BIT OF A DOWNER THIS WEEK BUT IM BACK!

I have been victim to the gastro bug this week, 48 hours of it in fact, im pretty much 100% again now though so im feeling heaps better. was away monday arvo, tuesday and then sick for most of the public holiday yesterday!! bugger! but im just so glad to be healthy again! havent exercised since friday last week but getting better was much more important i think!

Spent the days on the couch with zara - bloody crying most of tuesday, she's in so much pain the poor thing, and hates her new cone head- see pics below!! im really looking forward to having a run at training tonight, get back into it, still i would have lost a bit from all the fluid i lost on the loo! so with that and premenstural this week - weigh in is set to be interesting!

I know chris - ANOTHER wedding this weekend as well! We are so wedding'd out - im so looking forward to a quiet one next weekend thats for sure, as greatful and blessed that we are to have special friends that are tying the knot. although the italian wedding we have this week - i have never met the bride!! which is very strange!!

I hope you enjoy the pics of zara and of the wedding on the weekend, have a great day and ill be in touch xx

POSITIVE AFTER A SLIGHT GAIN THIS WEEK

I thought the title of this post was very self explanatory... I gained this week, but im okay!

I gained 600g from last weeks weigh in so im back to 79.3 - but i can account for every one of those 600 grams that i added, and ive been lucky lately so im glad that my body has said - uh uh pull up a bit girl!!

Saturday morning we headed down to melbourne for our good friends wedding in brighton! it was gorgeous - right on the beach, bugger about the rain, we had good cover though! in between the church and the reception we splurged on hot chips and gravy and dips and bread at the pub, id already had a very filling salad roll for lunch! then tea was pretty normal, had the lot though, from entree through to sweets! normally if i drink i might pass on the sweets! speaking of drinking! i drank vodka and raspberry at the pub ( im a bit sick of how watered down they make their diet coke!!) no excuse though! anyway had a couple of them then stuck to wine for the rest of the night, lots of it though! we had chips when we got back to our motel room! bbq shapes, not too many - but its interesting as i recall it all - what i remember we actually ate! sunday i woke up VERY seedy. went to get bacon and egg mcmuffin from maccas, but it was after 10.30 so we got a filler each from kfc, chappy got some chips which i think i ate more of than he did! then we went to dfo on the way home, shopped up which was good, needed some smaller stuff for winter, bought four jumpers, a hat, cargos, and 1 pair of trackies, all of them were a steal too! chappy got some stuff as well. then we had subway and a raspberry soft drink for lunch and i had a chocolate frog afterwards - i seriously wasnt even hungry - and i conciously ate it knowing i shouldnt. smack.

the ww meal i had planned to eat for tea when we were heading home and it was getting dark, and mum had offered to cook us a roast for tea!! so we had a big roast, still not hungry! and then icecream after that!! no exercise since friday either so again - not surprised with the gain this morning!

Its a new day - a new week and im keen to make this week count - last week of our biggest loser challenge too! driving saturday night so one or two wines will be max. and then planning some exercise and healthy eating for the rest of the weekend! will save my points up for the yummy italian spread for the wedding saturday night!! we are seriously wedding'd out i tell you!!

The following weekend we have scheduled another quiet one, for our money and my tummy's sake!! so im looking forward to a few quieter weekends! and some more substantial losses in the coming weeks!

Anyway thats the update - have got photos to put up from the wedding saturday, ill have to remember my cord this afternoon. Poor zara had to go back to the vets this morning, she has pulled some stitches out and she has licked her skin off around the wound, very inflamed and sore, so she now has a cone on ther head - poor thing. she hates it, runs into things, then cracks the shits then sulks, and those eyes - killers. i felt horrible leaving her today! have been ducking home every few hours to check on her though. its for the best though so hopefully she can get it off soon!

Have a great week everyone, wednesday off for anzac day which will be good - planning to do some catch up uni work, im a bit behind now. have a nice healthy lunch, big walk during the day and then stuff around the house! just what we need with footy season taking up the weekends again now!

have a good one xx

Friday again!

I cant believe its Friday again! the weeks are absolutely flying past! we have 2 weeks left of our biggest loser challenge and everyone that has stuck with it has seen some great results, im 1.6 off my blc goal of 77 and only 1.3 off 30 kilos, ill keep that in mind for the busy weekend we have planned, and keep chipping away.

we have sport for work this arvo, netball of all things! at the stadium at 4, so a good work out, i also got up and went for a big walk this morning, because zara was waking us licking at her stitches (she had to have a hysterectomy on wednesday morning, poor little thing, its really nocked her around, very sleepy! so she's inside watching cartoons today!!!) and YES zara is our fur baby!! (dog) spoilt I know!!

So walk this morning netball this arvo and then work (cleaning) at 5.30-8.30. we are having fish and lettuce cheese and mayo rolls for tea tonight, nice and easy after work! tomorrow morning im getting up for a run at 8, then home to get organised, heading to melbourne at 9 for a friends wedding,. gorgeous spot, cant wait, right on brighton beach! ill have to take some photos! so wedding at 2 and then reception at 6! im sure there will be too much alcohol comsumed, im planning on having loads of water too though! my last week of drinking for 3 weeks - determined to get to goal now! so heading back sunday lunch time and the weekend will be all over again!! and weigh in monday!!

