Sucker for punishment?

I went to my second WW meeting for the week. As posted earlier I went on Monday night but sometimes I feel my enthusiasm waning & in order to get through the weekend saely, I thought that I would go get a morale boost.
It was good. We do have 2 different leaders & it was strange hearing the same topic but from 2 completely different viewpoints, still I did take something away from both meetings & maybe tomorrow afternoon when I get home I won't feel the need to suck on a snake before spitting it out in the bin because I don't really want it.... yup I really did do that, & I don't even like green snakes!!
Still waiting on my Zumba DVD's to show up! wish they'd hurry up, sooo want to try them, can't wait!

What's your tune?

Ali over at http://259days.blogspot.com/ is within 2 kilos of getting a new ipod!! Go Ali you can do it!

I went to my weigh in tonight & like I expected it wasn't pretty. Over the last 2 weeks since my birthday I have gained 1.2 kilos taking me back up to 86.5. A little dissapointing but I did let myself do it. It was an awesome meeting & the topic this week was about finding the balance between extremes. I'm trying to find that balance this week & I am going back to basics.
Was I an absolute angel today? No. Before weigh in I had the mentality of well what's done is done & I may as well continue to eat these Jaffas... have I mentioned that i'm not even that into Jaffas? At dinner I could have stopped about 1/2 a slice of chicken & vegetable meatloaf earlier but I decided it was too yummy so I overindulged a bit there too, so no, I was not an angel but that is part of getting back to the right balance.

I am also going back to exercise. I absolutely can't wait for my Zumba dvd's to turn up but while i'm waiting I have other dvd's an exercise bike & a perfectly good pair of legs. Remember my c25k ap that I downloaded for my iphone? well, that hasn't been going so well, but when I was younger & used to use the exercise bike I loved putting music on & just pedalling away. So today I used my c25k ap (which plays music at the same time) & pedalled my little heart out, when it was time to run I increased the intensity on the bike, wen it was time to walk, I changed it back to the lowest setting. Usually it takes me about 45 minutes to do 10km, tonight I did 31 minutes, 11 km & burnt 400 calories.

Which brings me to the reason for this posts title... What's your tune? What music gets your blood pumping & makes you feel invincible? For me it's mid to late 90's, i'm talking Matchbox 20, Foo Fighters, No Doubt, Garbage, Blink 182, Third eye blind... I could keep going. All i'm saying is use it because tonight it helped me sooo much & I feel awesome, what's more, I felt awesome whilst exercising & that is not the norm for me.

So feel free to leave a coment & let me know what tunes you love & if you get a chance pop over to Ali's page http://259days.blogspot.com/ & give her some extra support, only 2 kilos & she gets her ipod which means some awesome awesome tunes!!

to blog or not to blog??

That is the question....

uhhhmmm what happened to the WW boards? do I make a blog there? do I keep blogging here? So confuzled!!

So we've had the kids up on school holidays which has been a little distracting for my ww as all the meals they requested were lets say not quite so point friendly, but I did make them as good as possible. the kids also broke my puter hence the abscence, that and the fact that when it got fixed I couldn't really get near it... anyway, kids gone & puter back

I'm going to a Monday weigh in tomorrow evening, I haven't been to a meeting for 2 weeks now, part forgetfulness, part head cold & part lack of motivation... I am expecting a gain & maybe that is why I can't or won't stop eating this bag of jaffas... I'm usually not a jaffa girl but something about them has been calling me. But we're more than 1/2 way through winter, another month & it will be spring & as my tax refund will tell you, there is already an extensive range of summer clothing popping up in the shops (crossroads clothes & corelli shoes have been my vice).

Yesterday I ordered the Zumba dvd's. I have tossed up joining a gym vs doing it at home & really I am more comfortable at home plus I work shiftwork so I can do it at any time. Today I made a batch of pumpkin soup & froze it. It's time to get serious. It's time to stop procrastinating, It's time to be a doer!!

27

What's in a number?

Today is my birthday!! yay me I survived another year. For some it's a cause for celebration, for others a quiet time of reflection. For me, I think it's a time to let go.

Not so much the letting go & going wild although trust me I ate alot of points today & no i'm not going to count them, suffice to say there have been wedges, sour cream, pizza, chocolate cake & pavlova.

To me the number 27 holds all of my dreams & aspirations. Some of you may know, I married right out of high school. It was not the be all & end all I thought it would be & just under 5 years ago now we parted ways & I am with a lovely lovely man.

But back to the number 27.

I have always wanted kids. I have friends from high school who were sure that I was going to have carloads of them. I would be asked random words & I had to say the first word that came to me. More often than not it was something that involved motherhood.

27 was the year I had picked to either have kids by or to be pregnant by.

My ex was not interested point blank in having kids & I do remember once giving him the ultimatum of 27.

Funny that I am no longer in that relationship yet I am still somehow holding myself to that expectation.

As I posted earlier, I am with an absolutely lovely man, & he has 4 beautiful children and in another year or two we will have some of our own, for now though I am content to be an evil step mum in training, but even more content to be the friend of these amazing 4 children.

I am also able to move on & past expectations that I set of myself years ago & in what essentially was, another lifetime.

So next time you set goals for yourself, be it weight, family or work related, remember, sometimes it's not always the number that defines something, nor is it the package that it comes in, you may just end up pleasantly surprised...

Oh & uhhm by the way, I need butt kickers to make sure I minimise the damage on my exploding stomache!!