-.7 - but I don't know how

I went to the gym once (the day before weigh in), and I was on no count for week 2, and I forgot a little to count my wine (again). But I lost .7 - only .8 to get back to where I was - hopefully this week, and then I can move forward again. 10 kilos by Christmas - here I come!!!!!!!!!!!

.5 loss - yeh

Went back to the gym and switched to no count this week - and lost .5 kg - the roller coaster ride continues.

Darn!!!

TTOM, no gym, no water, no tracking - lots of wine.
2 kg gain - that's all I'm going to say.

Soup Soup Soup

Pumpkin Soup - 0 points
Cook 1 cup chopped onion, add 1.5 tsp curry powder. Add 4 cups water, 1 chicken stockcube, 750 g pumpkin, 200 g potato diced, 1/2 tsp nutmeg - simmer 20 minutes. Blend until smooth. Add 250 g spinach and reheat. Okay to freeze.

Vegetable and Barley Soup
Serves 6 - 1.5 points each.
From WW Really Contents Tummy Recipe Book
Cook 1 sliced leek and 2 crushed garlic cloves. Add 300 g chopped carrots, 3 sliced sticks celery, 400 g diced potato, 250 g diced pumpkin, 6 cups vege stock (use stock cubes), 400 g can diced tomatoes, 2 tbs soy sauce, 2 dried bay leaves and 100 g (1/2 cup) barley. Bring to boil. Simmer 45 minutes, remove bay leaves and add 1/2 cup chopped parsley. Season with salt and pepper.

.7 loss yeh for me - 22.6.6

.7 loss - Drank plenty of vege and pumpkin soup this week and am back into the gym, which has paid off.
As a motivation I've put ten red magnets on the fridge - one for each kilo that I want to loose before Christmas - so with each kilo gone, a magnet comes off the fridge. Until there are none left and I weigh 85 kilo - WOW!!!
Am getting plenty of comments lately that I look good, and think alot of that comes from feeling good about yourself.

Lost my MoJo!!

As Austin Powers would say - I seem to have lost my mojo once again (in my case motivation). After being sick (three weeks ago is a long time, I know), not going to the gym for two weeks (am back now) - I'm finding it hard to get back into the ww routine. The food side of things just seems to kick along okay - it's the alcohol that I'm having the problem with. It's just too easy to have a few drinks on Thursday night after the ww week, then a few more on Friday night with hubby, and hell why not continue through Saturday and Sunday - only problem is that only leaves three days to combat any damage before weigh in :-( Ho hum - this week I have to make a bigger effort. I lost .3 today, so that means I'm sitting at 1.1 kg heavier than my lightest weight - so I'm pretty well okay with that.
On a brighter note : I just happened into Target today to see if they had any winter jackets on sale, and oh yes indeedy!!! Marked down from $70 to $35 how could I resist : I bought a black swede type jacket with fluffy neck and wrists in a size 16 - is very tight but oh so nice - so there's 5 - 10 kilos that I have to loose prior to Xmas to be able to wear it on my UK holiday.

Naughty Girl!

I've been a naughty girl !!
After being sick, I lost the momentum a little and gained .6 last week and gained .8 yesterday. I'm not too worried though as I haven't been to the gym and haven't been tracking - so what do I expect. I will tackle it this week.
Our ww leader has put up a drawing of a leafless tree and called it a winter challenge - for each kilo we lose we get to draw a leaf and for special milestones we get to draw a blossom - so by spring - the tree will look as lovely as we will :-)
I decided that it's time to get rid of my 1626 clothes, so now I can't afford to put the weight back on, because I don't have any size 18 - 20 clothes to fall back on. Crossroads have had an amazing sale and I think I've totally exhausted the shop. I've bought so many clothese that my walkinrobe is chockers and I've had to go out and buy more coat hangers. Ha!
Off to the races tomorrow with hubby and will wear one of my new tops - it certainly gives you more confidence being able to wear something that fits well and compliments your body shape.
Also hubby has decided that we're off to England for Christmas to spend time with his Dad : there's a little more motivation to lose weight. Think of sitting in those plane seats comfortably - yes yes yes !!!

Goal for May

Achieved a 2.8 kg loss of my targetted 3 kg loss for May - I am very very happy with this :-)

1.8 loss - 25.5.6 yahoo buckaroo!!!!

After staying the same last week, I lost 1.8 kg's today - my biggest loss ever! Okay, okay!!! I know I was sick this week - but I will take any loss whenever and however I can :-) That puts me a third of the way along my journey and it also equates 2 whole stone. Yahooooooo buckaroooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm fitting back into more and more clothes that I haven't worn for six or more years. This morning I tried on my size 16 jeans and they come up over my hips, but the zip wont meet and I certainly wouldn't be able to sit down in them - ha! Soon though. Size 14 and I get to open the bottle of Moet Champers that sitting in the wine rack : yum yum.

