My bike

My bike is awesome. I like it excessively. I rode 10.8km yesterday and then I got a basket so I can carry a baguette should I ever want to. Go bike!

Totally on the wagon, have the reigns and am being very nice to the mule

This week has been an awesome week! The beloved man returned from a month away on the 25th June so I've had him all to myself for a whole week! Alas he goes away again on Wednesday but I shall survive. I have eaten pretty well, and managed to make up for the dinner at the Italian restaurant that I took the man to for his birthday.

 

I lost 1.4kg this week which brings me back to 108.9kg which is still higher than I was, but I am totally back on track!

 

I rode Bert the bike 16km this weekend, and unlike last Monday when my butt was a miasma of pain I can barely notice this week! Yay! I also rode most of the way to the office I'll be moving to in a couple of months (had to turn around as the boy was running and started to get tired), so I know for certain that when we do move I can ride to work without drama - all that extra exercise, how awesome!

 

I have a salad for lunch today which excites me greatly as it has fetta & rocket & baby spinach & boiled egg & cherry tomatoes, and I also have a home-made 4.5 point chicken pie which will be most tasty. Go healthy me!

 

Ooh, almost forgot, I went to my first personal training session at Fernwood this morning which was pretty good. I think I may change my membership to include the training sessions as the PT pushes me a lot harder than I push myself.

 

Take care fellow weight watchers!

Bert

This is Bert, my new bike. Sorry for the blurry photo, I was shaking with excitement and only using my iphone.

I've been off-air for a while

I've also been off track.

 

But, in exciting news I bought a bike yesterday and I love it! I have named it Bert and I went for a ride yesterday afternoon with some friends and now my butt hurts, but it is good hurt!

 

Stay tuned for more exciting or not-so-exciting updates from me.

Wearing the Skirt

I bought this skirt over a year ago in the hopes that I would fit into it very soon. Well, very soon is finally here!

 

I know it isn't a good photo but I was so excited I had to share!

Weigh In

Forgot to post on Monday - 700g loss this week! This takes me down to 107.5kg, which is a mere 100g heavier than the lowest weight I got to last year before I lost the plot and started eating jam doughnuts again. 100g!!!

I'm off to visit some friends in Townsville at the end of July, and I've set myself the challenge of being under 100kg before I go. Good luck to me!

Measurements

I woke up this morning with an awful sinus headache - I get them fairly regularly which is very annoying! So, while I was sitting at home feeling sorry for myself and wishing the pain away, I thought I'd take my measurements since I haven't done that in a while...

Results:

Neck - 35.5cm (-1.5)
Upper Arm - 41cm (-0.5)
Chest - 119cm (-7)
Waist - 108.5cm (-4.5)
Hips - 132.5cm (-5)
Upper Leg - 73.5cm (-1)
Calf - 43.5cm (0)

So, that brings me to a total of 553.5cm, and I've lost 19.5cm! Wohoo!

Weigh in Day

Alas, I stepped on the scales (bleary eyed as my boyfriend wanted to know how I'd done before he left for work (at 5.45am!). And sadly I am the same as I was last week.

This is okay, I had a big loss last week, and this will give me the drive to try even harder this week!

Mothers Day Classic - 8km

My friend Esther and I just completed the 8km walk for the Mothers Day Classic which raises money for Breast Cancer Research. Next year, I'm totally running!

10kg Goal Smashed!

I have smashed that 10kg lost! In fact, I'm now at 10.8kg lost! Wohoo! I'm feeling pretty proud of myself I must say. Go me!

My reward to myself for this awesome milestone was a set of headphones that will not fall out of my ears when walking / running / ellipticalling... That's what the picture is. I got them in the mail last week, then put them aside until I reached 10kg. I wore them on the walk to work this morning and was most pleased with myself the whole way! Sennheiser PX200 II is the brand and they fold up like sunglasses. This makes me excited. Very excited.

