Nothing to report really.....

Another crappy day, awful weather, can’t make its mind up between pouring down raining and bright head-hurting sunshine. Every time I try to walk out the door it starts raining, now I don’t know whether I should chance walking to the bank or not.

Have kept my eating under control so far this week so I’m proud of myself for that.

Nothing else to report really. Sorry. Ho hum. Where did my 'happy positive-attitudey' self go?

Bri

More sadness.....

Another day another dollar. Still tired. Have been for 2 walks today but I didn’t get on the treadmill this morning, I was too tired and I need the sleep more than the exercise at the moment, even though Michelle says the treadmill is missing me!! LOL.

My DH’s Nanna isn’t very well. She’s 96 and a half so she’s had a very long life. She will be unlikely to make it to Christmas and there’s talk of her not even making it to the end of this week. DH is making a flying visit to go and see her tonight (she is 2 hours away) and he’s tired too so I feel for him, but it has to be done.

Apparently she’s just sleeping all the time, not eating, doesn’t recognise anyone and she’s lost heaps of weight. It’s only a matter of time. It’s very sad, she didn’t want the end to be like this, she always said she wanted to go quickly.

She has dementia, which is good in a way because she doesn’t know that she’s like this. She’s on morphine and Panadol Forte so we don’t think she’s in any pain.

It’s been a hard month for DH – I hope it gets better for him soon.

Hey, on a brighter note, I think I finally got the link thing downpat! Let's hope it works now.

Edit: Just found out about ANOTHER friend of ours who died this morning. What is going on in the Universe right now?

Bri

I need some sleep.

I'm sitting here at my desk nearly falling asleep. What a great weekend though, we all had the best time ever. My eating was pretty good but I probably shouldn't mention the world record we set for consumption of alcohol! (oops!!) LOL.

$600 worth of alcohol - and we ran out and had to go and get more. Hmmmm - some counselling might be required here I feel!!!!! Oops didn't I say I wasn't going to mention it!

This little guy above was one of many little friends who came calling at the house we stayed in. There were heaps of wallabies (unfortunately not the huge handsome football playing kind! haha), horses, parrots and cockatoos and also a sodding bush turkey who was very annoying (you have to kind of feel sorry for them, they're so damned ugly!!) who was very much like a feathered garbage disposal!

I did go for a walk on Saturday morning and my calves are still hurting. There were so many big hills and i'm used to walking on the flat! so I feel good about that, and I really did keep my eating under control, certainly compared to the old me! There were healthy choices and I made them 90% of the time.

I got thrown in the spa - fully clothed - don't worry I deserved it - it was after i'd tipped my dessert on my bosses heads (well at least I didn't EAT the calories! haha). I should have seen it coming, but I was good and didn't fight it - I took it like a man - so to speak!!

They didn't even wreck my $10 watch - damn I needed a new one!! hehe

Anyhoo, a great weekend was had by all and sundry. I look forward to next year's Christmas party where I will be at goal weight and 'strutting' will be the order of the day!!

Bri

The challenge is over.....

Well folks, my 12 Week Christmas Party Challenge is over today.

The good news is that I lost 3.3 kilos.

The bad news is that i've put back on 0.8 so i'm back to 76kg. Considering the last few weeks that i've had that's not too bad (plus it's TTOTM so that doesn't help).

I haven't exercised all week and i've been eating like a pig. I'm giving myself the weekend off and i'm determined to get back on track by Monday. I'm sure after this weekend i'll be so over bad food i'll be aching to get some steamed vegies into my poor little body.

Note that I said "little" and not "huge fat arsed" like I normally do! LOL

So on the menu for the weekend - tonight is Snitty night - chicken schnitzels with toppings, chat potatoes with sour cream, and (hopefully) steamed vegies.

Tomorrow brunch - bacon, eggs, hash browns, mushrooms, tomatoes, chipolatas, croissants etc

Afternoon snacking - uh oh!!

Lots of drinking.

Then dinner - dinner is a surprise - we've been divided into teams to "create" some culinary delight to tantalise the taste buds of our co-workers. God knows what we'll be eating, but i'm sure it won't be low fat or low calorie!! Haha

Plus I bought one of those huge gingerbread houses to take along. Hmmmmmm gingerbread!! (*drools*).

