Can't believe its Friday again

seems like its been a very short week-being unconsious for most of Saturday possibly contributes to that. Went to Timaru yesterday to do a grocery shop we were desperate for supplies and its good to be stocked up again, just wish it didn't take 12 hours to get them. The cost is a pinch too hehehe. Spent pretty much all day today putting away and packing freezer so it doesn't just end when u pull in the drive.

Bought a pretty jacket off trade me this week pretty lime green size 20 and it fits nicely (66961736) very happy about that should look neat with black slacks now what am i gonna wear for a top under it.

I forgot to eat breakfast this morning can't believe how stupid I was-about 10 I thought I was gonna passs out felt real crook so grabbed a couple crumpets and honey. Then ffor lunch at 3 I had some yummy salads bush road kumara and apricot, brown rice and nut meslin letuce and cottage cheese and crunchy sprouts yum yum

Was a very sick chickie babe-Saturday

Friday was a after work session and I got plastered. Off my face pissed actually felt bloody good to let my hair down and blast away a few cobwebs-its been a while since i had so many laughs..actually rmember lying on staffroom floor laughing hysterically one part of it. I felt great in what I was wearing-shot home to change after work-plan was fish and chips so I had made some filo pastry spring rolls and vege samosa from the Symply too good cook books baked not deep fried and they went down a treat with everyone. I enjoyed myself. BUT paid for it satuday. I got up about 8 hungrey and very 'sick' made a banana sandwich cause I couldn't muster enough energy for anything else then it took me an hour to eat it cause i couldn't lift my hand to my mouth..it was getting very dry by time I finished it. I wnet back to bed at 10ish and slept or was in a coma till 2.30 felt heaps better got up had a coffee and went for a 30 min walk(slow walk) seen a couple of work girls they were doing the coffee thing at cafe and they looked as bad as I felt so that was reassuring. Went to bed at 8.30 and slept till 3.30am that was it sleeping over so got up at 4am.

Thursday I wore my new uniform to work I looked good even if I do have to blow my own trumpet will post fotos tomorrow size 22.

Had a fone call from son thru the week he is coming over on 25th Sept till 8th Oct yeah...looking forward to seeing him and showing off my new figure, he made a comment about a foto we sent over for his birthday so he will notice the differnece in the real thing. And the skirt I was wearing in that foto is now getting to big.

Sunny day after a crispy frost so I am off soon for a 10k walk.

Not much planned for the week ahead-both Mum and I are desperate for groceries so might suggest a grocery trip Wednesday just not sure on the money side of things this pay has to be for our trip to Dunedin for marathon. We'll see. Would have liked to have wangled a trip to Wellington next mth hen CM comes down but it isn't gonna happen without a lotto win and I haven't bought a ticket in forever so not likely.

doing ok. thanks for all your support.
Got called into work this morning a wee bonus.
Tomorrow is a normal shift then Friday is a fun day for daffodil day doing sausage sizzle and selling raffles dressed as stupid pirates. Fundraising for Cancer so its a worthy cause to look like idiots. Then after we have traditional drinks and this year thye have decided on fish and chips so I've made some baked ming rolls(spring rolls) and samosa both with fillo pastry and baked in oven 50 cals each...so I'll take them and thro them in the oven...looking forward to a great arty nite.

Thurs tomorrow is Mum's b/day so we are going to a play should be good.

breakfast
banana
bran flakes and all bran trim milk
coffeex2

coffee

lunch

left over lasagne from last nite

snack

2 ming rolls(girls gotta try them after all)

tea

lamb casserole
1 samosa
ww choc self saucing pud

Where have I been?

not really sure-hadn't realised it had been nearly 2 weeks since I posted. I did write a blog on Tuesday and my computer locked up and I had to reboot and lost everyhting don't ya love when that happens.

Tuesday I weighed in offically recording a total loss of 52k and bringing me to 120k lowest I've been in 18-20 years. Pretty bloody chuffed about that. My brother keep txting me and telling me I am ligter than him and he is depressed as I am the eldest I don't think that has ever beeen the case before pretty sure I've always been heavier than him hehehe I think it's a great feeling.

Went to a very informative Seminar on Woman's health last week. Got heaps out of it and have made an appointment to see the dietican and nutricianist in October when I go to Chch next. I listened with great interest to what she had to say, taking lots of notes etc. Have put into practise many of the things-buliding a bridge of energy between meals(enough food to keep me charged till next meal) I have added milk back into my food group, had cut it out years ago because it make u fat...I have always used trim milk so now have a glass or make a smoothy most afternoons. Won't be today cause I had a lunch that wasn't completely good choices. I got more from that hour and half than I have from going to Timaru for over a year...ok this one will cost me not as much as I thought it would and I blieve it will be money well spent. If nothing else she does a lot of tests etc which will be of interest.