Yesterday, to celebrate my 10kg milestone, I did a Step class - which is swear is designed to nearly kill me. It is great though, I feel it afterwards! Alas my gym doesn't have this class on at a time when I can normally go (yesterday was Labour Day up here in QLD so I got the day off to do such exciting things as go to the step class at my gym). This class is so worth the effort though that I'm thinking of sorting something out so I can leave work a little early once a fortnight and get to the 5.30pm class on a Tuesday...

Photos - 9.4kg down

So, I'm jumping the gun a little but here are photos from this morning, 9.4kg lighter than when I started. My photographer was my darling boyfriend - credit where credit is due!

Day 117 of 2010

Good afternoon people of the internet. Mostly people. Some robots. Good afternoon to you too robots of the internet!

I'm in a pretty good mood today because I lost 800g at my weigh in yesterday morning! Wohoo! So I am down to 109.6kg. I am 400g higher than the lowest I've been this year (109.2kg on the 29th March), and 2.2kg higher than the lowest I've made it to on this now long journey (107.4kg on 9th March 2009).

I went to a Body Step class yesterday morning and it was awesome. I was completely exhausted about 15 minutes into it, but managed to keep going to the end. There is another one next Monday (another public holiday for us Queenslanders) so I'll go to that one and see if I can improve! Unfortunately there isn't a Body Step class at a time I can regularly attend so I won't be making this part of my routine. I'm sticking with the Body Pump class though, I love it!

I am going to put photos up this week, I just need to take some. I will endeavour to take some tonight!

Have an awesome Tuesday everyone!

Attack Cow

http://oddlyspecific.com/2010/04/16/funny-signs-any-udder-warnings/

I think I need to become an attack cow. Or at least have one to attack the bad foods when they come near me... I'll name her Tinkerbell.

After several weeks of off-the-rails crazy I am back on the wagon this week. I really need to remember the benefits and get my headspace right again. I'm sicking of weight-loss failures. I'm reading for some weight-loss wins!

Consequences

I read a blog today that talked about consequences. And it led me to think about the consequences of me not following through and losing weight. So, here are some of the consequences I would face:

• heart disease at a young age. I am 28 now, I don't want to have a heart attack at 40.
• sleep apnea. I already have this, and it will not go away until I lose weight - in fact it will just get worse, to the point where I will not be able to sleep without a machine pushing air through my nose at night.
• diabetes. how much longer can I keep serious illness such as diabetes at bay? My boyfriend's brother has diabetes (childhood, not weight related) and it has a huge impact on his life. I don't want that, not when I can avoid it by simply losing weight.
• if I am this weight when I have children, I won't be able to play with them the way I want to, and even worse, I may not be around to watch them grow up.

There are more, a lot more. I sometimes wonder if food is a bit like a drug addiction for me. When I fall off the wagon, I really fall. I eat more than I ate before, and worse. I repress the part of my brain that is objecting to this behaviour. I don't really understand how addiction works, but it really is all-encompassing when that is all you can think about.

 

I need to be negative sometimes, focus on the negatives of failure rather than the positives of success. I need that fear to motivate me as well as the expected joy of the future. It may not work for everyone, but this works for me.

 

I'm going to post photos next week, I probably won't have lost 10kg yet (after the excesses of the last couple of weeks) but I want to post more, it is about time!

 

Sarah

Wednesday, 14th April 2010

Today is my 10,349th day alive. I am 122 days out from my 28th birthday, and 243 days away from my 29th. I am also 500 days away from my wedding (that date is a bit rough but it will be around then).

 

Just giving myself some perspective here! Last night I went shopping and bought enough food to last me all week. I have a meal plan for the week. This morning I went to the gym and then at work I had my favourite breakfast (toast with avocado, cottage cheese, ham & tomato). I feel pretty awesome. I want to remember this awesome feeling and keep that up for the rest of this week.

 

I am aiming to stick to my plan every day this week, I want to drink 2L of water a day, and I want to go to the gym at least 3 times (2 to go minimum!).

 

That is my goal for this week.

 

Why am I doing this?

http://blackandwtf.tumblr.com/post/515516679

 

Weekend before last I went to Cairns with my partner to attend his sister's wedding. I decided to not be too fastidious in pursuit of my weight loss whilst there. Turns out that was a very poor decision to have made.

