Monday

I spent about 4 hours today painting the fence again- It is such a long task- because the fence was so bad the paint just soaks straight into it and it is taking ages!! But boy does it look good!! When I can work up the effort to walking out the front with my camera i shall take some pictures of it.
I also finished reading Pride and Prejudice- since I can't really do any painting after 1pm due to the sun I have had plenty of time to read as well, I love that book so much!!! So I've moved onto book 2/100 Wuthering Heights-Emily Bronte. This one seems a little harder to read but i'm sure it will be okay once i get into the style of it.
Going to Taupo tomorrow- SO excited!!!!
I haven't done any gymming this week and my eating isn't the best it could be but I'm not too worried at the moment as I am getting super high activity points every day and painting seems to be working a lot of my muscles! I am so very very sore. But i am looking forward to going for a run on Friday.

The Weekend

It have had a great weekend!! On Friday night, I got an ipod touch!! YAYAYAY! It is so super cool. I can't wait for ww to bring out the app here in NZ.
Spent a lot of the weekend painting our fence- hard work!!! It has been super super hot the last couple of days. I have almost earnt more activity points than i get in daily points.
Eating has been pretty good but probably a little bit too much alcohol.
I have the BBC list of 100 books every one should read so my summer mission is to get through as many as I can- even the ones I have already read- which is about 12 of them.
So first up: 1/100 Pride and Prejudice -Jane Austen
I'm cheating a little for the first book because it's a nice easy read and I know the story so well I can power through it really fast.
Painting again tomorrow so i probably won't get to the gym, but I might try to in the afternoon if i can get all of my housework done. We are leaving on Tuesday morning for our few days away so I will attempt to get up early and an get in some exercise before i go. This week is more about trying not to put on any weight, I'm not too worried about losing.

Friday nights

Every now and then on a friday night (okay most friday nights) I don't want to cook mostly because i do my major housework on fridays, i just want to relax and have some wines with my fiance. These night usually start out as chips and dips for dinner, and a couple of wines, which move into Kahula for me and southern comfort for him. We don't go into town (clubbing) like i would of in the old days, for two reasons -I'm too old and not single so what's the point; and I'm too fat to wear any of my "town" clothes so I don't want to.
This afternoon I've been thinking about having our friday night drinks- but: how do I do it without ruining all the good work I've put in this week?? And I'm saving points for when we go away anyway- so that means no date night? I love sitting around the table solving the problems of the world and discussing all things hypothetical after a couple of wines. It's my social time of the week. And our quailty time just hanging out together with the tv and computers turned off.
So maybe I could come up with some nibbles that isn't chips and dip? That would keep the points lower. I might have to go and consult my recipe book. Date night is just too important to stop doing because of a diet.

Blog Hop

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Okay- so i know for most of you reading this you are a day behind me, but it's Thursday (and Thanksgiving) here today. So since I'm here first i can tell you that it'll be super hot and super sunny. Hehehe. Unfortunately the football isn't on until tomorrow though so we will have our beers and roast dinner tomorrow and watch the game.
I decided to do my Thankful Healthy Blogger 5k this morning, then decided to walk to my WW meeting which is 5.2kms away. That was a great idea except for the fact that by the time i got there I looked like i'd been standing under a hose because it's so hot!! And then I had to walk home again!! Oh well it was good for me and ended up being approx 6.5miles. It took me about 2hrs so that's a nice 11 activity points to kick start my new week.

Ooooo... and weigh in update.... down 2.7lbs(1.2kgs) -YAY!!!!! I love it when hard work is being rewarded!!!
This next week is not going to be as easy... my fiance is taking me away for a romantic trip on Tuesday-Thursday for our anniversary, which will mean eating on the trip, lots of very nice restaurants and LOTS of wine.
So, my battle plan: Exercise a lot in the weekend to get my activity points up, save all my weekly points (approx 2 bottles of wine worth), and pick wisely -but at the same time, stop thinking about it for 3 days. Just enjoy the moments and fix anything up when i get back.

