Merry Christmas 2023

 What a lovely day today was. 

All 3 kids here today….Kylee with her 2 little ones. Shawn with his 2nd daughter (Skye his eldest was in Busselton with her boyfriend family arrived late afternoon) and Simon and his partner Tammy. Simon and Tammy left at lunchtime to go to Tammy’s daughter’s place for lunch. 

Nothing heard from Paul’s partner. I’ve left messaging them till now in the hope……but nahhh. Wonder if message is acknowledged. 

Such a chilled out day with lots of yummy food.

p.s. weighed in this morning, a 1.2 gain. Knew it was coming, I’ve over indulged all week. Will get back into it tomorrow. 

Hope you’ve had a wonderful day. 

I’ve done it

I’ve finally reached 15 kilos off.

It’s taken 13 months, lots of up and downs but I am so happy that I’ve stuck to ww and persevered. 

Wasn’t easy, what with 2 close family deaths, a few trips away and a few health issues. 

 

Santa pics yesterday. This was just taken using my phone camera. William is 10 just 2 days after Christmas and I think this will be the last Christmas he “believes” in Santa. A few things he is questioning now so next year I think the pretending to believe will begin so Summer can still believe in the magic.

Right I’m out of here. A Christmas get together today with one of my friends so best get moving. 

Another week done….

 …..And I’m very happy to report another loss.

I’m getting very close to the grand total of 15kg gone. I’m not going to jinx myself by saying I’ll get there next weigh in because we all know anything can happen EVEN when you have the best of weeks.

I’m back walking with Deb and still doing the water aerobic classes when we can.  It’s nearly the end of school term and Christmas holidays. There’s no vacation care till January so I’m looking after the kids whilst Mum works. 

I’m also having kids for first 2 weeks of January as I’ve enrolled them in swimming lessons. Kylee planning on getting out fishing and camping a lot next year and with William getting a kayak for Christmas we want the kids water savvy.  As yet the kids father hasn’t decided when he can have the kids…really!! 

Cant believe the year is nearly over and that I have completed a full year plus on WW and lost nearly 15 kilos. It’s hard enough to lose weight at any time but when you have a thyroid that’s under active it’s very hard. Medication and regular blood tests has been me for over half my life. 

My highlight of this week was William being given the Academic Award for year 4. He has shone this year and achieved some fantastic results academically and also in his sports. He loves to learn….and loves his Soccer. 

Time to get myself organised. Water aerobics in the morning so better find my bathers. 

Till next week. 

I’m back…

 Last weigh in I’d had a goddamn awful week. I either ate everything in sight or just couldn’t be bothered eating properly then would eat crap which is just part of living with hypothyroidism. 

A big gain was shown on the demon scales. I was disgusted and very disappointed in myself. 

A lot was going on. My best friend Dad had a bad fall then past away. I had babysitting as William graduated from stage 1 of Children’s University. Skye got a 2nd job with more hours. Son found himself a girlfriend. Hubby got shingles. Drs appointments. And the list goes on…

Fast forward to today, weigh in again…a 2.1 loss. Now that was after a lot of hard work. I’ve kept busy, exercised and taking my medication (thyroid tabs)

Will leave with a collage of Williams Children’s University graduation. I babysat Summer while Kylee drove his teacher and William up. The headmistress was also representing the school. William was the ONLY graduate in the whole of the South West of WA. To say we were proud would be an understatement. 

Sick of it….

 

This darn body of mine thinks it’s a goddamn yo-yo !!! My demon scales just won’t go down and stay down. Whether  I have a really good week or a mostly good one it doesn’t seem to make an ounce of difference. 

I’m up 500g this week and I’m not liking it. But it’s up to me, and only me can change it….

Onwards ……

Here I am…..

 Another week down and here I am again…..not that anyone follows me or comments. It’s a record of my progress for me….

Above is when I did WW and got to goal way back 2006/7 

And above is then to now….

How have I aged?? I reckon I’ve done all right ehh 😘

My motive to get to goal then was so I wasn’t fat and fifty. I wasn’t at goal, but I was only a few kilo’s off 😊

Right, wet and miserable looking day here, so I’m out of here. Might be a day for comfy chair and book.

