A week in review

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It has been a long week here at The Sharps. D has been off in Gladstone working and I have been busy at home, missing him like crazy. Thankfully after a very long and eventful Saturday, I picked him up from the airport at 7pm. I was so glad to see his face.

The week recapped:

Let me start by saying food wise and exercise wise, I FAILED! I lived on a lot of gunk, and except for the 2 walks up to the shop to Monday buy gunk I sat on my big behind all week.

Monday and Tuesday were spent at work, and then getting home and hibernating. Our trainer was off sick and we all just played the Sloth and relaxed. Tuesday night I did a little bit of shopping.

Wednesday arvo I went shopping, enjoyed just browsing, and enjoyed the fact that I was able to walk around. I picked up some cute stuff. I also picked up some suck-em-in pants, which were intended for my Christmas party.

Thursday night was my work Christmas party. I can say that I felt pretty good, I wore a dress, did the whole makeup think and had a bit of fun. We went to Fentons in Ipswich, and from Santa I received some anti aging cream and a jar of baby food. Hopefully thats a good omen of what is to come.

Friday night was pretty lazy went shopping again and picked up pillows, by this stage I was missing D like crazy and was starting to mope. Luckily he arrived home Saturday night.

So I have a heap of Instagram pics that I will put up later. But to hold myself accountable for the week, here are my goals.

* Get back on track with food, 80% on plan
* Exercise at least twice, besides with Andy
* Another blog post
* Next chapter of my uni text.

I am woman, here me ROAR!!

moby xoxo

Lonely without hubby

So D has gone to Gladstone for the week, and I am lonely without him. I like coming home to him, waking up beside him and just having him around. By tomorrow I will be over it and just enjoying the time :)

I am struggling with 12wbt, ultimately because I am being lazy. I will cook up tonights dinner and tomorrows lunch tonight. But I need to make sure I follow it to the letter. Its the 3rd week, im only starting tonight...grrr.

PT has been going great, our trainer is sick tonight, but we have been loving it. I now just need to up the daily training and clean up the food and then I might actually get somewhere! Besides moping about being lonely I have been trying to do more research into etiquette and deportment, but just too lazy and way too tired :(

Round 4..Here I come

So I have decided to do another round of the 12wbt. Last round I got down 10kg, this time I am hoping for 15kg. I have been eating so badly so really want to focus on a change of eating for this round. We are looking at following the vegetarian meal plan due to D's belly, so it should be very interesting. I will look at both the vegetarian and standard recipes and just get the best that I can.



We have a Personal Trainer now, Andy comes to the house every Monday and Tuesday night, and Dave and I are starting to ride. We need to pick up helmets tomorrow night. I have a good feeling about this round, I want to smash it. I want to be in the top 15%. I am going to have a birthday party for the 30th, that will be the end of January, I want to look as amazing as possible. It will be a rockabilly style party. I want to wear something like this:


get some gorgeous hair and makeup happening and just feel like a million dollars. Should be heaps of fun, but more on the party planning later. Time to get some sleep.

Chasing Snow

Here in South East Queensland there are a few places that get snow, Stanthorpe is one of them. I have never ever seen snow, so each year we wait, hoping it will be the year we get to see it. Last year we hearf an inkling that there might be some, so packed the car at 1 in the morning to make the 3 hour trip, only to turn around at 5 a little disappointed. Last night the weather man predicted it again. It was a little different this time. As we are living with my parents we asked my mum and sis if they wanted to tag along. They said yes, but suprisingly my dad joined in and wanted to go. Sp instead he booked us hotel rooms and breakfast and we took off at 8. It was a fun drive and cosy in the hotel, but again, no snow. Well maybe next year :)

A week of instagram

So my instagram pics

1. Beyond Blue depression booklet... Just a little about awareness. I am realising I need to do a lot of reading in the coming months to help build my knowledge.



2. Sushi... This is a new love. I love the chicken and the vegie one :)




3. D's running intolerance list. Red meat and rice flour has been added to the list.





4. The Charlaine Harris books, Im up to number 3 in the True Blood series.




5. Roses from hubby




6. Flowers from hubby. Gorgeous colours.



Blessings

Moby xoxo

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A lil bit of romance

Every fortnight D does the shopping and every fortnight he brings home flowers :) This fortnight I was given white, yellow and red roses...beautiful! Some might say that it gets old, but after so many years (and I don't get them if I do the shopping lol) I still love it. The room looks brighter, it feels lovelier, and I absolutely adore it.


These don't cost a fortune but really make a difference. It works out around $10 a week, or 3 coffees ;). Small things can definitely make a difference.

