happy new year

It's NEW YEARS EVE I'm home alone Tony's band is playing up the road at the pub don't feel like going out .we decided to have a few beers tomorrow as tony doesn't drink when playing as its work so the beers are ready for tomorrow .I'm reading the Gabriel method again i really think he has the weight loss answers.just need to turn off the fat mode makes a lot of sense hope it works.
I'm finishing with weight watchers for now as too expensive at this time no cash flow. so I'm hoping to get the rest off myself as Ive been at this weight for months i have stabilized so think I'm ready to shed the rest.so planning on a total overhaul on my routine to shake it up I'm in a rut but that's good i have maintained that's not a bad thing i don't think.anyways happy new year cheers

merry xmas time

Well the festive season is nearly done yay .....i only had six beers yesterday and wasnt too bad food wise .....i got up and done a 45 minute leslie sansone workout....going out tonight tonys band is playing at the club so will get a little more exercise there lol ....was a different xmas day the girls both stayed here so they could wake up to christmas morning at home which was really nice they came to tonys mums for xmas lunch then went home to their place....after we visited my parents first ...dads had a bad lead up to chrissy he was in hospital for 10 days after collapsing while shopping he ended up with a pacemaker his 72 today glad he is still around HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD ....i was really stressed leading up to xmas i am so going to do everything different next year ...theres alot to say about planning ahead lol....i plan on dropping my last 8 kg over the next six months i have had to let my weight watchers go cant afford it at the moment im paid up til jan 22 2010 i havent been making it to meetings so seems a waist of money maybe i can do it on line as its cheaper ....ill see how the money pans out anyway merry christmas.

Been slack with blogging

RIP CINDY MISS YOU

MY GOD ITS BEEN FOREVER SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON HERE ....have been busy working and doing life.......been struggling of late to stay focused on me and my weight loss journey.......went back to my meeting last week after five weeks away.....a gain of 700gms which wasnt too bad considering i got ttotm that night and had boobs that felt more like rocks they were that heavey.....the scales were good to me at home when i got on them on sunday night before i drank my beers after a long week of sewing til 1 am every night and doing my market on sunday that i was up at 4.30am for..... it was a hot long day all i could think about were those cold vb in my fridge...lol....if i gain sobe it i had the points saved for them.....i tend to retain fluid after a drink so itll go again.....i have hives im scrating like a dog with fleas going to get something for them today as if i exercise they heat up and drive me nutts......anyways im back at this weight loss journey taking way longer than it should but still plodding along thats the main thing ....


I LOST A GREAT FRIEND friend from school days she was a funny girl made you laugh big time she died suddenly got a blood clot in her leg sad sad loss made me think about alot of things i want to change about myself as im only here once and not that long ......miss and luv you CINDY XXXX cheers

LOST 300gms

well the 300gms i put on last week came off this week ....i hope i m not at that point where you gain and lose the same amount from week to week .....will be shaking it up a bit so that doesn't happen that's for sure....went to Sydney yesterday and bought a lot of fabrics so i have a good supply to cut out my dolls clothes and as i have some orders will get to it over Easter so i don't get behind again ......happy Easter cheers

GAINED 300gms

Gained this week 300grams ....not really concerned as ttotm was here....it ll be gone next weigh in .....have been really busy this last few weeks....have my market on Sunday and not a lot of work done for it as been doing the other sewing for the shop.....so boring....hems shortening sleeves button and button holes oh joy lol....made a few christening sets for orders and some for markets as well as party dresses so have done something other than eat right and exercise.....i can see Ive lost a lot of weight got my second comment in a few days about how much Ive lost a lot of people don't seem to want to acknowledge that Ive lost so much i definitely don't look fat any more yay.....its all been worth it to get to this point that i can actually touch my own skin without crawling inside out i hated myself that much .....i look in the mirror now and i can see me looking back that's something haven't been able to do for a long time .....years in fact.....i cant believe I'm happy about my weight I'm by know means at goal but i can truly see me getting on the scales and yahooing I'm at goal i vision it every day....see it believe it.....cheers

Too Busy To Play

Boy finally got 2 min's to get on here...if you could lose weight through sewing id be thin lol....i lost 600gms last weigh in yes even after the night away at the wedding had a drink as well so was really happy and next weigh in is tomorrow night .ttotm so know no chance with losing feel very bloated... will catch up with everything soon . markets at the weekend.need a holiday cheers

exercise

OMG i have just finished 2 hours and 10 mins of exercise not bad for someone going on 48.....i feel great saving my points for the wedding so i can have 6 middies of vb beer yum that's 9 points i have them saved already so the rest will be for my weight loss....not worried about sweets as i have them every other day so the beers are it .....not sure on the food but these people love their seafood they catch crabs and cook them up when they have a piss up been to a few of those lol so I'm guessing seafood will be on the menu hope so that will make it easy.....fingers crossed....anyways just wanted to brag about my efforts today lol cheers :))