Ohhhh weigh in….another 300g gone. 

Got over my sulks

 Yes, eventually I got over my sulks, pulled my socks up and blitzed the rest of the week and recorded a 300g loss.

And today I’ve mostly stuck to plan and not done what I usually do and use up my bonus points. 

This has helped. 

Ist pic taken in August, the other yesterday. Believe it or not  between the 2 pics there is only just over a kilo difference. Told you I’m just plod plod plodding along. This plateau does get to me. My WW was due to run out in a couple of weeks but yesterday I noticed a 60% off deal was ending today so I cancelled my membership and rejoined for 12 months. Let’s see what I can do. I’m still trying to get to my 15 kilo off goal but with this darn plateau and yo yo pattern it has eluded me. 

Not giving in…… 

Great week…

 I had a great week….walked 4 days, water aerobics for an hour Friday morning. I tracked, kept to my points all but one day……result 👎👎👎👎👎

I gained 700g. Was so upset I cried.

I’m so over it all, I’ve resorted to my usual pattern of eating my emotions. I’m hating myself. BUT I will be back on track tomorrow, I’m just sooking. I don’t want to undo all the hard work I have done this past 11 months.

Look at these happy faces. K has always wanted to do a fun run but she either hasn’t been allowed to, couldn’t go or was never fit enough to participate. The other day a lady advertised on our local community page that she had 2 tickets to give away for the local colour fun run. I messaged her, tickets were still available so I went and picked them up. No cost…she couldn’t participate as she’d hurt her knee.  Anyways I took them to K and she was so happy. She so wanted to go and take the kids but couldn’t afford the $90 for tickets. As you can see they had a ball, had so much fun thanks to that generous lady “paying it forward” her tickets. 

Right, off to get swimming things ready for water aerobics tomorrow morning. I’ll be over my sulks and ready to get back on track then. 

Another week done…

 

My mum used to make these many years ago when we were kids. It came up on one of my pages on Facebook and bought back so many memories. I’m going to make some next week and enjoy one as a treat next week after my weigh in.

Very happy to report I lost 1.1 this week. Still not back to my lowest weight yet BUT I will get there. I indulged again after weigh in yesterday but not badly. Was fine till after dinner then I had a drink and some nibblies 😋😋

End of next month it will be a year since I started WW and began this particular journey. I’m hoping I can reach my next goal of 15 kilos off by then. I will be rejoining again, hope they have a good deal going then so I can continue. 

Blahhhhh

 Title tells the story.  I gained a whole kilo and I’m really peeved about it. Right I know I didn’t have the best start to the week BUT I did have a really good rest of the week. I had points leftover, I exercised 5 days of the week….so a kilo !!!  I had school reunion to go to Saturday night but I didn’t drink any alcohol (I had to drive) and I chose wisely from the menu.

Yesterday after weigh in we went walking and of course jabbering. I said this week would stay 💯% on track. Mmmmmm I lied.  I went out Christmas shopping with Kylee and wellllll we indulged. BUT I did count all the points and track them AND I now have no weeklies left 😘  This weight loss journey of mine is slow and starting to get hard. Yes I’m self sabotaging again and IT HAS TO STOP

Me…just before I left for reunion. I looked in the mirror and I was so happy at how I looked. Long time since that has happened. Another reason to stop the sabotaging. 

Not the best week

 Well I finally got rid of the fish bone on Wednesday night. But ohh boy I can’t tell you how many pieces of bread and butter and or bread and milk I ate before it dislodged. Then it was play catch up the rest of the week to try and undo all the damage…😒😟☹️😫

Uncle Shawn took the kids and their mum (his sister) fishing on the weekend. The kids loved it, both catching some fish….some of the blowfish, but they didn’t care. They had the best time and asked him if he would pick them up after school today and take them fishing again. 

It was back to jabberwalking this morning, missed Deb last week as she took her grandies away. Was hoping a walk would help me stay on track today….but I’ve blown it. A friend made cookies and cream cheesecake….shall say no more other than there is none left. It was yummy 😋 

Ohh a 400g gain. Let’s hope I can lose that this week, haven’t made a good start have I? 

