My new weight is 83.9 kg (184.6lbs), down 0.6 kg (1.3 lb) since last week. I just went to update my signature and noticed it wasn’t done from last time. I bet I clicked “Preview Post” instead of “Submit” again.

I think I won a month’s gym membership this morning. I will check it out tomorrow. If it’s true I will wait till my wrist is ok before starting, so maybe not for a week or so. I still have no plans to buy a membership but a month free would give me a chance to try some different things out and learn new tricks. Fun maybe.

It was a busy day with over an hour of grocery shopping this morning and three hours this afternoon with my son, outfitting him for a school camp which starts next Wednesday. I haven’t even finished yet. We will have to go out looking for shoes tomorrow. It is a bit exasperating. We have to do it in a rush because we just got the list 2 days ago. A lot of things on the list we wouldn’t normally expect him to need at this time of the year while it is still warm in Perth. The raincoat I bought him yesterday might never be used – maybe when we go to New Zealand. The one I bought him 2 years ago for a school camp was never used. /rant.

He has grown so much that all the first lot of stuff we selected was too small and we had to go to the men’s section where neither of us knew the sizes! It’s amazing to me. Twelve months ago he was a size 12 and still fitting ok into his size 10’s. After the size 12 there is a 14 and 16 before the men’s sizes. He has grown so fast. We both got pretty tired. He said to me, “Well Mum I think we’ve both had our 30 minutes today.” Maybe. I don’t think shopping works like my “exercise” though. No fresh lungged sensation and no relaxation!

Breakfast ~7:00 2 weetbix, 1/3 C diced peaches. 1C lowfat soy milk. 1 boiled egg. 1 slice wholemeal toast with minimal margarine and strawberry jam. ½ glass tomato juice. 1 C coffee with 40 ml Hilo.

Lunch 2:00 2 Salada crackers. 100 gm cottage cheese. 1 box V8 vege juice.

Snack 5:30 1/2 Salada.

Dinner 6:30 Pork with pears and balsamic vinegar – 180 gm (?) lean pork steaks, red onions, pears, vinegar, a little e.v. olive oil. 1 medium microwaved potato. Fresh baby spinach.

Exercise: 35 min local walk.

Water: ~2250 ml Yesterday’s Bedtime: 2:00am

On plan:111 days. Achieved food target: 93 days. Exercised: 94 days. All goals: 7 days.

Congratulations on dropping those pounds Felici!!
AND for the gym membership - fill us in on those details!

Way to go, felici! And have a great weekend!

Everytiem I drop in here you are droppin weight lol - and everytime anyone drops into mine i am puttin it on *SIGH* LOL - I dunno what is up with my body it just doesnt want to loose these last few lbs and get into onderland - It will be the lowest I have ever weighted...like since having children...

You sound busy busy busy as usual - bu tit never seems to get in your way or affect youa dn that is great - It is inspiring how you just keep on trucking no matter what and nothign seems to really get in your way - that is great !!!

Thanks Cerella. I'm not feeling energetic right now, but really most of the issues I have to deal with are routine crises, not drop everything type deals.

I have to say though that I wasn't wrapt at 10 minutes to her bedtime when my girl thought she'd found a louse. That will make the morning busy with checks and shampoos. Thank goodness for nit removing lotion. That should reduce the second stage to only an hour or so - a lot less than it used to take. It's not a good day for it though.

Breakfast ~7:00 2 weetbix, 1/3 C diced peaches. 1C lowfat soy milk. 1 boiled egg. 1 slice wholemeal toast with minimal margarine and strawberry jam. ½ glass tomato juice. 1 C coffee with 40 ml Hilo.


Lunch 12:00 2 slices wholemeal bread, 100 gms cottage cheese.

Snack 3:30 Handful of almonds (? 10) 1 box V8 vege juice.

Exercise: 6:55 40 minute walk.

