A loss is a loss I guess

Only a very small loss of 200g this week, but with 2 birthday celebrations for my 40th and a fair bit of alcohol, I'm not complaining. :)

What a Week!

Well as most of you would know Qld, and now other parts our country, are in a flood crisis. The massive clean up has begun in parts of Qld, but for other states it will be just beginning.

We had a close call on Tuesday when our local creek across the road from us broke it banks and flooded the reserve. It also flooded our street down the lower end and cut us off from getting out of the estate.

Thankfully the rain stopped and the creek started to drop.

The end of our street. We are well down the other end in a cul-de-sac.


Reserve across the road from us.



Basketball court.



Thankfully by morning the water had totally receded. Local areas around us were hit hard, like the local major park, and a few bridges needing work done. Though nothing like thousands of Brisbane & Ipswich people have been hit. :(



So consequently my eating has been a bit hit & miss this week. I turned 40 on Thursday so had a few celebratory drinks and dinner out with my family, then dinner out last night with a few girlfriends. Absolutely no exercise done at all. So will start anew tomorrow.

Weigh in Day

Weigh in Day Monday 10 January 2011

Original start weight = 104.2kg

Today's weight = 91.7kg



Well over the 90kg that I hoped to stay in the vicinity of, but that's what you get I guess after 2 weeks of slacking off over Christmas. I'm not that bothered by it, especially as I was over 93kg at the start of last week. That was also on the 1st day of AF. I haven't really done too much exercise this week, but have tried watching what I eat, but did have a few slip up's.

Hopefully this week the scales will continue to go down, though with 2 birthday celebrations I'll have to be extra careful.

I can't believe ..........

How long it has been since I last blogged. :( Definitely because I have been slack and fallen off the weight loss wagon. Well in truth, I get on, get off, get on, get off.

My weight since Christmas has snuck back over the 90kg mark, though I am not going to weigh myself this week as dreaded AF has arrived, and the gain from that would depress me even more.

October was an extremely busy month for me. I had my sister's hens weekend, a girls weekend away, then a weeks break, then my sister's wedding. This played havoc with my eating & drinking and all good eating & exercise went out the window. I stayed in this mode for the next couple of months, then next thing you know, it's Christmas.

So now it's time to get back on the straight and narrow. Next week I turn 40 and instead of having a party, I'm going on a cruise up to Cairns with some girlfriends. I have about 12 weeks to lose 12 kilos, which I "think" is achievable. I'd love to be under 80kg by then, so will use this as motivation.


Here's a photo of me at my sister's wedding on October 30.




Not the best photo, but the only full length one I had.

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