Just thought I would just post a test update to see if anyone was actually still around - it's been almost a year since I updated and boy oh boy so much has happened. Would like to try to update more frequently if I can but no promises.
Back later :)
Monday, April 25, 2011
Monday, May 24, 2010
Well... where do I start??? It's been almost 2 months since my last update and quite a bit has been happening. Am back on Anti Depressants after a visit to the Dr for other things turned into a half hr session of me in tears and a lot of stuff coming out which I didn't realise had been upsetting me! Am also on another drug for my "breathing" issues but after doing some googling late last week, I really do think I have COPD - sorry can't recall the big words that it stands for) but it's similar to asthma and I can tick off so many of the symptoms so am printing a page of info off about it and will take it to the Dr when I go back for a check up in another 3 weeks time! This particular page explains a lot of the things that I haven't been able to!
Am still in the yo-yo mood with my weight! So much for losing 20 kgs before my 40th in Jan!!! Okay, may still be doable for some but would be happy with 15 kgs gone now! I have wasted 4 mths of this year fluffing about and doing sweet bugger all about it! I am still struggling with the gym but when I do go now, I just do about 30 mins or so on the treadmill at various speeds and inclines... which is better than sitting at home for those 30 mins but I know I need to do more!!!
Food - I see it and I eat it! That basically sums up everything right now!!! Definitely better than I used to be in regards to the coke and chippies at work. Usually only once (sometimes twice) a week now rather than almost every day but still eating/drinking a lot of stuff that I shouldn't be!
Work - well that is going quite well. Am currently Acting Team Leader and have been since late April and will be until at least end of June! Am loving it and the challenges that it is bringing! And being able to put this on my CV should definitely help me with the way I want to move within DOC. Though after a chat to some colleagues this morning, I am going to investigate about doing Early Childhood Studies at the Open Polytechnic sa that is an area I would very much love to work in! Always have and always will want to work with young children!!! So will be interesting to see how that goes!
Rachel - a few issues there but all just part of Parenting I guess! She is a very early riser and thinks that Mummy should be too! It was 4.40am this morning!!! We bought her a monkey clock just before Christmas which has eyes that open at whatever time you set it and we had told her that she had to stay in bed quietly until Momo opened his eyes... it worked for about 3 mths or so but the last 6 weeks or so have been awful with her waking and calling out to me! So I am at times running on almost empty and struggling for energy but I do get there... some nights I am in bed by 9pm trying to catch up on lost sleep! Have done up a star chart (again) for her today so maybe that will work but am not holding my breath! But in other ways she is the most amazing little girl who I love to pieces!!! I love what she comes out with at times like how much she loves me and what she will do for me when she is bigger and I am littler!
Right, should get moving and do some work... just waiting for the others to finish off what they are doing so I can set off some reports and then it will be all go around here with the last minute checking before the payroll can be run!
Am still in the yo-yo mood with my weight! So much for losing 20 kgs before my 40th in Jan!!! Okay, may still be doable for some but would be happy with 15 kgs gone now! I have wasted 4 mths of this year fluffing about and doing sweet bugger all about it! I am still struggling with the gym but when I do go now, I just do about 30 mins or so on the treadmill at various speeds and inclines... which is better than sitting at home for those 30 mins but I know I need to do more!!!
Food - I see it and I eat it! That basically sums up everything right now!!! Definitely better than I used to be in regards to the coke and chippies at work. Usually only once (sometimes twice) a week now rather than almost every day but still eating/drinking a lot of stuff that I shouldn't be!
Work - well that is going quite well. Am currently Acting Team Leader and have been since late April and will be until at least end of June! Am loving it and the challenges that it is bringing! And being able to put this on my CV should definitely help me with the way I want to move within DOC. Though after a chat to some colleagues this morning, I am going to investigate about doing Early Childhood Studies at the Open Polytechnic sa that is an area I would very much love to work in! Always have and always will want to work with young children!!! So will be interesting to see how that goes!