I’m not going to feel guilty about eating – how much damage can you do in one weekend? There are some lovely walks to do while we’re up there so I’m determined to take myself off walking on at least one occasion. There’s also tennis (except that I may aswell have no arms and legs cos i'm hopeless at tennis) swimming (uh no – not for me!!) and a spa. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.

I’m taking my PS2 with all the Sing Star games (I do love singing!!) and the Eye toy interactive game – which is like exercise anyway. I’m sure I won’t just be sitting on the lounge all weekend anyway (you have to get up and go to the fridge for another drink don’t you?) haha

Have a fabulous weekend everyone, I’m sure I will. I promise I’ll be back on track on Monday morning – I really really promise!!!

Bri

Very bad

This is how I feel. I haven't stopped eating since Monday. It's not just bad stuff, it's everything in sight. I must stop NOW.

I have such a "bad-food" packed weekend ahead of me, I really wanted to do some damage control beforehand, but i'm out of control.

Somebody slap me please!

I need a break now.

I’m giving myself a break this week. The funeral yesterday was awful. I won’t go into details but needless to say I’m mentally exhausted. I think the last couple of weeks with being busy at work, busy at home and busy on weekends has really taken it out of me. Plus my father visited at the weekend and he always stresses me out. How can one of your parents bring out the worst in you? Actually my mother does the same thing, thank goodness they got divorced 20 years ago – imagine both of them at once – holy snapping duck poo!!!!!

I just need to look after myself now for a few days. I’m sure I’ll be much better once this next weekend is over and done with, then I can relax for a couple of weeks before the Christmas “BS” kicks in.

I really miss my DS. I feel like I’m not getting to see him at all and I’m getting the guilts about it big time. I was in tears this morning when I left him at daycare.

Forgive me if I don’t blog too much this week as I really don’t think I can afford the time. Plus it would just be sad sack stuff that you all really don’t need to hear anyway.

I’ll catch up on you all by the end of the week, but I’m just needing to really concentrate on myself and my family this week and give them some quality time.

Isn’t it strange, this is happening to a few of us lately. I guess it’s just that time of year. I hate Christmas.

I hope you all have a fantastic week. Take care of yourselves – you are all so worth it.

Edit: I'm adding this quiz thing that everyone else has done. I did it last week but just haven't had the chance to add it in yet.

My turn, if you’re not bored with these, enjoy! If you are bored with these, stop reading NOW!!

Twelve movies I like (in no particular order)

1. Life is beautiful
2. Charlie and the Chocolate factory (old one)
3. A Few Good Men (I can quote the whole movie)
4. The Notebook
5. Finding Nemo
6. Anything with Colin Firth in it
7. The Godfather series
8. Any of the Harry Potter movies (10 days til the next one comes out)
9. Bridget Jones (both movies)
10. Anything with Vin Diesel in it –especially when he has his shirt off!! Haha
11. Something’s Gotta Give
12. 50 First Dates

Eleven books on my bedside table

1. The Lazy Girl’s Guide to dieting and exercise – A J Rochester
2. Digital Fortress – Dan Brown
3. Kid Wrangling - Kaz Cooke
4. WW Magazines (haven’t read the last two yet)
5. Further under the duvet – Marian Keyes
6. Just between us – Cathy Kelly
7. Past Mortem – Ben Elton
8. Area 7 – Matthew Reilly
9. So What do you reckon – Robert G Barrett
10. The Newcastle Herald (last Saturday’s)– also unread
11. Where is the Green Sheep – Meme Fox

Ten things about me (get ready there's some doozies in here!!)

1. I was born in Scotland
2. My mother is a lesbian
3. My father is a Jehovah’s witness (believe me it's WORSE than my mother thing!!)
4. I used to be the lead singer in a “lounge music” band
5. I’m now a back-up singer in an Elvis band
6. I lived in Europe for 2 years when I was 30
7. I’ve been married three times
8. I’m 40 next year
9. I have a phobia of large crowds
10. I listen to Triple J

Nine CDs I have listened to recently

1. Ants in the Apple
2. Swing when you’re winning – Robbie Williams
3. Blue King Brown – Self Titled
4. Sound of White – Missy Higgins
5. Live at Nebworth – Robbie Williams
6. Intensive Care – Robbie Williams
7. Escapology – Robbie Williams
8. Soundtrack – Pulp Fiction
9. Greatest Hits - (guess who - yep you're right) Robbie Williams

