Ok, I've had an action packed weekend. First the 10ks on Saturday and then today I played badminton. I ran around that court for a good hour today and I LOVED IT! I havent picked up a racquet in about 10 years and I was just like riding a bike. Actually I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed playing! I was feeling quite chuffed with myself because I played against a guy who is SUPER fit and although he bet me 15-10, there were times when we were neck and neck and I was even 10-8 up on him! So I'm pretty pleased with myself. Its hard to believe its June this week. I am nearly 5 months into this journey, wow! where has the time gone??????????? My goal is to get to 120 by Christmas, I know I can do it! I need to keep losing about 4 kg a month ... piece of cake ... and eat it too :)
29 May 2004
well ... I did it ... I walked 10kms today! woooooooohooooooo I walked Silverstream Bridge to Moonshine Bridge and back again ... took me 1 hour and 43 minutes and I feel GREATTTTTTTTTT! I went with a lady from work and my adowable Jack dog. I was surprised at how ... easy isnt the right word, how much easier it was than what I THOUGHT it was going to be. Isnt it incredible the mind games you have with yourself make? I kept thinking ... bloody hell 10kms thats going to kill me! HEHE but it really wasnt so bad, in fact I didnt even have to take my sweatshirt off - I wasnt puffing and I wasnt sweating like a river either. Towards the end I was starting to feel tired but I still felt really good, no aches and pains which is just fantastic! I am definately going to register for the Wellington City Walk ... should be a "walk in the park" as long as it isnt pouring with rain or blowing a gale. Its all good :)
27 May 2004
well crap, it had to happen I suppose ... I put on 900gms ... my first gain, I'm really bummed! because it was supposed to be a fantastic week, I've been really good and doing lots of exercise n stuff and I put on? whats will that ... probably something to do with getting my monthly the day before weigh in ... man the things women go through suck dont they? I spoke to Cheryl my leader and we went through my journal and shes surprised too so we are going to drop my points by 1 a day and see what happens. GRRRRRRRRRRR ok ... had my moan, my gain isnt because I havent been trying, my gain isnt due to me eating the wrong things, my gain isnt going to stay there for very long and next week will be a good loss. woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
24 May 2004
What a fantastic weekend! Sunday was a lovely day, we went into town to the markets and bought all our veges for $12. Craig managed to pick up 3 bags of pickling onions for $3.00 and I got a pumpkin for $2.00 - pumpkin soup time again here we come. We've nearly finished the last lot I made and of course its zero points because all it is is pumpkin, onion, chicken stock and seasonings WOOHOO. I've been over with my points slightly but the exercise has made up for it. We took both dogs out yesterday afternoon and Craig decided to go home but I kept on going. So once again, despite being over points (4.5 so far this week) I am about 35 points up from exercise and its only Monday! Its all good, I'm just SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO motivated at the moment! This weekend I've lined myself up for some full on exercise. My colleague from work and I are going to walk bridge to bridge on Saturday, and I've jacked up a couple of hours of badminton on Sunday morning some time with another friend from work. I'm seriously thinking about entering the Wellington City 10k walk on 28 June. I think I can do it - its a flat course so shouldnt be too hard. Thats about 5 weeks away - I should be 5kg lighter by then :) It will be a challenge wont it? :) I'm tempted ...
