Dust-retired blog

considering a move of blog

2007-08-07T16:24:00.001+10:00

thinking of moving my blog (which shouldnt create problems for too many lovely people)
im leaving the past behind me. yes my past is part of me and forever will.. and im proud of all that lovely history of ranting and raving with some sharing ><
seeing as im mostly a people pleaser and im going to be sharing this blog with more people than usual and i cant quite remember (lol) if ive said anything negative or something.. ah well.. better than to be safe than sorry... (ah now you are all searching thru to see if ive actually written anything juicy other than my personality conflicts with some long distance relatives or somethin'.. ) ive been doing alot of thinking, alot of reading and more thinking (pretty much going around and around in circles as i do)

my gawd i read one article on how to make ur blog better and it suggested writing reviews.. so everytime i pick something out of the cupboard or play something or use something im thinking should i write a review? lol.. i think im driving myself nuts.. would anyone care to read a review on fairy sprinkles? or bi-lo milk powder.. lolz..

exercise is something very much on the backburner.. yes i am limiting myself to this melbourne cage (a apartment with no back yard, gym,pool, personal trainer.. what was that you said? wishful thinking? ah, true!) and we are stuck here til:
1) pay enough off the credit card to get right back into debt again with paying bond and however many weeks in advance it is now to actually get a real estate agent to look at our applications.
2) wait for a good enough reason to leave without fulfilling the lease. or wait til lease is over in 08.
3) i find a place that i like, in a good area.. thats close to jhubbys work.. wishful thinking? ah yes true again!
4) after waiting to pay enough of our cc to afford a dell box (as hubbys and my stuff calls for a computer with actual grunt and processing power.. stuff that my lil laptop just cant handle without frying its brains out) then we still have to pay to get the rest of our stuff at my mums.. and then it will be my birthday, hubbys birthday and then oh crap its christmas already? and whats this you want to go to sydney? ah i must be kidding myself! 2007 the year of debt dragging on forever!!

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Great Joke ~ tech knowledge needed ~ How was i born?

2007-08-07T13:43:00.000+10:00

One day, a boy, rose in a computer-professional Info. Tech. family, asks
his Dad, "Daddy, how was I born?"
His Dad thinks for a while, sighs and replies, "Ah, my son, I guess one
day you would have to find out anyway! "

"Well, you see, your Mom and I first got together in a chat room on MSN.
Then I set up a date via e-mail with your Mom and we met at a cyber-cafe.
We entered into a secure folder, where your mother agreed to a download
from my hard drive.
As soon as I was ready to upload, we discovered that neither one of us had
used a firewall, but it was too late to hit the Delete button.
Six weeks later, your Mom sent me an instant message saying that her
operating system was showing signs of unauthorized program activity from a
self extracting file which had implanted itself in her operating system.
Then, nine months later, a little Pop-Up appeared!
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Big Brain Academy~Nintendo DS

2007-08-07T12:10:00.000+10:00

Review: Games that make people think are quite popular lately!
The ultimate function is the test, which randomly choses 1 mini game from each class; think, analyze, compute,memorize & identify and then comes up with how much your brain weighs, a grade and what occupation your brain suits. Right now mine is a C+ a musician at 1032g!

(i've been dumber e.g a fashion designer, Shakespeare! lolz) Each class/lesson comes in 3 difficulty options, easy,med and hard. Medals are rewarded for different scores bronze, silver, gold and platinum. I find this game quite a challenge and i suck at the maths compute and think classes, but i can ace the memorize and identify. im pretty sure, if u look in the blue hexagon, you can see a yellow line? thats my highest score outline and the red area in the hexagon was my current score for that exam ><

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an update is on the way

2007-07-31T12:46:00.000+10:00

my weight is not the centre of my life.. and ive been avoiding my weight loss buddies (so sorry) and i have been avoiding my problems and feeling alot of shame etc...
up til now/recently my goal of this blog was to connect and to express my weight loss journey and along the way snippets of my life and ramblings.
i used to think weight was my only problem.. or perhaps i blew it up so big that it was the only problem i could see.. and altho there are many layers that make up that problem all i could see was the top layer.. the physical layer.. ME and my BIG butt! LOL!
So my goal now is to be un-ashamed of me.. of my interests etc.. to open up and share all about the many layers that make me.. ME! ^^
many apologies to my friends, ive been lurking too much.. u guys deserve so much better!
so an update is on the way.. r u ready for it? lol

Tia turned 4!

2007-05-17T08:33:00.000+10:00

Tia turned 4 on the 11th! wow! time has gone so quickly.
we only recently got a new camera a sony cybershot 7.2MG pixel. so not great and not expensive (thank goodness) so 99% of the pictures of Tias birthday are blurry! and then after re-lighting the candles to get a good shot she was soo good she would blow them out b4 i took a picture! doh! and so i have alot to learn about all the different settings and i luv taking videos now! whoot!
But then james isnt happy sharing alot of the videos of Tia for the whole public.. so might have to put them up, tell family n friends and then change them every so often. I put some on you-tube and then tried out photobucket and wow did that take forever to upload compared to youtube!
Does anyone know of some good freeware video editing software? Or a good freeware software for photos/images as my GIMP program seems to be having issues. lol
So we had a little birthday party for tia, with just the 3 of us. She was pretty good having to wait all day for her dad to come home to start the party! And somehow even tho i tried, we ended up with more food than we needed! Tia had a great time doing the special arrowroot biscuits, especially when my mum rang and she got to do it all herself!
Tia has a thing for marshmellows at the moment, its like the new 'chocolate' for her, which i guess isnt too bad considering its sugar and not fat.. she still loves eating her baby fuji? apples, they are so tiny!
I also gave her a haircut as her ends were getting very knotty alot, and i think it was the worst one yet! she just wouldnt keep still and when James got home i got him to hold her head still! Just to fix it up a bit better! lol!
Tia got for her birthday; the pretty dress she is wearing, hair bands, a musical jewellery box, hello kitty raincoat, 2 skivies, tracksuit pants, eyeshadow, play doh, princess easter egg n bowl set.

day by day...

2007-04-13T08:10:00.000+10:00

thanks Maria for ur words! so true! :D
hmm, well im still eating crap, i restart my good eating habbits every meal! LOL! but thats better than my previous well i stuffed breakkie, lunch and have snacked waay to much i may as well eat crap for dinner too..
im giving it all my best to completely give up take out (except healthy subway or deli choices) altho im thinking of having once a month chips n burger so i dont go completely crazy (that and my head is against extremes)
i heard somewhere that it takes 24hrs a week working out to burn off 1kg of total fat.. but now i cant remember where that was..
ive been very home sick this week! (which hasnt helped my bad eating)
But im slowly getting myself back on track, working out how many ww points and what workout dvd i want, shopping around checking out weights... so im slowly getting my butt into gear!
its starting to get cold here! Im looking forward to some yummy healthy soups!! ^^ i just have to get a nice soup pot!

a girl needs a plan

2007-04-02T17:19:00.000+10:00

watched dr phil and they had a 700pound woman on the show and a 300pound young adult/teen? on as well.. then oprah had a repeat the one with the dr guy showing human organs of a 30pounds overweight stomache thingy compared to a skinny persons one.. a fatty liver, a tongue.. and then all about ghrelin (sp?) and leptin.. chicks waist measurement should be 31.5 and
i do want to be healthy and i do want to (answers phone.. good grief! >< yes we did get pizza last night and it was good and yes i wi take part in email surveys.. lol.. ) so i was saying i do want to fit, bouncy and happy.. i just need a plan.. ;) decide on what eating plan i will do.. what exercise plan.. on so forth.
and yes i had pizza last night.. ^^ but i havent been doing to bad eating wise at home.. well not terribly (since alot of bad stuff isnt in the house)
and the left over pizza is tonights dinner.. maybe my eating is 100% terrible..

on another note my shoulders are killing me.. im blaming bad posture+ sitting on the floor+ on laptop.. oww much pain..

i stayed up way too late last night paying games with hubby.. 1am! i have got to stop having all these late nights but i really enjoy being with hubby!

i watched the movie Loser? last night and it was great! apart from wanting to give the mean guys a talking too.. it had a great ending.. everyones happy, almost! and watched the pussycat dolls reality tv show/competition and that was interesting! gosh they had some hot bods on that show.. altho i think i was just admiring everyones tummies and lack of fat/stretch marks.. they may as well have been Victoria secret models!

what bout that tsunami warning, eh! glad we arent up north! poor Qlds theyve been thru the hot then the floods n cyclones to a tsunami warning..

zero

2007-03-30T09:59:00.000+10:00

i have zero motivation at the moment.. it just so happens to be TOTM too and so i have been feeling like crap. its dumb but im depressed bout how backwards ive gone! maybe when i get over myself i could actually have a perfect eating/exercise day.. hour.. minute.. ><
but until our house blasts sirens, lights and looks like a prison maybe i could get outside the house further than the mailbox while James is at work! his paranoia and from what ive judged of the few 30+ odd neighbours is that most are great, keep to themselves n problems theres jus a few dubious bad drug dealing bad eggs around here too! X( the dealers arent too bad its just the crowd that comes to the dealer.. and i havent worked out what it is yet (besides ruling out pot.. as its the most obvious) im thinking speed or heroin. im pretty sure someone O.D last week when the ambo and police turned up.. 0.o
on a better note..
ive broken my thumb nail a bit at one side edge where it should still be attached to skin so im thinking of trimming it and putting a band aid over the top so i dont accidently rip the nail off painfully if it gets caught on something.. owww.. ^^ i think ive only got Hi-5 band aids at the moment.. lol..
trying to be happy.. trying..
hey at least i didnt buy tim tams as they were on special last night! ah shucks!
and i also made a mud cake for james to take to his works .. relaxing beer party/meeting that happens on friday.. LOL! it looks pretty bad but it actually tastes really good.. i guess next time i shoud get some baking paper so the bottom half doesnt stick.. (very un-professional i guess to have the cake upside down and then squishing the stuff stuck on the bottom of the tin back where it should be on the cake?! lol)
missed out on alot of mcleods daughters.. get an aerial and then its the week when sport takes over mcleods spot.. bummer.. its always mcleods that ends up having 2 weeks off for some sport.. annoying!)
ive seen a bit of the catch up.. only a bit coz i could only last that long.. wow so trashy/crappy (its so sad that one of the presenters lisa oldfield married to yes-i-screwed-hanson-and-lied-about-it david oldfield had him on the show before the lie dectector test.. saying he didnt sleep with pauline..) *rolls eyes* i understand that alot (not saying i am or was) of young and the restless fans are upset that its gone off free tv to be replaced by 'the throw up' (someone else called it that and i jus agree)
did actually go out last night without laptops (just alot of prayer and faith) thursday night late night shopping was awesome! LOL! had 1/2 the total seats/tables to choose where to sit at the food court! >< im used to having the whole family spread out over the food court watching like eagles and walking/standing closer to a group that looks like they are leaving just to get a spot! or just not bothering and going for a closeby bench at charlie square.. i miss my charlie sq it had so much space (with the crowds so totally needed it) that and all free parking (and tons of levels of parking).. ^^ seems like its ur lucky day down here in VIC if u even score a free park! (i must admit it looks really dumb when people are talking to the ticket machiene.. but if somehow ur $50 credit has gone down to $4 id be willing to talk to the machine/operator far away too)

the idiot box is alive

2007-03-28T09:41:00.000+10:00

well the aerial is working.. have this odd channel 31? i dunno.. frankly its odd! ^^
biggest bummer is trying to tune in or even find the abc... the 1 channel Tia watches! (we r all going slightly crazy and even learning complete lines and sections and the songs from her dvd collection!!)

james was talking to a guy he works with and found out that he too plays the shakuhatchi (sp?) its been awhile since ive spelt it and since i havent added a picture of it in ages... this is what the japanese transverse bamboo flute looks like... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakuhachi

1986	Peter Gabriel	So	"Sledgehammer" [0:00-0:16, 3:16-3:34]

1995	Michael Bolton	Greatest Hits (1985-1995)	"Can I Touch You... There?" [0:00-0:04, 3:26-3:50, 4:24-5:07]

2003	Linkin Park	Meteora	"Nobody's Listening" [0:00-2:57]

are a few of the most known songs i guess the instrument has been in..

anyways my eating has gone out the window-ish... not terrible but its still over eating (even if its the lite biscuits, n lite ice cream..)

A sad day.. in this world..

2007-03-22T09:39:00.000+11:00

Muslim pupils beat teacher to death over Koran

From correspondents in Gombe

March 22, 2007 04:32am

Article from: Reuters

MUSLIM pupils at a secondary school in northeastern Nigeria beat a teacher to death today after accusing her of desecrating the Koran.

Oluwatoyin Olusase, a Christian, was adjudicating an Islamic Religious Knowledge exam at the school in Gombe state when the incident occurred.

The students attacked her outside the school compound after the exam and killed her, witnesses said.

It was not clear exactly what Olusase had done that angered the students.

Police confirmed the killing and said their intervention had prevented the incident from turning into a riot.

"We have received information that a female teacher has been lynched by her students. We are investigating the report," Gombe state police commissioner Joseph Ibi said.

At least five people were killed and several churches burned down in February 2006 in the neighbouring state of Bauchi by Muslims infuriated that a Christian teacher in a secondary school had tried to confiscate a Koran from a student who was reading it during class.

Word got out into the streets that the teacher had desecrated the Koran, infuriating Muslims who went on the rampage.

At least 15,000 people have died in religious, communal and political violence in Africa's most populous country since 1999, when Nigeria returned to democracy after 30 years of almost unbroken military rule.

finally....

2007-03-21T14:55:00.000+11:00

James got the local job! thats pretty neat.. for all the interviews he went too he was offered the job (even if one was kfc.. hey kudos to them id never thought they would want to hire a 29year old! so age is no barrier.. despite what u get told by everyone else )

going out to dinner tonight been told is spag bol.. (as my mum would call it) so i cant see it being healthy.. and last nights dinner was a celebratory pizza (my 1st takeout junk food in a long while! yay me!! ) unfortunately it meant pizza was left over for todays lunch... ah well! I think im over pizza for awhile!! ^^ *fingers crossed*

i luv my freezer.. i luv my fridge... >< does that sound silly or what...

feeling a bit anxious bout going out to dinner tonight, people from church that weve been trying out are very friendly... im pretty sure we r going to a diff church (i think) this weekend.. uh so i had better figure out how on getting there and which one.. stil have ur list Jadey! thanks.

so im still thinking about running... i think 2 much no doubt! lol! downloaded a podcast on 1st week of couch to 5k in 7minutes and now have to find a converter to put it to mp3

i think its next door that gets confused and accidently opens our screen door and suddenly realises its the wrong flat and so closes... its odd.. to hear someone open the screen door and let it bang shut.. ><

had a late night.. 2.30am i went to bed.. i was er up playing ragnarok and got carried away unfortunately it was the same time that someone got dropped off by a big noisy 4WD.. and i dont think i nodded off til 3am..

a seedy feeling day

2007-03-19T19:21:00.000+11:00

Dont know what it is today, but i feel down right seedy.. niggling sick feeling.. cant think of anything that really explains it..
im slowly sleeping better.. i guess its as good as it gets with the bedroom right next to the driveway for 8 units! 4-5 cars... with the walls paper thin and the neighbors talking normal volume at 6am in the morning..
The bunch of us at our block of units are interesting.. drama after drama unfolds.. and i guess everyone knows each others business with the walls being so thin.. that and the most drama comes from next door, poor thing! meh.. i think i will try my hardest to stay out of the gossip..
been playing our new game, Samurai warriors 2 on xbox 360.. and its awesome.
i wore my new shoes yesterday and got blisters... oww on both heels..

ive been trying out kikomans marinade/sauces the ones that huey advertisers.. the honey, ginger garlic and soy is the one ive been using.. quite nice and dont need much..

did quite a bit of laundry today.. the bathroom is packed! tried washing some curtains and i swear they r still yellow even tho the water went yellow.. i will have to get some bleach sometime and really make them 100% white..

low down on the jobs.
the graphic design job in bayswater is not a good pay rate.. bummer! James has the job and starts on thursday if he wants too (it turns out theres not alot of designing in the job even tho that what it was advertised as.. what the??!!). the frankston job has a round 3 interview tomorrow, pays better and would mean that we dont have to move again and God wants us to be in frankston for the long term.

its saturday already

2007-03-17T11:37:00.000+11:00

well... what a week! been kept constantly on our toes.. waiting to find stuff out.. crazy..
anyways Happy Birthday to Maria! ;)
(hope u have a good one!)

if only i had flour, a mixing bowl i would be able to make some bananna bread/cake... yes i now have a cake tin which i used as a pie tin last night! lol!yummy filo pastry sheppards pie!

got new shoes.... and i want more!!!! lol!!! i survived on 3 pairs of shoes for 2months and then downgraded to 1 pair of shoes for 1month.. now if i chuck out my old shoes i will be back to just the 1 pair... im worried bout blisters.. hmm.. ah well got to wear in the shoes some day!