GOOD LUCK

Good Luck today to my gorgeous mother and my spunky hubby. Both are waiting on call backs for job interviews. Life will definitely b a whole lot easier if they are both working. Fingers crossed everyonexxxxxx

To write Love

Today is a day for depression awareness. This subject is very close to my heart as my husband has Bipolar. We are both very very open about his Bipolar, but this will never make it easy to live and deal with depression each day of our lives. While I do not really believe awareness is needed, (we all have our battles), we definitely need to stop keeping such life threatening illnesses in the dark. People need to feel comfortable showing their weaknesses and asking for help, and many more others need to have compassion enough to offer it.

A year nearly

So its been nearly a year since the suspected miscarriage and life is still in limbo. We are down to 1 wage but the bright side is that it's given D time to work on his stuff. I need to get in this weekend and do up some business plans, i need lots of sleep too. Life is too crazy. We had dinner with friends tonight though, that was heaps of fun :)


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the Secret

So I have finally succumbed and am in the process of reading The Secret. I like the idea and thought of it, but Im a Capricorn. How am I supposed to not worry, to not thing the worst and to not judge. I am judgy mc judgy. It is something I am becoming a lot more aware of, and definitely something I am trying to fix. I read back on my posts and I am very aware how it is quite negative and all about my weight and trying to change myself. I am slowly letting that go. For so many years I have built up this idea in my head of who/what I want to be, but I am slowly coming to grips with just refining me. I think the best example of it is Khloe Kardashian Odom. She is gorgeous, has this constant pressure from the media with her weight, is extremely out there, loud and foul mouthed. BUT, she is an incredible role model, a wonderful pseudo parent for her siblings and happy to be herself. She is a fantastic wife, intelligent, beautiful and great business woman and doesn't make apologies for being who she is. OK so I have posted quite a lot on here about changing, refining, I am not saying that I'm forgetting that. I am saying that I still want to be me. I want to be the loud me, the shy me, the foul mouthed me, but I want to look good, and be respected doing it. And it means hard work. And it means taking the time to focus on me and a lot less focus on others.

So that's where the secret comes in. I am going to make the rounds of a whole heap of books in the coming weeks (College is just about up for the term) and I intend to use the time wisely. I graduate in just over 3 months and will be helping others find the strength to fix their issues, it's now time I sort my own out. The first I am working on is just being more positive and less judgemental. To be too busy working on me to think or talk about others. This will be a hard one at home when mum wants to talk.

Goals for the week ahead

1. Less Judgemental

2. Lots more Positive

3. More loving to D

4. Less criticizing D, and less negative talk

Physical Goals

5. 3 x Gym Sessions

6. Hair Treatment x 2

7. Face mask - find where one is, apply!

8. Makeup at least 3 times before Next Wednesday

I think they are attainable...lots of them though! But I am putting in hair mask as I type.

Agony

I think it's time for a holiday, I am exhausted. My back is so tight everyone at home keeps rubbing it, giving me voltarin and putting deep heat, it's not loosening up, plus I can't seem to get rid of this ear infection, so dumb. Anyway on the so much better side, only 3 assignments left of term... Woohoo. And i intend to enjoy the break! I need to get my hot lil hands on a copy of the magic, thats my plan.
D still isnt working...boohoo, so soon we will need to start thinking of different options. I have been considering looking at buying a cafe, we'll have to see tho. See what kind of finance i could get. Who knows.

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Another week down

Yeah I've been a lil tragic. I am seriously struggling to keep on track. I have no motivation to exercise, and food has been pretty bad. Still a bit better, just not real good. The last two weeks have been the worst, but alot of that has been bad planning. I have been having cup of soups for lunch, and generally eggs/or toast for breakfast. I have been sneaking in a few too many cold coffees though, so that needs to stop. Back to toast and cottage cheese for breakfast tomorrow with cup of soup for lunch. And I will ensure that I make a proper coffee tomorrow.

On the bright side, mum and I are starting a new business venture...ironically cupcakes and lollies. HAH! hopefully in 6 months once I have my counselling qualifications we will be able to start up a store. Then I might be able to incorporate my counselling room in the same building. I am hoping to have a showroom as such in the front. Displaying the cakes, and lolly buffets, and then incorporate some other stuff. This will be a good base to take orders, do prep work and also have someone there to meet and greet clients as they come in the door. It also makes me a lil more comfortable having clients and knowing that there is someone around if needed.

