tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-211219612024-03-14T18:22:33.771+11:00The Ups and Downs of Carlton's/Mel's LifeMel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.comBlogger329125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-36132291502945149762012-01-23T14:37:00.000+11:002012-01-23T14:37:04.527+11:00Triathlon blogI've set myself a goal to complete a full ironman triathlon in 23 months time and I've created a new blog to document the highs, lows, the achievements and the tears... Feel free to come and join me by supporting me through this huge journey at:-<br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-25310398267441354032011-12-12T09:13:00.004+11:002011-12-13T07:51:22.504+11:00Its amazing what you can do when pushed!!!!OMG my trainer is mean but awesome at the same time..... he decided that I wasn't training hard enough and that I drank way too much red wine on Saturday night, so today's session after the usual warm up, a few squat rows, squats, lunges etc.... that I could do 500 kettlebell swings using a 16 kilo kettlebell... I guess I should be greatful that it was with the 20 or 24 kilo kettlebell... After the first 100 of them, I so didn't think I was going to make it as my forearms were burning but they settled down and I did it....<br /><br />I have have triathlon swim training at lunchtime which is going to be interesting is all I'm saying...<br /><br />This is Monday's (yesterday's) post that I forgot to publish.<br /><br />I've got lots of christmas functions with week so I hate to think of what my other 2 PT sessions are going to be like, let alone next Monday's after I've survived this week.... I did have to pull out the jfdi card a few times this morning but I did it.... I'm so excited!!!!!<br /><br />I'm feeling pretty tired right now so the rest of the day will be interesting including the 12 days to christmas challenge that I'm starting today...<br /><br />12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS FITNESS CHALLENGE!<br /><br />These are to be done as fast as possible, with perfect form (of course)<br /><br />DAY 1 - 1 SET OF 100 JUMPING JACKS... <br />DAY 2 - 2 X 1 MIN PLANKS<br />DAY 3 - 3 SETS OF LUNGES (10 STEPS EACH LEG)<br />DAY 4 - 4 SETS OF 30 SECOND JUMP ROPE<br />DAY 5 - 5 BURPEES<br />DAY 6 - 6 TOE TOUCHERS (ABS) <br />DAY 7 - 7 PERFECT PUSHUPS<br />DAY 8 - 8 CALF RAISES<br />DAY 9 - 9 ATG SQUATS (ASS TO GRASS)<br />DAY 10 - 10 BICEP CURLS (EACH ARM<br />DAY 11 - 11 TRICEP DIPS<br />DAY 12 - 12 MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS <br /><br />So the first day you only do the 1st day, but the second day you do day 1 AND day 2, and on the third day you do day 1, 2 and 3.... and so on...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-49414739873628898722011-12-07T20:25:00.005+11:002011-12-07T20:28:46.943+11:00OMG how long has it been....<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;">I so can't believe its been nearly 18 months since I've posted here....</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">So much has happened in my life, I've changed jobs within the Finance industry, I've lost 50 kilos and got to my goal weight, Brad and I split up for good, I have started training to be a personal trainer and I'm now competing in triathlons...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;">Its all pretty unreal right now and unbelieveable.... Life is just so different...</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-68342755991022703742010-07-12T16:35:00.001+10:002010-07-12T16:36:29.999+10:00RealisationsI had this realisation at work the other day whilst shopping with a work colleague, that I’m now only about 10 kilos heavier than the average female in my office…. I consider most females in my office as slim or only slightly overweight and now I’m becoming one of them (not that it’s like a disease or anything).<br /><br />I still have to remind myself that I can shop in the normal section of the store, even if it is towards the bigger sizes, its still a normal size… I’ve been very over weight for a long time, and it’s a big deal for me to be able to shop in the normal size. I can also buy stuff from normal stores and not have to buy from the larger stores anymore…Mind you it will be a sad day when I don’t fit into anything in Autograph as its my favourite store… I'm now wearing size 14/16 pants or skirts and tops are either 14/16 or 18 depending on shape and design.<br /><br />I’m pretty excited about where this is all going… Less than 20 kilos to lose to get to my WW goal and I’m going to get there..<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-33101162129293917842010-05-30T19:14:00.003+10:002010-05-30T19:22:07.913+10:00GWEJ (Goal Weigh Ending June)<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Now this is normally something done on weight watchers forum and occassionally on our ww facebook group does and I'm going to post this hear as well.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">To coincide with the challenge we have at weight watchers which ends the end of July my goal is to weigh 84.9 kilos so that is a loss of 3.4 kilos this month. June ends in the middle of the week and as I weigh in on Saturday's my weight at the end of the month will be as at 26 June 2010... So I have 4 weeks to lose 3.4 kilos or 850 grams per week... Let the challenge begin...