Talking about tests, had blood test again on Tuesday and most of results are good or improving.
glucose 4.8 was 5.5 at one stage 3.5-5.5 is acceptable
cholestrol on 1st June was 5.5 now 52
tryglycerine is 1.0 (0.5-2.0) is acceptable
HDL 1.2
LDL 3.7 on 1st June now 3.5 still needs work but improving.
my iron still concerns me and waiting to get a responce from doctors I could have died from worry.
Ferritn is 335 should be between 20 and 200
iorn is 19 normal (10-30)
Iorn binding is low but minimallly 44 (45-75)
% iron satuartion is 43%(20-50)

Been trying to snow all day but now sun is out again and very warm here with sun beaming on me..making screen hard to see though but can't have everything I guess.

Went out to lunch with a friend today nothing special just cause we could usually both working-had a lovely pumpkin soup no bread and glass of soda water and lime. A local yobbo came in and made a couple of smart mouth comments about my food and needing to loose weight etc he really upset me and I was fighting back the tears thinking wow even with all this lost I still can feel this way. Spoilt a nice lunch and the rest of the afternoon actually as it is now after 4. I did think of ringing him and saying how hurt I was by his remark but decided all that would do would give him something to laugh about again at my expence and would serve no purpose at all. But I have decided in future if have same circumstance I'll say excuse me I find those comments hurtful they are not necassary please do not use them again to me thinking to myself at the time fuck of u arse wipe. I will be strong enough in future to make a stand-today I was jsut so shocked, hurt and upset I had let them get to me after all the work I have done. Worst was his order was fatty bugger and chips hope he gets bunged up artieries.

sun is shining on backs of my hands oh my god they are wrinkly.

Spent most of the afternoon changing and shuffling appointments, life gets in the way of stuff some times.

Now it is 5 so best go put away the ironing I have just finished and get some tea started-not even sure what it will be yet, think I can hear himself pulling up the drive.

Thanks for all the emails to see where I am at. Hugs to you all.

Where have I been?

not really sure-hadn't realised it had been nearly 2 weeks since I posted. I did write a blog on Tuesday and my computer locked up and I had to reboot and lost everyhting don't ya love when that happens.

Tuesday I weighed in offically recording a total loss of 52k and bringing me to 120k lowest I've been in 18-20 years. Pretty bloody chuffed about that. My brother keep txting me and telling me I am ligter than him and he is depressed as I am the eldest I don't think that has ever beeen the case before pretty sure I've always been heavier than him hehehe I think it's a great feeling.

Went to a very informative Seminar on Woman's health last week. Got heaps out of it and have made an appointment to see the dietican and nutricianist in October when I go to Chch next. I listened with great interest to what she had to say, taking lots of notes etc. Have put into practise many of the things-buliding a bridge of energy between meals(enough food to keep me charged till next meal) I have added milk back into my food group, had cut it out years ago because it make u fat...I have always used trim milk so now have a glass or make a smoothy most afternoons. Won't be today cause I had a lunch that wasn't completely good choices. I got more from that hour and half than I have from going to Timaru for over a year...ok this one will cost me not as much as I thought it would and I blieve it will be money well spent. If nothing else she does a lot of tests etc which will be of interest.

Talking about tests, had blood test again on Tuesday and most of results are good or improving.
glucose 4.8 was 5.5 at one stage 3.5-5.5 is acceptable
cholestrol on 1st June was 5.5 now 52
tryglycerine is 1.0 (0.5-2.0) is acceptable
HDL 1.2
LDL 3.7 on 1st June now 3.5 still needs work but improving.
my iron still concerns me and waiting to get a responce from doctors I could have died from worry.
Ferritn is 335 should be between 20 and 200
iorn is 19 normal (10-30)
Iorn binding is low but minimallly 44 (45-75)
% iron satuartion is 43%(20-50)

Been trying to snow all day but now sun is out again and very warm here with sun beaming on me..making screen hard to see though but can't have everything I guess.

Went out to lunch with a friend today nothing special just cause we could usually both working-had a lovely pumpkin soup no bread and glass of soda water and lime. A local yobbo came in and made a couple of smart mouth comments about my food and needing to loose weight etc he really upset me and I was fighting back the tears thinking wow even with all this lost I still can feel this way. Spoilt a nice lunch and the rest of the afternoon actually as it is now after 4. I did think of ringing him and saying how hurt I was by his remark but decided all that would do would give him something to laugh about again at my expence and would serve no purpose at all. But I have decided in future if have same circumstance I'll say excuse me I find those comments hurtful they are not necassary please do not use them again to me thinking to myself at the time fuck of u arse wipe. I will be strong enough in future to make a stand-today I was jsut so shocked, hurt and upset I had let them get to me after all the work I have done. Worst was his order was fatty bugger and chips hope he gets bunged up artieries.

sun is shining on backs of my hands oh my god they are wrinkly.

