Wow, it astounds me...

that for so long i've been carrying around all this extra weight and not been doing something about it! I know that i'm only in my third week of ww online, but it's just been so easy, i've put aside some time and made an effort to actually organise menus and plan to buy food, we've had a couple of budget meals and won't make them again, but recipes are always a guess anyway. I've been having a few squares of dark choc when the craving hits - which it hasn't been - it's like i'm a new person. I love living like this, i feel light, i feel healthy, why the hell didn't i do this years ago!!! I was working out at a friends gym with my best girl for months and she was breastfeeding & doing ww points and i was just eating crap but saying i was working out!!
So, writing this down in case i ever have a mad moment, but i feel a bit like a biggest loser contestant - I WILL NEVER GO BACK TO THAT WEIGHT AND THOSE CRAZY EATING WAYS.
Am so pleased with the 2kgs in 2 weeks and am trying to be realistic and not be disappointed when my weight loss slows to 0.5gks a week, so would love to have 5kgs off in 5 weeks! That's my next big milestone, and that would put me at the 80, then it's only a hop and a skip until i'm under 80 which sadly i have not been for faaaarrr tooooo long!!

okay, off to ride while i watch the Gruen transfer!

Sloggin it out with WW

I know, I know, I said I would post those measurements and I will, just getting the computer and piece of paper in the same room is waaaay more challenging that you would imagine!
So, WW meal plans have been fab, we've found some meals we love!! and some we would never make again! Loving the online tracking and sshhhh, weighed myself this morning (even though weigh in is tomorrow) and if it all goes the same tomorrow...i've lost another kilo (ssshhh, don't jinx it!)

Anyhoo, will post those measurements....soon, i promise!

Will report after weigh in tomorrow!
cheers
ann

Sometimes it's a good idea to go back

So, sorry for not posting for so long...the possible two of you out there who read this blog! Life is always complicated around Christmas and then I was madly trying to finish one of my Uni subjects during the summer break (the World's most thoughtful lecturer gave me an extension due to family and work stuff).
Have been struggling along on my own and not losing any weight, in fact have put a bit back on and everything has got a bit wobbly again! While in Adelaide being quite unwell a few weeks ago I had a moment where i realised that i needed some help. Came home and signed up to WW online nad it has been great so far.
First week lost 1kg, have been planning out meals and only buying what we need, have been LOVING the online tracker, so quick and simple and have been actually feeling really healthy within myself. Still finding exercise and making time for it a challenge, but haven't given up even if it has only meant 20 mins on the bike in the evening.
So, next thing is to have another measure of my spunky body and post online to keep myself accountable.
Will post tomorrow when i have time to measure!!
Wish me good vibes - cause this will take more than luck!
Cheers!
Ann

Getting thinner

Bigger me

Sad times and crappy food

What is it about sad times that make you eat junk? I'm not talking that quiet hot chocolate with extra sugar to just get you over the hump, i'm talking handfuls of chips and chocolate, fried crap that you pass off as lunch and anything that makes your tongue hurt cause it's not the kind of food that should be eaten in great quantities...... Am off to a funeral this afternoon, for a four year old, crap times indeed. Funerals for children are bad enough, but this one brings back all the pain from when our best friends son died (he was 11), and with the pain comes the sense of slipping back over the edge of depression for me. We spent time with them overseas just after it happened, then we returned home they were here in australia to bury him and i spent another week with them then, afterwards i found that i couldn't get off the couch even to do anything with my own children. It was a horrible really hard time, and today feels like it all over again, to the point where i just want to deny that any of it is happening at all.
So, what to do? Well, for me, prayer to start with, and then some calming breaths, and then no buying of crap food, and finally telling people that it is crap and i'm really upset about it and making some space to do some more mourning for not only the life they lost, but for others as well.
thanks for listening.
ann

Weigh in

Have weighed in and am now down to 81kgs, which is fantastic. Was planning to be under 80 by my brother's wedding which was last fortnight. Clearly that did not happen, however I did manage to find a fabulous dress now that i'm a true size 16.
So, new plan is to be under 80 by mid Nov. Clearly a doable thing!

In other exciting news bought a pair of jeans last night that were on sale, bought a size smaller than normal as the original pair are getting a bit baggy on me, expected to put them away for another few weeks, but did try them on last night and turns out they fit!! Woohoo, my first size 14 for I don't know how long, it's all getting better and better.

On the crappy side my kids are sick and i've had no sleep, oh well, could be worse, at least they are happy to lie on the couch when not feeling well.

Cheers for now!
ann