Going out again, drinking. Yikes. Pigged out at my dad's on the weekend (to be expected!!). Feeling very fat and ugly. Hope everyone else is feeling better than me.
Bri
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Thursday, June 23, 2005
A sad day.....
I just found out that my step-grandmother died this morning. "Grannie and Pop" have been living with my Dad and step-mother for the last six months as they're getting on. Dad said Grannie was happy in her time with them over the last 6 months, happier than she was before that when they were living on their own, so that's good.
She had a massive heart attack and a stroke at about 3am. The funeral is on Monday but my lovely husband is going to drive the baby and I up there tomorrow night and then come home to go to work. He'll come back and get us next Tuesday.
I probably won't be able to log in while i'm there so i'll chat with you all next week.
Also won't be able to go to WW on Monday night. Unless they have a meeting up there? It's in the middle of nowhere and about a four and a half hour drive from here, hence Jason is taking me as he doesn't want me driving that far on my own, especially with the icy roads and all the kangaroos and stuff at night time.
I will miss him but I have to do this for my step-mother. She is such a selfless person and she is truly the most giving person i've ever known.
I can't even imagine what it's like for Pop, to lose someone you've spent the last 60 years with, especially as Grannie had become quite dependent on him in the last couple of years. They moved in with my Dad and Step-mum cos Pop was starting to not be able to cope.
I haven't actually seen Grannie and Pop for a while cos I haven't been able to get up there with the baby and everything. The last time I saw them was my step-brothers wedding which was November 2003. I kind of feel guilty for not going up there but there's not much I can do about it now.
I guess we were a lot closer when I was younger and I don't even see my Dad that often now. He has his own life which is very different to mine as he is very religious and i'm the opposite. He's into one of those pushy religions and i'm just not interested in what he has to "preach" about it.
Anyway, i'm going up there to support my step mother and my two step sisters and lets just hope that everything goes ok and i'm really looking forward to getting home next week.
Bri
She had a massive heart attack and a stroke at about 3am. The funeral is on Monday but my lovely husband is going to drive the baby and I up there tomorrow night and then come home to go to work. He'll come back and get us next Tuesday.
I probably won't be able to log in while i'm there so i'll chat with you all next week.
Also won't be able to go to WW on Monday night. Unless they have a meeting up there? It's in the middle of nowhere and about a four and a half hour drive from here, hence Jason is taking me as he doesn't want me driving that far on my own, especially with the icy roads and all the kangaroos and stuff at night time.
I will miss him but I have to do this for my step-mother. She is such a selfless person and she is truly the most giving person i've ever known.
I can't even imagine what it's like for Pop, to lose someone you've spent the last 60 years with, especially as Grannie had become quite dependent on him in the last couple of years. They moved in with my Dad and Step-mum cos Pop was starting to not be able to cope.
I haven't actually seen Grannie and Pop for a while cos I haven't been able to get up there with the baby and everything. The last time I saw them was my step-brothers wedding which was November 2003. I kind of feel guilty for not going up there but there's not much I can do about it now.
I guess we were a lot closer when I was younger and I don't even see my Dad that often now. He has his own life which is very different to mine as he is very religious and i'm the opposite. He's into one of those pushy religions and i'm just not interested in what he has to "preach" about it.
Anyway, i'm going up there to support my step mother and my two step sisters and lets just hope that everything goes ok and i'm really looking forward to getting home next week.
Bri
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Oh I nearly forgot
Oh I nearly forgot, I found out today that i'm getting my new car next week, it's part of my new package at work. So I need to quickly sell my car now. How exciting. I even ordered new personalised plates as a reward for myself (not sure what the reward is for, maybe for how far I have come this year?).
Yay for me!!
Bri
Yay for me!!
Bri
A new day? NOT!!
Well i'm not doing so well today. I had KFC for lunch and now i'm eating leftover pizza for dinner. I have cupboards and fridges full of healthy stuff but i'm sleep deprived (thanks to a teething small person) and I just couldn't be bothered.
I really need to get remotivated or i'm not going to get to 75kg by the end of July, which I thought at the time I made that promise to myself would be easy. In the last month i've gone backwards and I could have been at 75kg by now if I hadn't lost the plot.
Ho hum, don't want to get mad at myself cos then i'll eat more crap and i'm trying to do the opposite. On a brighter note I finally opened that bottle of water I bought and I drank about half of it at work today.
Maybe tomorrow will be better? Let's keep our fingers crossed for that.
Bri
I really need to get remotivated or i'm not going to get to 75kg by the end of July, which I thought at the time I made that promise to myself would be easy. In the last month i've gone backwards and I could have been at 75kg by now if I hadn't lost the plot.
Ho hum, don't want to get mad at myself cos then i'll eat more crap and i'm trying to do the opposite. On a brighter note I finally opened that bottle of water I bought and I drank about half of it at work today.
Maybe tomorrow will be better? Let's keep our fingers crossed for that.
