I don't really have much time to post these days. Life is a hectic blur of getting up and cycling before work, zooming to work, trying to avoid traffic build ups, teaching my wee heart out, driving home, spending time with the kids, eating tea and getting back on the bike. Repeat.
So far I've done well with taking my lunch to work every day, avoiding the little snack box and maintaining my committment to lose weight. One of my knees is back to the dull ache stage again which means I really must find to time to strengthen the large muscle groups on that side.
Other than that though things are going well. I'm pleased with the progress that I'm making and I'm getting closer to that new original goal of getting to 75kg. This morning the scales flickerred around 76.2 / 76.3 kg somewhere. Hopefully that was an accurate measure and not just some mean trick. Absolutely have made it past the 5kg lost mark though so a least a quarter of the weight is gone. Weeeeeeeeeeee heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
Saturday, 18 February 2012
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Just pretend the last 5 months didn't happen.
Ask no questions and I shall tell you no lies!
Back on board, committed to the journey this time and making great in roads.
I started this month afresh after our Christmas and New Year holidays. And this time I gently eased myself into it. I think that has made a big difference. Also my mindset has arrived. That once and for all determined mindset I know it takes to really make a difference in my life.
Next week I start back at work and Manly Man becomes a stay at home dad. Should be entertaining! I'm looking forward to predetermined times of the day for eating and starting out as I mean to go on. Still trying to process exactly what to take for lunch each day but I think I'm getting there. I seem to do best when I eat the same thing in and out so whilst it could seem boring to others it works for me.
Start of year weight = 82.2 kg
Today's weight = 79.2 kg.
I had to get off the scales very quickly this morning and did not recheck the weight, hahahaha. Hoping like mad it was accurate.
Next goal weight is 75 kg. Let's do this thing.
Back on board, committed to the journey this time and making great in roads.
I started this month afresh after our Christmas and New Year holidays. And this time I gently eased myself into it. I think that has made a big difference. Also my mindset has arrived. That once and for all determined mindset I know it takes to really make a difference in my life.
Next week I start back at work and Manly Man becomes a stay at home dad. Should be entertaining! I'm looking forward to predetermined times of the day for eating and starting out as I mean to go on. Still trying to process exactly what to take for lunch each day but I think I'm getting there. I seem to do best when I eat the same thing in and out so whilst it could seem boring to others it works for me.
Start of year weight = 82.2 kg
Today's weight = 79.2 kg.
I had to get off the scales very quickly this morning and did not recheck the weight, hahahaha. Hoping like mad it was accurate.
Next goal weight is 75 kg. Let's do this thing.
Monday, 5 September 2011
Ever So Slight Blip
Not surprising really, given the week we've just had.
With wreckless abandon I ate whatever I wanted. And no doubt about it, I ate WHATEVER I wanted. And did pretty much nil exercise.
Back to it then.
(a gain of 100 grams)
Weight = 81.5 kg.
Onwards and downwards!
With wreckless abandon I ate whatever I wanted. And no doubt about it, I ate WHATEVER I wanted. And did pretty much nil exercise.
Back to it then.
(a gain of 100 grams)
Weight = 81.5 kg.
Onwards and downwards!
Monday, 29 August 2011
Down Again!
Phew.
I think I would be completely and utterly gutted if the scales didn't show a loss this week. I've been working really hard, averaging between 12 and15 km a day on the exercyle and getting out walking about 4-5 times (sometimes quite hard hill walking with the buggy too).
So today's weight = 81.4 kg. A loss this week of 800 grams.
In biggest looser terms it doesn't rate, but in long term, sustainable, managable, two kids and life to live terms it is a winner with me.
Not too long now and I'll be saying goodbye to the 80's permanently.
One word: Woot!!!!
I think I would be completely and utterly gutted if the scales didn't show a loss this week. I've been working really hard, averaging between 12 and15 km a day on the exercyle and getting out walking about 4-5 times (sometimes quite hard hill walking with the buggy too).
So today's weight = 81.4 kg. A loss this week of 800 grams.
In biggest looser terms it doesn't rate, but in long term, sustainable, managable, two kids and life to live terms it is a winner with me.
Not too long now and I'll be saying goodbye to the 80's permanently.
One word: Woot!!!!
Wednesday, 24 August 2011
A Hard Fought 700
COming to you a couple of days late this week, but this is Monday's report.
700 gram loss this week. And man oh man, was it a hard fought 700 grams. A tough, tough week. Not sure why really. Maybe my body was just having a bit of a go at me for trying to get rid of something it has become accustomed to. That and the fact that that time of the month was due to make an arrival - certainly does make it tough on a girl.
