By God I think I am becoming normal

Saturday

Had a good morning woke at 9ish was out on the push bike out in the big wide world on the road with traffic and corners and people looking at me. I was in public for god sake. And guess what the world din't come to an end. I came home feel darn good about myself. Did some housework and things were plodding alone nicely. Sam rund to say could he bring the kids around for a couple of hours yeap thats fine, I thought I can take the pics for the mound of clothes I have to load on trademe. Decided would finish a few things and have lunch after he drops the kids off...he rung at one to say Georgia was asleep so I walked around there...grabbed some fruit toast and a yogurt as I walked out the door well when i got there Ian thru a real wobbly so Sam too him with him and Georgia and I had a nice afternoon doing girls things we played with a ball, she had a swing we danced to the muscic on the telly she giggled so much watching me dance..cheeky whence and she is only 15mth old. Sam got back about 4.30 I walked back home and got tea on. A good day for the most part.

Sunday

Up at 8 out on bike again about 9.30 round MacKenzie Dr then around Rata Rd and home. Striped the bed. Folded yesterdays washing. Did a mountain of dishes. After lunch went for a walk around mac drive. Later bought in washing remade the bed used the new duvet cover I bought in P/N and it looks so nice. Even hubby noticed the change wow.

Monday

Anniversary day so was going to have a sleep in huh. Up at 8 in the end. Went for a walk at 10 posted some letters and called into Mum's she has a sick cat, so something else to do tomorrow in town is take the cat to the vet. Home for salmon sammies for lunch then I walked to hubby's work and grabbed the bike how dare he take it to work this monring. Rode around Nth West Arch, Glen Lyon Rd, Mac drive, and home. Apart from a sore botty I felt great. I have made a pot of vege soup for tea, huby has a tummy bug so thought it would be easy to digest and also made us a jelly each, mine diet his regular and a bottle of Vita Fresh each.
Plan for tomorrow Tuesday a hge day.
Leave here at 7, Vet 8 in Fairlie, first port of call is Nthtown Mall for loo stop, Smith City to check out the push bikes for ME, Warehouse-then drop Mum at Catholic Church, Mammogram for me at 11.15, pick Mum up on way toPool for Aquasize at 12.15, Dietican 2pm, Mum's mammogam 2.45, LUNCH, Supermarket and on way home hopefully by 6 7 at latest, pick cat up again from Fairlie hopefully....I guess we will be home about 9 14 hours later. phew.
When I went for my walk this morning I had an apple green t shirt and white 3/4 pants and I looked good and felt like other ppl look "By God I think I am becoming normal"

I hate gardening

Firstly thanks everyone for all the encouraging and supportive comments, about my loss, I was blown away with them all and the support means heaps to me thnaks guys.

Went for a 30min walk this morning after folding and putting away a MOUNTAIN of washing. Called and collected Mum she and I walked/strolled around here, she is getting faster though-she had knee replacement 3 mths ago. And then we did some gardening-can't even see where we had been I might add 3 hrs of digging, scratching, trimming, stretching, bending and much growning. We had a drum of garden crude and all I can really tell I have done is planted my cherry tree and weeding the tulip trough. all I really have to show for it is that I am buggered. Stiff neck and shoulders.

Another milestone of weight loss journey-discarded the bra extention. Now this realy is a biggie because when I bought the bra maybe 4 mths ago I couldn't do it up even with the extention I had to get hubby to do it with me pushing my shoulders back as far as possible and it made my eyes pop out. Yester I did it up without any assistance.

I rung the hospital today to see if I could swap my appointment on Tuseday from 1pm to 2 so I could go to Aquagym. They have it tues and thurs around the corner from hospital and I didn't think I'd have got from pool to hospital intime. So now it's at 2pm so we can do the pool thing then I'll take Mum to the mammogram clinic for her appointment (my mammogram is at 11.15 so will be a rush from there to pool) and walk over to the hospital. So basically will be on the go all day oh what a surprise when we go to town.