 

I don't know why I go off the rails, what little switch turns off in my head that causes me to suppress my desire to lose weight (and it is a very strong desire - because I desire to gain the self-confidence and self-love that I know is being held back by the weight) and ignore my inner-brain guide to doing well and eat ice cream, pizza, biscuits etc etc etc...

 

Needless to say I've not had the best fortnight. I am too scared to hop on the scales and view the damage. I'll leave that for next Monday I think.

 

I'm writing a meal plan right now - planning is the absolute best way for me to stick to weight watchers. Plan plan plan! Fight my way through the cravings I'll have this week and focus on what I want.

700g Aww Yeah!

So I didn't reach my goal of getting to the 10kg mark this week, but 700g is still pretty awesome! I was better this week than the previous week but my big letdown still seems to be the weekend. I need to do something about that... plan better maybe? Not sure. Sleepy this morning and don't feel like thinking about it.

I will be away next Monday morning so I am going to leave my next weigh in until the 12th April. That gives me two weeks to smash that 10kg and make some progress towards 10%! Unfortunately we are going to Cairns for a wedding so I need to be very in control - I have volunteered to be the designated driver which will help.

 

Fingers crossed, healthy pumped, let's go!

100g & 1 point

I lost 100g this week, which puts me at 109.9kg! This is exciting because I am under 110kg AND I go down to 23 points per day. Now I am a mere 900g off 10kg lost and I am going to set myself a mega-challenge to lose that 900g this week.

Monday is Good

These last two weeks have not been my best. I was better this week than the previous week but I wasn't really tracking, and I was making poor choices. I also only went to the gym twice which is a second week in a row that I've failed to make my minimum sessions!

 

A fresh week, a fresh start. I've started by doing the things that I know work for me. I have planned a weeks worth of meals for me and my partner, and this morning I went to the grocery store and bought the foods I like for breakfast at work. I feel good and I'm going to the gym tonight.

 

I forgot to step on the scales before I jumped in the shower this morning, but hopped on afterwards with wet hair. I was stunned! I have somehow managed to lose 300g in the last two weeks of awful. That puts me at 110kg. 9kg lost! I wouldn't be surprised if my fortnight of bad eating catches up with me and I gain or stay the same at next weigh in, but I'm so close to getting back to 10kg lost, and then I'm full speed ahead to 10%! 10% will be my next star on the chart from weight watchers as I have previously made it to 10kg down.

 

Poor Loz is sick today, get well soon Loz!

via: http://blackandwtf.tumblr.com/post/441783592/via-becky

McDonalds

So, what do we think of Weight Watchers and McDonalds teaming up?

 

Personally, I have to agree with option number 2 in the following article: http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=121514

 

I think it is good for McDonalds because having WW onboard will get more people through the doors, of course they'll feel like they're eating well because of the WW endorsement, then they'll buy the same old awful fatty food.

 

It could be useful for people who use WW to know what the points values are of the foods they want if they have to go to McDonalds in a pinch.

 

To be honest, I think that WW is being painfully capitalist and putting the health of the nation second here. I am pretty disappointed in this decision.

Bad Week

Last week on Tuesday morning I dropped my beloved man at the airport to fly off to some mine in the middle of nowhere for two weeks for work. All was going fine that day still. Then I ate my lunch. About 30 minutes later I started feeling unwell, it just got worse and worse, so I went home. And then my vegetarian week went to hell. I tried to get back on track, and then it went to hell again. So I gave up. Unfortunately I also gave up on counting points, or even trying to make good choices, until Sunday became my worst binge eating day since I restarted this journey at the beginning of January. I chose to not weigh in on Monday morning because I knew it wouldn't be pretty and I wanted to start my week on a positive not a negative. Unfortunately I also woke up with a headache, which quickly got worse, then much, much, much worse (I haven't had a migraine since I was a teenager but this sure came close). I'm pretty bad at controlling intake when I'm not feeling 100%. I totally ate badly yesterday as well.