I remembered

 

On Friday night I cooked some fish that we caught on our last getaway up at Shark Bay. Whiting which is a sweet white flesh fish but it has a lot of small bones. Well I got a darn bone caught in my throat somewhere and of today it is still there. It’s luckily not real painful, it’s more annoying. Today it’s Monday and it’s still there. It’s not hurting all day, it must move every now and then and it’s only then I can feel it and then it hurts. I’ve over indulged today on bread and toast trying to get the darn thing to shift. 

Weigh in day today, 400g down. Getting closer to my next goal….well I was till I pigged out today. Hopefully I can get rid of this bone so I can move on. Want to get to my next goal so I can move onto the following one….that’s the one I’m hanging out to get too 😘😘😘

Nothing much happening. Had some lovely weather this week. Even managed 5 walks with my jabberwalking buddy. Meant to be walking today but over the weekend the weather turned crappy and it’s still wet and windy today. My buddy is going away for a few days with her grandies while they still on school holidays so I’m going to try and get out there on my own. I’m very unmotivated of late, I need a pick me up I think. Housework needs doing, I really need do get in and do a spring clean and do a declutter and throw out but all I can do is manage to do the essentials. 

Right, best get off this lazy butt of mine and get to and start dinner. 

Ooops missed last week…..

 I’m back.

I had a very disappointing sts last week, I’d tried so hard too but those dratted scales would not move. Believe me I tried, I stood on one foot, moved the scales and even put them on different surface !!! Nope….they weren’t moving…so a sts it was!! 

This week I had a 500g loss. 

I didn’t change my eating pattern, I just did what I usually do. It’s been a veryyyyyyy verrrryyyyyyyy slow journey this time around. But the weight is coming off and as you can see by pic above. First is just before I started, 2nd was in late August. I’m slowly getting closer to my next goal, just another 1.2 kilo to go. Heck knows how long that will take me but I’ll plod along…..

I’ve started walking with my walking buddy again, hoping we can get 3 or 4 walks a week in. Have done 2 so far this week, another planned for tomorrow and Thursday. Mmmmmm wonder if that will help the scales…..wait and see I guess. 

Dinner time….chicken sausages and salad tonight. Best move, the tum is rumbling a bit. 

Till next time…. 👋👋

Been a busy week…

 After the very disappointing weight loss last week (and week before that) l spoke online to a ww consultant. She advised me to eat filling meals 3 times a day. So that’s what I did this week. I usually have a late breakfast, snack for lunch and a filling dinner sooooooo I gave her way a try AND yay I’m happy to say it was goodbye 600g 😍🤩

Kylee got back late Wednesday evening from Adelaide. She is so happy she went to Grans funeral, her ex in laws were delighted to see her and made her very welcome. 

Anyways it was straight back to Mum duties Thursday morning as she came and picked up kids for school drop off before going off to work. 

Friday, it was school assembly which Williams class hosted. They performed a story called  “The Wrong Book” by Nick Bland. They did it so well. 

As he really likes to learn William is doing this…..

On his passport he has 30 hours of “learning” to collect by the beginning of October. He collected 10 hours by participating in team sport with his soccer team and Kylee has taken him to Zoo, Sci-tech and Maritime museum. His Dad took him to Fremantle Goal and a prehistoric museum and he collected more hours there as well 

On the weekend we took kids to our local Dolphin Discovery Centre where he scored another 2 hours. 

William loved the microscope and looking at the sea shells, sponges and coral. Was really fascinated.

On Sunday we decided, as the wet weather that was predicted hadn’t come in, to go down to Busselton Jetty and look at the Underwater Observatory. Another 2 hours to add to his tally.

We took the train out there, as it’s 1.8k out there and that back which would be way too far for Summer. 

William was absolutely fascinated by all the growth on pylons.

And they both loved the train ride.

Expensive outing but so worth it. Going to do it again in summer when the weather is warmer and the sun shining so we can see more underwater. 

Waiting for the train. Little Miss was starving hungry so had to feed her my bag of snack popcorn.

Ooops, nearly forgot this one. William spotted an octopus on the pylon. He spoke to the guide and they found out what sort it was…..and he was told it was the first one spotted this year. 🤩😍

On repeat….

