Janice's Blog

WW On-Line Acheiver Photo Shoot

2010-05-04T02:32:00.000-07:00

Wooo Hoo I was chosen to do the Weight Watchers On-line Achievers photo shoot. I cant wait, I am nervous but very excited. It will be a fun day i am sure, i was hoping to get an experience like this. So far the photos will just go on-line as a success story or if they are impressed maybe the mag but I am happy for either to happen.

Got my package details today and I have to be at Alexanandria by 8.30am , oh that will be an early day. Have to organise for hubby to be home to take kids to school or drop to a friends that day. I will have to leave up by about 7.00am to get there on time. I have cab charges in hand and details and will be counting down til Monday.

Oh I wonder what I will wear lol, i am sure it wont matter it will be great.

Wish me luck.

Operation

2010-01-10T01:41:00.001-08:00

Hey

Well finally had my diagnosis of a Hernia and had my op Thursday and came home Friday. Hopefully this will be the end of my pain. Well i have more pain til i get healthy again and gym it with no pain lol.

I was scared and worried but it all went well, no hiccups just a long wait for the actual surgery on the day. Admission at 1.30pm and op ended up taking place at 6.50pm, very late. Two hours later i awoke in recovery. Feeling some pain but happy to be there lol.

So i have to rest up and take it easy for six weeks then hopefully back into life. I have been wearing my new dresses as my tummy is a little swollen and they are nice and loose, i will have to take pictures. One dress has small straps and i wore this to hospital, it is just weird i felt naked, not use to no sleeves but now it is great in this weather, nice and cool.

Well just thought i would give an update to show i am still around just had a different journey to take and hopefully be back to being me and being fit and healthy enjoying my new life.

Update on Maintenance and Life

2009-10-19T17:50:00.000-07:00

Hi

Just thought i should update haven't been on here for ages. Nothing much to report all is going well, maintenance is good. I have worked out what works and just doing what i know works and sticking at it is my way of life now. Ensuring i eat well and exercise with treats still.

I have eaten a few things i never would have on my journey but i think because i was so strict on my journey i had to lash out. But it is all good, i think maybe it was just something i had to do. I enjoyed what ate and i am past that and below my goal weight still and below my personal goal weight so nothing bad at the moment. I can have things now and then, work them off and move on.

Had my red blood radioactive labelled cell test yesterday and all good, got the results today and it says consistent with Haemangioma and that is what the liver specialist said it would be so all good on that front too. Nothing else to be done, so i am relieved.

Went back to the gym today after a two week break due to school hols and just having a rest to see if my tummy pain had gone. Well i loved being back and felt fighting fit but my tummy hurt a little, nothing major and not all class but it is still there so back to my GP i head to follow that up. Hopefully it is minor as i have had soo many tests and they didn't find anything before.

Life is good though, just need to get that sorted but it feels so great to be healthy and happy.

I was thinking it has been 1 year and six months since i joined Weight Watchers and as i said still below my personal goal weight. I am sitting at 64.2, i go up and down but it is a good feeling to be in control. I am never going back to where i was as my new life is so good. I have more confidence and get on with people more. I am more friendly with the mum's at school and i really just enjoying life itself.

I also had my hair chemically straightened last week and i am loving that too. I have posted some pictures to share too.

To Louisbird i am sorry i hadn't read my blog for a long time. Happy to answer any questions if you want to email me - jmehaley@optusnet.com.au. Hopefully it is not too late, i didn't aim for exercise points just to up my intensity at the gym or how many classes i did a week, just kept pushing myself and changing it up. I had PT once a week and she pushed me too. Best of luck.

Talk soon.

Maintenance

2009-08-07T18:30:00.000-07:00

Hi

Well maintenance has been going well, at first i thought it was a head game, hard not to expect a loss on the scales. I was going to maintain a while then loose some more. Well the lat two weeks i lost a little and am aiming for a loss this week. Hoping to get to 65kg at some stage and that is 50% body weight lost and exactly half of me gone. Some days i think why bother lol then other days i think just a few more weeks. I have worked sooo hard for so long and deserve to take it a bit easier on myself. But i know i will do it.

I haven't adjusted my official points in the tracker but just eat the 4 less - 20 which is what i was on when i reached goal and see how that goes for 3-4 weeks then start maintaining properly by eating them all and see if i can maintain.

I feel sooo good this week, my PT killed me at the gym, made me do lots of sets of leg curls, leg extensions, then 50 Chin Ups, she really had it in for me that day lol lol. Then we did reverse leg curls - they were fun. We stirred each other, but all in all i needed that it really was great, i left feeling like the old fit me after having two weeks off with the school holidays. So last week was my first full week back at the gym and it was great. One instructor said look at you there is nothing left of you lol NEVER heard that before lol.

I also felt great cause i went summer clothes shopping bought a few tops, a dream pair of capri pants and board shirts BUT all were size 12 everything i tried on was a 12 and i had a teary moment in the change room as it really came to fruition that i have done what i set out to do - such a dream and it feels great.