Rachel - a few issues there but all just part of Parenting I guess! She is a very early riser and thinks that Mummy should be too! It was 4.40am this morning!!! We bought her a monkey clock just before Christmas which has eyes that open at whatever time you set it and we had told her that she had to stay in bed quietly until Momo opened his eyes... it worked for about 3 mths or so but the last 6 weeks or so have been awful with her waking and calling out to me! So I am at times running on almost empty and struggling for energy but I do get there... some nights I am in bed by 9pm trying to catch up on lost sleep! Have done up a star chart (again) for her today so maybe that will work but am not holding my breath! But in other ways she is the most amazing little girl who I love to pieces!!! I love what she comes out with at times like how much she loves me and what she will do for me when she is bigger and I am littler!
Right, should get moving and do some work... just waiting for the others to finish off what they are doing so I can set off some reports and then it will be all go around here with the last minute checking before the payroll can be run!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Am still alive...
though have fallen off the wagon though hence the quietness on the blogging front!
Have been attempting the low carb life style and to a degree I was doing ok with breakfast and lunch but snacks and dinner were my downfall and probably always will be!
I really do suck at losing the weight this time! Probably not helped that Mum had her lapband surgery almost 2 weeks ago! Part of me is looking forward to getting some new nice clothes (her hand me downs) but the other part of me is so jealous.
My brother in Chch has lost over 50 kilos over the last 2 years and is looking fabulous! Amazing what a new love in one's life can do to one! My niece (24 yrs old) lost 30 kilos last year doing shakes etc (easy to do when single and bugger all bills etc) and although she gained a few over the Summer (while trying to give up smoking) she is now back on track (although smoking) and wants to lose the last 15/20 kilos and then once she has got to her goal weight and has got the hang of maintaining, she will then attempt to give up smoking again! My sister is back into the weight loss again and doing reasonably well although not sure how much she has lost at this stage.
So as you can see there has been a bit of pressure from the family on me to lose weight - I know it is their way of encouraging me but to me it is really fucking me off and getting me more and more stressed which leads to more and more eating!
Haven't been to the gym since prior to Christmas - was going to take a break over summer and walk in the evenings - well that didn't last that long despite loving the walking! I now have some new decent comfy sneakers so have promised my gym buddy (who has still been going occasionally) that I will be back there next week otherwise she will be kicking my ass big time!!! And trust me, she will do it and she will do it good (and in front of my team too)! She knows about my goal that I set back in Jan - losing 20 kilos before my 40th next Jan! And she is right - I am not going the right way about getting there! But fuck, I just don't seem to be in the right frame of mind for anything.
I am a useless, overweight bitch right now - stressed big time at work and that is not going to let up until at least July!
Anyway, I am off to bed, am sitting here in my nightie (not that you needed to know that) as I was just about to get into bed when I had the urge to do this update before I chickened out so to speak.. My weight has not shot up or anything, am still lingering about the 123 kilo mark so I lose and gain the same couple of kilos over and over and over and over....
Am thinking of giving up blogging altogether as I really do suck at this as well these days... and as for reading/commenting on others, that too is a slack area at the moment.... sorry everyone!
Catch ya later
Have been attempting the low carb life style and to a degree I was doing ok with breakfast and lunch but snacks and dinner were my downfall and probably always will be!
I really do suck at losing the weight this time! Probably not helped that Mum had her lapband surgery almost 2 weeks ago! Part of me is looking forward to getting some new nice clothes (her hand me downs) but the other part of me is so jealous.
My brother in Chch has lost over 50 kilos over the last 2 years and is looking fabulous! Amazing what a new love in one's life can do to one! My niece (24 yrs old) lost 30 kilos last year doing shakes etc (easy to do when single and bugger all bills etc) and although she gained a few over the Summer (while trying to give up smoking) she is now back on track (although smoking) and wants to lose the last 15/20 kilos and then once she has got to her goal weight and has got the hang of maintaining, she will then attempt to give up smoking again! My sister is back into the weight loss again and doing reasonably well although not sure how much she has lost at this stage.
So as you can see there has been a bit of pressure from the family on me to lose weight - I know it is their way of encouraging me but to me it is really fucking me off and getting me more and more stressed which leads to more and more eating!