Townsville dec 15th anniversary dinner

2007-03-06T21:19:00.000+11:00

dictonary
Adjective: stonkered
Usage: Brit, Austral, NZ

[Austral, NZ] Very drunk
- besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked [N. Amer], cockeyed, fuddled, loaded [N. Amer], pie-eyed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet, legless [Brit], paralytic [Brit], mullered [Brit], bladdered [Brit], trolleyed [Brit], bombed, liquored up [N. Amer], tanked up, stewed, pickled, bevvied [Brit], drunk, pixillated, squiffed
Very tired
- knackered [Brit], drained [Brit], shagged [Brit], zonked out [Brit], shagged out [Brit], shattered [Brit], zonked [Brit]

See also: drunk, inebriated, intoxicated, tired

we celebrated our anniversary a night late up in Townsville (dec 15th). It was a good night out.. we visited the jupiters Casino found out quickly how small it was ( casino area size was, was like a normal nsw rsl pub! only difference the tiny VIP room and the few tables) but the building is huge with its hotel and resturant etc etc.. (i think in all our 5years of marriage we have spent $2 on the pokies... not the gaming type.. nope we must be just too smart!)

we found out that the casino restaurant was booked out and walked all the way the opposite direction to the street full of their restaurants and decided on good old bennys (that we visited in oct the year b4) and it was great... i was very spoilt and had i think 2 or 3 geisha girls or something it was awesome (and ive been making my own however much more weak) i got stonkered!(but not enough to be throwing up or unconscious... nooo im not into that much poison!) the drink contained: milk, cream, butterscotch schnapps, absolut vanilla vodka, chocolate topping, and i think kahula & the cherry!

the ones i rarely make at home (since it makes me very sleepy or annoyed that i cant concentrate) is like 1/10 of the strength! my own mix is glass of milk, choc topping and 1/4 nip butterscotch schnapps.

and on the night i thought id made up the greatest word to explain how i felt 'stonkered' only to find out now that i must have absorbed it from somewhere else... ah well.

We had a great night out having dinner and then hanging out smooching on the pedestrian bridge where the pic was taken...

pics from animania oct 06 sydney Town hall

2007-03-06T20:39:00.000+11:00

kimono sleeves in the making... oh and the weird stain
bit was me trying to save my work after
a little hand tried to help mummy
while she wasnt looking!

a bit late in posting... this is Tia and I on stage at sydneys town hall! i sewed the kimonos from my trusty pattern and hand painted them! 1st time cosplay (dressing up in costume to be some sort of character usually from anime or video games) our character was kokoro from dead or alive 4 which is on playstation 2.
My obi was of interesting design.. since i didnt have the budget to do a 12metre satin obi or the patience to learn how to do it perfectly and tightly.. i pre-made it with foam, velcro and lots of pins! it also meant that it didnt take a few hours just to put on and that it simple enough to fix up every hour and suitable for a 3year old also to wear!

~~> on stage at the end.. see im not the only crazy one!

Alot of theese pictures where taken by people in the crowd! I wouldnt want to be famous! I was surely treated like one on the day tho! All the girls loved Tia, she was so adorable and they loved that she sat down japanese stye in her kimono (little do they know Tia rarely sits still or always on her knees)

it was hard getting around with everyone asking to take pictures, a experience i wont quicky forget! Getting from one stall to another was a challenge (that and remembering afterwards where i wanted to go)

my kimono was far from perfect and had a few mistakes but i did pretty well in the little time i had... i made the pattern for Tia's kimono from scratch... so proud of that! lol!

the japanese realy do have to be skinny to look good or slim in a kimono! (especially the many layered winter ones)

so yeah... me who is to timid to go anywhere near a gym, let alone a pump class or anything... went on stage... dressed so differently and stood out in a crowd.. drew attention to myself like i would not believe... yikes! and having a ton of cameras going off all by complete strangers and then finding them on the web! what an experience!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
(i will continue to hide now)

in city

2007-02-14T11:59:00.000+11:00

writing very quick.. in the city and its well.. noisy, dirty and busy... but its a city..
last night some homeless hungry dude swiped or punched some guy walking beside us on bourke st (he previously went thru a bin) it was a calvin klein bag.. so the poor dude had some taste.. and the other dude was freaked..
its our 4th night and 3rd day in the city.. saw some old famous tv dude.. john something.. blue heelers?! i know the face dont remember the name...
chinatown last night.. we found it! lol! all the way up the other end.. very small, crammed.. more pricey but some awesome japanese resturants there... altho i wouldnt eat anything there.. as seafood=yuk 2 me.. still house hunting.. waiting on 2 appications.. doing another house today looking in footscray and sunshine.. might do frankston tomorrow.. as the rentals have been up for ages and they r still there... so maybe it would be easier.. and whats 1hr from the city anyways compared to the 3hrs we were previously from sydney?! and its coastal which means it would be colder and lots of parks and beach/coast..

When a weight is lifted off ur shoulders

2007-02-07T23:52:00.000+11:00

God came thru for us today! As we were about to call centrelink (as they said they would call previous day but didnt), centrelink called us! And everything is sorted out! (until we get down to Victoria, and then there will be more centrelink visits and forms..)
Theres what 2 cyclones and a 3rd low pressure system hanging around up here. Which means just strong winds and tons more rain!
The front yard here isnt draining well and green fungus is on the soil and the grass is slowly going yellow coz its been under water for soo long now! The roads are full of extremely dangerous and huge potholes! wow!
on another note, im being eaten alive by mozzies, and i seem to be the only one being eaten! and im reacting badly to them like never before....
My eating diary (if i could keep 1) would be the worst ever, my excuse being we dont have enough money to feed everyone here healthy stuff on our previous tiny budget, my MIL would still have to cook for her son anyways (extreme carnavore diet) its not my kitchen.. but excuses aside, i will have my own kitchen very soon!
Hubby got his szechuan peppercorns today with sake for the stir fry tomorrow night. cant wait!!!!!
now to check ticket prices again for Friday!

crazy time

2007-02-06T16:16:00.000+11:00

WOW!
its been awhile!
so we r up in north queensland, with all the floods, heat and cyclones lurking around and i'm itching to get out of here and down into our new home down in victoria!
Ive got my eyes on place in particular it has so many simularities to where we lived in nsw! So its definately a awesome place for us, not far from the city 15kms or so.. theres tons of schools and shopping, banks and all the stuff we need. It will mean us walking a bit more to get to places, but then thats cool with me!
(i can do with all the help i can get right now)
So we r looking into the surroundings of this suburb and found a few places very close to one another (like a walk down the road from each other) and all in a reasonable cost for us too!
So thinking of flying down on the friday, staying the night somewhere... doing something with our luggage and then going off to real estate agents and asking for the key to inspect this place i want! filling out the forms and waiting for that call back.. this house is available on the friday so getting keys on saturday wont be a problem.. its just what to do with our 'travelling house' (the luggage)
its been good staying with james parents (inlaws) and Tia has grown to get to know them all and have a bit of fun altho she isnt much into the cuddles n kisses with them... lil kids can be so weird like that.. anyways God has been good to us up here and my inlaws have been so great... altho i have been a brat alot to them.. ah shucks!!!!
the weight has been piling on, its pretty bad.. all that hard work, sweat and tears (eating healthy and not the crap) has gone to waste.. bugger! i have been under sooo much stress it isnt funny.. im sure ive lost 10yrs of life just in stress... crap! ah well all can be gained back when we finally settle in our own place.. and all we have a tiny budget.
centrelink stink! ^^ but thats what u get i suppose... it not just living expenses u recieve its more like compensation for going thru all their mistakes, blunders and 1 person saying stuff that ws different to the person u talked to the previous day.. and letters sent late but dated 5 days ago?! AARRRGHHH!!!! weve called up sooo many times! >< its meant to be settled today.. but we shall see... as we have heard all that and other stories before... i'm sure to them a family of 3 is meant to live off $230 a fortnight... lucky we dont have to pay rent!!!!! rant over... *sigh*
did i mention our house is in our suitcases? we have inflatable mattresses and stuff.. no fridge, microwave and stuff like that.. so it will mean paying off the debt of getting down there and getting a place and then looking at fridges and getting some of the stuff we didnt sell shipped down! lol! we will have a xbox 360 but no tv! lol! ><

spent a night on magnetic island with james in a bungalow... it rained the next day and i was missing Tia alot... the ferry ride was very queasy with the high swell (townsville has no waves.. it also has mud and not sand!) and of course in townsville when its stinking hot the stingers, sting rays and sharks, crocs r out at the beach... a bus fare here 1 way is $5! and they only come here like 5 times in 24hrs... its nuts! >< the only way to live up here is to own and drive a car and work most of 24hrs in a day as its sooo boring! (it doesnt help that we have to wait around for centrelink each day and have no money anyways to do anything and cant really buy anything as we already paid $98 in excess luggage in sydney on the way here) and shops are shut on sunday WTH?! ok townsville rant over...

im going to miss my wonderful inlaws... they have been awesome.. wish they lived more south tho!

my parents r moving to canberra from newie! yay! its been a long time comming!
so that will make them closer again to us in melb.

weve been thinking, planning and dreaming alot up here.. alot of our first planning seems so crazy! the whole thing is crazy! But God is in control so everything seems to be working out! ^^
i hate saying goodbye so ... wow i did a really bad job at that... somehow with alot of mis-information most of church believes we r moving to brisbane?! to be closer to the inlaws.. but yeah.. dunno how they got that idea! Its melbourne!!! should really finish telling people.. altho i dont really have a way to contact them anyways.. ah well..

have to re-focus and pay off debt and loose weight.... plan to start trying for a lil boy around october this year... and i plan on making that pregnancy much healthier than i was with Tia... hopefully i will have more brains when it comes to cravings and instant lazy take away food.

I just cannot wait to settle! James can start looking for a job once we get down there as the distance and the fact that we arent already down there and nothings cemmented that no-one looks at his resume/letter twice!

animania!

2006-08-29T14:05:00.000+10:00

another not so bad week... think the only bad thing was that supreme pizza on sunday night? when most other shops where shut and i felt really sick... pizza was the only thing that didnt make my stomache turn over..
past couple days havent been good.. either had guests over or on friday night had huge migrane ouch! so only did 1/2hr on bike and thought id get to it later at night but i felt like i had been hit over the head with a frying pan! my neck and my shoulders were so tense and painful... a hot shower and bed at 8.30 helped alot..
so no bike over the weekend? i think.. but did an hour yesterday so should get back into the swing of things soon!
Got a new game 'Harvest moon, a wonderful life special edition' pretty cool, much cooler than the old playstation 1 version..
on the plus side i did finish the 'hello kitty, roller rescue' game.. i was shocked i thought it would get harder and that there was more to the game.. but thats cool just means Tia can play it in a few years time..
*sigh*
been stressed and excited. have just heard about a few conventions on in sydney!
one being animania, sydney town hall over the long weekend sat/sun. Going with hubby and Tia, probably stay overnight somewhere.. we are all going to cosplay (costume play) and so i have alot of work to do.. alot of sewing and stuff!
decided that i will go as this character, Kokoro from Dead or Alive 4 (video game)its very pretty and just involves making a kimono (easy peasy) and then painting the flowers on (as theres no way the fabric exists) been studying pictures of her and what other people have come up with and picking out their mistakes.. so i hope not to make the same ones! i will have geta (the shoes) but not that high.. as its an art to walk in them.
So animania will be cool, a few other cosplayers.. and video game lovers and anime lovers all in the one place! I will have to pretend to be not so camera shy too.. Tia i think will cosplay in the same outfit, only much smaller.. LOL!
we make theese plans then james calls his mum and she says they will be down in the last week of september! When we plan to spend the last day(s?) of that last week in sydney. they are comming down and spending time in sydney and then would be comming up to see us. Well that put a bit of stress on me, as we have no clue when they are comming down and we already have plans. but james says that we have made plans and will stick with them! and we can always see them down in sydney! (but i think they want to go up anyways to see all their old church friends!)
anyways my birthday is comming soon.. will be 24 this year? oh gosh, like i have a clue.. will have to get the calculator out to make sure.. i dislike getting older but since living with hubby we are becomming one another! eep! he now has a love for food and my cooking.. and i'm slowly not caring about my age and dates as such.. altho i do try and go all out when it comes to Tia's birthday.. but maybe that goes for all parents?! hmmm
the date was wrong on my phone, so that explains why it went off on the weekend (when it wasnt programmed to) and why it didnt go off this morning (when it was meant too) so we woke up a bit late.. only 8.30am.. altho hubby is meant to start at 8am!!! oops! im glad his work needs him soo badly (its not the first time this has happened)
anyways its all gray and cold... and have alot left too do.. been very busy!
cya

let me think for a sec

2006-08-14T08:25:00.000+10:00

well.. 1st rant for today: Since when is it called a peace rally when aussie lebanese shout "down! down! USA!"????!!!! thats not a chant for peace! geez!

Well i havent reported since day 3 of trying my hardest! Let me think of how well i have or havent done.. hmmm well no doubt weekends are very tough!
Exercise for the week: [Exercise Bike]
mon & tues 1hr
wed 45mins
thurs 1hr 10
fri 1/2hr
sat 1/2hr
sun 1/2hr

I didnt have a 'rest' day i was very worried that id have that 'rest day' and then have some more 'rest' days! I know just doing one form of exercise isnt the greatest but im so darn lazy it will have to do until i really get bored or start enjoying exercising! I figured that on rest days you arent exactly meant to sit on the couch all day either.. and so by doing a few 1/2hrs it was pretty easy on my tender butt and sore legs and kinda made them not so sore anymore (if that makes sense)

I will confess ive been weighing each morning and pretty darn peeved! keep seeing 87! darn it, im doing really good and exercising my lazy butt and no rewards yet..
"patience my young padawan"~ yoda

so saturday: sausage egg mcmuffin, 1/2 hash brown, 1 sesame snap, 1 mini mar bar cheesecake, homemade lean burger n salad and tonight a mexican potato dish and a skim mocha caramelatte..
sunday: 1 fluffy pikelet whipped cream and strawberries, 5 smarties?, beef minute steak and salad roll, roll with lite marg, 1 chuppa chup, 1 chicken sweet chilli sauce n lite sour cream tortilla n salad.

so not great, but they are by far my worst days all week and i did pretty darn well good. considering!!!!!!!!! DARN FUNDRAISER CHOCS!!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH! They drove me insane BUT i DIDNT have ANY! OH MY GOODNESS! me?! no chocolates?! Hubby has taken them to his work where they will stay and be bought! [$2 ea for: nestle crunch bar, peppermint crisp, aero bar, kitkat, kitkat crunchy, kitkat crunchy caramel, smarties, milo bar, violet crumble, milky bar] i did have like 5 smarties but Tia and james ate the rest of the box!
tons of chocolate but none really any of my favourites and the only tempting one was 20% saturated fat! The milky bar had 10g of saturated fat (and more other fats) but my goodness.
I did survive! yikes! And im so proud of eating all this salad stuff! LOL!