I love reading other people blogs, and watching their journeys but it also makes me very aware of how little i have to talk about- all my blogs are filled up with what i did at the gym, and mainly, that's because that is pretty much the highlight of my day. All my uni friends have left for the summer, and i no longer have to go to class or study, so i'm just focusing on the gym and building my good habits while i have time. I want these things to become natural so that when i am back at school it is second nature and all i have to focus on then is getting good marks.

Wednesday

I got up to the gym this morning to do my couch to 5k- i decided just to warm up and run as much as i can to see what i can do- i ended up doing 10min warm up, 5min run, 5min walk, 5min run and 5 min walk. Yay! 5 mins straight!! I actually had less aches and pains while i was running than walking- afterwards i could barely walk. I jumped on the bike but i could only make about 10mins before i started getting light headed. I need to make sure my dinners are going to give me enough fuel to work out and i can see clearly that the pizza did not- oh well lesson learnt.
I tried Jillian's 30 day shred today- I made it about 12 mins through before i gave up on it- It is HARD!!!! I think i will pull out my carmen electra workouts and do them for a week or two and then pull out the shred in a few weeks.
I have been slacking off walking since I started to go to the gym so my goal for next week is to walk the 5k block every day- it will be kicked off with the thankful healthy blogger 5k tomorrow.
Weigh in tomorrow... I really want a good result!! I have been so dedicated my tracking and my exercise is up hugely!! I am good as long as my efforts are rewarded.

Moderation

Moderation has never really been my strong suit but tonight I am very proud of myself- a personal victory. Because it's Tuesday and pizzas are only $6 on a tuesday we decided to grab a pizza each for dinner. When I was making my choice I consulted my points guide to see which type was best and figured i could eat a whole pizza if i used my activity points so i went ahead (pizza is possibly my most favourite food ever).
When we got them home they looked so yummy and as i ate the first bite i instantly had my pizza feeding frenzy on (eating as fast as i can to eat as much as possible, i'm pretty sure my eyes glaze over too, pretty much like a shark). A couple of inhails of the pizza i suddenly stop and thought- if you are going to eat this pizza slow down, chew properly, and enjoy it. And guess what- i did! And I ate 4 slices (thin crust) and thought no- I'm full I'll stop. AND that kept me under my points for the day!!! I am SO proud of myself. And all my time at the gym hasn't been used on dinner.

 

Tuesday

It's really annoying how this blog thinks i live 24hrs before i do. And when I try to change the date it wants to post it tomorrow!!! I guess by writing the days in the title it saves me thinking up a title for myself.
I decided yesterday that since I go to the gym in shorts i should put some colour on my legs and used this gradual tanning moisturiser I have in the cupboard -Gradual??? I don't think so!! My legs are dark orange and very very streaky now!!! Grrr. I guess I'll have to put some tinted moisturiser over them and look like a freak for a few weeks.
I'm trying to debate whether I go to the gym today- I don't have anything planned but I feel like i should. Maybe I'll start my 30 day shred today, lots of blogs have been talking about it so i decided to get it to try it out. There are 31 days till Christmas, so I think it's a nice time to start it and try it out. None of my family have seen me since I've started this journey- though a few of you are keeping an eye on this blog (and I'm gunna beat you all at the 5k race) and it would be nice to be looking definitely slimmer when i go home to see them.
I've got a coffee date with a friend this afternoon which will be nice -the problem with living in a uni town all year round is that all my friends leave during the holidays and it gets pretty quiet and lonely around here. Having the gym is nice because it gives me something to do other than hang out with the dogs all day and attempt to do housework, which I hate more than anything.
It's a stunningly beautiful day here today so maybe I'll go and play in my garden...

Monday

I made it up to the gym this morning- shaking up my routine a little bit and did my second couch to 5k run. And then a 30min bike. Yay!! Tomorrow is my day off which is good. I'm really really looking forward to it!
I am getting REALLY bored in the gym! I need to think up something that will entertain me while I run/bike. Even when i go for a run outside it's the boredom that slows me down. So if i can find a way to break through the mental boredom i could do so much better!??!
Food has been great so far today- was going to have vege curry tonight but I don't have any pumpkin, i could substitute sweet potato but then it wil be extra points. I'll have to work out how many i can spare.
I really can't wait till I can see the changes, till I can fit some of my clothes again. I may be getting smaller but I've lived in trackpants for so long none of my "normal" clothes fit my yet. I'm holding out for the "smaller" feeling. I know it's going to happen. Good things take time. I just wish it would happen a little faster!