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">I did mention this at the end of my previous post but I think its time to give it a post all of its on. This goal is going to be a bit of a challenge but nothing that some focus and effort want hurt.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">I'm sure the more I post this and the more accountable I am the more focused and motivated I will become in achieving this goal.</span><br /><h6 class="uiStreamMessage"><br /></h6><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-25440816713549704612010-05-29T14:13:00.006+10:002010-05-29T14:29:45.827+10:00Week 119 of my weight loss journey<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Yes I can't believe I have been losing weight for this long.... A friend of mine on a weight loss group we have on facebook got me thinking about my overall journey and the time its taken to get this far.</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span class="UIIntentionalStory_Names" ft="{"type":"name"}"><br /></span>I've been on this journey for over 2 years, well 119 weeks to be exact (just worked it out) and during this time I've lost just over 29 kilos and whilst I'm happy with that its by no means fast but its my journey and I have to be happy with that. WW tell you that you should try and average your weight loss at 500 grams per week, well mine is a little below that at 250 grams per week... I still have another about 21 kilos to lose to get to my goal weight and I'm hoping that I can spead things up just a little to get there in the next year.. If I can increase my average to 400 grams per week then I will lose the 21 kilos in 52 weeks...<br /></span><h3 style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">My point is that it doesn't matter how long it takes you as long as you don't give up and that the whole process fits into your life style. I still go out, I still eat chocolate and I still drink wine and bourbon and I still go away interstate and overseas ... I really wouldn't change much as I'm living my life at the same time as losing weight. It will just take longer the way I'm doing it that's all... </span><br /></span></span></span></h3><h3 style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}"><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b5-3I4sO3sg/TACXdBCbhFI/AAAAAAAAAqA/KqOh8kZX0fg/s1600/me+in+Lindt+Cafe+Melbourne.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b5-3I4sO3sg/TACXdBCbhFI/AAAAAAAAAqA/KqOh8kZX0fg/s200/me+in+Lindt+Cafe+Melbourne.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476543671633151058" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3><h3 style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">The above picture was taken last Mondy at the Lindt Cafe in Melbourne... This was my breakfast... It was very yummy but also very rich.... I also weighed in on the saturday at 88.4 kilos, so I'm using it as my 88.4 kilo picture....</span></span></span></span></h3><h3 style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Today was WI and I lost 100 grams... I'm pretty happy with that. During the past week I have been to melbourne, where I ate and drank more than normal, its been TTOM, and I now have the flu... Very little exercise has been done this week and I still lost... I now weigh 88.3 kilos and am very much an 80's girl... Bring on the 70's is all I can say... </span><br /></span></span></span></h3><h3 style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Our leader today challenged us to lose a kilo this week, so I'm going to focus on that. A few weeks ago she challenged us to a 6 week weight loss challenge and I wanted to be 84.9 kilos at the end of it.... I think we have 4 weeks left and I have 3.4 kilos to lose... Time to get focused again I think... I can do this if I really want it.... I'd love to be a 70's girl for spring this year (September)... which would then see me needing losing 5 kilos in 2 months....</span><br /></span></span></span></h3><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-39284861815892495802010-05-15T18:26:00.004+10:002010-05-15T20:13:23.773+10:00WI Day<h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">I'm so happy right now, the scales rewarded me well after my effort this week... I smashed getting under 90 with a 1.4 kilos loss getting me to 88.8 kilos.... I haven't been this low for about 20 years....</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">I also decided to go shopping today with the aim of trying on some new jean and maybe buying some new jeans as my current ones are a bit big.... I decided to try on a pair of size 14 jeans, and whils i didn't think they would fit and still didn't as I was trying to pull them up, they did so I bought a size 14 </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">jeans!!!! they are a little snug but the 16's are just too big... This will give me some focus for the coming week to make sure they fit nicely when I go to melbourne next saturday.... The jeans were only cheap ones because I still have about 22 kilos to lose and I don't want to spend the money on expensive jeans only for them not to fit me for long... I will buy decent jeans when I get to my goal weight... <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"></span></span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">I also bought a pair of boots as my reward for weighing in under 90 kilso... Last week I got a new pair of runners so it was the boots turn this week.