i think the excitement bug has hit! and hey - its friday!!!

Hi there!! Guess what - Im excited!! Bring on the weekend, bring on the drinks and the hens night games and taunts and whatever else they have me up to! I can't wait. the idea of having all my closest girlfriends together at once all for one day and night - just for me, is an incredible idea! I can't wait!! Few more hours after lunch - and they will fly - have so much on at work its crazy. trying to get stuff done and clients keep ringing left right and centre with other things they need - urgent is a funny word... seriously. and then my boss who's on holidays still has emails with files coming through, but have been delegating a bit today - something im getting good at, so i can get through my own work load. ive actually found some use out of the junior who comes in on fridays!!

Anyway enough about work! its almost party time!!

Last night was good. I sooooooooooooooo didnt feel like going for a walk after work, i felt blah and thought, i just can't be stuffed, but i wasn't feeling sick so I wasnt about to start finding excuses and I know from experience that the best way to feel un blah - is to go do something, so i went for a walk for little under an hour, felt shit for the first half then came good and as always glad i did it. then i called around to mums for an hour or so chatted about some wedding stuff and the recovery day at her house and got me a bit more excited. went and snuck another peak at my dress again, have only done it once and its been hanging in their spare room (in a bag obviously) for nearly 3 months!! anyway it got me more excited and then i went home and chappy goes - now what can i do to help with wedding stuff. so we sat on the couch together, watched some telly and tied some things together, bubbles and ribbons and stuff like that for the ceremony and reception!! it was lovely that he wanted to help out! he's also in charge of the cars so its good he's getting involved as it gets closer, which is good considering the organiser of a wife he's about to marry!!

I got a card in the mail yesterday from my friends mother who is terminally ill with cancer, i have written about her on here before. her son is also one of chappys groomsmen. anyway she sent a lovely card with the best present ive every received - it was a page long poem about us, about our wedding and about how special it all is and how special we both are. it was so so kind. when i take it off the pride of place on the mantle piece I will post a copy of it on here, mum also wants the mc to read it out at the wedding which will be very special. some people are amazing, they are going through so much themselves and still they can be so thoughtful and so such special things for others. i was really really touched.

Fake tan, waxing tonight then bridesmaids final fitting! its all coming together and im wrapped. its been a great experience and with two weeks to go - ewwww (that does sound exciting!!) im going to soak up every second of the next two weeks because i know it will come and go as quickly as everything else does these days!! so im prepared! but the best thing is the marraige lasts forever!!

Food was great yesterday and my ww chicken risotto for tea was sensational. haven't thought about tea tonight yet, might do home made hamburgers..hmmm not sure.. see what the boss says!! and homemade chicken and salad roll for lunch today! Yummo.

Anyway I look forward to checking in monday with some good news and some great photos! have a good weekend all of you, stay safe, be good and remember how far you have come in what ever journey your on!

take care xx

nasty bug nocked me over for a bit...

hi all, im back in the land of the living this morning. after a nasty nasty gastro bug struck at 3.30 on tuesday afternoon. i started to feel a bit squeamish in the arvo, but put it down to my period and feeling lousy. but a few minutes after i swallowed a couple of nurofen, it was running to the toilet and up they come again. i went home after this and spent another ten hours projectile vomiting my little heart out in bed. poor chappy was home sick as well, his was the other end. but it turns out the friends place we went for lunch on sunday (another couple had the same thing last week - and passed it on - to everyone else there!!) we were all bedridden and spewing or on the loo for 24 hours!!

I never thought id go into the negative with points too!! i only had a sandwhich and breaky on the tuesday but all of that and more from the night before came back to haunt me and then even less was eaten yesterday. trying to get myself back on track rather than counting but i just added up what ive planned is well under points anyway. salad roll/sandwhich for lunch today and then ww meal for tea so nothing too extravagant! don't think my body would like it very much. the first night i lost over 2 kilos just from the spewing. not a good idea for a detox though guys - don't try at home!

