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Back to the grind

2011-06-26T14:38:00.003+10:00

My weight has seesawed for the past 6 years.
I now hope I am on a downward trend.
was 97kg and now 94kg.
I do hope I stay motivated to continue..

Still lost

2008-04-19T11:29:00.003+10:00

I am still lost to the ways of healthy eating...I am so annoyed with myself and really need to care and love myself enough to make the necessary changes..
The photos taken last weekend show my extra rolls flopping over my small size clothes..

I refuse to stand on the scales and only go by clothes sizes at the moment
There is still time to make the major changes as I am still wearing what I can of my smaller clothes.
The wardrobe is limited and my work pants are tight. No I will not take out the larger sizes that are packed away.. I know what I need to do..

Oh Oh...

2008-02-19T13:25:00.006+11:00

Well....just an update.
I was weighed today
Boy..... do I need to do some work.
weight is 88.5kgs ..... so I need to loose at least 17.5kgs

Need to work on my habbits and self talk as well.
I've added extra water and signed up for curves again
With a little help from my friends...
I'll keep you posted.

Happy New Year 2008

2008-01-23T10:07:00.000+11:00

Best wishes to my friends.
You all stuck with me in 2007 and I look forward to making many more pleasant memories in 2008.
The update of my profile picture is thanks to Vegie. She is so clever and we had such fun at the underwater world. I will use this shaddow for a while instead of my shaddow on the beach. Thanks to this person I also made it to the cover of a magazine. What fun.
The Kgs have crept on and I have risen to 88kgs. This means I will have to stop messing about and get serious and join WW again.

Also I found that posting regularily kept me honest so I must factor this into my schedule.

Keep happy and healthy and see you all soon

Lots of Fun and Stress

2007-12-12T10:51:00.001+11:00

The stress and fun are not balanced currently. Far too much stress working at two medical practices. This I could do without at this busy time of the year.
My voluntary job is also at its busiest time but we took time out to have lots of fun after enormous amounts of preparation by the team of staff and volunteers.
As you can see I also took time out to work for a very special person that the clients all adore.
Health check showed that all my bloods are in normal excellent range with this new drug for high cholesterol. Blood pressure was good but sad to say weight is 86kgs.
This means I have lost 10kgs and kept it off the past 18mths. My gain of 9kgs is something I will work on and re-join WW in the new year.
This time of the year brings its very own stressors. They can create conflict within my mind that have an effect emotionally and physically. This year I aim to avoid the triggers.
I rejoice because God loves mankind so much that He sent his Son to save us from judgment. Christmas is the time that Christians all over the world celebrate the birth of God's one and only son Jesus.
I do hope you all have a very safe and relaxing time with your loved ones and friends. Take care on the roads.
Merry Christmas to you all.

Wonderful time in WA

2007-11-21T10:04:00.000+11:00

I give thanks to my friends that have encouraged me this past 18 months.
It was shuch a blessing to meet two of them in October. Hubby and I had a wonderful holiday in WA meeting with friends and family. To add to this I also met bot Jen and Carol. These lovely ladies took time out to meet me.

Jen is at goal and looks a dream.. I do value her journey and understand how hard it is to stay focused on a healthy lifestyle..... Jen has been encouraging me with comments on my blog since I started .....Thank you for meeting with me Jen....I felt like a young school girl..excited and joyfull all at once....

Another special time for me was meeting Carol. She encouraged me to start blogging and to finaly give her a hug made my heart sing..
we had a great time chatting as we experienced the aquarium at Hillarys. Carol has given me a new shaddow picture to use as my signature ...I wish I could remember how I put the last one there...

Renew my committment

2007-10-06T09:35:00.000+10:00

I have struggled with my weight since January 07....
All that I do has not been working for me...
I looked back and saw that 12 years ago I was 106kgs.
This is when I decided to change my life...
I lost weight by myself by walking and cutting down on fats....
Joined WW at 96 kg and got to within 5 kg of goal.
Even though I had lost weight I felt I had failed because I didn't reach goal...
May 2006 I joined WW again and 95.1kg I was determined to reach goal this time...