Eight favourite foods/drinks

1. Champagne
2. Strawberry Champagne
3. Mexican Food
4. Steamed vegetables
5. White Castello Cheese with crusty bread and strawberries
6. Curly fries from Hog’s Breath
7. Pink Champagne
8. Sausage rolls

Seven things I wear daily

1. Wedding ring
2. Engagement ring
3. Eternity ring
4. 2 pairs of earrings
5. Underwear (rarely matching)
6. Deoderant (hopefully we all do!)
7. Lip balm

Six things I dislike

1. Stupid people (you know the ones i'm talking about)
2. Road rage
3. Brussel sprouts and spinach
4. Back stabbers
5. Whingers (although I can be one at times – no surprises there)
6. Racism

Five things I do daily

1. Brush my teeth
2. Blog
3. Check my emails, work and home
4. Give my boy lots of kisses and cuddles and tell him I love him (the son – not the husband)
5. Stub my toe on the baby gate

Four TV shows I watch

1. Biggest Loser
2. Australian Idol (not after last night I guess)
3. Spicks and Specks
4. ABC Kids

Three places I have lived

1. Scotland
2. Finland
3. Sweden

Two things I want

1. To be happy with my self
2. For my son to grow up being respectful of others

One person I want to see right now - (can I change this to two?)

1. My son, Lachlan – I cried when I left him at daycare today cos I feel like I haven’t spent much time with him lately and we’re going away this weekend without him.
2. My very very good friend Michelle. We both need some serious hugs right now.

Bri

Two weddings and a funeral

I know how corny that is and it's probably a little crass and bad taste, but i'm sorry I just couldn't resist. Oops.

Two weddings down (see photos below) funeral tomorrow. Christmas party next weekend - once that's over i'll be a much happier camper cos i'll be able to get back on track with my eating and (non) drinking!! At least until my wedding anniversay (Christmas Eve) and Christmas Day.

The wedding was fantastic and I had an absolute ball. I got up and sang with the guy who was playing at the wedding. We did heaps of songs (about 20 or so) then DH got cranky and cracked the poos so we had to go home.

Oh well, I had a good time up until then!

Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Bri

This is my new profile photo and I think i'll also use it for my Avatar on Ozgeek, it just looks so good!! 

Oops, had too many champagnes and took over from the singer! D'oh! 

The happy couple - Heather and Phil 

This is me and DH at home before the wedding. 

This is me and my friend Heather, she looked gorgeous! 

Me at the wedding (not so "drag queeny" with the makeup this week!! 

Is that a chin i've got, where did that come from? Must have been hiding under the rolls! 

This is me, in "The" dress, outside the Civic Theatre in Newcastle, where my friend Heather got married. How nice is this photo? 

The gorgeous dress

I didn't get a very good photo of "the" dress last weekend, so here it is in all it's glory - just been drycleaned and looking very flash!! I will post some pictures later of me and "the" dress together, but I thought i'd give you a sneak preview.

I'm so proud of myself. I got on the treadmill this morning - yep I know it's the weekend!! I walked further than I have ever done on the treadmill before and I feel great. Now I need to go and get organised for the day, I have so much to do.

I'll post more photos once I get dressed up and then a lot more tomorrow. Have a great day everyone!

Let's just hope I don't look so "drag queeny" today!! hahaha

Bri

Well it’s been a big week and I wasn’t looking forward to getting on the scales this morning, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought. I’ve put on 0.4 – you’ve gotta be happy with that!

One week til I go on my work Christmas weekend so I’m really really really needing to lose 0.7 this week to get under 75kg and I’ll be so happy with myself.

What this means for my goals this week:

Treadmill, treadmill, treadmill

At least 10,000 steps every day

Track, track, track

Water, water, water

No hangover food on Sunday after the wedding (walk it off instead – AT THE SHOPS buying new clothes for next weekend!!)

I’ve got stacks of work today so this will be the shortest post in history. (*phew* I hear you saying!! LOL).

I’ll try and update tonight but if not I’ll definitely be updating tomorrow with proper pictures of “the” dress and me hopefully not looking as “drag queeny” as I did for last week’s wedding!!

Have a great day everyone!

