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Sep. 1, 2006 - Please do not delete blog
I had an email from hsblogger
MMM well I haven;'t blogged here
nor lost much weight SIGH!!
But I have made many small changes to my lifestyle
I am averaging 7,000 steps a day
When life slows down I do want to come back here & play so please can I keep this blog????
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Jun. 19, 2006 - Tuesday 20th June
Day 1
Am 3 cups tea
Breakfast 1 slice toast 1 banana on top.
Morning tea. 2-cup coffee
Lunch Croissants 2 with ham cheese pineapple (visitors arrived so had to find something to serve)
Afternoon tea glass water ½ orange kids ate other half!
2 beers
Tea: meat curry, rice & pappadums.
Steps
Had visitors until 2pm so not much moving got done. 4pm needed to be at Dr
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Jun. 19, 2006 - Keeping original stats
Keeping original stats of side bar
Beginning Date: Nov. 26, 2005
Joined Weight Watchers Dec. 19, 2005
Weight Watchers Offical Drop out February 19th 2006
Height ~ 163 cm (5 ft 4.17 in)
Starting Weight ~ 79 Kilos (173.8 lbs)
Starting WW Weight 78.6 Kilos (173.28 Ibs)
Starting BMI ~ 29.7
Starting BP 130/90
Goal weight 65kgs
Goal Date 7/2/07
When I walk Abbey to college for first time.
Current Weight ~ 75 Kilos
Current BMI ~ 29.3
Weeks of My Journey: On Week 10
Total Kilo/Pounds Lost ~ 4 kilos
Total Inches Lost ~ yet to calculate
5kg reached
10% reached
Monthly Progress
· Dec 05: - .4 kilos
· Jan 06: -.6 kilos
· Feb 06: 3 kilos
· Mar 06:
When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people
happy.
-- Samuel Goldwyn
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Jun. 19, 2006 - I am BACK!!!!
And I am not going to beat myself up nor give any excuses.
Just gonna give the blog a quick dust and be BACK!!!
I set myself a goal for June to get back to healthy living. Over weekend I had a rotten tummy bug. Hopped on scales & I am 74.5kg. Yea I have lost weight (OK cheats way but yea)
So I am back
I am not going to return to Weight Watchers - $18. per week is a lot of dollars.
So for free I will blog here daily what I eat & drink
Weekly weigh in
And thank my yucky tummy bug!
Anyone else want to dust off their Getting Healthy blog and climb aboard????
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Feb. 19, 2006 - Goal Date set.
I have 10 kilos to loose & I have finally set a goal date.
7th February 2007 yes that will give me 1 year
Slow & steady
I want this whole getting healthy thing to be a life style change so slow n steady is fine with me.
Abbey wants to go to college next year I am going to walk her in those college gates as one of the healthy looking mums!!!
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Feb. 19, 2006 - Decision time.
I got my letter from WW that they miss me.
Id like to go as Id like to have a ww life member in my scrapbook (how sad is that??)
But Mondays are taxi mum, Brent often cannot get home in time and at the end of the day $18.80 is a lot of money!!!
Back to Dr this week to sort out my hip/back what eve it is. I helped round up sheep Friday & Saturday & man oh man I am sore.
I am only doing around 5K steps a day.
With back problem & unable to walk I do not want to spend $18.80 a week and not get fast results.
Hence I am giving up ww I really hate counting the points too I have never done 1 week of counting the points.
So I am officially a WW drop out.
Ill weigh myself at home not fantastic scales but sitting on 75kg so I havent put on.
Continue with the good life style changes
And Bank each week $18.80 into a clothing account for me so as I loose weight I can buy some nice new clothes!
Off to change my side bar.
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Feb. 11, 2006 - Update of week
No step counter count for week been too many days taken it off like do I really want x-ray lady know I am trying to loose weight na etc
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Been to Dr & I am hoping her diagnose is wrong. She thinks it is my sacroiliac joint that is giving me the trouble.