I am also looking at specialising my clinic towards sexual health and relationships. It's something that I have always wanted to work with, and think that I am open and have a healthy outlook on this sort of stuff to help people. It's all starting to get a lil fun and exciting.

Close to 10kg gone

So from Monday I am down 8.8kg, officially from weigh in on Wednesday, I am down 6.6kg :). doing well. The bummer is that D lost his job this week so we are pretty pov, and can no longer afford the special healthy food. Isn't it rediculous that its cheaper to buy crap food than healthy stuff. D is trying to eat food that doesn't affect his belly, and that too will be a bit harder now. We are juicing for at least one meal a day. Its all slowly working. I am trying to make sure I am exercising at least 4 times a week and still getting up at 5.30 to do it....yuk! Dave and went for a walk tonite and for the first time in years I was able to keep up and it didnt kill my feet and I got back and recovered quickly :) Now to keep it up and go further, further and further....I call it SUCCESS!!

So excited!

So far not so good

So I am sticking to the exercise (to a point) and burning some calories, and I am down in weight. But I am soooo not sticking to the program. All up I am down 2.2kg, and I really want to be down another 2, that puts me into the next weight decade. If I work my butt off tomorrow and Tuesday and eat cleanly, I could be close to it.

My plan for tomorrow is 20 mins on the bike and 20 mins on the elliptical, and then 10mins doing squats, situp, pushups etc. From tomorrow I will also start going for a walk at night with hubby at night and look at a situp/pushup challenge. I want to increase my fitness firstly, and then I want to drop this weight.

A big fear of mine is excess skin, I have sort of come to the acceptance that I will have lots of it, but I have been trying to find ways to minimise the amount. So far I know about body brushing and toning exercises. Other things that I have been found out about, apparently dropping body fat down to around 10% and then putting the weight that you want back on. I'm not 100% on that option, 10% seems a little unattainable, but also pretty unhealthy. otherwise...Im still searching. Im thinking that maybe saving money for a whole lot of surgery seems like a better idea ;)

So tomorrow I also need to start moderating my food intake. I guess I better send Dave to do some shopping on Tuesday. ick

Weigh-in Number 1

Soooo weigh in day...I am down 0.2kg in 2 days...wooohoo

haha it would be so much better if I was super awesome at this and stuck to it like glue.

well wasnt very prepared but I will be for tomorrow and the rest of the week.

Still a big woohoo on 0.2kg down.

Now for the world not related to weight

I got a call today for an interview...I have it at 2pm tomorrow. Sweet...wish me luck.

Hubby is struggling with getting a job and was offered one by his uncle in NZ...he is thinking of going over there. That will be hard. But could be worth it.

Weekend was good...I have decided once hubby is working, making clothes is going to be my new hobby. I love love the idea. First thing to try will be some underwear. Just waiting for some dollars to buy material and elastic, then I will pull apart a pair of each of ours and make duplicates. Should make for an interesting weekend lol.
I will post a finished product.

Day 1 - done and dusted :)

ok so it wasn't the perfect starting day...but I started.. YAY ME!!!

Total calorie intake as of 8.10pm tonite - 1722 (only 500 over!!) and total burnt 186. so Net of 1541. Im still happy with that.

I did the fitness test today...omg!! Bad results, but at least its a starting point.

1km test - 14.25min
16 pushups
0 cm reach
20sec wall stand - I wasnt 100% sure on this one, cos I did it just after the treadmill and wiggle machine. I will definitely be doing more of this daily.

oh and blood pressure high for yesterday 122/112...um yeah. OMG!!

But we are only at day 1 - it should all get easier and better after today :)

Blood Pressure and other health problems...

So mum has been at the doctor due to blood pressure issues. Her doctor sent her home with a blood pressure monitor to keep track of it, and for fun we all decided to try it. So yeah not good!
My results
Yesterday - 146/98
Today - 129/105
hmmm...so I will do this all week but I do think I need to get myself a monitor and keep an eye on this. This blood pressure is WAY too high. By going off a chart I found online, ideally with blood pressure this high I should be on medication. So I will have to speak to the doctor about this next weekend. It could explain why I always feel crap. So that is my first goal, I need to get my blood pressure down to an ok level.

Besides exercise and change of diet which I will already be starting on Monday, (actually probably from Friday as we get the plans tomorrow), there are a couple of other things I am going to try.
Apple Cider Vinegar - a tablespoon evening and night
Green Tea - Replace my beloved coffee :(

All this with healthy eating and exercise and we will see how it goes. For the rest of the week with the monitor though I will cut out coffee, and start with the vinegar.