Haven't been to the gym since prior to Christmas - was going to take a break over summer and walk in the evenings - well that didn't last that long despite loving the walking! I now have some new decent comfy sneakers so have promised my gym buddy (who has still been going occasionally) that I will be back there next week otherwise she will be kicking my ass big time!!! And trust me, she will do it and she will do it good (and in front of my team too)! She knows about my goal that I set back in Jan - losing 20 kilos before my 40th next Jan! And she is right - I am not going the right way about getting there! But fuck, I just don't seem to be in the right frame of mind for anything.
I am a useless, overweight bitch right now - stressed big time at work and that is not going to let up until at least July!
Anyway, I am off to bed, am sitting here in my nightie (not that you needed to know that) as I was just about to get into bed when I had the urge to do this update before I chickened out so to speak.. My weight has not shot up or anything, am still lingering about the 123 kilo mark so I lose and gain the same couple of kilos over and over and over and over....
Am thinking of giving up blogging altogether as I really do suck at this as well these days... and as for reading/commenting on others, that too is a slack area at the moment.... sorry everyone!
Catch ya later
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Am still alive and still plodding on... have been reducing my carb intake and now have salad with either salmon or shredded chicken 4 times a week for lunch and have really noticed my energy levels in the afternoons! Last Friday, I met an old work mate for lunch and ended up having a potato dish for lunch and OMG talk about being sluggish and tired all afternoon! So no more carbs (esp high carb dish like potatoes) at lunch time especially! Am generally having scrambled eggs for breakfast (and now Rachel is eating them to after many attempts of trying her on them) and then dinner usually still involves a new boiled potato (or two if they are small) but that is a reduction on what I used to do so am slowly cutting them back too. Slowly but surely for me and I will get there. The only thing I need to work on is my snacks as I don't eat nuts or seeds... so have been having rice crackers or another form of crackers, I know they are a form of carb, but still better than other crap that I could be (and used to be) having! Also eating approx 4 pieces of fruit a day, but that's only cause there are so many varieties of yummy scrummy stone fruit around!
Am down 1.1 kilos in the last 6 weeks, so not a lot but still down rather than up... now I just have to work on the exercise side of things to ensure I can do the healthy eating AND the exercise hand in hand rather than doing one or the other at one time... I NEED TO DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME TO MAKE THIS WORK!!! Bought some awesome Addidas sneakers on Friday in a clearance sale ($120 down to $80) and then scored some lovely socks yesterday, so no excuses for me anymore! I do need to get back into the gym!! I haven't been since prior to Christmas as I wanted to concentrate on my walking but even that has been a bit slack of late! Now that I have fitting and comfortable sneakers, everything SHOULD be ok and easier for me to exercise rather than wearing sneakers that were to tight and caused me to have blisters every time I wore them!
Have had a strange week, as on Tuesday morning (16th), I was eating a sausage roll *blush* - had a rough night and was comfort eating, and anyway about 3 mins after eating it, I started to get this awful feeling that my tongue was starting to swell up so let my team members know (just in case something happened) but nothing eventuated (thank god) but since then I have had a funny numb feeling in my mouth as in like I have a burnt mouth. Saw a pharmacist on Friday morning, who suspects it could be an infection (am sure it's not thrush) and if it is still around on Monday (tomorrow) to go the Dr. So once back at work, I made an apt for the Dr on Wed night (my Drs late night) and managed to get her last available apt so grabbed that and can always cancel it if I come right or cancel it if I end up going earlier if necessary! Today it has been quite good, but the funny feeling is still there but thank god the sore throat I had last night as well has gone as that was a killer!
Rachel is doing well though has not been well today, woke with a temp and we gave her some pamol, and an hour later she was good, and then would just crash again for a couple of hours before pamol and the cycle would repeat itself... so am hoping she will be ok tomorrow otherwise I won't complain of a day at home with her as I could do with a day off!