I also took some new pictures and added one to the left of me today - At Goal.

Talk soon.

♥~♥ AT GOAL - YEAH ♥~♥

2009-07-12T18:07:00.000-07:00

Hi

Well today is the day i actually made my Weight Watchers goal weight - just under - phew lol.

I now weigh 67.6 KG yep you read it, just amazing. It is not the fact of reaching goal, i knew i would get there as i got close, just surreal still. I still am amazed i right down 76 instead of 67 as it just is not something easy to fathom. Having been in triple digits for years and before that in the nineties i just dont beleive it myself lol. Hubby now calls me skinny bitch lol. I told him when i started i would be happy to get to 75 BUT when i got to there i thought i can do this, just keep going and i can feel what it is like to be "Normal". I hate saying that but it is just weird.

I go to the shops and shop in "normal" shops, sometimes i still feel unworthy which is just bizzare. People there dont know where i have come from or what i weighed and it doesnt really matter. Just matters that i am smaller and healthier now.

I am blown away by comments but i know that will pass and life will go on. I just have to deal with maintenance and see how that goes. I have a personal goal to get 65kg which will make it 50% of my body weight gone but if i dont it doesnt matter. Just would be nice, i have still have wobbly bits lol. I am going to try and maintain for 3-4 weeks and go from there. I decided to chill and enjoy the school hols and not stress if i dont go to the gym for the two weeks, enjoy time with the kids then get back into routine.

I am going to Pink on Saturday with 3 girlfriends and we are going all out and staying in town. So it will be a bad weekend. I havent been bad for over a year lol. I am not going to go crazy and undo all my hard work but i am going to have a few drinks, go to a restaurant for tea and just enjoy myself. There is a gym, sauna, spa and lap pool at the hotel so we are going use that during the day and party at night. CANT WAIT. It was a birthday present from hubby but what an "At Goal" reward too.

I hope i can inspire others cause i am blown away myself. I have never tried to really loose this weight before and my head was just in the right space. It shows it can be done.

I will post an 'At Goal' picture soon.

Feelings

2009-07-09T18:02:00.000-07:00

Hi

Well i haven't been blogging as usual, though i said i would start again. Just soo busy these days.

Son was sick, now daughter sick and it is the last day of the school term. I was hoping to do my last chance work out at the gym lol and hit the shops, i miss that adrenalin. Oh well i am going to try and go tonight and or tomorrow morning for the 8.30am combat class. Then will take a break during the holidays and chill. See how that goes.

I have 900 grams to get to my Weight Watchers goal weight and it just seems surreal still, i go to the shops and try size 12 and 14 clothes and they fit but it still is hard to believe i weigh so little and i am so much fitter and love the gym lol. I bought a size 12 denim skirt yesterday for summer lol. Not sure if it is too short so i am pondering but it was on sale lol. Might blog a picture of that lol.

I have been working hard the days i have been to the gym even did some jogging on the tready and a few 30 minute stints on the cross trainer and i used to hate that machine lol But i really think it helps with the losses and just thought i would shake things up, something different.

I have been soo positive and happy but feeling a bit overwhelmed when people comment about my stats. I don't know why lately i get the feeling people don't believe my losses, sometimes i dont beleive it. But i know i have been working hard at the gym and they are what they are. But it is no biggie as i am happy, healthier and now that is a fact.

I pondered joining a WW meeting for my last 7kg then i thought why i haven't been going all this time and have been successful and i don't need to get LTM as i don't really like the thought of meetings. Though sometimes i wished i did go to meetings from the start but i HATE crowds have panic attacks - that are actually getting better but mainly just didn't join for that reason alone. I would have liked to have gone and shared this journey and also be helped and help others in hindsight if i could stand the crowds of course lol but i just love the Weight Watchers boards and get lots of support there so i thought i would just carry on as i was.

I THINK it has something to do with getting so much attention being so close to goal lol. I am happy and so i should be but like i said maybe just feeling overwhelmed. Not use to soo much attention. I bought a new tighter shirt for the gym as mine are all too big and get caught in my arms when i try and punch in combat class or lift the weights in pump lol and thought i should splurge. Mind you i found a pretty one at good old Best and Less lol. Well i was in the change room at the gym and one lady that i talk to said OMG look at you - you look awesome. That new shirt shows off your great figure lol. Then she went and told a few ladies in the class and they all came out to look. I was flattered just embarrassed so maybe it takes a bit of getting use to and that will blow over lol. The girls at my gym from day one have been soo supportive, helpful and proud of my efforts. I cant praise them enough both staff and members.

Well like i said i have been working hard this week and will see what the scales reveal Monday.

Wish me luck.

Blogging news and i am a 60s girl.