On another note, my hubby is clearing out the garage. Its pickup week this week so everyones trashy old lounges and junk are out.. he threw out all his junky pieces of electronic things like bits of motors, copper wire, transistors, resistors but he kept the good stuff and gave a ton of magnets to Tia who would try to play with them and get mad coz they would just snap all together or something...

i think i will be avoiding maccas for a very long time *fingers crossed* after reading that to burn off 1 big mac takes 1.5hrs cycling! so not worth that!!!

anyways Tia is sleeping in (why cant she do this on the weekend?!) almost 9am i had better start getting stuff done..
oh. Tia has gone up a stage in toilet training by getting herself up on the toilet (without her little step n toilet seat thing) No accidents all weekend, even out shopping! Still along way to go, like her telling me she needs to go and the dreaded no.2s!

Day 3 of being good!

2006-08-09T08:19:00.000+10:00

My head is still above water! Doing well!
not really bothered bout the gain as i expect a nice loss next week with all this good eating and exercise i seem to be the old me again that could loose weight and keep away from macdonalds!

speaking bout maccas. here they are trialing this new dinner menu of 'real food' like pasta and rendeng beef or pasta sauce or some sort of honey chicken but its all $7.95-$8.95.. and all microwaved! thats right. My brother has a friend that works at maccas and told him they have 9 new microwaves out the back to cook this new menu!
And so no deli choices are available after 5.30pm! and then at the express maccas (closer to my house) they have none of the deli choices (only lean beef burger) and all the fatty quarter pounders and stuff.. whats going on?! so much for healthy choices! (not that i plan on going back for ages anyways!!!) but still im going to whinge!
there! done!

paris hilton, heard the song awhile back on www.news.com.au website.. pretty boring song, nice back-up singer!!!.. hope she does well with it.. watched her interview with molly on sunrise, cant the girl talk?! she just seemed to mumble her answers/replies.. odd.

sugar/fat tax... do we really need to pay anymore taxes?! geez... only days ago it was alcohol tax fairly due to alcohol content of the drink to go towards helping people that are addicted to getting drunk... maybe there should be a methodone tax and a gambling tax and a desk job tax and a processed flour tax, a additives&preservatives tax... hell why not have a body rego day where you get a checkup and get fined for smoking, being obese, damaged liver, pos drug test, high insulin result/diabetes2??!!! why is it that only when our money disapears do we care what we are doing to ourselves?!

tia is doing tons better with toilet training down to 0 or 1 accident a day, if she decides to have a nap (eep!) or if it regards a no#2.. she was pretty good with her potty so to make it easier we call the toilet 'the big potty' seems to work better than 'toilet' for her! whatever works i suppose! and to her it is a bigger potty!

weigh in for last week

2006-08-02T13:04:00.001+10:00

the sooner my favourite season goes the better! i am on cold no.3 with cold no.2 just lurking with a rare wheezy cough.
cold no.3 is a head cold complete with constant sneezing, sinus pain, tons of blowing my nose(ew) and watery eyes... (on sudafed stuff)
and with too much macdonalds this week my weigh in is
PW 85.8
CW 86.4
GW 70
on that yo-yo still, with of course myself to blame. no bike exercise all week and too much macdonalds! oh well, have to keep telling myself i am not giving up/taking a break from this. also have to tell myself constantly im not on a diet im just meant to be eating healthy 2 be healthy. and that going to an extreme is not healthy.

from my LITS weigh in thread.. since i cant find it here on my blog

Green tea n stuff

2006-07-27T20:17:00.000+10:00

well.
Life is busy when im not glued to the video games! how odd, by choice i havent played any in the past 2 days and the day i played before that was only bout an hour or so!
i keep feeling like ive changed my life around or like im in some sort of stage in my life that ive been here before..
been busy cleaning, cleaning, cooking, gardening and all the little games and songs of Tia plus all the cleaning etc that goes with toilet training.. im not giving in, i will keep at it this time till it sticks like glue to her! (my goodness i/we need prayer in that)
so green tea, getting used to it. its not so plant in hot water taste.. i can actually drink it without pulling any faces! LOL! my immune system needs all the freakin help it can get!! im so sick of being sick! GRRR!
got fish oil tablets today, since i dont eat fish(by choice) so im sure my body will be so shocked to have omega 3!
since i was going to put this in my blog anyways this latest revelation, i posted it on LITS and have copied it here (for safe-keeping and to remind myself)

thinking bout how much you love yourself. clearly if you love yourself you want the best! You want to be healthy (and take the steps to get there) You want to avoid any more harm to your body and avoid risks of cancers, diabetes, heart disease(caused by obesity)
take note Love is not an emotion, Love is a choice. You have to choose to love yourself. (which i do understand is hard)

"Happiness is not a destination, it is a way of travel"

ok so i screwed up

2006-07-14T20:54:00.000+10:00

my weigh in for previous weight that i just put down pretty sure i got that wrong and put down the lowest weight i dropped too in that week (the next day! ha!) so ive been caught sneakin at the scales!! LOL!
ah well, im glad its an occasional thing and not a every morning thing!! much happier with that.. i have no clue what i was this morning or yesterday morning.. ;)
ive found my passion, altho silly i somehow can splurge in it as i like it heaps?! and its just for me! (i have some weird spending-money-on-self complex which i guess comes from a low income family and being the oldest.. ) so now i know what i want and i really want it! im aiming for it, and its a instant thing (not a having a baby in the future and going to japan next year or so perhaps) its a next week im going to loose weight and get me a hello kitty thing! i went to Target this week, they have a selection of 5 different pjs and a singlet and undies! (for adults)[of course pretty darn overpriced, but then i do have that complex of bargain hunting!] i did check out the kids stuff and was upset hello kitty stuff started at size 8 and so Tia misses out! aw!
but anyways Target was cleaning out some kid hello kitty accesories , so i got a watch for $1.86, some fingernail(hello kitty) transfers for 89c and a hello kitty hair-band for $1.89 so that was awesome! What i like at a price i like!
ive had pizza tonight, and too much garlic bread, but no stressing! Ive behaved for 5 days! a miracle! ;) and i only had er 4 pieces? @ 3.5pts each. (instead of 7/8 pieces in 1 sitting!)
also managed 35mins on the bike already tonight, wow im bit out of shape! Not that this cold helps! (will have to take care of myself and keep praying!)
I have to keep this butt moving to get down to 80 for my bday! *yawn* i could so fall asleep now..

sick of being sick & lots of babies going around!

2006-06-12T16:13:00.000+10:00

what a funny cartoon! ;) so true sometimes!
ive had this cold.. and hubby and i have been talking sooo much bout babies! he wants me to have the baby (birth and all) in japan.. and im just not keen on that!!! (might have to remind him of who is actually giving birth here!!! hello!) im keen on making bub in japan and having it at home (as well as most of the pregnancy.. i dont want to be a wide load in a busy place like japan!)
also Tia has been saying 'baby' alot, in reference to herself.. im not sure whats going on there.. she is a little girl now, not a baby ;) (so we keep telling her) she was saying baby so much when my mum visited that my mum thought there was a baby on the way! and there was some weird boy/girl thing she said to my brothers, my mum said 'i didnt think she went to any daycare/preschool" and no she doesn't! lol! She just called daddy a 'good girl' the other day! how cute! ;)
bleh! so ive been feeling sick, mainly at the thought of food and sometimes the smell.. but mainly the thought.. so i had to take a test to find out whether or not i was pregnant.. unfortunately i didnt choose the really good one you can just use anytime but some other one.. but i figure id have to be a few weeks in to be feeling sick and so it should pick up pregnancy if i am.. it doesnt figure mathmatically at all... so im figuring that this sick feeling is just this darned cold. ;)
its so freezing! loosing the little fat i have i am certainly feeling the cold!
i also believe that typing with gloves on should be a olympic sport, especially if they r for males and so much bigger! gah! ah well at least for once they arent so cold its painful!

ive been feelin pretty down these past few days, and ive eaten way to many dream freddos!
im wondering how well this weigh in will go with this cold and few hours on the exercise bike along with the freddos! eep!

girly push ups.. making a start!

2006-06-09T21:31:00.000+10:00

This is a bit extreme, not only the tough/full way but with extra weight on top! OW. i'm not aiming for this.. but maybe a few real push ups instead of my current record of 0.

This is what its meant to look like! add a record of 0

A bit younger than this pic shows of me was when i probably did the most push ups in my whole life. actually make that a definite!

And you see i was born a fitness yunkie! really.. im sure..

So ive been at it for 2 days and i must say im not touching the ground with my chest but i am getting lower! LOL! Just have to keep at it until i can get down without going splat! (as i quite often do and very successful at)
ive been thinking and trying out floor exercises (like i should have been for ages) giving it a shot now as i havent been on the bike for a few days now.
My cold is improving, its just at its worse at night and especially while im trying to fall asleep! So remembering teen years of terrible period pain i sit up in bed and try to chill.. til its very hard to stay awake and then lay down and fall asleep in a pinch!
talking bout sleep.. i noticed Tia was falling asleep in her chair while eating dinner. very cute! she hasnt done that in ages! guessing yesterdays walk/shopping wore her out plus getting up early(normal time) this morning when i expected her to sleep in!
very scattered tonight, sorry bout that.. i will just blame it on the cold and that my bedtime is 10mins away.. i luv my sleep!
ive added some recipes into the LITS forum. mostly sweets. thought id quickly type them up before i returned the slimming mag back to the library!
anyways best be putting the chicken stock ive made into the fridge before i *yawn* hop to bed!

PLEASE becareful on the roads this long weekend! Especially if its raining! slow down!!!!
Trying to save/catch up time by speeding must just end the time you(and/or any precious passengers) have!

Week 1 -start of challenge Weigh in

2006-06-07T08:27:00.000+10:00

This weeks weigh in 7/6/06
Previous weight: 86.5
Current Weight: 86.1
Loss: .400g!

Start weight: 99 in 2005
total loss: 12.9kgs!
1.6kgs away from half way!

Not bad for a cold! (altho did exercise 6/7)
also waited for the body fat to do its thing and it had dropped also, how nice! Still not paying a ton of attention to it..

New scales!

2006-06-06T09:43:00.000+10:00

We got new scales!!!
digital again like our last ones (which still work perfectly mind you) but instead of the nearest .5kg its to the nearest 100g! whoot! Its so weird! Ive never lost 100g before! LOL! or gained that much that i know of! (of course it may be so)
they are also body fat ones, not that im paying attention to it, in fact im used to the non-body fat ones so much that after i see my weight i hop off! right as it tries to do the body fat/hydration thingy.. lol! besides last time i did, it said 45 and on the booklet the range only goes up to 45!
I already know how much fat ive got just looking at myself, i dont need anything to agree with me!
James really wanted the body fat ones, and theres not that many types of digital 100g increment scales that dont have it..

The cold report!

2006-06-06T09:31:00.000+10:00

Been awhile since i wrote anything and havent been looking after this blog so i should get around to it soon!
I have a cold! :( Not happy! Just the general sneezing, running nose and coughing fits.. Tia also has the cold (where else do you get colds from?!) and its hit her harder, the poor thing gets woken up in the night with a sore throat and coughing fits.. she got a fever on sunday night and is awfully clingy, quiet and cuddly not to mention sleepy. SO much so i was afraid in the beginging that it was menegacocal (wow not a word u want in a spelling bee!) as she was just drifting to sleep all the time and putting herself to bed! (during the day!)
Been feeling quite tired myself, but cant nap as i already feel quite sick and naps make me feel queasy afterwards.. not to mention the kind of trouble Tia might get up(while im asleep) to if she wakes up soon! Last night was a shocker! I remember waking up to a coughing fit and then later on Tia waking up with coughing fit and crying, so some kids panadol and more vicks rub and a drink later i put her to bed.. have several coughing fits myself as soon as that settles and im about to fall asleep Tia is up again and crying! AAHHH!!! She got into trouble, cried and got over it, while i dealt with coughing fits (cold air) before i could fall asleep again.. and James i think woke up when i got out of bed.. so good to hear the coughing wasnt waking him up!
Have been doing my 1hr bike exercise. Nothing near pushing myself, sweating or puffing i just figure all i can manage(without coughing fits) is movement! lol! a nice sunday stroll!
since pledging to stay at home and not go out til we are better or the weather improves... and James might just find himself doing the grocery shopping this week! (which he might enjoy too much, me not being there and wanting to go down every aisle! minus lollies and chips/softdrink aisles)

last weeks weigh in

2006-06-06T09:29:00.000+10:00

late in putting this in. But should post it so i can look back at all the weigh ins
PW 87
CW 86.5
GW 70
SW in 2005 99

lost that .5kg gain!

crazy house

2006-05-28T20:33:00.000+10:00

Things are quite crazy here.
first off, still toilet training Tia. Isnt helping at all with all the shopping trips and outings we seem to go to. But in a few weeks time we will be staying home a extra day so it might help. Yes she needs to be trained how to cope being out, away from the house and all.. but maybe after i see some more leaps and bounds with toilet/potty training at home. at the moment very successful with going to potty. upgrading to the toilet means a long dash to the bathroom and this is also tempting for her to play with the sink and the cupboards and draws and toothbrushes.. and everything else annoying. At the moment she holds in at the last moment, pull-ups she just goes in but helps if we are out shopping and i remember to put her on the toilet..
with exercise, ive stepped back up to challenging myself. ive done 1hr each day, but had sunday off (hey theres nothing on tv anyways!) i even put on don burkes japan dvd one afternoon to pedal too! (i miss burkes backyard!)
food wise. i started off, all well and good. said id do a food journal and yeah i did, all of the 1st breakfast last monday! Oh dear! and then chinese, twisties, tripple cheeseburger, chicken cesar deli roll and yeah i dont deserve a loss this week! :(
Can i do better?! I sure do hope so. Otherwise im just going to pile the weight back on!
noticed one new issue.
[brain says= im cold! Lets eat!] i think, good idea.. now is there anything to eat?! hmm nope. bummer! (lucky)
having chinese take away at home with candles and all, is soo nice. its been awhile since we have done a romantic dinner, especially ones at home. I just have to change my thoughts that lite dinners, with a ton less sugar and fat can be romantic too!!
i find myself wishing i could just sit on the bike for 2-4hours a day, but thats insane! i know it isnt possible just coz my legs ache and the seat (with a gel cover) so kills my butt after a hour! let alone more! i have done 2hrs before in a day, 1hr in morning 1hr at night.. i think its just my all-or-nothing and loose-weight-quick brain talking.. and the last thing i want to do is burn myself out and withdraw from using the bike again!
the challenge finished and another one starting up again! woohoo! sign up and join in at Living in the suburbs.

i feel i really bummed out in this challenge, perhaps i can turn that into fuel to use in the next challenge.
Just need to find the button again i guess, dont know whats going on with me. i think it must be just discepline.

a late update on last wed weigh in

2006-05-28T20:31:00.000+10:00

PW 86.5
CW 87
SW 99
GW 70

Gained: .5

weigh in wk 18/52 wk? of 6wk challenge

2006-05-12T09:02:00.000+10:00

so confused over what week its up to in the challenge.
Just catching up on wednesday weigh in.
PW 86.5
CW 86.5
so the same as last week.
GW is 70
2kgs of half way!

gotta keep going to try and catch up on everything and then get some exercise done to work off all that party food!!!!