Sunday

This is actually working!!! I am LOVING doing weight watchers! It is so easy to make this a lifestyle change instead of a diet! Lots of the things we are eating for dinner is the stuff i cooked before -but with half the amount of pasta etc. And tracking everything i eat is stopping me from eating anything i shouldn't -I really don't want to have to write it down. The only hard part is and will be all the functions coming up for christmas and not drinking too much. Next time hopefully they will have wine so i can track my points properly.

I went up to the gym today and did 1 & 1/2 hours cardio, I hadn't planned on doing that much but once i got started i just kinda zoned out and kept going. And I love being able to track my activity points. I'm planning on not having to use them but just collect them.

I still haven't managed to do any painting- I'm too poor to buy a canvas or proper brushes, but i'll get to it. I don't really have the time to do it at the moment because most of my afternoons are taken up with going to the gym.

We found out yesterday that one of my sisters is secretly training to run the 5k so we don't think she's a threat but now we all know so i'll have to keep my eye on her progress...

Saturday

I'm a little bit hungover today! Last night was really good- it was nice to go out but i drank far too much and used all of my weekly propoints- but atleast i didn't have to dip into my activity points. All and all i would class it as a success!
I managed to go up to the gym this afternoon and do my first week 2 run of the C25k. And then jumped on the bike for twenty minutes to try and stop my legs from being so sore. It worked really well.
I'm very very tired and can't wait to go to bed!!! On points today though and have done over 11000 steps.

Friday

Getting ready to go out tonight- I tried on some clothes earlier and they are definately starting to fit me better! Yay!
I'm going to drink tonight so that'll be using some of my 49 weekly points.
I got an ab cirlce to borrow today- i tried it out and it definately works my abs! So I'[ll be using that every day as well.
Didn't do much today- hung out with my mother in law and had a wine with her.
I'd best go and get ready for tonight...

Gym Time

I had my weigh in today- down 1.8kg!! WHOOP WHOOP!!!! YAY!!!
I'm super super stoked about that- all the hard work i've put in this last week has paid off!
With that in mind i was motivated to go up to the gym this afternoon. It was great! I'm glad I took yesterday off because with fresh legs i was able to do my c25k run easily. So on saturday i'll move onto week two- keep pushing myself. I could have done more today but i didn't want to push too hard.
So I ended up doing my 30min c25k run/walk, 30mins on the bike (nonstop), and a 30min brisk walk to get my heart rate lower.
All in all a great day!! I have heaps of stuff to read through tonight about the propoints plan, we got everything today in our meeting.

Thursday

I am so very very tired and sore!!
In the end i decided to take the day off yesterday and let my body recover from the last week.
I'm glad I did- with the amount I hurt today (which i'm not 100% sure isn't from washing the car and digging out the garden) my muscles obviously needed a recovery.
Weight in is in 4 hours... I am looking forward to getting my new information, but since etools has had propoints the last few day's I've switched to them anyway already.
I've just got to play the waiting game now until my meeting. I should really take the pups for a walk, but i'm just going to catch up on some light housework and take my gym gear so i can go up to school after my meeting.
I painted my fingernails like a rainbow last night- it makes me smile.

Today's to do

I had a list of things in my head that I was going to do today if it was nice and sunny again... It's not.
But I think I should do some stuff anyway, and some things are way overdue...

1. Clean my car -inside and out (I hardly drive it and it's full of spiders and empty bottles and parking slips)
2. Fill my vege garden with dirt
3. Go to the gym and do my run/upper body workout
4. Finish doing my laundry
5. Vaccum the house
6. 10,000 steps
7. Text people and find out who is going out on friday night to see if i can be bothered with it or i'll just drive

Blue Italics =DONE!!!

Gymming it up...