Work is chaotic with a few issues occurring too! Am taking on the Team Leader role next week (1 March) and am not sure if I am looking forward to that or not... I know I need to do it for the experience esp for the role that I want to go into if I stay with DOC as most of the people in that role (around the country side) have staff reporting to them so I need to have that experience of staff supervision etc... so need to tackle it and do the best I can.
Anyway, time for me to head to bed - will probably still be another half hr before I get there as most of you know as it's not as simple as going to bed as you find things on the way to the bedroom that need doing! LOL
Catch ya later :)
Am down 1.1 kilos in the last 6 weeks, so not a lot but still down rather than up... now I just have to work on the exercise side of things to ensure I can do the healthy eating AND the exercise hand in hand rather than doing one or the other at one time... I NEED TO DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME TO MAKE THIS WORK!!! Bought some awesome Addidas sneakers on Friday in a clearance sale ($120 down to $80) and then scored some lovely socks yesterday, so no excuses for me anymore! I do need to get back into the gym!! I haven't been since prior to Christmas as I wanted to concentrate on my walking but even that has been a bit slack of late! Now that I have fitting and comfortable sneakers, everything SHOULD be ok and easier for me to exercise rather than wearing sneakers that were to tight and caused me to have blisters every time I wore them!
Have had a strange week, as on Tuesday morning (16th), I was eating a sausage roll *blush* - had a rough night and was comfort eating, and anyway about 3 mins after eating it, I started to get this awful feeling that my tongue was starting to swell up so let my team members know (just in case something happened) but nothing eventuated (thank god) but since then I have had a funny numb feeling in my mouth as in like I have a burnt mouth. Saw a pharmacist on Friday morning, who suspects it could be an infection (am sure it's not thrush) and if it is still around on Monday (tomorrow) to go the Dr. So once back at work, I made an apt for the Dr on Wed night (my Drs late night) and managed to get her last available apt so grabbed that and can always cancel it if I come right or cancel it if I end up going earlier if necessary! Today it has been quite good, but the funny feeling is still there but thank god the sore throat I had last night as well has gone as that was a killer!
Rachel is doing well though has not been well today, woke with a temp and we gave her some pamol, and an hour later she was good, and then would just crash again for a couple of hours before pamol and the cycle would repeat itself... so am hoping she will be ok tomorrow otherwise I won't complain of a day at home with her as I could do with a day off!
Work is chaotic with a few issues occurring too! Am taking on the Team Leader role next week (1 March) and am not sure if I am looking forward to that or not... I know I need to do it for the experience esp for the role that I want to go into if I stay with DOC as most of the people in that role (around the country side) have staff reporting to them so I need to have that experience of staff supervision etc... so need to tackle it and do the best I can.
Anyway, time for me to head to bed - will probably still be another half hr before I get there as most of you know as it's not as simple as going to bed as you find things on the way to the bedroom that need doing! LOL
Catch ya later :)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Still no offical decision...
Yeah you read that right, still no official decision as to which track I am going to be going down re the weight loss BUT it's looking more and more likely that I will be doing the low carb eating plan - just changing my eating habits slowly. Have been enjoying have salmon salads for lunch this week rather than sandwiches or left overs. Need to do some more reading of books/sites that Lynda, Kate and Anne have recommended to me as I know there is a LOT more that I need to learn about and to change in my life!
But also want to say a HUGE, HUGE thank you to you all for your lovely comments on my last post, it really did make my day reading all of those! And I thought after that I had posted it, that people may not have left comments due to their opinions of diets etc so I do apologise for coming across grumpy!
Have told Mum (and Mother in law too) that I want to lose 20 kilos by my 40th so now I have some accountability to achieve this target! I mean 20 kilos in 50 weeks is achievable and I WILL do it! Though it is going to take more than just healthy eating... I have been a bit slack in the exercise department over the last couple of weeks using my birthday, the wedding and the heat as an excuse but I MUST get back into it!
Oh shit, just realised that the lunches haven't been made yet, so best I go do that... catch ya all later :)
But also want to say a HUGE, HUGE thank you to you all for your lovely comments on my last post, it really did make my day reading all of those! And I thought after that I had posted it, that people may not have left comments due to their opinions of diets etc so I do apologise for coming across grumpy!