2009-06-28T20:10:00.000-07:00

Well i haven't blogged for a while mainly due to me being upset and pre-occuppied as my beautiful brother passed away 8 weeks ago on Wednesday and it has been very hard and still surreal. He was a great inspiration to me and many others. He was a quadriplegic and never once did he complain about it. He had been a quad for almost 20 years after a motor bike accident. He become very ill late last year and was in ICU on and off for almost 3 months and this was a hard time for the family. But he recovered and went home and all was fine and life was good again. But it was not meant to be he took ill again with pneumonia, his lungs collapsed, he went into cardiac arrest and this time just didn't come out of it. He was only 46 years old.

I took some time out and grieved but decided he was proud of me and what i had achieved so far so i had to keep going and knew he would be happy and proud of me even more.

Went back to the gym and just stuck at it.

Well today was a happy day i had WI and lost 1.1kg to get to a total of 60.5kg gone and i am sixties girl - 69.6 to be exact. NEVER ever expected that. I am very happy and feel so fit. I know now i will get to goal and hopefully maintain this new life of mine.

I posted a new picture, not a great one, but will update it soon.

This Week's WI and Kids now back at school.

2009-04-29T21:06:00.000-07:00

Hi

Well had WI Monday happy i lost 700grams i have been on a roll for the last few months. I am sure it will slow but i am just enjoying it while i can. Current weight is 78.5kg and it feels soooo good. I feel so good weight watchers really is doing it for me lol. Well except for a head and neck ache but fitness wise i feel good. So i will keep travelling as i am and then mix things up if i have to.

Kids went back to school yesterday, had a busy day as miss 5 had a bite on her toe and i had to take her to the Dr's. Hubby's Dr was the only one on and he was amazed at my weight loss, then his wife also stopped me and commented how great i look. I had to see my Dr at 1.00 after taking miss 5 back to school and she was sooo happy she said just all of a sudden she can see even more of a change lol. It was good, it inspires me to keep going.

So miss 5 is on antibiotics and getting better and able to go to school. I mentioned my sore neck and back again to my Dr and she said take it easy, i am going to see their skin Dr in two weeks. i always worry it is a mole playing up but i suppose time while tell once i see him.

I bought some new jeans and a top and it is cold here in Sydney so i am wearing them. It is weird i have been putting off wearing them and i don't know why, they fit great lol. But I thought i would post a picture. Boy do i hate the before picture of me in pants it is horrible - NEVER AGAIN LOL. It really is a good motivator.

That is all for now.

Wooo Hooooo I have lost 50kg - 50.9kg to be exact

2009-04-22T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hi

Well i am a bit slow blogging when i have such great news.

WI on Monday and i lost 1.2kg to bring me to a total of 50.9kg - CW is 79.2kg, wooo hooo i am soooo happy it is just surreal to me. I know i have worked hard, gone down from a size 26 to 16 and some 14s, but i can shop in 'Normal' clothes shops which feels soo good. But not just that - my fitness feels so good, when i go to the gym i just feel so great in general. In Monday's combat class i wanted to run around the room and say over the mic - i have lost 50kg lol but i didn't. i told a couple of girls and they were quite happy and proud for me.

I have been clothes shopping a bit lately and bought two pairs of jeans, capri pants and shirts lately as it is getting cool and i need some new stuff. I also went shopping alone today and it felt sooo good looking in cool shops trying on 14s and medium i had so much fun. Just spurs me on more.

Yesterday i went to the gym as usual, did combat then busting to tell my Personal Trainer about my weight loss, she was very happy but she knew i was close and always tells me how far i have come and look good and about my fitness level. She asked me my next goal and i said - easy to do full push ups not girlie ones lol. Sooo she said next week you can do 10 - um i don't think so.

BUT yesterday she said come on try one, so i did, fell on my face, kept trying, kept falling on my face BUT i was determined she showed me lots of times better ways to do it and positioning and well i finally did it, in fact i did 5 full push ups. It felt soooo great, just another goal achieved. They weren't great but they i did them, she wants me to do the 10 next week but we shall see lol. She knows how to push me, i think i will get her a t-shirt that says - 'Just Five More' - her favourite saying lol.

I am really on a high and i hope it stays that way lol.

Talk later.

Wi And Life In General

2009-04-14T01:16:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Had WI yesterday and happy with a 1kg loss, was hoping for slightly more to hit a few milestones but happy with where are am either way, it is a great loss. I have been working hard at the gym and really enjoying my increased fitness for the first time in my life.

I have been going to the gym even more, yesterday i achieved a personnel goal of two classes in a row. I did two in one day but with an hour break in between but yesterday i did two in a row. One hour of pump followed by an hour of combat plus 10 minutes on the treadmill as a warm up. Today i went and did my usual hour combat followed by my 30 minute PT session and 10 minute treadmill warm up, well today was different though i started to get stitches towards the end of class, felt odd but i have been going tough. Then in PT i felt dizzy like i could faint or throw up. My PT told me to take it easy or stop but i pushed past in then felt better. Hopefully it is nothing but tomorrow and probably Thursday i am resting, taking the kids to the movies or a play land for fun.