22 May 2004
We got up early yesterday morning and went for a nice walk up Blue Mountains Road. It was a lovely morning and just fabulous spending the time together while it was so quiet! I went to my Polytech workshop and it was a really fun experience. The others on my course were a nice bunch of people and we all got on well together. My speech didnt go too badly, I didnt fluff anything and everyone seemed genuinely intersted so that was pretty cool. I'm just now in the process of writing up my video analysis - its only worth 5% of the total course marks so I'm not going to stress over that one. When I got home Craig and i went down the SV Cossie and had a couple of drinks, played the pokies which niether of us did any good and then went downstairs and played about 6 games of pool. It was fun even if I didnt win any games! I managed to get down to one or two balls left ont he table so at least it wasnt a cmoplete down trow! We got home about 4 and decided to have a bit of a kip, most unusual but we'd both been busy all day, so we crashed! I woke up at 6 and realised Craig had gone to the RSA with his dad so I ju8st cruised and then picked them up from the Club at 8:00pm. Homemade pumpkin soup & cheese & onion toasted sandwhiches for dinner and we were back in bed! When I woke at 8 this morning Craig had already gone to work and I got up and took Jack for a walk. We walked 3.6ks and took 54 mins. I was sweating! Got home, did some washing, tidied up and now I've spend the rest of the day studying. Well its time to go for another walk with Calais this time and then shower up and head to the inlaws for dinner and watch the final of the Super12 :)
20 May 2004
woohoooooooo I lost 2.2 today! the most that I have lost in a single week! I'm wrapped with that especially after my big fat 0 last week! I have been working very hard though, lots of moving around, sticking to points and watching my portion sizes - its just fantastic. Tonight Craig and I met up with a girl from work and her friend and we played 10 Pin out at Porirua. We then popped into a Thai restaurant for dinner, the food was fantastic - the service bloody lousy - but it was only $37 for the two of us so that kinda makes up for it. Well its getting late and tomorrow I have my workshop at the Polytech. Craig has the day off so we are going to take the dogs out for a walk first thing and then in the afternoon we'll go down to Stokes Valley and play the pokies and have a couple of drinks. What an excellent day!
19 May 2004
Today my governance board met and everything went according to plan. I feel like I've been really achieving some great stuff lately! Which is really quite a buzz. I'm just amazed at how much more confidence I have about my abilities. I've been able to made some major decisions and address everything as if it is my own, not having to rush back for my bosses approval every step of the way - its really quite cool. Tomorrow is weigh in ... again I should feel very confident - I have had a great week, 40 bonus points up, good exercise and no reason to think I will gain, but I just feel fat. Like when ya have a bad hair day, today I feel fat - hopefully tomorrow I will feel the tall slim chick that I'm becoming and I'll leave all those nagging insecurities behind. I just need 200gms and thats my 20kg ... just 200 grams! I had some good progress with my study today, getting my bosses approval for my research projects plus I've been using my networks to get some interviews with people to conduct my research. Its really great, thats the one thing I've been really impressed about with doing study ... everyone wants to help! its just incredible :) amd pf course they have helped me succeed in my adventure.
18 May 2004
What a long day! I got out of bed at 5:30am and got home just on 6, I missed going out with the dogs as I was waiting for my groceries to turn up. It was dark and cold by the time they turned up at 7:30 and I was starving because I didnt want to cook dinner until they'd arrived - Murphy's Law - I would just start cooking or eating and they'd turn up :) I got my Pilates DVD out tonight and did about 30 minutes of that, my tummy feels tight - I presume thats what is suppose to happen! Anyway, another busy day tomorrow - more of the same. My governance board meets tomorrow and thankfully I was able to follow up my action points today. I have a study workshop on Friday, I'm a little bit apprehensive I guess - always am about stuff like that but I'm sure it will go fine. I'm confident of a good loss on Thursday, but these days who knows?
17 May 2004
oh my goodness I havent updated in a week? :o ok ... what have I been up to ... well I've got back full swing into my exercise. Walking the dogs every day and my fitness has returned to "presickness" level which is really good. It took me about 5 days to really feel comfortable enough to go from 30 minute walks to 1 hour walks. My weigh in last week was a little disappointing ... I didnt gain and I didnt lose - so a big fat 0! I so wanted to lose my 200gms for my 20kg, but that will just have to be this week instead. Cheryl my leader saw how frustrated I was but said that after being sick like I was and losing a substantial amount of weight my body will take a little bit to readjust itself - she said that I did really well NOT to gain! I've seriously been thinking about joining a gym, I was talking to a lady at work and she belonds to one in town ... I'm not sure how it will work though because I can attend off peak - my work is flexible enough to allow me to do that, but it means I have to shower twice, reapply make up and do hair twice ... which would be a little bit of a pain ... however, the gym has its own swimming pool and sometime later this year I will fell comfortable enough to get into a pair of togs and get back to swimming! I LOVEEEEEEEE swimming, but it would have been about 10 years since I wore a pair of togs. Which is a little embarrassing isnt it. But I have to be able to wear togs by the time we go to Australia because it is going to be soooooo bloody hot all I'll be wanting to do is spend my time in the pool! I will wait until I get to my 150 and then bite the bullet and make a decision - that should be around early/mid June all going to plan - quite exciting really. Last week I was 24 points up and this week I will be about 30 points up - I expect to see those DAMN scales move or else!