Tia's birthday 11th May

2006-05-12T08:58:00.000+10:00

So

i survived Tia's birthday!

weigh in wk 17/52 wk5 of 6wk challenge

2006-05-03T07:58:00.000+10:00

biggest weight 99kg in 05
previous weigh in: 88kg
current weight: 86.5kg
loss 1.5kg
goal weight: 70kg
TL: 12.5kgs
1.5kgs til mini goal
16.5kgs to goal!!!

(hope all that maths is right. lol) Hows that! stuck on 88 for ages and im blessed with a nice loss. This week has been weird! Been heaps busy with life, not that cleaning or making play dough is really that exciting!
This just might be the kick up the bum suprise i needed to get back on track and actually really behave and have the strength to stay away from the junkfood.
subway just opened up in our main shopping centre so (theres one out the centre and down the highway) so now i can look at kfc, maccas, chinese, roasts etc and then subway and go there! LOL! (its taken like 2months to open up)

a mothers dictionary!

2006-04-24T15:13:00.000+10:00

- A Mother's Dictionary

Bottle feeding: An opportunity for Daddy to get up at 2 am too.
Defense: What you'd better have around the yard if you're going to let the children play outside.
Drooling: How teething babies wash their chins.
Dumbwaiter: One who asks if the kids would care to order dessert.
Family planning: The art of spacing your children the proper distance apart to keep you on the edge of financial disaster
Feedback: The inevitable result when the baby doesn't appreciate the strained carrots.
Full name: What you call your child when you're mad at him.
Grandparents: The people who think your children are wonderful even though they're sure you're not raising them right.
Hearsay: What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.
Impregnable: A woman whose memory of labor is still vivid.
Independent: How we want our children to be as long as they do everything we say.
Look out: What it's too late for your child to do by the time you scream it.
Prenatal: When your life was still somewhat your own.
Preprared childbirth: A contradiction in terms.
Puddle: A small body of water that draws other small bodies wearing dry shoes into it.
Show off: A child who is more talented than yours.
Sterilize: What you do to your first baby's pacifier by boiling it and to your last baby's pacifier by blowing on it.
Storeroom: The distance required between the supermarket aisles so that children in shopping carts can't quite reach anything.
Temper tantrums: What you should keep to a minimum so as to not upset the children.
Top bunk: Where you should never put a child wearing Superman jammies.
Two-minute warning: When the baby's face turns red and she begins to make those familiar grunting noises.
Verbal: Able to whine in words
Whodunit: None of the kids that live in your house.
Whoops: An exclamation that translates roughly into "get a sponge."

YAY!

2006-04-24T15:03:00.000+10:00

been busy.. doing the usual, shopping, cleaning, cooking and keeping warm. Its sooo cold! (im not complaining)
checked on my BMI today, at 88kgs at 170cm gives me 30! Just in overweight! just.. but thats good enough it can only get better!

Weigh in for week 16/52 wk3 of 6wk challenge

2006-04-19T08:11:00.000+10:00

biggest weight 99kg in 05
previous weigh in: 88.5kg
current weight: 88kg
loss .5kg
goal weight: 70kg
TL: 11kgs
3kgs til mini goal
18kgs to goal!!!

Ok so i lost that gain from last week, but seriously just think its a plateau im stuck on. (my cheap digi scales weigh to the nearest 500g) So this week ive planned a break from chicken pieces and filo pastry (glad its all gone!) Meals this week will be:(dinners) Mango chicken breast and salad. Pepper steak and roast veggies, Lamb meatball skewers with salad and Beef mince spicy stirfry with veggies and udon or soba noodles.(lunches): salad, wedges & pasta. So craving salad, fruits... in a odd phase again i guess. :D
Have been having soo much trouble staying out of Tias easter chocolates! Its driving me mad! All i can think of is cream filled small chocolate eggs.. aaahhh!! had 3 yesterday and 3 the day before...
my goals this week are:

keep up good water habits 2lt+
get garden up to scratch
bike x7
total gym x7
stretches x14
lean meals all week
stick to plans & goals
focus and stay positive
eat more fruit and veg
keep out of Tias chocolate

Happy Easter

2006-04-16T21:09:00.000+10:00

The hard work has been done for us!

had only 2 bites of chocolate.. one being a suprise piece in my coffee.. the other giving in to a little dream bunny ears! :D not guilty bout it. great day, church in morning and then lunch and dinner at mum and dads.. which got a bit much at the end with 1 spare nappy and 3 pairs of undies later for little miss tia... should have taken more nappies! ah well.. at least all her accidents were on the kitchen tiles and not on mums carpet!
Hope you all had a great Easter! :D

weigh in week 15/52 of 06/ wk2 of 6wk challenge

2006-04-12T11:59:00.000+10:00

biggest weight 99kg in 05
previous weigh in: 88kg
current weight: 88.5kg
gained .5kg
goal weight: 70kg

Darn grumpy this morning.. and still grumpy! Will just have to try just as hard to get the ball rolling again down the hill... i was going to give my reward $ as a gift to our sponsor child... so i will move that to the next reward i get next week with a nice loss along with it.. hubby is speeding ahead of me :( got a bit of catching up to do! bummer!

Nerves

2006-04-11T09:51:00.000+10:00

darn it. i dont know why i leave it to the last day to behave and focus... for a loss on weigh in tomorrow. i have been really distracted since hubby joined me. Its become rare for me to weigh so often on non-weigh in days. which is good, i guess. This morning scales said 88kg. i will be happy with that tomorrow.. altho im wishing for a loss... but i dont think ive been that good!
discovered a alternative to KFC chicken;
my version from super food ideas.
plain flour 1/3 cup
1 chicken thigh fillet
pepper & salt
szechaun pepper
cooking spray
dribble of canola oil

heat oven 230 deg cel. in a roasting pan (or cookie tray whatever) dribble small amount of canola oil and spray lightly with cooking oil.
place flour and seasonings on a plate and mix. dip chicken fillet into flour mixture to coat. shake of excess. place on tray/pan spray piece of chicken with cooking spray. place in oven. depending on how much chicken your cooking, keep an eye on it. after 10mins turn over. cook and serve with lemon wedges, sweet chilli sauce... or salad.. or homemade wedges.. or in a bun... or with rice. very yummy! ;)

edited to say that i was flicking thru the previous ww mag and saw the same kind of recipe! odd! lol! :D

another use for Hi-5 Yogurt

2006-04-11T09:45:00.000+10:00

Wk 14/52 Week 1 of 6Week challenge Weigh in

2006-04-05T17:18:00.000+10:00

Wednesday Weigh in
Start weight (in 05) 99kg
Previous weight 89kg
Current weight 88kg
Loss: 1kg
Total Loss: 11kg
Goal: 70kg

WOOHOO! Another 1kg gone. And dont i know it today.. my black pants i can feel falling down (not to my knees or past my butt or anything but enough to be annoying! They arent hipsters! geez..
Such a awesome start to this 6 week challenge! And back to the lightest ive been (in the last few weeks)

Be proud of:
No Take out! (a mircale!)
Loss of 1kg
Being happy
er working out at least 3 times
drinking more water
resisting the lolly aisle, the chippy aisle, coke zero
and anything else to naughty (besides thoose 2 krispy kreme donuts & frozen yogurt)

Cant believe how careful i have to be, like im in the wars here! I cut my finger with the prunning saw on the weekend and then on monday i cut myself in the same spot doing dinner! Ow! (it was only very little thank goodness!) but yeah.. weird..

Week 1 of 6 week challenge goals

2006-04-03T08:44:00.000+10:00

Dont give into cravings
No takeout
No extremes
Track ww points daily
Blog daily if possible
Sweat it out on the bike x6
Get house & garden up to scratch
Drink 2Lt at least a day
Stay focused and positive
Loose .5-1kg this week!

Cut my finger (pointing finger left hand) during gardening accident. Prunning saw jumped out and bit me! Not happy... (but praise the lord i didnt do worse and need stitches or loose the tip of my finger)
Tried Krispy Kreme donuts (orignal glazed) had 2 of em sunday, so working them off today.(also had a light dinner last night) on sunday weighed in at a exciting 88.5kg! So im hoping for another loss on wednesday! (better get on the bike!)
Have a ton of cleaning to do. Not to mention wash all the winter clothes now that its sooo cold! WOOOHOOO!!!!! Goodbye summer heat/humidity!!!!!!! Bring on the rain!(after my clothes are dry)
Got my reward of $34 on wednesday, like i said (??did i) i wanted a nice pair of workout pants.. went to target (only had $20 on me) trying to find a pair that i liked for $20 or just under.. most were over that much... and then i came across a nice pair of long brown workout pants for $8.90! down from $30! woohoo! So im loving them! :D and that leaves me with more money to spend on silly things.. like frozen yougurt! lol! and a midori splice (how nice! a melony,cocount,pineapple drink) now thats rare for me to say something alcohlic is nice!
Tia is still hating her porridge... grrr, been a few times now.. i even put nutella in hers this morning! lol!
Sharon you asked what sake tastes like.. well ive never had beer(it doesnt pass the smell test) normal sake i guess tastes sharp... i prefer top notch sake (which we cant get unless we go to sydney or order it) the best sake tastes less dirty(in comparison).. its a bit odd... never tasted anything like it..

Weigh in week 13 of 2006

2006-03-29T10:59:00.000+11:00

(now wednesdays not saturdays)
Start weight 99kg in 2005
previous weigh in 90kg
current weigh in 89kg
Loss: 1kg
Total Loss: 10kg
Goal weight: 70kg
Weight til goal 19kg
Height: 170cm

Exercise:
2hr monday bike.
1/2hr tuesday bike.
Walk to shops.

Proud of:
Sitting back in the wagon!
Having a milky way when chocolate cravings hit
Being good at meal times (smaller portions, no oil)
Exercising!!!!!! YAY!!!
Sticking to points and having some left over at the end of day!

The new Challenge

2006-03-27T09:16:00.000+11:00

The next challenge is loosing weight with hubby.
I was thinking bout doing optifast/TFerguson (my BMI is 31) but then im worried it would break me, bit too extreme for me. Im no toughie when it comes to food.
Both have 20kgs to loose.
Got a new gel pad bike seat cover for the exercise bike, as im tired of roughing the hard seat out on my tailbone.. and hubby hated the bike. Now the seat should be a butt-saver!
Doing the rewards meant looking at our budget figuring out what we could do.
So every week if its not a gain. $32 in my pocket to spend on what i like. (total of 2 bottles of sake that hubby loves. @17 points a bottle! yikes) me im planning already a nice pair of workout pants!
at every 5kgs theres a $100 cash bonus. (probably splash on the buying video game withdrawls) at 10kgs (halfway) theres a weekend trip to melbourne and a bit of spending $$. the next 5kgs another $100 bonus. The end is still up in the air.. probably the $500 on clothes still.. hmmm..

So im excited, ready to do this!

Weigh in Week 12 of 2006

2006-03-27T09:13:00.000+11:00

(late in blogging the news)

Gained .5 from last week
now 90kg (groans)

Another week of not the best eating and no exercise.
Abcess thing is gross, but a ton better. I cant use it as an excuse this week as im sure its fine if it gets wet with sweat working out.. since showering is fine now.

Weigh in for week 11 of 2006

2006-03-18T17:32:00.000+11:00

did i say id give this week 100%?! well i tried..
SW 99 (in 05)
PW 88.5
CW 89.5
GW 70
gain of 1kg
bad week! And another week of waiting for our new mattress to arrive to go! :(
tons of stress this week. Terrible 2s... and a weird gross wound just under my breast i thought was a weird pimple or cyst turns gunky and goes black/purple hubby says gangrene i freak out.. go to doctors next day to be told its a abcess thingy possible staph infection so all is good. its covered up and i have to swipe with iodine every day.. along with chunky antibiotic pills. And today its looking 100thousand times better and have only been on antibiotics for 24hrs! Its gross, its uncomfortable.. i cant run, anything that stretches my breast hurts.. so too much stress this week..
been thinking bout how i was kinda on the horse just not on the saddle.. maybe being dragged holding onto the horse or doing some insane stunt riding on the underbelly of the horse in thoose shows.. i would binge but id pick the healthiest binge.. i.e i couldnt decide between a whole pac of mint choc biscuits and a pac of cheese twists well the cheese twists had 1/2 of what a whole pack of the biscuits.. and then later in the week it was japanese seaweed crackers vs deli rock chips and size vs size the crackers won hands down and when i ate them i found it was impossible to eat the whole packet!

its one of thoose weeks..

2006-03-15T17:02:00.000+11:00

todays recap: did chores in the morning, load of washing, dishes, cleaning up toys, moping the kitchen floor.. little did i know i was going to wash the same floor twice again all before 4pm!
Little Miss Naughty, 1st time (after i defrosted the fridge i took the eggs out (so the cartons didnt get soggy) and also the iceblocks had defrosted (kids ones in the plastic..) somehow she opened one and covered herself, the floor and cupboards in it! So put her in the shower and clean floor.. after lunch i was trying to fix pc/monitor to get a lil bit of sim2 time in (1st time in weeks!) after 2hrs i fix it.. and play a bit to come out and find Tia and at least 8 eggs on the kitchen floor.. cupboards and dads shirt i had washed in the morning!!! So all the eggs we had are on the floor and on tia. so pissed off!!!! i was planning to make a few small single serve pavolovas and a nice breakie for hubby tomorrow! So off to the shower again for her and time for me to clean up the mess of 8 eggs.
hubby gets home and i broke down. He offers me a ice cream.. i got a ultra magnum the toffee nut.. was nice.. worth the 1300+kj and 13g sat fat? i guess so.. was suprising that they had a tip on the wrapper in plain sight says "Streets ultra magnum is an indulgent adult treat & to be enjoyed occasionally as part of a balanced diet. if you overindulge we recommend some brisk walks or an intimate romp with your partner' so im pretty proud of magnums saying that its pretty wicked and u should exercise after eating (hey maybe it could turn into the norm and along with refridgerate after opening theres a 'exercise after eating' as well! lol!)
Last night didnt exercise.. was lazy, was hot, was tired, was stressed.. and thought up every excuse why i shouldnt exercise including some odd muscle pain in my right upper thigh ive had a few days and is worse when i try to sleep on that side.. but the new mattress comes any day now.. any day!
So thats just great the week i say i will give 100% all these little things pop up and bite me in the bum!