<br /></span></span></span></span></h3><h3 style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);" class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}">Now bring on my next goal of being under 85 kilos... At weight watchers today our leader gave us a challenge of what weight we wanted to be or how much we wanted to lose in the next 6 weeks. Well originally mine was to lose 3.6 kilos or 600 grams per week and I just realised that would make me 85.2 kilos so I'm going to go for 3.9 kilos which will see me at 84.9 kilos...</h3><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">When I started this journey I weighted in at 115.9 kilos and today at 88.8 kilos see my total loss of 27.1 kilos loss all together...</span><br /><br /><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><br /></span></span></span></span></h3><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-47809375025787117832010-05-10T14:45:00.004+10:002010-05-10T14:56:09.927+10:00WI Saturday 8/5/2010<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Sorry I've been a bit slack in updating my WI results from Saturday.<br /><br />I lost 1.6 kilos which is great but just missed out on my weekly goal of going under 90 kilos.... I know the goal was a big ask and I did have a feeling on Thursday that I was just going to miss it. I weighed in at 90.3 kilos...<br /><br /></span><span style="color:#cc9933;">I'm trying to stick with the same principals this week so my cycling points are:-<br /><br />Saturday - 30 points - exercise points earnt 6.5 points<br />Sunday - 33 points (I didn't mean to have this many but I got a bit hungry in the afternoon) - exercise points earnt 8 points<br />Monday - 21 points - already at 5 points and I still need to go for a walk tonight.<br />Tuesday - 23 points<br />Wednesday - 25 points<br />Thursday - 23 points<br />Friday - 21 points<br /><br />The above points are based on earning exerise points of:-<br /><br />2 x 6.5 points<br />5 x 8 points.<br /><br />or the same as last week... </span></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;">In terms of Operation Tiger:-</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;">50 mins of Wii Fit jogging 5 days per week (in the mornings instead of my usual walk). on track</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;">60 mins walk with my brother 5-6 days per week. on track</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;">Drink at least 2 litres of water per day. on track - however, its this week focus...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;">Eat Healthly food and minimise junk food. - on track</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;">Sticking to my 21 weight watchers points per day. - I've increased my points slightly as I don't eat enough when I earn 8 exercise points per day and I'm only allowed to save 4 of them anyway.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;">Aiming to lose 600 grams per week and be under 85 kilos at the end of Operation period. I'm back on track with my weight loss...</span></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">Rewards</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">Under 90 kilos - buy myself some new boots. - I'm thinking of changing this to new runner as I need another pair. Mind you I also need boots for work - winters coming... LOL...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span></strong><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong>Under 85 kilos - acrylic finger nails.<br /></strong><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-5883521250036215192010-05-03T12:58:00.004+10:002010-05-03T13:07:12.431+10:00Feeling a little more in controlI'm feeling a little more in control this week, which is good.<br /><br />I had a slow start to my tiger challenge, recording a 100 gram gain at WI on Saturday. I'm OK with that because TTOM came on Wednesday and I didn't track all that well last week.<br /><br />A couple of weeks ago my WW leader announced that she was leaving us as she needed to spend more time with her teenager daugher (she also works full time), which really shocked the whole meeting, her leaving us not why....<br /><br />On saturday I went to WI not really knowing what to expect, if we'd get a new leader or just a fill in, well we got a new leader. Well you could also say we got an old leader too, one of the previous leaders came back... Helen. Helen is lovely but will take a bit of getting use to as she has a different personality to our old leader...<br /><br />Its so surprising what a new leader will do for your journey. This week I'm finding my self more focused, I'm tracking better and feeling a lot better about myself. I've started my points cycling this week which has gone:-<br /><br />Saturday I ate 27 (I was originally meant to only have 25)<br />Sunday I ate 29 (on plan)<br />Monday I got 21 and will stick to that.<br />Tuesday see me on 20<br />Wednesday has been changed to 23<br />Thursday has been changed to 21<br />Friday is 20<br /><br />Water has been good and so has the exercise....<br /><br />I'm feeling pretty focused right now... and here's to having a great week...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-86347149119702284582010-04-27T12:52:00.004+10:002010-04-27T13:04:35.943+10:00Operation Tiger Day 4<span style="color:#6600cc;"><span style="color:#3333ff;">It was nice to have a long weekend but it was also a bit of a sad one for me... ANZAC day is always day to remember the fallen but it also the anniversay of my favourite aunty's death (cancer) and an anniversay of my brother death (decided life wan't worth living - lol)...