ANOTHER LOSS

Another 400grams down I'm 67.6kg sounding good.....i decided to take myself off and have something done with my long thick hair and a brow wax ouch for getting to my 20kg goal as I'm now down 21.1kg so thought wouldn't leave it any longer ....my hair is so much lighter now that i had it layered and because she had time Maddy straightened it too feels so thin luv it was going to put my dye in today but as it was straightened thought id do it tomorrow.....wedding on Saturday so have a new pair of black jeans and a new white shirt as i don't do dresses skirts or shorts lol....the shirt is pretty for me though its got satin silky thread through it so ill look a little girly lol I'm a t shirt and jeans kinda a girl.....i did 90 Min's exercise yesterday and today did 105 mins of exercise so will have extra points saved for the wedding celebrations yay actually looking forward to going....will enjoy a night out and away ......omg have you tried the ww choc eclairs omg they are mmmmmmmmmmm only small but only 1.5 points and very sweet hits the spot they are frozen so can put them away they are to die for as my mum would say lol cheers

BETTER NIGHTS SLEEP

Feeling better today as got plenty of uninterrupted sleep think that's whats been wrong with me have done a 70 minute advanced walk aerobics and used a stretchy band and hand weights for strengthening....so now off to do some work.....might do some more exercise later well see how my day pans out ....cheers
WELL I DID IT AN EXTRA HOURS WORK OUT BEFORE TEA YAY

FEELING FLAT

FEELING FLAT today well this week actually......i don't know why .....i have a wedding this weekend its away ....hubby's bands playing so we have a room paid for yay spa and all so maybe that will pick me up or weigh me down I'm planning on having a few beers but ill dance all night so that will work its self out.....so have to plan my food and exercise more to help out too....anyways that's it for today I'm so tired this week cant get into anything ....have done my workouts though...need to increase it again as back to doing an hour a day need more cheers

NO LOSS THIS WEEK

OMG what a week i have sewn my arse off LOL....i have been sewing for a work clothes shop and boy has it been busy...haven't had time to scratch my self.....done til next week so ill be catching up on my market sewing and ill enjoy it as the sewing isn't as boring as sewing reflective tape on jumpers shirts and pants.... oh joy .....not.....im still sticking to points exercising saving bonus points and drinking water .....no loss this week but i was expecting that to happen one day my body has changed so much i think it needs to catch up.....i feel thin i actually don't look fat anymore feels good.....hubby called me skinny this week...he told me hes proud of me and bought me a small t shirt from the Eric Clapton concert yay....the daughter keeps saying ill disappear soon I'm getting so small lol I don't think so.....i want to up my exercise again as soon as i can fit the extra in.....i think i need too to get the rest of my weight off.....i so cant wait til i reach goal.....so close yet so far away....it will happen.... cheers

down another 600grams

Woot down another 600gms this week...10 kg more to my high range weight goal I'm 68kg....cant weight to wear my favourite black jeans and Harley singlet yay......Bobbie-Sues cars back on the road again shes stoked....shes not nervous about driving again i worry every time she leaves the house more so now....have to make this quick as I'm flat out this week and have no time to play :( cheers

DOWN 20.1KG WOOT

Well well well finally made the 20kg mark 20.1 kg to be precise i lost 700gms this week and 500 gms last week I'm happy ....well kinda happy daughter got her license 6 days ago a good little driver and had a bad accident today her fault but its a bad blind spot every ones had an accident there....her car is off the road for a bit till we can get her back on the road....main thing she is OK the other lady went off in an ambulance in shock....shes upset about that....the police were involved but even they said its a bad spot....so have to see what happens....anyways the luck in this house this year ho hum cheers x

