Harro everyone.

I'm sorry I've been away, but I've been at my new job! Hooray! I love it. I walk to work every day, approx 20km per week.
I'm eating carefully, and even trying to cut down on the beer. (Kylie's beer = Kel's skittles)

Lindor Lindor Lindor. Babe, you're in my thoughts. Everyone's given you enough advice, and I don't have any to give anyway lol. Except stick around here, coz we love you!

Good on everyone for getting on with vegie patches. If I had a garden, I'd be all over it like a hot rash.

Trying to eat healthy - having weetbix and milk for brekkie, toasted ham/cheese/tomato sando for lunch (no marg and multigrain bread). Dinner is usually small and vegie focussed. Probably too much pasta, but it's cheap and easy.

Well, I best get back to work. Love you all!

PS. Weighing myself every Tuesday (coz I forgot on the first Monday silly).
So far:
98.8
98.2
98.2.

So, a little shift and then a pause. Next week will be better hopefully.

Good to see you Kylie

Kel, when I stay with my sister that does = no gym. I could always bring my gear and go walking but if I'm honest I know that that will never happen. I went to the gym on Monday and am seeing my trainer at 7am on Friday which will get me back into it and I will plan on going at least once during the weekend.

It's not missing the gym that derails me most when I'm away from home though, it's the fact that I can't seem to control my diet when I'm travelling.

Grrr.

Well im kinda off the damn rails at the moment .. I have been off my game now since Friday last week .. I did my big 2 hour swim thursday and found my self tired and lazy on friday.. and that mood just continued...

A rest is fine.. but......

There is always a but isn't there ....

Yesterday my Dad was in a Car accident i got a call from the traffic police asking for my Mum at my house.. i freaked straight away i knew it must have been Dad.. who was going down to put a deposit on his new computer... He had left Mum at my place just after 2 and this phone call was made to us just before 4 ..

Dada had been waiting at lights .. the old lady in front of him took off when the lights changed then slammed on her brakes ..while at the same time a young man trying to skip a load of traffic saw there was only 2 turning vehicles in the left lane so decided he would skip around then other lanes of cars and sneak through that way .. He didnt slow down at all and when the old lady slammed on the brakes so too.. did Dad throwing him forward in his chair .. and almost at thr same time.. the subaru hit him from behind.. throwing Dad back .. Needless to say Dad has whiplash..

But being a Man he told the cops fireman and ambulance he was fine.. Its took the fire people about an hour to seperate the cars .. Dads is a big Pagero.. and the other was a impreza wrx sports car.. dads car to look at body wise its just the bumper.. but.. the damage is underneath it .. the tow bar was lodged in the engine of the subaru.. the chasy of dads car is bent and the tranmission was damaged in the crash .. the subaru is a good metre shorter then it used to be and has a tow bar and ball neatly logded through the middle of its engine..

This driver of the impreza got it back form the crash repairers the day before he crashed into Dad.

So i raced down to pick Dad up from the police station.. Mum and Dad have just got back from camping and all there gear was in Dads car( along with some advil lucky enough lol).. the nice copper got all dads stuff out of the car and brought it with Dad to the police station.. I drove them home.. unloaded my car while Dad rang his doctor .. and then took him to the hospital.

We got to the er at 6pm.. the kids were moaning becuase they were hungry and finally at 7.30 i rang my inlaws.( 5 minutes from the hospital. left mum and dad in the er and took the kids around there .. so they could have some dinner and go to sleep .. there were so many poeple coming into the waiting room.. and 90% sat there for an hour or 2 gave up and went home.. in the 6 hours we waited in there only 3 people went in .. becuase there seemed to be an ambulance every 20 minutes all night long ..