Dinner 7: 00 130 gm grilled roo steak. 2 slices wholemeal bread. Salad veges with 1-2 tspns light French onion dip – carrot, capsicum, mushroom, celery. 1 tomato, cucumber, black olives.

Water: ~3000 ml Yesterday’s Bedtime: Goodness knows1-2 am ?

I will post this then just go to bed tonight. We have just gone back to non-daylight saving time. This morning the dog woke me, when it was really the middle of the night or something and then I had to wait for her to come back inside so went to the computer. Bad move. Didn’t get off again. The computer is not relaxing for me at present. Anyway I had a little nap after lunch, enough to get me safely to the city and back to buy the boy’s shoes, then a long nap after that, enough to feel human.

I haven’t been careful about my sleep lately and need to turn that around. Although I still ate ok today I found the smells at the centre we went to this afternoon more attractive than usual. Some of the food was unhealthy, some good so it wasn’t a matter of rejecting it straight out. I actually found it useful to remind myself that the tiredness I was feeling and the idea that I was more hungry than usual were almost certainly related – but that this didn’t mean my eating would be too hard to control – it just meant that my feelings of hunger weren’t trustworthy just now - and that I should try harder to get enough sleep.

On plan:112 days. Achieved food target: 94days. Exercised: 95 days. All goals: 7 days.

Balancing sleep and kids and house and work and stuff isnt easy - me getin enough sleep is always a big battle - my body just gets to the point were it will no longer function - LOL - it tells me yo need to go to bed and sleep - so we go through phases of going to sleep at like 830 - 9 for the longest time - but obviously I need it

Felici,
So many times I've done just that - get on the computer and then sleep is a complete stranger.

I used to be able to stay up late, get up very early - LIVE on 5 hours of sleep. Since I've been exercising though (for this past year) I NEED 8 hours.

Good for you for being able to recognize what was going on with you at the centre.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

Hi Felici. There's a lot of research out there showing a close correlation between lack of sleep and weight gain. It seems the "pleasure center" in your brain wants gratification, which is usually provided by sleep, and since the sleep isn't there, food is the next best thing. So foods that wouldn't tempt you with a good night of sleep are hard to resist when you're tired.

When I get up in the middle of the night and go to the computer, I'm toast. I found that reading a book is a much better alternative.

Lice -- I remember those days with our kids, long ago. What a pain!

"I'll get all the sleep I need when I die" - Wade Garrett

Cheers beautiful lady

I can't plead ignorance. I know I need 8 regular hours but was getting away with something shorter for a little while because I was emotionally bouyant. Unfortunately difficult times tend to push back the sleep and push down the resources to do without it at the same time.

Thanks for the support.

I knew about the computer hyping me. I don't make such good decisions when I'm sleepy. As it was daylight saving changeover night I got pretty confused about the time too!

I've read a little about the way sleep messes with our hormones. I think in the past I have panicked about it a bit, after I've messed up. Yesterday I decided that although I couldn't do anything immediate about the hormones I could still decide that they don't have to control me in the short term, and that I would look after them better in the medium and long term.

(That Days on plan 112, and All goals 7 on my post relates to how often I have managed an 11:00 bed time. Despite that, I have mostly managed 8 hours sleep - which is probably what the goal should have been in the first place, only I still think 11:00 would be good....
I always end up in long go-nowhere self talk on this topic. I guess it helps me get 8 hours most of the time if I at least tell myself I'm aiming for 11:00)

Lice – Luckily things weren’t too bad. We did get lots done this morning. Every time I have to deal with this now I am grateful for the progress made from the crying and backache and much too many hours it used to take!


I just saw your post, after writing all the rest of this.

(Please imagine the other 9 grinnies I am not allowed to have in this post!)

Was hoping I could make you blush too

(again, please imagine....)




(Better? )

Fulfilled (imagine)

I am imagining....



grins.


I'm a "senior" now....

I hope I can keep up my exercise program....

hey felici...way to go on the new numbers! you are doing great!