I am definitely starting to see major issues because of my weight. It started with fertility, then back pains, and general blah ness and now the blood pressure. It is definitely time!

In other news I also seem to either have a bug or allergies. Well I know I definitely have allergies, but also seem to still be running a temp, and just feel really lethargic and run down, and have sore ears.

grr well hopefully with the vibration machine arriving on saturday it will help with lymphatic drainage and possibly boost my immune system...well that would be nice.

Loving the Support

Well something is a little different this time...usually when I try something my father is very quick to tell me that I should just eat healthy and it will be fine....well this time he has gone all out. Last night he managed to spend $700 on ebay on gym equipment for mum, hubby, lil sis and I. So after hubby picks it all up this week, we will have the treadmill,  a recumbent bike, rowing machine, eliptical training, vibration machine and spin bike. A very very good haul! (The treadmill I already owned). So yes I am super excited. We are cleaning out the garage and it is going to be our gym.

Plan Plan Plan

So I really want this to work...the whole 12WBT thing. So next thing I really HAVE to do is to get organised. 
Food
Exercise
and well make sure I have NO EXCUSES


So firstly how and where am I going to exercise. 
Well I have a few options with this one. I have a heap of exercise DVD's that I want to try out, but in all honesty I dont have much space and D is not really working so he'll be at home. Um probably wont do them. So next option is treadmill, I will need to clean that this weekend. So its Treadmill for now, Exercise DVD is D is not home and I can make some room, otherwise, Treadmill it is. I am keeping an eye out for another exercise bike, I have killed mine. Then that gives me two options for cardio. Next thing is toning. I am going to do the whole Calisthenics thing, you know, push ups (girly ones) sit ups, lunges, squats, all the things that make u look awesome. And for stretching, that will be pilates. The biggest thing to start with is being able to stay at it long enough. As soon as things start to hurt I give up. As soon as I start to feel the burn I give up. As soon as I get bored, I give up. EEEEK I GIVE UP. Ok so yes I HAVE to change this. 


Ok so Calisthenics workout dets


Pushups (Girly ones)
Tricep Dips
Back Extentions
Sit Ups
Reverse Sit Ups
Lunges
Squats
Jump Rope
Jumping Jacks
 3 sets of 10-15Reps


Ok so I think Thats a pretty good plan, now to work on food. I wont really know what food or what to organise until the menus come out. But as long as i eat ok until the 4th, I should be ok. I will be starting exercise next week. Definitely from Monday, but Im still undecided about earlier. 


We have our neice saturday and sunday, so it might be nice to take her for a walk and play in the park. And good fun to tire her out :)


So I think that's a pretty good plan. With preparing food, I will organise for Saturday to be shopping day and sunday prep day, so that the week ahead is all set. Now to start writing all this in my diary, and start thinking about anything else I have missed......oooh milestones...

Im struggling

I'm struggling a bit with life at the moment. Having a bit of anxiety and not so much in giving up on the world, but more just dissatisfaction of where I am at. I know that I can change it, I know I will, but it all seems too overwhelming.

My ideal me
Making $80-$130K a year...yes I am aiming high..I capable of this
Settle into a career - do I want to continue with counselling or do I want to do project management?
I want to be thin....ok so not super thin, but fairly thin. a size 10 would make me very very happy
I want to be elegant and graceful...
I want to have a wonderful marriage where the same issues dont keep coming up and not get fixed...(beating my head against a brickwall)
I want to live life...not just watch it rush by. We are nearly in June..I have no idea where the first 5 months have gone, I don't even have photos...I always have photos :(

How can I get there...
I need to work out what I want to do and GO FOR IT. Have confidence I CAN DO THIS
Career...yeah I have no real definite answers to that. Once I have my counselling certificate I will reassess
Being thin...I am doing the 12wbt...This is going to get me there
I want to be elegant and Graceful....keep working at it sunshine.
I think hubby and I need counselling together. Its not going to resolve itself..obviously. The only problem is that the counsellors keep telling us that its his problem he has to work on it, thats not going to help our marriage...we both need to work on this, and we need to work on our marriage. Dont get me wrong..its a pretty good marriage...I just dont like having the same trust issues coming up over and over again because he keeps lying.
living life....that one I reall do have to work on and work on finding a solution

My Commitment

My Commitment

My commitment to My hubby, My future babies, Mish, the 12wbt family and most importantly to myself.
I COMMIT to the full 12 weeks of the 12WBT Program
I COMMIT to following the food plan at least 95% of the time
I COMMIT to getting back on track if I fall down
I COMMIT to exercising, even if just for 30minutes 6 days out of EVERY WEEK
I COMMIT to losing 10kg's by the end of the 12 Weeks

I COMMIT to a better to continuing this journey after 12 weeks.
I COMMIT to a better life for my family and for me
I COMMIT to reaching my most important goal of a BMI under 30 in the next 18 months
I COMMIT to a sustainable journey that means that I live the next 18months of this journey, enjoying life with my husband, and it not being all about my weight loss
I COMMIT to making changes that are sustainable and will see me reach my goals.