Bri
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Uh oh
We went on a chocolate run after lunch. No it doesn't involve exercise! haha
Oh well, i'll start again tomorrow I guess. I really want to lose that 0.6 this week and I need to be at 75kg by the end of July (don't we Michelle??).
I went out last night and filled the cupboards and freezer with healthy groceries for us, and WW meals for me to bring to work, i'm just off the rails today for some reason. I can't stop eating.
TTOTM is nearly over so I can't use that as an excuse. Maybe its the cold weather??
Hope everyone is having a better day than me!!
On a brighter note I did buy a 1.5 l bottle of water to drink. What's that, have I opened it yet . . . . . no . . . . . D'oh!!
Bri
Oh well, i'll start again tomorrow I guess. I really want to lose that 0.6 this week and I need to be at 75kg by the end of July (don't we Michelle??).
I went out last night and filled the cupboards and freezer with healthy groceries for us, and WW meals for me to bring to work, i'm just off the rails today for some reason. I can't stop eating.
TTOTM is nearly over so I can't use that as an excuse. Maybe its the cold weather??
Hope everyone is having a better day than me!!
On a brighter note I did buy a 1.5 l bottle of water to drink. What's that, have I opened it yet . . . . . no . . . . . D'oh!!
Bri
Monday, June 20, 2005
Phew
Only put on 0.6 so that's not too bad. Don't have time to post anything else now, Desperate Housewives is on and Jason insists I watch it with him!! haha
Bri
Bri
Yikes
Going to WW tonight and i'm a bit (actually a lot) scared. I haven't been for three weeks and I know i've put on. Oh well, i'll start again tomorrow. Actually i've started being good today (too late??) but it's better than nothing. I have probably only put on 1kg in those three weeks so that's not too bad considering I haven't tracked for ages and I haven't been drinking water and we've been eating crap by the bucketload!! Plus its TTOTM so I feel bloated anyway.
I will start tracking again tomorrow.....
I promise to drink more water.....
I will buy healthy groceries tonight and get rid of the junk food in the house.....
Ho hum ..............
Bri
I will start tracking again tomorrow.....
I promise to drink more water.....
I will buy healthy groceries tonight and get rid of the junk food in the house.....
Ho hum ..............
Bri
Sunday, June 19, 2005
Lazy Lazy Sunday
Couldn't be bothered doing anything today. I feel soooooooooooo lazy. My body is just so run down. Working full time and going out on Friday night has taken all my energy away. Plus I was out yesterday from midday til about 7pm last night (yes, more drinking! D'oh.)
I have to do about 300 loads of washing and at least make the house look tidy. I guess, as it's already past lunchtime, I better go and start and i'll write more later.
Hope everyone's having a nice weekend (even though the weather is crap).
Bri
I have to do about 300 loads of washing and at least make the house look tidy. I guess, as it's already past lunchtime, I better go and start and i'll write more later.
Hope everyone's having a nice weekend (even though the weather is crap).
Bri
Saturday, June 18, 2005
Ouch
Ouch my head. Went out last night (only for a couple) ended up getting home at 12.30. Yikes. I didn't eat much yesterday but I drank a lot last night. The scales are very kindly in my favour this morning with a weigh in of 77.1 (yay!). Not sure how long that will last as i'm probably dehydrated and that's the reason for the loss. LOL.
Haven't been to a WW meeting for 3 weeks, better go this week whether I want to or not. Last week was the public holiday and the week before that I was really sick. Not looking forward to it as I haven't been tracking or following any menu plan and we've basically been eating (and drinking) crap for that whole 3 weeks. It's hard being back at work full-time. I really need to get organised with the grocery shopping so that we have healthy stuff in the house.
Ho hum .......... like I have nothing better to do. The house is a pig-sty and I have to go out today (actually in about an hour) so I better pull my finger out and go and get ready and pack the baby's bags etc. Or should I say suitcase, crikey don't you just about have to take the whole house when you go out for a couple of hours with a baby?
I remember the days where I just used to grab my handbag on the way out the door and that was that! Huh. Childless people don't realise how easy they have it.
That will have to do for now, chores are calling me.
I'll write more tomorrow as I have the whole day free (apart from washing, sweeping, hoovering, dishes, dusting, ironing, scrubbing and looking after the baby.
Ciao
Bri
Haven't been to a WW meeting for 3 weeks, better go this week whether I want to or not. Last week was the public holiday and the week before that I was really sick. Not looking forward to it as I haven't been tracking or following any menu plan and we've basically been eating (and drinking) crap for that whole 3 weeks. It's hard being back at work full-time. I really need to get organised with the grocery shopping so that we have healthy stuff in the house.
Ho hum .......... like I have nothing better to do. The house is a pig-sty and I have to go out today (actually in about an hour) so I better pull my finger out and go and get ready and pack the baby's bags etc. Or should I say suitcase, crikey don't you just about have to take the whole house when you go out for a couple of hours with a baby?
I remember the days where I just used to grab my handbag on the way out the door and that was that! Huh. Childless people don't realise how easy they have it.
