ticking along on Tuesday

Took yesterday and today off due to my little 'women's problem' which has been absolutely terrible that past couple of days but finally this afternoon seems to be easing up thank GOD! I am sooo tired today all I want to do is sleep. I did go back to bed for an hour or so this morning but still feel like i could have another wee snooze this afternoon.
I did go to the Dr and amongst other things I have agreed to go on the pill to see if it will help regulate things a bit, so here's hoping.
Had a job interview yesterday afternoon and I think it went pretty well so I will find out one way or the other by Friday. Scary stuff! I love it where I am working at the moment but not enough hours and also just time for a change and some new challenges. Will let you know how it goes.
This week has been good food wise, all on track and been trying out some yummy new things.
Excercise kinda went out the window a bit but that's been due to the bleeding problem so hopefully can get back to the plan with that now too.
Well I promised myself I'd do some work on my children's profile books for work today and so far I haven't touched them so guess I'd better go get busy lol. TNT :-)

Monday already!

Wow where did the weekend go? Mine has been really good points wise and stuck to the excercise plan except I swapped my Sat morn walk for an aqua aerobics class instead so all good there! Hadn't been able to do my usual aqua classes due to being TTOTM so when it had gone by Fri night I was keen to get back in the water Sat morning! All good until I got home from pool and then boom (or should I say gush)! Monthly visitor is back with a vengeance and hasn't let up since! Has been bloody (excuse the pun lol) awful! I have been flooding ever since and it's so bad I'm not even going into work today. After putting it out there on the WW boards yesterday I have decided to make an appt to see my Dr this morning if I can get in. This is ridiculous! I have barely left the house all weekend because of it and have been through 3 packs of MATERNITY pads in the past 48 hours. And thats not including having to use a towel overnight! Far out - what the hell is going on??? All this on top of already having it for a week! Anyway sorry to go on but the reason I'm even mentioning it is that I did wonder if it had anything to do with losing weight? Still not sure but will see what doc has to say about that too.
Meantime I'm gonna stay home from work as everytime I move I flood so being at work would be a nuisance to say the least. I hope it's under control by 5.30 as I have a job interview then and last thing I need to do is leave a bloody puddle on my seat there (I'm sure that would make a lovely impression on them - NOT)! Will go regardless obviously so wish me luck.
So looks like I'm going to have to swap tonights planned swim for a land activity instead so I guess I'll be out walking instead. In fact I think I might go this morning.
Going to have poached eggs on toast for breaky and have planned a prawn and asparagus salad for lunch so all sounding yummy. No idea what tea will be yet but hey it is only 6.30am so I'm doing well lol.
Ok better go ring the boss to see if she can get someone to cover me. I may have to go in for a couple of hours as it's a bit hard to find a reliever willing and able to start at 7.30am!
TNT,
Cyndi xoxo

so far so good

Have been up and out walking this morning. I must say it is a whole lot easier with proper shoes (mind you the amount I paid for them they oughta feel fantastic lol). This week is going to be a bit of a challenge for me foodwise I think as I just realized how broke I am and payday not til Wed and got hardly any veges! I'm sure I'll survive though maybe I'll have to raid friends gardens! Might see if I can scrape together what I do have and go to the market over the weekend too. Anyway it's looking like it's going to be a beautiful day here today so I guess i'd better hit the shower and get organized for work - Ugh! Am going to try to do the 'jellimeat routine' tonight so will factor that into my excercise as well. For those of you now wondering what the hell I'm on about (hehe) that's my weight routine. I don't own any proper weights so use two tins of cat food instead, hence the name lol. Everybody have a great day and I'll check in later on if I can. Til then xoxo

Back in the game

Bit the bullet and went to WI tonight and was pleasantly surprised - lost .9 so am pleased with that! Must admit though I did hunt around for the lightest clothes I had (while still remaining decent) before going lol. I know, I know it's only cheating myself BUT I so know if I'd put on again I could so easily have spun right back into that bad space again!
At the end of each meeting our leader gets us to tell the person next to us the one thing we're going to do to help with our weight loss this week and I told Andrea and Jessica I was going to exercise 5 (yes you read that right) 5x this week! So the plan is;

Friday - early morning walk
Saturday - same again
Sunday - DAY OF REST!
Monday - evening swim
Tuesday - morning aqua aerobics
Wednesday - maybe I will, maybe I wont lol
Thursday - morning aqua aerobics