This is a lot to commit to, but It all comes back to two things. Committing to the 12WBT and committing to getting into the game and off of the sidelines.


with love

xxx

Excuses

HI Im Kat....and I am the Queen of Excuses

Up until around 7 years ago when I met my hubby, I was sitting at a 16, but was still fairly active and pretty fit. I definitely proved being big didn't mean unfit. Then I met hubby and I was so absorbed in him that I didnt put myself first. Then came a very very rocky relationship while we worked out he had Bi-Polar, and without using it as an excuse it was difficult. But I let my unhappiness, my need to spend time with him, or my want to zone out and read to escape the world as an excuse to eat whatever and no longer exercise. I also matched my food portions with his already over sized food portions. Yup eating way too much and not exercising. So I started putting weight on, then PCOS really started to rear its ugly head and show all the painful horrid symptoms. So now 7 years later, I have pretty much all the symptoms of PCOS, I still eat badly, using the excuse that PCOS makes it impossible to lose weight anyway, and dont exercise as I have issues with my feet, and back issues from having a car accident. The funny thing is, the weight causes all of these things to be a problem.

Here come the next excuses, I work full time and study full time. Yes its busy. BUT...like everything I leave studying til last minute so I actually have heaps of time. And the latest one..I drive an hour each way to and from work...oh boohoo, Im home by 5 most days, that's heaps of time.

so here I am, nearly 30 and way too unhealthy. Hubby and I desperately want a family, but now suffer infertility, and we kept saying we needed to make changes, and after 6 years of pining for a child we are so far away from there.

I have now started making changes..and I want this to work. I want children, I want to be back in a size 12-14, and a want to have the energy to do all the things I want to do. eg hiking, exploring, kayaking, jogging, walking, cycling etc oh and a gorgeous wardrobe

I want to stop being lazy...cos that what it comes down to..I need to stop being LAZY.

The adventure starts now...

moby
xoxo

ok so I found them

I think my blog was chucking a hissy fit, I couldn't see any new blog posts...but they seem to have reappeared.

Ok so today I am up a few kgs, I think this is Aunt Flo. I am up 4.5kg from my usual. I have been doing a protein detox for the last three days (a la Body Trim) and hope to hit ketosis by tomorrow morning. I am low on water today, have only downed about 1L, and still need to cook something for tomorrows lunch.

I have sent mum out to pick up salad, some chicken breast and taco seasoning. I will cook them up for tonight's dinner and then some for tomorrow also.

I am pumped..I want this done, I want the weight gone and I want babies. I have some great goals and I need the weight gone to achieve them.

I love the idea of being elegant, and proper, but it's hard work, and I need to be thinner to achieve the look. I will never be as regal as a princess, or as proper as the queen, but I have no doubt though that I can definitely improve.

So while I will be losing weight, I need to also be making some changes in other areas. But for today...the weight is the issue.

So dinner tonite, Chicken in taco sauce, with salsa. lettuce and a tbspn sour cream. with diet coke.

tasty.....

moby xoxox

umm missing blog posts

I know I have done these...i wonder if they are hiding in my drafts???

12wbt Blog Challenges

Just because I love them, here is the first of my bloggy challenges from Nutritionally Yours


Tell us a little bit about yourself. What makes you, you?
 - My name is Kat, I am 29, married to my wonderful hubby of 5 years and trying for a baby. I am a capricorn and a capricorn in every sense of the word. I am ambitious, strong willed, stubborn and loyal. I love my hubby and family, and love to be secure financially and emotionally. I was once a little overweight but fairly fit, now I am very overweight and very unfit, this has made me lose a lot of confidence, determination and strength. I want to change this.

Why did you decide to do the 12WBT?
- I chose to do the 12WBT as hubby tried it a year ago and lost weight, my next option is gastric banding, I dont want that, but I need motivation and accountability. I gather I will give this a go. If I fail, then gastric banding is it. I want a change and I think that 12WBT can help.