 

Today I am back at work. I have what I am describing as a "headache hangover". I have a headache still, not as bad, and I feel fuzzy and out of it today. But, I've remembered why I am on this journey this morning, and am tracking again today. I have had toast with jam for breakfast and a skinny flat white (without sugar - I have finally found a coffee shop that makes coffee so well that I have no need of the sugar! and it is right downstairs from my office!). So that's 3.5 points for the toast and 1.5 points for the coffee. 5/24 thus far.

 

This evening I think I will make a pie with filo pastry and take it over to my little brother's house for dinner - his girlfriend decided to call it quits on their relationship this morning and I want to go and cheer him up!

 

Now, I just want this headache to go away... and my darling man to come home... he was going to come home on Friday this week but then his parents asked if he wanted to go and stay with them for a couple of days (he has to go home via Townsville on the way back from the mine) and so I told him he totally should go and hang out with his parents (they are truly awesome and I dragged him down to Brisbane with me and away from their awesomeness so he should definitely to see them). So I won't have my back-up conscience back until next week so am going to have to rely on myself this week. Go me!

Sneaky Copycat Take 2

As Fiona kindly pointed out the picture didn't show up in my last sneaky post! Sorry... I can't edit my blog from work, but I can add new posts (it's an email thing...) so here is my second attempt to post that graph!

Vegetarian Week

I decided to make this week vegetarian week, as I have a lot of vegetarian recipes but they never seem to get made! I have an exciting list of meals planned:

 

Day 1: Coconut Jasmine rice with green onions & cilantro (which I assume is corriander)
Day 2: Eggplant Moussaka
Day 3: Marinated Tofu Kebabs
Day 4: Mediterranean Feta Pizza
Day 5: Crepes with Sauteed Mushrooms
Day 6: Cheese & Spinach Quiche

All was going well... until yesterday I got terrible stomach pains after lunch and ended up going home. When I got home I got hungry. I started craving a greasy fat dripping grossness of a McDonald's burger. Instead I settled for what I could grab from the freezer which happened to be a chicken and vegetable pie. Ugh. Yeah. So last week I commented on Fiona's post regarding what causes you to go off track and said that for me it is the fatal combination of tiredness, hunger & laziness. I guess I can also add sick / feeling sorry for myself to that list...

 

Anyway, tonight I am going to have the coconut jasmine rice and move forward and leave behind my disaster that was yesterday. Wohoo!

Sneaky copycat I am

I'm copying my friend Loz here, with my entire visual weight history with WW:

A loss, a loss, a loss!

I lost 500g this week, which takes me to a total loss of 8.7kg. I am happy happy happy!

I feel pretty

Today I feel pretty. I feel good and pretty and happy. This is a good thing. I just wanted to share a bit of happiness with the blogging world!

A good loss! At last!

After a 600g gain followed by a 200g loss I have had a good loss this week of 1.5kg! I am now at a total loss of 8.2kg and am very excited about reaching 10kg!

 

I'm thinking that for 10kg loss I might treat me and my darling and wonderfully supportive boyfriend to a trip to the gold class cinemas - I really want my rewards to not be food related you see. I am treating myself to a replacement iced tea jug once I'm under 10kg (I may have accidentally broken the last one with an ill-thought out leaving in the freezer...), which although food related is not too bad.

 

I have instigated a mid-week ban on the scales. I am only allowed to step on those scales once a week and that is Monday morning only. I had a bad habit of weighing myself daily which was really just resulting in misery for me. I am enjoying this once a week system as it seems to be helping to keep my attitude positive which is great!

 

Also, once I get to 10kg lost I will post more photos to show my losses to date...

Yay!

I just tightened my belt another hole! I'm down from the third from
the end to the fifth from the end!

Minor victories...

Bung knee

On Monday I took a step and my right knee objected wholeheartedly. I
have overworked my leg muscles and now need to stay off my knee until
they recover. The physio has said I can do upper body weights and
swimming (but no kicking!). I will not let this derail my weight loss!
Went to the gym this morning and everything!

Crap

Something is wrong with my right knee. I am in pain! I cancelled going
to the gym this morning because I can barely walk! I am going to try
to see a physio today. I hope I am not out of action for too long, I
really like going to the gym!!