At about 9pm the triage nurse got deperate and ran around trying to send poeple to late clinics or family clinics the next day .. but we waited.. Dad was in a alot of pain.. his neck and back were spasaming.. and his head was thumping .. When the triage nurse came over to dad he told her he was ok.. but i said he wasn't.. and she ask him the lovely rate the pain question 1-10... he said 9.. so she got him some panadiene forte .( mum went and got us all red rooster just down the road for tea just b4 9pm """ CRAP"" lol ). still we waited there till midnight before going in .. The doctor was very good about explaining everything. and what to look for and accessed Dads range of motion in his neck.. blood alcohol test and all that stuff. dads bp was very high

at 1am i picked up Leah .. she wears a nappy to bed still and i just knew she would be wet and there was no clothes at my inlaws for her. Leah was saturated when i checked her.. so i took her home with Me Cameron was fast asleep so i left him.. I picked up Leah took Dad and Mum home.. and then finally at about 2 i too got in bed.. but becuase of the stupid red rooster crap.. i was wide awake.. ( im sensetive to msg.. i get heart palpatations from it for an hour or so after eating it then i cant get to sleep .. lol.. im cheap really lol.. msg,, is my speed.. im like wide awake and my brain is ticking over 50 thoughts a second.. and my whole body is Jittery lol ).

I read for a while and got to sleep at maybe 3 am.. with my book in my hand.. lol .. i then had a nightmare about Cameron .. where i was in a damn hospital waiting room .. waiting with him really sick.. but by the time they got around to see him.. there he was dead.. i was going over the thought in my head.. he had just fallen asleep waiting.. and then .. i was screaming my 7 year old is dead over and over again.. .. and then i woke up its was 5 am .. horrible dream it was so vivid.. and i believe had everythign to do with the stress of th night .. Going to the police station we had very few details except he was ok.. and we had to collect him.. they had said his car was undrivable so straight away your fearing to worst. that and the fact the police knew where my mum was . and then the guilt that i had left Cameron behind but taken Leah.. all got twistted in my sick " msg speed head" as a slept and come up with a nasty aass dream..


Today was a write off too scrambled eggs on toast for breakfast .. take out lunch. chicken ceaser foccaica.. ( crumbed chicken.. bacon egg ton of creamy dressing) washed down with a classic chocolate milk.. then followed up later by cake.. and a coffee with 2 sugars.. At my mums and dads the kids wanted to see poppy was ok.. so then i came home.. felt really tired.. and couldnt be bothered cooking.. ate some lollies.. some bread some chocolate and some more lollies..

Lost my mind.. decided it was time to move Camerons furnture in his room around.. at 8.pm ( tooo much sugar lol) climbed into bed at 8.30 to settle down.. stayed there till the first add break and got up to clean the house... lol.. until i got on here at 11.. and im still not tired depiste the fact i had hmm.. 4 hours sleep last night .. .. yet at 5pm .. i was shattered.. lol.. yeah ok since then i ate lots of calories so maybe that has something to do with it..

i will stop waffling on now.. and go climb into bed and read myself to sleep agian.. ill take myself and my dramas to bed.. It was only yesterday i told mum i was sick of my life being and on going drama... and and hour later.. we got the phone call ..

oh forgot to add.. i had a lovely suprise in the letter box today to.. a speeding fine.. for doing 68 in a 60 zone.. $202.. <<<<<< this is what got the whole choc and lolly binge going..

oh amy!!!! omigosh!!!! you poor thing!!!! you have so so so much happening!!!
does camerons room look good moved around???
I hate it when you have real dreams that are real awful!
i am so glad your dad is ok! how scary, i hate car accidents, i hate other drivers, but try not to think about it everytime i drive my baby around in my car.
i was going to weigh myself again but i will resist and wait until Monday but that will be after bbq lunch sunday but that is what this is all about eating sensibly every day no matter what is on offer so it shouldnt matter

dont worry kel im sick of the dramas but i feel fine otherwise ( in my head lol except im mad of course lol)... im getting myself ready for my swim with a big bowl of all bran and some strawberries thias morning.. here is to a 100% on plan day .... Typing my crap out of my head last night made me feel better and i fell asleep soon after too. i just needed to vent.. lol and i thank you all for giving me a space to do that.. .. otherwise i would be completely crazy not just half crazy.. lol

I bought a $20 raffle ticket from my friend and got a $250 check in the mail today - yay me!!

