Christmas is over.....

boyyyyyyyy did I have fun.......

I had just as much as the grandies (only had 5 of them here)... I even played on toys I gave 'em !!!

I ate way too much, and having troubles still controlling the nibblies.... feel as thou I have put on heaps of weight, I feel bloated, but have kept the water and excersise up at least....

I don't weigh myself at home, only use the ww meetings ones...so have no idea what damage I may have done.

Am now waiting for granbaby #9 to make its appearance.....due this weekend sometime hopefully.....all of us waiting for the phonecall....any bets on a after midnight call on New Years Eve?? I lost my bet...I really thought it would be born yesterday or today....could have got out of work then too...hehehehe

ohhhh I betting on a boy....eeeeeeeeeeeeeekkk could I be wrong there too???

Just wanted to wish one and and all

a Very Merry Christmas....

I am nearly ready....been running around most of the day cleaning house and getting food organised, wrapping the last of the pressies as first thing in the morning I am off to Perth to pick daughter Kylee up for her first Christmas at home with her family since she left 3 years ago.....yayyyyyyy. It is going to be a surprise...I only just told hubby today she was coming home...but none of the other family members do...

Everyone have a great day, be happy, take care and be safe .....

Tired......

Work has been so busy of late...the weather has been hot and humid ... and I have been so tired. Been a few nights where I have had very little sleep...even one night found me out sitting at the kitchen bench with cuppa and the bikkies reading...
I have forgotten to take medication a few mornings before going to work and I guess that hasn't helped ..... and lack of sleep and the humidity has made me cranky......but it is the eating I am worried about. Am great during the day, everything is planned but in the evenings I am falling into real bad habits again and I know it and not stopping myself. Even my walking has been slack because I am tired....
Roll on Friday and the last day of work for 4 whole days.....yayyyyyyyyy

I got seasick.....

Went out fishing on Sunday with hubby and boy did I suffer......Ted reckoned I was soooooooooo green!!! I love my fishing espesially out in the boat but unfortunately 9 times out of 10 if the ocean has a bit of a swell on it and the boat starts rocking my tummy starts churning and thats it for me......

I have now bought some "Travacalm" tabs to see if they are going to help me....will try them out over the chrissy break. I love my boat and my fishing..more so when the fish are biting of course....so I'll be out there again..

Didn't weigh in tonight....and the next 2 Mondays are public hols (Xmas day and New Years Day) so think maybe I will have to go to a meeting in Bunbury on another evening,,,,just to keep me on track.

My daughter Kylee weighed in tonight in Doncaster.....yayyyyyyy she lost 900grams....thats 3 kilo's in 3 weeks....good on ya girl....

Smiling again ....

I am feeling better.....sort of got myself together again, walked for 50 minutes this morning and have been trying to make wise food choices, not always with success but I feel heaps better. Last night we had drinks after work and the choices were very easy to make as my boss and his wife and my workmates have watched me "shrink" before their eyes this year... they (my boss and his wife) have converted to the WW lifestyle. ...so all food and drinks were diet, low cal or healthy. They all helped me realise what an awesome effort I have achieved this year....it was the shakeup I needed, they sounded so proud of me. My friends online have been sooooo supportive of me too these last few days and have been helping me try to stay positive....but the boost from my peers put things in a different perspective...and made me smile again. ohhhhhhh by the way my boss has lost 9 kilo's and his wife has lost 13......and they thank me for making them realise how easy it is to change their lifestyle habits.

Christmas is just around the corner.....now my goal is to keep on smiling, stay positive ..... and to keep on maintaining my weight till the New Year .....then goal will be mine. Despite the emotional rollercoaster rides my son sends me on I will succeed...eventually I will...I have promised myself that and I am stubborn so I WILL succeed.

Can't help myself.....

....I can't stop eating.....I am binging at night....eeekkkkkkkkkk!!!! Talk about self sabotage....It's my good friend comfort food...CHOCOLATE!!!

Bad Jen !!!!

Have had major problems with son going off the rails and been all churned up inside but I thought I had been handling my emotions quite well.....obviously not!! A lot of the problems with son have been resolved but there is STILL a long way to go there yet...a long way!!!! I am sitting here this morning feeling absolutely drained...I cannot find the energy to walk...