All well be revelled next week when I get x-ray results. The clicking noise you here from my hip area is the joint inflamed so on voltaren pain killers & anti inflammations however make my tummy bubble & I do not know which is worse sore hip area or tummy.
Been eating well nor beer since Tuesday havent missed it as been cooler here. Like any habit you enjoy (wether its good for you or not) is hard to change so I have been lucky with cooler weather. Plus kids activities back with new school year so been busy being taxi mum.
Running my Creative Memories workshop today & I brought caramel Tim Tams for snacks.
I hate caramel hence why I brought them so I will not eat them!!!
Good thinking aye LOL
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Feb. 8, 2006 - Hello week 8
Monday I forgot to put step counter on - Tom cat escaped from his cage & I just showered & dressed FAST found him thankfully!!!
Tuesday back to normal life - sitting for home school in afternoon, sitting 1.5 hours at Judo but I did 6484 steps.
I'm useless at rcording my food - when I do I seem to obsess and feel hungry or deprived but I am eating well.
Tuesday
breakfast 2 egg omelette
lunch home made chinese & rice
Tea sauasage, chips, salad (moslty salad I love sald)
Been drinking water!!!!
Not too hot on fruit intake
no snacking in between and finally after 7 weeks I've given up me beer. I have put all the beer in a cupboard & only put 2 bottles in fridge a day for Brent. I will not drink warm beer & I got the tip from ww handout. So finally giving up my favourite thing cold beer.
I have changed habit of not having breakfast - hence now eat it.
Do not have a biscuit with my cuppa tea while on computer in mornings
Had no pringles
Brought no chocolate bars at supermarket - I could of 3 times with out kids & haven't.
Being the right head space I am sure it the real key to loosing weight - I do not want to just loose it & put it all back on, I really want a lifestyle change that will last. So on scales I am not doing well but in my head I am if that makes sence.
Walking well without having a pity party that is not on my list until seen Dr go Friday 10.30 am. Pain killers are a wonderful invention LOL
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Feb. 8, 2006 - Good Bye week 7
38552/50750 plus Sunday steps of 9471
total for week 48023 goal 50750
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Jan. 27, 2006 - Pam
Good Morning Pam I know you read and NEVER EVER leave any comments!!!
WOW WOOOO WOOOO CHEER YEA AWESOME FANTASTIC BRILLIANT .
Pam is 100 off loosing her first 5kg on WW WACKO
You need a WW blog Pam & I'll leave a comment!!!
Everyone urge Pam to get a WW blog!!!!!
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Jan. 20, 2006 - diet what diet????
MM pretty well sums up week so far.
There is no WW this coming Monday as a public holiday Phew!!!
Tuesday was good but I ate 30 points wow shouldn't eat chicken with skin on sigh and aprictos those little things actually add up points!!! We brought a box and they are soo yum just to plop in ones mouth.
Wednesday it was so cold here & we were out we had fish n chips for an early lunch at 11am they were soo yum & I had 1 fiah & 2 scallops all with batter there goes points for whole day or week!
Thursday I was soo hungry so cooked up rice for breakfast & we had left over curry - prblem was I was full and knew I should stop eating but taste buds had different ideas.
Walking none - steps very low as back to school & I sit on butt too much plus been quilting so sitting most of week.
Hope everyone has done better than me.
But I have had no biscuits & no pringles!!!
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Jan. 17, 2006 - Weigh in day
I decided if I did not go to WW last night I just knew I would never ever go back & that would be it I had failed once again!
I know my root of why I am over weight I had a different path I wanted for my life and I keep fighting it!!!
This am looking thought peoples blogs, I found
http://www.homesteadblogger.com/homeSweetSimplehome/ and just what I needed!
We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps.
Proverbs 16:9
I need to stop fighting for what cannot be & be content and grateful for what I have & I do have a lot.
I shared it with Brent & guess what he is organising me a truck load of compost LOL He knows I like my gardening & miss my vegetable patch. And has agreed I can make a potager garden out the front until my vegetable garden can be rebuilt. BLISS!!!!
