madmaddeb

Wedding Anniversary

2006-09-07T16:40:00.000+10:00

Its 16yrs tomorrow that I have been married to my wonderful hubby!!!!!! Sometimes it feels like yesterday that we started our lives together but then I remeber that we have a 14 nearly 15yr old and then I feel old and that I have been a mother for ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Marriage has been great with its up and downs but maily up!!! i think that we are comfy with each other now and know each other......but there is still a few surprises!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and its definately still exciting.

I LOVE MY MAN :)

More ramblings from 2001

2006-08-16T21:43:00.000+10:00

Are you still tempted? We have decided never to go on a diet again we will just change our lifestyle to one of better eating and incorporating exercise and there it is…another get skinny quick potion. I was reading in my local paper just today and these are what those ads are offering. Most of these get skinny quick ‘wonders’ are just that wonders… it makes you wonder why it is so much money…it makes you wonder why so many pills and potions…it makes you wonder how is it is at all possible to lose 10kg in a week…BUT again if honesty is one of the keys lets me be honest I still read all the information and again ‘wonder’ if this could be the ONE. I know in my brain that these get quick schemes don’t really work that we all need exercise but my heart still holds out a little hope that I will be skinny tomorrow. Notice I used the word skinny not healthy, happy, contented, that is because deep down I want to be skinny. It just seems easier that way. Though the ‘skinny’ friends that I have are not healthy they have more health problems than there is of them. It is just another example of how our minds have been programmed wrongly. False programming, skinny = healthy, wonderful life of roses. My new programming it is better to be healthy and enjoying life including food regardless of my size or weight value.

The last two weeks......

2006-08-16T21:38:00.000+10:00

DON"T RUN INSIDE........especially after a shower.....cause when you are near your room their isnt as much grip and ........KABOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am on my backside oh so gracious looking NOT.....with an ankle that looks like it belongs on Star Trek or Alien and lots of PAIN......and I can hear my dad in my head saying why are you always rushing....slow down etc etc etc. I was rushing si I could get out for coffee with a couple of girl friends....well I ended up spending the day at the Docs, the hospital getting an x ray and learning how to use crutches again......I really wanted a broken ankle only for the weekend so I could have a cast to draw on etc etc etc......well I havent a broken ankle (yes I am thankful......) but I have a great bruise up my leg......and I can't run and havent been to the gym ....bummer bummer....then to top it off I have been sick with a rotten cold and cough that sounds like I am a 4 packet a day smoker.....not a good couple of weeks that way but hey I can still breathe and laugh and enjoy life Im not really gripping just haveing a laugh at myself !!!! And to let you all know Im still here :) my hubby thought it was a little funny and me on my cuddly butt is fairly funny !!!! Have a great week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

D

Part 3 tmore thoughts from 2001

2006-08-06T12:08:00.000+10:00

It happened again those old favorite works … “I’m going to be good today”.
I was out with a couple of friends for coffee and she said it. I am going to be good. Like a little child telling everyone that they will be on their best behavior, knowing full well that children can’t be ‘good’ indefinitely. What is being ‘good’ all about? Its again the programming that has happened to us that makes us classify food in the ‘good’ (usually meaning tasteless, boring food) and the ‘bad’ (everything else) basket.
One major problem with this kind of thinking is that we set ourselves up for failure. Just like I said before it is impossible for children to behave forever it is also not realistic to think we will never eat a yummy piece of chocolate cake again. I do not think that any children are bad, yes they may do things that are bad but the children themselves are usually not bad. (I know there are exceptions to every rule) Likewise there really isn’t any food that is bad, yes there maybe better choices in regards to nutrition but bad, I don’t think so. Lets be honest how do you feel when you are having a coffee for example and there is a chocolate biscuit in the fridge (and yes if you haven’t guessed by now I am a chocaholic.) you think oh no that’s a bad food so I better not have one…. there is now a fight with your good o’ self-control…. you succumb to the temptation but instead of enjoying the food, the flavor, the texture etc. you woof it down and the guilt starts up. “I have no self-control not will-power I am weak I have failed again.” There is no hope I might as well have the another one and another biscuit till the whole packet is gone. Damn it I suppose I can be good tomorrow. (Well we know what happens with tomorrow…. the cycle begins again). Maybe you are better than me you maybe able to be good for a few days but its inevitable you cant be good forever. That’s why I hate the “I’ll be good” attitude its destined for failure which equals guilt. Lets look at it the other way. No food is ‘bad’ back to the coffee and chocolate biscuit. I think I feel like a biscuit there is some the kids haven’t eaten one will do, and off you go. No guilt, no shame, and no feelings of failure. Believe me I hear you saying but I can’t stop at one…well have 2 or3 what I want to get through to you and myself is this huge amount of time we spend in guilt over food. It isn’t worth it. It’s just food. Somehow we need to get that into perspective.

