I have moved .....

For anyone interested in following my journey - I have moved to http://lmbedohave.blogspot.com/

I felt a new start was what I needed.

Take care and go safely !
Me

An update

To be honest I don't even know where to begin. It has been so long since I have posted, tracked, watched what I am eating - I haven't even stepped on the scales and for those who know what a 'scale whore' I am, you know that this means only one thing - I am out of control.

I can live with it right now. Work is like a mad house - I have made plans to have breakfast sorted out at work from next month - bought a bowl and spoon so I can have jungle oats at work - when I am working 12-13 hr days and leaving home at 5.30am - I can't bear the thought of having to eat before I leave so what would happen is I would then go to the staff kiosk at about 9am and buy something to eat. Then because I left too early to make lunch, I would have to buy lunch. And then by 3pm I was feeling totally frazzled so I would have to visit the snack machine. Then by 5pm when I knew I wouldn't be getting home until 7pm, I would visit the snack machine again - needless to say the money drained out of my purse faster than the bath water down a plug hole !!! So I have to make another plan for this month end - I have to be more organised and I have to be prepared - I can do this !!!!

I also completed a metabloic typing questionaire today so will wait to see what the results of that are - hopefully this will be able to help with making me feel better and help me to lose this weight that I just seem to be lugging around with me all the time.

We are off to Sydney next weekend for a friend's 40th birthday. Al and I fly down on Friday morning and we are spending the day at Taronga Zoo and then K will fly down early evening and we will pick her up and then spend the weekend there before flying back on Sunday night - I just hope the weather is kind to us poor people from sunny South East Queensland !!!

Take care everyone and be good !

A point post

Have a few things to talk about so thought I would put them in point form (only because I am short of time - again !!)
1. I resigned from my job as accountant at the school and have accepted the position of finance manager at a private hospital which includes 4 day clinics - start my new position on 23rd April.
2. Lost 1.0kg this week at WW but didn't deserve it - my body is playing mind games with me and not giving me the results I am expecting - a bad week does not normally see a loss of 1kg especially seeing as it was preceded by 2 bad weeks after Easter.
3. I was really good over Easter - the half price Easter eggs AFTER Eater were the killer and then the downward spiral started from there.
4. My studies are going well - I did really well in both practical assignments and topped the class in the written exam. I am now doing anatomy and physiology and it is doing my head in. Because it is such a concentrated course, we cover an extreme amount of work in 3 hours - doing this on a Monday and Wednesday night means that I spend the first half of the week trying to get my head around what is being taught and the second half of the week trying to go over it all so that I have half an idea of what he was talking about when I go to lectures the following week. Plus there is HEAPS of homework and lots of colouring in of our anatomy book.
5. K is on holiday although it has turned out to be more of a working holiday than a rest holiday - she has homework for every one of her subjects as well as going to extra maths for 3hrs per day for 3 days of the holiday.
6. Other than that - everything else is pretty much the same old same old - battling to get any exercise done, have days of drinking water and other days when I don't drink any just as I have days of watching what I eat and then days when I don't. I need to get my act together and get these last kilos off - I know I can do it and I need to stop sabotaging my plans.

Take care everyone and be good !

Easter already - where has the time gone to ?

I don't know where the time is going to but I do know that I am not getting on here to post as often as I would like - really wish I could blog from work because then I could post during my lunch half hour and it would be over and done with !!!

Tonight I went to weigh (and lost 1.3kg for the week) taking my total loss to date to 10kg exactly !!! I was very pleased about this as it is the lowest I have been in I don't know how long. The last time I weighed this when I was going down was in November 2004 - not sure when I passed it going back up but the good thing is that I am now moving in the right direction. I just need to keep this happening.

Work is a drag - am busy looking for something to move to but there isn't much out there at the moment. K is settling in the new academy - it is such a change from what she was used to and it certainly a challenge but one which she has really embraced and taken on and seems to be doing very well with it. She was chosen as the science ambassador for UQ which made us all very proud - they had to write an essay on were chosen on the content of the essay - I think there were about 15 who applied. She has been selected for the South Coast U19 softball side again - thank goodness the tournament is on the Coast this year as I don't know where we would have found the money for her to travel anywhere else in the country.

My course is going really well - I had my first major assessment tonight and that went a lot better than I expected. I have my theory and prac exam on Wednesday night so hold thumbs that that goes as well as it did tonight.

We have all had the dreaded lurgy that has been going around - sore throats, coughing, wheezing (in A's case) and I, once again, lost my voice - for nearly 3 weeks !!!!!!!!!!!!! As usual, it is very frustrating - I even went for 6 days with absolutely no talking - only note writing - and still my voice didn't want to come back. I obviously have a weak spot in my voice box because most times if I get this type of virus, I lose my voice - I guess I should be happy that it was for only nearly 3 weeks and not any longer !!!!!!!!!!

Well, it is time I hit the shower and then bed. I am trying to get to read posts but haven't been commenting as our computer seems to have slowed right down and it takes so long to try to post a comment, invariably I get annoyed and shut down and move onto the next blog.

Take care, be good and have a great Easter weekend - even if the weather is miserable !!!!

Quick catch up

Well the one week became two weeks before I was able to pull things back into line and I landed up with a 1.8kg gain. Luckily I was back on track and last week lost 1.3kg so nearly back to where I was before I fell off the rails.

I feel a little more motivated at the moment - not enough to actually exercise but in a better head space for now.

Off to spend some time in the pool - the temps are really up there today !

Have a great weekend and take care.