But I made it through, relatively unscathed and 700 down.
Going to celebrate that 700 gm -they are gone for good. Yeah baby, gone for good - did you hear that?
The final word for Monday is: 82.2 kg.
700 gram loss this week. And man oh man, was it a hard fought 700 grams. A tough, tough week. Not sure why really. Maybe my body was just having a bit of a go at me for trying to get rid of something it has become accustomed to. That and the fact that that time of the month was due to make an arrival - certainly does make it tough on a girl.
But I made it through, relatively unscathed and 700 down.
Going to celebrate that 700 gm -they are gone for good. Yeah baby, gone for good - did you hear that?
The final word for Monday is: 82.2 kg.
Monday, 15 August 2011
Weigh Day....
82.9kg - I don't think I have been under 83 kg in over a year. Very happy about this fact.
I'm aiming to be under 80 kg by the end of the month - I think this is a challenging but do-able goal.
Total weightloss since beginning again = 1.5 kg.
It's jolly cold here this week. Massive snow fall that hasn't been seen in our part of the country for about 30 odd years. Rimutaka Hill Road is closed (no surprises there) and is likely to be so for a couple of days to come. We still have a blanket of snow over the whole section with more forecast for today and tomorrow, even Wednesday has a little snow icon on the metservice website - this is very exciting for me. Fire is roaring. Toasty warm inside.
I'm aiming to be under 80 kg by the end of the month - I think this is a challenging but do-able goal.
Total weightloss since beginning again = 1.5 kg.
It's jolly cold here this week. Massive snow fall that hasn't been seen in our part of the country for about 30 odd years. Rimutaka Hill Road is closed (no surprises there) and is likely to be so for a couple of days to come. We still have a blanket of snow over the whole section with more forecast for today and tomorrow, even Wednesday has a little snow icon on the metservice website - this is very exciting for me. Fire is roaring. Toasty warm inside.
Friday, 12 August 2011
Found My Mojo
(pretend I've been posting consistently over the last however many months)
So this week I have really actually well and truly found the mojo required to do something about my health. Mentally, this is exactly the same space I was in when I dropped my pregnancy weight with Little Chugger. Baby Chugger turned eight months today - wow, where has that eight months gone?
We are now proud owners of a modern exercycle - those puppies are soooooooooo quiet compared to the old one we had (that Manly Man had even had to weld back together at one stage, it had taken such a beating).
This week has gone really well and I'm really proud of myself for setting out on the path I need to follow. I feel so much better already and I'm sleeping better at night. Manly Man is supportive in the right ways too.
Both knees have only given slight (ever so slight at that) twinges this week. I'm so glad my GP sent me along for two months of hospital based physio earlier in the year. I now know lots of things I've been doing wrong for years. I'm just gutted I never went to the doc three years ago when (well went back when I wasn't happy with the locum). I feel like I look like a cowboy swaggering when I walk up hills now, but yeah, it's only in my head.
Weigh in days are going to be Mondays from now on. I'm looking forward to this Monday. Watch this space - I may even reveal how much I started out on this week (I think this will be good for me, owning it!)
We're off to Manly Man's mother's place for an overnight trip - Little Chugger is over the moon and wants to take E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G we own. And he's been counting down the "night time sleeps" for a few days now.
See you Monday with the great news :-)
So this week I have really actually well and truly found the mojo required to do something about my health. Mentally, this is exactly the same space I was in when I dropped my pregnancy weight with Little Chugger. Baby Chugger turned eight months today - wow, where has that eight months gone?
We are now proud owners of a modern exercycle - those puppies are soooooooooo quiet compared to the old one we had (that Manly Man had even had to weld back together at one stage, it had taken such a beating).
This week has gone really well and I'm really proud of myself for setting out on the path I need to follow. I feel so much better already and I'm sleeping better at night. Manly Man is supportive in the right ways too.
Both knees have only given slight (ever so slight at that) twinges this week. I'm so glad my GP sent me along for two months of hospital based physio earlier in the year. I now know lots of things I've been doing wrong for years. I'm just gutted I never went to the doc three years ago when (well went back when I wasn't happy with the locum). I feel like I look like a cowboy swaggering when I walk up hills now, but yeah, it's only in my head.
Weigh in days are going to be Mondays from now on. I'm looking forward to this Monday. Watch this space - I may even reveal how much I started out on this week (I think this will be good for me, owning it!)
We're off to Manly Man's mother's place for an overnight trip - Little Chugger is over the moon and wants to take E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G we own. And he's been counting down the "night time sleeps" for a few days now.
See you Monday with the great news :-)
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Long time no post
So I read today on another post from a mummy who hadn't posted for a while. The general thought was ...