Had a scrummy tea tonight
Pork snitzel filled with blue cheese and then topped with Mexican savoury tomatoes.
with broad bean
mashed kumara
corn and carrots
brocolli.
very tasty.

Long day at the office tomorrow god I hate Friday's. Will walk in morning, then back home for lunch and back after then home at 6. So is 4-30min walks for tomorrow, guess that is good. can't believe it is only a week since i was driving home from Chch and my holiday in P/N seems like heaps longer. So at leasst thankfully I won't be feeling as tired as I did last week.

Saturday morning I plan another biggie for me I am going to bike around Mac drive, this is roughly 3 k and in public and sure is first time in MANY a year since I have been out on public road on a push bike. Think I'll go out pretty early so there won't be so many ppl about. I also hope to get time to check out bikes when in town on Tuesday, don't want anything too expencive cause afterall it's not like I am going to get 'into' mountain biking. Biggest problem is gonna be a helmet, I have such a big head-like rest of me.

Well I think I might g and have a shower and an early night.

OH MY GOD!!!!!

Just had to pop in and let u all know results from weigh in.
I am just so thrilled to announce

A LOSS OF 2.5 KILOS

This is amazing effort Felicity-you so deserve a loss after all your hard work and commitment to better health. Nothing like self praise heehehehehe

That is 40k gone and 7 to the goal on this leg of journey. Hell I can do that, I had it down as a maybe very remote wish list for Xmas but hell that is well within my grasp and i am gonna be there you just watch me.

Ok I'll be back later have stuff needs doing but just had to let ya know.

I've been home a few day's but

all those life things have got in the way of me blogging sooner.
Had a fantastic time away in Palmerston Nth-I so didn't want to come home and back to reality. I went to aqua jogging everyday even went the morning I left P/N as my flight wasn't until 2.45, actually thought it was 12...b4 going to airport we went to some little shopping centre called 'the terrace' I think oh there was some lovely clothing shops there and in my size...prices were up there but the quality was way above anything down here and I wouldn't mind paying for quaility items...just wouldn't have as many cause oh boy did I do some buying hehehehe.

Meet up with Janene on the Sunday and it was jsut so lovely to meet her and her family, she is just as nice a person as I thought she would be and made me feel very welcome. We nattered for way longer than i intended staying, like you do with friends and good company. After leaving Janene's I called into The Warehouse and bought a heap of clothes the t-shirts etc colours and styles so different than I have seen here but then hey in fairness maybe we haven't got the spring/summer lines in yet. So I am pretty set for the summer season-pity the weather has turned to custard and there is several inches of snow on the ground and miserably cold. I have got rid of my winter clothes can see I'll have to go with the layered look when I go out walking later.

I flew to Chch on Wednesday, one of my bags got left at P/N so that was a little bit of 'excitement' my biggest concern was it was all my dirty washing and smelly walking shoes so hoped they didn't have to open it-I had visions of knickers flying everywhere, it arrived at Aunty Phyl's about 7.30. I stayed over night at my Aunties. We went to Pioneer Stadium for Aqua Aerobics and I am still suffering and it is Monday, my shoulders didn't like it one bit...so it is plain to see my arms need more work. After a much needed coffee I loaded the car and left for supermarkets etc at 2 I was nearly passing out so finished shopping and went to lunch at Denny's nearest I could think of-had apricot chicken and salad no fries well u should have seen the huge plate of salad enough to choke a donkey. I ate half and asked for a container to takeaway the rest. Had 3 cups of coffee and started again. called into Warehouse on Blenheim Road oh my god it is huge-got Mum's potting mix and some cd's for the trip home a 6 cd set of 50/60/70's music for $7 ideal for in the car and doesn't matter if the heat buggers it at that price. decided to call into Leslie's at Hornby for another much needed coffee and quick hidihi and on the road at 5.30. Ashburton countdown for meat and frozens except they have had a huge change around and I couldn't find a bloody thing. Sat at Carpark opposite McDonalds had a rest and then back on road again by Fairlie and it was 9.20 I thought I am gonna fall asleep so stopped and rung Mum on public phone as my cellphone died while away she was worried sick as I knew she would be as I had planned on being home by about 6, 8 at latest and she had rung Aunty Phyl and she said I'd left at 11(if she had rung Leslie she'd had realised I was running late) I reminded her I was doing her shopping and I wouldn't have stopped at Warehouse or Countdown if not for her stuff and that is at least 2.5 hours extra time and would have made me about 7 home. Anyway when I got home and unloadd the car it was 11.45 and I was stuffed so I put away anything that perished and left the rest...infact the tinned stuff still isn't away. I had to be up again at 5.15 for work I can tell you it was a long Friday. (snuck a look at scales and a loss of 100gms for the holiday week so stoked with that)