Now 17months later I am on a plateau and weigh 82.3 kgs....
I have not been to WW for 4 weeks and have received the please come back letter....
This expires 24th November...
I will have my holiday in WA meet with Jen..be inspired..... have my birthday and anniversary in Nov...stress free....keep going to curves and walking....and re-join by the expirey date in the come back letter....
Howzat for planning??

What I am not seeing ....and my physiotherapist and hubby can see is that I am loosing and maintaining my weight at each stage....

Total loss since 1995 is 23kgs.....only 11 to go...

One of our walks took us 18km down a dirt track in the Blue Mts NSW. same view but no people.....
the tree was at a campsite near a dam built to fight bushfires....
It was very windy and cold....

Rock on holiday in WA....
Only 6 sleeps to go...

Busy...busy....busy

2007-09-16T11:51:00.000+10:00

In the past month at Curves I have gained 500gms but lost 19.5cms in total from my body...
Hubby is loving the new me...
I am so busy trying to fit in 3 walks, 3 gym and an extra 3 shifts a fortnight at work...During this time we have moved No1 son out and taken No2 son for driving lessons and eventual success with "P" plates.
This has resulted in a spare room inside the house and 2 cars removed from our yard.
Thanks to all your encouraging words both here and by emails.
Where would I be without my friends....

Getting Serious

2007-08-30T09:10:00.000+10:00

The time for excuses is over and I am back to basics.
I am the same weight as the beginning of July
I have gained and lost a total of 4.6kgs and have not reached my weight I was at the beginning of the winter pass. Ho hum....
A very bumpy journey during the last 2 months.
I joined Curves gym for exercise and have done some beading for pleasure...

See Saw

2007-08-01T14:52:00.000+10:00

No point in changing the weight monitor as I gain one week and not quite loose it all the next week.
The cold weather and core don't work for me as I am not eating correctly. When I avoid the foods that upset my body then my diet is not balanced and too predictable.
It is time to change back to counting and weighing everything for the first 3 weeks like a start all over. I don't want to be coming out of my cocoon at the end of winter and not be able to take off and fly.
So.....the brakes are on now and off I go again a fresh start....

Harder to Focus

2007-06-19T15:41:00.000+10:00

I now see why it is easier going to meetings with a friend. My friend has decided to have a break from meetings as she will be spending time in sunny QLD over winter. It is now much harder to drive to the meetings but the past two weeks I have started loosing again and so this may boost my energy to push for goal.
I am looking forward to being a 70's girl again.
Enough of this backsliding for me. I have to find my motivation from the depths of wherever I lost it. I do not want to be the weight I was when I started this journey. Goal is only 9.5kgs away. I can and will do this..

I delight in different things...

2007-06-12T14:36:00.000+10:00

A special Rose for you all.It has a heavenly smell
My No1 son went to Coffs Harbour on the long weekend.
He brought me back some presents. He used to save rocks as a little man.It took me back to going to the beach with him as a little boy. We would always come back with treasures to keep. Made me realise how much I need a holiday too.
A picture update on me with Andy taken last evening.
We went outside to take photos and it became dark very quickly.

Struggling to attend WW

2007-05-28T09:22:00.000+10:00

Last week was sooooohhhh....... busy that............
I didn't make it to weighin.
On Tuesday when I normally weigh I was at Parramatta attending a workshop on Workplace Mentoring.
Wow!!! I have never been so excited about a project in my life since doing Midwifery in 1974....

Wednesday my younger son needed to go for his "L"s again and get some practice driving a manual car. On the way to the RTA I supervised his fiance so she could get some driving hours. Both aim to obtain their red "P"s before the rules change in July. I was all dressed in my weigh clothes and went to weigh in Springwood to find that there is now a relaxation class in that time slot now...... so back to supervising driving....Looks like I will be busy this month and June.........
Thursday and Friday were a mess at work...... Just so busy.....
The boss took her frustration out on me....... I'm a big girl......
Thankfully she realised her error of judgement and rang when she got home.....and text.....and test... Poor thing.... I would hate to be in her shoes.....
I have lost a shift at work as another RN returns from maternity leave..... She will be very busy on Thursdays...

Staying Positive

2007-05-08T16:23:00.000+10:00

The doctor warned me I would gain weight with the tablets he had me on...
True to his word I did gain on the scales but ailments make us seesaw as well sometimes. Part of life and the healthy lifelong journey I am now on...
Positive is what I will be and this is just a small hurdle in the big scheme of things.