.3 gain - 11.5.6

TTOM, wearing pants instead of my light dress, oh! and I forgot to shave my legs this all makes a difference (in my mind anyway, but I'm really not serious about the legs bit). I had a pretty good week - so I'm not worried and just refocusing on next week.

My beautiful daughter and I

Woohoo : look at us !!!

New pictures ;-)

Here I am before going out with the girls - trying to show you my new gel nails.

Weekly Points - 22 per day

Thursday 4.5.6 - 22 points - 1500 ml water - exercise : 2 points
Friday 5.5.6 - 21.5 points - 1500 ml water - exercise : dancing ? -
Extras : 2 glasses of wine, hot chocolate (fully cream oops), cream biscuit
Saturday 6.5.6 - 22 points - 1500 ml water - no exercise
Extras : 3 glasses of wine
Sunday 7.5.6 - oops didn't track - sorry
Monday 8.5.6 - 22 points (I think) - 1500 ml water - exercise 4 points
Tuesday 9.5.6 - 22 points - 1500 ml water - exercise 4 points
Wednesday 10.5.6 - 22 points - 1500 ml water - exercise 4 points

1.3 loss - 4.5.6 Yeee haaaaaaa!!!!!!!!

Everyone needs a big loss every so often to keep them motivated - this is my week. I don't think I did any thing different, maybe a little less wine over my busy weekend. But this brings me back to 11.7 kg gone! The lightess I've been for a very long time. I'm starting to fit back into my size 16 wardrobe - which is good because a lot of it is winter clothes.

Setting Goals For My Journey

New Month : New Start!
Now End of April : 98.5 kg
May :
Wk 1 - 1.3 kg Wk 2 - .3 gain Wk 3 - same Wk 4 - 1.8 loss : 2.8 kg lost in May!!!
2 stone : 95.9 kg DONE!!!!! Received a green stone from ww leader :-)
End May goal: 95.5 kg In Reality 95.7 kg's
June :
Wk 1 +.6 kg Wk 2 +.8 Wk 3 -.3 Wk 4 -.7 Wk 5 +2 kg : 2.4 kg gain in June!!!!
End June goal : 92.5 kg In Reality 98.1 kg's
July:
Wk 1 -.5 kg Wk 2 -.7 Wk 3 +1 Wk 4 +.4 : .2 gain in July :-(
End July goal : 89.5 kg In Reality 98.3 kg's
August:
Wk 1 -.7 kg Wk 2 - +.1 Wk 3 Wk 4 : -.7 kg for August
End August goal : 86.5
15 kg loss : 93.9 kg Reward : massage
3 stone : 89.4 kg
20 kg loss : 88.9 kg Reward : massage
25 kg loss : 83.9 kg Reward : massage
End September : 83.5
4 stone : 82.9 kg
End October : 80.5 kg
30 kg loss : 78.9 kg Reward : massage
End November : 77.5 kg
5 stone : 76.4 kg
End December : 74.5 kg
35 kg loss : 73.9 kg Reward : massage
End January : 71.5 kg
Goal : 71 kg Reward : Fob Chain
6 stone : 69.9 kg
40 kg loss : 68.9 kg Reward : Self Satisfaction
End February 68.5 kg

.2 gain - 27.4.6

Oops! I did it again! A .2 gain. My motivational wave has crashed and I'm trying to stir up a new wave of enthusiasm. Maybe my new nails weigh .2 ha ha! We've had so many long weekends recently which doesn't help. I need to focus and regroup! Otherwise I'll end up like the big lady at Bunnings eating the sausage sizzle.

New hair - new nails

Took the plunge this week and got my hair cut coloured and foils, then on a whim I got gel nails - which are far too long, but oh so nice, a real confidence builder! Who is this new woman! New photo to come soon - hopefully before the hair style grows out.

1.1 kg gain - 20.4.06 Aghhhhhhhhhh!

Easter has hit home, and it has hit hard. A 1.1 kg gain, but we had such a good time achieving that. Five days on the sunny Sunshine Coast at Mooloolaba, cooked breakfasts and lots of wine, a few chocky eggs thrown in - and you can see where my 1.1 comes from. Never mind - back on the old band wagon : 15 kg's here I come!

.3 loss - 13.4.6

Lost another .3 today. Where other people are losing up to a kilo regularly - my magic numbers seem to be .2 and .3. So my journey is going to be a long one - as long as they're losses and not gains, then I'm happy.

1 kg - 6.4.6 Doin the Happy Dance

FINALLY!!!! One whole kilo - bringing me back to 11.4 kilos GONE!!! O What A Feeling!!!!! I didn't do anything different - just kept plodding and doing the gym work. Looking forward to 15 kilos gone.