I just joined the gym . ...... I went for my usual 2 hours of swimming today but joined the aqua class instead of just doing laps .. and im glad i did .. i have been watching it for a couple of weeks and the girl who runs it is nice and fast .. so this week i joined..


it was 13.90 a week if i wanted full memebership... but i dont want to go on there ellipticals or treadmill.. since i have my elliptical at home.. and id rather walk outside.. ..

But they had a special on where i can swim /spa and sauna as much as i like.. do any number of there aerobics classes including step, circuit, aqua, and pilates/yoga/taichi classes as i like ... and take Leah in for a free swim on my membership.. for 8.90 a week .. im paying 6.50.. each time to swim.. and i joined the aqua today casually and it cost me $10.. so im saving quite a bit in joining.. im going to use there free creche and on monday do the aqua again.. and then bring Leah in for a free swim.. sounds brilliant to me.. creche is run monday to friday 9 - 12.30 for a max of 90 minutes a session.. most the classes are 45 minutes .. so im gonna enjoy myself.. .


. cool huh? .. im very happy with it..

Wow cool Gen $250

Amy yr dad's stubborn lol. Now if he HAD of gone even for a check at the Hospital when the police offerred he could have been seen quickly and then home quickly lol. Tell him from me he's a typical male 'she'll be right mate'! I find guys are extremes, either tough as nails or a complete sook (mines a sook if he so much as gets a sniffle) lol. But really, glad he is ok. Sounds like you need more attention lol.

Kylie hi again. I love pasta to. Would eat it every night of the week if I could. And it isn't THAT bad for you, have you tried the wholemeal stuff? I'm not a big fan because you can't utilise that with every pasta dish (taste conflict) but it's ok sometimes. Brown rice is yum. Nutty flavour, but it doesn't cook up as soft as white.

Wow Amy, that's a fantastic deal you got. Good on you! Glad to hear you're feeling better too, it sounds like you had a **** of a day. I agree, it's so helpful sometimes to have a good rant and let it all out. Makes you feel so much better.

Yay Gen, very cool that you won the raffle hope the money comes in handy for you.

Today has been abysmal for me diet-wise. I had the most amazingly delicious breakfast of toasted muesli with trim milk and yoghurt. It was so good but I imagine not very good for me because it had lots of coconut and perhaps honey or sugar or something that made it sweet and delectable!

The office had a morning tea shout for a lady who's just had to retire so I've been scoffing cheese and pate and crackers all day. I just can't help myself. For lunch I had a roast pork sandwich and 2 roast potatoes which I suspect had been deep fried.

At least I'm going home tonight and can get back on track from tomorrow. I've got an appointment with my trainer at 7am tomorrow so that'll be a good kick in the bum.

WooHA!

heheheeheh there you go julia
heheheheh

hi kylie - woohoo on new job distracting you! i love it when something comes into my life and sweeps me away - i love that feeling you get while you are riding that wave

amy - that is a great deal and awesome for you and leah FREE creche is too cool - i had to pay 3bucks on top of my membership EVERYtime i put jem in kidsclub!!!

gen - that is so cool you won all that money - please tell us you are going to spend it on something exciting?!! (right now i would have to spend that kind of money on my tupperware bill)

i have rediscovered calorie king woohoo
all the snacking i do is where i have been going wrong but at least now i can track it and also do more "educated snacking"

oh julia - do you carry a book around or remember everything you eat at the end of the day? i forget, the other day i was telling benji how good i'd been that day and he says so what did you eat at tereses.... and i THEN remember the cupcakes and raspberry slice and lamington fingers but they were honestly completly out of my mind it seems I DO forget EVERYTHING inbetween meals
any hints??

Nah, given that I just forked out around $8000 for tuition for this term, I think it will just go back to my poor checking account!

Kel, I carry a diary with me at all times and write down whatever I eat as soon as I've eaten it. I'd never remember everything otherwise!

Went to the gym this morning and did 20 minutes walking, weights then a 10 minute run.

Thank God It's FRIDAY!!!

It's not - it's Thursday here! Haha.

Definitely loving the fact that it's Friday over here!