Begin Again Winter Pass - 80.9kg

2007-05-01T14:28:00.000+10:00

Wow!!!
After 6 weeks of gaining today is my first loss.
What a boost to my self esteem....
Finally something is going in the right direction.....
Update is 80.9kg
Total loss is 14.2kg
This is to be a new start....

Autumn always had our front yard covered with colourful leaves....
The tree was causing problems under the home....
Sadly we removed the tree...
This year we don't have the work of raking up the leaves but...

We also do not have our special Gang Gang visitors.
They used to eat the seed pods from the tree.

I do miss them.

Horror stretch

2007-04-29T11:27:00.000+10:00

The last 6 weeks have been my worst time since hubby was in hospital last March.
Last Sunday I hit the wall and splat to the floor....

Work had us working extra shifts, packing and preparing to move..... plus our normal jobs.
I had to relieve four shifts extra in the city surgery while the other RN was away. These are long 10 hour days...
We then had the physical move of the contents of the workplace to the new workplace by physically pushing contents in shopping trolleys. At least this day we closed for the day. Worked all day Sunday .
Then the major unpacking and open for business on the Monday.

In the middle of all this I attended a 60th wedding aniversary on the central coast, went on a day outing as a volunteer with hubby's work to the Easter show, have attended two workshops to update my nursing skills in wound care & taking Pap smears and yesterday a 21st at Bowral.
Had a guest stay for 3 nights and need to complete an assignment for my diploma.

During this time I commenced a new drug to lower my cholesterol and have put on weight since then. On the doctor's scales I had gained 5kg in 6weeks.
We have stopped the drug for two months to see if my body normalizes ....

Just to top it off I woke on Monday morning with a swollen red face..... some reaction to something....

I have now been on drugs to ease this and it has slowly become more itchy and gone up into my scalp and round my ears...

I'm falling apart... But have come to terms will the loss of my side of the family as far as head space goes. They are not worth my energy right now so are back away in the too hard to bother with basket....

I have an extension on my assignment... and am now off to help younger son move house.

Hope you all are fairing better than I am... This latest WW magazine has been full of positive stuff that I hope will motivate me to keep going.

Thanks for all the positive comments from you fellow travellers...

I'll be back after weight morning on Tuesday....

Another Gain

2007-04-17T14:58:00.000+10:00

What a shock.... Jumped on the scales today expecting to have lost or stayed the same at least....
To my horror I had gained 1.5kg....
Where did that come from???
I have no idea....
I am just so annoyed with myself....
My body needs a good shake up....

I am so sore and ache so much from the extra shifts and 10 to 15 thousand extra steps each day.
that doesn't include the bends & stretches.
I am at a loss to explain the gains..
I just know that my motivation is now somewhere in my boots and I am stomping on it every extra day I work.

The weight gain has been occurring for about 5 weeks & that is how long I have been on the new medication. I had fasting bloods done today so will know by Friday if they are working.
I will check with the chemist re- side effects as well.
Maybe I have not been eating enough for the extra work???
I started religiously tracking everything again today...
I'll keep you posted..

Lost the Plot ?? I'm not sure??

2007-04-13T21:58:00.000+10:00

Weighed in on Wednesday.
Gained 1 kg

This means I have gained a total of 2.1kg in the past 4 weeks.

That all happened 2 days ago......

Boy....
Time flies when one is busy.

At work we are currently moving.
This means moving everything about 8 shops away...
If we were changing suburbs then removalists would be arranged.

This has not occurred so consequentially we have loaded shopping trolleys again & moved all but the awkward stuff ourselves...

Yes...... we have done this B4.....
& yes medals are not in the post..

It is just expected...

Don't ask B'cos currently I do not know if I am Arthur or Martha.

I am hoping to just keep my job like every hard working Aussie....

When the revolution comes I will know how to live in a home no bigger than a post box & run a business on nothing but a shoestring...

I am exhausted...

Why should it amaze me that problems occur at work always when one is struggling to fit into what is expected by our natural family.