Talked myself into putting on my shoes and going up to the gym this afternoon.
Ended up doing an hour workout.
I did 15min of c25k1, 30min bike (YAY), and another 15min C25k1
My ankle was being weird so i decided not to press it too hard and i'll attempt to get my run in tomorrow (even though technically i did it all it was broken up and i feel like i'm cheating if I count that one).
I have built into my 5k schedule to stay on week one until monday anyways so i still have a couple of runs left in the week one.
This week seems to be taking FOREVER! I want it to be thursday already with the new propoints plan and my weigh in done.
Should be good since I've done over 6hours of exercise in the last 3 days!!!!

Walked the dogs this morning- didn't go too far cos it's quite hot and they seemed to be lagging. Poor puppies- I think they might need a day off!
Still cranked out a 30min walk and the plan it to head to the gym after lunch to do my run and try to crank out 30mins on the bike, even if i have to keep stopping i'll try and do the whole time (and the timer pauses when i stop).
Really need to do some housework too- get some washing drying on the line outside. Maybe that's what i should do now.

Spend the rest of the day in garden trying to get my step count up to 10,000. Made dinner and finally got my last 1000 -Yummy eggplant and Lamb stacks from my new WW cookbook

All in all another good day- next run tomorrow afternoon. Going to try to get up earlier and walk the dogs around the big block before it gets too hot for them.

I am having real issues at the moment getting my points over 20 every day- i should be at 22 and every day i seem to be sitting at 19. I don't usually have dessert so it is a little weird topping up my points with icecream every night?!

2.2 miles

I finally managed to force myself out the door and take the dogs for a walk.

2.2 miles -45 mins (a bit slow but after Tommy walking them in the weekend, they had to re-learn the rules),

On my way out the door I saw my first rose had flowered- so i had to take a picture and stop and smell it... yum!

Exercise

The last few days including today I have taken the dogs for a 5k walk every morning. Today i also threw in a trip to the gym this afternoon to do my couch to 5k programme and to time my 2 mile run time. I want to get it under 16.00.

2 mile run: Goal:16.00 Current:32.48

I didn't do a toning workout today as there were hundreds of people at the gym so i will stick to my original plan and go up tomorrow. I need to find a nice quiet time.
Next run is scheduled for Tuesday so hopefully the weather will improve and the wind will drop off. It was hard enough to walk in it this morning, let alone go for a run.

After my run I jumped on the bike for 10mins. Next time (next week if it stays sunny) I'll make it 15mins.

My Motivation

Here is a picture of what's keeping me motivated at the moment:

The smiley faces are on track eating

The stars are for steps

The round disney princess stickers are walking

The other disney princess stickers are running

(Yes i love disney princesses, hehehe)

5k Race

I've signed up to do a 5km race on January 23. I am also making my mom, sisters and cousin do it too. It is in 10 weeks time- so enough time to finish my couch to 5k programme and a week to spare.
I'm not worried about times etc, I just want to finish and run the whole way.
I have changed my walking track to a 5k route and am walking the dogs every morning around that track. They are loving being walked so much! I'm also doing the c-2-5k plan every second day jumping to the next week on a monday or tuesday- which ever it falls on each week.
My new daily steps goal from yesterday is 10,000 and i've already nailed that for today-YAY! and it's only 2.36pm.

Couch to 5k

I am so very very tired today- and it is great!
I took the furry ones for a walk this morning- 40mins, the this afternoon I did my first couch to 5k run/walk, 5min warm up, 60sec jog & 90sec walk intervals for 20 mins. It almost killed me but I nailed it! I felt great afterwards and am starting to remember that i love to run. I actually feel like i've worked hard. After a walk i'm usually pretty fine within 10mins but after the run I was still dying an hour later.
-20/22 points today- so i have two left over and that was after my beer before dinner.
-13,000 steps today!!!!
Yay!! I am SO nailing this!!

Tomorrow:
-Walk the puppies
-10,000 steps
-22 points

Why?