Pictures

2006-03-14T16:01:00.000+11:00

some quick snaps from today. lemme explain
Top: what ive been working on. 2hrs today sewing/making a pillowcase (tiff style, no pattern, no pins and lots of hidden wonkyness) and 2 singlet tops i got for tia from target in the reduced bit of kids clothes down to 98c each! And what i was working on yesterday was iron transfers, (using the sheets and a inkjet printer and some nifty image know-how.) so Tia has her custom pillow with her name and pony and singlets with her name on the back(small like a nametag) and a pretty my little pony on the front.

middle: Pepper rabbits bachelor pad, a highrise! and his lunch, breakfast and dinner course carrots and grass.

bottom: My fridge & freezer! Yep.. im sure id gain 5 extra cms if i defrosted and removed all that ice in the freezer.. but that requires time.. in this nifty freezer it takes 3 days for icecubes to form! needless to say, the fact we live nice and close to the supermarket(apart from the no car reason) is a blessing when it comes to food as i can only have so much meat in there along with everything else...(hubbys sake included) good for dieting coz theres no chance of keeping any icecream frozen! none! its been almost 4years with this silly thing.. *wishes for new freezer*

today: not bad.. woke up a bit depressed. which u do after meeting don burke at his house in one dream then getting shot in the leg in a another dream the same night. then hubby had to go to work, like norm. *sigh*
i went shopping, thinking of treats but only came out with a huge watermelon and smoked cheese! lol! i resisted so many naughty things i thought bout binging on, but then i thought ive only lost 4.5kgs this year i could have done much better if it wasnt for binging,treating and spoiling myself!
last night recap: a nightmare.. lets begin with tia and red paint.. then she moved on to yellow paint smeared it over the coffee table, did many hand prints on the wall and got yellow paint on the carpet *gasp!* (i was trying to catch up on everyones blogs) then i put tia in the shower and continue to clean the yellow paint up. when i kinda finished it, i got tia out of her shower to find her covered in lipstick and lipgloss.. (in the shower) and a bottle of my garnier skin toner empty in the bathroom sink! eep! dress her for bed. start to get going on the bike, find she has a piece of chalk in with her and drawing on the walls of her bed(which is a plastic kid size house complete with doors and windows, her cot mattress fits in there) continue with workout get 1/2hr done find tia is licking the paper towel i left out!

Weigh in Week 10 of 2006

2006-03-13T09:27:00.000+11:00

Height 170cm
Age 23yo
StartW 99kg
PreviousW 89kg
CurrentW 88.5kg
Loss this week: 0.5kgs!
Total loss= 10.5kgs
Goal weight= 70kgs

Facts:

My lowest weight in over 2 years! (and will be as long as i keep loosing it)
I think the most stuff ups and off the wagon type stuff all year!
Im very suprised! I thought i was well and truly going to gain!

Weekly exercise summary;

monday - 1hr bike
tuesday- 1hr bike
wednesday- 1hr bike
thursday- Zip, nada, nothing
friday- 1/2hr bike
saturday- many hours shopping and walking
sunday- zip all

This weeks stuff-ups;

Going over points dont ask. i didnt track not one day! oh no!
eating when i wasnt hungry!
too much naughty stuff to mention...

This weeks moments to be proud of;

doing exercise! (even if it wasnt as much as last week)
Not getting all emotional over stuffing up with eating this week
spending time with hubby and Tia

Goal for next week:
Giving 100% and loosing 0.5 or 1kg again this week! Try my hardest!!

Giving 100%

2006-03-13T09:19:00.000+11:00

So busy! So much to do! Still have to sit down and write my list of things to do today and its already 9am! Most web stuff is almost done.. hubby been tinkering with computer over weekend and been doing some serious shopping hours and we even bought a mattress on saturday! whoot! Goodbye back pain and terrible sleep! (er, when they deliver it!) So been busy and having been at LITS or here.. or even neopets (sob!) j/k!
So need to catch up on weigh in stuff.. oh boy! in a second!
Been off the wagon last week. Along with way too many indulgences, baileys, diet caramel topping and milk (mind u the tiniest bottle which in total is 0.7 of a stand drink yes the tiny $4 bottle!) been having a few drinks.. yes a few drops is enough for me! and no i havent finished it yet! wonder how much sugar is in that bottle?! hmm... where was i? oh.. stuffups.. lets add, whopper, trying onion rings (hmm yuk), tiny mars bar cheesecake, darrel lea $3 block of rocky road with milk chocie and peanuts (yum) but had too much (yuk) over 2 days (theres 3 serves in that thing!)
Heres to a new week, givng 100%!
My commitments are: (in no special order)

drink at least 2LT
give 100% no excuses
be more efficent & get things done!
Stay positive
Track points every day
1hr exercise a day (excluding shopping)

I can do this!!! Back on the wagon i go! :D

yawn

2006-03-09T08:56:00.000+11:00

Well havent blogged much. Havent had time. Hubby been home monday, tues and wednesday sick with the flu! Monday was shopping, cleaning, shopping(meeting up with my grandparents from ACT) Tuesday is a blur and wednesday i thought i was comming down with the cold. I was going cold, hot and then half of me cold half of me hot.. and i was all better when i got home! lol! (from shopping of course) Its not yet 9am and im yawning already. last night when to bed as normal. But lately been feeling flat and tired.. alot! Hopefully on the weekend we will get a new mattress! And i can sleep and not have back pain!
*yawn* Have alot of cleaning to catch up on. I only ever manage a bit of tidying, cooking and dishes when hubby is home during the day!
Might just go kill some spiders and weed the garden and maybe take a few branches of that plum tree in the picture its a bit insane!
What a cutie Tia is! And she did this for a split second and was off running again, lucky mum got a shot of her!

how to loose 10kg and fall flat on ur butt!

2006-03-06T22:31:00.000+11:00

First off. Thanks to everyone who commented on my 10kg loss! :D Wow Angie visited!
Your words of encouragement has given me the boost i really did need!
so i lost 10kg. Thats awesome, its not clicking in my head yet, even tho ive been looking forward, counting down to it and dreaming about getting out of the 90s!
Have i got a reward in mind? i think i might have written a list, will have to find it!
So totm sucks.. and im not expecting a loss, probably a gain. Maybe one reason why i havent been into it and tracking or on the bike.
Yep i think ive missed 2 days of crucial bike exercise.. bummer! See what happens when i get stuck on the computer mixed with toilet training and Tia now sleeping outside her cot?! 2 sentences that have been constantly repeated the past 2 days "do you need to wee?' and "go back to bed". Who would have thought that could be so exhausting! Medals not only out to single mums/dads, but any mum/dad with more than one child.. can i possibly go thru this again?!! (my goodness i must be lazy!)
anyways. been kinda off the wagon. Did not even register to track points over the weekend. good news is i did not have a problem with snacking at all for once (no thinking, i have 4 points left over what can i have?) saturday was pizza at the park and strawberry mud cake, sunday was too much of a helping of skinny meatballs and pasta with skinny choc self pudding. Compared to my old eating habbits a great improvement. But still not the greatest! So more than likely over points, but not to badly on sunday & monday!
I shouldnt use the totm expected gain as a excuse to not track or exercise! Lesson learnt!
So i did do 1hr tonight, with thanks to BL and hubby freeing the tv from video games so i can watch n ride! :D
caught up with my grandparents from ACT today. They havent seen Tia since she was a newborn! She was a doll! Only did 4hrs of shopping today! *rolls eyes*
I am feeling very scattered tonight! Even after planning a ton of dinners, bills and things to do..

Weigh in week 9 of 2006

2006-03-04T16:48:00.000+11:00

Start Weight 99kg (in 2005)
Previous Weight 89.5kg
Current weight 89kg
Loss this week .5kg
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Total loss 10kgs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Facts:

Still in the 90s!!!!!!!
Had a few naughty things. Everything in moderation but that doesnt mean i should make up for all the times ive been without.. ah well! I have my excuses! ;)
Im happy with changes ive made to my lifestyle/eating and ive come to a point that i dont mind doing this for the rest of my life. The lite milk, the coke zero, the veggies, the exercise! Its all good! And hubby is quite happy with it all too! (a miracle with the lite milk!)

Stuff-ups/unhealthy choices made for this week:

thursday= half a mc chicken and maccas apple pie over my point limit!
friday= taking mum out to lunch for her birthday having a sausage roll and biscuit
saturday= will have to make up for this tonight! 3 pieces of dominos pizza and some strawberry mud cake from the same place i took my out too for lunch! So i guess its veggies tonight and a hour of sweating on the bike! (but in all things, this cafe i think is awesome as it has smaller cake verions of their big cakes!)

Moments to be proud of:

choosing a small cake instead of a big normal size cake.. like i need a whole big cake to myself?! geez
Enjoying time out with my mum and trying to spoil her even with her 'dont break the budget over me' thinking!!!!
Staying positive and happy
Pushing myself on the bike, i wish i had energy left over to remember the speeds i held, broke and all.. but bike says ive done over 1000km and in 3months thats not bad!!!
Tracking my points and exercise for most of the days on paper! Shock horror!!!!!!
Staying in the 80s and out of the 90s
Beating hubby again this week.

Exercise:
monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday,friday- 1hr on the bike
saturday- 1hr on the bike still to do tonight

Goals for this week (not in any order)

Stay positive and happy
If i have something un-healthy enjoy it, dont get depressed bout it and work it off!
Keep trying to track my points
Keep making healthy decisions when eating out
Keep up with my exercise
Loathe TOTM!!
Have less stuff ups

HUG ME!

2006-03-01T09:17:00.000+11:00

Your Candy Heart Says "Hug Me"

A total sweetheart, you always have a lot of love to give out.
Your heart is open to where ever love takes you!

Your ideal Valentine's Day date: a surprise romantic evening that you've planned out

Your flirting style: lots of listening and talking

What turns you off: fighting and conflict

Why you're hot: you're fearless about falling in love

What Does Your Candy Heart Say?

stole from ems blog. along with the one below. ;)

Stable drunk, LOL!

2006-03-01T09:11:00.000+11:00

You Are a Bloody Mary

You're a fairly serious drinker, who's experimented a lot with different drinks.
You're a drunk, but a stable drunk. You don't ever let your drinking get out of control.

What Mixed Drink Are You?

too right i dont get out of control. i dont even get drunk. i get tipsy and thats enough for me and then i start hating it! im quite the control freak when it comes to my body! (unless its doughnuts) i still have one of thoose mini bottles 30ml? or kahula in the fridge. i have maybe 4 drops of that to a full glass of skim milk and choc nesquik powder! I hate the taste of alcohol!

Adro the soccer hero [BL]

2006-02-28T20:49:00.000+11:00

Had a touch of gastro today, dunno how i got it.. food posioning happens soon after u eat it right? so it wasnt last nights dinner.. pb on toast cant do it.. so the 2 grapes i forgot to wash this morning?! weird, i will never forget to wash fruit or veggies ever again!
Stayed under points today, a miracle! even had 3-4pts left over! And pretty happy with what i ate also! ;)

Push! Push!! Push!!!

2006-02-27T21:47:00.000+11:00

(on pic... like how scary! this is why i dont swim at beaches or lakes.. nightmare city!)
No im not giving birth! ;) Im pushing myself on the bike.. pushed myself to go insane tonight while watching BL. Was pretty proud of the effort!
Had tons of rain in the wee hours of the morning, woke me up.. a big fat possum jumped onto the tin roof that woke me up.. Tia decided to wake up and play and talk in her cot, that woke me up... and then i really had to go and that woke me up.. so i weighed myself.. 89! stoked.. and i was 89 after dinner and my exercise & shower.. stoked! :) Been busy with myself still trying to spread my time everywhere evenly so i keep up with everything (or try too) so didnt get around to posting yesterday. Didnt do any exercise except walking and shopping on sunday.. but did my hour today so thats all good!
Had a good day, been thinking bout things.. Im not a social person, id rather stay home and play video games or something.. i just never get a word in around most people! Also realised im scared and hate asking people for anything! And in social situations i have a fear of rejection or saying something wrong.. i just put 'socialising' in the too hard basket most of the time..
Been reading Dr phil again reading up on the support team thingy, very interesting! Will have to share more on it later.
i coloured my hair on saturday. it was meant to be a copper red brown and it turned out like nothing on the box! (i have alot of blonde streaks) and now its just a dark mahogany! ripped off! More dark red/purple than a orange-ish brown.

Weigh in for week 8! 80's chick

2006-02-25T09:35:00.000+11:00

Weigh in week 8 of 2006

Week 8 of 2006
Height 170cm
Age 23yo
StartW 99kg
PreviousW 90kg
CurrentW 89.5kg
Loss this week: 0.5kgs!
Total loss= 9.5kgs
Goal weight= 70kgs

Facts:

My lowest weight in over 2 years!
Goal for last week was to be so good i hit 80s on saturday! AND I DID IT!
Im very suprised! LOL!

Weekly exercise summary;

monday - insane cleaning scrubbing day
tuesday- insane cleaning in morning, walking and 1/2hr bike
wednesday- 1/2hr bike
thursday- Zip, nada, nothing
friday 1hr bike

This weeks stuff-ups;

Going over points some days from 2-6pts!
Having KFC last saturday for lunch at 3.45pm, starving! (danger zone)
Feeling down a bit, over eating!

This weeks moments to be proud of;

The insane clean on monday/tuesday that left me so sore!
Over eating but at least it wasnt maccas, chocolate, sweets!!!!
Being honest even when i felt bad coz i hadnt been good with eating
Seeing 89.5 on monday and then 90 and 90.5 for the rest of the week and today 89.5 again!

Goal for next week:
Stay in the 80s, keep on the rollercoaster thats going down, not the one doing loops!

last minute workout til weigh in!

2006-02-24T22:56:00.000+11:00

LOL! Have i got BL in my head or what?! Hubby has been playing star wars game and ive got that in my head and not to mention visualising the line of boxes of things to do like my sim characters.. Eating bad food gains dark side points!! And good Jedis use the force to overcome eating due to boredom, depression etc etc.. and of course look good and gain light side points.. HA!
Em, your right i shouldnt be stressing. I am over eating on more healthier things compared to the previous me who over ate on maccas,kfc, chocolate, lollies and chips! However i did make a goal to get into the 80s offically for next weigh in, which is tomorrow. And im having serious doubts! Have to get my head right! Ive been doing super, ive been bouncin 90-91 for 2-3 weeks? i dunno (time goes fast here) which is better than my previous bouncin job at 93-96!
coloured my hair today.. re did the blonde streak roots.. then later tonight put a copper brown red thru it all.. interesting.. only ever had blonde streaks and then er honey blonde to fix how badly i made my streaks go white last time (and from teen days the odd black, pink, purple and red)
Im proud of myself today for really pushing myself on the bike today.. i must admit i do get slack when on my bike sometimes.. like riding along the countryside.. lol! But tonight.. i pushed myself and pushed.. and thought of giving up and then pushed myself again.. it was tough, but it felt good! I got at 1/2hr and thought well ive done enough probably and then nope, im doing the full hour like this! GO BRAIN! lol!
so my record is 27kmph for 35mins got me almost 15km (when 30mins usually is just 10km i think) i dont remember my end distance.. had things to do.. find out why at 9pm again Tia is wide awake!
Pushing self and listening to the coach 'brain' = light side points
what did i scoff today? an account of Friday:
3 pieces plain toast (5-6pts)
2 ham salad buns (9pts)
4 dim sims and s/c sauce (9pts)
a k-time twist bar (2pts)
26/23pts

oh bugger!

2006-02-23T20:33:00.000+11:00

Felt so lonely and down today and found myself snacking way too much.. tried doing things like baking with Tia (her purple cupcakes and some lite scones for james) then watching Tia paint outside... it was raining a bit today (which i quite like) but was also kinda depressing.
Hubby been busy at Tafe after work this week, then we both did our own video games tuesday night, james came home exhausted and slept wednesday night and he has a friend over tonight.. *sigh*
Being completely honest (this is how i screwed up my week in order)
Thursday:
Breakfast-2 pieces toast (4pts)
1 Coffee (3pts?lite milk and 2 sugars)
3 pieces of dried pineapple
1 mini purple cupcake (1pt?)
Lunch-3 dim sims and s/c sauce (7pts)
2 lite scones with ww sauce and tiny slices of cheese melted on top (3pts?)
k-time twist bar (2pts)
3 pieces of wholemeal bakers delight bread with veggiemite (4pts?)
dinner- lite potatoe bake (lite milk, lite cheese, lite cream) 6pts?

