but I hopped on the scales this morning and was down an amazing 1.3 kilos from Wednesday! It really made my day and really helped me influence my food choices that I made today! So fingers crossed for a good weigh in on Wednesday morning!
Am off to see some friends very shortly, and will be taking some popcorn to pop (plain of course - hate the buttered stuff) and some OJ to drink.
Had a great afternoon watching Rachel and her friend Maddie running around non stop for a couple of hrs at the new Jungelrama in Lower Hutt. Felt a bit envious of parents who were running and climbing with their kids while I just sat and watched the girls.... but one day I too will be running around with Rachel!
Better get moving - but wanted to do an update before going out.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
Friday!
Yay! Another day over and another reasonably good day completed! Definitely less carbs than I would normally have and feel rather good. But on saying that there still a long way to go to to getting them right now but little baby steps and I will do it!!! I am determined that this is the way I can lose the weight and to keep it off! Still got lots of research/reading to do but it definitely seems the way to go for me!
Not a lot planned for this weekend so am really going to aim to get out for a walk around the block while Rachel rides her bike (now riding without trainer wheels). Though I have offered to take Rachel and one of her friends to Junglerama tomorrow afternoon (we had a coupon to use) - but can't see me climbing through the tunnels and going down the slides with them but one day I will!
Lexi our new kitten (well she is 9mths old) is becoming more adventurous and exploring more and more which is nice to see! I even just scored some cuddles from her!
Right best I go do the dishes as they are calling my names!
Not a lot planned for this weekend so am really going to aim to get out for a walk around the block while Rachel rides her bike (now riding without trainer wheels). Though I have offered to take Rachel and one of her friends to Junglerama tomorrow afternoon (we had a coupon to use) - but can't see me climbing through the tunnels and going down the slides with them but one day I will!
Lexi our new kitten (well she is 9mths old) is becoming more adventurous and exploring more and more which is nice to see! I even just scored some cuddles from her!
Right best I go do the dishes as they are calling my names!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Day 1
First day of healthy thinking/eating has gone well.... rice crackers with a bit of dip instead of chippies and a yummy green salad with some chicken for lunch. Little footsteps, day by day.
I do need to make an effort to do some reading on the Low Carb eating - just a matter of finding time to sit down undisturbed to take it all in so I can make sure I am making the right decision before I make this life style change. Lynda has mentioned giving up wheat - this would be the most hardest thing for me to do but can see what she is saying in her comment as to why I should do it. I just LOVE my potato, rice, bread, pasta etc and find it hard to imagine a day go by without at least 1 of those in my meal plan.
The thought of exercise does scare me a bit as the problems I had with my foot/heel earlier in the year now seems to be occurring in my other foot! There is no way I want to go through the surgery again on the other foot... no way in hell! I am really hoping that by losing weight will ease the pain that I have in my heels but I am aware that to lose weight I do need to do exercise too! So will start off with some simple walking and see how I manage that.
Speaking of walking - when you guys started off on your journeys what did you wear when out walking etc? Okay not all of you were this big (and are this short) - my track pants are a bit indecent even with a baggy tshirt... and don't want to wear my jeans or a skirt but am starting to think that a skirt may be the best option even though it looks odd with sneakers!
Right, am gonna call it a night on this update... catch ya all tomorrow night :)
I do need to make an effort to do some reading on the Low Carb eating - just a matter of finding time to sit down undisturbed to take it all in so I can make sure I am making the right decision before I make this life style change. Lynda has mentioned giving up wheat - this would be the most hardest thing for me to do but can see what she is saying in her comment as to why I should do it. I just LOVE my potato, rice, bread, pasta etc and find it hard to imagine a day go by without at least 1 of those in my meal plan.
The thought of exercise does scare me a bit as the problems I had with my foot/heel earlier in the year now seems to be occurring in my other foot! There is no way I want to go through the surgery again on the other foot... no way in hell! I am really hoping that by losing weight will ease the pain that I have in my heels but I am aware that to lose weight I do need to do exercise too! So will start off with some simple walking and see how I manage that.
Speaking of walking - when you guys started off on your journeys what did you wear when out walking etc? Okay not all of you were this big (and are this short) - my track pants are a bit indecent even with a baggy tshirt... and don't want to wear my jeans or a skirt but am starting to think that a skirt may be the best option even though it looks odd with sneakers!