So last night I returned to weight watchers tail between my legs as I knew I had totally gone off any idea of D I E T I N G
I have put on 400grams (will adjust trackers later) not as bad as I thought.
The meeting was neat & I did enjoy it, some of the ladies are such fun!
Eg
We were talking about movement as a goal & sharing ideas of how to increase movement in our day one lady suggested SXE another piped up so I believe (she lives on her own) they really are a fun crowd & I really think weight watchers has got something about the support side of their programme. I now feel part of the group & we want to encourage each other along.
Alison weigher & scrapbooking client told me to go home & re read my WW books!
I also brought a Journal tracker I started off great tracking points here on blog but time has set limits on this so I brought the journal & will track.
I will also count points talked to another member last night & she said just estimate if unsure I think I have been getting to anal about having the correct points etc
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Plus a great tip sort out your home. For me its me beer only have in fridge a few beers. As who wants to drink warm beer ahhhhh this might be my secret to success. Nothing like a nice cold beer on a hot summers day from being in the garden & another nice cool beer after going for a hot walk or nothing like a nice cool beer while cooking tea
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Jan. 12, 2006 - Week 4 Wednesday
Well I just do not seem to find the net time to key a daily log of eating or points.
I have been good, exercise a bit low but jolly hip/back is sore.
I had stewed tomatoes on toast for breakfast
picnic lunch of bread & chicken
tea fresh fish (YUM) egg & bread crumbed with salad & hot chips
did 10,816 steps yesterday walking around zoo with kids & their friends - they ran ahead & would of done heaps more than me. A very windy day so windy all the animals stayed tucked up so didn't see many at all.
Note to self nevr go to zoo on a windy day.
Total steps for week 20790
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Jan. 10, 2006 - Week 4 Tuesday
Allowed 19 points a day
Breakfast:
1 glass water
1 cuppa tea 1/2 point
1 3 egg Omelette 4.5 points
Total Points 5 points man am I full!!! feel like going to sleep with such a breakfast.
Morning Tea:
Lunch:
Total points
Afternoon Tea:
5pm
Tea:
Total points for day points saved for week point 1
Exercise steps 5606
Total steps for week so far 9974
Achieved week goals of:
Walking 15 minutes a day Yes or No
Eating 3 servings fruit Yes or No
7,250 Steps a day achieved yes or no
8 glasses water yes or no 1 glass
Slept all night first in along time but I woke up late grrr 6am!!! I had laid my walking clothes out in kitchen night before so wouldn't wake Brent for my 5am walk. Hence I missed out as by time I make Brent's lunch & breakfast he needs to go to work. I was quite surprized with myself at how annoyed I was missing out on walk. I have another day of book work - seat work so not many steps will happen today again. Maybe we will go tonight for a walk if cool enough.
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Jan. 9, 2006 - Very first last time weigh in
Yep I went to weight watchers weigh in tonight.
I did go down
felt a bit disapointed until I came home & worked it out in pounds - 1.5 pounds = .7kg
Growing up I talked pounds & stones - I still cook in pounds - change my scales always to pounds BAd aye! But I do remember to try & talk kilos with kids.
So I am happy with a small start - we have had Christmas, New Year & my Birthday plus last week I really fell off the wagon.
Key is to just keep at it.
I ried ww etools tonight but too slow for me I am on dial up & it took forever so I can pretty much say I will keep this blog going.
Leanne
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Jan. 9, 2006 - Life Make over
Life Makeover For The Year 2006 (sm)
January 9, 2006
Week Two -=- Move!
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-=- Brought to you by Cheryl Richardson -=-
~*~ Topic of the Week ~*~
As this New Year begins, I've spent some time over the weekend reading
through the emails I've received from people who are anxious to make
changes in the new year. There are so many great ideas, big dreams, and
exciting goals for the future. And, it seems that many people feel stuck
and unable to get motivated into action. As I review the various life
circumstances, I've noticed a few themes that hold a clue as to what
prevents us from moving forward. Based on this info, I thought I'd share
a few strategies for getting unstuck.