Talking to my mom on the phone this morning (Like i do every morning) I commented that I just want the next 12months to be over with me to have kept to my goals the whole time and to be at the 'end' point. I would love to wake up tomorrow and be able to get out and run 10km and enjoy it, to slip on whatever i felt like and know it looks good.
So then I had a little thing about why I'm doing this: I'm doing this to fall in love with myself again. For the past few years I have had this strange feeling of not having enough love. It irks (love that word... irks) me that I have a fantastic fiance who loves me to bits and a wonderful supportive close family but I still feel a lack of love. And I think the missing part is me. I don't love myself. When I was younger (18-21) I was madly in love with myself, so self confident, so convinced I was beautiful and somewhere along the line that feeling went. To be replaced with self loathing and disappointment in myself. The feeling of not respecting myself has led me to some seriously bad decisions over the last few years, but I didn't care because I didn't care about myself enough.
I don't know if it's because I'm a libra or it's just me but I love beauty and pretty things, I try to surrround myself with beautiful things and people, and i have so much love to give to things i find beautiful. Which no longer includes me. Things that I don't find beautiful I have no trouble getting rid of. Which I think is why I have been treating myself this way, I don't find me beautiful, I don't love myself, so i have no trouble trying to get rid of me. The problem is that i can't just get rid of me, which means now I have to climb out of the fat suit I have made for myself, and realise that I am still beautiful. I can say that easy enough but the problem with my mind is it's very hard to fool- stupid high IQ. I can't simply blindly believe- i need proof, fact, science to back things up. So I'll have to prove to myself that i'm still beautiful by removing this layer of myself and showing me that I am still that beautiful person.

One paperclip

I got my first paperclip today out our meeting. For every kg we go down we get a paperclip- and this week i offically lost 1.3kg (2.9lb)! Yay!!!!! I've got renewed motivation again now which is why going to the meetings is good for me. We had a discussion about the new plan- I'm pretty excited to get all the information next week. And being able to eat more fruit- especially in summer. There are some great strawberries in the supermarket at the moment. I got two cookbooks today to at my meeting, since they have a conversion shart to the new propoints. I was suprised at some of the recipes the points doubled and others that barely had any change at all. I'll looking forward to finding out how it works because i really can't work how somethings have such a drastic increase! I need to put some money aside to get the points guides and trackers as i know them so instinctively at the moment but it'll be learning a whole new way and my current books are going to be obsolete.
I had steak and couscous salad for dinner tonight and it was so amazingly yummy! I've had a great day of eating, which is great. It was far too hot today to walk the dog, it was over 40degrees on my deck so i spent a lot of time inside under the air conditioning. I did spend some time in the garden staring at my new vege garden trying to decide what to do with it and where to put it! I stopped at bunnings on my way home and bought a starter garden pack with brussell sprout, brocolli and kale seeds so i have them germinating on my window sill and i'll need my garden ready when they are ready to transplant.
If it is still really hot tomorrow i think i'll have to do a mission up to school to go to the gym, which will mean taking the stupid bus, cos otherwise i'll have to pay for parking since it is a week day. Fingers crossed for a bit of a breeze....

Weigh In

I have my first offical weigh in today- I'm a little bit scared. I have walked 3 days this week and have kept my steps up. I've been on points every day YAY!!
My daddy came and visited me yesterday and dropped of the frame for my new vege garden- now i have to decide where to put it, fill it with dirt and plant some veges in it. He took away so of the old furniture in the shed for my sister to which is awesome, we almost have a shed you can walk into! It's full of old empty boxes and junk which really frustrates me, but shed's are for boys so i try to ignore it.
My house is completely tidy now and it's a beautiful sunny day. What to do? Now I know why old people get up so early- when you don't have a mile of work to do the following day you sleep really well and then wake up naturally stupidly early ready to go! I had all the housework done by 7.30 this morning! WTF?!
I'll probably spend the morning looking at my vege garden and trying to decide the perfect area to set it up. I can't decide between the front garden where it's sunny or the perfect place out in the back garden- the back garden would be awesome apart from the fact that beagle think things planted in gardens are there for their personal amusement. I would be super upset if the dogs decided to destroy my garden!
My mindset has changed since the first few days- to start with i was writing everything down while i was still eating and going over my points every half an hour or so- it was pretty much consuming all my thoughts. Now I make a note after i eat and it's just something i do and not all consuming. I still mentally add up the points in a meal before i eat it and make sure i stick to about 5 for lunch and 7 for dinner. That way I've almost automated it without having to think a lot it. I think that's the way to kept it a life style thing instead of a diet.