Right, am gonna call it a night on this update... catch ya all tomorrow night :)
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
6 months later....
Yes I am here... still alive and kicking as most of you will know through FB but I had abandoned blogging - both reading and writing! However that does need to change as I MUST kick some serious arse this year!!! I saw a photo of Rachel and I taken last week at Huka Falls and I was really shocked! Then I was at the Warehouse in Taupo and tried on a pair of size 28 jeans which I couldn't get done up!!! Then I had a great chat with two wonderful friends of mine S & F last night and really realised that if I am going to do it I need to do it for me!! I very reluctantly got on the scales this morning.... 134.5 kilos!!!!! HOLY FUCK!!! I would say how the hell did that happen but I'm not that stupid! I know how it happened - it happened due to the crap that I am forever putting in my mouth and the minimal exercise that I am doing!
So I am calling on all my blogger friends to help me please!!! Please check on me if I don't update here - usually means I am off track... I don't like to be nagged.... as I find that gets me angry but genuine support and concern I do appreciate!
Am not going to go through everything that I've been up to over the last 6 mths.... *phew* I hear you all say! This is a clean slate starting now!!! 4th Jan 2012 @ 134.5 kilos!!! That number WILL go DOWN not up!!!!
Am joining a friends Biggest Loser challenge which starts in a couple of weeks and then once my unused gym membership expires in April - I am thinking of doing WW as that is what really got me going the first time back in 2003! Also doing some serious reading in to VLC (Very Low Carb) eating too... as a couple of blogger friends are doing that and it is really working for them!
Right, that's enough for now - I will be back tomorrow!!!
So I am calling on all my blogger friends to help me please!!! Please check on me if I don't update here - usually means I am off track... I don't like to be nagged.... as I find that gets me angry but genuine support and concern I do appreciate!
Am not going to go through everything that I've been up to over the last 6 mths.... *phew* I hear you all say! This is a clean slate starting now!!! 4th Jan 2012 @ 134.5 kilos!!! That number WILL go DOWN not up!!!!
Am joining a friends Biggest Loser challenge which starts in a couple of weeks and then once my unused gym membership expires in April - I am thinking of doing WW as that is what really got me going the first time back in 2003! Also doing some serious reading in to VLC (Very Low Carb) eating too... as a couple of blogger friends are doing that and it is really working for them!
Right, that's enough for now - I will be back tomorrow!!!
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Oooops
Oooops I didn't realise it had been so long since I had logged into blogger - not only to write a post but even to read other ones as well! Fark, I am so slack! But then since being back at work for the last 4 weeks (2 part weeks and 2 full time), I have been so exhausted and the evenings just fly by and I am usually in bed by about 9.30ish!
So what I have been up to??? Not a lot really - still got my moon boot on but down to a flat foot rather than wedges in there to support the Achilles. Definitely feeling the pain more with it being flat but I guess that is all part of the healing process... I see the surgeon again this coming Friday so fingers crossed for some good news but then again I wouldn't really complain should I have to wear the boot for another week or so after that as I would rather it was properly healed rather than rushing it! As the last thing I want to do is upset the Achilles again and have another Operation and be off work for an even longer! Am also rather enjoying catching the early bus from door to door as such! But on the other hand I am missing the daily contact with creche as Stephan is doing both the drop off and pick ups still.
Anyway, best I get moving as I need to organise the pizza we are having for tea tonight - homemade base for the first time and I am quite proud of how it has turned out. Rachel has had her one already as she was apparently "starving" - so she had a couple of pita breads topped with tomato sauce, mozeralla cheese, ham and sliced tomato! She really enjoyed them so another good option for easy peasy teas! Have put the other pita breads in to bags of 2 in the freezer so all we would have to do is great some cheese and slice some tomato!
Just thought I had better do a post to let people I am still alive and kicking as such... hope to be back blogging regularly real soon as I am starting to get motivated again re healthy eating and even exercise (but slowly and surely of course).