Have told Mum (and Mother in law too) that I want to lose 20 kilos by my 40th so now I have some accountability to achieve this target! I mean 20 kilos in 50 weeks is achievable and I WILL do it! Though it is going to take more than just healthy eating... I have been a bit slack in the exercise department over the last couple of weeks using my birthday, the wedding and the heat as an excuse but I MUST get back into it!
Oh shit, just realised that the lunches haven't been made yet, so best I go do that... catch ya all later :)
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
So many decisions to make...
and so little time...
But firstly I will be honest and say I am a feeling a bit gutted in the fact that I have over 30 "readers" (i.e. those who requested to be part of the private journey), 12 followers... yet in my last post when I really wanted lots of opinions and advice, I only got 5 comments! Now those 5 comments, were brilliant and helpful and very much appreciated but I really did hope that I would get more comments and advice on what you have done in the past.
And now it is the 27th Jan and I have just 4 days to decide what "plan of attack" I am going to be following from Monday (1 Feb)!!! And at this stage, I still have no flaming idea!!!
Money is a big issue for us as even IF I went ahead with WW, the extra $18 per week is going to be a big cost for us and require huge dedication from me!
So now that bit is off my chest, what has been happening since my last post...
My birthday - had a fantastic child free, work free day and thoroughly enjoyed myself!! Then Rachel and I had a couple of days up at Mum's so Rachel good have some time getting to know her cousins from Australia and we both had a ball!!! Then on Saturday, we all headed over the hill to Masterton to my sisters wedding which was fabulous!!! Another 2 fantastic days with family and Rachel having an absolute ball!!! Photos are on FB though had to remove any photos that had a member of the Bridal Family in it due to my sister's request which really did piss me off as there were some nice ones there, but did it to keep her happy and to keep the peace as it was her big day!
Work today was totally chaotic and full on! Next two days are going to be so full on and hectic but am sure I will get there eventually!
This weekend, the only big thing on is a fairy birthday party (3 yr old) so apart from that, it will be the usual housework, baking, groceries etc... so may end up at work at some stage.
Anyway, just realised the time, time for me to head to bed - takes me forever to get there by the time I check on Rachel, go to the loo, get my stuff ready for my shower tomorrow etc...
Catch ya all later - hopefully with a decision that has been made by then!!!
But firstly I will be honest and say I am a feeling a bit gutted in the fact that I have over 30 "readers" (i.e. those who requested to be part of the private journey), 12 followers... yet in my last post when I really wanted lots of opinions and advice, I only got 5 comments! Now those 5 comments, were brilliant and helpful and very much appreciated but I really did hope that I would get more comments and advice on what you have done in the past.
And now it is the 27th Jan and I have just 4 days to decide what "plan of attack" I am going to be following from Monday (1 Feb)!!! And at this stage, I still have no flaming idea!!!
- Stephan's parents have borrowed my booklet re the "real food" plan and are both keen to do it to see if it will help their area's of concern for their health. I do love the concept of it, but just don't know if I could manage the 3 week introduction/challenge! But another woman I know (thru the parenting forum) is planning on just introducing the changes gradually without any drastic changes... to me this sounds pretty logical so am going to send Sherry an email asking her if doing it this way will still help me out with losing weight etc and to get her opinion on it.
- Tania is emailing me her meal planning spreadsheet that she uses while doing WW - you plan your weeks meals ahead (including points etc for each meal/snack) then that way you don't know to stress about point counting each and every meal. Sounds good to me, but to be honest, is WW really for me??? Not sure about that one.
- Low Carb Eating - been doing a bit of reading about this over last couple of days after reading Lynda's blog and how well her and her partner have been doing by reducing their carb intake. Very similar to Atkins Diet but more sensible from what I can gather. Am wondering if I should just try this approach... but time is running out as I only have 357 days until my 40th and I want to have lost at least 20 kilos by this time!!!!
