here comes the sun

The sun has finally come out here and although it was great to see the rain its so great to see it go too .
Ive had the reading bug the last few days and have read about green tea and its benefits to weight loss.Well I went and bought some as I dont like coffee at all so I am a tea drinker and its very nice I must say. Its too early to say whether it has assisted me with my weight loss but its refreshingly nice and the information about it is quite interesting.
Ive been asked if I found it hard to cut out or cut down on stuff like butter, milk, sweets, sugar etc etc.Well I guess I have been lucky in that area as I never ate butter or margarine , always had my tea black with no sugar and wasnt a big sweets eater. I was more the potato chip queen or cheese and biscuits and to be honest I havent really missed chips or the cheese and biscuits and I cant tell you why this is so either just lucky I guess:-).
As for being tempted to snack well yes I have had a few days like this especially in the colder weather but most of the time I find that Im full and I put that down to the water it appears to make me feel full. I always drink 600 mls with lunch and dinner and I drink another 2-3 during the day and of a nite. I drink tea at breakfast and am drinking a cup of green tea now before each meal also and apart from this I hardly ever drink diet coke or substitute of any kind .
OK well I hope everyone has a great weekend, take care, stay positive and smile
Emixxxxxxxx

I will survive

Well I have lost a total of 10 .5 kg in 9 weeks and so far 48 cms. I have gone down comfortably 2 sizes already and I feel absolutely wonderful and on top of the world. I find these forums a great boost for me but am a tad disappointed as my buddies have disappeared off the face of the earth. .
On a more positive note also I read an article yesterday that says that if you exercise before breakfast you increase your weight loss by 300% so thats good as I always get on my exercise bike before breakfast.
Take care and stay positive
Emi

Wild Windy Day

It is a wild and windy day here today and raining.I have been shopping and bought lots of yummy vegies to make some soup to freeze so I will have warm filling lunches for a while .
I started back with my total gym yesterday so am happy with that was able to do the 30 min beginners program quite easily so will continue that each afternoon before I begin getting dinner ready. Im also trying something new with my exercise bike too , instead of doing a hour each morning before breakfast I ve decided to do 3o mins before breakfast then 30 mins before lunch and chuck( my nic for total gym lol) 30 mins before dinner.
I miss my 11 yr old , she is at her grans house for a weeks holiday so its just miss 7 and I here atm.We have had lots of fun watching dvds and playing games and weve even managed to eat lots of vegies still each night so miss 11 will be very impressed lol. No seriously I love my vegies but miss 7 doesnt eat every vegie like miss 11 does so spinach and broccoli havent been on menu so far lol. Well thats it for now take care all and stay positive!!!!!!! Luv Emi(hugsss)

Weigh In Day

Woooo hooooooooooooo I lost 1 kg, takes my total to 10.5 kg now wooooo hooooooo!!!!!!!!!!.
I feel good and mostly I feel so alive, its amazing just the difference in my attitude towards life and things in general since Ive changed my lifestyle.Today I have decided to get back on my total gym, I find my exercise bike is good but I believe that my total gym does wonders so as of today its the bike for an hr and total gym for 30 mins.
Im a little concerned too about my neck it seems to be wrinkly, Ive read where water helps and to loose weight slowly helps too, gives your body time to adjust ,gees Im just hoping it doesnt get any worse :-(.

I havent worked out how to adjust my ticker , oh dear!!!
Anyway time to go go go bike
Take care and stay positive
Emi

Weekend with the family

Well I just had a weekend with my family........... had a nice two days , went out on Saturday with some friends and even was a good girl , just had a few diet lemon and vodkas. My mum cooked her normal Sunday lunch of fatty vegies omg I just cringed at the look at them sizzling away in the fat.
My family didnt even say to me gees youve lost weight, I wasnt expecting a WOW but thought a good on ya or something to that effect but nope it didnt come.
I guess most important lesson here is that I am doing this for me, so I can enjoy life with my girls, be able to do things with them etc and for me so as long as I notice it thats all that matters. I guess you all would appreciate just how nice it is when someone notices though but hey my girls notice it as do my friends so I do get to experince it at times .
Weigh in day for me tomorrow.. I dont normally fuss about this . The tape measure is my buddy lol and so far in 9 weeks I have lost a total of 48 cms .
My tuna casserole is calling me yummmmmmmmmmm
Cya tomorrow

Am I so hard to feed??