I guess the positive of it all is that it happened tuesday and not today - and run me over for the hens night on saturday!! its good to be back at work today to get back into routine, to get my sore back out of lying in the bed and to start getting excited about the weekend again!! sarah has done so much work on games and food and drinks - im so lucky to have such special friends!! she is also running some wedding erands in shep for me tomorrow too since i don't have any more time off bar the day or two before.

lollypop favours turned up today they look great!
anyway better get back to it, - loads on. desk is overflowing with files so I better get stuck into some more. morning has flown it will be friday arvo before i know it!!

can't wait. talk soon xx

TTOM TUESDAY

morning, good start to the week even though im feeling pretty crappy. got a good work out last night but then was wrecked, think i over did it a bit actually. good food and exercise though and all planned out for the rest of the week. I officially can't wait until the weekend, i hope the next few days go quick! 29 degrees for the races on saturday! look out! found a dress, size ten, strapless black cottony number, so im all set!! who knows what else ill be dressed in! will have to wait and see pictures!!! just a quick post today, under the pump at work, lots to get done before my 26 days off!!!!

today

b - weetbix and 1 piece of multigrain toast with vegiemite, half glass of oj 4
l - fish portion salad roll/sandwhich 6
d - marinated chicken steak with vegies on small plate 6
s - fruit 1, choc frog sml 1, muffin with jam 1.5

exercise - 1 hour walk with sarah, 15 minutes weights and exercises and then rest!!

got some thank you cards for the bridal party and presents to wrap for special people that have helped that i want to get onto so i might make a start on that tonight. chappy's home sick today so hopefully he's feeling better tonight. has to be right for his big day on sunday. they are also going to the races the day after!

anyway have a good day, and enjoy the start to another good week xx

couple of pics. GF day/ash's 21st

I hope our kids come out with their eyes open!!

we better learn to take a better picture by the wedding!!
chappy and a few of ashleas friends..

me and erin and rach, girlfriends from work. smile jenna

the birthday girl (centre)

afl grandfinal day. me and a girlfriends kids making funny faces! king of the kids!!

morgan and i after the game. her eyes are closed but trust me - mine were worse by this time!!

thats all for now xx

27 Years - Mum and Dad

what a special day. today is my parents 27th wedding anniversary. to think that in three years time we will be celebrating our 3rd and them their 30th! that's a great effort!!

Im glad i got up and had a quick workout yesterday morning, because my mouth, tummy and points got a workout last night at tea. i was literally STUFFED. i had a piece and a half of the gormet pizza bread we shared for entree and then a MASSIVE bowl of seafood risotto. it was absolutely delicious but i thought i couldnt stand afterwards. and while it was a bit smaller than normal it was still huge.

I worked out i was about 4-5 over for the days points but it works out ive got a few days this week under so with that and not using any bonus points this week i think ill be able to rid that little slip up. speaking of yummy food though, im heading out to lunch today with some friends to that lovely pasta place. thats my big points for the day, ive got a ww meal booked in for tea as well as an hour walk with sarah after work then housework, a couple of intervals on the crosstrainer and my weights/workout. so at least im counterbalancing these bigger meals.

last night went really well at the reception venue, made it all feel a bit more real, and a little less sureal. worked out our tables as well which was exciting. its funny how much we'd love to be on any table - funny that - being our wedding and our friends and all!!

Anyway better get back to it, I hope you have a good thursday. happy anniv mum and dad and also happy ninety something birthday (i know its close to 100) (sorry thats bad) to my great grandma who also celebrates today! might call down sunday for a visit.

take care, talk soon... xx

snuck a peak and liked what i seen

wednesday again and another good week. going to plan and plenty of exercise. 18211 steps for tuesday, didn't even realise id clocked up so many after my hour walk with sarah, its amazing what gassbagging can take your mind off!!

guess what!! i got up this morning!! not just got up, got up earlier and worked my butt off on the crosstrainer. I was like a little kid, I said i would and then chappy goes, oh whatever and laughed!! and then i thought. right. and did it! so 20 minutes flat chat then shower and breaky, i was feeling great, could very get used to that kind of start to the day. just have to break the habbit and get used to getting up a bit earlier, but whats half an hour, and im getting to sleep a bit earlier so im hoping the next few lighter mornings before daylights savings will help me out there.