10 May 2004
oops I didnt update this weekend!!!!!!!!! I was sure I updated on Saturday, I probably did update but didnt save the page or something stupid hehe. Craig my precious worked on Saturday, he was gone at some ungodly hour so me and the dogs snoozed on. I got out of bed about 9 and decided I really needed to make a good effort and get out for a decent walk. So Jack and I hit the pavement about 10. It was bloody hot! and needless to say, my lack of recent exercise really showed as after only 30 minutes we were both knackered! By the time I got home an hour later we both needed a little sit down to recuperate! So I think I'll go back to 30 minute walks this week until I get my fitness back again. Sunday was a nice day. Craig and I took the dogs out for a 30 minute walk in the morning, we got home I showered and changed and we both went down to Queensgate where he bought himself a new wallet and then we had a coffee at Muffin break. It was nice to just sit and talk and watch the world go by for half an hour. Mum, Richard and I went out to Dots for late lunch - it was scrumptious!!!!!!!! We had roast boneless turkey and and loads of veges mmmmmmm. Craig didnt come as he worked 6 days and really wanted to spend some time in the garden and doing some chores which is fair enough, although I do miss him when we do things apart - luckily we spent the morning together. I've been really good with my points and of course my exercise. Today at work was really busy as my Governance Board meets next week and I am busy pulling the reports together ready for the board members. It's funny how you always have to chase the same people every month - guess thats the nature of the job eh? I got my first "B" in one of my assignments. 65% ... I could kick myself! When I read my tutors notes I could see exactly where I went wrong but the great thing is I know where I screwed it up and it makes complete sense :) 65% or a B is still good! this is a Level 6 paper and is well over the pass mark, so I shouldnt beat myself up about it! All my grades have just been confirming what I already knew so now this gives me something to work on! and when you have to work on something ... you learn!!!!!!! woohoo!
7 May 2004
Thank god its Friday!!!!!!!! man this week has been a tough week. I am knackered! I got an assignment back today and got 81% (A) for it ... how cool is that? who would have thought it eh? Me getting A's for varsity papers, I'm pretty proud of myself :) I ended up going to meet Craig for a drink and we had dinner to celebrate our successes. I had some lovely fish, it was my treat for the week - it was crumbed mmmmmmmmm yummy! I'm going to get some good sleep in tonight and maybe a bit of a sleep in, because I'd really like to have a decent walk tomorrow and I really dont want to be fatigued. I bumped into the bosses wife today, and she told me I was looking fantastic. Actually, I got a couple of compliments from people around me, one guy said he had to take a double take when I walked through the door, because he noticed how "trim" I was getting HEHE! and another lady I havent seen for a while said wow, your skin looks fantastic, you're really looking healthy! neat huh? Comments like that really motivate me and its really neat that people are starting to notice a difference. Tomorrow is 4 months exactly since I've started my lifestyle change - 8 January was my joining date with WW - four months and nearly 20 kilos - I am in such a better place now than what I was four months ago, imagine what I'm going to be like in 4 months time? WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO ... of course not that I want to wish my life away! It's quite exciting eh? ... well at least I'm excited about it :)
6 May 2004
I had the best day today! As I mentioned yesterday I really didnt want to go for weigh in today. I got to my meeting and Cheryl said, heyyyyyyyy we havent seen you for a bit where have you been? I quickly explained about the chicken pox and she felt so sorry for me (hehe) I didnt even have to use one of my complimentaries :) so I headed out the back to the fat scales and told her how much I was dreading this. I jumped on and the little weight counter stayed hard down (which is good) so she slides it along one kilo, no movement, she slides it along another kilo, no movement so I'm thinking hey this is pretty good *wink* she slides it along two kilos still no movement! and I say to her ... are you sure you're doing that right? HEHE in the end it was -4.3kg which just completely blew me out of the waterrrrrrrrrrrrr! ... I made my 10% easily (I only needed to do 2 kilos) I just about screamed with excitement I couldnt believe it! She told me I was doing great, man what a buzz! At the meeting she presented me with my 10% star and everyone clapped. I'm 200gms off 20 kilos ... next week I'm going to get another star for my bookmark :) yeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaa. So after all that nervous excitement I had a great afternoon at work and then Craig and I went ten pin bowling with my Social Club. I bowled 108 first game and 120 second game - another success! (Craig bet me by 2 pins in the last game) Told you it was my day :) Although I broke one of my nails a beauty its right down to the quick *ouch*. I'm pushing Craig to commit to going bowling once a fortnight ... I know its not excessive exercise but its something we both enjoy and it would be nice to get out and do something active together. Annabel from work and her friend Andy said they wouldnt mind doing the same thing so I think if we can all get motivated it might be a fun thing to do over winter. Another lady at work sent me an email today, it almost made me cry ... she said my weight loss journey was an inspiration, it meant alot to hear that. I know I've made the right choice in my life and its really starting to pay off big time. I feel great and most of all I feel in control. Setting these goals gives me a constant reminder to meet all my challenges and get to my goals. Ok enuff ramble, time for bed - its been a big day!