As i said I bought a pair of jeans last week in the 'normal' section lol and i will post a picture shortly. I will also have to try my 'At Goal' jeans again tried them on a few weeks ago and they fit well i got them up and on except for the top two buttons, my tummy still in the way abut wow who could believe that, they will either be perfect at goal or too big lol, a few months ago i could only just get them up over my knees so that is inspiring to keep going.

Well that is about all that is going on.

Bye for now.

My Busy Week and WI

2009-04-10T02:28:00.001-07:00

Hi there

Well i have been busy and not blogging, WI was Monday and i lost 1.7kg, very happy with that. I had another big week at the gym. I did about the same this week so would love love a similar number but happy with a loss. I am feeling sooo fit and my clothes are looser and it is great not what the scales say.

As i said a busy week with the kids activities and then end of school term. It will be nice to have a rest, do things with the kids and enjoy myself. I will still fit in some exercise, a little gym here and there and walks with the kids.

I went shopping yesterday and bought my first pair of 'Normal' size jeans EVER in my life, it was such a great feeling. They were size 16 and i am very happy with that. I know my tummy and thighs are still the problem rather than the top half. But it is cool i will get there, i weigh the lightest i ever have now so nothing else matters lol. I was just overwhelmed to pick and choose jeans i wanted in the regular section.

Off to the gym tomorrow for combat then a picnic lunch with the kids and hubby.

My Week so Far

2009-04-03T01:42:00.000-07:00

Hi

Well have had a great week, WI Monday and lost 400 grams taking me to 47 kg lost, happy with that. Had my birthday of course in there, though i had saved points and tons of exercise points i think the Chinese and cake played a part but it was a good loss still. Went to the gym and did a Fat Burner class - my second time and enjoyed it and did a little treadmill too.

Tuesday did Combat but my PT had to cancel my session so i was bummed but it was cool. It will just be tacked onto the end. Just wanted to keep on keeping on lol.

Wednesday was reading at school and rest day, well house work lol.

Thursday went to the gym and did my usual pump class, pushed my weights up a little and it was good. Then i was told the instructor taking the next class was sick and one of my combat teachers was coming and doing a special combat class in an hour so i hung around and did that too. My first time doing two classes in a day. I got excited cause i thought it was straight after and that was one of my small goals to do two in a row lol but i will get there in a few weeks, they are introducing another combat on a Monday mid morning after Fat Burner so i will do both. Woo hooo. I just feel sooo good. I am on a high and just enjoying exercising soooooooo much. It was also bitter sweet today, after the gym i put on my denim skirt i bought about a month or so ago size 16 and it was too big, i love that skirt it is sooo pretty. I might have to take it in as i am not ready to stop wearing it yet, having got much use out of it at all. But it is a good thing :0)

Friday to the gym again and the usual combat lol. I am a combat junkie they say cause if my legs aren't sore as they are tonight as a result of Thursday's pump and pushing the weights but i am going again. It is hard though Saturday's instructor is so un-motivating, i know i should use my own motivation but looking at someone for an hour that doesn't motivate you does not help.

More soon.

My Birthday

2009-03-28T20:11:00.001-07:00

Hi

Well my Birthday was Friday - felt old purely based on the number i turned lol BUT i feel better than ever so this made me feel great. I am fitter than ever in my life since being over weight for most of it and nothing feels better than that.

On my birthday i did my usual combat class, then off to watch my son at school in the cross country race with mum and then her and i went home for a salad sandwich. Then the whole family went to our favourite chinese restaurant. Yummo it was good. Had points saved for it and have lots and lots of exercise points. I even went to the gym yesterday and did treadmill, rower and bike. I really pushed myself and used my awesome fitness feeling to spur myself on.

I got pink tickets from hubby, wooo hooo. I love her. Can't wait for July. I will be wearing skinny jeans that night lol lol. Need a whole new wardrobe me thinks lol, bring it on.

WI tomorrow, it will be small i am sure, i think the Chinese might have done it even though i more than allowed for it, but it is all good. I will take whatever comes.

Bye for now.

Another Week

2009-03-25T20:09:00.000-07:00

Hi

Well i havent been blogging much, just been busy.

Had WI monday and very happy with a 1.2kg loss. Takes me to 46.6 lost to date and only 15.5kg to go to goal. I am sure it will slow down, i am in no rush. I am enjoying the time and each day as i feel fitter and better than ever before. It feels so good. This week more than most i have been getting lots of comments so my shape must be changing.

Have been to the gym a few times, I did the usual tuesday Combat and PT session which was good. But on Monday i tried a new class 'Fat Burner' it was good, it wasnt as great as Combat lol but i liked it and intend on doing it each Monday instead of pump. It is good cause i feel bad rushing off from school as Pump starts at 9.30am but Fat Burner is 10.30 so i will take my time and go to that instead. It is the old gripe vine moves and walking side to side to start off with, then doing some step work (very small) but it does get fast paced, then later it is more grapevine etc with weights, i did work up a sweat indeed. I went the wrong way a few times and felt like a nong lol but i will get there in time.