That combined with sticking within my points is going to take me over and beyond the - 15kg mark at next weeks WI. As it stands tonight I only have 300g until I get there so wish me luck! TNT
C xoxo

Struggling (again)

Gosh just read last post and was sounding so positive - where did that go and how do I find it again??? Then I had 700g to go to reach 15kg - now - hmmm ... put on 600 last week so then I had 1.5 to get to -15kg, now with WI looming tomorrow night I'm pretty sure I'm heading in the wrong direction again!
So far today has been a good one points wise but the rest of the week has been pretty much crap!
Was feeling gutted after my gain on Thurs night and not quite sure why as I had been good and even done more exercise than usual. Next morning I woke up with my period and figured that explained it so all good so far.
Had bought myself some naughty treats after weigh in with the intention of getting back on track Fri but couldn't eat all I'd bought so it was still hanging around Fri (there goes that day), Sat was pretty good I think, Sun wasn't too bad either, Mon started off well and then fell apart once I got home from work (didn't even track so God only knows what I ate exactly), yesterday I didn't track at all so obviously that wasn't great either, and today so far so good.
Also no exercise since last Thurs aqua class and bugger all water some days so I'm thinking tomorrow nights results are not going to be great :-( Usually I track everything, drink at least 3 pump bottles of water and exercise a minimum of twice a week).
Am really pissed off with myself but it's all a bit late for that isn't it! I noticed last month at TTOTM I was a bit the same (or am I just using it as an excuse)??? Have been feeling really blah the past week though - fat, bloated, pimply, hair greasy, lethargic, moody, tearful ... oh the joys of being a woman huh.
Anyway enough of this self pity bull*#@t - time to sort it out and get it together again. I have discovered (funnily enough) that sometimes just writing it all down and getting it out there actually does help! Am feeling better about things already! I so need to write in here a lot more often than I do. Also posted on WW message boards this morning too - very supportive bunch of people there!
Am enjoying a lovely point friendly treat of a punnet of strawberries while I type this. Honestly with food this delicious who needs all that other fattening rubbish??? Also had really nice lunch of prawn, sweet chilli and rice wraps and was only 3 1/2 points mmm mmm.
Ok going to go do some paper work now and then think I will put on the new walking shoes and get out in the fresh air for a bit (and do some exercise at the same time lol) TNT (which will be sooner rather than later)!

Going strong...

Well I've been a bit slack with the posting lately sorry but at least been good in other areas! Would be so easy to spend half my life on the computer if I wasn't careful lol.
Had another good way in this week with a loss of 1.6 taking my grand total to -14.3. Hoping to get to my -15kg mark next week. Current goal is to get to -20kg by Christmas although I realize I may be being a little optimistic here! Will be very happy if I reach my 10% by then though which means I will have had to have lost 19kg in total so 4.7 to go (if my maths is correct lol).
Am really starting to notice a difference now - heaps more energy, things have just become easier eg stairs, getting up off the floor etc, the nana naps happen less often, my overall mood is much better, I'm sleeping better, less headaches .... the list goes on! Amazing after such a small portion of what I have yet to lose. I can only imagine how fantastic I'm gonna feel in the end!
I tried on a top last night that wouldn't go anywhere near me when I bought it so has never been worn. I loved it so much though I couldn't bear to part with it so it's sat in my wardrobe for nearly 3 years with the tags still attached just waiting for me to get my act together! Anyway ... I can do it up now!!! The buttons actually meet!!! It's still a bit fitting for me to actually feel comfortable wearing it but I can see me in it soon now!
Anyway, must go and finish the dreaded housework and then get stuck into some paperwork for work. Oh joy! Trying to get everything up to date before the Xmas rush though (and before I have three weeks off - YEEHAH).
Hope you're all well and that those of you who are on this weight loss journey with me are having lots of successes too. TNT
Cyndi xoxo

Oh my freakn God !!!!

I lost 4.5kg this week! I don't quite know how and still can't quite believe it - even though I made the weigher check it not twice, but three times lol. So I lost the 2.3 I gained last week and then some! Grand total is now -12.9 WOO HOO! Has made me feel so motivated again now just exactly what I needed!
Been a long day and not feeling the greatest with a chest infection (coughing kept me awake lots during the night) so think I'll take myself off to bed now. Will try to post again tomorrow> Hope you're all well. TNT xoxo