That will have to do for now, chores are calling me.
I'll write more tomorrow as I have the whole day free (apart from washing, sweeping, hoovering, dishes, dusting, ironing, scrubbing and looking after the baby.
Ciao
Bri
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
My story
Well today is another day and it's about time I shared my story.
I'm 38 years old. I was born in Scotland. My family came to Australia when I was 6 years old so i'm basically an Aussie now.
We lived in Sydney until I was 14 then moved to Lake Macquarie. My parents then divorced and I got sent to boarding school (naughty girls' school)!
I've been married three times, yep just call me "Liz" and I have one child. He turned one this week. I can't believe how fast the time has gone.
My weight problems didn't start until my mid twenties. Unfortunately it coincides with when I started drinking. Not that i'm an alcoholic or anything but I like a glass of wine or three. I hardly drink anymore now that i'm a Mum, I just don't have time. I used to be a really big drinker, and I had a reputation for same, but now i'm an average drinker and would be lucky to have a bottle of wine a week and that's on a good week.
I have been overweight ever since, with my weight slowly creeping up over the last 10 years until after my pregnancy when I just knew that I had to do something about it otherwise I was going to end up dead.
I've tried just about every diet known to mankind, but I think unless you are really motivated to lose weight you will find every excuse in the book not to do it. It's the same as giving up smoking, you have to really want to do it, and if you succeed its because you were really motivated.
I've tried the following diets: Sureslim, Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, Ultra slim, the Soup Diet, and even one when I was younger where you eat chicken one day, apples the next - I like to call this one the "bored shitless" diet!!
Anyhoo, i've been doing Weight Watchers again since 1 January this year and i've lost nearly 16 kilos with 14 to go. Yay for me. But i'm starting to lose motivation and even though I feel fantastic, I don't really feel all that different. People are only just starting to make comments that i'm looking better and some (who will remain nameless) are even saying that i've lost enough and that I "don't want to get sick". I like to call these people the sabateurs!!
I've been off the wagon for a while now but i'm slowly getting back on it. I tend to use any little excuse to cave in. State of Origin is on tonight and we always have pizza but i'm determined to make my own pizzas and I went out and bought a heap of healthy alternatives to put on them.
They usually taste better when you make them yourself anyway!
I'm not really sure about this "blogging" business and need to do some research on how best to do stuff in here. I just got my picture on the title but it took me about 2 hours to work it out, durr! I'd like to put my ticker in here but i'm not sure how. I will have to look into that.
I'm 38 years old. I was born in Scotland. My family came to Australia when I was 6 years old so i'm basically an Aussie now.
We lived in Sydney until I was 14 then moved to Lake Macquarie. My parents then divorced and I got sent to boarding school (naughty girls' school)!
I've been married three times, yep just call me "Liz" and I have one child. He turned one this week. I can't believe how fast the time has gone.
My weight problems didn't start until my mid twenties. Unfortunately it coincides with when I started drinking. Not that i'm an alcoholic or anything but I like a glass of wine or three. I hardly drink anymore now that i'm a Mum, I just don't have time. I used to be a really big drinker, and I had a reputation for same, but now i'm an average drinker and would be lucky to have a bottle of wine a week and that's on a good week.
I have been overweight ever since, with my weight slowly creeping up over the last 10 years until after my pregnancy when I just knew that I had to do something about it otherwise I was going to end up dead.
I've tried just about every diet known to mankind, but I think unless you are really motivated to lose weight you will find every excuse in the book not to do it. It's the same as giving up smoking, you have to really want to do it, and if you succeed its because you were really motivated.
I've tried the following diets: Sureslim, Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, Ultra slim, the Soup Diet, and even one when I was younger where you eat chicken one day, apples the next - I like to call this one the "bored shitless" diet!!
Anyhoo, i've been doing Weight Watchers again since 1 January this year and i've lost nearly 16 kilos with 14 to go. Yay for me. But i'm starting to lose motivation and even though I feel fantastic, I don't really feel all that different. People are only just starting to make comments that i'm looking better and some (who will remain nameless) are even saying that i've lost enough and that I "don't want to get sick". I like to call these people the sabateurs!!
I've been off the wagon for a while now but i'm slowly getting back on it. I tend to use any little excuse to cave in. State of Origin is on tonight and we always have pizza but i'm determined to make my own pizzas and I went out and bought a heap of healthy alternatives to put on them.
They usually taste better when you make them yourself anyway!
I'm not really sure about this "blogging" business and need to do some research on how best to do stuff in here. I just got my picture on the title but it took me about 2 hours to work it out, durr! I'd like to put my ticker in here but i'm not sure how. I will have to look into that.
Monday, June 13, 2005
Saturday, June 11, 2005
Where do I start?
As this is my first post, I don't really know where to start. I think I should write a detailed account of my eating/drinking life to let everyone know why i'm in the position i'm currently in, but its getting late and I have my little boy's birthday party tomorrow with the family so I think i'm going to call it a night and i'll come back tomorrow and do some serious blogging.
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