So I haven't posted for a while, I could explain but it would take a bit and those who know me in real life you know where I've been.
A general summary:
- wipe out flu
- over a month of physio for a knee injury (caused by completely insufficient core muscles blah blah)
- school holidays being a killer with wet weather.
- baby chugga with terrible eczema (perhaps dietary related? see below)
I weighed myself this morning and was really surprised to see I was 84.1 kg (1o0 gm less than my last weigh in and over a month of no exercise at all and shocking shocking shocking eating patterns). As of Monday I have been eating dairy free (completely dairy free, not even a smidge, reading all labels in the supermarket carefully) in an effort to eliminate a certain milk protein from baby chuggers diet. This is an awesome opportunity for me to put my money where my mouth is as the inner monologue has always said "harden up, it's not that hard to eliminate something from your diet". So far it's not hard. Really it isn't. But it does mean some big changes in eating habbits. I now have to think a little more about what to eat at lunch time (yeah, acheese sammie isn't the go to any more). Today I had tomato and basil soup with toast and an apple and an orange. I guess it will force to eat way more healthily - so massive YAY on that front. Also I've eliminated all fizzy from my diet as 1 in 100 kids can have ezcema trigged by the carbon dioxide in it (well Dr Google says so anyway).
In other news we got an exercycle as it this is pretty much the only non-weight bearing cardio exercise I can safely do until my thigh and other core muscles are strengthened. Bonus that the red shed have half price at Easter Weekend :) Lots cheaper than getting second hand on trade me. It's so quiet too. Bonus :)
I'm really happy to be in this place right now. Hopefully the dairy free thing will cause me to think and choose more wisely over the coming days and weeks. Manly Man made me some wonderfully scrummy carrot cake muffins last night - yummo.
I'm planning to check in a little more frequently from now on - more than once a month :P But not daily, I don't want to spend all the time doing that. And besides, this is a blog for me - you're just along for the ride :P
So I haven't posted for a while, I could explain but it would take a bit and those who know me in real life you know where I've been.
A general summary:
- wipe out flu
- over a month of physio for a knee injury (caused by completely insufficient core muscles blah blah)
- school holidays being a killer with wet weather.
- baby chugga with terrible eczema (perhaps dietary related? see below)
I weighed myself this morning and was really surprised to see I was 84.1 kg (1o0 gm less than my last weigh in and over a month of no exercise at all and shocking shocking shocking eating patterns). As of Monday I have been eating dairy free (completely dairy free, not even a smidge, reading all labels in the supermarket carefully) in an effort to eliminate a certain milk protein from baby chuggers diet. This is an awesome opportunity for me to put my money where my mouth is as the inner monologue has always said "harden up, it's not that hard to eliminate something from your diet". So far it's not hard. Really it isn't. But it does mean some big changes in eating habbits. I now have to think a little more about what to eat at lunch time (yeah, acheese sammie isn't the go to any more). Today I had tomato and basil soup with toast and an apple and an orange. I guess it will force to eat way more healthily - so massive YAY on that front. Also I've eliminated all fizzy from my diet as 1 in 100 kids can have ezcema trigged by the carbon dioxide in it (well Dr Google says so anyway).
In other news we got an exercycle as it this is pretty much the only non-weight bearing cardio exercise I can safely do until my thigh and other core muscles are strengthened. Bonus that the red shed have half price at Easter Weekend :) Lots cheaper than getting second hand on trade me. It's so quiet too. Bonus :)
I'm really happy to be in this place right now. Hopefully the dairy free thing will cause me to think and choose more wisely over the coming days and weeks. Manly Man made me some wonderfully scrummy carrot cake muffins last night - yummo.
I'm planning to check in a little more frequently from now on - more than once a month :P But not daily, I don't want to spend all the time doing that. And besides, this is a blog for me - you're just along for the ride :P
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
Quick Update
Medically unfit to look after the kids - oooops! Just really really bad flu, hope baby chugger doesn't get it. In other news (briefly) the leg is still munted. I will have to come back another day and get over my total embarassment and explain this fully. Hopefully, within a week, I will be able to get back to doing some light cardio work. It's been close to a month now. On the upside, every week I provide a trainee physiotherapist with great and humourous relief (from the nature of my injuries). It is quite hilarious listening to him try and use correct/polite words for bum. : )
Thursday, 10 March 2011
Leaving Behind the Excuses
For the last couple of days my inner monologue has been very sadly discussing my lack of progress.
Today I got brave and confessed to myself that, really, I've been sabotaging myself on an almost daily basis. (And trying to blame lots of other things).