Didnt go to Pump today as my knee was a little bit sore so i thought i would rest it from the Pump lunges lol. I just did 30 mins on the treadmill, 10 mintues on the bike and 5.5 minutes on the rower. I pushed it up a knotch on each and really built up a good sweat so hopefully it did something lol.

Now just home doing the washing etc and checking out the Weight Watchers boards.

Bye

This Week

2009-03-20T01:58:00.000-07:00

Hi

This week has been good, been pushing myself at the gym, had a great PT session yesterday, it had been moved it to Thursday as she had to leave early Tuesday. Normally i go to her buggered as i do a 60 minute combat class then go straight to her lol. Well yesterday i wasn't buggered as i wasn't able to do a class first and i knew she would make me do something different lol. I had been doing the treadmill for five minutes to warm up when she came and said come on move to the rower lol ugh i hate that machine lol BUT i hadn't used it for about 9 months i reckon. When i joined the gym they showed me how to use it and i HATED it and couldn't do it, it just hurt and didn't call me lol. Well she made me do 5 - 30 secs sprints and it felt sooooo awesome, i loved it. I really enjoyed it and thought wow why was i sooo scared to use it. It made me notice how much my fitness level has improved. She agreed and commented how great i was looking lol. I will use it now for sure.

That is pretty much the high light of the week lol. Just going to they gym and the usual stuff around the house.

It is a good friends birthday tomorrow and mine next Friday so we are going to another friends house for tea tomorrow night to celebrate for both of us and just catch up. It will be good, it is just a barbie so i know what i am having lol. One friend hasnt seen me for six months or more so it will be interesting to see what she says. Then tea with my family Friday is Chinese, we don't go out often and the kids love it. So I agreed to go there but i will be very very good lol. But i will factor in some ice cream cake into my points that day lol lol.

Bye for now.

Monday WI

2009-03-16T02:17:00.000-07:00

Hi

Well had WI today, very happy lost 900 grams, i had a big loss last week and i think this is just as nice. Took me to 45kg (45.4kg) lost in total so that is pleasing. Only 16.7kg to go it sounds sooo surreal to me to say that.

I went to see my dr today and she was still blown away with how much i have lost lol She weighed me and her scales had me at 82kg instead of 84.7 - too funny. I like them lol.

Before that i went shopping, decided to take a break from the gym, i went yesterday instead and needed to do a few things. I visited the WW lifestyle centre in Myer at Parramatta. I was pondering going for a session but i didnt at this stage have any questions. Maybe down the track if it starts to get harder as i get closer to goal. I bought the April WW mag and the points calculator and left happy.

Bye for now.

Tuesday's Gym Session

2009-03-11T02:35:00.000-07:00

Hi

Well went to the gym of course yesterday lol, i felt sooo good i love the new combat release, it is hard lots of knees but it is sooo good. If feels good, you know it is working every inch of your body. I was sooo exhausted when it was over i actually said to my PT be nice to me i am buggered, i have never said that lol. I said no i am cool ready to go and she pushed me and made me do new exercises it was good. But i missed doing chin ups, i did a fair few squats using the fit ball with a medicine ball in between my legs, then for the last one she made me stay down low and hold for 15 secs, god it seemed like for ever, i did it twice then failed but she made me try again. It was tough but i know it is good for me.

I left feeling high and went to the shops and a mum from school was there and stopped me and asked me how did i loose soo much weight, she said she has been going to ask me for months lol. She said i looked great, it felt good we chatted for about 20 mins lol. It just feels nice people notice and say you look good. I don't rely on these comments but it is just nice to hear sometimes lol.

Had a rest today, i read with some of my daughter's classmates then did some paperwork and that is about it. Off to pump tomorrow, not as exciting as combat but i know it is good for you. I am going to try a fat burner class next week for something different.

Bye for now.

Today's Weigh In

2009-03-08T19:18:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Very happy today, my hard work last week paid off with a 1.7kg losss, sooooooo happy with that. I thought the weight loss was slowing down lol, last week was good now this, amazing, but like i said the effort at the gym has paid off. I will keep going with it and see how it goes. I am sure it will slow down again - i am in no rush, i will take it as it comes.

It just feels so good to know i have lost 44.5kg and have only 17.6kg to get goal. Just sounds amazing when i started with 62.1kg to loose, who would have thunk it that i could do it lol - not me for sure but hopefully i will get there.

All is good, been to the gym for a pump class, felt good, then fruit and veg shopping.

Tomorrow is my love love day at the gym of one hour combat then 30 minute PT session. Cant wait.

Bye

My Week

2009-03-07T14:16:00.000-08:00

Well i have blogged much lately. Have been busy going to the gym and trying to get into a routine. It is going well i think. I hate though rushing off after the school bell goes so on Monday i am going to try a different class - Fat burner, it doesn't start till 10.30am so i have time to spare so that is good. Will see how it helps, i am sure anything will help lol just means doing that instead of Pump on a Monday.