 Once again after a really good on track week another loss, this time a 100 grams. So darn frustrating!!! What’s worse is I did a midweek weigh and the scales were showing a good loss.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr so darn grumpy. I ate Rocky Road dear daughter made for the kidlets. Talking about them two, they are staying here for the next few nights as Mum has done a quick dash over to Adelaide for a funeral. Her ex husbands Gran has passed away at 96. Since her and Stephen split and divorced she has remained in contact with Gran. She debated with her yourself about going, she really could not afford too but she needed to pay her respects to the wonderful lady and say that last goodbye. 

The kids are a little unsettled, neither of them are asleep. It’s been awhile since they have had a sleep over here. They missing mum..and they really testing my patience tonight. 

Dear Gran with a little William. The last time Kylee saw her. Unfortunately they never made it back to visit again so she never got to meet Summer. But Kylee had the pleasure of telling her she was pregnant again at that visit. 

Well it seems to have FINALLY all gone quiet. Hopefully the pair of them have a bit of a sleep in. I have a shift in the morning but I have permission from the Boss to come home after I open the centre and get these two fed, dressed and to school before going back to finish my shift. 

Anyways time to get my grumpy ass self organised and prepare for tomorrow. 

Back again..

Yesterday was weigh in day. It was very frustrating to see “just” a 200g loss. I’ve been so good tracking and eating good healthy food. I know it’s a loss, but geeeee to not see a decent loss on the scales when I’ve been so committed is really really frustrating!! Unfortunately I let my frustrations out by eating crap all day. Today I am back on track….so let’s see what this week brings.  I have to remember I have lost over 12.5 kilo’s and I do, and so does my knee, feel a lot better for it. Right, it’s taken 9 months and I have had few detours along the way BUT I have done it!! 

Another Monday….

 And that means it’s another weigh in day….

Pfffft it’s slow going this weight loss….a 100g loss. Feel like chucking my hands in the air and throwing a hissy fit…..BUT……I won’t. ALTHOUGH I have indulged in a few little treats. 

Floated around in my gallery and found these….

The first one was taken at the end of January and I’d only lost a few kilos. The other one taken last week 12.4 kilos down. I can see a difference and I just don’t want to go back to that first pic. So definitely no hissy fit.

The week hasn’t been a busy one. Worked a few hour’s Saturday morning, and Saturday arvo went and watched William play soccer. His game was a bit off, he’d had a few upsets during the week at school and his anxiety levels were over the top. His Dad came down and watched him then took him and Summer backed to Perth with him. 

Sunday a few hours at work again, and then in the arvo Kylee and I went to Mandurah to pick up the kids.  It’s bookweek at the school this week and William is going as Harry Potter again and we needed to get him a new costume, he has outgrown the one he had. Kids were excited after spending time with Dad and travelling home down on the train. They love the train trip. 

Not much else happening. 

Just going to message my girlfriend. I think it may be time to up the exercise, see if she interested in a few walks during the week. 

Catch you next week. 😘

Would have

 Would have posted before today but silly blogger would not allow me too. I gave up trying after it sent me around in circles yesterday and then again this morning. 

Anyways it’s been a quiet week, nothing exciting happening. Been as cold as ever at night but some lovely fine days during the week. Worked this morning and of course it was raining as I left. Rained till I left but now it’s turned into a lovely day. Apparently more rain coming this afternoon. 

Soccer as per usual on the weekend. For the first time this season the kids Dad was down to watch them. 

Summers little team had no coach as he was on holiday and boy did they miss him, they were lost without him. 

Williams team played a great game again…with William even kicking their first goal. 

His Dad had his eyes opened as to how well he plays now, it’s been a year since he saw them play !!! 

Weigh in, lost 200 grams. 12.3 down now….averaging a 300g loss per week. 

Nearly forgot again…

 Have had a couple of busy days and totally forgot to post yesterday. A lot of errands and chores on Monday, then last night the Matilda’s (FIFA Australian Soccer Aries team)played and I got caught up with the game.  This morning was work. 

Was absolutely pelting down with rain most of the morning so that kept me busy. I had to empty all the outside bins in between showers and inside keep the floor dry as rain was so heavy it kept on dripping through the air conditioner vents. 