So here is the new reality...
Permanent weight loss is going to take me a whole lot longer than I had initially planned.
Exercise is imperative for me.
Staying away from morning tea areas at music, mothers group and other such things is needed as I have ZERO will power when it comes to this.
I need to keep a stash of fruit in my bag at all times as seeing others eat makes me want to eat.
I need to keep a full water bottle by my side to remind me to drink more water.
That's what I'm going to be concentrating on for the next couple of weeks. Yay : )
Today I got brave and confessed to myself that, really, I've been sabotaging myself on an almost daily basis. (And trying to blame lots of other things).
So here is the new reality...
Permanent weight loss is going to take me a whole lot longer than I had initially planned.
Exercise is imperative for me.
Staying away from morning tea areas at music, mothers group and other such things is needed as I have ZERO will power when it comes to this.
I need to keep a stash of fruit in my bag at all times as seeing others eat makes me want to eat.
I need to keep a full water bottle by my side to remind me to drink more water.
That's what I'm going to be concentrating on for the next couple of weeks. Yay : )
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Plodding On
Not much to report today but I thought I should blog just to keep the habit up.
Have been for a walk - good!
Ate a few too many treats at music - bad.
Never mind. Tis a long journey this one I am on.
Have accomplished quite a bit of sewing this week so that is keeping my spirits up.
Have been for a walk - good!
Ate a few too many treats at music - bad.
Never mind. Tis a long journey this one I am on.
Have accomplished quite a bit of sewing this week so that is keeping my spirits up.
Monday, 7 March 2011
Ha ha - def out of practise.
Well more than that, Baby Chugger and I did do a wee dash up the isle for an 80th birthday bash (so we have reason to have been AWOL).
What to report......... ?
Weigh day today: 84.2 kg.
Total weight loss = 2.8 kg , 3.2%
I guess a loss is a loss, right? Well I'll take it anyway I can at the moment. Life seems to be so blimmen busy at the moment that even finding 40 odd minutes to get out for a walk is getting tough. Manly Man has been working in the big smoke a lot recently (and will continue to do so for a while to come) so can't be home before 5 much any more. Getting tea on the table and wrangling two chuggers takes priority at the moment.
*sigh*
I guess this journey is just going to be a whole lot longer than I anticipated.
Never mind, in for the long haul, right? !
The boring food bits:
I've been super deligent with the eating side of things today. Breakfast - standard. Lunch - two slices of grain toast with two boiled eggs (no butter or marge! but spread the bread with sauce instead), yoghurt and fruit. Snacks - fruit. Tea - sausage and pasta with veges and tomato based pasta sauce. Water - just the one cup - woah that's bad!!!!!!!!!!!!! Will do better tomorrow.
The boring exercise bits:
Got out for a walk today - yay. Tried really hard to be a whole lot more active around the house today too, getting up and down more rather than just sitting on my butt.
The boring mood bits:
Slightly on the plus side of average. (By the way, I don't have an issue with saying it's an average day, cause most of my days are average, a few are dolldrums type days and a few are spectacularly amazing - but, yeah, the rest are just average). I'm quite tired right now (twas a long weekend as I had to drive all the way in the rain on Saturday and then back on Sunday) so should sign off.
Tomorrow is going to be a great day!
What to report......... ?
Weigh day today: 84.2 kg.
Total weight loss = 2.8 kg , 3.2%
I guess a loss is a loss, right? Well I'll take it anyway I can at the moment. Life seems to be so blimmen busy at the moment that even finding 40 odd minutes to get out for a walk is getting tough. Manly Man has been working in the big smoke a lot recently (and will continue to do so for a while to come) so can't be home before 5 much any more. Getting tea on the table and wrangling two chuggers takes priority at the moment.
*sigh*
I guess this journey is just going to be a whole lot longer than I anticipated.
Never mind, in for the long haul, right? !
The boring food bits:
I've been super deligent with the eating side of things today. Breakfast - standard. Lunch - two slices of grain toast with two boiled eggs (no butter or marge! but spread the bread with sauce instead), yoghurt and fruit. Snacks - fruit. Tea - sausage and pasta with veges and tomato based pasta sauce. Water - just the one cup - woah that's bad!!!!!!!!!!!!! Will do better tomorrow.
The boring exercise bits:
Got out for a walk today - yay. Tried really hard to be a whole lot more active around the house today too, getting up and down more rather than just sitting on my butt.
The boring mood bits:
Slightly on the plus side of average. (By the way, I don't have an issue with saying it's an average day, cause most of my days are average, a few are dolldrums type days and a few are spectacularly amazing - but, yeah, the rest are just average). I'm quite tired right now (twas a long weekend as I had to drive all the way in the rain on Saturday and then back on Sunday) so should sign off.
