Doing the Happy Dance on the scales this week!

I'm So excited today! I weighed in at my meeting, and I've lost a WHOLE KILO! That is unheard of for me! WOOOOHOOOO!

Only 4 weeks until Christmas, and I'm feeling great. I can't wait to have my family over, and friends that I haven't seen for a while. We will be getting family photos done (Dad has already given me advance warning, I should probably book haircuts now actually!) and they will be my first family photos at a healthy weight. Well, there may have been a kindda healthy one at age 12.

Speaking of which, I currently weigh the same as what I did when I was 13. How scary is that?!

In honour of my sudden desire for Christmas to be here, I've put up some of my scrapbook pages from Xavier's first Christmas. He has discovered the joy of presents recently, so it should be really exciting this year! I have also bought some cheap little disney books that we can wrap up and give to his friends, because that is a far more important that I want him to learn, the joy of giving. :)

Well I have a dessert to make and its even WW friendly. I'm making Apple and Berry Crumble to take to a BBQ tonight, so I know that I'll have something non-dairy to eat, that also won't burst my tracking streak. I haven't had a single point out of place for two weeks. And I'm happy to keep it that way!

I hope you are all having a WONDERFUL weekend!

I'm thankful for...

Safety pins!

My pile of sewing is getting larger, and my available wardrobe is getting smaller... which is totally fine! However I noticed today, that I have been wearing a minimum of 1 safety pin each day this week, with the maximum being 6 on my dress on Sunday. It fell off without them!

Anyway, I just thought I would share my little secret, my new little friends. You save me from many an embarrassing moment! I love you safety pin! :P


I'm hoping the increase in pinnyness (yes, I know it is not a word!) means I'm in for a good WI tomorrow. Or maybe the sleeplessness and the perfect tracking will just cancel each other out. I'm curious to see!

Off to a good start

Well I am back under goal, so that is a great start! I weighed in today at 64.8, so down 0.7 since last saturday. I'm still feeling a little tight in clothing that fit only weeks ago, but Duane has already asked me if I have gotten smaller, so I probably lost some of the bloat that has been hanging around.

My hips and joints are really painful at the moment, so I'm taking things easy. It just means I have to be exact with my points. I love eTools, best thing I ever invested in! All my meals are planned, including lunches, which I don't normally plan (I always do the dinners, but lunch has been my downfall lately), so I'm ready to rock 'n roll.

I've put a pic up of one of my artworks I have on exhibit at the moment (it sold on opening night though, so I can't exactly call it mine anymore!). Just to remind me why I want to lose the extra weight. :)

Thanks Jen for still reading, I really appreciate it! *hugs* :)

A new challenge!

Well I am rather sad to say that I am struggling! I have had a very busy few weeks, but no excuse will be allowed for the extra 1.7kgs I am now carrying. So I have set myself a new challenge. I have very good reasons to lose a little more weight in the next 6 months (think cute, lovable, and baking for 9 months), so I need to get myself into gear, as I know it will be slow going to get under 60kgs, but I am determinded to give myself the best possible pregnancy next time, and delay the wheelchair and bedrest for as long as possible.

So I have given myself a 50's challenge. I aim to be in the 50's for March next year, which is our tentative date for resuming fertility treatment (and therefore hope for a pregnancy to follow quickly thereafter!). There are a few other things that have to be achieved before then (toilet training, Xavier accepted into a daycare centre, etc) but I am moving this up the list. I started at 66kgs last time, and every extra kilo hurt that much more. And I only gained 7 all up. So if I can start at 7kgs less, hopefully that will be a much easier load for my hips!

So I'm tracking everyday, I haven't been over my points since last friday. Now that the Art Exhibition has opened (so I am no longer spending every waking moment painting, or some of the sleeping times...) I am planning to get back into exercise. Considering I was quite fit prior to Xavier, I need to make sure I get some serious core strength together, to help my hips.

Anyway, so that is my challenge. It's really just getting back into weightloss mode, but I have found without a solid new 'goal' the weightloss mindset has been completely lacking. I'm being realistic though. 5kgs in 4 months, it's less than 300gs a week. I can totally do that! :)

On the flip side through, we went camping recently, which basically meant I not only wore my new bikini out in public, but I basically lived in it for 3 days. Duane took this pic of me and Xavier as we were packing up to leave, and he somehow made me look a little like a supermodel! Must be because you can't see my tummy... but anyway, I really like it, and am so excited to actually have photos from a holiday that I don't cringe at. Well, not too much anyway! Besides, Xavier is just so cute... he loved camping so much, but he was exhasted and feel asleep before we had even left. Most days, I just love this age!