Bri

Our mate Sharif

This is a photo of our mate Sharif.
DH is going to a viewing on Friday afternoon and the funeral will be held on Monday.

He was a great friend to my DH and will be sadly missed. We had some great times together and there are a lot of fond memories.

This photo was taken at our Christmas party last year. Sharif's partner says that this was the happiest she had seen him in a long time (he'd not long finished chemo). She said he was very relaxed that night and he enjoyed himself more than he had done in a long time.

I wonder if I should print a copy of this photo and give it to her?

Bri

Reality check

“Reality check in aisle 5 – reality check in aisle 5”

What’s aisle 5? Probably the snack aisle considering yesterday’s pitiful performance from this little black duck (and thank you ALDI – why on earth you have to sell the best snacks in the universe and be situated a block away from my office I’ll never know !!). I’ve been feeling SO positive lately, as you can probably tell from my long-winded thoughtful posts … LOL.

Then a bad thing happened… don’t they always.

A good friend of my DH’s passed away yesterday. He was only 32. He had cancer and he was treated with chemotherapy about 12 months ago and they thought it was gone. Sadly, his lung collapsed two weeks ago and when they took him in to surgery they found that the cancer had come back, worse than ever. They gave him a week to live.

Then they changed their minds. He was on oxygen and got sent home (my thoughts at the time were that they had sent him home to die) but they said once he was off oxygen they would give him more chemo and they were hoping for the best.

He went back into hospital yesterday morning and didn’t come out.

It’s very sad ….. he has a daughter the same age as my step daughter (11) and a little girl a couple of months younger than my DS.

His partner said that he told her yesterday when they got to hospital that he ‘wasn’t scared’ so I guess he knew what was happening.

Rest in peace Sharif, you were one of the good guys and you will be truly missed.

My DH was needless to say, very very upset and said he was ‘going to the Pub’. This is when my eating started. What is it with men that they just can’t deal with their emotions like us women do, why do they have to drown their sorrows in alcohol? It sure doesn’t make anything better and in fact they’re only delaying the inevitable aren’t they?

My DH doesn’t have a very good reputation when it comes to alcohol and being responsible. He just doesn’t realise that those two words CAN be used together. The worst thing is that when he gets together with “the boys” he loses all sense of reality and it turns into some “let’s see who can drink the most” competition……….and he always wins.

This is why I overate yesterday. I was scared about what state he would come home in, if he was going to come home at all. Going on his previous history, I knew it wouldn’t be good and I was stressing out big time.

Well, here’s the surprising thing (and believe me I was gobsmacked cos this has NEVER happened before). DH rang me and asked me to pick him up on the way back from picking up DS at the babysitters at 5.30pm.

He was a little drunk, and even though he had one schooner of “normal” beer because it was what his mate drank, he stuck to light beer for the rest of the afternoon. I’m very proud of him and all that nervous eating I did wasn’t really needed (not that I needed it anyway but you know what I mean). Now if we can just get through the wake in the same fashion I’ll be very pleased with his effort. Perhaps my DH is finally growing up?????

Let’s not get our hopes up just yet.

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Oh no i'm a reformed dieter!!

I think we can all relate to each other on how hard this journey is, for all of us, whether we have 5 kilos to lose or 50 or whatever your number is, you have to change your whole attitude and your whole life to make this work.

I don’t suffer fools very easily and I have a hard time dealing with people who are complaining about not losing weight, but who also aren’t prepared to change their lifestyle to enable any weight loss to occur.

How do you handle these kind of people?

I’m sure I probably was one of these people a few times in my dieting life (and maybe some people will say I still am). Looking for a quick fix and a short term patch up. Yoyo dieting is the worst form of dieting that you can compete in and it does more harm than good to your body.

I remember trying all the diets known to humankind. I won’t bother listing them all. Needless to say most of what I “lost” was money. You’ve all heard the joke I’m sure:

“I went to Jenny Craig and in the first week I lost $400!!”

Sure it works, in the short term, but it’s not sustainable for life.

It annoys me that people aren’t as pumped up by getting healthy as I am, it annoys me that some people can’t see that they’re ruining their lives by eating crap and filling their bodies with high fat, high salt and high sugar foods, it further annoys me that they try to sabotage my good work and say things like “why do you need to bother with that anymore, you’ve lost some weight now, come on”. They don’t realise that this is a change forever, not just for the time you’re losing weight and then you go back to eating what you ate before.