Art Supplies

Yay still going strong- over 9500 points, OP and 50min walk. Went out for dinner to an italian resturant- It was awesome- $18 for a glass of wine, garlic bread and a pasta or risotto dish. I opted for a ricotta and spinach cannelloni with a nepalese sauce- i ended up eating less than half of it but i was pretty generous in my allowing points for it so i am still on track for the week! YAY.
Tomorrow is Tuesday and i have my first scheduled Couch-to-5k workout, as well a gym session scheduled so that will take up most of the morning. My walk today was quite hard- my muscles took a while to get used to moving and when i got back my foot was bleeding but nothing that a few plasters won't fix tomorrow. I'm undecided if i'll do my run at the gym or take the two dogs with me- It's a bit hard to walk them both at once by myself.
I also went and bought some art supplies today so I'm pretty excited to start painting tomorrow- it's been a few years since i've had time to do any painting and i'm really looking forward to it. Since I've cleared my school stuff away out of the office i have plenty of room to do some painting.
My roses finally have flowers on them too- YAY!

Three Gold stars!!

Today I managed to get in a 45min walk, be over 8000 steps and eat OP. YAY!!!
I've got massive amounts of motivation at the moment to stay on track and i'm not entirely sure why but i'm going with it and hopefully it will stay this easy! I'm really glad i took my measurements and photos yesterday because today i feel slimmer! My stomach is starting to feel flatter- i know it's just water loss from drinking so much water but i don't care if it's fat or water- my clothes fit better now so it works for me!
4 more days till my offical weigh in and i'm super excited to see how i did! I know i'm doing really well but hopefully the scales confirm it on Thursday! I have 3 gold stars for my steps/exercise and three happy faces for my eating on my calendar and that is encouraging me to add more!!! I want to try for a whole week on OP.
Tomorrow night we are going to an italian resturant for dinner so i will have to have a light lunch and make sure i know what choices to make before i get there. I am planning on going for another big walk again too so hopefully that will help keep the temptation down- working out how far i have to walk to eat one bowl of cabonara- it's so not worth it... even though i LOVE cabonara.
Eating has been great today- had a minted lamb pizza for lunch on a little pita bread, and ricotta and vege lasagne for dinner. YUM!!! Everything was just delicious!!!
It's been a quiet kinda day today- i packed up my school stuff from the office so i will hopefully stop thinking/worrying about it for the next week.

Still going..

On points again today- had to have a ww biscuit this evening to top me up to the right amount of points. Yay!!! I'm stoked at how easy this is coming along!! I took all my measurements down this morning and took my before photos so i can track the difference visually.
Went to the supermache this morning and loaded up with fresh veges and good foods then i came home and threw a heap of stuff outta the fridge and cupboards. It felt good.
I've done over 6000 steps again today but didn't go for a walk because it was SO windy and cold. I will try to get up to the gym tomorrow if it stays really yucky.
I have to make choc chip cookies for my fiance tomorrow because he likes to take one every day for his morning tea, but luckily once they are cooked i don't really like cookies- just the dough. He seems to be surviving what we are eating pretty good but he doesn't seem to believe we can actually eat as much as we do- mainly loads of veges though. He seems to think it will be good for him to lose a couple of pounds too- but i don't think so- he goes to the gym a lot and is very slim. He's an annoying type of person who just eats when he's hungry but never really seems to be hungry- but before we moved in together he had no idea about food. I think he's spent most of his life eating spaghetti. The first time i sent him shopping i got a text message asking if spinach came in a can, or where to find lemon zest- when i told him it was lemon peel he said he couldn't find a jar of lemon peel or zest. Hehehehe.