Saturday there was a health expo on here so went to that and suppose to be a walking group set up but as i was only one arrived for that it was a bit of a fizzer. Got Jo to check my blood pressure even though she had only done it last week but i still don't believe it is so good, but it was perhaps that is what is wrong with me it is to low-having woozy fits and headaches, but then it could also be that I can't see. (I bought a cheap pair of reading glasses while away cause I couldn't read the bloody road map and phone book) I will have to do something about it very soon. Got a lot of phamphlets and will read up I'm sure there is something in them I don't know. Was also Hubby's birthday saturday so after he finished work at 2 we went to Omarama for late lunch at the new café it is called "The Wrinkly Ram" and if u are ever driving past stop in it is very nice. Had a lovley warm apricot chicken salad and it was devine chicken was so tender u could have cut it with a spoon. Also very reasonable price I thought. By the time we got home I was frozen and tired and ached all over so went to bed at 7.30 slept all night barring loo stops and felt a heap better on Sunday

Sunday Mum and I went for a walk in afternoon I went around and we walked back here and loooked at my garden well what you can see of it thru the weeds and had a look at my purchases didn't look nearly as much when I was showing her, we then went around to a firends and looked at her garden it is just beautiful, I think it is one of the nicest gardens in town. Had coffee and unfortunately she had made some yummy chocolate fudge balls so it would have been rude not to have one now wouldn't it. We left there about 4 I walked Mum back home but didn't stop as I wanted to get back here and washing etc in b4 my programm started on telly at 5.30 on channel 8 Living Channel called 'Low carb and Loving it' they made some yummy desserts last night I probably won't be making them but oh they looked scrummy. We had fish pie and salad for tea and just watched some telly still didn't get to bed b4 11 by which time the weather had turned to custard. Sun is trying hard to come out now so may warm a little for my walk after all. Well best post this and get dresses hel yes it is nearly 10.30 best get some housework done b4 day is over.
Weigh in tomorrow so looking forward to that. Will post results tomorrow.

Health Check

I went to doctors on Tuesday for weighin and blood workout.
Results are;
Weight 134.5
Blood Pressure 126/90 lowest in years
Total Cholesterol 5.3
TRIGLYCERINE 1.0
HDL 1.3
LDL 3.4
TOTAL HD CHOL RATIO 4.1

Glucose 4.9

Apparently this is all good although chol is on the high end of scale, improvement will happen with more loss and healthy choices.