Tomorrow is going to be a great day!
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Out of Practise.
Hmmmmm, having a few days break from the blog has meant that I'm out of practise (noun or verb? - I think verb? hmmm not so sure now I think noun.) at this writing business.
Must make an effort to get in here every day and keep myself accountable.
Only 9.08am and already I have done the dishes, cleaned the lounge, made the beds and one load of washing on the line, one more to get out there and another ready to put in the machine.
The boring food bits:
Breakfast - the new standard (WB and banana). Lunch is left over fried rice (with some yummy cheese cransky for taste). Snacks today will be fruit and yoghurt. Tea is hoki pieces with over fries and salad. Yum.
The boring exercise bits:
I didn't get out for a walk yesterday and I find this makes a HUGE difference to how I feel. Need to get out there tonight. The knees are still feeling very munted so I need to shift some of this weight to relieve the pressure.
The boring mood bits:
Feeling like a slightly better than meh or average mummy and wife today. Let's hope it lasts the whole day long (and till the end of the week please if you may.)
Must make an effort to get in here every day and keep myself accountable.
Only 9.08am and already I have done the dishes, cleaned the lounge, made the beds and one load of washing on the line, one more to get out there and another ready to put in the machine.
The boring food bits:
Breakfast - the new standard (WB and banana). Lunch is left over fried rice (with some yummy cheese cransky for taste). Snacks today will be fruit and yoghurt. Tea is hoki pieces with over fries and salad. Yum.
The boring exercise bits:
I didn't get out for a walk yesterday and I find this makes a HUGE difference to how I feel. Need to get out there tonight. The knees are still feeling very munted so I need to shift some of this weight to relieve the pressure.
The boring mood bits:
Feeling like a slightly better than meh or average mummy and wife today. Let's hope it lasts the whole day long (and till the end of the week please if you may.)
Monday, 28 February 2011
Reporting for duty.
Today I have thought long and hard about the blog and whether it's right to keep posting. My life seems so trivial in the wake of all that our nation has experienced.
I feel off the wagon in spectacular fashion. The binge-ing (binging just doesn't look right ? )was gross and the amount of food I bought and then ate (all of it) so that there wouldn't be have eaten things in the pantry is yuck too. Empty packets/containers hidden in the trailer covered by garden clippings.....
What I have thought most about today is that eating in a depressed state WILL NOT and CAN NOT help the people of Christchurch. Sitting around home and moping CAN NOT improve their circumstances. I know that things can't go back to normal but, for me, something has to change.
So this is what I am doing.
I'm getting back into it.
I'm heading back on track.
I'm being more positive about my future.
In an effort to motivate me some more I've decided that for every kg I loose I'm going to donate $10 to something to do with Christchurch. I haven't yet decided what that will look like on a practical note yet but I'll let you know about it when I do.
The damage....
84.7 kg (a gain of 800 grams in a week)
1st of March tomorrow - I'll be setting a new short term goal.
The boring food bits:
Breakfast - Weetbix and sliced banana, this might become the new standard. Lunch - tuna, rice and chopped tinned tomatoes mixed together. Snacks - fruit fruit and more fruit today : ) Dinner - mexican flavoured mince served on brown rice with salad. Water - I've done a bit better today than I have recently and managed to drink 1.5 L. I really need to work on this in the coming week.
The boring exercise bits:
Manly Man has begun working on site in the city meaning he's leaving home early in the morning (usually before anyone else is even awake) and not getting home till after 5. It's making getting out to go for a walk really difficult (especially when I'm still breastfeeding Baby Chugger, once at around 5 and then again at around 7ish). I'm about to go and do several little stints on the lateral thigh trainer.
The boring mood bits:
Still very somber. I keep thinking about the long term effects for the people of Christchurch. Today a media release from the Ministry of Education has TWENTY NINE schools with major or serious damage. Flippin heck Nigel, I'd hate to be the one who has to creatively come up with a way to school between 10 and 15 THOUSAND children. There is talk of the correspondence school stepping in somehow - wonder what that would look like? In the midst of somberness (yeah, I make up words!) I read loads of positive stuff from the team at Rangiora Earthquake Express - hunt them down on Face Book to find out the power of people who care.
I feel off the wagon in spectacular fashion. The binge-ing (binging just doesn't look right ? )was gross and the amount of food I bought and then ate (all of it) so that there wouldn't be have eaten things in the pantry is yuck too. Empty packets/containers hidden in the trailer covered by garden clippings.....
