Must remember to plan for weekends away!

We have some very dear friends who are heading off to Africa for a few years soon.  They're going to start up a school in Arusha, Tanzania, and it's going to be an exciting and rich experience for them and their three kids.  It's sad for us who stay behind, but we decided to take them away for the weekend to Port Stephens, which is about 2.5 hours drive from Sydney.

It was a tad wet on Saturday, but we managed to do a few things between showers (and during showers), and hit the coffee shops.  Actually the whole weekend was full of food! From beginning to end.  Very nice food. French toast and bacon for breakfast, coffee and French cakes for morning tea, gourmet pies for lunch, seafood BBQ and salads and baked potatoes for dinner, And then scrambled eggs and bacon with left-overs for breakfast, devonshire tea for morning tea, etc... And then, don't forget the wine and nibbles...Get the picture?

Unfortunately I didn't plan very well earlier on in the week, and forgot to save up my weeklies for the weekend. So I'll just consider it a lesson learned, and cop the gain on the chin. Or perhaps on the butt :P

I have one day to lessen the lesson, but it's still going to be a massive gain. Oh well, these weekends don't happen too often and I can't live in the world of regret.  Keep pressing on towards the goal...Paris, I'm still coming!

Must remember to hide the peanut butter!

Late nights when I can't get to sleep and am feeling cranky, plus peanut butter in the cupboard are a bad combo!

It's a goal!

I made an exercise goal to walk around the soccer park this morning, and did it tonight.  I walked for almost an hour with my niece Hannah, and we were so busy talking that I didn't notice how long we'd been walking for.

Yet to get Tready in action.

The elusive 'E' word!

The elusive 'E' and I need to get better acquainted.

We're like not talking at the moment, although I did go for little walk with my niece Hannah the other day at Bi-Centennial Park. It was more of a stroll than anything but I guess better than nothing. The silence is killing me.  So before 'E' completely turns away from me and disappears from my life altogether, I'd better getting reacquainted with him.

So my goals for this week:



1. Put Tready back down into 'walking position', compared to 'clothes hanging position'.

2. Walk on Tready for 5 minutes on first day (don't want to overdo it).  ;P

3. Increase walking by a minute each day.

4. Start today!


EXTRA:     Walk around soccer park (which is huge)!

HAHA!  Did I really say 5 minutes on Tready - may just have to re-evaluate that one.

New goals, new photos, new inspiration! What works for me...

There are several things I did on my last
Weight Watchers journey in 2008

which made a difference to me and how well I did. 

1. Doing WW online worked for me because I had young kids, and hubby worked late, therefore, getting to meetings was a real challenge.

2. Going onto the WW community threads. I posted almost daily on  one of the Going Under threads and the lovely ladies there became my group meeting.  Except I had access to them every day.  I still go there, and they are a huge support.

3. Setting small achievable goals; monthly goals of 2kg gave me a feeling of success because I often lost more than 2kg a month to begin with.

4. Starting a blog. This blog also helped me a lot because it was fun and was a journal of how the journey was going. I was competitive enough (with myself) to do well and as I was posting my weekly weigh-ins, felt that I needed to achieve what I set out to achieve.

5. Having a weigh-in buddy.  My friend Joy was a joy to me.  She came once a week to weigh-in and she was whom I was accountable to.  I don't have a weigh-in buddy any more, but it's not too hard to jump on the scales...except I have a tendency to shift them about until I get a more favorable reading ; P

6. I should write something about exercise, but I was and am pretty terrible with exercise.  The only thing I really enjoy is walking, and at least it's free! I love that now it's autumn and cool enough to get out and about. I do have a good treadmill which is rather neglected, so I might just have to pay some attention to it.

I have posted new monthly goals,
and new family photos...
it all helps me feel motivated
as I can see clearly
how far I've fallen
and that I can do it
as I've done it before and succeeded.

My kids and hubby inspire me.

And so does the Paris backdrop - I'm going to get there!

Having a blog is really motivating,

 and reading other people's blogs is inspiring.

So I'm feeling all geared up and ready to go, maybe I'll pack my bags for Paris soon.

Woohoo! Week 2 Weigh-In!

It was my second weigh-in today and I knew I was going to lose - but how much? I jumped on the scales several times and shifted the scales about, and had a shower, and jumped back on again. Eventually the scales settled on 111.6kg which is a 2.1kg loss which I'm really happy about.  I'm so looking forward to going under 100kg again.  My first milestone (5% loss) is 109.7kg, so can't wait for my first star.

My motivation... a French Backdrop

Well, finally after hours of perserverance I worked out how to change my template without losing everything...and I added a Eiffel Tower backdrop to remind myself of my goal. 

I said to hubby, if I get to 85kg again, can we go to Paris? He tentatively said "yes" whilst rolling his eyes. So that's my motivation because I am dying to get there again...we last went to Europe in 1994-1995 and I think it must be time to go again...so bring on 85kg!

Why 85kg? Because it's where I got last time back in 2009 and I was quite happy at that weight. Of course, I don't want to stop at 85kg, but it's a good goal for now.

Here Goes Heather

Here Goes Heather

Oops I've stuffed up my blog by trying to change the template....and can't get the old one back sob

Week 1 Weigh-In

My first weigh-in was pretty good. I lost 1.8kg which was less than the day before when I jumped on the scales. I'm pretty happy with that because my weight was just constantly going up and this is an awesome turn-around for me.

I've been back on track for almost 2 weeks.  I even restarted my tracker and have religiously tracked everything I've eaten so far. So far, so good. I'm weighing in on Tuesday and it's been a good weekend...so unless I blow it tomorrow (which i won't), then all should be fine for Tuesday. Well...my sneek peeks are quite positive. I had a clothing crisis yesterday cos we had staff photos which are going to go up on a website. And could I find anything to wear??!!! Sigh! I have a few weeks to go before I HAVE to have my passport photo taken so am hoping a few weeks will make a difference hehe....don't want to be stuck with a photo for the next 5 years that I'll cringe at.


Here's a fairly recent photo to start off the photo gallery with - taken in March 2012.  Hoping to see some changes in a few months. At least by early June when I need to get my passport to fly to NZ.  We've got a skiing trip planned! I need to get fit!

Tonight I'm making leek and potato soup so that'll be nice...it's been great weather for soup but maybe the family will get sick of soup...I am varying the soup though :) I've got 11 Pro-points left for the day and 29 weeklies, so I'm doing really well this week. Feeling positive and in control for the first time in months!

A fresh start at last! Week 1 again...all good!

I haven't posted anything here for years, and I did contemplate giving up this blog and starting a new one. But I've decided to post from this blog and remind myself that I can do it, I've done it before!!! So to confess up: (Re-)Starting weight: 115.5kg Now I'm on Day 4, and have stayed within my Pro-points...using a few weekly points each day. So far so good. And I'm back on the boards at WW.