I am going to spend most of today ironing looking at the pile...yeah those iron fairies still haven't arrived and I need to pack my case TODAY so it has to be done. Leigh offer to do it but it seems easier to do it than parcel it over to oz hehehehe FINALLY GOT DONE 2 HRS
Tomorrow I will work thru lunch and finish work at 4. hope to be on the road by 5 I'll stop for tea at Pleasant POint although I have gone off there meals but don't really know of anywhere else between here and Christchurch. Hope to be in Christchurch by 10 at very latest. Plan of attach for Saturday is up leave by 7.30 go for an hour walk alone Beach I'd love to go to pool for aqua arobics to but that is 9.15 and have to be a airport by 11 if I get my walk in earlier and am ready I might make it...its only 15 mins to airport from Riccarton.
Arrive in Palmerston North 12.35

Went for an hour walk last night left hubby cooking tea..well turning on veges when instructed and still he had to phone me twice so not sure it was worth it, but did mean I got my wlak in yesterday which was looking unlikely otherwise. I have a hair appointment at 3 so will walk after that...haven't organised tonight's tea yet so have to do that yet.

later

Got my hair cut this afternoon and it looks nice had planned on a colour but have run out of time, maybe in morning when i get up while having breakfast etc will see. Made appointment for October to get permed and folis and colour ready for our annivesary.

Had a friend come around this afternoon, she is off to UK her Mum has just been diagnosed with cancer very sad when Dawn is so far away so she is off to see her Mum.

well it is now 10.30pm and I am ready for bed. Alarm is set for 5.30 and then I have a LONG day not really looking forward to it but if I get to sleepy I'll pull over and have a snooze in car.

See ya ll when I get back around the 20th September.

Nite ya all

A lazy Sunday. I was up by 8am had 4 loads of washing on the line by 9.30 and by the last load it was drizzling with rain bugger, but between showers managed to get most of washing dry enough to air. Loaded some stuff on trade me-takes bloody ages. Have one more bag of stuff to load. Already sold one auction so that is $12 for holiday spending money, gee that will take a long time to spend huh. Was going to iron this afternooon but decided on a snooze in my chair instead and guess what the ironing didn't do itself. Cleaned the kitchen from top to bottom and it sparkled then had to cook tea, why do we have to eat. Heavy rain since dark.

Breakfast
2 fruit toast
coffee milk no sugar

Lunch
4 burgen soy and linseed bread
banana

orange

Afternoon snack
2 fruit toast

Tea
Letuce Salad(Lettuce,Red Pepper,Carrot,Feta,Avacardo,Boiled Egg)
Lite mayo
Chargrilled-Red and Yellow Pepper,Red Onion,Tomatoe,Portobelo Mushroom-
Balsamic vinegar,Olive oil
Pork chop marinated in Honey and Soya Sauce

Snack
2 apples

Best get hubby's lunch made and off to bed.
Nite all

Was doing so well

I had been going so well today. Had a council town planning meeting this mornign it dragged on like they do and it was after 1 when it finished I was starving walked past the bakery, pizza shop and 2 cafes to get to shop bought a yogurt and banana took it to Mum's and had coffee and yougurt etc. Later had a sandwich but then it went down hill have done nothing but pick all night. Really peeved with myself cause I so want a loss on Tuesday. I have to many nibbles and slips of late...focus focus focus.
On a positive note I had a clothes trying on session this afternoon and lots of the stuff i tried fitted some of which I was sure wouldn't I was stoked.
I have a doctor's appointment for tueday morning want to get complete blood test done also have been so tired lately geeze thought all this excersie was suppose to give ya a buzz but I am just drained. Going by my face and boobs I would say I have a period due, that is really going to help weigh in I don't think. I also have had I guess thrush for ever and that is past time to be over I can tell you. Plus my skin is driving me nuts itching I have ripped myself to bits. So a complete overhaul for this kid.

I have set myself some September goals

Ride bike on the street...perhaps to Mum's house.
Loose 3 kilos will post starting weight on Tuesday when I weighin.
Come back from my holiday in Palmerston Nth same weight NO GAIN...not sure how that will go.(I have since read about gaining weight from plane ride due to water retention so this one may not be acheivable...but will try.
Reward for September is a massage.

My bed is calling me I know there was something else I was going to say and no doubt will think of it when I turn off the computer but will just hae to write it down and add it later.
Nite all