Wednesday

2006-02-23T08:02:00.000+11:00

running behind.. busy busy..
yesterday i had (so i dont forget and look at later)
- 2 pieces veggiemite toast
- a ktime twist bar thingy
- ham salad sandwich
- lebanese bread pizza
- 3 dim sims and s/c sauce
- 1 coffee

did 1hr on the bike. Was suprised that my fave show Mcleods daughters was back on.. bummer that means ive missed one! Got some new scrapbooking stuff, black pages and a perfect fit purple pack.. pretty!
Nice rainy day! ;) YAY!

Run off my feet

2006-02-22T08:41:00.000+11:00

For Tuesday;
been Busy. Cleaned another 3hrs yesterday, walked with Tia to a study group (was 1/2hr late) sat down for about an hour (the longest in the past 2 days!) Wanted the house to stay in its perfect condition, still very sore! (wasnt sore on monday but felt the pain tuesday!) went shopping for an hour. Came home cooked 3 veggie spring rolls (carrot, potato, onion and chinese cabbage) cleaned that up.. put the lamb roast on to slowly cook for a few hours. Waited.. watched a bit of Oprah.. rang real estate up at 3pm, to find they were about to start the inspections.. they were being done 3pm to 5.30pm.. great! Got a call from mum asking if inspections had been done and whether Pepper Rabbit could come home.. Nope!
Inspection done shortly after 3pm, she looked around the house at maxuim 2minutes! All thoose hours of cleaning for 2minutes! Well at least she was the nicest real estate agent ive talked to in years if not ever! ;)
Then hubby tells me we shall go out to coffee.. so my sore bod and Tia walk to the shops, she falls asleep (lucky duck!)
What i had tuesday:
1 serving crunchy nut clusters & lite milk
2 pieces of pb toast?
1 bananna
2 mint slice choc biscuits (my weakness but i stopped at 2!)
3 veggie spring rolls
1 k-time apple cinnamon bar twist thingy
1 coffee
too much lamb roast, potatoe, sweet potatoe, carrot and gravy
(was unhappy bout how much i ate for dinner)
Managed to get my sore bod on the exercise bike for 1/2hr! (to work off how stuffed i felt)

Ive sat down 6 times today

2006-02-20T21:50:00.000+11:00

Pamper your feet

And you can tell by looking at my feet! With house inspection tomorrow, ive been cleaning mad! I mean mad!!! Checking every wall for scribbles in crayon, pen & permanent marker (thoose are Tia's prefered weapons)
I went like crazy, scrubbing floors, the mopping them.. went room by room of course.. the last one being the rabbit room (as waiting for mum to pick him up) *sigh* Ive re-aranged furniture, put the new stuff in, thrown all tia toys into a cupboard. Went thru the junk room found a few more things to throw out.. Ran outside to weed some overgrown gardens i havent been attending to since its so darn hot and there used to be alot of spiders but not lately.. I ended up scrubbing this tint or some sort of finish off a whole wall from top to bottom its a kind of timber panels.. and after removing the permanent marker from all over the place i decided id have to strip the whole wall back!
Have i done any other exercise? No.. But i have worked my butt and arms out like crazy! So much i was all shakey afterwards.. my thighs are burning too! Ive been cleaning from 7.30am to 12pm and then from 12.10 to 6pm and then from 7.30ishpm to now.. (10pm!) I manged to watch bits of ABL. Thought Jo was voted off till i walked past again and saw a catch up thingy on a bit slimmer david! (a loss of 29cm around the belly is a major achievement!!!)
So after doing alot of cleaning i weighed myself 89kg! not 89.95.. the lowest i think ive seen on the scales for so long! Im really looking forward to saturday (as long as i keep this up!) I had been drinking alot of water and coke zero all day too..

what did i have today:

crunchy nut clusters and lite milk (5pts? i dunno)
2 pb sandwiches (no spread just the peanut butter) (6pts)
4 veggie spring rolls and 2tsp of sc sauce (need to get more) (3pts)
2 bannana smoothies lite milk and bit of sugar (4pts?)
ww caramel self saucing pudding (2pts)
coke zero (0)

Tomorrow i clean up the house and leave around 10am to go to a study group with Tia. Hopefully they would see the house before i get back and Tia is in make-a-mess mode! But i doubt it!
time to put my feet up again!

Been Good today! YAY!

2006-02-19T20:08:00.000+11:00

Its offical Bob weighs 0lbs! LOL! They only reason they deserve to have Bob is coz they need him to get healthy.. as for sportsmanship and all pretty sweet stuff.. This team scores a Big red F! Go the red team!
What a day ive had! Church, lunch at subway, shopping, video games then cleaning but really watching huby clean out garage (lots of freakish big spiders in there not to mention i saw a resident rat!) And so its all on the pavement waiting for pick-up day tomorrow. So the mangoe tree and plum trees will have to wait another weekend for James to hack into (waaay too Hot today!!!!) 5mins after putting out a crappy bike it was taken (they asked tho!) Then after that, my dad rocks up with all this furniture from some guys house who had too much furniture and had it in storage and so Dad said he could get rid of it.. so after getting rid of stuff.. we got a much better bookcase.. some cupboards where im not sure where they will go, but i know what id like to put in them!! My neighbour got a new chest of drawers (u so need them with like 4 kids!) and theres a desk in the garage yet to find a owner and a crappy bookcase out on the pavement! LOL! So typical i clean out one place.. chuck stuff out and more stuff comes back in! After that i fixed the vaccuum cleaner (found it had a blockage near the handle) vaccummed the house, cooked dinner and now.. relaxing time!
Back to major cleaning and decluttering tomorrow before the inspection on tuesdays.. (jus remembered to ask mum to look after the rabbit that day!)
today i had:

2 pieces veggiemite toast
1 footlong satay chicken sub (shared with Tia, who so enjoyed it after she picked out the tomato and onion)
some sprite
1 bannana
1 chicken schnitzel thing (coles deli) with mashed potatoe
(and thats bout it! weird!!! :D Ive been good! HuRRAY!)
Orange juice

Weigh in Week 7 of 2006

2006-02-18T19:40:00.000+11:00

Your Haloween Costume Should Be

Elvis

What Should You Be For Halloween?

I know its no where near halloween and i dont celebrate it at all... but was curious.. and no suprise about the dumb result i got!!! Elvis?!! I mean come on!!! Elvis with long hair?!

Weigh in week 7 of 2006

Week 7 of 2006
Height 170cm
Age 23yo
StartW 99kg
PreviousW 91kg
CurrentW 90kg
Loss this week: 1kgs!
Total loss= 9kgs
Goal weight= 70kgs

Facts:

Back to my lowest for 2006 again!
Goal for this week is to be so good i hit 80s on saturday!
thought all day that i stayed the same as last week, but on reading apparently not! YAY!

Weekly exercise summary;

I have no clue! I know i missed some days.. and some were 55mins, 60mins, 20mins and 30mins.. Its been so hot!! Not happy bout that

This weeks stuff-ups;

Going over points some days no clue which or how much
Eating chocie, maybe a bit too much
Not tracking, or writing down exercise
Not being competitive enough with hubby
loosing interest in exercise bike and playing too many computer games

This weeks moments to be proud of;

Not eating stuff for the sake of eating it
Decluttering and mopping the kitchen and bathroom floor almost daily!
Not going way over the top with eating... like i could have if i gave in more!

Goal for next week:
Hit the 80s for the first time in months, years.. who knows?! :D

Bad chocolate

2006-02-16T23:15:00.000+11:00

But wait theres more(adult candy moulds)!(Adults only)

Got sims 2 wednesday morning.. and have been neglecting my forum/blogging/neopets internet addiction in general (well after i spent 3hrs researching why the game wasnt working, but did fix it! needed to update the graphics card driver)
I was up until 2am this morning playing it! Im now doing pretty good in it without any cheating (besides turning aging off) and the novelty is wearing off and i think i will be normal tomorrow.. It has kept me busy, housework is done so quickly! Hours fly bye quickly! And i havent weighed myself in the past 2 days?! (a miracle!)
Weigh day is comming up (saturday) cant say i deserve a loss, havent been over the top, havent been tracking completely and yesterday i cant remember if i got any exercise done besides shopping for 3hrs.
So now that weve gone nuts in spoiling ourselves its time to stop spending and start paying off the credit card and cut it up again and remind ourselves its for emergencies only and booking flights etc.. (good timing since the interest rate is now 12% something instead of the nice 6mnth 6% something we had)
Have managed to put in 55mins on the bike today, impressive considering my sims 2 addiction!
missed the begining of yesterdays biggest looser and all of todays.. im not sure i could have coped watching all the racing the harbour bridge climb drama just the add for it was a tad over the top for me! And Aj is getting annoying, shes doing the whole annoying host pause talking thing and tilted head thing!
cant stand how xenical is also sponsoring? its the add 'how to boost your diet' Yep, well if fatty diareaoh(sp?) is going to help you stay away from foods containing fat and make u loose weight, thats great.. and if u can maintain your weight afterwards without it all the best! :D
ramble, ranting and past my bedtime! (apologies for all spullnig mustaches and graMmEr ErrO,rs)
To all a good night, knowing lots of people got so bored they made naughty candy moulds! And people out there are silly enough to buy em on Valentines Day....

2006-02-14T20:32:00.000+11:00

Happy Valentines Day!!!!

What a fantastic day! Phew! Got a cute card, went shopping, got 2 bras, a single 'hung up', dvd 'the notebook', coffee out, lunch out.. a springform pan... lots of hugs, kisses and stuff.. and a chocie penis! LOL! This chocolate shop has chocolate everything! I mean everything, butterflies, coffee beans, golf balls, boobs.. everything! ;)
Hubby was happy with his caramellow chocie block and his pocket knife thing he got last week!
Might go down to sydney when we have almost paid off the credit card, when james has a long weekend in the next couple weeks..
Scales said 89.5kg this morning, hubby jumps on and it said 87kg and i say 'oh well they must be broken!' lol! but he was pulling on the towel rack! Cheeky!
i went shopping for waaayyyy to long today! *yawn* so tired!!! I measured myself up, determined to find a fitting comfy bra, (had to replace 2 broken ones..) read up on bras n things website how/where to take measurements looked on their chart.. went to the shop, didnt like em.. went to target found a few i liked... even a nice underwire sports one (never had a sports bra b4)
heard on Oprah sometime ago that you should get a new bra for every 2lb you loose?! and im thinking.. i dont think so! Maybe every 5-10lb!!!
today:
crunchy nut clusters and lite milk
GJ irish nut creme coffee *gasp, just remembered i didnt ask for skim oh no!*
lean beef burger some maccas chips
chocolate penis *blush*
4 pieces garlic bread
1/2 a single chicken breast, tomato, spanish onion, rocket on a tortilla
1 serving of chocolate self saucing pudding with added cadbury dairy milk chocolate bar

over points, i can guess that! Ah well, 40mins on bike, 3-4hrs shopping up and down ramps/floors etc & walk there, bottle shop and home

Awwww

2006-02-13T16:56:00.000+11:00

aw shucks. sydney out of the question would cost us at least $500.. that we dont have right now.. :(
hmm more shopping and cooking tomorrow i guess!

The prince returns

2006-02-13T08:14:00.000+11:00

OKay need to start exercising again! sat i did bout 5minutes and sunday i did none *gasp* so today i will squeeze it in somewhere!
So weighed in today at 90.5, phew! So now all i need to do is go back and read what i was eating (when i was loosing) and try to eat the same kind of things again!
hmm, Valentines Day is fast approaching. Biggest Loser starts tonight at 7pm, cant miss that!!!
Have to go shopping and find veggies, fruit, filo pastry i guess!!
Hubby workin half day, so meeting him at the shopping mall.
Possiblity of doing something fun on valentines day, hubby offered hotel stay in sydney.. or a hotel stay somewhere local and a present.. but i cant think of much for a prezie.. should probably be trying to pay or the credit card and bills.. ah well! :D and then i cant think of anywhere i want to stay locally, i think newcastle pretty much sucks and is very ugly! No flashy hotels either!
if we do the sydney thing, that will be 6hrs in total travelling time! (going by train) Any ideas on what to do? Really want to go to the chinese gardens and china town... and anything/anywhere japanese..
Tia is still sick and coughing, but at least her dad is back and hopefully she will stop driving me nuts!

Valentines Day in Japan started 1960's? By a chocolate company, traditionally from then on the femals give their male loved ones (family, friends and workmates included if they r nice) chocolate, so chocolates, chocolate cake etc.. white day is march 14, started in 1980's where the males give females white flowers, marshmellows, candy (started by a marshmellow company)

Weigh in week 6 of 2006

2006-02-11T22:32:00.000+11:00

Week 6 of 2006
Height 170cm
Age 23yo
StartW 99kg
PreviousW 90kg
CurrentW 91kg
Gain this week: 1kgs!
Total loss= 8kgs
Goal weight= 70kgs

Facts:

The worst week all year, TOTM, hubby being away for 2 nights 3 days, Tia being sick
1st gain this year?

Weekly exercise summary;

Mon - 1hr 55 exercise bike
tues - 2hr exercise bike
wed - 2hrs exercise bike
thurs - 1hrs exercise bike
fri - 20mins exercise bike
sat- 5mins bike

This weeks stuff-ups;

Going over points every day
eating a whole packet of ww fruit slice bikkies with Tia friday night
drinking too much coke zero on saturday
loosing interest in exercise bike and playing too many computer games

This weeks moments to be proud of;

Doing 2hrs on the bike a few days this week
Not going crazy and eating all the junk my brain asks for
Not eating stuff for the sake of eating it

A new day a new drama

2006-02-10T21:58:00.000+11:00

Well thurs night heard some weird noises thought it might be the dog next door coughing up a hair ball or somethin, but nope its Tia coughing! So im guessing its croup! :( Gosh medals to all single mums out there! Tia was pretty good no coughing til around night time and shes sleeping in our bed tonight, i was looking forward to having the whole bed to myself but i will share it with her while jamie is away in sydney. She starts breathing almost snoring and then coughs, wakes up and then falls back asleep. The upside to her being sick is her pretty good behaviour, not as many outfit changes, not alot of mess.. just hopes she gets well soon.
Thing is whether or not to go to church (well i'm rostered on to look after the little ones 12mnths to 3yrs old) on sunday, already got to find a replacement for jamie, but now Tia is sick.. i hate seeing sick kids with a cold (let alone croup!) being brought to be looked after and thus sharing germs.. of course theres more to the story i.e the friend that gives a lift to church on sunday has jus finished her uni and starts as a nurse in the hospital next week so whatever happens to her shifts means we may or may not taxi it or walk it and thus not reliable.. and also considering us going back to teaching the 3 to 6yr olds for 6mnths and then the 6yr to 12yr olds for the 6mnths after that before heading of to Japan and teaching kids over there! And if we do that well that means no looking after the babies coz id go nuts!
I think i care way to much bout what other people think of me! And i hate asking for favours!
how im holding up with hubby away?
not good, feels like im crying on the inside.. very weird.. trying to hold it all together.. i admit to being over points by a lil bit (a big pattern this week) still got my exercise in... ive noticed my clothes are fitting better on me and my tummy is changing slightly..

Cry baby

2006-02-09T20:52:00.000+11:00

Bleh, what i day i had! Apart from trying to remained focused and happy and failing (was more like distracted and trying to get comfort from food & all i got from that was the feeling of being sick and stuffed! No comfort!)