Part -2

2006-08-03T17:23:00.000+10:00

Well I finally did it!!! Today was the day wait for it you might have to sit down and prepare yourself…. Ready, relaxed…I made a conscience effort to exercise. I sit here my heartbeat slowing down, the sweat forming on my brow. Was it worth it I ask myself well I have proved that I am unfit!!! Not a total loss but at least not the picture of fitness I tell myself as I look in the mirror. The lies of I’m ok I look all right I am fit and healthy. Though I have to admit that I am not totally unhealthy. My heart rate was 125bpm and now five minutes later it is 84bpm. (Ha tricked you I talked the fitness talk ‘bpm’ and I have no idea what it has to do with my personal level of fitness but it seems to fit in with all the other jargon that I have picked up in my years as a dieter) My ‘gym’ consists of a mountain bike on a trainer and a manual walker both in my lounge room. I did at least 5min, woohoo that is so much but at least I guess I have started somewhere. I dislike the feeling that I ‘have’ to exercise, that I can’t just say ‘hey I feel like a ride or a walk’ without thinking about heart rates, how many calories I must be burning etc. etc. etc. I must be a sponge for diet/exercise jargon. I think this is what frustrates me the most no matter how hard I try I can’t get the word diet and all its buddies out of my head out of my life out of my daily thinking. I’m not sure how I will retrain my consciousness my thought patterns into a non-dieting person into a ‘normal’ person.

Written in 2001- Part 1

2006-08-03T17:22:00.000+10:00

Memoirs of a Chronic Dieter (2001)

Deb’s thought’s!!!!!

I have started another ‘diet’ no let me rephrase that I have started a new lifestyle. NO MORE DIETING! The word diet conjures up anxious thoughts of denial, sacrifice, loneliness, pain, feelings of failure, inadequacies, despondency and the list is endless. Anyone who has ‘had’ to diet or has felt that they had to diet has at some point felt one or more of these feelings. Those of us who have been on the bandwagon along time know even more bad feelings, the resultant guilt trips bla bla bla bla. I have felt for along time that I personally can or maybe the word I was feeling at the time was should, be able to loose weight on my own. Well as I sit here writing this I haven’t made my ‘goal’ weight. Again I am off using ‘dieting lingo’ it is nearly inescapable. It seems to be imprinted on my brain such that I fail to think any other way. I know the calorie count of nearly every food its fat content I feel like a computer stuffed with all this information about food and it still hasn’t made a difference to the bottom line of how all this makes me feel. FAT! I think I kid myself into thinking its all-right people accept me for who I am bla bla bla. The truth is it does matter. In our civilized, modern world people do judge you however wrongly on your looks. I remember once after the birth of my third child (I wasn’t as heavy as I am now) and there was a job in the window asking for help as a kitchen hand. I applied and the lady said to me (firstly looking and deciding) that the work was hard involving the scrubbing of pans etc.…. My reply was that I was a mum of 3 kids I knew what hard work was and wasn’t afraid of it. I truly think that she thought that I was going to collapse or have a heart attack…. I was only 25yrs.

past stories/book review

2006-08-03T17:18:00.000+10:00

I finally have a few minutes to myself (yes I know I really don't as the washing pile behind me yells out to be folded)but I want to share some notes from when I began writing things down about weight etc. I also want to share chapter by chapter some points of a really great book I read- its not written particulary well but I think that it has some insights into the way we as women have been knocked around because of our various sizes.....now I said that these were my aims so don't hold your breath cause I have a big uni assignmnet due Monday and I have to start it....I am so not someone that ever gets things done a head of time....i do try but it never works out!!!!

To be or not to be?????????????????

