09032010 - Still lurking about ... :0)

Hellos, miss me much? :0) I swore when I commenced this weight-loss journey that I was going to blog every single day, noting down every single emotion I faced .... bwaaa ha ha ha, just didn't happen did it! Don't worry, I certainly haven't thrown in the towel and given up, I've just gotten stuck in some sort of 'zone'. I've had all sorts of 'issues' being thrown at me from every corner: friends ignoring me, other friends using Facebook to have shots at me across the world wide web instead of to my face and my youngest son is, well, exhausting. Numerous tantrums, refusal to eat dinner, destroying every thing in his reach ... today's 'victim' was his bedroom timber blinds ... he has already broken his brother's blinds. And don't start me on the wonders of toilet training featuring 'Conan the Destroyer' - LOL. Then there's schooling 'issues' with our eldest son, so when bedtime hits for them, its so hard to avoid a wine or three, but I'm doing okay. But I have hit a couple of pot holes in the past two weeks eg. copped the flu and ate some purely CRAPPY oil that had a couple of tiny bits of battered fish in it at the AC/DC concert. Ewww, I am still getting cold shivers reminising that truly horrible dinner. That night I wanted to have dinner at a local restaurant, however my hubby just wanted to get to the concert venue. At the venue I had a choice of greasy hamburger or oil with teeny weeny bits of fish and chips. WONDERFUL! Where's a goddamn Subway outlet when you need one????

Last week I didn't do much 'burning off' to compensate for the meal of oil! It poured rain for days here. I did do the usual walk up the hill every day to school and back and got wet several times but I just didn't do the 'big walks' that I usually achieve. Sunday we had chinese takeaway for dinner and once again my taste buds started to protest. I ate half my plate and could not go any further. I love chinese food but my belly no longer wants that amount of fat invading it I guess. Same with the 'oil and fish' at the concert, I couldn't finish that either, they all tasted horrible.

This week marks my tenth week on Weight Watchers, I think. I sort of lost count a couple of weeks ago, LOL, but I am pretty sure I am up to Week 10. Well I passed the two-month mark last week on the 4th. And I'm proud to say that I've lost ... drum-roll please ... 10.4kg! YAY ME!!!

Despite the many 'issues', problems or 'oil meals' thrown at me, I have learnt not to stay stuck for months in obesity hell. Previously lifes little/huge curve balls would be launched at me and I would fall and stay down and out. But now, I get back up again and start my day like its my first on Weight Watchers. Yeah I still have the occassional chinese takeaway and yes I still drink wine on weekends and yes I could have lost alot more weight if I cut out those two. But I am 10.4kg lighter than I was two months ago. Today I have more energy, this week I cleaned out our kitchen pantry ... its been years since I've attempted that! My next 'achievement' will be our over grown jungle of a back yard. My god it is feral after all the rain. I don't need a green thumb, I need a bulldozer!

My next WW goal is 119.9 ... fingers crossed that magic number appears on my scales by next Monday morn :0)