Sunday Bludge Day

I have made today my Sunday Bludge Day. I have diligently exercised every day for 3 weeks now, so feel that I deserve a day off. Plus it is my rest day on the Sports Active 30 day challenge.

We had friends over for a bbq last night, so I made sure I got an hours exercise done on the Wii. I had quite a few rum & diet cokes but limited my snacking to low fat dips, rice crackers & pretzels. Bbq'd chicken breast & salad was dinner, so overall I thought I did pretty well.

This morning I woke up made my coffee & the darn computer wouldn't turn on! So I busied myself with folding 3 baskets of washing and doing some other washing. I then go to use the dryer and it was making some god awful noise. Thankfully DH has fixed it, and it's now whirring away. Hopefully we get some sunshine this week so it doesn't get much use.

I then went upstairs and had a lovely Nanna nap. I woke up ravenous and ate some leftover chicken from last night and some corn thins. I was going to jump on the treadmill for a while but decided that I would have a break today and get back into it tomorrow.

Can't wait for The Biggest Loser to start tonight!! :D

0.7kg Loss

Up 100g from yesterday's weight, but I'm happy with a 0.7kg loss. :)

I am pretty sore this morning from my workout yesterday. My butt muscles especially. Those squats that you hold for 30 seconds are a killer! :o

Max's Birthday

Today my youngest son Max turned 6. I can't believe that he is growing up and is now in Grade 1. :(

We had a bbq tonight with my family and had sausages and some chicken breasts I had marinated. I stuck to the chicken breasts and salad and no dessert or cake. But I did have a few nibbly things I probably shouldn't have. A few chips, a couple of cheezels, some of Mum's yummy cheese ball.

I will try to get an hour's exercise in tomorrow to compensate.

Weigh-in in the morning. Though I did weigh this morning just out of curiousity. If I weigh heavier tomorrow, I may take this mornings weight as my official weight. LOL

Back to School

My boys are now all officially back at school!! Yipee!! Woo Hoo!! The last few days of these holidays have been challenging with them.

We had a lovely Australia Day yesterday. My mother's family does a big fun day complete with sauasage sizzle lunch. But I went prepared with my grilled chicken breast and left over vege frittata from the night before.

Lots of fun was had with games like tunnel ball, tug of war, and lots of swimming. The boys had a great time playing cricket as well.

I was pretty good with my eating. I'd taken low fat dips, carrot sticks, rice crackers & pretzels, so I snacked on those. Though I did have a few chips late afternoon. Then when we got home I felt like a drink, and there was a lonesome can of Coke sitting in the fridge, so I ended up having 2 rum & cokes.

Oh well, I think I have burnt it off this morning. I'm going to try a new routine in the mornings from hereon in. Instead of getting up, making the lunches, then grabbing a coffee and turning on the computer, I'm going to get up, make lunches while I have a coffee, then do my Wii exercise, shower and change, then have breakfast. All hopefully before the boys wake up. Though they were up early this morning and I could hear them arguing upstairs. DH was home so he was able to sort them out and organise breakfast.

After school drop off it was home to start the cleaning. I sweated heaps while vacuuming & mopping, so that must all count for something. ;)

One Hour

One hour's exercise in the bag for today!

Well almost an hour. 30 minutes on the treadmill and 24 minutes doing some sports on the Wii.

Haven't thought about dinner yet tonight. The boys have been pestering me for Subway so we might have that while DH is at work. At least I can make a good choice there.

Last night I was good and had fish & salad for dinner with a handful of lower fat oven chips. :)

1.6kg Loss

Woo Hoo!! I was hoping I'd lose a bit more overnight and make it an even 2kg, but am more than happy with 1.6kg.

Weigh Day Tomorrow

Okay, I did a sneaky weigh this morning and am feeling very positive about tomorrow's official weigh in. :D

I have been good with my diet the past couple of days and have also exercised twice during the day. Today I only did my Sports Active workout, but will jump on the treadmill again tomorrow.

Confession Time

I did 30 minutes on the treadmill this afternoon, then sat down on Facebook for a while to finish my water.

My blood sugar must have dropped as I started to feel ravenous. So I went out to start preparing the veges for dinner, but instead of snacking on them I ate spoonfuls of raspberry jam. :(

I will quite often get a low blood sugar type feeling in the afternoon if I haven't had an afternoon snack. I hadn't had a snack this afternoon as we had a late lunch.

I didn't stop at the jam though, I then had a peach, some more jam, and a handful of dried dates.

Motto of this story. Make sure you have had an afternoon snack, especially before exercising.

Movie Morning

This morning I took the boys to the movies to see The Tooth Fairy. Now normally I would sit there and eat a whole bag of chips, but today I bought pretzels and had a few handfuls of those. I couldn't keep Max away from them though! LOL :D I can proudly say that not one of the boys chips passed my lips.

Afterwards I treated them to McDonalds, while I had 2 sushi rolls. Matthew thought it would be funny to wave his chips & burger in front of my face. Little so & so! My only transgression was a mouthful of Zac's Fanta.

I can do this!! :D

Owwwwwwww!

I am so sore today. I can barely climb the stairs and sitting down takes major effort. I guess yesterday's workout must have done some good. I did day 2 of the 30 day challenge on the Wii Sports Active game, so another 30 minutes and over 200 calories burnt. :)

I haven't walked today, as I will give my body a rest I think after yesterday's onslaught. According to the game tomorrow is my rest day, but I may do a few smaller exercises on there. The good thing about it is that you can customise the exercises to one's which you prefer. There's a dancing one on there that should be hilarious. Though I might leave that one until the boys go back to school. They already laugh enough at me !