Now I realise what it is ……. I’m a reformed dieter …………. Am I the worst kind??? Yes, I think I am.

The thing I love about Weight Watchers is that you can adapt it to suit your lifestyle. You can have a glass of wine, or two, you can have some chocolate and you can certainly personalise the programme to fit in with your lifestyle.

BUT now what I’m worrying about is that I’m trying to convert OTHER people. Perhaps I’ve become a bit of a pain in the arse to my friends. If we have people over for a BBQ – there is no longer the cream and cheese laden potato bake (which I’m famous for), the butter smothered bread rolls, the salads complete with bacon strips, parmesan cheese and fat laden dressing, to say nothing of the huge cheese platter, the calorie packed dips and biscuits or the enormous cream cakes and gateux.

Now there is lean fillet steak, salad with ten different vegetables and low fat dressing, bread rolls without the butter and no potato bake in sight. We very rarely have “snacks” and if we do I’ts light hommus and vegetable sticks or rice crackers, a lot of fruit and no dessert anywhere to be seen.

I feel like taking these people and shaking them and saying “start today, don’t put it off til next weekend or after your birthday or after Christmas or New Year, start NOW, you’re killing yourself”

… but of course I don’t, I keep my mouth shut (mostly – well as much as I can!!) which is really hard for me.

Someone told my husband at the wedding last Friday that if he doesn’t do something about his weight, he’ll be dead in ten years. How scarey is that? The guy who said this was a complete jerk and completely up himself (he wore a shiney suit for god’s sake!!) but DH was just scoffing saying “what would he know”. My DH is very overweight, in fact if you did his BMI he would be well into the obese category. He does care about it and he is trying to do something about it, but its all happening very slowly and he’s looking for a quick fix.

It’s all very well when it’s someone you don’t know much and telling them exactly what they should be doing to fix their diet – if they ask – but when it’s your DH and you have to live with him every day of the week …. Well, you know……

When I started typing this post I wanted to talk about people who you see after not seeing them for ages, who inadvertently FORGET to mention how great you’re looking. It seems I’ve taken a different turn – I’m rambling – perhaps that’s enough for now.

Bri

More ponderings .....

Eleven days to go on my personal Friday challenge. (and til my work Christmas weekend away). So far I’ve lost nearly 4 kilos since I started the challenge (10 weeks ago), which is an average loss of 400g per week. I’m stoked with that and I hope I can keep it up.

Now I can say – with all honesty and firm belief – that before I’m 40 next year, I will be at goal weight. I have not gone without in the last 10 weeks, I have just changed my attitude. I am not pressuring myself into big losses or stressing myself out by thinking that I’m not losing. I am taking the attitude that now that I have changed my lifestyle and a life time’s bad habits, the weight will definitely come off in the long term.

I can easily lose the next 12 kilos in less than 12 months – If I lose at the rate I have been averaging then I will be at goal by June next year and I would be very very happy with that. 18 months to lose 30 kilos (which took me more than 15 years to put on) is a great effort, and if it happens quicker then I’m happy with that too, but like I said, I’m not forcing myself and I’m not going to stress about it, I’m just going to take it one day at a time and hope for the best.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not letting myself off the hook and I’m not giving myself an excuse to eat anything I shouldn’t be eating. I think I’ve well proven over the last two or three months that my complete attitude to this has changed, and for the better. I’m just sick of stressing about it, stressing just makes me worse and when I stress the result is that I worry too much about everything and I end up binging (?? Sp bingeing!!) and I don’t want to do that anymore.

Here’s a great quote which I guess really has started me thinking (hence the long thought worthy posts I’ve been putting in here lately!!).

You can choose what you surrender to

but you cannot choose the consequences of that choice

How good is that?

Have a great day everyone,

Bri

Thinking, thinking, thinking

I've had some time this weekend to think about my life and how far I've come in the last 12 months. I can't believe it's only 6 weeks til Christmas and I've been thinking about where I was physically and mentally last Christmas.

Tipping the scales at nearly 100kg meant that I didn't "do" much. I was very lazy, tried to move as little as possible. I needed help doing the housework cos I would get so tired after just sweeping the kitchen floor. It must have been hard for my body to cope and of course I had a young baby so I wasn't getting much sleep and I felt very tired all the time.