2006-07-23T14:45:00.000+10:00

Honest that is. Do I be honest and tell you what the scales read yesterday or do I keep myself and everyone else in the dark. Isn’t honesty the best policy???? Well here goes I weighed myself and the scales read 124.2kg…..I tried to giggle around, move my foot kindo off the scales to make that damn number go down but to no avail. Was I disappointed YES…..did it wreck my day….NO….I even went to the gym and had a great workout. I know that I have not been keeping track of what I eat so really what can I expect.

BUT!!!!!! some great news I bought a pair of jeans today and guess what…..they are another size smaller than what am I wearing now!!!!! Go figure…..the scales stink but the size in jeans goes down…..I really can’t complain. I have gone down 3 sizes in jeans I’m a happy chicky babe!!!!!

So my plan of attack for this week is to go to the gym think before I place food into my mouth and wear my new jeans …..and the new top to go with the new jeans J

D

To be or not to be?????

2006-07-23T14:40:00.000+10:00

Its been awhile

2006-07-21T18:01:00.000+10:00

Its been a month!!!!!!!!!! I am one slack blogger
I havent weighed myself either so......no idea where I stand in that department.
On the exercise front I am still going to gym 2-3 times a week and squatting 40kg and leg pressing 200kg Im a happy chick!!!!!! I really should do more cardio but blah I can't do prac full time , be a mum to 4 kids and a wife and do university, go the gym and add more cardio it just doesnt all happen. I am happy with 3 times a week!!!!.
Im reading a book at the moment and yes its a about weight issues and plan to do a review of each chapter sooooooo there should be some entries in the next few days :)
Stay true to you and be happy (that sounds kind of corney)

p.s i never realised how much I miss blogging!!!!!!

D

Wednesday Workout

2006-06-28T17:21:00.001+10:00

I made it again to the gym at 6.30am this morning!!!!!! I even did some squats- sqats are also known as the king of all exercises....if its done right that is- here is an address of a

http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html

woman who knows her stuff about weightlifting etc. Krista has pics of the right and the wrong way of doing all kinds of exercises. I recommend it.

And also weight lifting for women doesnt mean that you will look like the hulk!!!!! Unless you want too and remember that muscles burn more fat!!!!!

Lift and be happy

D

Back on track

2006-06-26T17:19:00.001+10:00

Well I finally did it I went back to the gym at 6.15am today and boy was it COLD!!!!!!!!

I did a bit of cardio lifted some heavy things called weights I think....layed down and leg pressed 300lbs (which is not bad considering I hadn't been for a while) and did more cardio and got home after 7.15am. I have to admit that it was good.....

I also have to admit that my daughter was sick today and sooooo I had to come home from work and instead of vacuuming etc etc I slept.....not sure if that is because of the gym of what :)

Im writing this now cause I am feeling a little peckish and not sure what to eat that fits in with the gym workout and not something that I'll regret (that doesnt quite sound right but I have set some new goals for myself and that means being alittle strict with treat foods)

TODAYS MENU
Breakfast - 2 vita brix
1/2 cup of burgen musesili
lite milk
WATER x 1

M/T 4 crackers with cottage cheese
2 x extra small mandarines
cup tea
WATER x 1

Lunch Chicken and sweet corn soup (honmemade and I have to admit very yummy :))
2 pieces bread
riccotta cheese
cup of coffee

A/T Apple
WATER x 1

Dinner 2 chicken kebabs
1 cup rice
1 cup mixed vegies
Glass red wine

I have to remember to drink more water

Well thats all for now folks I think that I will have to change my gym program I'll talk to hubby later about it :)

Game Part 3

2006-06-19T23:09:00.000+10:00

OVER my assignment is finally finished I sent by email tonight at 7.45pm it was due in by midnight tonight......even had a few hours to spare....I keep telling myself that next time I won't leave it till the last minuite.....I better start listening!!!!!!!!!!!

ovariesI don't need my any more I have 4 great kids and Im kinda sick of the hormonal crap every month :(

overweight yep I can admit it I am still not the best weight for myself....but Im not gonna use that other 'o' related word....and thats that!!!!!!!

orange I won't wear the colour but I will eat the fruit...though I was told by this beautician lady that the citrus made my face brak out...mmmmm might have to stick to orange chocolate...orange liquer....

odd once I got started on this letter I nearly couldn't stop...outhouse, oedema, obliterate, oval, oesphagus, ok, outpatient, oxygenate, organ, ozone, off-the-wall, o-behave, o-shut-up.....I think that I have had enough for now :)

off Well I managed to finish this game and I am off to bed!!!!!!!!!!