Easter Saturday

2007-04-07T12:38:00.000+10:00

This year April the 7th is a celebration of the birth of my dear husband. We plan to have a lovely family time at home enjoying each others company with our eldest son.
My extended family is witnessing the celebration of the wedding of my niece in Vic. Due to my fractured relationships with my extended family, I decided I was better of not attending.
This has caused the rift to widen. It is a sad consequence of past evil that has not resolved.
I will hold my head up high and have backing of my decision from my nuclear family and close friends.
This Easter is a move on. The chains are broken to the past. It is a great sadness that my both nieces are desperately unhappy with my decision. I only hope time will heal their hurt.
I have been told not to make contact so have not sent expressions of love and joy I feel for the lovely couple. I have abided by this request so as to cause no further upset. I will post this after their honeymoon and then they can decide as a couple if they will stay in contact with us or not.

Good Friday

2007-04-06T07:42:00.000+10:00

This is a time to not reflect on me but to remember what Christ has done for me.
God loves humanity so much that he does not want humans to perish but to turn to him and become part of His family.
Today is the day I join with all Christians on earth to remember;

In God's plan of salvation God's own son Jesus Christ went to the cross and freed us from the power of the evil one.

"At the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth. Because God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, let every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Philippians:2.9-11

Have a time of reflection and use this long weekend to decide what controls your life.
Is it selfishness? pride? money?other people?

For me it is the Son of God.
I am not perfect only He is perfect. I am a work in progress.
I received the gift of life and choose to live by faith In Jesus who lives and reigns with God and the Holy Spirit as one God for ever and ever.

I'm still here

2007-03-29T07:50:00.000+10:00

A dear friend left a gorgeous card in my letterbox yesterday. I found it when I puffed back from my walk. She must have been up early also. Thanks Robyn.. It really gave me hope..
The hand written message, I would like to share with you all, went as follows:

"When you get into a tight place
and everything goes against you,
'till it seems as though you
could not hang on a minute longer,
never give up then,
for that is just the place and time that
the tide will turn."

Rejected

2007-03-27T19:40:00.000+10:00

I am shattered and struggling with rejection right now....

I hope this does not lead to a major sabotage of all the acceptance I had of myself...

Today I worked so did not weigh... I will try and go in my morning tea break on Thursday. Hope I can summon up enough energy to be defeated at the scales again....

I am in emotional survival mode currently so will just try to maintain where I am at without going under....

A big THANKS to all of you that are encouraging me right now... I really do appreciate your positive outlook.

A Gain

2007-03-20T14:40:00.000+11:00

A gain again. 600gms combined with last weeks 500gms that is 1.1kg in the wrong direction.
I'll just have to work harder.
The drive has gone currently so I'll just have to read all my literature again and find what I need somehow.

A Gain Sigh......

2007-03-14T12:09:00.000+11:00

Quirky sent me this lovely image and It is a pleasure to share it here....

This week I gained again & I know I am smaller in my dress size so the scales can go jump this week. Gain of 500gms so by past experience I should loose this amount next week.

I have started a pilates tape today and some 1kg weights to tone my bat wings.

Little Red Number

2007-03-11T12:57:00.000+11:00

Stuck Here

2007-03-07T11:15:00.000+11:00

Today was doctor day and I have added another permanent tablet to my daily consumption.
Cholesterol & Trygilcerides went up without medication for the past 3 months. Everything else is fine.
Surprise Surprise....
Since I last stepped on his scales 3 months ago I have lost 2kgs.... only 300gms in the last 5 weeks.

They say we must average our weight out over a longer time.

This last 6.5 kg is the hardest by far....
Purchased myself a little red number to wear at home..
I will talk someone into taking a photo soon.

Off The rails

2007-02-28T10:50:00.000+11:00

Well I lost the plot this past week...
Happy to say I did not loose myself..

Just a small gain of 400gms.....
& some major losses with my extended family..
The most important people still believe in me and love me....
So away we go....
This is a new week....
Ive had my blood test and we'll see what this lifestyle change is continuing to show in my blood chemistry.

Young at Heart

2007-02-25T14:55:00.000+11:00

Just a few more bears

2007-02-22T11:44:00.000+11:00

As I promised you can have just a little look at some more.

It has taken 2 months to loose 1.1kg and I am quite frustrated.