So what I have been up to??? Not a lot really - still got my moon boot on but down to a flat foot rather than wedges in there to support the Achilles. Definitely feeling the pain more with it being flat but I guess that is all part of the healing process... I see the surgeon again this coming Friday so fingers crossed for some good news but then again I wouldn't really complain should I have to wear the boot for another week or so after that as I would rather it was properly healed rather than rushing it! As the last thing I want to do is upset the Achilles again and have another Operation and be off work for an even longer! Am also rather enjoying catching the early bus from door to door as such! But on the other hand I am missing the daily contact with creche as Stephan is doing both the drop off and pick ups still.
Anyway, best I get moving as I need to organise the pizza we are having for tea tonight - homemade base for the first time and I am quite proud of how it has turned out. Rachel has had her one already as she was apparently "starving" - so she had a couple of pita breads topped with tomato sauce, mozeralla cheese, ham and sliced tomato! She really enjoyed them so another good option for easy peasy teas! Have put the other pita breads in to bags of 2 in the freezer so all we would have to do is great some cheese and slice some tomato!
Just thought I had better do a post to let people I am still alive and kicking as such... hope to be back blogging regularly real soon as I am starting to get motivated again re healthy eating and even exercise (but slowly and surely of course).
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Stuck at home
Well this sitting around on my bum all day is really getting rather tiring and boring! There is only so much that I am able to do while being on crutches and I am supposed to be resting my foot! I have folded the washing (for Stephan to put away tonight) and done the tiding up that I am able to do easily! Am playing a couple of games of scrabble through Facebook but moves can take a while as the opponent could live anywhere in the big wide world! Not really into jigsaw puzzles that much, crosswords don't interest me, sudoku does a wee bit, but haven't got any books at the moment and don't really like the online games for some reason! And there is only so much TV/DVD's one can watch along with only so much computer time one can put up with!
I think I said yesterday that I see the specialist on the 6th May so that is still 6 days at home alone plus a weekend thrown in as well... but then Stephan has been busy helping his parents out that, and takes Rachel with him that I am often home alone for a few hrs at the weekends too!
Sorry for the crabby post - am not sleeping well at the moment so am tired and crabby during the days... I am doing my best not to nap during the days but sometimes I fall asleep in the chair without realising it if you know what I mean... I was in quite a bit of pain (in my foot) for a wee while during the night, almost woke Stephan up to get him to get my codine tablets but I managed to get through it ok in the end.
One thing about being immobile is that Stephan has definitely realised how much I do around the house! Don't get me wrong as he is pretty good at times, but he tends to go into his own wee world especially in the evenings while I plod around doing all the little things... which of course he is needing to do at the moment. Think he is getting a bit pee'd off at times when I remind him that such and such needs doing but he generally does do them ok... eventually that is!
Enough rambling for today - be back later :)
I think I said yesterday that I see the specialist on the 6th May so that is still 6 days at home alone plus a weekend thrown in as well... but then Stephan has been busy helping his parents out that, and takes Rachel with him that I am often home alone for a few hrs at the weekends too!
Sorry for the crabby post - am not sleeping well at the moment so am tired and crabby during the days... I am doing my best not to nap during the days but sometimes I fall asleep in the chair without realising it if you know what I mean... I was in quite a bit of pain (in my foot) for a wee while during the night, almost woke Stephan up to get him to get my codine tablets but I managed to get through it ok in the end.
One thing about being immobile is that Stephan has definitely realised how much I do around the house! Don't get me wrong as he is pretty good at times, but he tends to go into his own wee world especially in the evenings while I plod around doing all the little things... which of course he is needing to do at the moment. Think he is getting a bit pee'd off at times when I remind him that such and such needs doing but he generally does do them ok... eventually that is!
Enough rambling for today - be back later :)
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
I am in shock...
Can't believe that there are still people who actually check in here to see if I have done an update despite it being almost 12mths since my last update!
Not only have I been a slack at updating here, I have also been very slack in reading other blogs too! It's about once a month (or even 2 mths) when I read blogs and even then I get slack at commenting... so will not be surprised if I have dropped others blog radars too!
