Hi everyone!! Hopefully that pic works .. its me and my "big" sister
The first pic was a few weeks after she was diagnosed with Melanoma ... and my wake up call .. the second is beginning of this year in a similar pose. As you can see my sis is still with us and doing ok .. had a bad report recently, but she is a fighter and we will just keep thinking positive, she has proven the docs wrong so far
UBEE - YAY!!! Love that attitude hun .. and whooot about maintaining this week .. that is a great achievement for sure
Dairy free is easy ... its just using a spread called Olivani which is made from olives not dairy .. its the only dairy free spread we have over here that I have found so far. The only thing I can't make dairy free is the topping .. but then I don't have to put it on all of them (White Choc Cream Cheese Frosting). Haven't got the pics from my hunny yet .. and some of them are ok .. I really don't like doing these sorts of shoots without someone doing my hair and makeup cos Im useless at doing that lol .. but yeah .. there are a couple of good ones that I have seen .. and I also had a .. ummm .. boudoir shot done which was something I never thought I would do ... and while there are lots of folds (which hunny will hopefully photoshop lol) Im actually proud of myself (nothing is on show btw lol) for doing that ... so will see what ones he gives me to post and put a few of them up
WANNA & FERA - Wow .. with all those books you two could open a library lol. I love to read too but Im more into the crime ones lol .. James Patterson et al .. although if I want a quick read there is nothing wrong with a Mills & Boon lol (do you have Mills & Boon over there???? duh Katt of course they would). I also have a lot of Agatha Christie .. and my set of Harry Potter, CS Lewis .. a bunch of Beatrix Potter and Dr Suess lol... there are a few biographies in there too .. ummm ... Oh ... Terry Pratchet & Terry Brooks feature in my bookcase too .. so yeah a little sci-fi fantasy ish ... really now that I think about it .. I am rather eclectic in my reading .. same with music, movies etc
BETSY - FAB loss for you last week .. definitely rocking it
Im with you on the speed of off compared to on lol ... always takes me a couple of weeks to recover the bad behaviour ... even if it was just one day ... usually longer when its a binge bender over a few days ... but you took a huge chunk out of the add on last week .. well done
FERA - Well done!!!! Great loss posted .. you are flying towards your goal for sure
Hopefully you are starting to feel better .. although those temps aren't sounding wonderful lol .. I must admit hearing some of the temps you guys hit over there in the summer are just mind boggling to comprehend .. we are such a moderate country overall .. winter and summer (although the further south you go over here the colder in the winter). Hopefully you will find a way to cope with the heat there and good luck for the phone call you are waiting for
STEPHANIE - Wow!! Look at you flying towards your goal!! Definitely going to be hitting it and going further I think .. and great consistency too! Hope your headache didn't hang round for too long.
EASILY - I had a fun TOM too ... thought that it had finished .. only to reappear a couple of days later ... grrr ... not sure if that is what affected my weigh in last week but it could have been a combo of that and the carb binge (which I gave into I think because TOM was hanging round longer than needed lol). Im sure we will be back on track this week though
I have tweaked my plan a little mainly by tracking my food again .. I think I got a little too lax in it which was allowing me to make too many naughty choices thinking I had that leeway when really I didn't ... let us know what things you tweak if you do change anything
Sleep is never the same for me ... some nights I sleep for 6-7 hours straight .. other nights its hourly .. then its 3-4 ... I do find I sleep better on the nights that I have done a workout that day lol .. well .. now .. when I first started the exercise definitely not cos I kept cramping which would wake me up lol.
BETSY - While our ones don't got to get pampered they definitely live well lol ... this isn't our house, its theirs ..we just pay the mortgage lol. Meals are pretty much the same as ours more often than not and dog food is a treat for them. All 4 of them are our babies, Gizmo is my main girl, and Pepa is my boy, Baer & Teagan are my hunnys girls
Okee ... so yesterday almost didn't make it to the gym .. but managed to get there late afternoon instead of in the morning .. did a 45 min walk (4.3km - 551 calories apparently lol) ... had a lovely quick shower and finished just in time to get picked up by my hunny on his way home from work. We stopped at the supermarket and I got some bits and pieces for dinner etc ... came home and got dinner ready (Caesar Salad, Cheese & Onion Frittata and a little bit of a rotisserie chicken) .. high protein which is what my trainer said I needed on the days that I did a workout
Have dinner tonight planned already too, home made chicken and vegetable soup with barley
Little bit of crusty bread too, so will get that started soon as I am baking shortly too and like to get everything done at once then I can do one clean up instead of feeling like I am cleaning the kitchen all day lol ... and then I have my trainer this afternoon! Will ice (or not) the baking when I get home after dinner perhaps
So will catch up with everyone later
Have a great day all
hope it's good!
Here's hoping that last few ounces falls off so I can have 2+ for the week when I weigh in on Friday.