<br /><br />Needless to say I emotionally ate over the weekend but the good thing was I also chucked all remaining chocolate in the bin sunday night...<br /></span><br />Yesterday was a much better day food wise which is good.... WI on Saturday saw a gain of 700 grams which I expected... I'm ok with that...<br /><br />Food today is:-<br />Breakfast - Oats (its cold in Sydney today) 200ml skim milk and half a cup of fruit salad.<br />Black Coffee<br />Sugar free Monster<br /><br />Morning Tea Peppermint Tea (no sugar or milk)<br />2 mandarins<br />1 small green pear<br /><br />Lunch<br />Salad, tuna, Chop Chop Chicken, multigrain breadroll<br />200 gram diet fruit salad yoghurt<br />375ml can coke zero<br /><br />Snack<br />apple<br />Fruities<br /><br />Dinnner - not sure we are going to the local club for dinner.<br /><br />I've only had 750mls of water so far today so I better get stuck into it.<br /><br />I jogged using the Wii fit this morning for 30 mins and will go for an hour walk with my brother before going out...</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#009900;">I'm also thinking of point cycling, like the old wendi plan. I kind of do that now expect I'm using the majority of my exercise points to do it. I tend to eat more when not at work i.e. weekend and then stick to my points during the week. I seem to be on this plateau for way too long and so want to get off and crack that 90 kilo mark.<br /><br />I get 21 points per day or 147 per week and I do tend to look at things on a weekly basis. I also earn at least 6 exercise points per day and I'm only allowed to save 4 of them or 28 points per week, so that see's me eating 2 extra points per day. As a resul tof this I'm thinking of the following daily points:-<br /><br />Saturday 23 (including exercise points of 2 25)<br />Sunday 27 (including exercise points of 2 29)<br />Monday 19 (including exercise points of 2 21)<br />Tuesday 18 (including exercise points of 2 23)<br />Wednesday 22 (including exercise points of 2 24)<br />Thursday 20 (including exercise points of 2 22)<br />Friday 18 (including exercise points 2 20)<br /><br />I'm planning on starting this Saturday, WI day and see how I go for 1 week and then will reassess. </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">In Terms of Operation Tiger obejctives:-</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">50 mins of Wii Fit jogging 5 days per week (in the mornings instead of my usual walk) - <strong>have done 30 mins today. Will do another 20 mins before I go to bed tonight. Yesterday walked in instead.</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">60 mins walk with my brother 5-6 days per week - <strong>walked 60-90 mins saturday, sunday and monday so far.</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Drink at least 2 litres of water per day. <strong>done so far</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Eat Healthly food and minimise junk food. <strong>Working on it...</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Sticking to my 21 weight watchers points per day. </span><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Haven't done well on this so far this week. Today is a new day.<br /></span></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-68830362772798486702010-04-25T12:14:00.002+10:002010-04-25T12:21:10.552+10:00Operation Tiger day 2Operation Tiger started yesterday and didn't overall really get off that well....<br /><br />What went well...<br /><br />1. I went for a 90 minute walk from Mortdale to Como pub and back via the footbridge.<br />2. tracked what I ate however I didn't eat enough in the morning so I ate a lot of chocolate in the afternoon.<br />3. Drank 2 litres of water.<br /><br />What didn't go well.<br />See point 2.<br /><br />WI in me gain 700 grams so now I weigh 91.8 kilos...<br /><br />Today is day 2 and things are a bit better so far.<br /><br />1. I went for a 120 minute walk from Mortdale to Como pub and back via the footbridge. Walked around Como whilst over there...<br /><br />Breakfast<br />2 Oatbrits, skim milk and fruit salad<br />500 ml sugar free Monster.<br /><br />Snack<br />1 small slice of Low fat date and sultana loaf<br /><br />I've drunk 1.2 litres of water so far this morning.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-42793299067172626622010-04-23T13:32:00.004+10:002010-04-23T13:42:07.517+10:00Operation Tiger part 1<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Tomorrow is WI day and after the week I've had with over eatting chocolate I know that I will have a gain on the scales.. Just don't know how much of one... Its OK if I overeat then I need to be prepared for the consequences.</span></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">I'm so sick and tired of not being able to crack the 90 kilo mark and feeling like a hippo. I've been trying to crack under 90 since since October 2009... Enough is enough so I'm going to give myself a challenge and wipe the slate clean.... My challenge will be called Operation Tiger part 1. I still have about 24 kilos to go to get to goal and look like a nice sleek Tiger, so this will be done in parts.</span> </strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">Objectives for Operation Tiger Part 1 are:-</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">Term of Operation 12 weeks starting 24/04/2010.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">50 mins of Wii Fit jogging 5 days per week (in the mornings instead of my usual walk).