Weekend was soccer again on Saturday. Summers team won, Williams lost. William played another great game. Was goal keeper and they were a very quick attacking side. He stopped 5 attempts and missed 2 so pretty darn good effort I thought. 

Sunday not much at all other than the usual chores.  I’ve made a list of chores that really need doing so this week I’m going to try and get motivated and get them done….I’ve put them off long enough already. 

Nothing much else, so I’ll leave this and go do prep for dinner. 

Ohhh yeah, weigh in was a 600g loss. 

Ooops forgot

 Ooops forgot to post on Monday after weigh in….totally forgot. Sometimes I think I’m the one with early onset dementia, not my brother. Talking about him, I don’t know how he is getting on, very hard man to keep track of, he always has been. I’ve rang, messaged and emailed but still waiting for a reply. So annoyed with my sister in law I thought she might have at least let either me or my sister know a bit more about his diagnosis, but nothing. 

Not much been happening here. 

Saturday was the kids soccer day. Was cold and windy and I was well rugged up but both kids games the rain held off. Summer was so unfocused for her game but William’s team played one of the best games I’ve seen from them. William played his usual defence position and what a great game he played. After the game Kylee drove them up to Mandurah and they overnighted with their Dad. She used to stay and spend the overnight with Micheal but now she has to turn around and drove home….and then return Sunday afternoon to pick the kids up. We told William on the way home Sunday that Micheal and Mummy were no longer a couple. 

It’s been a mixed bag of weather this week, yesterday it felt like Spring, it was a beautiful sunny day. Today, it’s rained non stop, and quite heavily too at times, all day. 

I’ve been doing a bit of scrapbooking. Going through some of mum’s photos. We haven’t many at all and I get quite envious of people that have precious photo memories.

These are a couple of me. First one taken in 1982 pregnant with my second son.

The other taken in 1975 with my first born ….I was 18.

Anyhow, time to start thinking about dinner. 

Ohhh weigh in….lost the 100g I gained last week…

This week…..

 This week has been such a cold miserable one. 

All of us are still trying to come to terms with Micheal dumping Kylee. I know I am still in shock and still so darn angry with him. We still haven’t told the kids, Kylee plans to tell William after his weekend away with his Dad this coming weekend. At this stage there has been no real questioning about him as they know he has been super busy. They both had soccer on the Saturday so that filled that day and Sunday Mummy and Summer had a day together and Uncle Shawn took William out bush to get some wood then they went to the estuary and did some fishing. Shawn’s mate has a boy a year younger than William and they get on really really well. 

Kylee has some shares that she had with Woolworths and she thinking of selling them so she can do her 4x4 up and rig it out for camping with the kids. Shawn heads off most weekends so she is planning on tagging along too.

Not much else happening in the world of Jen. Had my Mandurah bestie down on Thursday and went op shopping and lunch out. Always wonderful to spend some time with her. Skye tagged along too and got herself a few bargains.

Weigh in. 100gram gain. Not too fussed about that as I’ve been losing steadily since home from our holiday. This week although I haven’t cheated, indulged or over eaten I’ve felt bloated and blahhh. I know I haven’t been moving enough or drinking enough water so this week those 2 things are on the tracker to do….

Right, time to get off bum and organising some dinner. 

And again…..

 And again it’s weigh in day 

And again I recorded another 400 gram loss 👏

I’m happy with that, any loss is a good loss. 

It hasn’t been the easiest of weeks. 

I’ve been so worried about Kylee and the kids. Not only has she been grieving the loss of her relationship (the asshole) but she has been so sick with the flu…as have the kids. I took Summer up to speech therapy this morning while K took William to his psychiatrist. He is slowly coming to terms with his Dad and his abandonment so when we get around to telling him about Micheal I guess that will set him back again. Let’s hope it doesn’t set him too far back. 

Not too much else to talk about. 

It’s been so cold here these past few weeks. It’s not helping me, I’ve been so lazy and lethargic and not drinking enough. Time to get out of this lazy funk….and move!!

Really…..

 

Now tell me please do these pics look as though he doesn’t love his girl???