5 May 2004
I'm stressing! I am so NOT looking forward to going to WW tomorrow. I just know its not going to be good ... I was home sick again today, that bloody chickenpox has really knocked me around. Mentally I feel great, but physically maybe not as great as what I thought. I've been much better with my water today, guzzled my way through three bottles of the stuff so I'm pleased about that. Again I havent felt particularly hungry but I got to 24 points again today so thats good going. I've wrenched my neck (see told you, if it doesnt rain it pours!). I've got to make some good choices about exercise now. I'm confident I have the food down pact, but I need to start getting more active. So, this weekend I will start with a stretching/resistence routine. I'd like to buy a swiss ball I think that would be great for my abs and hips and bum, but I'm a little bit afraid I might pop the bloody thing hehe - maybe that could be my 140kg goal or something?... so in the meantime I'll stick with the basics. So, I'll keep my walking up daily, start a resistence routine - every second day, play badminton once a week and ten pin bowling once a fortnight ... hmmmmm that sounds achieveable :) Good choice Helena!
4 May 2004
My first day back at work was really tiring - I basically got home, took the dog for a quick 15 minute walk then veggied in front of TV until about 9 when I went to bed. I slept like a log! I think these chickenpox have taken more out of me than when I first thought. Same thing today, I left work early, Craig picked me up from Petone and I took Calais for a walk down to pick my car up from the station. I'm just about to head to bed - I feel absolutely drained. I guess it will probably take me another good week or so to get back into the swing of things :) I've lost my appetite again, but I am making myself eat stuff. Yesterday I got to 23 points today I got to 24 which is ok, but I need to keep my points up there. For some reason I've gone off breakfast completely - maybe its got something to do with getting up so bloody early again!!!!!!!!!!! Today I had a banana around 9 and that went down ok. I'll have to try better tomorrow. The other thing is, I havent been drinking near enough water - arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh - so again, I'll try and do better tomorrow. I still feel slim - Thursday will tell I keep hoping to myself that I might get a pleasant surprise! *fingers crossed*. I'm quite excited about starting Badminton again. A guy at work has a key to the hall down in Naenae and I would love to be able to just go and have some hits, so that would be just great! Excellent workout too!!!!! I havent played in about 10 years!!!!!!!!! But I'll wait a couple of weeks until I'm fully recovered and feeling fitter.
2 May 2004
Ok so I missed 1 May, but I made the 2nd! ... I've been feeling really slim all weekend, but I just know the scales arent going to be kind to me on Thursday. I've been reasonably ok ... not completely overeating, but probably eating more than I should be. That mixed with no exercise for 2 weeks is not good. However, its only a bump in the road and I will move on :) We have the spare bedroom set up really well now - a double bed bought off trademe and the bunks have gone to my sister in laws. My nieces LOVESSSSSSS sleeping in her new bed! its cute! My pox are nearly all gone. I still have red spots on my body and a few on my face and neck, but they arent nasty looking, at the moment I just look as thought I have a bad case of acne! I need some kind of battle scares to show off at work tomorrow eh? Yes its work tomorrow - it'll be ok - it will be completely overwhelming because I havent done anything in 2 weeks, but I can only do bit by bit and get it cleared away. Also this weekend I completed another assignment. I think its ok - *shrug* guess we'll find out when the marks come back. Right, bed time, need to make sure I wake up and get my bum to work tomorrow! oh what to wear what to wear?????????