Anoying and combined with some personal issues is having me crave comfort food.

Hugs anyone???

2007-02-20T15:22:00.000+11:00

Here are some more of my special family. They are not demanding..... They don't answer back.... Give great hugs &..... I don't have to feed them.

This photo was taken after the meeting last week.

Today I lost 100 grams.....

I have been sitting about the same weight for 6 weeks now just swinging so have brought home the Plateau book to read and will follow fast track week one this next week.....

Weigh Day 38 weeks now

2007-02-13T08:33:00.000+11:00

In the big picture I have decided that our little fluctuations are not as important as the big losses we have made overall....

Profound Hey...

What drove us to Weight Watchers was our inability to fit into our wardrobe of clothes..
Plus ............ shopping for clothes made us decidedly miserable.............
The sizes that fitted were larger sizes than we have ever worn.

Every picture tells a story and I saw a published photo of me at class at Mary Andrews College 2yrs ago and that is definitely not me now.

I am on the right in purple and blue check.
This is on the web for all to see and a constant reminder that I am that same person just take up less air space.......

Today I lost 300 grams. 2/3rds of a tub of margarine I don't carry around anymore.
Total loss of 17.5kgs.
We must start rejoicing and celebrating our perseverance on the road to healthy weight range and less strain on our vital organs.

Well done all of you for being with me this far along the road.

My First Adult Bear

2007-02-13T08:13:00.000+11:00

I gave myself permission to purchase this little bear so he could fit in my pocket when I went to court about 9yrs ago.
This was certainly a big step for me to purchase an Item just for me.
I had very mixed emotions that day...
Thankfully a lot of personal growth has occured since then and not only is it now OK but I also have a growing collection of bears....
This is the baby, laying, Russ bear.
Next to come was the largest Russ Timber Bear....
More pics to follow...

"Move on" - 77.9kg & only 6.9 to go

2007-02-07T11:35:00.000+11:00

I get the message & will move on.
I have been tracking the past two weeks mainly because I had to change my diet.
I am now back eating all the wrong foods for me as it is soul destroying when the scales show a gain.
Back on all foods I have had a loss of 0.4kg so I will keep taking the magic pills and stride towards goal with my head held high (itching and scratching all the way).
I will be sensible now and give my body rest days so I don't overload on chemicals that occur naturally in foods.
My computer has just died again & I think it is terminal this time.
I have lost my independance and need to share again.

Thankfully I backed up all my stuff onto disc so all is well.
Thanks for all the support last week

Groannnnn....

2007-02-03T10:38:00.001+11:00

I have gained again....
One step back, two steps forward & two steps back

I wonder what next Tuesday will bring???

More of the same I guess!!!! SIGHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I feel so bloated & uncomefortable.

PHEW

2007-01-24T13:00:00.000+11:00

I am so glad I paid the summer pass before New Year

Thanks Jen Carol & Berrie for sticking with me .

Hurray!!!!

I lost this week making the total losses 17.4kgs.
My problem is I need to modify my diet for my body's sake.

I need to do some homework and look at the core plan.
Make myself a list & eat only from my safe list.

This involves extra work again & cooking other foods for hubby.

I have been ignoring the symptoms for some time.
Now I have severe gastric pain & therefore need to change.

Dam!!!!!!! Life was easy for a few years.

I suppose we need these downs to remind us how blessed we are to have the choice.

Back with the YOYO

2007-01-17T10:37:00.000+11:00

OOOHHHHH!!!!! I Hate this....GGRRRRrrrrr....

No Matter t'was only 0.2 gain...
Continuation of another bumpy ride for me in 2007.....and.....
My puter is not working again..

Maybe this year I will finally have to update from "win98"
Less & less programs are compatable now days. The scare a few months ago made me back-up everything then... so I shouldn't loose too much.

I will not quit WW yet..... I'll stay 'til end of Summer pass & re-evaluate.
it just sucks.....

Brilliant start to 2007. Loss of 0.9kg

2007-01-13T16:25:00.000+11:00

We always feel great when we are winning. I gained for two visits to the scales. This was no doubt because I could not resist all those yummy foods that are constantly about during the festive silly season.
I chose to eat what I wanted in moderation and not to count. Now I am back on the plan and watching carefully until I became thirsty and have had alcohol three times this week. I hope I haven't undone the loss last Tuesday.