A small loss

So only a 200g loss today. I am trying not to be disheartened but it
is difficult. I know that I haven't been as awesome as usual this week
so I know what I need to do.

Slacker

So, I may have accidentally possibly slept in a bit this morning and caused me and Loz to miss our Body Jam class... I felt more than just a little guilty. We went to the gym anyway and did weights. Tomorrow we have a Circuit class, Loz is going to ride over to my place to make sure I am actually up!

 

Fingers crossed...

My friend Loz!

My friend Loz is awesome and is the best weight loss buddy ever - she is supportive and helpful and celebrates my wins and commiserates when I suffer. In essence, she rocks.

 

Thanks for being so awesome Loz! And go you on 1.1kg lost this week! Wohoo!

Weigh In

So I gained 600g this week. I am holding it together right now simply because I know that I didn't over-eat or do anything to cause a gain. I did join a gym and do more exercise than usual and I had big losses for the last few weeks, so I think my body is just catching up. I'm okay with this. I hope.

100 Day Challenge: Week 4

Clearly I failed to take a lot of photos this week...

 

Day 22: my friend Loz and I went to the shops today (I totally planned ahead and had the day off!) and Loz was hungry so we decided to go to fasta pasta. I had just eaten an hour and a half before so just had a coffee (very proud of myself for resisting!). Loz chose what she thought was the healthiest option on the menu and had spaghetti bolognese entree size. Later on after being passed from person to person she managed to find out that it was 12.5 points just for the entree size! Eek! Very glad I didn't eat there as I wasn't hungry. Actually, I did have a slice of bread (they brought to the table) without butter and I stole some of the sauce from Loz' plate. I counted the points too! Go me!
Day 23: Australia Day! I went to two different barbeques today, to protect myself from overindulging I drove! Yay!
Day 24: The day after Australia Day... we went running to burn off all the nuts and other goodies eaten on Australia Day!
Day 25: I went to my friend's place for dinner, I forgot to take a picture of the meal but it was awesome and low points and she didn't even know I'm on weight watchers - how awesome is a friend like that? So, this is a picture of vegetables because that is mainly what dinner was and it was good.
Day 26: Was raining this morning so we didn't get to go for our run, but I felt pretty so I wore a dress to work which I definitely don't normally do. This is me in my dress!
Day 27: Bushwalking day today, this is us on the trail. it was only a short bushwalk but it was fun!
Day 28: I spent most of today sleeping and then treated myself to breakfast - I resisted the bacon. It isn't much but it is something!

Late night incident...

I'm lying in bed unable to sleep so earlier I got up. I was
ridiculously hungry so I wanted some food. I chose tuna and
mayonnaise. Lots of mayonnaise. Full fat mayonnaise. Now I feel kind
of sick and I'm still not able to sleep. Crap.

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Also...

I lost 1.6kg this week! Yay! I am terribly proud of myself, but I did work very hard this week. So hard that my poor calf muscles now need a break as they are very sore :(

WW Meal awesomeness

I just need to let my fellow weight watchers know that the Chicken San Choy Bau (3.5 points per serve) from the weight watchers website is awesome! Ridiculously awesome even...

100 Day Challenge - Week 3

Day 15 - I went home from work due to the dreaded sinus headache today, so made up for the lost work productivity by printing out all the recipes in my 4 week repeating schedule of meals and put them in a folder so there is no need to go back and forth between the computer and the kitchen to do the cooking.

Day 16 - Stayed home today due to feeling awful and headachey. My friend Loz came over and we made cupcakes that were 4 points for 3, they were tasty and awesome and we both counted them and were proud. I didn't take a picture of the cupcakes themselves but here is the box.

Day 17 - Back at work, I had watermelon for my afternoon snack - anyone who knows me well also knows that I am not a fruit person. Having any fresh fruit is a major achievement so I'm proud of myself!

Day 18 - Home again today and feeling sorry for myself! This is my awesome bed because that is where I spent the day. Not sure that really counts as an improvement in my life but I do love my bed...

Day 19 - I know I've put the wii fit in here before, but I am addicted to this thing!

