Happy Australia Day!!!

It's Australia Day, so a nice public holiday with no work for hubby or I!  Weighing in on my home scales this morning, I have had a loss of 1.9kgs!!  Fantastic!  Not going to record it "officially" until my weigh in at Weight Watchers next Thursday.
Started today off with a yummy freshly made fruit salad & yoghurt (for a grand total of 1 ProPoint!!).  The best thing is that my 2 older kids wanted it for brekkie too!  I just love their fantastic eating habits - especially my eldest who chose a salad sandwich instead of a meat pie the other day when we were out for lunch!!  Just makes me think how lucky we are Australia that we have access to such great fresh produce.  How lucky we are to have the freedom to purchase any fresh fruit, vegetables, or meat that we require.  The "lucky country" indeed.

My yummy salad sandwich on rye bread I had for lunch.  Total of 6 ProPoints for the bread & Weight Watcher's brand Cottage cheese.   Going through a stage of LOVING beetroot at the moment - makes any sandwich delicious!

And happy that I upped the anti today & managed 45 minutes of the xtrainer.  I want to enjoy a nice wine with hubby this afternoon, so wanted to make sure I have lots of exercise points to use.  And I might as well enjoy the wine now, as I am doing Febfast again - no alcohol for the whole of February!

Onwards and downwards.....

Week 1 A Success!

The last day of week one & it's been a huge success.  I think I'm in "the zone".  I've been on the xtrainer every day, and have increased my time from 20mins to 30mins.  Can't believe I used to do 60-90 minutes without struggling, and this week I have nearly died doing 30mins!!!  Very sad to think I've let my fitness slip that much!
The Biggest Loser Series has just started here.  Great motivation to see these people exercising & allowing to be seen in their undies & bras for all the world to see.  Not to mention, great motivation seeing those bodies of the trainers!!
No weigh in for me tomorrow unfortunately.  As it's Australia Day public holiday, there is no meeting.  Can't wait to see my results on the scales next week after 2 weeks of trying my best!!!
Onwards & downwards.....

Day 1 Done & Dusted!

Day 1 down & a success!  Didn't even eat all my daily allowance of points, and I really feel like I am in the right headspace at the moment.  Managed 20 minutes on the xtrainer last night, and it nearly bloody killed me!  How did I let myself get so unfit & gain so much weight?  If only I was one of those people who lost weight when stressed & depressed!!!!  Can't wait until I can manage an hour on the xtrainer again & not find it a huge struggle!

My lunches yesterday & today were so yummy, I had to take pics of them!

Yesterday's scrambled eggs on lettuce, topped with asparagus, cottage cheese & Sweet Chilli Sauce...

Today's pita wrap with ham, fat free natural yoghurt, tomato, cucumber, lettuce & beetroot!  YUMMO!

Our PC blew up over Christmas, so we splurged this week & bought ourselves a beautiful new iMac desktop.  Quite different to a PC, so it is taking a little while to get used to it, but I think we will love it eventually.  Just such a lovely streamlined machine.

A New Year, and A New Me!!!

Wow, a long time has passed since I last posted, and a hell of a lot of weight has been gained.
Firstly, in regards to my Dad.  We had received good news before Christmas that he was to start a new trial drug, that has had amazing results with cancer patients.  This news buoyed us in the hope that things would be looking up, and we all had an amazing Christmas with Dad.  And then, just last week we received the news that he was not compatible with the trial drug, and so he was told by the Doctor to basically "get his affairs in order".  In other words, there is nothing they can do for him.  He is starting Chemo next month to see if it has any impact on the cancer.  Devastating for us all of course, but Dad is being so positive, and he says he is determined to shock the doctors on this one.  It's really given us a brighter outlook, and if anyone can shock the doctors, it's definitely Dad.  He's done it previously when he was told he had lung disease from asbestos many years ago, and he wasn't given long to live.
We had a lovely Christmas, and our first Christmas Day at home with my family.  Too much food & drink, but we all had a ball & the kids were spoilt by Santa once again.  Boxing Day we spent with my inlaws, and then we went away to our caravan for 3 weeks in the sun, and spent our days swimming, eating, drinking & lazing about.  My parents were there as well, so it was lovely to spend the time with them too.  It was fantastic, but nice to get home & back into the routine of things.
I trudged back to my Weight Watchers meeting this morning with an official weigh in of 124.9kgs.  Shocking indeed, but actually not as bad as I expected.  I am really ready to get fit & healthy again & shed this weight.  This is going to be my year, and I have a few big occasions coming up, so some great goals to work towards....

• My 40th birthday in September (and I want to have a big party)
• Bali trip with hubby to celebrate our 40th birthdays
• 200km Ride to Conquer Cancer - a bike ride I have signed up to with friends, so time to get back on my bike!!!

Will get back on the xtrainer today, and will track, track, track every morsel that enters my mouth!

Onward & downwards!  Bring it on!!!!

Oh Christmas Tree!!!

Hubby & me at my work Christmas function

Happy New Year!!  Enjoying a cold glass of wine on NYE on holidays!

My 4 gorgeous kids last week on holidays