Only 5 more weeks till I am halfway through my 40 week commitment! I saw a friend yesterday whom I had not seen in a while. She said she did not want to make any comments about how I looked in case I was not on plan anymore (but that I looked good). I thought that was interesting - why would I not be on plan??? And I guess, that it has been 3 ( Read more... )

Tired tonight. I picked up an extra day of work this week and I have not been well *again*. I went for a simple meal tonight. It was good, my man liked it more than I did, but I liked it more than the toddler - well, he refused to try any so I am not sure if that is actually the case. I was just left feeling not quite satisfied and I can't put my ( Read more... )

Weigh in day ( Read more... )

Now that I have swapped to kJ counting I was curious to calculate the macronutrient values of what I eat. Everyone has a different take on what you should eat to lose weight so I wanted to know what I was doing ( Read more... )

It's Friday :)

Today we are not having something new. But we are having something delicious! And it might be new to you so I wanted to post.

Last year some time we had dinner at a friends place and we were so impressed with the meal it is now something we have at least once a month. Larb Gai is a Thai dish, usually of chicken mince with lots of fresh ( Read more... )

This morning I had my 12 week phone call with my Get Healthy* Coach, Michelle. It was good :) I was able to update her on my weight and waist measurement and talk about how I have moved from counting points to counting kJ. It is nice to get the confirmation from someone who is trained that I am going well. She said that my 8500kJ sounds about right ( Read more... )

I have now lost more than 20kg!!! Woohoo! Yeah! Cheerin! Hurrah ( Read more... )

And tonight marks the end of my first trimester. 13 weeks of eating good healthy food, 13 weeks of getting into exercise. I am proud of myself ( Read more... )

I had planned to cook something new yesterday. I looked up the recipe, bought the ingredients but it did not happen. Most days with my toddler are good ones; yesterday was not. So, we had something easy for dinner and postponed the new food till tonight ( Read more... )

Today I did not want to go on my walk. After waking, I lay in bed 10 minutes trying to convince myself I did not need to today. My mind was saying 'you have too much to do today, there is the shopping and making of the fig chutney, there is the cleaning up and washing and you still have a cold ( Read more... )