What I have thought most about today is that eating in a depressed state WILL NOT and CAN NOT help the people of Christchurch. Sitting around home and moping CAN NOT improve their circumstances. I know that things can't go back to normal but, for me, something has to change.
So this is what I am doing.
I'm getting back into it.
I'm heading back on track.
I'm being more positive about my future.
In an effort to motivate me some more I've decided that for every kg I loose I'm going to donate $10 to something to do with Christchurch. I haven't yet decided what that will look like on a practical note yet but I'll let you know about it when I do.
The damage....
84.7 kg (a gain of 800 grams in a week)
1st of March tomorrow - I'll be setting a new short term goal.
The boring food bits:
Breakfast - Weetbix and sliced banana, this might become the new standard. Lunch - tuna, rice and chopped tinned tomatoes mixed together. Snacks - fruit fruit and more fruit today : ) Dinner - mexican flavoured mince served on brown rice with salad. Water - I've done a bit better today than I have recently and managed to drink 1.5 L. I really need to work on this in the coming week.
The boring exercise bits:
Manly Man has begun working on site in the city meaning he's leaving home early in the morning (usually before anyone else is even awake) and not getting home till after 5. It's making getting out to go for a walk really difficult (especially when I'm still breastfeeding Baby Chugger, once at around 5 and then again at around 7ish). I'm about to go and do several little stints on the lateral thigh trainer.
The boring mood bits:
Still very somber. I keep thinking about the long term effects for the people of Christchurch. Today a media release from the Ministry of Education has TWENTY NINE schools with major or serious damage. Flippin heck Nigel, I'd hate to be the one who has to creatively come up with a way to school between 10 and 15 THOUSAND children. There is talk of the correspondence school stepping in somehow - wonder what that would look like? In the midst of somberness (yeah, I make up words!) I read loads of positive stuff from the team at Rangiora Earthquake Express - hunt them down on Face Book to find out the power of people who care.
Sunday, 27 February 2011
Tomorrow.....
Back into again tomorrow.
I'm expecting bad news on the weigh day front.
Has been a tough week emotionally and I found solice/solace (?) in the pantry :(
Time to pull my big girls knickers up and get on with life!
I'm expecting bad news on the weigh day front.
Has been a tough week emotionally and I found solice/solace (?) in the pantry :(
Time to pull my big girls knickers up and get on with life!
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Respect
Out of respect for all Cantabrians and NZers effected by the massive and devestating quake I am going to take a break from posting over the next few days.
My prayers and deepest sympathies are with you all
xx
Catherine
My prayers and deepest sympathies are with you all
xx
Catherine
Monday, 21 February 2011
Weigh Day
83.9 kg this morning. Woooooooooooooop!
That's a loss of 1 kg exactly this week. I'm really happy with that. Bring on this week I say.
Total weight loss is now 3.1 kg, a total percentage weightloss of 3.56%, in three weeks.
Stoked.
That's a loss of 1 kg exactly this week. I'm really happy with that. Bring on this week I say.
Total weight loss is now 3.1 kg, a total percentage weightloss of 3.56%, in three weeks.
Stoked.
Sunday, 20 February 2011
Another day to be proud of.
Title says it all really.
The boring food bits:
Breakfast - standard. Lunch - tuna and rice (see below for "instant" rice) Snacks - fruit and rnice crackers. Dinner - Hellers pre-cooked sausages, boiled spuds and salad, Eta balsamic dressing (the lite and free one). Dessert (yup this is my treat for today) - a few slices of tinned peaches, a sliced banana, covered in strawberry yoghurt and topped with a couple of handfulls of Hubbards berry something or other crunchy muesli type thingy. It was super yummy, crunchy and just really hit the spot.
The boring exercise bits:
I went for an awesome bush walk by myself today. I usually feel really nervous walking by myself anywhere where there isn't loads of traffic going past but given the lovely weather today Manly Man suggested the lovely walk up to the dam as it provided really good shade and there would more than likely be loads of people on the track. He was right and it was awesome. I did the shady walk up to the dam and back twice, just a tad over 40 minutes all up. I loved every step of it. Must remember to do that one again in the weekends (fine weather a must though)
The boring mood bits:
Title says it all really : )
Instant Rice (sorry forgot to add this before, so just adding it here)
Next time you cook rice (I use a rice cooker) cook heaps. Like heaps and heaps and heaps. Then find some random containers (I use cleaned marge containers) and freeze it in portion sized lots. A whole heap cheaper than buying Uncle Bens and just as fast when it's defrosted.
Weigh day tomorrow - hope to see the scales down a little this week. Watch this space.