Last Monday we drove to Richmond and found the graves of Mum's, father's maternal grandparents. That is five generations on the tree.

A New Year & Renewed Hope

2007-01-07T17:53:00.000+11:00

New Years Day found us at Cessnock in the Hunter Valley Wine country.
We spent 3 days chasing family history for hubby.

This involved grave searching, pub crawl, local sights and we finally found a brewery.
This was a very restful mini break.
We spent lots of time walking off the excess indulgence of the festive season.

Slim Christmas

2006-12-20T11:39:00.000+11:00

What a blessing this journey has been.
I have gained some wonderfull friends along the way.

You are all so special in your support.
On past experience I would have given up by now.
When I was desperate Carol/Veg, Berrie & Jen came to my rescue.

Thanks for saving me from drowning in my own pity party.
The scales show a loss of 0.2kg.
That is 16.5kg gone from my body for ever & ever....

Merry Christmas to you all and have a safe & Holy Christmas

Back to Normal????

2006-12-05T22:14:00.000+11:00

What is normal????
My body is certainly changing.
I did stick to the plan and exercised last week.

lost 0.9kg so have only 7.8kg to go.
I hope I have consolidated my weight in the 70's now.
At 78.8kgs I can start to see I can get to goal.

It was such a long...long.... way off before.......
Rock on next week..

A big thanks to Trish, Carol, Berri, Jen, Donna and Andrea for encouraging me each week.
You girls make all the difference.
I can't thank you enough...Hugs all round...

Fluid retention

2006-11-29T11:00:00.000+11:00

I forgot this happens.
In cold weather we have had lately I was thinking I would have to resize my rings as they were falling off.
Yesterday and today it is difficult to even spin them on my fingers. They certainly won't come off.

This resulted in a 0.4 gain on the scales. Still a 70's girl.
I'll just plug on.

I have gone back to points after 2 weeks on no count.
I plan to track all that passes my lips for two weeks and focus on taking care of me.

Messing with my head

2006-11-25T13:19:00.000+11:00

I'm always messing with my head trying to abtain a better view.

This second image was obtained using different filters in photoshop.

Finally a 70's girl

2006-11-21T14:19:00.000+11:00

What a week
I thought I would be busted for sure.
We had chocolate icecream for sweets on our special dinner on Friday night and I have had three serves since then. At least the container is empty now so I know NOT to purchase that again for a while.

That is a Frankenstein food that has to be under lock and key. Icecream eating I find difficult to control.
Extra walkin was needed to make sure the scales were kind.
Kind they were with a loss of 0.7 making me 79.3kg.

What a struggle the past 7 weeks have been.
It finally has been worth it....

33 years ago

2006-11-18T17:58:00.000+11:00

33 years ago on 17th we made the biggest decision of our life.

We still enjoy eachothers company.

It was a white wedding on a very very hot day.

I don't think I'll reach that weight of 57kgs even if it is in my goal range.

Body Parts

2006-11-18T13:27:00.000+11:00

This card is a waterfall card.
You pull on my tongue and Images flip over of work done in class.

My lips form the petals, stem and centre of the flower

Still an 80's girl

2006-11-15T09:44:00.000+11:00

I can't believe it
I'm still in the 80's
Only just..... at exactly 80kg...
I will have to do some major work to drop below this bar.
Spose this means exercise????

I have only been able to get out twice a week lately..
Some may know it has been emotionally hectic for the past few weeks..
Andy has started blogging also

She and I have done Cert11 in Fine Arts Digital Arts at TAFE..
I would recommend it to you all.
Takes a year and you are challenged all the way...
I must post amazing things I drew with parts of my body......

Watch this space....

Still not in 70's

2006-11-07T15:19:00.000+11:00

Had fun at our meeting today.

Asked to wear a hat for race day.
Andrea did some creative horse work.
I decorated my red hat.

We came away with Andrea 1st and my hat second.

Lost 0.3kg. Total loss 14.9kg

Weight 80.2kg so 0.3 to go to be a 70's girl.

So Trusting

2006-11-01T16:12:00.000+11:00

We could almost twist his little head off.
They are special little characters.