First of all, it's important to remember that the thing you need to do
most in preparation for getting unstuck is the opposite of what most
people do -- you need to stop beating yourself up and instead, give
yourself a break. Yup, that means being kind to yourself in spite of your
stuckness. It means accepting your feelings of hopelessness so you can
stop using so much precious energy trying to push these feelings away.
Getting unstuck means embracing the total you -- the person with good
intentions, the one who takes action now and then, and the one who keeps
tripping you up. The message is simple: Don't resist your stuckness --
it only keeps you stuck :).
The trick to getting unstuck then lies in three behavior changes:
1. Take back your power. One of the biggest mistakes we make when
feeling stuck is telling ourselves that our inability to move forward is
due solely to outside circumstances -- a lack of money, too many
problems, or the influence of other people, for example. All of us will
be faced with real-life challenges. That's a fact. But our place of
power always lies in the recognition that we have choices. They may be
tough choices like selling a home to relieve financial pressure or walking
away from an abusive relationship to reclaim our self-esteem, but never
mistake tough choices with having no choice at all. You always have
choices.
Too often we find comfort in a place of helplessness because it provides
an excuse for why things are the way they are. But, holding this position
will ultimately be the curse that takes you down. To turn this tendency
around, stop right now and consider one area you really want to change.
Ask yourself the following question: "What choices do I have in this
situation?" Then pick one and do something about it.
2. Manage your mind. Feeling stuck is first and foremost fueled by our
state of mind -- the thoughts we think from moment to moment. When we
feel unmotivated, it's because we're thinking unmotivated thoughts. When
we feel trapped, it's because we consistently tell ourselves that there
are no options. When we feel hopeless, there's a good chance that the
mantra running through our mind is something like: "Why bother?"
So, the key to turning this self-defeating habit around is to take control
of your thoughts. Easier said than done, I know. Rather than offer an
elaborate process for doing so, try this simple technique. For one whole
week, take a tip from my sister Michelle who instills the following
message in her kids, and repeat this phrase throughout the day:
I CAN DO ANYTHING!
Regardless of whether or not you believe it or whether it seems rational,
do it anyway. Say it to yourself when you first wake up, repeat it in
your mind while brushing your teeth, sing it to yourself while driving to
work or getting the kids ready for school. Then, keep at it through lunch
and dinner, all the way up to when you fall asleep. Just keep telling
yourself that you can do anything and notice how your mood and perspective
shifts.
3. Keep good company. Every successful person I've ever spent time with
has emphasized the importance of having highly motivated people around
them. As a matter of fact, just this morning as I watched Queen Latifah
on The Actor's Studio talk about how to stay motivated while building an
acting career, her first response was just that: "Surround yourself with
motivated people who are just as committed as you."
People who feel stuck tend to associate with people who like to
commiserate about the unfairness of the world. This is a recipe for
disaster -- you all stay stuck together. Find people who are up to
something big and feel excited about life, and spend your time with them.
If you don't have anyone, consider joining or starting a Life Makeover
Group. It's free and it's a great way to meet like-minded new friends.
You'll find more info here:
http://www.cherylrichardson.com/community/index.htm
Finally, if you're really ready to move forward, get help. Remember that
any anxiety you feel about being stuck is simply related to inaction. The
first step toward getting unstuck is making a move. Hate your job?
Contact a recruiter or job counselor today and find out how to start a job
change. Faced with financial pressure? Call your accountant, financial
planner, or credit counseling service and ask for help in putting a
recovery plan in place. Are you going to fail along the way? Of course.
Will you lose motivation now and then? You can bet on it. But the key is
to get started. Getting unstuck is only one tiny step away from where you
are right this minute. You just need to move your feet!
~*~ Take Action Challenge ~*~
1. Choose one area of your life that you'd like to change and identify
three choices you do have available to you right now. If you can't come
up with any, ask a friend for help.