What are you hoping to achieve through this program?
- I am going to achieve a few things. Firstly at 5kg loss. That is the first goal. Secondly get into the habit of exercise and get fitter. I want to be able to walk 5km without feeling like I am going to die...hey I cant walk 100m without feeling like I am going to die. And lastly to get into the habit of healthy eating. I am doing ok with this, but I can get better.

Why have you decided to blog the 12wbt, what will be the main focus?
- I have decided to blog it, as its part of everyday life. It will focus on everything.

How will you be exercising this round? Gym, home, outdoors or a mixture?
- well Im sort of hoping gym, but I'm not 100% on paying the gym fees. I am wanting to save some money, but if thats what we need that's what we will do. Generally though, it will be a mixture of all.

What is your greatest strength that will help you?
- My greatest strength is probably my biggest weakness. I am an organiser, if I can use this to my advantage, then I will be steaming ahead.

What are you afraid of?
- I am afraid of failing, of being embarrassed. I am afraid that I wont be able to do this, that I wont be able to do anything without hurting myself.

What am I most looking forward to?
- I am most looking forward to getting fitter. Being able to spend a day not having backaches from my weight. I am sure I can lose those pains in the next 12 weeks, I am also sure that I can fit into one of my suits.

What is your downfall? Food? Exercise? How will you overcome this?
- Everything is my downfall. I love food, I am scared of exercise, I am bad at actually getting food prepared, feeling like eating what I make. I dont know how to overcome all of this.

If you had to pick one word to motivate you what would it be?
- babies

moby xoxo

Another adventure?

So I did pretty well with the detox. It lasted a week and a half and I was feeling amazing. But then it stopped, and while I have put about 2kg back on, I am starting to feel better and am a bit more aware of what I am eating. So now to the next adventure, we have signed up to do the 12wbt again. I am really looking forward to it, and I think we will be successful.
Actually, I really don't want to fail. I need to get this weight down, I am in the best frame of mind in years, and I am really hoping that this will be it. I am going to follow the program, do all the preseason tasks, follow it all to the "T" and see how I go. I want to lose 15kg in the first round of 12 weeks, if I take into account the 4 weeks of preseason, hopefully I can lose 20kg. But honestly even 5kg would be great.

Warm Up tasks:
1 - make a small change - my small change this week will be to go for a small walk during my lunch break, and to take lunch everyday.

2 - make 50% of all fluid intake water. working out my water intake by weight, I should be drinking about 4L a day. I will aim for this, I have already cut out anything else during the day. I will generally have a coffee of a morning and then water for the rest of the day. I just now need to up it.

3 - this is going to be the hard one. 30km of exercise in a week. working on 6 days of exercise, that 5km a day. I am going to organise a free gym trial, so tomorrow this will start. I will try 2km on the bike, 2km rowing and 1km walking.

But it all starts soon..I'll keep you updated :)

Detox Day 2

This morning I have been fairly lazy. I laid in bed, read a book (more details later) and stayed there til 10. Hubby has worked this weekend so that's been a bonus. Dad cooked a BBQ breakfast so I have resisted that, he also had a chiko roll and chicken for lunch, but that too has been resisted. I have had some pumpkin soup for breakfast, a protein shake (not fantastic) and a bowl of sautéed veggies. They were great :) I have drunk a coffee, and am just about to devour a litre of water, my goal is 2.5 by bedtime. This arvo I will need to pick up a bottle of juice for work (most likely beetroot or grapefruit) and then I'm set for tomorrow.
I have all ready seen a reduction in size, my pants are no longer tight, and the buttons on my shirt aren't straining :) I don't know how long I'll do this for, but I'm going with it. I'm getting nutrients, so as long as I'm losing weight, then awesome. It's a lot more food than if I was to get the gastric banding, which is my next option. I don't want that option!

I have put a layby on today for two suits, my goal is to fit in them when I pick them up. That's 6 weeks. Fingers crossed I will b taking them back cos they're too big :)

So my plan atm.. At least 2l water per day, at least 1-2 juices, a soup, and salad or veg as required. Add in protein shake if needed, and a cup of coffee.

Now I'm off, I have a book/movie review coming up :)

Blessed be

Moby xoxo

Detox day 1

Stupidly (well not really) I have decided to join my pretty ma and do a detox and try to lose this weight and reduce some swelling. I have gotten through day 1 ok and am not on day 2, but here's a recap.

