looked at it before…………. Until Thursday night!
OK, admittedly, it was me at 126kg, but hey – that is realistically only 4kgs away from where I am at now!!It is revolting! And there is no way, no how, no chance of me EVER letting anyone see it……..
But it has given me the fright I needed to step up my game and get serious about this crap!
Do I really wanna be sitting here in another 2 years time bitching and moaning about the fact that I cant get to 99kg??
Cos if I don’t up the pace NOW, then there is every chance that I will be!!!
So it stops HERE and NOW……….. well, actually, it stopped Thursday night when I laid eyes on that picture……… but it is OVER!!!
All that pissing about, making excuses for not exercising, trying to justify (to myself) why it is OK to eat another Subway cookie!
So…….. I signed up for the Biggest Loser challenge at work!!!!
Oh My God!!!
It starts on Tuesday, and runs for either 6 or 12 weeks – I can’t remember!!!
But, it is great timing, cos they also announced at work, that we will be having a mid year “Starlight Ball” on the 26th August!!!
That means evening gowns and high heels……….. WOOHOO!!
I have a dream……….. to fit the dress that I wore as a bridesmaid for Steph’s wedding (10kg ago!!!), and to look HOT in it!!!!
And I have a goal – to be the BIGGEST LOSER at work!!!
BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!
OK, all that aside, I just have to add that I didn’t melt this morning when I went out walking in the rain at 8am!!!!!
Yep – you read that right!!!
8am on a Sunday morning!!!
Amazing huh??
I had a crap night’s sleep, and was wide awake for most of it, I ended up getting up at 6.30am and letting Chris sleep on….. Then Rhian woke up about 5 minutes after I got up, so we read books and played with puzzled until about 8am, when I decided that a walk would be nice, so I bundled her up, and then me, and off we set with Teagan in the rain……..
We looked like drowned rats when we got home an hour later…..
Oh hang on, I looked like a drowned rat, Teagan looked like a drowned rat, but Princess Rhian was as snug as a bug underneath the rain cover in her pushchair!!
Must have looked (and sounded) a sight too……… cos she wanted me to sing to her half way round the walk, so Twinkle Twinkle Little Star got sung about 50 million times!!
Hehehehehe……….. But it felt GREAT!!! And I am soooo pleased that I did it!
OK, what else……… went skating yesterday, and did a fantastic impersonation of an octopus on speed……….. managed to stay upright, but only JUST!! Must have looked hilarious, I had arms and legs going in every which way, trying desperately to regain my balance, of which I did, but God only knows how!! I was sure I was gonna hit the concrete!! Hehehe
My older sister, Lisa, had her baby this morning. A wee girl that they have called Anastasia Maria. I haven’t met her yet, but saw photos from mum and dad as they called in here on their way home from visiting. I’ll give it a day or two before we go see I think…… or not! Hehehe….. maybe see what tomorrow brings…
I have spent he last two days cleaning up my house…… we have been so busy lately, that the little things have been getting left…….. so yesterday and today, I sorted through Rhian’s clothes (Again) and packed up the ones that are too small for her. I cleaned out the spare room wardrobe and sorted through some stuff to go up into the attic. I moved Rhian’s room around so that her bed isn’t next to the window anymore, and cleaned everything in there!! I cleaned the entire house, and today I have been mainly concentrating on the computer room…… which also doubles as my Avon room, my Tupperware room, another spare room, and the room that we chuck anything that we dunno where else to put!!
So…….. I’m a bit knackered to tell the truth!!!
I hope to get to the gym tomorrow to see how I go on the cardio equipment. I’m gonna leave the weights at present, until my back is 100% as I really don’t want to aggravate it any more than it already is!!!
Tomorrow I also have to write up a menu for the week, and then I want to burn a CD that I can use at the gym…….. I am currently listening to Nickelback, but I need something that is a bit faster paced I think……
Oooo, has anyone else fallen in love with the song “I wish I was a Punkrocker” by Sandi Thom?? Oh My God – I LOVE that song!!!! Part of the reason I couldn’t sleep last night – that song was playing over and over and over in my head! Hehehehe…
Righto – time to do the last of the tidying in this room, then I can go tot bed!! YAY!!
Nighty night everyone!!!
Thursday, June 01, 2006
quiet few days...
Not really much to report I'm afraid.....
My back is still damn sore, but not as bad as what it was earlier in the week.
And, just for a change, I am actually listening to my body, and instead of going back to the gym when I'm only 50%" I am going to wait until I am 100% before heading back there.
I'm picking that this weekend I might go along and do a gentle workout and see how I go, then if it is all OK, I will start back on a daily basis....
I'm hoping to go skating on Saturday as well, so I think my gym session will be Sunday....
My eating has been pretty damn good this week, so that is a bonus after the weekend that I had!
I had Subway for lunch yesterday, and had a voucher for a free value meal upsize (that gives you a drink and a cookie).
And little angel me - SAVED the cookie and gave it to Chris at the end of the day!!
My God! How a Subway double chocolate chip cookie managed to stay in my bag for FOUR hours without me eating it, I will never know!
Hehehehehe......
Rhian is doing really well at Daycare.
There were no tears yesterday morning, more just a quivering lip, but she was OK once she started playing.
Then when we picked her up last night, she didn't want to leave!!!
This morning, she could hardly wait to get out of the car when we pulled up outside, and then once inside, hung up her jacket and bag on her hook, then waved us bye bye and toddled off to play with her friends!!
My baby doesn't need me anymore!!!!
Well, not quite, but it was great to see her happy when we left!!!
Planning a fairly quiet weekend this weekend, have to do boring household chores, like change the beds, and tidy the computer room etc..... so that will be a bit tedious, but it has to be done...
Apart from that, I am planning on being a diet super woman over the three days we have off......... I am gonna try my damndest to not eat crap food!
I HAVE to do this for myself!!
Only 21 weeks left until we go to Sydney, and I DON'T wanna have to get a seatbelt extension!!!!!
Drama queen huh??
Righto - nearly lunch time, so best I finish the pile of filing in front of me....... then I can have a clear run when I get back from lunch (with a girlfriend at a posh cafe) and get this pile of stuff that I have been putting off for weeks now!
Bad huh??
Pork chop and salad with a baked potato (or kumera) for dinner tonight - YUMMMM!!!!!