What did i have today?
B-coco pops, lite milk 2 pieces toast (5pts)
2 1/3 pieces meat lovers pizza (which i hate! but i love deep pan crusts lol!) (10pts)
L-homemade wedges (2pts)
2 lil brownies (yet to figure points for recipe made for hubby)
"testing" brownie mix (??pts)
D-chicken chilli soup and 2 pieces of toast (5pts)
1 coffee (1.5pts)

So over in points again! Did my 1hr on bike, nothing good on tv tonight!

So apart from being hospital having jus giving birth to DD i havent spent nights away from hubby. I think the hardest part of having a baby is all the work you have to do by yourself while doing the normal 3 day stay! My hospital stay was to me horrific! Thoose midwives, nurses sure talk! I mean having to work out feeding and learning how to feed, bonding with the baby combined with all the guests that want to visit, every midwife offering all sorts of advice and the next telling you thats all wrong and do it like this.. and then to hear the midwives/nurses saying how terrible the mothers are just leaving their babies to have a shower?! excuse me?!!!! Any time i spent away from DD all i could hear in my head was her crying! (and she was peacefully asleep) One nurse even had no heart to say that i had big boobs! excuse me?! yes i noticed they were each the size of rockmelons, the milk wasnt comming out but it was sure building it up! Tia got back at the nurse by doing her first crap on that nurses hand/shoe since she offered to change Tia nappy.. *insert cackle here* And that was my first night 3hrs after delivery! The time at home was heavenly! Tia feeding well, milk squirting like u wouldnt believe!(LMAO) The bathroom being free, shower available anytime, no nurses and only Tia crying thru the night and day! (not 10 others)

Im in a big ranting, scattered mood. I apologise! Ive just about bored you to death right?!

Im going to try to do better tomorrow! I did try going thru things, cleaning and re-organising and de-cluttering did the bathroom/kitchen no challenge, might do this computer desk tomorrow!

I dont know if i even deserve a loss this week, ive forgotten what and how the 12 bonus points work.. i know if im not over that already i sure am close!

over again!

2006-02-08T21:28:00.000+11:00

Been busy trying to start on scrapbooking the wedding albumn, this is far as ive got, scanned a few, no what to do with them! So young and 20kg ago!

splurged out on garlic bread and pizza, so im 4-6points over today, not good. and i didnt enjoy it! (they messed up our order! i hate meatlovers, my fav and what i ordered was supreme, which is healthier as well!) dumb dominos!
u know what 'so puff' is? pizza with a puff pasty base, and it isnt much healthier than the others.. was looking thru nutritional info.. and depending on the pizza the deep pan or classic turns out to be a bit healthier than the thin n crispy (and my excel point guide says otherwise! that the thin n crispys are bout 2-3pts and pan is 5-6pts a slice!)
So now im off pizza! But im ticked bout it! Im feelin sick too, (i really dont like meatlovers, bleh! i like veggies on my pizza!) altho Dominos have coke zero!
Done 2hrs on the bike today total.
TOTM sucks. (enough said)
i think im the only one who is arranging rose petals and candles.. etc etc. (i still have the card he gave me last valentines day out on my dresser!)
thank goodness i have thoose extra 12 points! as long as i keep my self busy and dont get upset while hubby away, i should be alright and in the 80s on saturday!

im not 24 yet... 7months til that!

2006-02-08T08:46:00.000+11:00

You Are 24 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.

13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.

20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.

30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!

40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

stole from tina!

Slack blogging, sorry!

2006-02-08T08:39:00.000+11:00

Dont know what ive been up to besides the usual.. running behind today! eep!
yesterday there was outage and then i forgot to get back..
last 2 days did 1hr 55 on bike mon, and 2hrs on tuesday! :D looking at scales as always (its working for me! so i wont say its naughty) Anything from 89 to 90.5 depending on when thru the day i hop on! So hopefully will break into the 80s by saturday, now that would be a major breakthrough!
figuring out points tho is getting a bit tiresome!
The weather has been much cooler past 2 days so that helps with the exercise!

2006-02-08T08:38:00.000+11:00

You Are Buffy the Vampire Slayer

"We saved the world. I say we have to party."

What Superheroine Are You?

stole from em... and got fluffy too! oh what?!!!

2006-02-05T17:34:00.000+11:00

You Aren't Scary, You're Scared

Probably even scared to see how this quiz came out!

How Scary Are You?

stole from em

Another day..

2006-02-05T16:51:00.000+11:00

So friday night wasnt goo, saturday i went bit over in my points, still did my 1hr on the bike tho! But i still have enough time to make up for thoose slip-ups! Before next saturday!
Today i am keeping a eye on my points, being very good and trying to work out hubbys points and what i am going to make him for his lunches while he is at work this week (and then he has the weekend working in sydney to deal with by himself i guess, dunno how that is going to go!)
I am motivated, i do want to get into the 80s. I do want that loss again, i just have to keep focused! Lets just see what TOTM does to this week!
I made the choc cheesecake 3.5pts per slice (8 serves) and it is alright, but its also now frozen! (only room in my fridge was in the tiny freezer!)
I have discovered that ww ice-creams are good when your out shopping! Compared point wise to a wendys or new zealand ice cream and price wise, not to bad either! Just make sure you have a friend or kid and spoons! LOL!
So far today ive had;
2 easter buns 6pts
1 ww choc ice cream 1.5pts
lean beef burger 5pts
tonight is pizza (base 5pts, cheese 2-3pts, caps, onion, sauce 0pts, mushrooms)

seems that the wwcalculator blog has been shut down?! i go there and it says im forbidden?! ww witches must have shut it down, bummer.. will have to work out how to make my own computer calculator to use at home.

The Movie Of Your Life Is A Cult Classic

Quirky, offbeat, and even a little campy - your life appeals to a select few.
But if someone's obsessed with you, look out! Your fans are downright freaky.

Your best movie matches: Office Space, Showgirls, The Big Lebowski

If Your Life Was a Movie, What Genre Would It Be?

ok, never seen any of thoose movies, wouldnt call em cult classics..

Weigh in week 5 of 2006

2006-02-04T08:20:00.000+11:00

Week 5 of 2006
Height 170cm
Age 23yo
StartW 99kg
PreviousW 91kg
CurrentW 90kg
Lost this week: 1kgs!
Total loss= 9kgs
Goal weight= 70kgs

Facts:
I used my exercise bike for 1hr each day
The smallest i've been all year so far for 2006!!! YEP!
5.5kgs more to go and i will be half way!
I havent been this weight since? er.... maybe october last year
Im enjoying the exercise, its becoming part of my routine.
Im almost in the 80s!
I am very happy with what i have achieved and will continue to not cheat myself!

Weekly exercise summary;

Mon - 1hr exercise bike
tues - 1hr exercise bike
wed - 1hrs exercise bike shopping, gardening
thurs - 1hrs exercise bike shopping
fri - 1hr exercise bike shopping
sat- shopping

This weeks stuff-ups;

er measured out 50g or rocke deli chips had them(4ps) then continued to eat from the bag last night! Oh dear! But had plently of points in reserve

This weeks moments to be proud of;

Beating My HUBBY!!!!!90 to 91! (who is now competiting against me and asking me how much points is a double beef n bacon burger at maccas! and everything else :D )
Eating out with family and had lean beef burger and diet coke
Consistanly using my exercise bike every day this week and working up my fitness level
Noticing how exercise makes my days better, im happier, proud and less likely to be depressed and feeling sorry for myself!
Getting on the exercise bike when i was bored!
Staying on the bike even tho i was bored!

Its the weekend! YAY!

2006-02-03T16:24:00.000+11:00

Thought id share with you this funny one! :D
So weigh in tomorrow... :D I think its odd that im actually looking forward to weigh in day lately!
My calf muscles are really quite sore! The guest left last night and so i was able to do my 1/2hr left on the bike as planned. Yay!
been fighting urges to eat and eat.. today mostly out of boredom. So i would stop and think, im i hungry? er nope! Well no food! That and re-counting the points spent today in my head!
Today ive had:
B-2 pieces toast, low spread and lite PB. (4pts)
L-2 1/2 fruit easter buns(no spread) (7.5pts)
D-Country Chicken filo pie (5pts)
What my brain wanted to have today:
oh forget it i could go on and on.. every aisle, every biscuit, every muffin, every bun, (i went shopping today)

90s today

2006-02-02T20:47:00.000+11:00

You Are a Sprinkled Donut

Flamboyant and flashy, you're easily distracted by shiny things.
You're definitely a snazzy number, and you usually catch everyone's eye in the room.
And you've got the goods to back it up your colorful image.
(Though too much of you gives people a stomach ache!)

What Donut Are You?

payday! Hurray! Shopping horray! Fridge full, bummer!!!!
The heat today was bad, the humidity even worse! The shopping centre air con, Bliss!!!!!
Today:
Rice bubbles, skim milk (3pts? very small serving)
a chicken pizza lite cheese 7pts
ww mint choc icecream 2pts
lean beef burger 5pts
2 maccas chips
5 green grapes 1pt?
diet coke
lots and lots of water! 3lt+ easy!

ok suprising, didnt eat as much today as i thought! 1/2hr spent on bike during the heat of the afternoon, hubbys weekend guest is over tonight since hubby is working alot of this weekend and all next weekend down in sydney! So i wont be on the bike again tonight as i had planned. i wanted to watch RAN :( Tonight Ghost in the shell is on sbs, 10pm as usual, so i guess our guest will be leaving after that! The heat has pretty much gone, theres a nice change comming thru! :D
weighed myself this morning was thrilled seeing 90 flash up! woohoo!!! and by the arvo i was 90.5 woohoo! LOL! Excited bout breaking out of the annoying 90s, cant wait for saturday!

A lesson in History

2006-02-01T21:26:00.000+11:00

You Are 45% Normal
(Somewhat Normal)

While some of your behavior is quite normal...
Other things you do are downright strange
You've got a little of your freak going on
But you mostly keep your weirdness to yourself

How Normal Are You?
Its wednesday, bleh! The day before pay day, scrapping around to find money and putting money left in the bank on the credit card.. how exciting.. (being sarcastic)
Mum visited me today, she had noticed id dropped a bit of weight, but then ive been seeing her every week, sometimes twice.. so maybe she might catch on when ive lost a bit more and im closer to my goal weight.. im not exactly going to announce that i am yet on another diet..
Very hot and humid today, still got tias room all clean and organised (not just putting everything in her toy boxes but made sure all the blocks (2 diff freakin types) were in the right places.. the books all together in the right place.. and tomorrow i will keep an eye on her and make sure that she puts things back and doesnt just trash her room by pulling everything out of boxes, clothes out of drawers.. oh the mess! me rambling again.. :P
today:
2 pieces of toast low fat spread (3pts)
sunflower seeds (1pt)
pumpkin seeds (1pt)
sultannas (0.5pt)
2 pieces low fat spread and 1 bit of garlic minced, 1 small tomato, tiny bit of olive oil and basalamic vinegar (3.5pts)
1/4 steamed chicken breast, onion,tomato, deli ham, lite cheese, corn on cob, (6pts)
1 50g packet thins original (5.5pts? or 5pts?)
coke zero
1lt water
20.5/22
1hr exercise on bike, while reading.

im starting to enjoy making my fave things only lighter versions, i feel much happier doing it that way than missing out on it completely! (feeling depressed and then bingeing)
boy, have i come a LOOONNNG way! :D (lets hope it stays that way)

again from Joyce Meyers book "Eat and stay thin" from Reason 12 Lack of Self Denial

Because i was abused, mistreated and controlled throughout my childhood, i grew up with a very bad attitude and outlook. i felt sorry for myself, got depressed on a regular basis, and was extremely judgemental and temperamental. if things didnt go just as i wanted them to, i would throw a fit. i blamed everthing that went wrong on my upbringing, claiming, "i am the way i am because of the way i was treated"
Before i could get the victory over my situation, one of the things the Lord had to get across to me loud and clear was this truth: "Yes, that is the reason you are the way you are, but it is no excuse to stay that way!"

That truth eventually set me free.

So me! Being overweight since i was 10years old, lying to my friends i remember saying "i went to the doctor and he said i have big bones!" I put myself on my first diet at age 12 we lived near a baseball field so i would go run laps around that! Alot of my friends in highschool where very overweight! There was quite a few of us too! In a dramatic effort to gain attention and loose weight at 17years, i ate a plain salada a day for a month and sprinted around bush trails. At age 18 i dropped to my lowest with sticking to no more than a certain amound of carbs, kj, fat a day and i was at least happy with my boyf (now hubby) and finishing high school leaving all thoose mean people behind!

Preoccupation with food

2006-01-31T19:38:00.000+11:00

Not much to say bout today, did my 1hr bike today during oprah, might get around to doing some more just to cement my chances of a loss come saturday!A chance to break closer or into the 80s.

Cant u tell im excited? for once im doing it right and getting results! (and so i should be!)

Tracking for today;

B-2 pieces lite pb toast (4pts)
S-meringue thing (1pt)
L- 2 lite pb sandwiches (8pts)
S- homemade coffee biscuits (3pts)
D- country chicken filo pie (4pts)
S- skim milk diet choc topping shake (1pt?)

Almost finished reading my Joyce Meyer 'eat and stay thin' book. Good bit from her book. Reason 9 preoccupation with food:

"Part of the reason we tend to think about eating all the time is that in our society we are bombarded with images of food. Everywhere we look today we see televisions commericals, billboard advertisements, magazine layouts filled with pictures of enticing things to eat and drink. If we go to the movies, we can smell the popcorn before we even get through the front door.
In today's world, it takes a very determined person to avoid giving in to the temptaion to eat and become overweight."

So true! Some days all i think about is food, what im going to have, what ive had, what chocolates i want to have...

30days to break or make a habit!

2006-01-30T17:49:00.000+11:00

You Are Chinese Food

Exotic yet ordinary.
People think they've had enough of you, but they're back for more in an hour.

What Kind of Food Are You?

I know i shouldnt stress, just had maybe a bad day, eating wise. Too many little snacks.. i dunno i just know im slowly letting my grip go! Which scares me a bit. I want weight loss for real, and i want control over my eating! so im just going to start tomorrow like its a new day and im going to still be sensible tonight when hubby comes home. And i will make sure i do at least a hour on the bike.
B- museli and yogurt (2pts)
L- boiled potatoe and corn on cob (2pts?)
D-tuna curry and rice (9pts?)
S- 1 piece of toast and low fat spread (2pts)
S- nibbled on left over roast lamb little bits
S- a meringue (3pts)
S- a strawberry
D- meringue, strawberries n bit of whipped cream (5pts)

Portuguese tarts

2006-01-29T15:23:00.000+11:00

Makes 12! 2.41pts so 2.5pts each

3 egg yolks (3pts)
1/2 c castor sugar (5.5pts)
2tablespoons cornflour (1pt)
3/4cup thickened cream (18pts?)
1/2c water
1strip of lemon rind or squirt of lemon juice or omit altogether
2tsp vanilla essence
3 sheets of filo pastry (1.5pts)

Preheat oven 180deg cel
Combine in a microwave proof bowl egg yolks, castor sugar and corn flour. Mix together well until pale in colour.
Then add cream, water and lemon rind.
Place in microwave for 1min.
add vanilla and stir.
Cover and put in fridge to cool.
Lay out filo sheet on clean & DRY benchtop.
Cut rounds from pastry(4per sheet)
press into muffin/cupcake tin well.
Pour custard into pastry
cook on 180deg cel for 20mins (keep checking)
Stand for 5mins before removing from tin
let cool

*decorate with cream, blueberries or strawberries and dust with icing sugar
(add the extra points tho) can be made healthier using less fatty cream

Ok, yes i looked! r u happy?!