2. Create a new screensaver that marches the words "I CAN DO ANYTHING!"
across your screen. If you're not sure how to do this then let your first
action step be requesting help from someone who knows how :).
3. Pick up the phone and schedule lunch, dinner, tea, or a telephone
catch-up conversation with a highly motivated friend who will support you
in your New Year quest for positive change. Ask him or her for help in
creating a simple 5-step action plan.
To read this newsletter on the net go to:
http://www.cherylrichardson.com/newsletter/06-week2.html
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Jan. 9, 2006 - Week 4 Monday 9th jan
Allowed 19 points a day
Breakfast: 11/2 slices bread, 3 points
olivani & home made plum jam 1 point
2 cups tea 1 point
1 herbal tea o point
Total Points 5
Morning Tea:
Lunch:
small piece of bacon n egg pie 4 points
4 plums small 1 point
Total points 10 points
Afternoon Tea:
herbal tea
carrot stick thrilling!
5pm
Tea:
2 lamb chops 6 points
salad 0 points
1 beer 2 point (yep no will power)
Total points for day 18
points saved for week point 1
Exercise steps 4368
Total steps for week so far 4368
Achieved week goals of:
Walking 15 minutes a day Yes or No no
Eating 3 servings fruit Yes or No yes
7,250 Steps a day achieved yes or no no
8 glasses water yes or no no
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Jan. 9, 2006 - Start of Week 4 of WW
Ok back on track!!!!
I planned our menu - planned to get up early & walk but..... 1.30am I couldn't sleep Brent was tossing & turning so out I come & chat to Pam in Australia on msn. 3.30am climb back in bed Brent still tossing & turning dozed until 6.15am had to get up & pack his lunch & breakfast - I do not mind seeing him off but I had planned to go walking at 5am but I slept passed that. So far no walk as kids asleep & I will not leave them on their own - (12 & 9) So if not too hot (summer here we will all go walking later today)
Week 4 Menu Plans
Monday 9/1
B fresh bread & homemade plum jam
L bacon n egg pie homemade me & James salad
D chicken & salad & potato salad
Tuesday 10/1
B omelette me panni
L croissant ham salad me no croissant
D BBQ lamb chops salad & spuds
Wednesday 11/1
B panni
L tuna & salad
D BBq meat patties & sausages with salad & home made bread.
Thursday 12/1
B stewed tomatoes on toast
L ham sandwich & salad
D Fish & salad.
Friday 13/1 ooh black friday
B omelette me panini
L tropical sub roll in French bread
D lazagna & salad
Saturday 14/1
B each to their own
L leftovers
D homemade hamburgers
Sunday 15/1
B cooked breakfast bacon, eggs, tomato
L meat patties
D. Roast chicken, cauliflower, carrots, beans spuds, kumera, pumpkin
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Jan. 9, 2006 - THOUGHTS ON EXERCISE
~ I joined a health club last year, spent about 400 bucks. Haven't lost a
pound. Apparently, you have to show up.
~ If God meant us to touch our toes, he would have put them further up our
body.
~ I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them
~ If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.
~ I don't jog. It makes the ice jump right out of my glass.
~ I have to exercise early in the morning before my brain figures out what
I'm doing.
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Jan. 7, 2006 - Routine, Routine
My days are so out of wack!
I need to get back to sitting down with a cuppa through out the day & log in here what I have been eating & doing.
And need a pen & paper in bedroom to record steps - I put counter on each am & forget to log steps in here.
But basically week has been poor - no walking back better now not perfect & I am going back next week to get it tweaked.
Eating good
Beer oh dear I do so enjoy this & I think I am going to have to say no until I really get on this weight loss wagon. Beer is soo many empty cals. But soo nice on a hot evening. I did stop tea & Coffee & saved my points for my beer - but I am back to both.
Weigh in Monday & I think it is what I need to get real!
Might even have a fasting Sunday & Monday just so scales look GOOD. However I doubt I could fast!
Will make sure I do a meal plan for next week!
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