I hope you all have wonderful weekends, stick to your plans and enjoy your family and friends, live life like there is no other weekend!!

take care xx

MY DRESS

I found it on the website - its an essense couture dress from raffaele cuica in brunswick! it has a nice sized train at the back and beautiful crystal beads arranged on the top, might be very hard to see from this picture but you definitely get the idea! it was so lovely on, and felt great!!!

Hope you enjoyed the sneak peak! have a great day everyone! I hope the weeks starting well, i still cant walk from pump on monday night, i think literally burning the fat off my body would be less painful at the moment!!!! i guess its a good thing though hey! no pain no gain!!

A very surprising loss this morning, after a very eventful weekend.

Found and bought my wedding dress on friday which was very exciting, and guess what it was - a size 12! my size at the start off ww was 18-20 so that was amazing to have that size fitted in a wedding gown!!

I also lost 800g this morning so im down to 78.7 so im 3.7 off my ww goal of 75, im also 1.7 off my BLC goal and only 1.3 kilos off being at the 30kilo mark, so im very impressed with how well i am going, dropping a point a day since hitting the 70s has made a big difference too I have found and im keen to put in another good week this week! I ate a lot of crap on the weekend but netball played a big role with exercise and i kept active on the other days off too.

I had too much burittos friday night, and the rest of the weekend consisted of a pie (nothing else elft at the canteen - but no excuse i should have made a salad roll to take!) and then some lollies before the game, too much pizza and garlic bread saturday night, my arch nemisis - platter of bickies and dips, cabana cheese etc, made an apperance saturday night for our tennis break up - me to blame - i made the darn thing, and ate most of it too i think. and i drank udls to add to the damage, only four or five though, sunday i had a big bacon and egg breaky and then had some grazing through out the day, steadyd up at night and had a ww meal for tea and walk afterwards which i guess helped but i was still very shocked this morning not to have gained,

i think the hard work early - in preparation for the dress shopping helped out there... imagine what i could have lost with a good weekend!!! anyway thats life!

Pump class tonight and then netball training tomorrow night, latina pasta and sause tonight for tea, get the carbs up early for another busy week! I hope you all have some luck this week too, i realise we dont get much so ill take this one and work hard to repay the favour!! Have a great week, better get some work done here, the day is flying already!

All the best everyone, take care :)

ANOTHER LONG WEEKEND

Another long weekend for me! I decided to take tomorrow morning off as well and get some stuff done at home, before we head to shep in the afternoon for - wedding dress shopping!!

So four day weekend, I could really get used to that! it also means i have to stick to my plans, but i think being away from home most of the time and not being bored will help that..

So Shep tomorrow and Melbourne Friday! I cant wait, Mum, my sister Ashlea and Sarah and Ashton (new little bub) are all coming and its getting very exciting and sureal! I know ive probably said this ten times in here already - if not more, but im scared, nervous, happy and just plain giddy about it all! im also stressing I wont find something that a/fits or that i b/ like...

I think my head has to catch up with my body still though, i keep thinking that nothing will fit me and its plainly obvious it will, bit of a mind thing still i think.. but im in good spirits so thats the main thing..

Then tennis break up tea and drinks saturday night after footy and netball - round 1 kicks off officially this weekend, im helping coach the b grade side and playing A - cassie we play your old team - merrigum this week - look out!!! Sunday I have no plans, stuff at home and just taking it easy! bit of a recovery walk and thats about it.

Im really looking forward to the whole weekend - and just not working will be great!

I found out this week that a friend i used to work with passed away from cancer, it was very sad and I never realised she had gotten sick again, it made me realise that we have to take nothing for granted, each day as a gift and value every second we have with all the special people in our lives. It makes you put things in perspective anyway!

Im so proud that im making so much more of my life now, and you all should be too! remember life is all about quality not quanity...

On that note, I hope you all have a safe and fun weekend, Ill be looking forward to posting some pics next week - if you can keep a secret of course! talk soon, take care xx

I CANT BELIEVE I LOST

This weeks loss was so important too - im still a 70s girl for wedding dress shopping this week! thats my goal - and i kicked it!!! I lost 100g but it was so much more after the easter break! the end of TTOM definitely helped kick that goal but hey i did it! I ate and drank WAY too much over the break but i tried to keep the exercise up and control some of the damage id caused and hey it paid off!!!

So this thursday the fun starts, in shep in the arvo then to melbourne on friday! the short week will be lovely too! im going to get my hair cut and coloured tonight at 4 and then off to training. ww meal for tea, and then sitting down to study, have an assignment due at the end of the week and want to get it out of the way before im busy shopping!! that will consume most of tomorrow night too, with a walk in there as well! Sat down and made up my plan for the week, down to 20 points too! so that should help with getting rid of the last 4.5 kilos till goal!

I hope you all got through the easter break a little lighter or with out too much damage, remember this weeks a new week, we all fall off, its how we get up that makes the difference!!!