The week has been going well, i noticed in the week i was staying the same my water intake probably slowed a bit so i have been conscious of that this week and i made sure i drank 3 litres of water. Water is never usually a probably for me, i only drink water or cups of tea. Just it had slowed down a little.

I met my girlfriends Wednesday and they were blown away by my weight loss and made me feel so proud. Just felt good, we wondered the shops and went to 'normal' clothes shops as they are both small but it just felt good.

WI tomorrow, it should go well as like i said i have been pushing it at the gym and the clothes are feeling looser, always a good sign.

Monday's WI

2009-03-03T00:48:00.001-08:00

Hi

Well i was not looking forward to wi, that rarely happens but the scales just havent moved and i was worried i would be 88kg for another week - but yeah they did move. I lost 700 grams to make me 87.3. Oh what a good number, i would have been happy with a 100 gram loss lol.

I was also stressed because a cyst on my ovaries was found at an ultrasound, but thank god that turned out to be nothing so that is great.

This has given me more motivation to go strong, been to the gym for an hour thirty today. I felt sooo good afterwards.

I am off tomorrow to meet two friends i havent seen in about 6 mths, i wonder if they will notice the difference lol. I am sure they will.

Talk soon.

Another Monday, Another WI

2009-02-23T22:54:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone

Had WI yesterday and quiet dismayed at staying the same, i suppose it was not a gain, but nothing no gain, no loss nothing just stayed the same. I have noticed a different pattern lately that i have had a few times i stay the same, then a big loss so that is cool. I do know my body is taking a different shape i.e. bike pants falling down at the gym lol. I also met a friend i hadnt seen for 2-3 months and she was amazed. I was nicely suprised, she said i looked amazing, awesome and just beautiful. I just couldnt beleive she was saying that about me lol, then i said well i dont deserve the praise i got so big to start with, odd what our minds do. BUT after that i was happy as i was down about staying the same but that perked me right up lol. I knew i was being silly about it lol.

Went to the gym this morning for the new release of combat and it was awesome, i reckon i worked off about 500 grams just in that class lol. It was fun, lots of kicks and knees and i know it is working. Then PT session straight after was great tooo. I really felt sooo up after it all. Now i am just plain tuckered out lol.

Until nex time.

Janice

Rainy Days - Not Up to Much

2009-02-20T15:27:00.000-08:00

Me not up to much, just been going to the gym and doing stuff around home. Had a fun day yesterday, wore a pair of bike tights to the gym that i hadnt worn for just a week, they were just starting to get loose and the next size up was a tad tight, well i spent the most of the hour of Combat pulling them up, the instructor occassionaly looking and laughing but i think that is a good thing lol. I peeked and the scales arent moving much this week but that is just a sign to show that even though the scales arent moving the body is taking a different shape. So from now on i will only were the next size up lol lol. It made me feel good though - annoyed but good.

WI Monday

2009-02-15T16:39:00.000-08:00

Morning

WI this morning happy with a 1.2kg loss, brings me to 88kg exactly and a total loss of 42.1 lost. Very happy to know i have only 20kg exactly to get to goal. I am sooooooo motivated even more so than ever, it feels so good. I feel so good. I really am much more healthier and happier for sure. I will get there, just keep plugging away.

Bring on those next 20kg i say.

Busy Week

2009-02-13T23:45:00.000-08:00

Hi

I had a busy, week, the gym was awesome on Tuesday my PT killed me lol - which i know she is meant to do lol. I did sooo many different things, lunges and squats with a bar, lifted some individual weights while laying on the bench, then chin ups and finally sit ups. Man it killed me for two days after, It hurt to walk and sit, just like the first time i tried pump, but it was a good hurt i knew it was doing something. Then i recovered wednesday and thursday as i was tooo sore to go back to the gym lol, but i went clothes shopping thursday and got some nice stuff for next summer and maybe some for this summer if it gets warm again lol. I bought two skirts and three shirts all were size 16 except one shirt was a 14 and is too tight but watch out next summer lol. I might take photos tomorrow and post them so i can have a before and after in the outfit that is a tad too tight and see the difference in a few months.

Then friday it was rainy and i just felt mopy and tired and thought, nah cant be bothered going to the gym, so i showered and dressed. Then five minutes before we were leaving i thought dont be lazing and go, so i got dressed in my gym clothes and off i went to my combat class. It was great i saw a mum from school that had told me she wanted to get to that class and a girl i chatted tooo and made friends with but she hadnt been for 2mths or so due to work so it was nice to chat and laugh with her. So i was very glad i snapped out of it and went.

That is about it, not up to much this weekend due to the yucky rainy weather. WI Monday as usual and hopefuly after a small gain from no-where last week i will get a loss.

WI Yesterday

2009-02-09T13:24:00.000-08:00

Morning

Well had WI yesterday and suprisingly in a way i had a gain of 200 grams. I know it is not much just not sure why, maybe fluid retention in the heat, i went to the gym a few times and stuck to my points didnt eat any exercise ones though. It is fine it will move this week. Still leaves me with 40.9kg gone so i havent undone my 40kg lost. Only my second gain in 10mths so i am very happy with that.