Here's the vicious circle: feeling tired makes us lazy, being lazy makes us eat convenient pre-packaged foods cos we couldn't be bothered cooking, eating these foods makes us tired and therefore the circle continues.

I now know, after 12 months of getting my head around weight loss, healthy eating and exercise - that you have to prioritise your life so that when you are a little tired, and let's face it anyone who has one child or two or three or however many, works full time and tries to keep their house clean does get tired, you have a plan of attack to counteract your brain telling you that you really need Maccas or KFC because the last thing you want to do after a long week at work and being up every night that week with the baby is cook a meal.

So, I've decided that I need to save up and buy myself a freezer. That way I could have healthy - heat-upable options in the freezer for those nights when you just don't feel like lifting the phone to dial-a-meal, never mind chopping vegies or cooking whatever you "should" be having.

I've also come to realise that the more I exercise (cos I haven't for two days now) the better I feel and the more awake I feel. I really think exercise is the key for me. My truly bad takeaway eating habits really went out the door at the beginning of this year and yes, of course, we occasionally have take away - but it's a rare thing these days, not the norm that it was 12 months ago. Therefore, I feel that I have to make exercise a priority in my life right now and that I need to get super organised so that my time after coming home from work is more quality than quantity. I think I have my eating habits fairly well sorted out now, except that I need to plan in advance.

Also, I need to spend quality time with DS because during the week I haven't seen him all day, I don't really want to be standing at the stove for an hour cooking or chopping or peeling or whatever and I also need to get to bed earlier so that I can get up early and do my walking.

So, the plan for this week is that after weigh in tomorrow night at WW I will go to the supermarket and buy a week's worth of groceries. At the moment I don't plan any meals and DH is going to the shops on the way home from work every second night. This is a pain in the butt for him but also leaves us open to the tired monsters who say - "I don't care what you bring home for dinner, just make sure it doesn't take long to cook - oh and don't forget milk and bread".

I think I'll have a look in my WW mags and find a week's worth of recipes that sound nice and follow that, so I'll need to write a shopping list tonight so that I'm organised and then of course I just need to stick to it.

I really have come a long way since this time last year. I make healthier choices. I don't always finish what's on my plate just because it's there (example at the wedding - the meals were quite small and I ate all of my entree - caeser salad, most of my main - sirloin with steamed vegies and mashed potato - but only a mouthful of my dessert, I wasn't hungry and I didn't need it. There were even spare desserts going around and in the old days I would have scooped them all up and eaten the lot, but not now).

I'm quite proud of myself for this achievement. It really does show how far I've come on this journey. I know I've got a long way to go, but now that I've thought about all of this and had some realisations, I'm not so worried about it. I know I'll get there eventually, no matter how long it takes, because I've changed my life for the better, and for ever.

My good friend Michelle became a 60's girl last week and I'm so very pleased for her. She has worked her absolute butt off (literally!!) for this and she deserves it just about more than anyone I know. After she told me, I was thinking about it and thinking that I would never get to the 60's, it feels so far away, but when I thought about it some more, I realised that when I started this journey I didn't think I'd ever make it under 90 kilos, never mind under 80, but now I know that I'm going to get to goal, I know that very soon I'll be under 75kg and even better that in only a couple of months' time I'll be where Michelle is now - in the 60's! Yes it is very hard work, yes it is tiring, yes I feel like giving up a lot of times, but I don't - I may fall off the wagon for one meal, or one day, or one week, but I always get back on, and I always will.

I love having this insight into a better, healthier and more productive me - and I deserve to treat my body well, after all I've got a long way to go in this life and a lot of things left to conquer so I'll need my body for at least another 30 years, so I better be nice to it and treat it with the respect and dignity it deserves!!

Bri

See what I mean about looking a bit drag queeny!!??!?!? I think it's the extra eyelashes she glued on to me! Plus i'm not used to wearing such dark eye makeup. I definitely need it toned down for next weekend. 

There's me on the left in my gorgeous (borrowed) dress! I was really overdressed but I felt gorgeous and I didn't really care about what anyone thought. Jason wore his suit and looked very handsome - we were definitely the second best dressed couple at the wedding. haha 

Pity about the crap view huh? 