EA Sport Active

I decided to buy this today with my birthday money. I did a bit of research and a lot of people recommend it over the Wii Fit.

Well after I did my half hour walk, I headed to the shops to buy it. Got it on special which was a bonus! So I grabbed some sushi for lunch, then once home decided to give it a go. OMG I am dripping buckets of sweat. I'm doing a 30 day challenge on it, and it coaches you all the way. It comes with a resistance band as well to use with certain exercises and you can also use it with the Wii Fit board if you want.

All up it said I burnt 147 calories!

First Weigh In

I decided to weigh myself this morning instead of tomorrow morning. We are going out tonight and will be eating later than usual, so I didn't want this to affect the reading on the scales. LOL

So basically a 1.3kg loss this week. Not too bad considering I haven't been overly strict with my eating. I'm still having butter on my toast, so will have to wean myself off that I think.

I will probably jump on the scales in the morning regardless and if I am lighter than today, take that as my official weight for the week. ;)

40 weeks

40 weeks until my sister's wedding.

I wonder if I can lose the weight by then to fit into the black dress I have hanging in the cupboard. It's a size 12 and I've only worn it once before. It would probably be suitable for the wedding.

I guess it all depends on what my goal weight is going to be. At the moment I am just happy to have the kilos disappear every week.

30 or so kilos in 40 weeks. mmmm, I wonder if that is doable? I'll need to live like a nun until then I think. No takeaway or alcohol!

30 minutes

This morning I managed 30 minutes on the treadmill. I was planning for 40, but DH's aunty rang to wish me a happy birthday for yesterday, so I had to cut it 10 minutes short. By the time I got off, I'd lost all desire to get back on there.

Heading off to Wet & Wild this afternoon, so must get DH to duck to the shops for chicken & bread rolls.

Yumm!

(Will make sure mine is packed with salad). :D

Happy Birthday to Me!!

Today I turn 39!

We headed up the coast to the beach this morning and had a lovely swim in the surf with my parents & the boys. We followed it up with a picnic lunch and an icecream for the boys. I had made a healthy zuccini slice with a potato salad and a green side salad. I can't say Max was too keen on it, even though he's eaten it before.


Tonight we are heading out to dinner at our local tavern and I will probably end up having a steak & veges I think. I "may" indulge though and partake in a beverage or 2, with diet coke of course. ;) After all, it is my birthday! :D

It was a hit!

Well the sweet potato, salmon & zuccini quiche was a success. :) The boys ate it all up, except Max who baulked at the zuccini. There were leftovers, but they mysteriously disappeared while I was out shopping and the 15 year old was home on his own. LOL

It is so hot today that I have put the air con on. I should have put it on this morning while I was on the treadmill. Would have made it much more comfortable, especially considering the air con unit is right next to the treadmill. The sweat was pouring off me!

I have been busy in the kitchen making a zuccini pie (minus the oil) for our picnic tomorrow. We are off to the beach for my birthday, and I've been trying to make lunch as healthy as possible. Normally we would grab fish & chips, but I will try to do the right thing. Especially seeing as we are heading out to dinner tomorrow night.

Fish & veges are on the menu tonight. I am trying to be as organised as possible with meals so I don't resort to grabbing the trusty meat pies and shoving them in the oven.

New Recipe Night

I'm trying a new recipe tonight and have this cooking in the oven.

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/286/sweet+potato+and+salmon+quiche

Here's hoping the boys like it.

Though I substituted zuccinni for spinach.

Day 2

Today I'm feeling a bit blah due to the after effects of a migraine, but I still managed 20 minutes on the treadmill this morning. So I'm pretty happy with myself for that. I also made sure that I had breakfast.

Dum dum de dum .....

I've just weighed myself. :(

104.2kg

I'm hoping that it will be a bit less than that, as I am a routine morning weigher, generally after going to the loo. LOL

I also found some recent photos of myself. As you can appreciate being obese and having photos taken generally don't go in the same sentence, so there are few & far between of me. And definitely no decent ones to speak of!



The one on the treadmill was taken by my 6 year old this morning. He couldn't believe I was on the treadmill!!! The other was on New Years Eve.

Time to Start

I have decided I need to get super serious about losing weight. Yes my sister's upcoming wedding has been the big decider, but also my family have been at me for ages to do it.

But also I need to do it for me! I don't want diabetes in another 5 years time. With my last pregnancy I developed gestational diabetes, so I have an increased risk of developing diabetes within 10 years from the birth.

This blog will be my food & exercise diary as well as any other rambling thoughts I might like to add.


Let me go back 5 years.

In May 2005 at 98kg, I decided to lose weight. My parents were overseas and I set the goal of 10kgs in 9 weeks. This kept me motivated and I stayed on track with healthy eating & regular exercise. Every day I walked the boys to and from school.

I easily reached that goal, and then decided to join the gym. Fifteen kilos later I decided I was done, but yes went back to regular eating, including far too much takeaway, and I ditched the gym or any form of exercise for that matter.

Before I knew it I had put all the weight back on plus more! I am now more heavier than I have ever been. I am not exactly sure of my weight, but am about to head off for a shower after walking on the treadmill, so will weigh myself then. :O

Me at 98kg - May 2005.



Me at 72kg June 2006.