Well here we are , its Friday and tomorrow I leave for my parents place for the weekend......mmmmm now this should be a good experience hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Well experience yes as for good well its up to me to make sure its good for me as mum isnt going to lol.My mum rings me and says Im doing baked chicken on Sunday are you going to be here I said yes and she then goes on to say what are you going to have? I say chicken of course which in turn creates a big drama of can you eat chicken?........ I am on a lifestyle change mum thats all so why couldnt I eat chicken and she replies with that dreaded word, a word that isnt mentioned in my vocabulary now DIET omg my mum says to me but arent you on a diet .................. I sometimes wonder if my mum even understands this but anyway Im going to make sure I stick to it this weekend even though I know the vegies wont be cooked healthy, there will be desserts and lots of temptations. I am going to pack my DIET food lol and take it with me lol.

Anyway I have remained positive the rest of this week after that nasty Tuesday and I feel so good about myself and the fact that I seem to be able to cope these days without turning to comfort food like chips and chocolate.

Well thats about it for today...... will be back on Monday :-)

Some positive quotes I read to myself everyday

1- It wont be easy BUT Emicandoit!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2- Never,never,never quit!!!!!!!!!!!!

3-One who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones!!!!!!!!

4-Seeing myself as I want to be is the key to personal growth!!!!!!!

5-The tragedy in life doesnt lie in not reaching your goal , it lies in having no goal to reach!!!!

6-It doesn't matter how slow you go as long as you dont stop!!!!!

how hard was yesterday

Yesterday was a hard day for me .. started out by not exercising first thing in the morning as normal and then I struggled big time with my water intake( was 9.30 pm before I had my 2 litres). I normally manage nearly 3 litres a day. I was also so so hungry and all I seemed to do all afternoon was eat( banana, rice cakes, ritz biscuits, mandarins). I guess the positive thing to come of it all was that I didnt go eat a pkt of potato chips or a chocolate.So I did a lot of thinking last night and came up with that I hate winter lol, I was probably more hungry because my water level was down and it was also soo cold here and raining here and also I think I need routine in my life big time. I have been going so well , get out of bed exercise brekkie etc and I just felt out of sorts yest so routine is a must for Emi. Today has been a much better day and I was so scared yesterday that today would be the same and the next etc etc etc but it wasnt.............alleluiaaaaaaaaaaaa lol. I still hate winter though!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my ticker

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Week 8

Here I am at week 8 and weigh in at 110.5 kg. I am feeling really positive and am enjoying my daily journey. I exercise everyday for an hr now on my bike plus I have been looking into step aerobics and fitball.I tried step aerobics yesterday and omg I was shocked, I couldnt even keep up with the warmups let alone the exercise itself lol.I started to wonder if the bike was doing me any good at all but was quickly reassured that it is and this was a totally different exercise and Id get it eventually.Today it was fitball day and I must admit I get along with this ball better then the stepper, Im kinda thinking here that the ball will be seen more then step step step lol.
I must admit that I have gained so much from the ww forums, I think all of you out there are just simply wonderful , so honest and helpful .
If anyone ever gets to read this and I have my doubts as I am totally illiterate when it comes to computers , this is my way of seeing my journey in a different light from tracking, tape measures and scales.

My first blog day

Hi
This is my first blog day and Im so excited lol. I am a 40 year old mum to four beautiful girls who are my life. I have always been overweight but once I turned 40 I began to see things a little differently and realised that although I was happy I knew I could be happier and asked myself the question...... Dont you deserve to be the happiest you can be??. My answer was YESSSSS and so began my ww journey. I started ww at home 7 weeks ago and so far so good. I am determined this is my time and have so far lost 9.5 kg and I am over the moon.
I have made so many changes these past 8 weeks and it feels wonderful.....so I will continue my journey as I begin to see that "nothing tastes as good as being thinner feels".