The boring food bits:
Breakfast - standard. Lunch - tuna and rice (see below for "instant" rice) Snacks - fruit and rnice crackers. Dinner - Hellers pre-cooked sausages, boiled spuds and salad, Eta balsamic dressing (the lite and free one). Dessert (yup this is my treat for today) - a few slices of tinned peaches, a sliced banana, covered in strawberry yoghurt and topped with a couple of handfulls of Hubbards berry something or other crunchy muesli type thingy. It was super yummy, crunchy and just really hit the spot.
The boring exercise bits:
I went for an awesome bush walk by myself today. I usually feel really nervous walking by myself anywhere where there isn't loads of traffic going past but given the lovely weather today Manly Man suggested the lovely walk up to the dam as it provided really good shade and there would more than likely be loads of people on the track. He was right and it was awesome. I did the shady walk up to the dam and back twice, just a tad over 40 minutes all up. I loved every step of it. Must remember to do that one again in the weekends (fine weather a must though)
The boring mood bits:
Title says it all really : )
Instant Rice (sorry forgot to add this before, so just adding it here)
Next time you cook rice (I use a rice cooker) cook heaps. Like heaps and heaps and heaps. Then find some random containers (I use cleaned marge containers) and freeze it in portion sized lots. A whole heap cheaper than buying Uncle Bens and just as fast when it's defrosted.
Weigh day tomorrow - hope to see the scales down a little this week. Watch this space.
Saturday, 19 February 2011
A disciplined day....
Yup, a very disciplined day.
Very ravenous as I powered round the supermarket sticking intently to my list. The only extras to make their way into the trolley were specials too good to go past (can's of cannelini beans for 49 cents etc) and not of the snacking variety. Tis a hard thing to walk past all that chocolatet goodness without picking anything up.
The boring food bits:
Breakfast - standard. Lunch - rice salad, fruit. Snacks - fruit, rice crackers, cannelini bean dip (see below). Dinner - mexican wraps (mince and salad veges with a moderate amount of cheese and sour cream - not drowning like usual)
The boring exercise bits:
I did the loop I did when I first started walking TWICE today. Very hot and sweaty but felt great. I would have been keen to go again but time was lacking and the sun was starting to burn.
The boring mood bits:
An up and down day but ending on a happy note. Too much to mention but yeah, ended nicely with a super nice cuddle with my baby chugger before putting him to bed, bliss.
Cannelini Bean Dip (just a variation of my hummus recipe)
Blend one can of beans with a clove of garlic and a teaspoon of cumin. (Don't leave too much brine in with the beans otherwise you will end up with a gloopy mix, rather gloopy than you intended, like mine)
Super cheap and yummy with rice crackers - it feels like a real treat.
Very ravenous as I powered round the supermarket sticking intently to my list. The only extras to make their way into the trolley were specials too good to go past (can's of cannelini beans for 49 cents etc) and not of the snacking variety. Tis a hard thing to walk past all that chocolatet goodness without picking anything up.
The boring food bits:
Breakfast - standard. Lunch - rice salad, fruit. Snacks - fruit, rice crackers, cannelini bean dip (see below). Dinner - mexican wraps (mince and salad veges with a moderate amount of cheese and sour cream - not drowning like usual)
The boring exercise bits:
I did the loop I did when I first started walking TWICE today. Very hot and sweaty but felt great. I would have been keen to go again but time was lacking and the sun was starting to burn.
The boring mood bits:
An up and down day but ending on a happy note. Too much to mention but yeah, ended nicely with a super nice cuddle with my baby chugger before putting him to bed, bliss.
Cannelini Bean Dip (just a variation of my hummus recipe)
Blend one can of beans with a clove of garlic and a teaspoon of cumin. (Don't leave too much brine in with the beans otherwise you will end up with a gloopy mix, rather gloopy than you intended, like mine)
Super cheap and yummy with rice crackers - it feels like a real treat.
Thursday, 17 February 2011
Motivating Myself in Week Three
Tonight I am home alone. Manly Man is working in the city and is going to be home very late.
There are cakes in the cupboard.
I want them.
I am resisting them at the moment.
I want to resist them more than I want to eat them.
I have just polished off a nice bottle of water. I definitely don't feel as hungry as I did about 20 minutes ago. So I'm not hungry then, just need to keep up the water.
The boring food bits:
Breakfast - standard. Lunch - Rally Cook Book Brown Rice Salad minus the oil. Tea - Fish in a box, Oven fries, Tinned baby beetroot, Microwaved mixed vege. (Lol, you can tell I'm home alone and trying to manage two small boys and cook tea) Snacks - banana, yoghurt.
The boring exercise bits:
No walk today - no chance to get out by myself. Have done 20 mintues on the LTT and will do another 20 more very soon.
