Bridge to Brisbane

Well I did it!!!

My sister & I walked 10kms in 1 hr 48 mins & 20 seconds. She actually beat me by 1 second even though we crossed the finish line together.

We even managed a few short jogs towards the end. Our goal was to do it under 2 hours so I'm happy that we did that.

I can't wait to do it again next year, though I will hopefully be able to jog a fair portion of it, and I will be wearing lycra! :D

It's been a while

Oh dear, I just realised how long it's been since I last blogged.

After getting under 90kg I really let my foot off the brake and lost the plot for a bit. I stopped exercising and my eating was not under control. I did keep weighing in though, and have updated my stats over to the right.

Now I'm back and more in control than ever. I've set myself a 5kg loss by my sister's wedding on the 30th October, which hopefully I should be able to achieve if I stay focussed and motivated.

I have had a good couple of weeks with exercise going on lots of walk with a friend and my neighbour friend. :) We did a big 9.5km walk last weekend in preparation for the Bridge To Brisbane that I will be walking in tomorrow with my sister. I'm not too sure about the super early start though. We have to be there well and truly by 6:00, so with travel and parking will need to leave home around 4:00am! I'll be tired before I even get to the start line let alone the finish line.



I had a good loss this week of 1kg with 0.5kg the week before. Numbers I hope I can repeat from week to week. :)

Exactly Half Way

Wow, I only just realised now when I updated my ticker, that I'm exactly half way to being at goal. There's no way I'm going to get there by my sister's wedding in October, but I'll be happy if I can drop 5kg by then. And to be at goal by my 40th birthday in January would be wonderful, so there's another goal to keep me going. :)

Last week I think I stayed the same, but this week had a good loss of 1.2kg, making me an 80's girl!!! :D

A slight gain...

After an okay week I had a gain of 200g this week (monday weighed in).

I was pretty good with my food throughout the week, but had a few social gatherings that left me snacking more than I should. Lower fat choices, but still snacking nonetheless.

So far so good this week, with exercise happening every day except for today as I was out for the day.

I got my DS to take a progress photo of me tonight.

So comparing with one of my bigger photos from December last year around the 104kg mark.





And tonight at 90 something kilos. :)

Woo Hoo!!!

2.5kg down for the week!!!!! :D

I guess technically only half of that is new weight lost, but heck I'm as happy as a pig in mud.

All in all I've had a pretty good week. I've eaten right and exercised on most days. The days I didn't exercise, the next day I've then done a longer walk to make up for it.

I think I've done pretty well especially seeing as I also have AF. I know I know TMI, but it all makes a difference.

So this week I shall continue on the same way. It's a public holiday here and looking pretty dismal, so I'll try to get half an hour on the treadmill in between breaking up fights between the boys. Aaarrgggh!!

Update

I thought it was about time I updated my blog with my progress for the week.

Things are going good. :) I've managed to exercise every day except for yesterday, unless you count walking around doing the grocery shopping. LOL This morning I went for an hours walk to the shops and back, so that should make up for yesterday.

While there I bought the new Weight Watchers magazine and a few things for lunch. I made toasted turkish pide with avocado, spinach & rocket, 97% fat free ham, and a poached egg. It was very nice. :)

A slight hiccup ......

It seems my weight loss efforts have suffered a slight hiccup. It started when DH went away on a work trip about 2 weeks ago. I decided on the Thursday night that I would treat the boys to KFC on the way home from guitar practice. Bearing in mind that I had not eaten any KFC since at least January, and not at all while I had been losing weight.

I shall add here that KFC is my fast food drug of choice. And it behaved exactly like a drug. Saturday night my eldest had gone to see the bull riding with a mate, middle child was at his mate's for a sleepover, so it was just youngest son & myself at home. He got McDonalds and I had Brodie's chicken burger & chips. This led into Sunday's bad eating of pizza for dinner, which then snowballed into Monday's KFC for lunch.

To say I was disgusted with myself is an understatement. To resist KFC for so long and then have it launch me onto the road to takeaway hell. :( I know ultimately it was up to me, but hell I enjoyed it.

And now I pay the price, as of course I did not exercise during this week from hell and consequently have gained exactly 2kg since my last weigh in on the 22 May.

So here's to a new start. And time to exercise .............

:)