Im still procrastinating

2006-06-17T13:28:00.001+10:00

An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried cross her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.

At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do.

After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure,it spoke to the woman one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house." The old woman smiled, "Did you notice that there are flowers on your
side of the path, but not on the other pot's side? That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them." "For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to
decorate the table. Without your being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house."

Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good in them, and if you love someone, you love the whole of them, including the parts that you don't like.

SO, to all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to
smell the flowers on your side of the path!

Game part 2

2006-06-17T13:18:00.000+10:00

Only if only I didn't procrastinate so much my 4000 word essay would be written by now....its only due on Monday.....I guess I don't need any sleep this weekend......

Opera its a weird thing that as I get older my music tastes have really changed. I now like opera music like ll Divo (the guys in that group are really cute) I also like Andrea Bocceli (not sure of the spelling. I catch myself not likeing my sons music....oh age is a wonderful thing

Stay tuned for more words tomorrow :)
Deb
p.s lets see me go off and do some uni now!!!!!

The letter game

2006-06-16T22:19:00.000+10:00

Another Blogging game. The rules are, you take the letter given to you and you have to come up with 10 words that start with that letter and how it pertains to your life in some way.

Well the letter given to me was "O"
Lets see how we go!!!???!!??!?!?!?!?!?!!!!

Ohms something some people would probably not know about me.....I started an electrical apprenticeship - this word ohms is a unit of electrical resistance equal to that of a cnductor in which a current of one ampere is produced by a potential of one volt across a terminal WOW- see why I did'nt finish that course!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

O'Clock well I keep looking at the clock and its getting later and later and I really need to do my assigment for uni......oh boy why doesn't the word procrastinate start witht the letter "O"

Thats all Im doing for today....I've decided to drag this game out a little and do 2 or 3 entries a day....I really need to type my assignment boohoo

age by chocolate

2006-06-10T10:24:00.001+10:00

Don't tell me your age; you'd probably tell me a fib anyway-but the Cadburys Man will know!

YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE

DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!
It takes less than a minute .
Work this out as you read ...
Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
This is not one of those waste of time things, it's fun.

1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate
(more than once but less than 10)

2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)

3. Add 5

4. Multiply it by 50 -- I'll wait while you get the calculator

5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1756 ....
If you haven't, add 1755.

6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.

You should have a three digit number

The first digit of this was the number of times you really want to eat Chocolate
(i.e., how many times you want to have chocolate each week).

The next two numbers are

YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!!!!)

THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2006) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS.

Cute thingy 2

2006-06-06T08:38:00.000+10:00

what happened!!!!

2006-06-06T08:23:00.000+10:00

What happened to May I must have blinked and its just gone!!!!! I can't believe that it is now June 2006!!!!
Wow what I have been up to?????????????
Weight wise I am 121.5kg that a total release of 8.9kg nearly at the big 10kg mark.....its take a while but hey the scales are still going down so Im happy. I would like to get more exercise in so that is something that I need to work on. But I think that I can safely say that I will not see goodbye to any number that looks like 124 and 123 its so slow a process but Im determnined to keep at it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Study/work wise I am flat out can't you see I am doing my assignment now????? I am doing prac 4 days a week 8.00am - 5.00pm and suppose to be studying as well as look after a house and family of 4 kids and have time for my wonderful husband....I feel exhausted just reading that I think that I will go back to bed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really don't mind too much about havaing a busy life I think ....and I can say that today as I have a week off prac heehee I am doing my assignment and catching up on study and the house work......and lets be honest on sleep as well LOL
Better hit the vaccumm or the books!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-05-13T17:39:00.000+10:00

All I can say is wow....I haven't felt so flat out for ages...
I just got back from a residential school which was a week long and then jumped into full time prac....work without pay :(
I love prac but getting to gym has been a nightmare. Since April I have only released .7kg. I am stable at 123kg at the moment BUT I need to get motivated for the next couple of weeks for the weighin at the local gym.....I wanna win some money LOL
I'll get back to walking at the very least. Any way its been tough but it'll happen .............eventually
D

u know u r doing something right

2006-04-23T12:57:00.000+10:00

It may not be showing up on the scales, but you know you're doing something right when...