2006-01-29T15:06:00.000+11:00

You Are Rain

You can be warm and sexy. Or cold and unwelcoming.
Either way, you slowly bring out the beauty around you.

You are best known for: your touch

Your dominant state: changing

What Type of Weather Are You?

Okay okay! I know its waaayyy to soon.. weigh in day was yesterday, so im not meant to be looking at the scales.. but i cant help it!
scales said 90.5kgs! Getting to the 80s must be possible! (i failed all last year!)
hubby also weighed in at 90.5kgs.. so soon he will start loosing weight with me! (he plans to have a competition with me, very competitive personality!) and i say BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!!!
lol!
had today so far(and plans):
B- 2 portugese tarts (5pts)
L- maccas warm chicken herb fusion w/ chilli n lime dressing (4pts?)
D- Lamb roast with roasted veggies n gravy without fat!

Feeling great!

2006-01-28T16:13:00.000+11:00

91kgs! How awesome is that! Ive lost 8kgs!
Ive almost lost 10kgs! I havent done that before(in years!)!
I realise that controlling what goes into my mouth and into my kitchen helps!
Like i said b4 theres not much want in bingeing on sultannas, sunflower kernels, prunes or pumpkin seeds!
The 80s arent far off now, that makes me excited! I can only improve again this week and keep burning the fat!

Weigh in week 4 of 2006

2006-01-28T15:55:00.000+11:00

Weigh in Week 4 of 2006

Week 4 of 2006
Height 170cm
Age 23yo
StartW 99kg
PreviousW 92.5kg
CurrentW 91kg
Lost this week: 1.5kgs!
Total loss= 9kgs
Goal weight= 70kgs

Measurements;
Neck 36.5cm= 35cm lost 1.5
Shoulders 102cm=108cm lost 6cm
Upper arm 34cm= 35cm gained 1cm
Chest 108cm= same
Waist 96cm= 94.5cm lost 1.5cm
Hips 122cm=same
Thigh 65cm= 57cm!!! lost 8cms
Calf 43cm= 42cm lost 1cms

Facts:
I used my exercise bike for at least 1hr each day, managed to go over that when i had time, energy and Tia was asleep!
The smallest i've been all year so far for 2006!!! YEP!
5.5kgs more to go and i will be half way!
I havent been this weight since? er.... maybe october last year
Im enjoying the exercise, its becoming part of my routine.
Im almost in the 80s!
I am very happy with what i have achieved and will continue to not cheat myself!

Weekly exercise summary;

Mon - 1hr exercise bike (cant remember if over)
tues - 1hr exercise bike (cant remember if over)
wed - 2hrs exercise bike, shopping (cant remember which day i did 2hrs)
thurs - 1 1/2hrs exercise bike, shopping
fri - 1hr 15mins exercise bike & gardening
sat- shopping

This weeks stuff-ups;

little bits here and there.. little bites of Tia chocolates
over by 1 point on thurs & fri

This weeks moments to be proud of;

Eating out with family and had lean beef burger and diet coke
Consistanly using my exercise bike every day this week and working up my fitness level
Noticing how exercise makes my days better, im happier, proud and less likely to be depressed and feeling sorry for myself!
Not baking cakes, muffins, cupcakes.. even if they are 1 or 3points.. they are still hard to resist!
Getting on the exercise bike when i was bored!

another heat headache

2006-01-27T18:16:00.000+11:00

well saw the family today, now very tired.. and have got a heat headache! ooww!
last night i think i went over by 1 or 1/2 a point. i figured i had some points left so thought about a icecream or a packet of chips, i thought well ive probably had my share of sugar points so i guess i will have the lays original thins 50g, 5 or was it 5.5pts?
not stressing! I havent been over points all week!
Might be over points today.. not sure.
B-3 pieces of soft split bread, toasted and a smearing of light crunchy PB
B-1/4 serving of ww museli and diet yougurt
L- 2 bread shop white rolls with spread, vegemite
S- 2 choc tiny teddies
D- Lean beef burger maccas
S- 2 cups of soda stream drink.

weigh in day tomorrow. hope it all goes well! waiting for the heat to go so i can get on my bike!

Aussie day

2006-01-26T18:31:00.000+11:00

What a interesting day! Its not raining for once, and hubby has the day off.
Been shopping, had coffee a skim irish nut creme, probably ahve to count that as todays sugar points! Havent been on the bike as yet, waiting for something on tv besides video games! for my hour or more..
My sister has come up from A.C.T! A nice suprise! And will see her again tomorrow.
Have an offer to see uncles and aunts that i havent seen in ages tomorrow with her.. but just feels odd as i havent seen them in years (they are kinda local) one uncle and aunt ive been told isnt talking to my odd nan, which is good. i dont want any relationship with her and dont want anyone else in trouble with her if i talk to them. Why do families have to be full of nutty people?! And utter choas?!
ive had today;
B-some nut cereal and no fat milk
S-irish nut creme skim gloria jeans
S-watermelon
L-ww cajun chicken pizza
D-mince filo thing

Weigh in day is comming up soon... kinda excited.
Tia is constantly trying to swing off the exercise bike handles!

australia day eve

2006-01-25T21:56:00.000+11:00

I am exhausted. ive done 2hrs on the bike today. 1hr after lunch, 1hr after dinner.. and then i sat down with a small bowl of strawberries and a bit of cream (not whipped)
B- museli and diet yogurt
-1/2 english mc muffin
L- ww cajun chicken pizza
s- 1/5 golden rough
D-leabense bread pizza, low fat cheese, light tomie sauce, lean mince
- strawberries n cream
-diet topping choc physical no fat milkshake.

What is it tuesday?

2006-01-24T17:51:00.000+11:00

What did i have today?
ww museli and diet yogurt
oven wedges
2 salada things and light cheese
1 tbsp of sunflower kernels
coke zero
1lt water
lebanese bread pizza, low fat cheese

What exercise have i done:
1hr on the bike thru the day, made possible by the nice weather
maybe another hour tonight while watching tv.
Lots of weeding and pulling out all the dead tomatoe plants

Love questionaires.. "tagged" by Tina! :D
1. What were you doing 10 years ago?
I was a nervous, 13yo old about to begin high school? (i think)

2. What were you doing a year ago?
The same old nappy changing, house cleaning and cooking routine

3. Five snacks I enjoy:
Strawberries, watermelon, mango, grapes
ice cream
cakes,tarts,muffins and cupcakes..
packet of chips
salada things with cheese

4. Five songs to which I know all the lyrics:
Most hi-5, wiggles and playschool
'africa' TOTO
'let's go' The cars
'fly' hiliary duff
'ticket to ride' beatles

5. Five things I would do if I were a (MULTI) millionaire:
Finish our project which should make more millions
trip to japan

6. Five Bad Habits
Short temper
whinge and complaining
leaving 'it' to tomorrow
keeping bad track of money
turning on the computer just as ive gotten out of bed

7. Five Things I Enjoy Doing
Being with family and friends
Listening to music
Cooking
Watching tv or playing ps2 or xbox
Sleeping

8. 5 Things I Would Never Wear (or buy or get)
A furry handbag
Knee high boots
a watch
Hot pants
knitted cartigan

9. Five favourite toys:
My hubby
DSL
Playstation 2 and eyetoy
Xbox and xbox live
Anything with tetris or solitaire

Remove the top person from the list. Bump everyone up a spot, and put yourself at the bottom.

145
Reflected Thoughts
iDiet
Jadey
Tina
Tiffany

And now to tag others... sorry if you've already done it...
Anyone reading that would love to do it! :D

Motivation to keep me going

2006-01-23T08:05:00.000+11:00

my fat photos
possiblity of being a bridesmaid this year (if they make it to the altar this time)
The outside of me not being as happy as the inside
not fitting into pretty matching underwear and voodoo stocking dont have a size that would fit me.
All clothes pretty tight fit
having bought a target size 18 dress and swimmers!
Tummy getting in the way during intimate moments and the heat makes it worse :oops:
Thinking about how insides must look like.. all gluggy, worn out, inflamed
Thinking about my familys history of heart diease, stroke, diabetes and cancer.
Havent been a healthy weight since being pregnant (comming up to 3yrs ago)
Having struggled with my weight all my life, its time to stop!
When i get to goal of 70, i will have lost 26kgs the healthy sensible way! And i get $500 to splash out on clothes!

Week 3 commitments

2006-01-23T07:54:00.000+11:00

2lt water a day
1hr exercise a day
track what i eat
be positive
be sensible when out

Last week was good with a 2kg loss. And another loss this week would be good too! (even if its just a little)

Shouldnt worry

2006-01-22T18:19:00.000+11:00

Nervous, had a good weigh in yesterday! And now i really DONT want to stuff up! I dont want to repeat the mistakes of last year! Challenge after challenge and not going anywhere!
Shouldnt worry, i know! Even the sermon at church today was on not worrying!
Im just going to do my best this week, keep up with my exercise, stick to points and stay away from chocolate, greasy chips and packets of chips...

i will stick with my coke zero, water, diet topping, homemade lebanese pizzas, ww cereal and diet yogurt, salad, filo pie, and light milk...

Today i had:
B= 2 pieces of toast 1/2 serving of cereal and diet yogurt
L= 2 chips, lean beef burger & diet coke
s= 3pt mud cake slice
d= leftover lasagna

Odd, i went shopping and didnt buy anything!
Had guests over and more on there way, again today! so hopefully since it has cooled down after being a major hot day i can get on my bike!

Ive been busy wasting time, but enjoying it on neopets. Im addicted to the games and being a neo-millionaire! ;)

Hubby said he was thinking of us going to the pool today, its a bit late to go now, with dinner in the oven and the pool possibly closing early since its a sunday or closing in a hours time. (not to mention the mozzies!)

having my lean beef burger when out with the family, is getting a bit tough. Since i watch hubby and Tia eat yummy chips and kfc chicken in front of me. My resolve is weakening, but its not like we can afford to eat out until wwwaaayyyy later in the week. Thank goodness!!! So i should be hanging for my lean beef burger and just that!

Have you ever walked past a mirror or your reflection and done a double take?! like is that really me?! I have my bad ones and the good ones.. like "hey i look pretty today", or "are my hips really sticking out that much?"

I really should figure something to do for my abs. A friend of mine has a ab-swing... but she is still away on hoildays in melbourne. My abs r the weakest muscle in my whole body! I guess as i continue loosing weight, my tummy should shrink.. and my belly button just might stop looking like its frowning!
from tina who got it from sarah who got it from nicky
Never in my life: did i think id live beyond 20, get married and have a baby!

When I was five: I thought babies came out thru the females bum hole! OW!

High School is: A educational hole, full of bullies! (especially the girls, beyond catty)
There's this girl:
Last night: i watched iron chef, made hamburgers and had guests over til late
When I turn my head left, I see: fan, mess, messy clothes, coke zero and the loung room
When I turn my head right, I see: wall
A better name for me would be: I like my name, but for some reason i never hear it alot
I have a hard time understanding: put downs, unfairness and how marilyn manson is still alive. & why tv stations torture us with sport on tv
You know I like you if: I talk to you & listen to you
My ideal breakfast is: strawberry shortcakes, cream, strawberries with strawberry milk
If you spend the night at my house: Ignore the noise... yes its probably the possums.. probably ;) oh and the couch unless ur small is painful and sleeping on been bags is just as annoying!

I always make it a point to: Smile!
I'd rather lick the belly of a cockroach than: OH NO I WOULDNT!
And by the way: veronica mars friend lilly kaine was not killed by her brother

Weigh in Week 3 of 2006

2006-01-21T13:36:00.000+11:00

Week 3 of 2006
Height 170cm
Age 23yo
StartW 99kg
PreviousW 94.5kg
CurrentW 92.5kg
Lost this week: 2kgs!
Total loss= 7.5kgs
Goal weight= 70kgs

Measurements;
Neck 36.5cm 36cm= lost .5
Shoulders 108cm= same
Upper arm 34cm= same
Chest 108cm= 107.5 lost .5
Waist 96cm= 95cm lost 1cm
Hips 122cm=120.5cm lost 1.5cm
Thigh 65cm= 58cm!!! lost 7cms
Calf 43cm= 41cm lost 2cms

Facts:
I lost 2kgs this week after 2 weeks of using my exercise bike like mad!
The smallest i've been all year so far for 2006
7kgs more to go and i will be half way!
I havent been this weight since? er.... maybe october last year

Weekly exercise summary;

Mon - 1hr exercise bike
tues - 1hr exercise bike & shopping
wed - 1hr exercise bike
thurs - 1/2 hr exercise bike, weeding & shopping x2
fri - 1hr 15mins exercise bike & shopping
sat- shopping

This weeks stuff-ups;

1 regular tim tam gloria jeans drink-tues or wed?
3 hot kfc chips-saturday
little, tiny bite of Tias Peanut butter kitkat chunky bar-Friday
50g bag of twisties on Wednesday

This weeks moments to be proud of;

Eating out with family and had lean beef burger and diet coke x2
Conisistanly using my exercise bike every day this week
Being in control of my eating even with the death of Miss Vanilla Rabbit
Loving the change in my butt! LOL! getting rounder and less flat and flab.
Noticing how exercise makes my days better, im happier, proud and less likely to be depressed and feeling sorry for myself!
not buying lots of marked down chocolate (with nothing wrong with it) for myself but some for Tia and then er.. having 1 little bite!

R.I.P Vanilla

2006-01-20T09:10:00.000+11:00

Found out this morning that Vanilla had died. Only got 2 pics of her with Tia. She was still a baby, not sure why she went. Feeling a bit sick about the whole thing, not in the mood for any food or to do anything. Cant help to think that it was the raddishes i gave them yesterday.

The ww museli is much better, more edible with the nestle passionfruit diet yogurt. But still didnt end up finishing it. (feeling sick)

Got a guest comming over tonight, so i guess id better do my exercise before it gets humid today.

Peeked at the scales and was delighted (before i knew of Vanilla) and i guess if i hadnt peeked id be probably more depressed and out shopping for something unhealthy to eat. I hope tomorrow and onwards i will have good news on weigh-in day.

Im proud of myself for switching to the maccas lean beef burger its 12pts lower than what id eat at kfc with hubby on a thursday night.

Yesterday after doing 1/2hr on the bike, felt dizzy and sick. Did alot of weeding out the veggie patch. The corn, lettuce and onions are doing really well! Went out shopping again and out for tea. Came home still feeling exhausted and sick.. this morning feeling sick mainly coz Vanilla.

Busy, Busy, Busy

2006-01-19T16:24:00.000+11:00

This is me last year in october in the botanical gardens, townsville. I was pretty disgusted/shocked when i saw this picture! I was weighing around 96kgs!
I am hoping next time we go up there, i will be a much happier, slimmer person! Healthy inside and out!

What i have had today:

1/2 serving of museli and low fat milk
2 1/2 pieces of toast
7/8s of a small sausage roll
regular size skim irish nut gloria jeans coffee
diet coke
maccas lean beef burger? or fish(tuna) curry?
1.5lt of water

I have already done 1/2hr on the bike while watching poko and play school with my 2yo. So tonight i will do another 1/2hr and if i have time & if i feel up to it maybe another hour. Been out shopping, fridge full again and more diet yougurt this time the nice nestle passionfruit one. 1 serving is 1pt and i hope to use it with the awful ww museli. So breakfast will be bumped up to 4 pts.
I need to be keeping better track of my sugar points! eep! But im pretty sure of a loss of some description this week, it doesnt matter how much just as long as i dont go up again!
Off to go shopping again! Have fun!