Another week, another weigh in

Today is weigh in day. Scales at home this morning showed a decent loss so I'm just hoping that comes to fruition! I haven't done a lot of exercise this week, so maybe that was the shake up my body needed, who knows? The body certainly works in mysterious ways I have discovered over the last year.

My god, the last year! Tomorrow it will be exactly a year since I joined WW. I had hoped to be at goal by now, probably a little ambitious now that I think about it I guess! But I'm still extremely happy with losing 36kg in a year. I didn't think when I joined up that I would last a year, and I certainly didn't think I could ever lose that much weight, so anything else is a bonus really!

Went down the coast last weekend - the facial and massage I had were fantastic! Went out with hubby and a mate of his that still lives down there on the Saturday afternoon/night. I decided that I was going to eat whatever I wanted to have - that's the first time I've done that in a year and I must say it felt good to know that I could do that, and simply work harder or eat less points on other days to make up for it. I've always thought I was unable to do that, if I had 1 day when I did that, it would turn into 2 or 3 or 4....but it didn't and I'm really proud of myself for that. Knowing that I could have what I wanted, by the time I'd finished dinner, I didn't even feel like dessert so that's gotta be a positive! I had a fair few drinks, but I knew I could just make it fit. It really was a good lesson for me to learn - that I can trust myself and I won't go crazy like I thought I would.

Well, I shall pop back later, hopefully with good news!

###UPDATE###

I lost 200g at weigh in. Not at all unhappy with that considering I couldn't do the same amount of exercise as I usually would. I am now back down to the lightest weight I have been with WW so I'm stoked about that, and am also back down to only having 10kg to go! I refused to update my ticker when I was gaining weight cause I knew that I wouldn't have more than 10kg to lose for long!

Phew!

Well after a few weeks of small gains, I have finally had a loss. Only 400g, but as that's what I'd put on over the last few weeks, I'm reasonably happy with that. I am still 200g heavier than I was nearly 2 months ago, so my leader and I are fairly confident I have well and truly hit a plateau. Hopefully this loss is a sign that things will get moving again. Fingers well and truly crossed!!!

Had my friends 40th on the weekend - what an awesome day/night! Spent most of the day sailing on Sydney Harbour and then moored in Manly and stayed on board until about 1am and partied away! I'll put some pics up later of all the beautiful fairies!

Away down the coast this weekend to see the in laws. They bought me a voucher for a beauty salon down there so I'm booked in for 9:30 Saturday morning for a full body massage and facial. I can't wait! Was going to go swimming before hand but the pool doesn't open until 9am (bloody small towns!) so I think I'll get up early and go for a jog on the beach instead. I don't want to go swimming after a facial and massage, I don't think I'll be in the mood for much physical activity after being relaxed like that. That night we are probably going out to dinner for my father in law and sister in laws birthdays, but most restaurants in Ulladulla are really good and have a lot of choice, including using a lot of fresh seafood so that will be fine. Besides, given that I let go a little on the weekend and still had a loss, maybe my body is crying out for me to loosen up a bit anyway, who knows?! Either way, it'll be a nice relaxing weekend and for that, I can't wait!

Back to reality

Well, the festive season is well and truly over. Another christmas, new year and birthday have come and gone and it's now time for me to get seriously stuck in to getting rid of these last 10kgs.

My birthday was a bit of a disaster in terms of my diet. I ate fried ice cream, on the Saturday out with my friends I had chicken schnitzel and chips, I had 3 krispy kreme donuts, I had macca's (which I've never even liked!), I had a couple of cocktails and god knows how many beers....so for the last week I've been doing the Fast Start program and have given my exercise routine a real shake up.

I tried a class last week at my gym that's only just started - Body Step. It was definitely hard core and a serious cardio workout. The steps were pretty basic so for someone as unco as me, it was good! My heart rate was on average about 155, so I certainly got a good workout. I swam 2km on Sunday which is something I haven't been able to do for a while because of my shoulder problem, and yesterday I walked around the city all day taking in the Australia Day festivities earning 13 bonus points! Surely this combined with my stricter diet this week will result in something good tomorrow at weigh in? I missed last week's weigh in so I don't really know what the damage was from my birthday celebrations (although the scales at home weren't showing much of a change), so whatever happens tomorrow I'll just have to accept and move on. I think the more intense cardio I can do, the better, and doing something different just has to help, right?!

This Saturday will be a bit of test - I have one of my best friends 40th's to go to. It's a fairy themed party so I've just been out and bought my wings and accessories. Traditionally, when we get together it's a pretty messy affair, but I think as long as I take care with my food intake and exercise the rest of the week, I will have a bit to drink and won't feel guilty. I'm so looking forward to it - it's on a boat cruising out from Manly so should be great and I hardly ever get to see my friend anymore as she moved to QLD a couple of years ago - I miss her sooooo much! :( I'll be sure to post some interesting photos up!