I started my day out with water and a coffee (im keeping my 1-2 day a day coffee habit at the moment), we then did a bit of shopping, errands then came home and made soup. I made two. One with tomatoes and everything else in the fridge, and the a carrot, pumpkin,leek and sweet potato one. I'm pretty happy with the fact I made it through the day. To end off the day I had some steamed potato. I went to bed at 8, super exhausted and that's when I had some issues. Every time I got to sleep I work up within 10-15 minutes and I ached ALL over. About 10 I got up, had 4 squares of chocolate and the sugar did the trick. I fell asleep. Perfect!! I did wake up 2-3 times to use the bathroom, but I think it went well :)
This morning I woke up down 2.2kg, so even better!

Getting frustrated

I have no idea if I've created this problem or not, but my husband leaves everything to me. EVERYTHING. The only time it's not my problem is if I tell him to do something, then I have to nag him to do it. It's seriously starting to piss me off.


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My office design

so before I even have a house I am researching office design. I cant wait to get into a new house and have an office, ideally I would win the lotto this weekend and buy my dream house....until then Ill just dream.





I think its very obvious that I like elegant/glamourous style offices, now to start sourcing the products I want. I want my office very feminine, lots of photos, bling, books, flowers, etc. I have a big chair that I need to recover and modify, so now need a desk.

moby xoxo

Khloe Kardashian

 I have to say, I have a huge girl crush...Khloe Kardashian..you just have to love her! Despite being younger than my gorgeous self, Khloe is such an inspiration. She is REAL! That kick ass attitude, devotion to her husband, loyalty to family and struggle with weight. There is nothing about this gorgeous woman that I hate...well ok there might be...the baby voice...but I guess I do that too
***blushes***

My hubby loves her too, but he also tells me that I have a very similar personality to her...well I'll take that compliment!

But I will continue to see her as inspiration, ignore the negative criticism and hope that they stay in the spotlight for awhile, cos she is definitely a lil motivation.

Traits I admire:

Her business dedication -  she works hard, and takes her work seriously

her hubby comes first 

Their relationship is a work in progress always, everything she does she considers her marriage

she isnt afraid to speak her mind

she isnt afraid of someone disagreeing with her

she adores her family, and her lil sisters adore her and look up to her

she is open and honest

and yeah the crush continues....

Sunday and the motivation kicks

Ok so it's Sunday night and motivation has kicked back it....where the crap has it been hiding for the week just gone??!!?

Spent a great weekend catching up with an old but much loved friend and her super awesome lil man. It was great and I really enjoyed socialising with someone other than hubby or family. I managed to also get an assignment done, do a lil shopping, and spend some time with my gorgeous D.

So plans for the coming week:
 Detox - lots of juices, veg and salad
 A lil walking, even just 15mins a day...just get moving
 Wake up an hour before I leave each day and prepare for the day

Half my problem is that Im lazy and enjoy my time with hubs too much, the other half is that I don't prepare...and like they say 'fail to prepare and prepare to fail'...yeah well, it's true!

Also caught up with one of my besties this arvo and it was great. I loved just sitting and chatting with her, she lets me just vent, listens to my crap and I walk out feeling like a weight has been lifted. I have been feeling so stressed lately, I forget that just having that person to chat to can make it all so much better.

So thanks huni...you're awesome!! xoxox

ooooh pirdy...

just found.....http://shabbysisters.com.au/products/Multi_Strand_Freshwater_Pearl_Necklace-50-12.html

just cos its funny...

Plans...

So I post a lot about plans and I never seem to follow through, well I'm back here again making plans. I've been watching a lot of what I'm eating, trying to keep sugar low. Yesterday I was pretty good, failing only with crumbs on chicken strips and something else which I forget. Today was some m&ms, 1/3 of an iced coffee and some cordial. All still 100% on what I have been consuming!! So I have some chicken done up for tomorrow, will have some bacon for breaky, and so far so good. Not just to add a bit of exercise in and I'm all good :)

D and I are heading to the gym tomorrow for a weeks free trial, then we will try another local gym after that and choose our favourite, the goal is to find one and commit to an hour a day for the next few months. I know this is probably too hard too fast, but we need to spend a few months really focussing on our health. I want to be pregnant by the end of this year, this is the way towards it.

Moby xoxo


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Fleas and Ear Mites!

Yup...literally!!! we have been inundated by fleas this summer....no idea what to do! We have had to take our poor kitten to the vet due to ear mites, and now issues with a massive flea invasion. Does anyone know what to do with these lil suckers??

So I have been researching, and we have found the lemon steeped in water and sprayed on helps, as well as flea combs, but I have a bischoodle...good luck getting it through his coat!

So tomorrow is operation Flea irradicate! First step is brushing the puppies, and then taking them down to the hydrobath. Here we will wash and then spray for fleas and ticks. Kitties will be getting revolution and a flea comb. While we are out, my dad will be liming the yard and hubby will be vacuuming carpets. so much involved because of these lil buggers!