I also snuck a peak at the scales this morning and the reason i say peak is because i didnt even wait long enough for it to set properly, but it was jumping between 73.4-73.6 and then i got off, ill work hard and earn the good loss on monday. i was just under 75 on monday just gone, after the weekend i had and th eone before, im lucky it wasnt over to be honest. but after feeling a bit skinnier when i woke up this morning i thought id look see, and it makes sense after the last couple of days ive had. just need to maintain that through the weekend now! bring it on!!

today -

b - 2 weetbix, skim milk (havent had that in yonks) and one piece of toast w vegiemite 4
l - (hangin out for it..) left over roast beef sandwhich with light cheese and pickles 6
s - yoghurt 1, cruskets 1 (there were no bananas in the tea room today, so ive improvised)
d - la porch, im thinking seafood risotto or a tomatoe based pasta but im going to ask for a SMALL serve which is very BIG and unlike me! .
exercise - crosstrainer this morning, another 20 minutes and weights and exercises tonight. walking too and from work and around a bit at lunch! hey - all adds up!!

Anyway thankfully its time for lunch, my tummy is rumbling something chronic. have a good day everyone and ill check in tomorrow after our night out tonight. xx

25 SLEEPS!!!

okay time to get excited. 25 sleeps to go. I haven't counted once until today. my cousin finished burning our wedding songs onto a cd so I had a listen before and it got me a bit keen. I think ill be a blubbering mess though!! with the songs and our personal vows, i think everyone will be!!

last night turned out better than it looked. got home absolutely nackered, chappy wasnt home so i pyked on the walk. got tea organised, chicken mingnon and vegies, then was ready for bed at about 7!! I didnt have my steps up and felt really blah. so i thought ill do a bit on the crosstrainer and hopefully feel a bit better then can fall in bed and sleep! did 3 sets of 20 minutes on there and my weights and exercises as well. did 25 kms on it all up and felt great. got up the steps and slept like a baby again! didnt realise how much cheese was in the chicken things i got, so i cut half mine off which was good of me - bloody yummy!!

today

b - cereal and 1 piece of toast 4
l - fish portion roll with lettuce and light light cheese 6
s - banana 1, saltanas 0, cruskets (one before then after work) 3
d - marinated roast beef and vegies, jacket potatoe (no mash for a change) 7
TOTAL 20

exercise - 50 minute walk with sarah and ashton after work then 20 minute on cross trainer minimum followed by weights and exercises. so another good work out set.

Only 11 sleeps till the hens party/ now that is unbelievable. the whole thing has just always been coming, not almost here!! Im getting so excited if you can tell. so excited about the whole marraige more than anything, the wedding is just a celebration of how much we have to look forward to, well thats how i look at it anyway! an expensive celebration all the same!!

Tomorrow night we are heading over to the reception venue to finalise a few things, then we might catch some la porchetta and a movie, bit of a date!! nice. la porch will be my pasta serving for the week, got lots of vegies in there otherwise. couple of lunches out too, thursday, saturday and sunday so smart choices will be in order, ill have pre menstural bloat for next mondays weigh in but im still working for a decent loss after my last few maintenance weeks. ive done well to do that though after the drinks ive consumed and the crap ive eaten!!

Anyway thats in the past! Bring on the week and weekend, not drinking will be great too! I hope you are all having lovely tuesdays! I am! talk to you soon xx

Under 4 weeks!!

Okay its go time!! under four weeks! time to get serious. the exercise has been good, now its going to be great, the weekday eating has been great now its going to be perfect. and the weekend food splurges - have to go!! This weekend was a perfect example of what not to do after a big night out. Im lucky that my hard work during the week paid off and I didnt gain but I didn't lose either and while under 75 was my ww goal, my wedding goal was 72 and im not ready to give up!!

Ill give you a quick run down of what I ate - just yesterday as an example. and for those of you wanting to lose weight - DO NOT do the following.

Breaky was bacon and egg sandwhich - cooked the fat way
Lunch was well where do i start - i cant really define where it started and finished, i did have subway which was fine, but i also had party pies heaped in sause, wingdings and oh did i mention 3 pieces (small but 3 small is one fairly big!!) of chocolate birthday mud cake.. so left mums around 8 feeling really full and sluggish, but hey i havent even started yet, then we ordered pizza AND pasta and splurged on that. so three pieces of greasy pasta and a big bowl of bolognaise topped with WAY too much parmasen cheese. you could probably say I was done....

So can I reinforce - this is not what you do if you want to lose weight - let alone just be healthy and feel good about yourself.

So ive written it off, not going to happen again, i can actually happily report that a binge like that hasnt happened too often lately so im going to learn how silly i was and move on. Ive got heaps of exercise planned for the week and lots of yummy, healthy and variety in my meals. ive got some eating outs so ive got some plans prepared and im confident that ill weigh in next week with a whopping loss.