Spent most of the afternoon changing and shuffling appointments, life gets in the way of stuff some times.

Now it is 5 so best go put away the ironing I have just finished and get some tea started-not even sure what it will be yet, think I can hear himself pulling up the drive.

Thanks for all the emails to see where I am at. Hugs to you all.

Well! where do I start?

guess if I work from the now backwards would be easiest.

Just finished a delishious meal of salmon steak cooked in a smidge of olive oil and a huge plate of salad with meslin lettuce, apricot, low fat feta, lite cottage cheese(was only scrapes of each so splashed out with both)black olives, sundried tomatoe, red onion, green capsicum slice and seafood dressing lite. Bloody awesome and not a speck of need for guilt-was thinking pizza but didn't really have the money.

Back from weight management-the last 3 weeks I have had little gains all related to water retention and I wasn't overly worried about but frustrating all the same. This afternoon my ankles were very swollen so I guzzled 3lts of water and put my feet up for an hour peeing every 10 mins or so and by six my ankles looked WAY better and guess what a 4 kilo loss yes this is offical but the gains of 2.5 over last 3 weeks weren't 'real' so really 4k isn't 'true' either but I am 4k lighter than I was last week and that is the important thing I AM LIGHTER.

Hubby has been out of town for last 3 days while away he got me a pair of walking sports sox recommended by Helena thanks mate. Brand is Thorlos wish they had been on special but I wasn't paying and I am worth the cost. He also bought me home a lovely bunch of daffodils and 3 pretty polyanthus'all for doing so well in my journey and some fresh veges brocolli yeah haven't had broc for ever been so expencive.


Today at work my work mate, these girls have been a great support along the way-I have to order a top for promotion event next summer and first year was mens 5xl last year was mens 2xl this year I have ordered a girlies size 20-I am just so stokked size 20 wow.

Sunday Went for an 18k walk took me 4hrs 10mins and I am very pleased...got a bit lonely along the way so I txt a few friends and got spurred on with there support. Thanks guys. Very pleased with how I felt on Monday bearly even stiff...wouldn't wanna do it again on Monday but pleased all the same.

My baby(Anthony) 29th birthday on Saturday-wow where did the time go-I rung him, we had sent him some photos, with his card, of me doing the Chch marathon he was very impressed with weight loss and thrilled to hear how I'm doing this was a really buzz. Sometimes we are a bit at logger heads so was great to hear. (When I lost in 2000-2001 I was mortified when Anthony came home from Oz and never made acomment on my weight loss hell he had to notice a loss of 35k but never said a thing it hurt and I let the well why friggen bother gremlins take over and gained it all back...also had depression REAL bad. What made me start again...Anthony when we were in Oz March 2005 and huffing and puffing exhausted in the heat of Sydney summer he said Mum can you loose some weight I don't want you to die that was enough...he did care afterall. 50k later he is proud of me. Not sure if I mentioned last time Anthony and I spoke he made mention of coming over in Oct and I said hope it's same time as my duathlon well guess what it is same weekend I am absolutely over the moon that he will be there cheering me over the finish line...now my boy isn't very good at communicating and showing his feelings so I am not expecting loud roars when I come over finish line but he will have a glimmer of a smile and him just being there will be a HUGE buzz.

Worked all last week so pretty much shattered at end of day-could have easily ordered pizza any of the nights but I didn't and did I tell you the scales paid me a huge reward.

Rambled on enough. Nite all.

Twizel Pyramid Run/Walk

http://www.coolrunning.co.nz/races/pyramid/index.html

Yummy tea

Dory fish fillets, baked in foil with fenel and pear salsa

Portobello mushroom-stuffed with pinenuts and low fat feta

Vege kebab's (Corgette,onion,mushroom,cheery tomato, yellow capsicum) marinated in chilli sauce, garlic, ginger white wine vinegar

Brown rice

Broad beans

Been a busy week at work-my feet are aching so much Plan a 4hr walk tomorrow won't that be fun.
My baby's 29th birthday tomorrow wow time flies.
Hubby is off away to Invercargill on Sunday his Aunty(83) is not well so he has taken a couple of days off to go visit her-then we'll shot down again in Sept after been to Dunedin for half marathon. Talking of marathon only a month to go what have I let myself in for.

Friend from Ozzie sent me a copy of volume 4 Symply to good to be true cook books yummy kebab recipe was from it.