</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">60 mins walk with my brother 5-6 days per week.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">Drink at least 2 litres of water per day.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">Eat Healthly food and minimise junk food.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">Sticking to my 21 weight watchers points per day.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">Aiming to lose 600 grams per week and be under 85 kilos at the end of Operation period.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">Rewards</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">Under 90 kilos - buy myself some new boots.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">Under 85 kilos - acrylic finger nails.</span></strong><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-12669216367532781182010-04-22T09:27:00.002+10:002010-04-22T09:29:01.906+10:00Today's activities<strong><span style="color:#33cc00;">Its a bit hot in the office today and with it being such a nice day I'd rather be anywhere else right now. </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;">I also didn't sleep all that well last night so I only did 30 minutes of jogging on the Wii Fit this morning.</span> </strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>Menu so far today is:- </strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>Breakfast </strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>3 weetbix </strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>200ml of skim milk </strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>125ml of fruit salad. </strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>Black Coffee </strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>500ml sugar free monster. </strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>Snacks - </strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>I forgot to bring some but I do have 2 green apples on my desk from previous days that I haven't eatten yet. </strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>Lunch - I have a farewell to go today and we are going yum cha... Whilst we only eat the steam stuff I hope I don't overeat like normal. </strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>Dinner - nothing planned yet we will how I feel and what time I get home. </strong></span><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">I've already drunk a 750ml water, and I'm currently drinking a 500ml mineral water. </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">I'm also planning on going to Zumba tonight which starts at 6.15 p.m. and will earn me about 8 bonus points. </span></strong><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-72994542128123540502010-04-21T13:05:00.003+10:002010-04-21T13:11:08.147+10:00Weight loss tracker 21/04/2010<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">I need to be a bit more accountable of what I put into my mounth, so I'm going to try and post it here everyday as well as on the WW site.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">Today so far:- </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">Breakfast - </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">3 weetbix 2 1/2 points, </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">1/2 cup skim milk </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">1/2 point 1/2 cup of tin (in natural juice) fruit salad 1/2 point </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">Black coffee </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">750 mls water </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">500 mls sugar free Monster.. </span></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#999900;">Morning Snacks 2 mandarins = 1 point </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#999900;">200g Diet mixed berry yoghurt - 1 point </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#999900;">Peppermint Tea = 0 points </span></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">Lunch </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">Multigrain bread roll - 2 points </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">75g Tin of tuna - 1 point </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">75g Tin of 4 mixed beans 1.5 points </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">Salad of 1 carrot, 2 mushrooms, lettuce, 1/2 cucumber, 2 sticks of celery, 3 cherry tomatoes, shredded red cabbage and no oil dressing = 0 points. </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">600 ml Coke Zero </span></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#339999;">afternoon tea - </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#339999;">2 apples - 2 points </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#339999;">750 ml bottle of water </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#6633ff;">Dinner</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#6633ff;">I'm planning on having Tuna Lasagna tonight and that's about 8 points per slice.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#6633ff;">Another salad of 1 carrot, 2 mushrooms, lettuce, 1/2 cucumber, 2 sticks of celery, 3 cherry tomatoes, shredded red cabbage and no oil dressing = 0 points. </span></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Total points so far today is 20/21. </strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#993399;">I </span><span style="color:#993399;">will also walk for 60 mins tonight with my brother and drink another litre of water afterwards. </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#993399;">This morning I got up at 5.30 a.m. and jogged using the Wii game for 50 minutes...