Today
b - multigrain toast with vegiemite and OJ 4
l - left over beef stirfry 6
s - banana 1, yoghurt 1, biscuits 1, saltanas 0
d - marinated roast beef and vegies (no gravy!!) 7
exercise - 50 minute power walk, 30 minutes crosstrainer, 15-20 weights/exercises home work out.

so im sure ill wake up a lot more refreshed tomorrow and for the rest of the week. No alcohol this weekend, nothing until the hens night now which is saturday week. im looking forward to feeling great for two weeks now, and ive got a plan for the sunday in tact after the hens night as well, so no excuses.

On a positive note, i was very spoilt with compliments at my sisters 21st (which was a fantastic night by the way) so many family and friends commented on how great i looked which was very nice, and always good to hear, we sometimes focus so much on the little way we have to go and often lose sight of the massive way we've come!!

I hope you all have a good start to the week. Take care and talk soon xx

Thank god its FRIDAY!!

Another quick week has come and gone again! bring on the weekend!! we've got that much on though it will be back to monday before we know it again! tonight presentation night which im driving too and planning on getting away from as soon as we can! bed!! tomorrow we've got a lovely day at home planned, big walk, gardenning and bbq lunch with just the two of us at home. just some chicken and vegie kebabs we have in the freezer and some yummy salad. then we will get organised and head around to mum and dads before ashleas 21st. will be a good night, not having a huge one, and getting some practise in with a wine here a water there drinking... hoping for a 12 - 1 night as well, getting old i think!!

last night lacked exercise - or time rather. got home tried some tops on that id taken home to try for the weekend, didnt have much luck, found one that ill probably get though, then went to the hairdressers, was there for over 2 hours. got my colour and trim and worked out what we're doing for the wedding as well. then i got home, hoed down some ww spaghetti and meatballs and then went nextdoor to the neighbours.. talk - chappy and the fella next door.... we didnt get home till after 11. i walked straight in the door and straight to bed. fell asleep straight away so i still got 8.5 hours which was good. but no time for crosstrainer or walk so im keen for a walk after work tonight then 20 minutes on the crosstrainer as well. we dont have to be at undera till 8 so i should have time, might get chappy to cook the stirfry to make sure!! looking forward to some yummy vegies before we go!

Today

b - spaghetti on toast 5
l - chicken and avacado sandwhich (yum yesterday) 5
s - fruit 1, yoghurt 1, celery 0, saltanas 0,
d - beef stirfry 7
19

exercise - 45 minute walk, 20 minute crosstrainer, 10-15 minutes weights/exercises.

Guess what - Im loving the multigrain bread. well its actually better than that - 9 grain plus wholemeal, so lots of goodness! chappy thought i was trying to sell it this morning the way i was going on about it!!

Anyway I better get into it, I hope today goes quick, have a great day yourself and i look forward to hearing from you xx

Cross trainer finally arrived!!

Hi all

Just ducked home to let the rental guy in, cross trainer is finally there. its a very new one too, i look forward to getting on and giving it a burl tonight before my hair appointment,

Another good day yesterday, excpet for eating for two at dinner, both chappy and I went back for seconds with the yummy risotto i made, but both shouldnt have. we were full as it was, its addictive that stuff! so my tummy bloated like no other and the rest after tea was definately necessary. had a great walk with kel after work, fast too. then got on the treadmill after my stomach deflated a little and did another 20 minutes. got to my 15000 again which is over 10kms a day so i think im doing alright!!

today

b - cereal (change of cereal this week) one piece of toast half a glass of oj 5
l - MULTIGRAIN BREAD sandwhich, with light chicken, cheese and salads 5
s - fruit 1, saltanas 0, cruskit with light cottage cheese, celery and tomatoe 1
d - ww spaghetti and meatballs meal 6

18 today, to make up for that extra portion last night!!

exercise - walking too and from work both trips (after lunch as well) 30 minutes on crosstrainer, weights and exercises. so a good work out and mixed it up a bit too even though im short on time tonight.

Im so excited (how silly) that im finally making the transition from white to multigrain, my body will love me for it. bought the sunblest 9 grain plus wholemeal bread, so plenty of goodness!!

Anyway better get some work done, have a good day xx