The boring mood bits:
Well I spent nearly a thousand dollars today and all on me. Necessary though. It's been 10 years since I've had new glasses. The ones I have a verging on metal fatigue. They got munted this time last year (whilst on holiday) and the local optomitrist made a very good job of fixing them but she spent ages and ages and ages assuring me and covering butt by saying they could break and was she sure I wanted her to attempt to fix them. Anyway my sight prescription has changed. Apparently I am lucky to have such settled eye sight (haven't had a prescription change since 2004) but I do now need new lenses for my glasses. I AM VERY VERY SHORT SIGHTED. Like seriously short sighted. In the olden days of the "chart" in the eye test I would say point me in the direction of the chart and I will tell you I can't see it. Why am I telling you this? Well it means that to get lenses less than an inch thick (that's not a joke), that will fit a frame and will actually provide corrective vision for me I can't get standard single vision lenses (the ones they advertise on telly as 2 pairs for $299 etc). The lenses for my glasses alone are $411. Yup that is just the lenses. Then to find a suitable frame to accommodate the lense. Because only a serious fool would put $400 lenses into frames on their last legs (well past their last legs really). Suitable frames are hard to find. Most of the modern frames available are quite small. I have to find a frame the sits really well on my face so that peripheral drop off is really minimalised. (If you wear glasses you will know what I mean when I say drop off - if you're as blind as I am the world doesn't exist outside of your frame, walking up/down stairs can make you appear drunk if you don't get it right. The world literally drops off outside of the frame.) New frames - $300. (By far and away the cheapest of the suitable frames I tried, and price wasn't even a consideration). New contacts $150. General eye health check..... It's all adding up huh? Good thing I am the master budgeter and we had the money to pay for this.
New, modern, more stylish glasses = good mood. Total hit to the bank balance not unexpected = average mood. Home alone but both boys super co-operative (grateful for you tube kids videos today) = good mood. Resisted cakes = great mood.
There are cakes in the cupboard.
I want them.
I am resisting them at the moment.
I want to resist them more than I want to eat them.
I have just polished off a nice bottle of water. I definitely don't feel as hungry as I did about 20 minutes ago. So I'm not hungry then, just need to keep up the water.
The boring food bits:
Breakfast - standard. Lunch - Rally Cook Book Brown Rice Salad minus the oil. Tea - Fish in a box, Oven fries, Tinned baby beetroot, Microwaved mixed vege. (Lol, you can tell I'm home alone and trying to manage two small boys and cook tea) Snacks - banana, yoghurt.
The boring exercise bits:
No walk today - no chance to get out by myself. Have done 20 mintues on the LTT and will do another 20 more very soon.
The boring mood bits:
Well I spent nearly a thousand dollars today and all on me. Necessary though. It's been 10 years since I've had new glasses. The ones I have a verging on metal fatigue. They got munted this time last year (whilst on holiday) and the local optomitrist made a very good job of fixing them but she spent ages and ages and ages assuring me and covering butt by saying they could break and was she sure I wanted her to attempt to fix them. Anyway my sight prescription has changed. Apparently I am lucky to have such settled eye sight (haven't had a prescription change since 2004) but I do now need new lenses for my glasses. I AM VERY VERY SHORT SIGHTED. Like seriously short sighted. In the olden days of the "chart" in the eye test I would say point me in the direction of the chart and I will tell you I can't see it. Why am I telling you this? Well it means that to get lenses less than an inch thick (that's not a joke), that will fit a frame and will actually provide corrective vision for me I can't get standard single vision lenses (the ones they advertise on telly as 2 pairs for $299 etc). The lenses for my glasses alone are $411. Yup that is just the lenses. Then to find a suitable frame to accommodate the lense. Because only a serious fool would put $400 lenses into frames on their last legs (well past their last legs really). Suitable frames are hard to find. Most of the modern frames available are quite small. I have to find a frame the sits really well on my face so that peripheral drop off is really minimalised. (If you wear glasses you will know what I mean when I say drop off - if you're as blind as I am the world doesn't exist outside of your frame, walking up/down stairs can make you appear drunk if you don't get it right. The world literally drops off outside of the frame.) New frames - $300. (By far and away the cheapest of the suitable frames I tried, and price wasn't even a consideration). New contacts $150. General eye health check..... It's all adding up huh? Good thing I am the master budgeter and we had the money to pay for this.
New, modern, more stylish glasses = good mood. Total hit to the bank balance not unexpected = average mood. Home alone but both boys super co-operative (grateful for you tube kids videos today) = good mood. Resisted cakes = great mood.
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