Not much going on, off to combat class and PT this morning.

Before and After Pics

2009-02-03T13:17:00.000-08:00

Well I finally posted some today, feeling brave, happy to show the after ones, a bit yuck about the before ones but hey i know I looked like crap. The before photos are taken in late march 08, just before i joined on 6th April 08. My face and body ares sooo big, well they were lol. After loosing 41.1kg thought I would share.

The after picture is me today weighing 89kg, looking and feeling much better and healthier 10mths down the track. Bring on the next few months I say.

Will post one or two more pics after another 5-10kgs are gone or might get brave and post ones of me in my rashie and boardies lol.

Enjoy.

I am an Eighties Girl and 40kg Gone

2009-02-02T01:43:00.001-08:00

Well i pretty much posted this on the WW site and just putting here as i am soooo excited.

I just had to share my biggest joy on Weight Watchers to date. I weighed in this morning and lost a nice 1.7kg to make it 40kg gone, well 41.1kg to be exact lol. I joined almost 10 months ago on a whim, heard it was good and just thought enough is enough, I want to and I am ready to loose this weight. I had no idea I could do it, I thought I might loose 10 or 15 kg but would give it a shot, I really wanted to get back to my pre-baby weight at least and no longer be morbidly obese and sick. I want to do this bad, I still have 21kg to go but I will get there, I am now sure of that. I am the lightest I have ever been, I have gone from a size 26 to 16/18, even bought a 14 the other day lol. I am NOT getting ahead of myself, I know there is still a lot of work to be done but I really am busting with joy and happiness to get this far to date :0) . I feel healthier and happier and more confident and nothing feels better than that.

Today I also hit three of my milestones in one go; 1. I am an 80s girl - never heard of before 2. 40kg gone forever (41.1kg) 3. Surpassed Pre baby weight - both babies - now 9 and 5 lol I honestly think if I can do this anyone can, you just need to be in the right frame of mind. It really does work if you stick at it. I track and exercise religiously it is my lifestyle now. My reward is truly just happiness BUT I have a gold charm bracelet with charms that are over 15 years old on it so I am removing some of the old ones that are not really important or don't mean anything that I had just bought over the years and replacing them with new ones when I hit big milestones. I have a cute handbag charm with a pink heart on it when I lost 20kg, a Tinkerbell (big fan of her) charm that I bought when I lost 30.5kg and got under 100kg. I have seen a high heel shoe charm I love and will get that to add to my bracelet for 40kg lost. I look at my tink and bag charm often during the day and they remind me how far I have come and it helps me to keep going. Anyway I think I will be walking on air for a while and had to share.

My Little Girl Started School

2009-02-01T02:03:00.000-08:00

I am a bit slow lol but my little girl started School on Friday, she looked so cute. She enjoyed her day and did well. She knows her teacher (my son had her for year 2) and she is really happy about that. She looked soo grown up. Now i am child free, so will be hitting the gym hard most days.

I didnt get to the gym Friday cause of her start time but that is cool I made up for it and went Saturday morning at 8.30am. It was hot even at that hour. The instructor was new and seemed a bit flustered but hopefully that will change.

WI tomorrow and hoping for some nice numbers. Will see how it goes then.

Good news and Weigh In

2009-01-26T03:04:00.000-08:00

Hi

i have not been too good at blogging lately, have been busy getting stuff ready for school and visiting my brother. Good news though he is soooooooo much better and might get to go home in a week or two - amazing stuff, hopefully he will keep getting stronger.

Back to weight loss - had WI this morning, i lost 500grams, happy with that but wanted more but next week hopefully i will get to my few goals i have set. Very happy to be sooooo close. I have to keep working hard and it will happen.

Things just seem soo routine lately, it does happen, trust me.

I am looking forward to going to the gym more when the my son is back at school and my daughter starts. I will miss her but it will be good for her at school and i will enjoy the me time for a while til i look for a part time job. I just want to dedicate 6 months to this and then start looing for work.

Until next time.

A Great Holiday and WI

2009-01-19T21:29:00.001-08:00

Hi

I havent posted in a while have been away on holidays.

Got the test results and all was clear, the dr thinks it was stress or a nerve pulled from the gym. So i rested and then we went away. Sooooooooo i didnt track properly as i had no internet but i did in excel and just guesstimated, i tracked it when i got home and was pretty darn close. I felt heavy like i put on, but we went to the beach everyday except one, i swam and walked and had fun. It was great. I really didnt care or worry if i was big or not, if felt so nice for a change.

Well WI was yesterday and i lost 1.6kg, very happy with that.

Hoping for to hit a milestone in the next few weeks so i am working hard and hoping it will pay off. Once the kids go back to school i can really hit the gym hard.