* After a workout at the gym, you need the handrail to assist your wobbly legs down the stairs to get out.

* You feel the strain in lifting your arm to get the face washer down when showering afterwards.

* The shoes you bought 2 years ago for 'motivation and inspiration' which were looking very new until recently, have suddenly taken on a very 'used' look.

* You have blisters from all the walking you've been doing.

* Muscles you didn't know you had, are aching.

* You decide to walk to the video store with your partner. Upon entering you do a quick circuit of the videos and out the door again. You can't stop, you're in the zone, and if you do stop, you'll never make it home again.

a couple of random thoughts

2006-04-23T10:11:00.000+10:00

Its really weird but after all this time I think that alot has finally clicked in my head....I know that I havent lost heaps of weight yet but I feel like this time I'll do it and its ok. I also have thought about all the time that I have been overweight and I don't feel like I have wasted my life cause I wouldn't be here and the person I am now without what has happened in the past. I definately have been thinking alot lately LOL

:) :) :) :) :) :)

madmaddeb

2006-04-22T14:31:00.000+10:00

Well you can see that I am getting down in weight even if it slowly....but I have 'released' my first stone.....that sounds a bit suss but you know what I mean. I also have to brag and let you all know that I bought a pair of jeans today and they were 2 sizes smaller than the ones that I own YIPPEE I am throwing out my bigger ones cause I will never need them again!!!!

D

A CUTE THINGY

2006-04-22T14:28:00.000+10:00

try again

2006-04-16T20:29:00.000+10:00

I was here the other day had written my whole blog for the day and presto it wouldnt publish... I was so frustrated that I couldnt be bothered to start it again. I'll save from now on so it can't happen. Anyway I was raving on about how a friend and I fixed a seatbelt in my car. We were very proud of ourselves!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yippe I am a budding mechanic NOT!!!!!!!!!
On the weight releasing saga I 'released' 100g this week not much but hey its still on the way down. Easter has been ok except for being sick with a bad cold......boohoo. But I still managed to eat some chocolate YIPPEE

Be safe everyone and happy

D

weight update

2006-04-07T17:20:00.000+10:00

Just had to brag am now 123.7kg.....so for this week that is a total 'release' of 1.7kg!!!!! and a total of 6.7kg
I have to admit that I am happy Yippee
I even had a great lunch today with R it was chinese chicken chow mein...I had my little blue tablet no effect so far but we will see it may have not been the healthiest but hey I still gotta live!!!!!
Well I better take my baby for a walk (my baby dog) hopefully she won't get too cold :( I will have to get her a coat)

D

Wednesday

2006-04-05T08:51:00.000+10:00

Well I have 'released' some more weight...after going back up to 125.4 I am now down to 124.2kg so goodbye to any number that looks like 130 and goodbye to any number that looks like 125!!!!!
I know that this is slow but hey Im in it for the long run and in 6.5weeks I have 'released' 6.2kg nearly 'released' my first stone!!!!!!!!!! and yes I do jump from imperial measurements and kg's.
Im doing balance at least 3 times a week and walking the dog everyday....yesterday it was a 40min walk I think that I nearly had to carry my poor baby the last bit home LOL well she is only little :)

till later
D

excercise is good for you????

2006-04-05T08:47:00.000+10:00

My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. Now she's 97 years old and we don't know where the hell she is.

The only reason I would take up exercising is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.

I joined a health club last year, spent about 400 bucks. Haven't lost a pound. Apparently you have to go there.

I have to exercise early in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.

The advantage of exercising every day is that you die healthier.

If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.

And last but not least: I don't exercise because it makes the ice jump right out of my glass.

You could run this over to your friends but why not just e-mail it to them!

Forget exercise, I'm going to bed.

I need my beauty rest...