Going to try to be like my friend Bugs here and eat healthy....at least I work in the right place.....

Good news, Bad news...

Well the good news is my daughter joined ww when I was over there and she is going soooooooo well. She sms'ed me tonight with the news of a 1.6 k loss....awesome my girl.

Now me.......shucks...I gained 500 g at my weigh in tonight but I expected to see a difference in between my ww scales and Victorian ones...so wasn't disappointed. Was happy though that in the 2 weeks I was away I lost a kilo on my weigh in scales....so gotta be happy with that!! Still a 60's girl.....

Sooooo what do you think of the pic of me and my girl....I love it!! Berrie took it when I took Kylee out to meet her and to say cyaaaa before I left. Carol and Berrie says she looks like me....I can only see the smiles the same...but whatever, I love her to bits.

Met TinyDonna

TinaDonna drove down to Geelong after her ww meeting last Saturday, picked me up in her gorgeous little yellow car and we drove out to Berrie's. Wowwwwwwww it was so good meeting her too, and yep she is Tiny. She has the biggest gorgeous smile....and is a real supermodel ... Go Donna...and thank you ....

Meeting Berrie....

One of my main highlights of the trip has been meeting my good friend, my support, my encouragement, my rock ... Berrie. She has followed my journey, been there through my tears, my cries and all the highs and lows and helped keep me going. And she has also offered the same support to my daughter Kylee has she begins her journey....
Thank you darl......

Meeting Maria

Maria and I have been in contact for nearly all my ww journey and has been a great friend and support to me.....so it was great to finally meet my friend in person. Maria is also going to be a support for daughter Kylee if needed. Thanks Maria...

Pics of holiday

These pics were taken on the Friday when I picked up my little red hire car. One of our first trips was to the Botanical Gardens where we walked for over 3 hours.....It was so worth seeing, absolutely beautiful. Kylee and her boyfriend enjoyed it too even though they both had been there before.

Getting there......

Wooooohoooooooo went to meeting here in Doncaster again....and yay lost 300g, so only 700 grams to go!!! How close is that ehhhhh? Will now be able to get to goal at my own meetings, hopefully in the next week or so if I stay focused. My daughter joined up last week and this week lost 700 grams, yayyyy go girl. Her boyfriend joined up last night, so it will be great that they will be doing ww together. Tammi, the leader, is great too, so enthusiasic and upbeat.

I have had a great week....to start off I met the lovely miamaria from the forums, was lovely Maria, I enjoyed meeting you, as did Kylee. And Kylee will keep in touch Maria....

Then I went off down the coast to Geelong...where I drove out from to meet my lovely friend Berrie.......wowwwwwww it was lovely to finally meet someone who has helped, supported, encouraged and offered unbelievable friendship to me. We chatted and chatted, and took pics...and chatted some more. Berrie is looking really great and is so small. And yes Carol, gave her lots of hugs, enough hugs for both of us.

Then on Saturday TinyDonna drove down, picked me up and we went out to Berri's again....what a lovely lovely day we had. Donna is absolutely gorgeous and is looking so good, and tiny ... and her smile is sooooo beautiful!!

Today Kylee came down to Geelong on the train and we went out and Kylee met Berrie, and I was able to say byessssss to her before we drove back to Melbourne.

Girls it was awesome meeting you all...

And everyone...I fly home on Wednesday, I will update blog with all the great pics I took...

Holiday weigh in .....

Went to a meeting here near where my daughter lives as I wanted to keep everything the same as I would be if I was home. I have been watching what I eat, been drinking plenty and excersing heaps....plenty of walking involved in shopping !!!! hehehe

Anyways so glad I did....I lost 1.2 and now have only 1 kilo to go to goal..... In a way I hope I don't lose the kilo this week as I want to get to goal at home....but nothing, nothing can wipe the grin off my face at the moment. I'm glad I have relaxed and just done whats had to be done....yeaaaaaaaa Jen's version of no count has been my salavation...wooooohoooooooo !!!!!

No more sleeps

Taking off in the next hour or so....ohhhhhhh I am so excited. Tonight I will be cuddling my darling daughter Kylee.

