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In other news... the last 2.5 days have been what can only be termed a binge. Damn you period. I mean, sure, there were people over and I cooked yummy things but it has been a while since I've been in that place where you keep eating even though you feel ill you're so full.

I'm not weighing myself tomorrow because I know it will not end well.

Instead, I am back to keeping a food diary and having a day (today) where I just try and give my body the chance to digest what its consumed in the last two days.

Weigh In

So I lost half a kilo this week.

Current weight: 89.3kgs.

I am a little disappointed it wasn't more than 500g but then I also ate like a normal person and did exercise so am pleased. No really, I am.

Crunches

One of my goals was to do crunches every day because (after 4 pregnancies) my poor old tummy is not what it used to be but this has been such a difficult thing for me.

Why?

Because it is deathly boring.

Dull, dull dull.

I am not kidding.

I have persisted with it but not really seeing any results yet is wearying. Hopefully, another month or two will change that. Although contemplating another month or two of crunches is doing my head in.

However, I have lost 2kgs so I am heading in the right direction.

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I am so impressed by Kim's daily walks I might even be able to drag myself out of bed early next week to get a run in before my husband needs to leave for work. I'll let you know how I go!

The ultimate in incidental exercise

So now both boys are at the local school - as opposed to one being at a school two suburbs away - we can all walk/bike ride/scooter to school. Jasper's pre-school is two blocks further on, so on Mondays and Tuesdays we just keep ridin' to drop him off.

We worked out today that it's 2.2km from our house to the boys school. Most days of the week I'm doing that four times a day so I'm walking 8.8km! How awesome is that!

Not only am I getting exercise, the boys are and get this - Jasper rides all the way and all the way back. My little 3 year old is riding 4.4km a day. Without one single complaint. In fact, when I picked him up from kindy yesterday because I though he'd be too tired to ride home and it was too hot he gave me a doozy of a performance at not riding home.

It is early days, but what I'm loving is that because I'm out and moving my eating has been significantly curtailed. For example - no junk food or chocolate in a week. Awesome.

Term 1

So, we all went a bit quiet on the Weightloss Front there didn't we!
We had a bit of an agreement that school holidays were in the too hard basket and that once school went back the focus and determination would kick in.

So here we are. Last week - the first week of term - featured, for me, two days of pure adrenalin and not much food and then a day of walking too and from the boys school in significant hot weather. It's flat all the way and there's a bit of stop-starting due to children and the crossing of roads, but surely all that sweating and chaffing must count for something?

Current weight is 89.7kgs.

I have a goal - next February my very lovely and very stylish friends are getting married in a very gigi location. I have a dress hanging in my wardrobe that would be lovely but I want to be able to buy a new frock and rock it.

So... ONWARD.

watch out ladies - the gloves are coming off

I have been feeling completely overwhelmed by the whole concept of weight loss and exercise. I have been relying on sugar fixes to get me through the lulls. But hopefully I am about to be given an unfair advantage. Tonight the doctor has recommended a course of iron injections as well as on going iron tablets for anaemia plus an increase in my thyroxine dose. I plan on feeling like a new woman.

me vs scales, part 675

I worked hard on the food control leading up to at the end of last year - from 103.3kg on 15 October 2008 to 97.3 kg at the end of November. But then came the festive season and I lost the plot a bit, then a bit more in the new year, including being laid up with a bad back for a few days and feeling craaaap! So this morning I was 101.3kg. Not completely undone, but just about.
So today what did I do - ate! But I did take the kids for a quick ride up the road this arvo (about 2km return) and then after dinner (roast lamb, vegies roasted in the pan, peas, fresh corn, gravy and including dessert - sensational combo of fresh apricots and a peach drizzled with lime curd and wrapped in a piece of shortcrust pastry, sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar and baked, served warm with a small scoop of icecream) I went for another ride on my own of about 6km return (I could hardly reach the handle bars over my monstrous gut). Slightly redeemed, and enough to help me feel I am not a completely lost cause.
And so it begins...... again