New scales

2006-03-26T21:31:00.000+11:00

Hubby bought me some new scales cause the ones at the gym are on carpet and they do no seem to measure very accurately i.e. I went up 2kgs in a day...so now I only weigh myself on Friday mornings and then the scales go back in the box....I do not want to get obsessed about weighing etc....well the good news is now I am 124.9 kg and that means a 'releasing' (see previous post) of 5.5kg yippee
Till next weigh in
D

Interesting conversation

2006-03-26T21:26:00.000+11:00

I had an interesting conversation at the gym this weekend...it was about the word losing...in the context of losing weight. This lady said that she had heard a motivation tape and that using the word losing weight gives the impression that you will get it back what was lost will be found and so the better word is 'releasing' weight....mmmmmmmmmm not 100% sure I agree as yet but hey its worth a think.....

D

Im sickkkkkkk

2006-03-22T16:58:00.000+11:00

Well its been 5 weeks since starting the x and now Im sick.......thanks to the men in my house.....its not fair......I think that I will have a winge session LOL
Well I still did some exercise!!!!!!!!
Talk to ya all later
D

Monday 20/03

2006-03-20T17:42:00.000+11:00

Another week has flowm by and on the weight issues I have only lost 100g this week but a loss is a loss. I decided today to have a rest.....I may get to pump tomorrow and heave some weights!!!! yippee......
On another note my parents are visiting tomorrow so I must have the house clean and tidy and yep I am obsessed that it is clean for them...oh well another weird aspect to myself....but hey I am still loveable!!!! heeheehee
Well better go uni to do, house to clean yawn yawn

Wednesday

2006-03-15T16:16:00.000+11:00

Well I have to admit that I have been a bit slack at getting back here. On a good note I have lost a total of 4.2kg yippee. I think that I am tired did a 2hr stint at the gym today....I couldnt make it out of bed at 5.30am so I had to make up for it today!!!!!!!!Well not much else to report!!!!!!!!!!!

ciao
D

Its Tuesday

2006-03-07T09:22:00.000+11:00

Another week has flown by and I have forgotten to blog!!!!!! How could I forget!!!!!!!!!!! I don't remember being busy this last week but I must have to not have bothered to be here :)
I really need to get stuck into uni and blah blah blah.....
The gym is working out great I was even there at 6am on Monday I was actually out of bed at 5.30am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UNBELIEVABLE
Well I better get to it and wash up, vaccumm, wash the dog put clothes on the line and do UNI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seeya
D

Wednesday again

2006-03-01T17:20:00.000+11:00

I just had to add my 'kids'

D

Wednesday

2006-03-01T09:24:00.000+11:00

For a Wednesday I feel a tad exhaushted....I did make the gym this morning 6.30 am......and am deciding whether to do a balance class....Im feeling tight in my legs and back so the stretch would be good.....Its such hard work losing weight....but I will get there in the end even if it takes a while. I have more pics of my animal family ( cat and dog) that I must get up on here.

Seeya
D

Monday again

2006-02-27T07:53:00.000+11:00

Well I am 1kg down and have just returned from my Monday morning gym session....right at this moment I am starving but otherwise feeeling pretty good. I always feel fairly relaxed after the gym then I come home and WHAM the kids and daily life begins.......washing, cleaning blah blah blah.
On a good note Missy gets her stitches out today so we can bath her etc. And I better start taking her on walks again......she needs them. I was waiting for the stitches as the harness would have reached them. Tonight after my swim she can go for a walk.
Well better get my day organised and started the washing is beckoning.......

D

madmaddeb

2006-02-23T20:08:00.000+11:00

Well Im breathing and doing well now that I have had a 40min swim all my muscles are relaxed and Im rearing to go tomorrow at 6.30am again!!!!!! I also have had some icecream just a little bit lets see how the xenical copes with that. I still havent gone over my 12g of fat for the meal so maybe I won't have any bad effects.
Tommorrow, is another day and I'm happy :)

D

Wednesday

2006-02-22T09:13:00.000+11:00

I have to admit that I feel extremely weary today.....but I must plod on. I made it to the gym at 6.30am this morning and will go to a balalnce class in an hour.....at least with balance there is a relaxation/meditation section at the end....always something to look forward to. I haven't had any adverse side effects to the medication which I am thankful for. Writing on this blog is extremely cathatic and I also feel that it keeps me in check.

Well Im off to stretch and strengthen and balance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

D.

p.s My taikbone still hurts from my Monday bike ride.......at least I ahve to sit up straight!!!!!!!!!!!