Day 20 - I'm sad to say I spent all of Saturday doing not much. But, I did babysit my friend's much younger siblings on Saturday night. And, despite being very tired, I only had cups of tea, not coffee with milk or soft drink! Yay me!

Day 21 - I have set myself a rule that I can only fill up the soft drink dispenser in the fridge on Mondays. It ran out on Saturday so I didn't get any today, but that is okay because I didn't go fishing in the pantry for more!

C25K - Week 4, workout 27 or something

So it wasn't really workout 27 but we have been stuck on week 4 for a while now. The reason is that either me or Loz isn't able to go running, we get there and then don't run or power walk instead etc etc etc.

 

This morning I managed to conveniently sleep through my alarm, but luckily Loz rang me at 5.45am and happened to be on her bike outside my house, so we still managed to go for a run. I've got a cold at present so it was a very snotty run for me, but run we did!

 

Go Us!

 

Week 5 next week, I can feel it!

100 Day Challenge: Week 2

At Weigh in this morning I lost 300g. Not a huge loss but I haven't been particularly awesome this week and I did have a brilliant loss last week. Week 3, here we come!

 

 

Day 8: I know I've done water before but this is what I was focussing on today so I'm putting it in again!

Day 9: I did a silly thing and allowed myself to get too hungry and therefore made a poor food choice. I had Japanese (could have been much worse!) which I then tracked. This is a picture of what I had (yaki soba - i had to search the internet for this!) and a reminder that allowing myself to get hungry is a bad thing.

Day 10: I am not much of a cook. This is a combination of not having any talent for it and being lazy. So, on Tuesday night, I took a quick look through my WW recipes and picked one that didn't require me to go to the supermarket, and cooked! (my plans for a month of weekly menus has been slightly delayed as my partner is away for a month and I need to re-inspire myself!). I halved the recipe so there was a meal for me last night and a meal for my lunch today. Yay!

Day 11: Orange! I am not a fruit person, not at all. I sent a copy of my daily food to my friend Loz who then ordered me out to get some fruit - so, I got some and I had fruit 3 days last week! Go me!

Day 12: I am replacing my juice and soft drink addiction (for the time being) with coke zero. So I keep a stash of it in the fridge and get to have one when I come home from work.

Day 13: This is Joanna Newsom, I went to see her perform on Saturday night and it was lovely. We took the train and then walked to the venue so I managed to get my steps up for the day and see this awesome singer - how can you not be awesome if you play a harp?

Day 14: Once again I failed to take a picture but last night I made this awesome WW recipe that left me very satisfied and it was only 4 points! The Mushroom Curry. Brilliant...

A good-ish week

So far this week has been awesome. I have moved on from the 56 point day of horror and am eating well. I have cooked at home two nights in a row using WW recipes - I halved the recipes (they were for 4 and as my darling boyfriend is down in SA for work for the next few weeks it seems a waste to cook that much food) and then I have a meal and lunch for the next day. So far I've had the quick chilli con carne (which is awesome and I highly recommend it!) and last night the spaghetti carbonara which was tasty but not as tasty as the chilli con carne (seriously in love with that meal... looking forward to cooking it for my darling man when he comes home because he'll love it too!).

 

I have two more at home meals this week from my monthly planner and they are the mushroom curry and the chicken fried rice. I have all the required ingredients at home and am prepared to cook!

 

The meals on my planner for next week are:

Pasta with Tomato vodka sauce

Greek-style cheeseburgers

Angel hair pasta with eggplant sauce

frittata with herbed ricotta cheese & bacon

chicken & vegie udon noodles

 

I've decided it is actually a good thing that I will be trying all these recipes whilst my darling man is away as it gives me the chance to make sure they do taste good before I ask him to eat them. Also I want him to do some of the cooking (I'm really not much of a cook!) so he'll feel better about that if he likes the food!

 

Also, I've decided that all high-point desserts in the house (can't deny everyone desserts can I?) should be chocolate or have chocolate in them. That way I will never be tempted to eat them (I am 3 years chocolate free now and have greater will-power in resisting chocolate than I do at losing weight!). I've kept a chocolate box in the fridge for darling man for the last year and that works pretty well.

