Time to move on.....

Time to move on ..... see my new blog here. It's been a lot of fun, but it's time for a fresh start and time to get serious, no more excuses, no more complaining (i'll try!!).

Bri

Cool stuff to do to waste time!

This is cool. Go to http://www.wikipedia.com/ and put in your day and month of birth (not the year) and you will find information on things that happened on your birthday.

Here are some of mine (22 October)

EVENTS:
1966 - The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).
1969 - Led Zeppelin release the classic album Led Zeppelin II, featuring the hit single "Whole Lotta Love."
1964 - Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, but turns down the honor.

BIRTHS
1811 - Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer (d. 1886)
1844 - Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (d. 1923)
1919 - Doris Lessing, British writer
1938 - Derek Jacobi, English actor
1938 - Christopher Lloyd, American actor
1942 - Annette Funicello, American actress
1952 - Jeff Goldblum, American actor
1968 - Shaggy, Jamaican musician
1985 - Zachary Hanson, American musician (Hanson)
1990 - Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor

HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
Anti Police Brutality Day
French Republican Calendar - Pomme (Apple) Day, first day in the Month of Brumaire

A great day

What a great day. I got on the scales this morning and was 1.5 kg LIGHTER than I was on Monday. I have no idea how this happened and, in fact, I was quite bad yesterday with my eating (Henny Penny Chicken and chips and Old Jamaica Chocolate for lunch - oops).


So, my scales are ridiculous and today I love that, but other days (when they weigh heavier) I don't!! hehe

I was thinking about weigh in on Saturday and wondering what clothes/shoes are the lightest that I can wear. I was even considering weighing two pairs of shoes to see which ones would be lighter. God it's so obsessive isn't it? So i'm just going to pick one outfit that I will wear every week, even when its hanging off me, I will own the number that they give me on Saturday and make sure I NEVER see it again. Although in saying that I will make sure I don't wear jeans and a belt or my boots!!

I'm guessing that I will be back in the 80's when I weigh in on Saturday (because the weight I record here is with no clothes on) and that's bad, but its also okay, because I know i'm motivated to get back on track and I know it's all downhill from here (in a good way - to quote a good friend of mine LOL).

In a way I wish Saturday was over so that I could get started. Don't get me wrong, apart from yesterday's little hiccup i'm being very good, only eating food I bring from home and planning meals/snacks etc, but I will just be glad when it is official and i'm back in the club so to speak.

Anyhoo, I had best go and do some work now. Hope everyone is having a great day!

Bri

On the countdown

We're on the countdown now, it's only 3 days til I go to my WW meeting. I'm getting so excited and can hardly wait (or is it weight!!). The scales aren't being very nice to me, even though i'm eating well and keeping within points. Damn them.
This morning I was 79.1, which is much better than (which I won't reveal) my weight on Monday morning. I've been good, no snacking when I get home (which is really hard for me) and only healthy well planned food at work. I've even resisted the cookie jar on 99/100 occasions and the lollie jar on 499/500 occasions!!! haha.

I'm really looking forward to my new start next week, can you tell? LOL.

Bri

Goodbye Old Friend

This week I have done a few things that i'm proud of:

1. The jogging

I seriously thought I would be lucky to jog half a lap of the dam near work. It felt strange to jog. I'm not a very sporty person (no surprises there!!) and my feet felt very strange. It was as if I was running on needles, the pain in my feet was just stupid, I guess my body isn't used to it. I am so jealous of people who can run and I really want to be able to do it, and easily do it, and enjoy doing it, so I will persist. I ended up jogging one whole lap (I wanted to give up after about a quarter, but I kept pushing myself) and it felt good. Then I did another half lap later on. All in all we did 6 laps of the dam (1.5 running, 4.5 walking). Unfortunately our bubble was burst for the rest of the week as there were workmen doing some concreting near the dam and there was just no way we were going down there.

2. The housework

Yesterday I did all of the housework, and I even folded all the clothes and put them away, so that today I could just relax with DS, normally I stuff around and end up only doing half and then having to do the rest on Sunday, but today is my rest day.

3. The shed

Oh, isn't it awful when you move and you have boxes you haven't unpacked and they call to you all the time. There's still things you can't find and you have no idea where they are. Well yesterday I sorted all of that out. I didn't empty all the boxes (don't get too excited) but I do now know where everything is and it's a lot tidier out there.

4. The lunch

DH wanted fish and chips for lunch yesterday, and as tempting as that sounded, and even though I didn't completely resist, I had a hamburger (plain) and only about 2 chips. I made him throw the rest of the chips out as soon as he was finished so that I wasn't tempted.

5. The weight loss thing

When I started this journey in January 2005 I was close to 100kg in weight. I'm not sure of my exact weight because I didn't weigh myself. The scales were not my friend. I was lethargic, slow, fat, I used to ache all over from doing nothing, my thighs were so huge I had to wear pants all of the time because they were rubbing together and I could hardly hold my arms down straight at my sides because of my bulging waist line. I was eating junk constantly and not much fun to be with. On Christmas Day 2004 I decided that i'd had enough, I didn't want to be that heavy or that lethargic ever again.

Last year I lost somewhere in the vicinity of 20 kilos, officially I lost 18 but as i'm not sure of my starting weight I know it is actually more than that. I could have done so much better, but it's not just about what the scale says, it's also about changing your lifestyle and boy have I done that in a big way. I've gone from sitting on the lounge 24/7 trying to breastfeed to working at home, working part time in the office and part time at home, and now managing the office full time and we've bought our own house. There has been a lot going on.

Now that we're settled, back into routine and fairly predictable - it's time to get back to looking after me and sorting myself out. I have started a new blog for my new journey starting next Saturday. I am going back to Weight Watchers. I haven't decided yet wether i'll do points or no count, i'll wait and see what the leader says. So my new blog starts next week with my new weight loss journey and hopefully the new me!! So it's goodbye from me and hello to the new thinner, healthier me.

Wish me luck.

Bri

There's a dam near my new office. One of the girls and I went for 5 walks around it at lunch time. We figure it's about the size of a soccer field. It only took about 15 minutes, but it was better than nothing.

Tomorrow we're taking walking clothes and we're going to try and jog as far around as we can. Wish me luck, I reckon i'll be lucky to make half a lap.

Eating has been okay today, but not perfect. I haven't planned this week so i'm not as "on track" as I would have hoped.

DS is still waking up heaps through the night so i'm really tired and can't seem to catch up on sleep.

Still haven't made a decision about whether or not to go back to WW. I think I should though.

About to have dinner (BBQ) and then i'm off to bed.

Bri