It's my party and I'll eat if I want to!!

Yes, another birthday is upon me. And I will eat but I'm going to try and not eat like an absolute horse but I'm also not going to be a food nazi either. So far so good. Went out to lunch with work friends and had steak and chips, but barely ate any of the chips. I did have a beer, but it's to be expected!

Tonight is dinner with the family at the gorgeous chinese restaurant we go to occasionally. I generally get steamed prawn dumplings for an entree cause they're so damn beautiful, so no dramas there. Mains are usually stir fries and hubby usually gets roast duck, so I might have a bit of that. Always with steamed rice though, I hate fried rice. I'm sure a few glasses of wine will be drunk, but everything in moderation!

Tomorrow night hubby is taking me somewhere - no idea where yet! I have tomorrow off so I'm going to get my hair coloured/cut to make myself all bewdiful. Saturday is lunch with friends at The Rocks then off to the NSW v Victoria 20/20 match. I'm sure a LOT of beers will be drunk, but I'm going to the gym tomorrow and Saturday morning so here's hoping I can counter balance! I figure at the moment, something like not being so strict might even help my body to keep moving. It's happened before, so here's hoping it can and will happen again.

As for pressies, well I have definitely been spoilt. My mum gave me a bottle of champagne and $500!!! I nearly died! Hubby gave me chanel perfume and apparently there's more to come, and I got the most gorgeous bunch of flowers from my best mate who I also happen to work with. Haven't even seen most of my family yet, so I've definitely been well looked after this birthday.

Well, I'm off to continue doing what I was doing before this...not much! Even though I'm in air conditioning, it's still hot inside (it's a tick over 40 degrees outside my work and we're on the water!) so not much is getting done by anyone at all today. Oh well, as I said it's my party and I'll cry if I want to!!

So close...

Yet so far. I seem to be stuck 10kg from goal. For about a month, if not more, I've hovered around the same weight and it's slowly getting me down.

We were introduced to the new plan at my meeting last Wednesday. I am keen to give Fast Start a go to see if that shakes things up a bit, but as it's my birthday on Thursday and I have 3 separate family/friend things to do, I figured last or this week wouldn't be the best time to try it! So as soon as the weekend is over, I'm going to give it a go. I'm really interested to see if it makes a difference, because I have a feeling that once I get past this plateau, it won't necessarily be smooth sailing, but I can't see anything slowing me down from there.

On a brighter note, hubby and I had a bit (understatement!!) of a shopping spree on Sunday. We lay buyed heaps of stuff and also bought some stuff home - all up will end up spending about a grand!!! I bought some really nice things, in sizes that I am very happy with from shops I would never have been able to shop in before WW. It was so much fun taking things into the dressing room knowing they'd either fit, or possibly even be too big, and then coming out and showing my hubby. I have NEVER shopped like that and never thought I would, but my god it was fun! I just can't wait to pick up all my laybuys now! I made sure I bought home a really cute top I'm going to wear for birthday drinks on Saturday though - I'll try and post some pics if I remember!

Another photo

Yes, I actually remembered to take a full length photo on NYE. I know I don't look particularly impressed as we were kinda running late at this stage, but here it is nonetheless!

It's not an overly flattering shot for some reason, but you get the idea!

I know, I've been slack...

As Tegan pointed out to me, it probably is time for a christmas/new year update!

Not much has really happened since I last posted which is a bit tragic! I survived the 4 family lunches/dinners that we had to attend (just!), and have since had the best new years ever on a harbour cruise out on Sydney harbour right underneath the fireworks.

My food intake has probably been far from ideal (especially the last couple of days, I seem to have had an insatiable appetite), but according to the scales at home I've managed to balance that out with exercise and as of this morning, I actually weigh less than I did before christmas. Whether that remains the same at my official weigh in on Wednesday, who knows, but at least I gave it my best shot right?!

So here are a couple of pics from new years. I wore an entirely new outfit including the most gorgeous pair of shoes (which were surprisinly comfortable and I didn't end up walking from the wharf to the train station in bare feet, so that's gotta be good right?!). I am slowly becoming more comfortable in my own skin - I don't feel ridiculous when I wear a dress now so that's definitely a start. I also don't always feel the need to wear a jacket or cardi to cover my arms so I'm really pleased about that as well.

I'll add a couple more later on, including a full length one which I managed to remember to take somehow and a few from chrissy (I also wore a dress christmas day much to the shock of my family!). I hadn't seen some of my hubby's family since last christmas so they were a bit shocked by what I look like now (in a good way I hope!) so it was quite nice to not only shock them with that, but I figured I'd wear a dress and really surprise them!

So I hope everyone had a great christmas and here's to a happy new year!