Day 2 of torture

2006-02-21T13:43:00.000+11:00

Well I still alive and it is day 2 of torture.......I managed to do the balance class, ride my bike for 15min and have a swim/float yesterday and today.......my butt hurts but I still went to the gym and did pump today......the bike is waiting for me and I will definately need a float in the pool....overall I feel really old and a little unfit but hey it is only day 2.....the eating part of my makeover is ok...Im surprised actually...I know that is is only day 2 but I dont have cravings for choc etc......It will be interesting to see how I am fairing this time nest week...tomorrow is another early start.......surley it will be easier than Monday??????????????????????????????????
D

Gym DAY 1

2006-02-20T08:15:00.000+11:00

Well I made it!!!!! I got out of bed at 6am and was at the gym at 6.30am.....ouch it was way toooooo early but hey I made it yippee!!!! After 1/2 hr of weights I wanted to throw up so I thought an hour of this is way to adventurous on my first day back after mmmmmmmmmm.......ahhhhhh......ummmmm....5 month break. I am proud of myself though....gotta be happy that I made it!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder how I will feel tomorrow when I have to get out of bed..........

Gym Routine
20kg chest press 12rps (pre loaded bar)
25kg chest press 12rps
30kg chest press 12 rps

4kg (ea hand)overhead shoulder press 12rps
10kg overhead shoulder press 8 rps

46kg leg press (machine) 12 rps
92kg leg press 12rps
138kg leg press 12rps

20kg pull down (machine) 12 rps
30kg pull down 12rps

20kg seated row
30kg seated row

stretches etc and holding mouth so don't throw up

Am also hoping to do a balance class, ride, and swim today the truth will be told tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!

Missie

2006-02-18T15:35:00.000+11:00

I just had to add a pic of my new baby!!!
D

madmaddeb

2006-02-18T15:25:00.000+11:00

: well I took the plunge today I bought Xenical and will have an interview at the gym Monday at 1pm cause I have joined the 12 week weight loss challenge as well. Its time to be serious about the fat that I am carrying. I need to start somewhere and if that means that I will be obsessive for the 12 weeks then so be it. I guess now is the time to tell about my goals….the first is to loose 30kg in the next 12 weeks that equates to 4 stone….one long term goal is to ride the Sydney to Wollongong ride….I still want to do that and Hubby and I will walk over the Harbour Bridge for our 40th Birthday. This will be my diary and an online check of how I am going!!!!!!

madmaddeb

2006-02-18T15:22:00.000+11:00

madmaddeb

Sunday

2005-10-09T11:34:00.000+10:00

Only one day left.......

And school starts again, work, study, life gets into full motion again. I really love my work I am in-class tutor for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students...its only 8hrs a week but I hope that in that time that I make a dofference to at least one of them.

Its cold and I can't believe that onlt a few days ago I was swimming!!!!!!!!!

Well I am going for a mid morning snooze I think.....its raining and great weather for a book and warm bed!!!!

See ya
D

Thurdsay

2005-10-06T19:54:00.000+10:00

Hi anyone that would like to read this......Let me introduce myself a little......Im a married mum with 4 kids one fantastic hubby a cat and thats about it. I may get into this writing stuff but its really another thing that I have to add at the end of a busy day. BTW I am also studying at uni and have 2 assignments and 1 exam and then I have finished for the year yippee......I cant' wait I need a holiday from it all.

My 13 yr old cooked dinner tonight and it was great here is the recipe:
2tbsp oil
500g round steak, cut into thin strips
2 gloves garlic crushed
1 onion sliced
330g sugar snap peas
2tblsp honey
2 tsp soy sauce
2 tblsp oyster sauce
3 tsp cracked black pepper

Stirfry beef in batches remove meat. Reheat wok/frypan and stirfry garlic, onion and sugar snap peas remove and set aside. Add honey, soya sauce, oyster sauce and pepper. Bring to the boil then reduce heat and simmer 3-4 minutes until sauce has thickened. Increase heat ans return meat and vegies until combined and heated through.

Yummy Yummy

Well thats all for today seeya soon

Sweet Rainbow (aka madmaddeb)

I really am fairly mad so who knows what will occur in this blog it will be a bit of an adventure