Money is a big issue for us as even IF I went ahead with WW, the extra $18 per week is going to be a big cost for us and require huge dedication from me!
So now that bit is off my chest, what has been happening since my last post...
My birthday - had a fantastic child free, work free day and thoroughly enjoyed myself!! Then Rachel and I had a couple of days up at Mum's so Rachel good have some time getting to know her cousins from Australia and we both had a ball!!! Then on Saturday, we all headed over the hill to Masterton to my sisters wedding which was fabulous!!! Another 2 fantastic days with family and Rachel having an absolute ball!!! Photos are on FB though had to remove any photos that had a member of the Bridal Family in it due to my sister's request which really did piss me off as there were some nice ones there, but did it to keep her happy and to keep the peace as it was her big day!
Work today was totally chaotic and full on! Next two days are going to be so full on and hectic but am sure I will get there eventually!
This weekend, the only big thing on is a fairy birthday party (3 yr old) so apart from that, it will be the usual housework, baking, groceries etc... so may end up at work at some stage.
Anyway, just realised the time, time for me to head to bed - takes me forever to get there by the time I check on Rachel, go to the loo, get my stuff ready for my shower tomorrow etc...
Catch ya all later - hopefully with a decision that has been made by then!!!
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Lots of thinking to do...
Hi all
Happy New Year to you All and I hope you all had a great New Year and are enjoying 2010 so far.
I went back to work on Tuesday 5th Jan and had a full on 4 days, however our Acting GM, let us finish at midday on the Wednesday which was really fantastic. It was a tipsy turvey week with the fact that Stephan was still off work (with lots to do around home) so I was able to leave home at 6.45, pick up a colleague, and be at work by 7.15am as we had organised a car park in the basement, which of course meant we were able to finish work at 3.30am, and to spend extra time with Rachel in the afternoons. That was probably the best bit of the whole week! Think it will be a shock to the system tomorrow morning, when it's back to "normal" with me dropping her at creche at 7.30 and not getting to work till about 8.45am and having to work till 5 and not getting home till 6pm!
I have started walking this week and have been thoroughly enjoying it! Did it for the first time on Thursday night and was in agony by the time I got home with two nasty blisters on my heels!!! I really hate those sneakers as they have made my heels so sore (have had on going problems with blisters etc since I got the sneakers about 7 mths ago) so am going to look around and put a decent pair on layby and treat myself to them as a birthday present. But in the meantime, I am wearing my old but comfy but holely sneakers and when I wore those last night, I took 6 mins off my previous time for the same circuit! I am quite lucky where we live as there are so many different routes that I am able to chose from for variety but for the meanwhile, I am sticking to the one circuit, will increase my time on that one, then go an extra block, increase my time on that and so forth... so am thinking of "postponing" the gym for a month or two while I get back into walking and get my fitness back a bit as I just don't enjoy the walking on the treadmill for some reason. Can't actually put the membership on hold as such - but at $9 week, it's not too bad and if it means I am enjoying myself and keen to get out and walk etc and then will face the gym with more enthusiasm then Stephan will support me on it!
And I am finding that by starting to get active again, I am starting to feel good and start to make better food choices... slowly! Sitting typing this while eating bowl of popcorn but NO butter, icing sugar or anything like that - just plain popcorn with a sprinkle of salt! I LOVE popcorn!!!!
My weight last week was very frightening indeed with being only 5 flaming kilos away from when I first started this weight loss journey back in Feb 2003! So have decided with the fact in about 375 days it will be my 40th birthday, I want to have lost at least 20 kilos by then!! That is so doeable and I WILL do it!!! Last time I lost 20 in 8 mths so I can definitely do 20 in 12 mths this time!
My options at this stage include:
Lots of work challenges coming up in the next few months as myself and a colleague take on a week period each of being the Team Leader - my stint doesn't start until beginning of March so have time to pysch myself up for it! But in the mean time, I am about to apply for a job (internally) within the Nelson/Marlborough district, it is being advertised tomorrow but as I had inside information, my CV, letter etc is all ready to go so as soon as I get to work in the morning, I can send it all off to the person. It is a role that I really want to get into should I stay with DOC... speaking of jobs, I still haven't heard anything re the job in Christchurch that I applied for back in November. I understand that they were going to be short listing sometime this month so that option is still open for me should I get an interview.