HAPPY EASTER

Finishing a bit early this afternoon to get organised for the bus trip we have organised for tonight! Had a good week, and feeling good considering a bit of a ttom slump earlier on. Keen for a fun night out tonight with the girls from work and then extra keen for sunday night, havent had a good session with our footy/netball friends in a while with all the weddings we have had on lately. enjoyed not drinking last weekend though, it was great, the scales liked it too!

So a quick note, signing off, just re read over my plan below, im actually looking forward to it, also realised im down to 20 points now im a 70s girl which will help me get to goal even quicker! HAPPY EASTER to all of you, have a safe and fun long weekend and may you stay strong and focused as well as have fun and enjoy the time with your family/friends. take care x

EASTER PLAN

Okay here goes, this is the plan I sat down and put together last night so that I can stick to something over the extra long weekend even with the big nights we have planned!

THURSDAY
B- Cereal
L- Salad Roll
S- sakatas & Fruit
D- eating out (allow 8 points, light menu option)
ALCOHOL- diet coke and vodka
EXERCISE - Morning walk 30 minutes

FRIDAY
B- (No Bacon - Good Friday) and egg mcmuffin and OJ
L- Fish Portion lettuce cheese and mayo roll
S- Sakatas and Celery platter
D- Seafood bbq at mums
EXERCISE - 1h walk, weights and exercise routine at home

SATURDAY
B- salt reduced canned spaghetti on toast
L- subway/salad roll
S- muffin w jam, yoghurt, fruit, ww biscuit/bar
D- stirfry / pitta pizza (what ever we feel like)
EXERCISE- Work (cleaning) 3 hours, and 1 hour walk

SUNDAY
B- small bown of cereal and Vegiemite on toast
L- Salad Roll
S- fruit, ww bar
D- Eating out (light menu option, allow 8-10 points)
EXERCISE - morning walk 30minutes and Netball Game 1hr
ALCOHOL- Diet coke and vodka, and white wine - into the night!

WEIGH IN MONDAY MORNING - we are staying at a friends place so i decided if we dont get home before lunch time (since weight varies so much during the day) I will weigh in tuesday morning. this might mean i get an extra day but it also means that I have to eat properly with the hang over that monday!! clever arent i!! Or i could be a real nerd and pack my scales in the car, keep me honest the night before that way too.. ill see what happens!

Have a good week everyone! tuesday is like wednesday today remember!!

WEIGH IN

Hello there, How was everyone's weekend! Mine was great! work wasnt too bad friday night then home for the footy and an early night. saturday I got up went and visited a friend and her new bub, max. and then went to netball/football. we played a team in a higher league and we won by ten goals which was great. was good to have a good run. then we watched the boys, i got sooo burnt too, it wasnt that sunny but the wind was shocking and it was just one of those days, im normally the sunscreen natzi! we called past a friends out the road to say gday on the way in, it was so nice not having to be somewhere, just cruising home.

then we got home, had a shower, put the aloe vera sunburn gel all over and i made our pitta pizzas for tea! they were delicious!! then i had some light icecream for desert we watched the sydney v westcoast game, great last quarter, then we watched borat - it was very very funny, only how horribly incorrect it was, but he did a good job of it all! Then we went to bed, slept like a baby and got up sunday around 9 and cleaned the WHOLE house! i was a bit of a sadie. Oh and I made THE yummiest ww bacon and egg mcmuffin, chappy was still talking about them last night! haha! after the housework i went for a run, i walked the first 2 kms since i had a painful stitch. then i ran for 30 minutes, was sweating quite a bit, it was 11 by the time i left, so warmed up a bit! felt great, legs were tired for the rest of the day, lucky we had the arvo off netball in benalla, the b grade girls played, i did their stats!

We sat around and chatted after the footy game, and everyone was having a few drinks, i was self designated driver so i didnt mind. we didnt get home till ten thirty though so it was straight to bed when we did. had a chicken steak burger thing for tea at the footy (better than the other options at the football canteen!) then on the way home everyone else got kfc so i had some of chappys chips. 10ish. and i also had a killer python at the footy.. i figured i hadnt used any sugar or bonus points for the week so i was allowed a treat! and i havent had one for years! yum!

THIS MORNING - I jumped on the scales thinking, right 500g-1kilo would be fantastic with ttom tomorrow! and then i can work into the 70s next week (even with all the drinking) and guess what! I lost 1.6 kilos! not drinking is a big factor, but thats fantastic! I am now 79.6 and 400grams clear in the 70s! And i feel great a day before ttom, which is even more unusual!

My goal for this week is to work extra hard at the start of the week, exercise and eating habbits and then thursday night ive planned vodka and diet coke for the bus trip and ill chose something nice and light off the menu. then friday is fish - for good friday at mums. and saturday chappy and I are working in the morning (cleaning) for a bit more extra cash. and then sunday im going to make smart food choices again, a game of netball and then vodka and diet coke as the drink of choice again! ill also have some wine later on, but its all better than spirits and the other crap i used to drink.

So thats my wrap from the weekend, and my enormous loss! its sooooooo nice being in the 70s, and i plan on sticking around! dress shopping in less than two weeks, im starting to get very excited too! especially now that im a seventies girl! look out!!!