Though I guess the main thing is that most of you probably already know what I am up to as I do frequent (to often at times) updates on Facebook :)
As for my weight - that is not good at all - at the weigh in for the hospital (just had an operation on my heel and Achilles) put me at 134 kilos!!!! Which is almost 5 kilos heavier than my heaviest weight!!! Admittingly I had on heavy jeans etc but still, it was not a nice figure to see on the scales! And when one is only 5ft zero, that weight is definitely far to much to carry!!!! For those that know my history, I did lose 42 odd kilos prior to having Rachel but since having her (4 1/2 yrs ago) my weight has just gone up and up and up - very slowly but it has still been going up! It probably hasn't been helped by my heel problems and the inability to do much exercise and yes I know there is aqua jogging etc, but when one is very self conscious of wearing togs, once doesn't go to the pool very often at all!
I am definitely not going to cover everything that has happened over the last 12 mths otherwise I will be here forever!!! In fact I am not even sure where to start - I am still big (well bigger than last update), still lazy (to a degree), still working full time while trying to be the best mum to Rachel and wife to Stephan! We have recently got a cleaner in to take one job off us which we both used to argue over at the weekends as we both dislike housework! LOL Letitia is just wonderful and a real superwoman when it comes to cleaning!
Rachel is 4 1/2 and starts school in November! She is so ready to be at school so roll on the next 6mths! Can't believe that my baby is going to be 5!!! Where have the last 5 years gone to??? She does have the attitude of a teenager at times but from what I can gather from fellow mummy friends - this is normal but very, very trying at times!
I had an operation on my heel and achilles 2 weeks ago so am currently in a moonboot full time (night and day) until I see the surgeon next Friday. Am supposed to be going back to work the following Monday but not sure if I will be or not as I am unable to drive and with no driving makes it difficult to get Rachel to creche and myself to the station. We do have a couple of plans up our sleeves so just need to talk those through sometime soon so we know what is happening. But even if I get to the station, I still need to then get from the train to the bus and then have to manage the walk up to work as well so it will be a long day when I do get back to work.
Anyway, that's enough for tonight - my foot is sore and I need to be resting it again! Will be back soon I promise!
Not only have I been a slack at updating here, I have also been very slack in reading other blogs too! It's about once a month (or even 2 mths) when I read blogs and even then I get slack at commenting... so will not be surprised if I have dropped others blog radars too!
Though I guess the main thing is that most of you probably already know what I am up to as I do frequent (to often at times) updates on Facebook :)
As for my weight - that is not good at all - at the weigh in for the hospital (just had an operation on my heel and Achilles) put me at 134 kilos!!!! Which is almost 5 kilos heavier than my heaviest weight!!! Admittingly I had on heavy jeans etc but still, it was not a nice figure to see on the scales! And when one is only 5ft zero, that weight is definitely far to much to carry!!!! For those that know my history, I did lose 42 odd kilos prior to having Rachel but since having her (4 1/2 yrs ago) my weight has just gone up and up and up - very slowly but it has still been going up! It probably hasn't been helped by my heel problems and the inability to do much exercise and yes I know there is aqua jogging etc, but when one is very self conscious of wearing togs, once doesn't go to the pool very often at all!
I am definitely not going to cover everything that has happened over the last 12 mths otherwise I will be here forever!!! In fact I am not even sure where to start - I am still big (well bigger than last update), still lazy (to a degree), still working full time while trying to be the best mum to Rachel and wife to Stephan! We have recently got a cleaner in to take one job off us which we both used to argue over at the weekends as we both dislike housework! LOL Letitia is just wonderful and a real superwoman when it comes to cleaning!
Rachel is 4 1/2 and starts school in November! She is so ready to be at school so roll on the next 6mths! Can't believe that my baby is going to be 5!!! Where have the last 5 years gone to??? She does have the attitude of a teenager at times but from what I can gather from fellow mummy friends - this is normal but very, very trying at times!
I had an operation on my heel and achilles 2 weeks ago so am currently in a moonboot full time (night and day) until I see the surgeon next Friday. Am supposed to be going back to work the following Monday but not sure if I will be or not as I am unable to drive and with no driving makes it difficult to get Rachel to creche and myself to the station. We do have a couple of plans up our sleeves so just need to talk those through sometime soon so we know what is happening. But even if I get to the station, I still need to then get from the train to the bus and then have to manage the walk up to work as well so it will be a long day when I do get back to work.
Anyway, that's enough for tonight - my foot is sore and I need to be resting it again! Will be back soon I promise!
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