I'm a 60s girl

WOOHOO weighed in on Wednesday night and lost another kilo so im officially in the 60s only just ...but in them i now weigh 69.9 kg......still drinking my water exercising and eating my 18 of 18 daily points i save my earned bonus points towards my weight loss and its working....i can see myself on those scales weighing my goal weight i can feel it ...its getting closer.....i went through some old clothes and had to throw them out as Ive lost too much weight to wear them again ....so i actually could have got back into them a month ago but left it too late to try them oh well on with the next size lol.....had my emotional eating tested last weekend but didn't turned to food so think i have that all sorted believe me if i was going to eat this would have done it.....my oldest daughter went out for her 19th birthday she ended up in emergency with a drip in her arm shes not a big drinker she had way too much to drink and also had her drink spiked scary stuff had a melt down nerve wise but didn't blow out boy my emotional eating has been tested a lot my bro in law had surgery and all wasn't good there for a bit but hes doing ok now thank god ....he had a brain stem stroke a few years ago and it effected him badly spends most of his time in bed with full on head aches he use to play guitar and sing in hubbies band but has lost all that .....sad....but hes doing ok today and that's great... daughters all good too :) well i have to finish an order so off to sew i go hot here have two air cons and a fan going so nice in here...keep waiting on the power to go its around 39 degrees i actually think it will go over that boohoo cheers

A Small Gain

Had weigh in a small gain of 200gms bit of a bummer but i know how it works now you gain at ttotm and then it comes off....so have to put up with it...will up my exercise just the same maybe change my foods around want to be a 60s girl next weigh in...
dads home today .....could kick his butt he hasn't had a smoke all week went straight up the street to get some.....mum wants to string him up...
have posted some pics of hubbies tattoos Aren they are further down the page i think you ll be impressed cheers Karina

Dad Comes Home Tomorrow

Well all good news for dad no new blocked arteries so he can come home tomorrow .....yay......hubby had a new tat started today have put a pic on it will look great when finished takes up a fair bit of skin ouch lol.....
weigh in tomorrow scales aren't showing a loss but because I'm due for ttotm not worried well not too much lol off to cook tea ...cheers

DAD WIPED THE SMILE

Its been almost a week since dad had his mild heart attack....he has his angieogram( sounds like that cant spell it) tomorrow ....so will see if he has anymore damage as hes had a few before and they found two blocked arteries they didn't do anything with as they were just skinny ones he could get away with...he looks really good though so hope hell be home tomorrow after its done...
Dad certainly knows how to wipe a smile from ones face i was so happy about the 1.8kg loss then he rings saying he wasn't feeling to good mum was line dancing at Tamworth 3 hours away.....my brother had to go pick her up ....anyways hubby raced over and took him to casualty ....they took him to another hospital by ambulance where hes been ever since .....but hes good that's the main thing....he'd had a mild heart attack....hes looking forward to getting out...
haven't been exercising twice a day this week as been way too hot so only doing an hour or so due for ttotm so don't expect a loss after last weeks effort I'm guessing ill gain but not worried as it dose seem to happen and then comes off....anyways thats it cheers

WOOHOO LUV WEIGH IN THIS WEEK

Have to brag lost 1.8kg this week scales finally showed my good efforts .....Ive lost 18kg now cant believe it i weigh 70.7kg I'm nearly a 60s girl i feel so proud ....i remember sitting at my meeting months ago and a lady saying she'd lost 18kg i remember thinking how great that was to be able to change your life style to be able to lose that its a massive amount....its taken a lot of effort and a complete life style change but its been all worth it i look in the mirror and see me now ...I'm more confident i look healthier i definitely look slimmer Ive put a pic on but its quite a crappy one but i'm putting it on because i can see i look thinner i don't look fat anymore... to me and that's a big thing for me to say .....how good will it be to be at goal i don't think ill sleep that night lol bring on the 60s yay then the 50s bring them on cheers :)))

Night Out

Went out last night ....had a few ales was nice to get out think Ive needed that for a while to break the monotony .....stuck to my points used a few bonus points that id saved still have a heaps i wont use....going by my scales id lost 1kg before i went out and going by my scales today I'm still 1 kg down but who knows what will happen weigh in day ....doesn't matter I'm looking and feeling healthy had my fringe trimmed well thinned it's so thick .... yesterday put a colour in my hair its dark but has a red tinge might take a pic might not lol anyways I'm feeling great today have done my workout this morning I'm going to make french toast for lunch ....then going to get stuck into my sewing with the headphones on and the music blasting no kids till later hubbies asleep for a bit so better wear the head phones lol .. just read my post god i have a boaring life sometimes ...need to spice it up a bit cheers:)

muscle verses fat

A lady said quote "1kg of fat weighs the same as 1kg of muscle, they both weigh a kilogram! Its their volume (or size) that is different. Muscle is heaps denser than fat. A block of fat takes up more space than a block of muscle. So measure away (although plateaus are very frustrating even if you are shrinking).makes sense to me"unquote
Another said quote"The weight verses mass this is correct.. its very interesting to actually see it as well. BUT for a woman to put on muscle mass ( like a lot as in 500 grams in a week) you would be needing to be on a a full protein enriched diet and doing hard out weights and lots of cardio, like training for a body builders comp."unquote I found both statements interesting ..... When I stated 500gms in previous days blog i was only using as an example and yes plateaus also have a lot to do with weight loss being weird....so will keep striving to beat the gain on the scales this muscle verse fat thing is doing my head in cheers