So does anyone have any handy hints? especially to get rid of them for good?

everything seems so hard...

well a bit of a woe is me post...I guess I had to do it somewhere, and twitter is probably getting sick of hearing it..

We are moving house, back in with my folks for a lil bit to try and save money, but things have been pretty shit going.
we moved into mums early..BIG MISTAKE...it left us 3 weeks to pack up and move. But I also got hit with a mass of college assignments, and D got rostered on every weekend. so instead mum and lil sis ended up packing everything for us, we called in removalists and had hoped just to have to clean the house. well....we kept running out of boxes (I wasnt there to throw stuff out), the removalists didnt take all of our stuff, so we still had to hire a truck, and the cleaning has taken 3 days and the real estate still isnt happy. So we are at the last weekend. I have a varnish stain on the carpet from our side table (crap!) and just over it. So I am leaving the real estate to call in a cleaner. Tomorrow I will go up and try WD-40 on the stain (Im all out of other ideas), wipe over a few others cupboards and leave the walls to the professionals. Time to bite the bullet and just fail! I hate how fussy Delfin is about its houses, we have never had this drama before!

So we are moving forward. I am on my second last semester at college, that has started, I thankfully finished summer semester...thank god! and now for new adventures. we are focusing on trying to pay all our bills out and buy a house. Fingers crossed we can do it. Now to learn to be super frugal and get cracking! from next week we should have all our bills paid and then to focus on paying out the credit cards. Well that and make our room here more liveable.

Work is getting a bit tense, we are close to the end of our contracts, so it wont be long until I have to find another one. I would really love a government position, but will have to see what I can find. I want the stability of government, the money from government and the ability to go further in gov. But we will see what happens over the next few months.

Something I am toying with as well is going vegetarian with the option to go vegan later. D is really bad at being able to process meat, his system just cant do it, so Im thinking it might be a good idea. We both hate how inhumanely animals are treated in the process and could live a little happier knowing we dont have anything do to with it.

Just stuff to think about.

mobyxoxox

Personal Excellence + Healthy life challenge

Ideal Vision of health, fitness and lifestyle


My Ideal vision – I am around a 10-12, and fit. I don’t want to be buff, I want to be toned but still feminine. I want to be able to run 10km easily and at least 3 times a week. All up around 20-30km running a week, and cycling 3 times per week. Lifestyle would be up early every morning and doing an hour of exercise before work.



What do you want to accomplish at the end of the 21 days

Over the next 21 days I want to lay the foundations of a healthy lifestyle. Getting up and walking, starting with 10mins of a morning and working up to 30 minutes. If possible I would like to fit in another 30 minutes of an afternoon with the dogs. With food I want to cut out the crap food and get to a point where I am eating 80% unprocessed foods. Cutting out majority of dairy products except for some milk and yoghurt and small amounts of cheese.



Get ready. What are 3-5 things that you can do now that will help

The most helpful would be to find a job close to home. Other than that, preparing food, getting up 30 mins earlier to have breakfast and go for a walk.

I need to get up early enough to prepare breakfast and have a cup of tea. This is number 1 priority, otherwise I am too tempted to get something on the way into work. Breakfast could be weetbix, oats or toast with eggs. The other thing that is a must is preparing something for lunch, and having a snack. Whether it be a stirfry, steamed veg or salad. Snacks can be fruit, nuts or yoghurt.



Day 1. Drink 8 glasses of water. Daily requirements are 3.5Litres

Eeek this actually equates to 15 glasses of water. I need to start chugging. But this could also be why I am having so many issues like waking up feeling ill, being constantly hungry and fluid retention.



Day 2. Create Calorie List – use my fitness pal

Calorie list is pointless, I don’t really have general things that I eat constantly.



Day 3. Calculate Daily expenditure. BMR 2152 - + 1.2 for sedentary lifestyle = 2582



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Good morning



So far today I got up at 5.30, took my puppies for a 15 min walk (starting with babysteps) had weetbix for breaky. Just devoured a tuna salad with wholemeal roll for lunch and will most likely have a stirfry for dinner.



On the drinking side of things, I am going for 2L a day for the first week, 3L the second week and working up to 3.5L. I have just bought some cordial to add to it. I know its not the best of ideas, but it does help it go down, and I have already nearly finished the first litre.



I have logged my calories for yesterday and today. So far I am at 900calories for today and yesterday I finished up on 1783. so a definite deficit.