The Bride 

The Bride 

This is the back of my hair. 

Wedding number one

I can't believe this is the only photo of DH and I at the wedding. My stupid camera ran out of batteries at home and I didn't have time to charge it (we were already running late) so we had to buy batteries on the way so we could take photos at the wedding. MIL took a couple at home but she has a film camera so I won't get those photos back for a while.

Anyway, LOOK HOW SUNBURNT MY BOOBS GOT! OUCH! It's a bit sore today, but that's the only place I got burnt, thank goodness.

I had so much makeup on my face I looked a bit "drag queeny" - holy crap, next time i'll ask her to put less on. She's doing my makeup and hair for the next wedding as well. (Next Saturday) and i'll be wearing the same dress so i'll get some better photos next weekend.

Well, back to business - Friday weigh in saw a loss of 0.6 so my current weight is now 75.2 - I can't believe I was only 0.2 off my goal of getting to 75 for yesterday's wedding. Close enough I say!

Now I have to be very very good this week and hopefully next Friday i'll be under 75 - it's been a stone around my neck for long enough and I want it conquered and out of the way, the next hurdle of course if breaking the 70 kilo mark so I can be a 60's girl. I don't really believe i'll ever be 60-anything but then not that long ago I couldn't see myself getting under 80 so i'm sure it WILL happen. Plus I have to MAKE it happen, dont I?

Back on the treadmill tomorrow then (Thank goodness Michelle is on holiday otherwise she'd be saying 'what's wrong with this afternoon' hahaha).

Have a great weekend everyone, i'll post some more photos of the wedding underneath or above here or wherever they come out!

Bri

Yihar, no explanation required here!!!!! 

The treadmill of my life

I am just loving being back on the treadmill every morning. It sure does wake me up. It was so hot this morning while I was on there. I wore my iPod instead of just watching the telly and I had to walk heaps faster to keep up with Robbie's singing (yummo!!).

Side note - is it wrong to fantasize when you're on the treadmill - ha ha ha!!!

Once i'd finished I just felt like I could conquer the world. Go me!!

My steps haven't been as high as I would have liked. It's the last day for my first week of "Emily's Fabulous Christmas Challenge". I've earnt $32 so far out of $60 with a maximum possible this week of $42 if I get to 11,113 steps today. I'm going to try really hard to make that total today as I really want the $42.

I'm giving myself a bit of leeway with the challenge as i've put in so much more effort this week and i'm so much more motivated and I feel I deserve a reward for that, but i'm not giving myself the extra $16 for achieving all of my goals cos I didn't track or stay within points last Saturday, even though I did put in an outstanding effort if I do say so myself!

Next week i'll make sure I get the whole $60 as i'm going to try and restrict my alcohol intake at the wedding on Friday. I'm also going to make myself get on the treadmill on Friday morning and try and do a lot more than I normally would, as i'll have plenty of time and MIL will be here looking after DS. Maybe I could even go for a walk out in the real world and get some fresh air!! Yikes, scarey!

It's been a fantastic week for me this week and i'm very very proud of myself. Of course I couldn't have gotten through it without venting to my very good friend Michelle, and without receiving all the positive comments and feedback from my fellow bloggers, geez what would I do without you all?

Thanks everyone! and have a great day.

Bri

Goodbye Pete!

Boo hoo..... how sad was Biggest Loser last night? I was very upset to see Pete chucked out. But hasn't he done such a great job since? What a legend. Very inspiring. It just made me want to jump on the treadmill and never get off.

But I didn't ......

Bri

Which Disney character are you?

Following Margaret's lead (except that I LOVE quizzes!!):


Ariel


Which DISNEY character are you most like?
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OMBFG

I LOST 0.8 kg - WHAT THE?????

Monday, bloody Monday

Weigh in tonight. I am having one of those days where I should have lost this week, but I feel HUGE. I hate those days. It makes me not want to weigh in.

Good news, getting my home computer fixed today – DVD burner put in, extra memory and a USB2 port for my iPod – my brother recommended a guy who lives near our house. He’s doing all of the above plus he’s put in two extra USB ports and has cleaned up my hard drive, all up including installation for $220.00. I reckon that’s pretty cheap!

Yay!

I will report back after I have weighed in tonight, wish me luck! (If I don't wuss out that is).

Bri