First official day of Weight watchers

Today was my first official day of weight watchers- And I waas perfectly on points- infact i am so super full!!! It's been a long time since i've eaten three full meals in a day like this. My steps goal for today was 5000 steps- mainly because i haven't really done much in onths so i wanted to ease into it. I've done 6700 though so that is super good, though we did spend the morning shopping.
I bought some parsley seeds and lettuce seeds so i planted out the parsley but I am waiting for my daddy to drop off the vege garden he has made me. I tried to have a garden but with two beagles they thought i was digging in the dirt so they could also play in the dirt... needless to say that was the end of my gardening. Hopefully the raised vege garden will keep them out of it or perhaps I will put it out on the front lawn. If my lettuces are successful i might get braver and grow some other stuff too, but at this stage i'll start small.
We went and looked at the wedding venue this afternoon. It looked pretty nice, but i pretty much realised after i book that there is nothing to plan for like a year and a half, so i'm not too worried about it. Just need to focus on loosing this weight.

BRING ON SUMMER!!!

Yay- I finished my exams today!!! I'm on holiday- 16 weeks of freedom from thinking!!!
I was extra good and went and joined up to weight watchers tonight. They gave me the little folder and information and the told me not to get to hooked up on what to do because they are lanching a new programme in two weeks!
So lucky i don't actually need to learn the points system because i've done it before- but it would be a bit frustrating if i hadn't! But yay for a new system! I'm really looking forward to seeing what they bring out. I hope it's not like the core plan though because I did not like that at all.
I was stoked at my offical weigh in was lighter than i thought i was too- which means less to lose!! So I'll update that on the side soon.
So tonight i am enjoying a couple of drinks and reading through the folder they gave me.
Tonight it is guy fawkes and people are letting off fireworks and upsetting my pupsters -so every few minutes we have to sit here and make stupid noises to try to drown out the sound of the bangs. Silly beagles.
Tomorrow we are going in to check out wedding venues which wil be fun hopefully- I've pretty much decided on where i want but i'll see what it looks like when i'm there. The wedding is still AGES away (after I finish my degree so summer 2013) but hopefully this will make it feel more real.

Day one OP and yummy dinner!!!

I'm on points and target for the day- I just made chicken escapole with zucchini pasta. YUM. i read somewhere about substituting zucchini or green beens for pasta to keep the calories down.

Here is a picture:

The sauce is a tomato and eggplant sauce - normally i put capers in it too but i left them out and it worked quite well. i steamed the zucchini- but usually i do it with sliced carrots on the BBQ- of course that requires a lot of beer and oil :-)

The chicken is coated in whole grain bread crumbs and parmesean.

The whole thing was just amazingly yummy!!!

And it was only 5pts! YAY.

My fiance loved it too which is always a big bonus.

And in the beginning

I finish Uni on Friday for the year. The first half went really well but this second half has not. I've lost motivation, I need to take some time out for myself and just work on my fitness- which will help my studies when I go back next year, my diet -which will make me a happier camper and my organizational skills/ procrastination habits.
I have a few massive goals and they all seem to be interlinked with each other- acheiving/working towards one will have a snowball effect on the rest. I haven't put them to paper properly yet but my main summer goals are to lose some of the excess 80lbs I am holding onto, follow my fitness plan -using my pedometer and walking 10,000 steps a day, and not smoking.
It's such a lovely spring day- it feels more like summer really. I love summer, but I hate the fact that all I ever wear anymore are trackpants and baggy tops. I want to go outside and enjoy the sunshine and wear some of the fantastic clothes i could wear a couple of years ago.
On friday i am going down to sign up for weight watchers to keep me accountable for each week but i have started tracking what i eat over the last few days and it seems i am not eating nearly enough food follwed but one meal that blows everything out of control. I need to learn to eat more meals -instead of the 2 i eat now and stop using a whole day's worth of calories consuming sugary caffinated drinks to keep my energy levels up.
I love to cook -food is a great passion of mine and i love to experiment. I just need to put those things to better more healthy use instead of making a huge meal for just two people.

Tomorrow:
-Final Exam 2.15pm
-EAT BREAKFAST
-Track food