'E' is for egg!

I'm an egg lover.  I would be lost without them, and there's not a day or two that goes by without an egg or two!

So for breakfast today I had a scrambled egg on multigrain bread for 6 pro-points. I have them in omelettes, fried, poached, in a frittata, in a quiche, stirred through in fried rice, and boiled. Have I left any other way of cooking them out?

I'd like to have chickens roaming around in my backyard except for the clucking, the poo, and the cat! :O

My Winter Goal

I'm going to New Zealand on the 3rd of July, and it's a skiing holiday.  There's only about 5 weeks left and I need to get fitter...I'm thinking of going apres-skiing this year and not doing the skiing bit, hehe. But that is a rather lousy option, I should be making the most of the next 5 weeks and getting ski-ready!

On the way to Perisher, Australia July 2011

Last year when we went skiing, I weighed around 105kg, and was going to the gym (which I still pay for and never go to).  I'd love to be able to get to 105kg and get to the gym, but everything in me says, "arggghhh"! That would be a loss of 4.5kg and then the embarrassment of having to face the gym staff after such a long absence.

I'd have to seriously get over myself...truth is, I don't like gyms.  So I'll keep working on the 4.5kg before we get to NZ, and get Tready going while the TV is on...and maybe I'll feel OK about the gym sometime soon!

Brent and I having a hot chocolate break, Perisher 2011

The best weigh-in! Going under 110kg!

Woohoooooo!

It's not the best weigh-in because of the actual amount in grams/kilos.  But because of the goals I reached today.


Today's weigh-in showed an 800gm loss which means I went under 110kg! Also, I now weigh 109.5kg which means I reached my 5% goal! And I reached my May goal to get to 110kg. So three goals in one weigh-in!!! And 6kg gone so far in this journey!

I'm doing the happy dance!

A variation on pumpkin soup

Yesterday I made pumpkin soup but with a slight variation.

I made it with fresh ginger and coconut light carnation milk instead of coconut cream.

I had mixed reactions from the family.  My niece Hannah and I really liked it, and hubby and daughter liked it, but prefer the original recipe, and son whom doesn't like soup didn't say anything. :P

It had a chilli in it as well, but I deseeded it and there wasn't much heat in it at all.

I'm a big ginger fan, so it was right up my alley!

Photo update - 5kg gone

I finally took a photo (just of my top half), more to come later!  Look at those bags under my eyes!

This is me, 5kg less than when I started...a sneak peek on the scales this morning showed that I am under 110kg for the first time in ages, so I just need to hold on over the weekend till Tuesday, then it'll be official!

Photo to come

Now that I reached my first milestone - 5kg done and dusted - I think I'll take the first photo in my photo journey. Not a huge difference, but I think my face is not as round, and my clothes are fitting better...

I'll take one very soon!

Almost a habit...

I could almost say I'm developing a habit!  And it's a good one...

I've been walking the last two mornings with hubby...just around the block which is fairly big, and it was only for 25 minutes, but it's a beginning! If we can get out of bed a bit earlier we can go a bit longer - harder to do when it's cold though :)

So it's almost a habit...how many days are you supposed to do something before it's considered a habit?

Week 5 Weigh-In Results! Woohoo!

Woohoooo! I had my fifth weigh-in today, and the scales tell me I've lost 900gms, which means I get my

5kg star!

I'm very happy with that, and not suprised that I didn't make it under 110kg this week. It gives me something to work towards for next week.  Also, next week I could easily get my 10% goal which is at 109.7kg. So week 6 should be a goodie on this journey!

My total loss is 5.2kg and I'm also on track for my May goal to get to 110kg.

Oh, I nearly forgot...I went for a walk with Brent at 6.30am, and when I got back I was 200gms lighter, haha!

So close to going under 110kg!

Well, I won't really know until tomorrow, but I only have 500gm to lose to go under 110kg.  I'm so close.  To be realistic I don't know if I'll lose that much in one day.  But it IS POSSIBLE if I keep to a low salt diet and stay within my points, or try to do a 29 point day.  All will be revealed tomorrow!

     So close…

It's easier to be anti-social, but not as much fun!

Haha, I thought I was going to have a party-free, social-free week! Just stay at home and be healthy...no dinners out etc...I don't know why I even think this because my week is never social-free. I should never depend on a 'normal' week at home eating soup (jokes), and should just learn to accommodate the social occasions in my life as the norm.

As a matter of fact, I've only cooked once all week as we've had something on every night of the week:

• Tuesday we got back from piano lessons at 7.30pm, so I bought Chinese takeaway (as healthy as possible).
• Wednesday ended up being a date night and we ate at one of my favourite fusion restaurants in Balmain.
• Thursday was sports training night and we got home at 7.45pm, so I bought chicken and salads.
• Friday night we celebrated a friend's birthday and went to an Indian restaurant.
• Saturday (last night) I cooked a healthy chicken and vegetable curry as we had some friends over, and they bought dessert over...I had a tiny bit.

I've got two days to go before weigh-in on Tuesday.  I might as well drop this notion that a 'normal' week exists, and learn to work around our busy family schedule and busy social life.  I've got to make better choices...and perhaps get better organised with our meals by putting on the slow cooker before piano lessons and sports training.  It could be done cooking by the time we finish if I get it on straight away after work. Yummy, healthy, and cheaper too!