Onward & Downward

2006-10-31T16:25:00.000+11:00

The light at the end of the tunnel isn't a train.
Things are looking positive.

Had a 0.7 loss today... Hurray...
Seventies is still a short way off but now 80.5kgs..
14.6kg gone in 23 weeks.....(51/2 mths)

This is the little fellow that keeps us in line at home.

Over this bump

2006-10-25T10:52:00.000+10:00

I think I am over the mental block that has stopped me focusing on my goal.
I jumped on my own scales and realised I am not the 95.1kgs I started out at but 81.2kgs.
This is not 90 anything..... It is only 0.6kg more than I was 4 weeks ago.....

This week was a gain of 0.2kg.... not 2kg...... that I deserved......

I must go back and do the habit audit and work out what thoughts are crippling me currently.

I shall give us all that big smile that one of you posted months ago. This is especially for Donna...Jen.....Berrie....Carol...
We need to focus on where we are going and not where we have been the past few weeks.
Go for goal girls and I am with you all the way.....

Focus girl focus

2006-10-18T17:25:00.000+10:00

It's getting harder to stay focused at the moment
I'm falling to the bottom of the pile again.

I am eating a lot of my frankenstein foods and not caring about my goal.
It is now day two of the new week and I am not back on track....

Cant seem to motivate me.... what a down week...... Help......

I'm drowning........

Gain 0.4 at week 21

2006-10-10T16:19:00.000+10:00

Two steps forward and one step back.
Same old problem.......
I ate within my points but did not exercise as much.
Also not getting enough fibre on this diet to stay regular for me.

Back to basics and persevere......
Look at the positive angle 14.1 kg is gone....
I look great....... So start believing it.....

A Project for you all

2006-10-09T13:22:00.000+10:00

Here is something you all can do.....

Yes even the least crafty ones.

Go and purchase a cane wreath hoop and a couple of packets of christmas whole nuts. Find a hot glue gun and get glueing all over the top side of the wreath. It makes a lovely centre piece on the table at Christmas or a lovely eddible gift to take to a friend's home. To make it stand out you can coat the brazil and macadamia nut shells with clear estapol so they shine. Ribbons can also drees up the finished item.

I want to see how you go..... Happy crafting......

Broaches

2006-10-09T13:14:00.000+10:00

These are for Carol to have a closer look at.
You can make almost anything using leather.
Normally I would colour with spirit dyes but these have been painted with acrylic paint.

The same paint used when doing folk art.

Excuses excuses

2006-10-04T04:45:00.000+10:00

More to share

2006-10-04T03:42:00.000+10:00

Friends of mine meet at another home and learn new skills and have lots of fun. We meet about six times a year to try different crafts

We relax and have a wonderful time quilling, 3D card making, basic decopage and silk printing to name a few new skills learnt.

Week Twenty Loss 1.4kgs

2006-10-03T13:47:00.000+10:00

Just have to say I am amazed.
My body is actually starting to behave again.
The last three weeks I have written down everything that passes my lips.
This has produced another successful week with a loss of 1.4kgs.

The way I am going I may be at goal sooner than I think.
I am aiming to be there by 30th Jan 2007.
That is 16 weeks away and I have 9.4kgs to goal.
There it is in black and white so I have to do it now.

Week Nineteen Loss 1.8kg

2006-09-26T13:16:00.000+10:00

Same shorts as previous photo that are too large to stay up now.

The past 2 weeks have shown gains on the scales but the shape shifting has continued.

Persistance pays off.

BIG BIG LOSS this week. WOW!!! 1.8kgs
13.1 kilos gone

Keep going girls. It's worth it for your health

+0.3 a second gain in a row

2006-09-19T21:46:00.000+10:00

Sometimes going back to basics, tracking, exercising & saving points still has a positive on the scales at the end of it.If I hadn't measured myself and tried on clothes that are now too big to wear, I would be very... very ...very ... miserable right now.
I can't loose sight of the fact that 11.3kgs have gone.
I need to stop gaining weight.
That is certainly not the aim of this exercise and lifestyle change....

another gain

2006-09-12T22:05:00.000+10:00

Once again the scales tell the truth and I have a plus sign in my book. I felt my planning and saving points so I could eat something at the party should have prevented a gain. There were plenty of healthy choices and I made wise choices myself. Still there was a 0.4 gain. But!!!!!.....Our bodies can sabotage the best made plans
My digestive track does not like a lot of the foods I am eating.......