Theory On Why I Dont Lose When Ive Put In a Massive Effort

Yep the theory as far as the weight loss goes i think i know what it is.... the muscle gain ...and i can live with that....apparently muscle and fat weigh the same.....always thought muscle was heavier .....apparently fat takes up more room than muscle so there fore if i lose 500gms in weight (fat weight) one week but have replaced it with 500gms of muscle it wont show on the scales but dose show on the body....and the bonus is that the muscle you have gained burns more kilojoules so your body not only looks better leaner sleeker and fitter it more efficient at burning off what we eat ....so I'm not stressing about the scales anymore i know I'm following the plan to a TEE and doing my fair share of exercise ....and drinking heaps of water ....so who cares what the scales dish out ....I'm gaining my muscle back they ll help lift the saggy bits lol pays to read into stuff i have racked my brain for weeks over the why why why now I'm sure i know why....cheers :))

Feeling Better

Funny what a good night sleep can do ...i feel much more like myself today ....realised I'm happy with my weight loss its showing I'm leaner slimmer healthier fitter what more dose one want...TO BE AT BLOODY GOAL OF COURSE...ill get there eventually all in good time....I'm off to do my workout.. a bit soar especially butt and quads from squats yesterday......so i found the deep muscles that have been hiding lol they ll be looking good in no time now as long as i keep it up ....of course i will... cough cough ...anyways better day today all is good cheers

LOST 100GMS

Weighed in tonight and lost 100grams ....still have 500gms gained last week to get back to where i was....why is it i gain then lose when I'm exercising 2 hours a day eating my amount of points 18 saving the bonus ones drinking my water.......making healthy choices other people have lost doing all that and not had a gain this happened once before and i chucked it in after a while of frustration not going to this time I'm going to battle this one out to the end if it kills me.....got on the boards tonight didn't have much to say though....hope I'm out of this mood tomorrow..... i think i need a day out or a night cheers

WHATS GOING ON

Whats going on with me???? i feel flat ...i gained 600gms last weigh in was a bit peed but got over it as its how i seem to go i gain i lose and lose some more then gain and lose ....weird way to do it but as I'm doing everything as i should will have to roll with it....i have changed my workout routine... so i do an hour in the morning and then another hour in the evening ....thought might shake it up a bit ...did some spot toning as well today.Haven't wanted to get on the ww message boards and i have always wanted to since joining ....I'm in weird place cant stop thinking about my brother rick R.I.P.Hes not coming back and there s not a thing i can do about it ....i don't feel like talking to anyone these days ....talk to mum that's it....maybe ttotm is coming hormones are weird these days ....cry if i read something sad I'm becoming a nutter lol ......
Anyways i weigh in tonight don't think Ive lost i feel like i gained again ....that will really piss me off if do... i have worked harder than i have.....i feel plateaus time is near think might have to eat some of my bonus points ....to me that defeats the purpose might as well not do the extra workout will wait and see....the plus on all this my body has changed i can see my elbows again and my knees are almost back my butt has shrunken heaps ....my daughter asked were my butt had gone lol she said every time she shes me i seemed to have shrunk more....
went shopping yesterday and bought a youths pair of size 5 joggers to wear for $14.88 bargain so my feet are shrinking too...lol....CHEERS

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Well I'm in a better frame of mind today....me and hubby went out for a few beers yesterday to celebrate the new year.....really enjoyed them too but only had a few ......didn't want to stuff up my weight loss plans I'm in a few challenges .... the GWEJ 3kg will put me in the 60s/ 5kg by valentines day /and 10kg by Easter .....all will get me that little bit closer to my goal weight....we should be in our new house this year it has big mirrors in the bathrooms so have to get to goal so i don't have to cover them up lol.....i got up this morning and done a 110 minute workout to make up for using some of my saved bonus points which i never do.... once in a blue moon wont hurt ....anyways back to it i might do some sewing Ive been hanging around on the computer too much ...time to do something more constructive....i have enjoyed the bludge though lol cheers