</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#993399;"></span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-47405523680308268122010-04-13T08:35:00.003+10:002010-04-13T08:41:39.508+10:00Exercise<strong><span style="color:#993399;">Wow I'm about to write 2 posts in 2 days... I can't remember the last time I did that here... LOL....</span></strong><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Last night I decided to that I would get up early today and use the Wii Fit Plus instead of going for my usual 40 minute walk... I think I'm getting a bit bored of my morning walk and need to do a few different things.</strong></span><br /><strong></strong><br /><span style="color:#6633ff;"><strong>I'm please to say that yes I did get up at 5.30 a.m. and I managed to do 52 minutes on the Wii Fit Plus. This was made up of 20 minutes boxing and 32 minutes of jogging (its on the spot for those who haven't used a Wii before). I find it funny that I can jog for 12 minutes at a time on Wii Fit without any problems or feeling too tired but I can't jog for more than a few street blocks on the road.... Interesting... I'm feeling a little bit stiff and sore right now.... Must remember to streatch later.</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#6633ff;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>Yesterday was a good day... I did my exercise and stuck to my points... I even managed to save a few points to go towards covering my already eatten chocolate points...</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong>Heres to another good day today..</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-49330938154082694042010-04-12T16:37:00.002+10:002010-04-12T16:52:12.410+10:00Lost my way.....I seem to have lost my way a bit on my weight loss journey.... My weight has been going up and down the same few kilos over the past few months... Whilst I know that the biggest loser show is not realistic and the weight loss also isn't realistic, I sometime wonder how they can lose such big numbers consistantly and I can't seem to lose 2 weeks in a row.... mmmmm.....<br /><br />This might actually have something to do with it. I thought I'd post this here and admit that I pigged out on Chocolate during the weekend. I’m not sure why I did it, as I have been so good with no eating a lot of chocolate lately. I can tell you that both occasions happened in the middle of the afternoon.<br /><br />The good thing is that I have tracked it all and am making myself accountable for it… When I added it to my tracker today it worked out I ate 23 points of chocolate on Saturday and another 20 points on Sunday…I weigh in on Saturday’s so I’m fairly new into my WW week. So far this week I have earnt 18 exercise points, with another 18.5 points to make up so I’m even.<br /><br />I’m hoping that my posting this here and also making myself accountable for it on my tracker that I will learn from this and move on.<br /><br />I’m seeing a week full of jogging with the Wii Fit and am also looking at starting to use the Stepper machine at the gym in anticipation of the 1000 steps walk that we might do in Melbourne in May. Steps are so not my thing….<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-15573816433912624232010-01-21T08:31:00.002+11:002010-01-21T08:34:29.633+11:00Post Christmas Poem....Twas the month after Christmas,<br />and all through the house,<br />Nothing would fit me,<br />not even a blouse.<br /><br />The shortbread I'd nibbled,<br />the chocolate I'd taste<br />At the holiday parties had gone to my waist.<br /><br />When I got on the scales<br />there arose such a number!<br />When I walked to the store<br />(less a walk than a lumber),<br /><br />I'd remember the marvellous meals I'd prepared;<br />The gravies and sauces and roasts nicely rared,<br />The wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese<br />And the way I'd never said, "No thank you, please."<br /><br />As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt<br />And prepared once again to do battle with dirt...<br />I said to myself, as I only can,<br />"You can't spend a Summer, disguised as a man!"<br /><br />So, away with the last of the sour cream dip.<br />Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip.<br />Every last bit of food that I like must be banished<br />Till all the additional ounces have vanished.<br /><br />I won't have a biscuit, not even a lick.<br />I'll want only to chew on a long celery stick.<br />I won't have hot scones, or shortbread, or pie.<br />I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry.<br /><br />I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore...<br />But isn't that what January is for?<br />Unable to giggle, no longer a riot.<br />Happy New Year to all, and to all a good diet.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-12926444688819909122009-12-29T08:44:00.001+11:002009-12-29T08:45:49.470+11:00Back on the Weight Loss Wagon today!!!!I'm back on the wagon as of today in many ways.<br /><br />I'm back:-<br /><br />1. Walking to work and back (not sure how much longer I can walk to and from work as we are moving next weekend at it will be a 10km walk each way if I do it)... I still think that the walk is doable but my brother and bf think otherwise.... Will see what happens...