 

Hope everyone is having a rocking Thursday!

Wagon Repairs

So, fell off the wagon a bit yesterday. Actually it was more like I crashed my wagon and now my pony is mad at me and I need to change one of the wheels...

 

I started fine. Ran around the back yard with kitty. Cleaned up some rotting mangoes (I despise mangoes and having a mango tree (not even Bowen mango tree either, a yucky string mango tree) in the back yard is not helping this dislike). Then, I sat on the couch and watched episodes of various TV shows on my computer. Then I got hungry and ignored it. Then I ignored it some more. Then I passed the logical thinking barrier and hunger won.

 

So, some mcdonalds and ice cream later, oh and a bottle of coke (normally I go for the coke zero), and I managed to notch up a lot of points yesterday. The scales were still kind at my weigh-in this morning but I didn't deserve it!

 

This morning I got up, fixed the broken wheel on my wagon, spoke softly to my pony and gave it some apples and now I'm trotting along the path once more. Yay!

100 Day Challenge, Week 1

So, after much swirling around in the muck that occasionally infests my head, I am out and enjoying the sunshine, and so here is my first week of the 100 day challenge!

 

Day 1: I brought lots of low-point snack food into work with me so that I can handle those totally predictable mid morning and afternoon cravings without resorting to packets of chips or drinks of coke!

Day 2: Water, water, water. This has always been a large failing of mine. I never drink enough water. My dear BF drinks enough for the two of us! But, he has been a good influence on me and I now carry a water bottle with me wherever I go. I went through about 4 bottles of water at work on day two and became quite intimate with the toilet stalls (since I was visiting far more frequently than in the past!) but felt great.

Day 3: My at work breakfast. I love it. 2 slices multigrain bread toasted, 1/4 avocado, 2 tbs cottage cheese, 2 slices (ie. 1 serve) of the Hans country smoked ham, fresh tomato & pepper. 4.5 points.

Day 4: I had a rough afternoon on Thursday, and needed a drink. I ended up having two bottles of beer, but, being a good WW girl, I totally tracked it anyway! So, this is a picture of my online tracker counting those beers...

Day 5: My Wii fit. I am slowly falling in love with this little guy. When you're at it and sweating you're wondering why since it really isn't that hard, and then you get that muscle soreness the next day and realise how awesome the Wii fit truly is. Go Wii fit! AND go darling BF who bought me the Wii & Wii fit for my birthday in December (not totally magnanimous, he gets to play with it too!) (of course I forgot to send the photo of the wii-fit to myself so this is a photo I thieved from the internet)

Day 6: Today I took a walk at Walk-About-Creek in Brisbane Forest Park where I used to go all the time when I was a teenager as it is such a beautiful and peaceful place. I basked in the niceness of it all and remembered how much I enjoy getting out and about.

Day 7: Kitty! This is Oscar who is most wayward and naughty. He has up until now been an indoor cat, but my mother feels I am driving him insane using this method as he was born free and feral. Lately he has been playing up so I am trialing letting him out during the day (I'll never let him stay out at night though, got to protect at least some of the wildlife!), and today I followed him around and we played a few games of chase - a fun and silly way to get some exercise!

2010: The Year of Biodiversity

Well, that's what the United Nations decided on. I'm going for 2010: The Year of Change.

 

I'm not really a resolution person, but my partner and I decided on some goals for 2010 in different areas of our life. One that ties in nicely to financial, health & weight loss goals is our decision to eat at home at least 5 nights a week. Both of us work long hours, and as a consequence we tend to be tired and lazy when we get home - so, to help with this problem which tends to leave us eating takeaway or going to the pub for dinner, I've written up a four week menu with 5 meals per week (in no particular order). All of these meals have a total combined prep and cooking time of less than 30mins & are low in points (between 4 - 8 points per serve). This way we'll shop once a week and cooking won't be such a drama.

 

Well, that's what I hope...

 

I also started taking photos yesterday for the 100 day challenge which is exciting. I started back on the weight watchers path yesterday, and I started it well by going for a C25K run! Go me!

 

Yay for 2010!