Had coffee this morning with my friend Rach (Rachie06 on the forum) We used to go to the same WW meeting when we had the Saturday mornings. Rach is doing so well, has lost of over 10 kilo's and is looking good.

Will be going to WW meetings in Doncaster just to keep me on track...now I am down to my lowest weight again I want to enjoy my holiday but to stay focused too and too try and maintain this weight.

Two sleeps to go.....

Yep....only two sleeps to go and I off to Melbourne and my darling daughter....

Weighed in tonight....and yep Jen's version of "no count" is still working...I lost .5 Now to maintain while on holidays, eeeeeeeeeekkk!!!

Carol, (vegemite) did these pics of me up and emailed me the results.....wowwwwwwwww have I changed that much??? The christmas one was taken in 2004 when I must have been at my heaviest ( 105kg) I started WW in September last year at 95 kg and Carol took the other when we met during my lunch break last week....

Still Counting Down

One less sleep.....3 sleeps to go now till I fly to Melbourne.

Today we had a family gathering to have an early birthday for Skye who turns 3 years old on Tuesday...
We face painted, and played games...and generally just had a couple of hours of fun with everyone.
Tomorrow it's back to work...last day until I get back from Melbourne.....

Counting down..........

Had my hair done today as I heading off to Melbourne on Wednesday arvo to spend some time with my darling daughter......
and I going to meet my wonderful friend Berrie......
and the delightful Donna.......
and hopefully catch up with Maria and Janinne too....


COUNTING DOWN........................

Jen's week.....

Tuesday.....I went off to work at the "funny farm" and found myself out in the paddock on the potato harvester. Hard yakka out there....made me wonder why I made the effort to to do a 45 minute walk ..... no wonder at the end of the day I was soooooooo tired.

Wednesday...on the harvester again. Found a new walk track...a good 50 minute one. Very interesting, lots of wild geese with their little goslings...very cute!

Thursday...Yayyyyyyy the highlight of my week....I met Vegemite in my lunch break as she and her hubby travelled past on there way further down south on a few days holiday. We met up at the roadhouse over the road from my work and had a cuppa and had a chat. Loved it Vege....mwahhhhh thanks.

Friday....The end of my working week.....phewwwwwwwwww thank heavens. My son 'went of the rails" that evening and had me very distressed. For the first time in forever I shared my emotions with a friend. I rang Berrie and even though the call was brief I was able use the comfort in her kind words and find strength. Thanks darl for being my friend and being there for me.

Saturday....My mum come up for the day to do some chrissy shopping. Ohhhhh boy, I'd rather take all 8 of my grandies than her......she kept disappearing. Quite often I found myself talking to myself and mum nowhere in sight !! Ohhhhh but it was great catching up again....

Sunday....ahhhhhhh son Simon and his partner bring their 4 kids around for a play and catch up with Pop and Jenna.. Little Thomas is just growing so fast, love cuddling him...

Monday....weigh in night...and Jens version of "no count" maintaining is working...lost 1.6

Yoyo......

Yup....thats me...a darn yoyo. Up, down, up, down up !!! A gain this week of.9 so am back in the 72's again. My leader and I went throu my journals and passport and I have not done anything but yoyo between 72.9 and 70.2 since July.
I know I have problems with menopause, thyroid and family stress....but hey can't blame it all on that!

Plateau says my leader....
Perserverence says my leader...

Now the plan is not to lose...not to gain .....but MAINTAIN !!!


So I will perservere and keep on going....I will not give in, I want goal and I will get there eventually.

Yayyyyy

Went to weigh in tonight....lost 1.5

I feel good ....

A good weekend...

Its been a great weekend, lots of lovely sunshine and most of the grandies around to play with and cuddle....so love those little ones. Even went to the local show...and didn't indulge in all the yummies that were available, but did treat myself to a single cone choc mint ice cream.....yummmmmmmm.

As far as the medication go's, I feel great....don't feel blahhhhhh, haven't been getting the hungry's, been eating within my points most days, have been out walking and feel as though I might have even lost some of that 2.6 kilo's I put on. Tomorrow night is weigh in...so I'll let you all know.

As I expected....