But anyway, still got bits to do before I head to bed... so will catch ya all later :)
Happy New Year to you All and I hope you all had a great New Year and are enjoying 2010 so far.
I went back to work on Tuesday 5th Jan and had a full on 4 days, however our Acting GM, let us finish at midday on the Wednesday which was really fantastic. It was a tipsy turvey week with the fact that Stephan was still off work (with lots to do around home) so I was able to leave home at 6.45, pick up a colleague, and be at work by 7.15am as we had organised a car park in the basement, which of course meant we were able to finish work at 3.30am, and to spend extra time with Rachel in the afternoons. That was probably the best bit of the whole week! Think it will be a shock to the system tomorrow morning, when it's back to "normal" with me dropping her at creche at 7.30 and not getting to work till about 8.45am and having to work till 5 and not getting home till 6pm!
I have started walking this week and have been thoroughly enjoying it! Did it for the first time on Thursday night and was in agony by the time I got home with two nasty blisters on my heels!!! I really hate those sneakers as they have made my heels so sore (have had on going problems with blisters etc since I got the sneakers about 7 mths ago) so am going to look around and put a decent pair on layby and treat myself to them as a birthday present. But in the meantime, I am wearing my old but comfy but holely sneakers and when I wore those last night, I took 6 mins off my previous time for the same circuit! I am quite lucky where we live as there are so many different routes that I am able to chose from for variety but for the meanwhile, I am sticking to the one circuit, will increase my time on that one, then go an extra block, increase my time on that and so forth... so am thinking of "postponing" the gym for a month or two while I get back into walking and get my fitness back a bit as I just don't enjoy the walking on the treadmill for some reason. Can't actually put the membership on hold as such - but at $9 week, it's not too bad and if it means I am enjoying myself and keen to get out and walk etc and then will face the gym with more enthusiasm then Stephan will support me on it!
And I am finding that by starting to get active again, I am starting to feel good and start to make better food choices... slowly! Sitting typing this while eating bowl of popcorn but NO butter, icing sugar or anything like that - just plain popcorn with a sprinkle of salt! I LOVE popcorn!!!!
My weight last week was very frightening indeed with being only 5 flaming kilos away from when I first started this weight loss journey back in Feb 2003! So have decided with the fact in about 375 days it will be my 40th birthday, I want to have lost at least 20 kilos by then!! That is so doeable and I WILL do it!!! Last time I lost 20 in 8 mths so I can definitely do 20 in 12 mths this time!
My options at this stage include:
- WW - not that keen on it and point counting but will do this IF I have to
- Blood Group "Diet" - still doing the reading on this one but have heard lots of good things about it.
- Surgery - well when I win lotto that is.. so not really an option at this stage despite my Dr being fully behind me should I ever get the chance to have it.
- Experience the Real Food difference - www.sherryelton.co.nz - This option is the most appealing to me right now. I ordered the booklet from their website and it is really quite amazing. Lots of info in there that I didn't know but should probably be general knowledge to most people! I never did biology or anything like that at school! Doing the 3 week challenge will be very challenging indeed with the very limited food one is allowed but I totally understand all the reasoning behind the restrictions etc.
Lots of work challenges coming up in the next few months as myself and a colleague take on a week period each of being the Team Leader - my stint doesn't start until beginning of March so have time to pysch myself up for it! But in the mean time, I am about to apply for a job (internally) within the Nelson/Marlborough district, it is being advertised tomorrow but as I had inside information, my CV, letter etc is all ready to go so as soon as I get to work in the morning, I can send it all off to the person. It is a role that I really want to get into should I stay with DOC... speaking of jobs, I still haven't heard anything re the job in Christchurch that I applied for back in November. I understand that they were going to be short listing sometime this month so that option is still open for me should I get an interview.
But anyway, still got bits to do before I head to bed... so will catch ya all later :)
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