<br />2. Tracking...<br />3. Drinking my water...<br />4. Whilst I've put on a bit over christmas, not that I have weighed myself but I can feel it, I'm feeling pretty happy about things right now and raring to go...<br /><br />I'm back on the wagon as of today...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-14360384429696642622009-10-26T08:24:00.004+11:002009-10-26T08:30:51.858+11:00I must be crazy to walk in this weather.....<strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Well I must be crazy this morning, it's raining in Sydney today. I got up early and went for a walk, mainly because I over ate a bit on the weekend. I was going to go for an hour walk but it ended up only lasting for 40 minutes. I made the mistake of not taking a rain jacket, just an umbrella and with the wind in my area this morning that broke about 1/3 of the way into my walk, so I threw out the umbrella, turned around and walked home... Needless to say I got rather wet and a few strange looks from drives for not having any wet weather gear on...</span></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">After having a hot shower at home, getting changed, the rain didn't stop me cause I walked to work as normal. This time a little better prepared. I wore a rain jacket and then had one of those big plastic jacket things that went over me and my backpack. I also managed to bring extra socks etc in case they got really wet, which they have... </span></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">I must either be crazy or in the grove to want to be under 85 kilos by christmas. I hate walking in the rain, because it's horrible, windy and no matter what you get a bit wet... </span></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#993399;">Its a real winters day today and I was so craving porridge but didn't think I had any. I was in luck, one satchel left in my draw at work. </span></strong><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-20793999604680901712009-10-25T17:09:00.001+11:002009-10-25T17:10:27.274+11:00Do you need Weight Loss Support<span style="color:black;"><b>Looking for Online Weight Loss Support? Then why don't you pop by and check out </b><a href="http://www.weareslimming.com.au/forum" target="_blank"><b>www.weareslimming.com.au/forum</b></a><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-52152889014068856102009-08-24T09:48:00.005+10:002009-08-24T14:01:55.511+10:00For the first time in a long time.....<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">For the first time in a long time I weigh less than my brother. I was having lunch with my brother Paul yesterday and we were discussing how much we weigh and he was telling me he now weighs 97 kilos (mind you he is 5 10 and I'm only 5 5). At WI on saturday I weighed in at 96.6 kilos.... I can't believe that I'm finally lighter than him. Yeah!!!!!!!!!!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;">Not long till my trip, in fact in 10 days time I'll be packing and heading to the airport to go... I really can't wait. Mind you I still have some work to do with my weight loss goal. I would love to lose 2 more kilos in this time. So lots of tracking, sticking to my points and exercise for me this week. I know that if I stay focused I can do this....</span></strong><br /><br /><strong>Ok for those who can't remember or don't know, I'm off to London, Milan and the South of England for just over 3 weeks. I leave on my birthday that being 4 September.</strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">My promise to myself today is:-</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">1. Stick to my weight watchers points 21 today.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">2. Drink 2 litres of water today.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">3. Use the Wii Sports Active game tonight...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc66cc;">I will update my progress later today...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc6600;">Results:-</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc6600;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc6600;">1.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc6600;">2.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc6600;">3.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc6600;"></span></strong><br /><strong>2 p.m. - So far so good. I did bring my lunch today, which was left overs from dinner last night, however my work colleagues talked me into going our for Thai. The good thing was that I have still stayed within my points. I had some steamed rice and vegetables with oyster sauce. I also drank water.</strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;"></span></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-67881594705169226862009-08-21T08:44:00.004+10:002009-08-21T20:44:55.055+10:00My promise to myself today is....<strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">My promise to myself today is....</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">1. I will track what ever goes into my mouth...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">2. I will drink 2 litres of water today</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">3. I will stay within my 21 weight watchers points.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">4. I will use the Wii Sports Active exercise game when I get home tonight....