I GAINED big time.......2.6 kilo's !!!

ahhhh well, it was expected, so now it's gotta go....

Struggling....

I went to the Dr's on Thursday evening after work and got results from my bloodtests. The results show my thyroid medication needs to be lowered again, I am taking too much oroxine and taking too much of course doesn't help with weight loss just as taking not enough!! Dr said we'll get it right soon, it is a matter of trial and error .... and then I'll be be able to carry on losing weight. At the moment I am battling,,,,I feel as though I have gained at least a couple of kilo's,,,,I can feel it in my clothes. Dr said I will struggle with the 'hungry's" and feeling blahhh until the oroxine levels out.....and of course menopause doesn't help either. Nor does the stress of having my son and little family live with us. Son is still ok at moment but it's like walking on "eggshells" around him at times. He is using still and at times moody and unpredictable. It just breaks my heart to see him go this way again after all the effort he went through at detox and rehab. The last 18 months I truly did have my son back,,,,now I am losing him again. Anyways am really trying to keep it together, some days are better than others. Monday evening I will weigh in.....if you hear a SCREEEEEEEECHHHH off in the distance, don't worry it will only be me!! Till then I will keep on walking everyday, trampoling when I can and try to make wise choices.....but mostly try not too stress.

No weigh in.....

No weigh in tonight as I had a meeting after work and couldn't make it in time.....
Was going to use my own scales and see what they said, but because I have had them hidden I don't know how they compare to ww's ones. So with the "bad" week I have had this week decided not to. And believe me it has been a "bad" week....I have had the hungries something terrible and feeling really down, ....and just couldn't summon up the energy to fight it. I had a blood test on Saturday morning and have a Dr appointment on Thursday evening so maybe they can find a reason as I just don't feel right. Maybe it's the change of medication I had a few weeks ago, maybe it's stress over my son, I don't know but I want it gone....I so over it, I hate feeling like this.....

Weighed in ...

Weighed in this evening....and after a brilliant week starting at the beginning again on Week 1 .... I GAINED 100 grams !! Was really peeved off when the scales told me a gain...but I should be used to it now....coz how much hope have I got when I have those damn dwarfs giving me a helping hand !!!
Anyways another week starts tomorrow so I'll be at it again, excersise, water and more water, tracker and food scales...and trusty week 1 book again....
Bugger it....I WILL do it eventually...won't I? Of course I will !!

All's calm on the home front at moment, son and family move in tomorrow so we'll see how all goes. Have had a few grey hairs added this last week with the stress of it all, but I HAVEN'T not once gone for food for comfort.....
Thank you to everyone for your support and friendship during this difficult time with my son...much appreciated espesially you Carol and Berrie...

Someone give me strength....

Forgive me if I ramble on a moment....but have to write it down before I go bonkers....as the cat in the pic is how I feel at present, gritted teeth and ready to pull hair out, it's going grey anyways!! AND SCREAM !!!!! My youngest son, my problem child, has become a big problem again....and it's really got to me badly today. Won't go into too many details coz if I start I won't stop...but 18 months ago he went into rehab for a cannabis problem which with his ADHD was very addictive. He came out clean but this week he had a big conflict at his work and got the sack/ walked out and now he has started using again. I don't know if I have the strength to cope again, without me going off the rails. He was here a little while ago, and was stressed out to the max, and had been using, but he did eventually calm down again and we were able to talk to him. Don't know how much he took in but I am hoping something sunk in....I really don't know if I will cope if he heads down that road again. Hubby won't have him here if he uses and has told son that as he won't put me throu all what we went throu again. Son has a partner 7 months pregnant and a 3 year old girl who he loves so I am hoping and praying he can see the damage before he go's that road again. Pleazzzzzzzzzzzzzzze let him be okay again, find another job and house and move on with a stable life.

Nephews 21st

After the big game yesterday we drove down to Manjimup to my sister's for her eldest son Rikki's 21st. It was a great night where I caught up with most of my family and my best friend from my high school days.

EAGLES ARE WINNERS

What a game....phewwwwwwwww, talk about nerve wracking but we WON!!!! 1 point win.....but ohhhhhhhhhh they did so deserve it.