It has had a major spack attack and held everything in for days.....
No Really it is true.... I do have food intolerances........

My leader and I talked......She was very encouraging and I decided
nnnnnot to go home and eat a full tub of chocolate icecream.
It is much toooooo cold anyway.

The engagement party was great . The rain kept coming but we had erected enough tarps to keep us dry.

I will keep on going until I get to goal and then start back on the foods that my body will tolerate. Meanwhile I will continue to have these little ups and downs along the way.
Roll on next weigh day you scales don't frighten me.

Half way to goal

2006-09-05T11:38:00.000+10:00

A small loss today...... Deserved I might add.
I'm really not complaining as 0.2 results in a 12kg loss over 15 weeks.
Yes girls I know that this is a major success and I am very thankful that the lessons of healthy eating are working. After all my promises to myself to get moving last week, I managed to only attain two 20 minute walks in my work lunch break.
On Friday I purchased a new pedometer as the old one ran away to a home that wouldn't neglect it. The current daily step total is just under 5,ooo steps which has shown that my life was toooooo...... sedentary for my body to burn the current intake consumed by little old me.....
This week I must be strict and walk as a very busy next three days is followed by a joyful weekend.
Saturday we are celebrating the engagement of our younger son to a wonderful girl. Her mum and I are gathering the families to get to know eachother.
Young love is such a joy to watch. I have reservations as they are both only 19yrs but they do have love and support of family and friends. Marriage plans are not until they are both 21.... or so they say.....
I have time to reach goal and purchase a lovely new outfit.......
How's that for forward planning?.....
As the weekend draws closer I think I would rather be fishing......

To share

2006-08-29T14:34:00.000+10:00

I enjoy leathercraft and go to workshops to learn new techniques. The horse and rose were taught by the late Rob Barr when staying in QLD.

They took one day for the rose and two days for the horse.

The frog picture was completed at a two day workshop with Peter Main at Epping NSW

Back on track

2006-08-29T11:26:00.000+10:00

Today recorded a success again at weigh time.
The extra walk last week must have worked as I lost 1.4 kgs and am now just 0.2kg away from the half way to goal mark.
My mini goal was to be 83kg at this 15 week weigh in. I am so happy that all the hard work has brought this goal so close.
Last week I rewarded myself with a spring pass to encourage me to keep learning ways to change my environment. This way the old habits of comfort eating will be replaced with healthier choices.
I intend to walk for 30-40 minutes three times this coming week.

missing the mark

2006-08-28T07:08:00.000+10:00

This week is continuing to trouble me.
After needing a lift home on Wednesday I have only managed two 30 minute walks in my lunch breaks and some cleaning on Saturday.
My chronic back pain is preventing me from doing many things this week.
It is also the reason I woke at 5.30am today.
This week I have to accept that my mobility is limited.
Otherwise I will push too hard and have difficulty walking next week also.

It is nearly 1100hrs. I have returned from my walk and feel much better for doing so.
All the endorphins are lifting my mood.

To leave on a positive note I will walk three times next week.

mark my journey

2006-08-23T11:28:00.000+10:00

I joined weight watchers for the 3rd time 14 weeks ago.
This is a very positive act and am happy to say that the motivation has been high and the weight has been falling off at a regular rate.
To my surprise I have been able to exercise for thirty minutes 3 times a week and stay on the points system.
Plans are if a plateau cannot be broken then the no count will be followed for two weeks to break the cycle.

This blog diary was suggested by a fellow weight watcher on the community message board.
Takes others with good ideas to remind me to use tools I am already aware of.
start weight: 95.1 current weight: 84.7 loss: 10.4

My meeting is held on Tuesday morning and this week I gained 0.5kg. I had difficulty in a party situation and ate for comefort. Realizing what was happening I stopped but over compensated and under ate for two days throwing my metabolic rate out.

Yesterday my walk lasted 35 minutes but back pain prevented me from walking home.

This blog is part of the plan to take care of myself. This combined with WW community message boards will give me tools to set boundaries.