Test Day

2009-01-08T01:27:00.000-08:00

Well I havent posted much lately or even on WW boards well until today, my head has been killing me. Had my CT today and the wait is also killing me. I can't pick them until tomorrow after lunch. I wont sleep well tonight and pray it is nothing. I do actually feel better tonight for the first time in a week even posted more and was able to sit at the computer for longer. Maybe tomorrow will tell why my head hurts so much. I am still hoping it is just a nerve or muscle in my neck and it will go away shortly.

Wish me luck.

Another Week - Another Weigh In

2009-01-04T20:10:00.000-08:00

Hi guys, havent blogged much lately, have been feeling horrible. Have had a bad headache since last tuesday. I am hoping it is just stress from my brother and the funeral i went to on the Monday. I went to the dr on Saturday as the head was soo bad but he checked my blood pressure and got me to do some exercises and i was fine. BUT headache still there today so i am going back in a day or two. I was really paranoid about my clot coming back or one travelling so i know that has scared me since my friend's hubby's death under similar circumstances.

On to the good stuff. I had WI a day early - yesterday as i was playing around and thinking, as we are going away for a week on Sunday and i will miss my WI and i dont want to or dont want to take the scales away - different surfaces etc so i thought i would change my WI to Sunday for a week or two then switch back to Monday when we return. I think that will work.

Sooo i weighed in yesterday morning and i lost 300 grams - same as last week. I did weigh this morning also and i was the same weight lol (just for fun lol) 92.8. I am happy i have wanted to get to the 92 mark for a few weeks but it has been slow. I would like more as i went to the gym twice last week but oh well it all counts.

Well like i said we are going away - all things being equal. I feel bad with my brother in hospital but we would loose the money and mum thinks i shouldnt make the kids suffer. We need the break as we dont go away often. Brother will understand and hopefully be ok. I will ring mum everday to see how he is and we are only just over an hour away up the coast. I just hope the headeaches are gone as it wouldnt be nice or much of a holiday as my head is that bad. I might go this afternoon if hubby gets home early and i can go alone. I want to go to the gym but cant like this but i usally feel best in the am then it gets worse as the day goes on.

Talk soon.

Post Christmas Weigh In

2008-12-30T00:06:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, well i lost 300 grams on Monday, happy with that. Was hoping for a little more but that is fine no gym so just following the plan. I am aiming for goal in 2009 and now i have lost 37kg i only have 25.1 to go. This week i aim to go to the gym as much as i can. Well at least 3 times lol. I went today and did combat and it felt great.

Then to keep the kids happy we went to the movies and saw Bedtime Stories. It was good, not GREAT but the kids enjoyed it sooo much.

Christmas Eve

2008-12-24T00:57:00.001-08:00

Tonight is a mixed night, happy with my acheivements and weight loss to date. I am true to myself and what i want. Sad that my brother is still in hospital for xmas and will be there for a while. Praying for him to recover ok. Christmas day will be fine, that aside, still continueing with my good lifestyle.

Mery Christmas Everyone , i wish everyone a safe and happy one.

Today's Weigh In

2008-12-21T20:56:00.000-08:00

Had WI today, lost 800 grams, so i am now 93.4kg, very happy with that, wanted to make it 93 point something lol and i did just that. Now I need to loose 400 grams to make GWED and hopefully i will do that by next monday. Exercise will be less with no gym as the creche is closed but i will go for a few walks with the kids and hopefully i will still do well.

Tired

2008-12-21T01:54:00.000-08:00

Hi, i havent posted for a while, brother in hospital still and just busy visiting him and trying in between to get things ready for Christmas. Maddie's dance concert was today, it was a long day but she did great, remembered it lol and danced to all of it. But again a very long day. WI tomorrow and just hoping for a loss. I have been good all week (as usual) but the scales havent moved much just a little. But any loss is a good one i think. Time will tell tomorrow.

Janice

2008-12-19T16:27:00.001-08:00

35.1 Kg gone - Monday 8th December

2008-12-09T01:47:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, weighed in yesterday and lost 1kg to bring me to a total of 35.1kg lost. I now weigh 95kg exactly. I did really worry that once i got under 100kg i would self-destruct but it hasnt happen yet, very happy about that. I feel so much better on this journey, so much healthier and fitter. Bring on the next 27kg i say. I know it wont be all smooth sailing but i will get there - one day at a time.

Cooper's Party

2008-12-06T22:25:00.000-08:00

Well today was another hectic day, Cooper's 9th Birthday party. It was good - busy, but good. I stayed good as always just had one small small peice of icecream cake. He enjoyed the day. It was at a pool/learn to swim pool. I think all the kids enjoyed it too.

The journey so Far

2008-05-19T21:31:00.000-07:00

Well i joined weight watchers 6 weeks ago. Starting weight was 130.1, i was feeling big but motivated. I have spoken to sooo many people on the threads and chat and everyone is sooo helpful, friendly and inspiring. I have lost 10kg and i am just amazed. I now need to keep moving and looks 52 more and i will be happy. But i take it one week at a time.