WE ARE THE EAGLES
THE WEST COAST EAGLES
WE ARE HERE TO SHOW YOU WHY
WE'RE THE BIG BIRDS
KINGS OF THE BIG GAME
WE'RE THE EAGLES
WE'RE FLYING HIGH

Feeling....

This is how I feel at the moment .....so "WHATEVER" !! I am not sleeping properly, work is sooooooo busy, and I am tired, moody and downright bitchy!! And so hungry...I am eating too much these last few days, I don't think I have gone to much overboard...I hope!! I am drinking gallons of water daily, and excercising everyday. Emailing Berrie tonight and other than menopause and hormone troubles we think it could be lack of protein thats causing the hungery's. So think it's back to basics for me...weighing food, checking portion sizes etc and stop being so casual about all this and start getting serious again. RIGHT !!! I can do it!!!
Am hoping this new medication for hormones/menopause and thyroid I am on will start kicking in soon and I can get serious about losing this last little bit of weight....I do feel better than what I did other than the very restless/sleepless nights. Can't really tell as work is so full on and tiring anyways. Got 3 days off being a long weekend so hopefully I can have a bit of r&r. Some fishing hopefully if the weather stays fine...ohhhhhh and my nephews 21st Saturday night in Manjimup, and catching up with my dear mum, brother and sister and friends who will all be there.
But I am not going to put a time frame on it.....I will just keep at it and one day soon I will get there....I know I will.
No weigh in this Monday evening, so have time to get myself into gear and do something to get this body of mine back to norm and me feeling real good again!!

All good

Just a post to wish me HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY!!!
Yeaaaa this week I celebrated my 1st year with weight watchers and after my 100g loss last night I have lost a total of 24.9 kilo's!! Did my measurements again this morning even thou they aren't due to next week and in the year I have lost 126cm....wowwwww!!!

We WON AGAIN .....

WOOOOHOOOOOOO

What a game.....

WE WON!! WEST COAST EAGLES beat Adelaide...yeaaaaaaa

I am so excited still.....I could hardly watch the game, my tummy had a herd of elephants in it instead of butterfly's, but I earned heaps of bonus points bouncing around in the last quarter willing the Eagles on to a win!! Gee, wish I could go see the EAGLES kick Sydneys butt at the Grand Final!! Ohhh I hope so anyways, its gotta be our turn this year!!!

Had a loss

After a topsy turvy week, I weighed in on Monday evening and lost 600g.......

Having another "topsy turvy" week this week...menopause and thyroid meds have been changed....and having some sleepless/restless nights and having cravings but I will be doing the best I can....

WE WON!!

WE ARE THE EAGLES

THE WEST COAST EAGLES

WE ARE FLYING HIGH






My footy team played tonight, phewwwwwwwww we won!! I wonder how many bonus points I earned myself jumping up and down barracking!!?? Being the semi finals, and having lost to Sydney last week, it was nerve racking to watch.

It's been a tough week for me this week...I had a phone call from my daughter who lives in Victoria, she needed me as she had few problems and was suffering from a huge bout of homesickness!! I felt hopeless and feeling completely drained and tired and missing my girl heaps I headed for the "sugar" and began emotional eating!! Work has been so "full on " and physically hard so all the tiredness I had been feeling I put down to that. It could have been worse, I think I would have gone on a real binge but my dear friend Berrie realised how bad I was feeling and picked me up and helped me try sort out my feelings and moods and tell me all I was feeling was normal... THANKS darl. And Carol too, your advice has been taken on board too, and I agree with you ....MENOPAUSE SUX!!!!
Anyways went to my Dr this morning and my hormone levels are nearly rock bottom, I am allergic to some ingredient in my hrt patches, and my thyroid levels are too high .... so hopefully a change in my meds will get me up and back to feeling alive again.


ANYWAYS ADELAIDE >>>LOOK OUT >>>HERE COME THE EAGLES

Hanging in there!!!

It's been one of those weeks....!!

Had a great week, did everything right, or so I thought, go to weigh in Monday evening.....AND GAIN 200 grams...!!!

What can I say...but I am hanging in there, and I WILL get there eventually...I am too stubborn to give in, I want to get to goal.