</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">I will update the results as I go today.</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Results</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">1. Yes I have tracked everything that I have eaten today.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">2. Yes I have drunk 2 litres of water.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">3. I have so far within my points.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">4. I am about to do the Wii Sports active game so I will say that is done.</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="border: 0px none ; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-78005739565657900702009-08-20T08:43:00.003+10:002009-08-20T08:51:37.485+10:00Its amazing what a good night's sleep does....It is amazing what a good night sleep does for one's mood.<br /><br />I had the best night's sleep last night and am feeling on top of the world. A big step up from what I've been feeling the past week, thanks to a head cold....<br /><br />I even used the Wii fit and Wii sports active exercise game this morning. Brad asked me if I was sick or something, as I was up so early and full of energy.<br /><br />Whilst I do enjoy walking to work and back, its been a bit of a chore lately due to me being sick and I think because its winter. This morning whilst it was a bit chilli, I really enjoyed my walk to work....<br /><br />Even a work email which involves me doing a lot more work, didn't upset me.<br /><br />My meal's have been planned for today, now I just have to stick to them.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-47271495176893654612009-08-12T08:43:00.005+10:002009-08-12T14:17:06.966+10:00Struggling at the moment....<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Just need to get this off my chest and use the blog for what I originally intended.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">I'm finding that I am struggling at the moment and eating a lot of crap this week after dinner. I'm going away in 3 1/2 weeks and if I look back at previous times I've gone away I've stuggled with sticking to the WW program about this time before I go. </span></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc9933;">Well today I'm determined to be strong. I've even brought cut up veggies to nibble on today instead of WW cookies etc that I keep in my draw at work. </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc9933;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;">I've done half of my normal walk today (i.e. walking to and from work) and I will be going to the gym at lunch time... I just need a plan of attack for after dinner. </span></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#6633ff;">Brad's on afternoon shift this week and doesn't get home till about 11.30 p.m. and whilst it is lovely to have the house to myself, I'm finding that all I want to do is eat. Think I might make some 0 point veggie soup tonight so I can have that instead of biscuits after dinner. </span></strong><br /><p><strong><span style="color:#993399;">Edit 2.15 p.m:- So far so good today. I've been to the gym at lunch time, did 15 mins on the bike, 15 on the cross trainer, 30 pushups on a bench (or bench presses) and 30 crunches.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#993399;">I'm also eating better today. The veggies that I brought as snacks has worked a treat... Just need to make better decisions tonight and stick to them.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#6633ff;"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#6633ff;"></span></strong></p><br /><strong><span style="color:#6633ff;"></span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21121961.post-24436560006742907932009-08-10T11:53:00.002+10:002009-08-10T11:58:15.756+10:00Seeing Results in my clothes....<strong><span style="color:#cc6600;">I walked to work again this morning and seemed to walk a bit quicker than normal. These days I find that I'm walking to the beat of the song that I listen to on my mobile. When I walk to work I tend to walk in gym gear and bring my suit etc in my back pack. </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc6600;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Well this morning I brough a suit I hadn't worn for about 2 weeks and now I'm finding that the pants are a size too big. They don't fit around the waist and in fact there is at least an inch of fabric that I can scrunch up. Worst part of all is that the pants don't have belt loops, so I can't wear a belt with it. The suit is only about 4 months old, so looks like I'm off to the tailors in the next few days to get them taken in. Hope it doesn't cost too much... </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc6600;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">When I started this journey I was wearing size 26/24 tops and 22/20 pants. I'm now wearing 18/20 tops depending on the style and size 16/18 pants depending on the style...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc33cc;">Originally I also started this journey weighing 115.9 kilos in 2008. I restarted my journey on 30/05/2009 at 104.4 kilos and I now weigh 97.4 kilos.. All up I have lost 18.5 kilos....</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span></strong><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/353/56B21F221F362E765E5585490A1B7366.png" /></a>Mel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15040212443493190220noreply@blogger.com3