The reason I ask this as on Saturday afternoon daughter dropped kids off with their Dad and went to Micheals. He then tells her “he cares deeply” for her but he has never loved her !!  Kylee said never, he said no never, I thought the love would grow. My heart broken girl bravely said to him what am I doing here then and walked out. She rang me sobbing her heart out out. OMG, my first thought was she’d been in an accident or Bozo had been with the kids as she was sobbing so hard, but this shocked me just as much.  For gods sake every time they were together he was touching her, kissing her, hugging her……then this. After 4 bloody years together he tells her he has never loved her. To string her along like that, what a fucking asshole….I’m so angry. And it’s not just her, what about the kids. William and Summer loved him. They called him their bonus Daddy. Why, why, why???? She hasn’t heard from him since which is good, but he could have checked to see if she got home ok.  She is not eating, looks like shit and so teary. Wish I could make her better.

Now it’s weigh in day. 400g loss this week. 

And just like that……

 …..another week has flown by. 

I’ve worked extra this week, a workmate couldn’t do her shifts and no one else could cover, so I covered them for her. 

I went shopping and found some boots I liked, they were my reward for losing 10k👢 

My mum’s birthday was on Saturday, July 1st, so decided to head down to tend her grave with my sister. We bought flowers for her. I ALWAYS bought flowers for her, she loved  them.  7 years she has been gone now, but heck some days it feels like yesterday. I miss her so much.  Bought some extra and visited Dad and my brother as well along with my maternal grandparents. And of course my sister and I caught up with all the family news as we wandered around the cemetery. We both love cemeteries and the history in them. 

Wet and miserable again here again today with a thunderstorm predicted this afternoon. A good day to sit in my chair in front of the fire and read.

Weigh in day, 300g down 😁

Another week done

 

Absolutely stoked to see the number on the scales this morning. 800 grams off saw me slip over the 10kg loss since I joined ww at the end of November last year. It’s been a slow journey BUT I have stayed committed to the plan and not given in. I’ve really surprised myself  😲 😮  Usually a hiccup along the way sees me giving in so heyyy while I’m in the zone I’ll keep on plodding away.  Matter of having too. I started off weighing in 10k higher than where I finished off with ww previously. I’m lucky too in that I have 3 close friends all cheering me on as they do their own diets. All 4 of us are following different plans. 

And I’ve had a few hiccups along the way, especially when my cousins died. But here I am, still plodding. 

Nothing much exciting in the world of Jen this week. Weather is still cold. My wood fire in the house has been going most days and nights. Nothing better than being able to curl up in my chair by the fire and read. Love my books 📚 

Weigh in day

 

First up…

I had to have a routine colonoscopy on Wednesday… ughhhh I hate them but with my family history it’s a necessary evil. Plus as I have diverticulitis it’s double necessary.

The prep is sux and I always feel so ill but this time around I was sooooooo sick 🤢 I think this time around was the sickest I had ever been. The fasting I can deal with (though not allowed to have a cup of coffee the morning of procedure was sux)

Anyways it’s all over for another 5 years.

The weather since being home has taken some getting used to. It’s so cold. After a month of pleasant warm weather the cold and the rain is taking some getting used too. And worse is on its way, they forecasting thunderstorms tomorrow. And of course tomorrow is the day I go back to work. I won’t be getting too much done outside if that’s the case. 

Right…it was back to normal weigh in day and I don’t know if it was the colonoscopy or being so sick with it but a kilo loss was recorded. Yep, I’ll take that 😊🤩😘

Now onto next week. 

Home Again

 

Home again.

Other than the 2 nights home after the desert trek we have been away for just on a month.

It’s been great.

Shark Bay was the best. I just chilled. 

I just in my chair and fished or read and just relaxed.

It was always early to bed, most nights we were in bed by 8pm and didn’t get up till sunrise. 

Hopped on the scales this morning and I lost the weight I gained on the trek PLUS another 100g 😉😙😌

I have a colonoscopy next week so hopefully I can get the numbers down a bit more before then, I’m under the weight I gave the hospital. Must have been all the good healthy fish we were catching and eating. 🥰😘

The trek was awesome…

 Okay….we are back from the trek.

It was rough in places, very rough. Others just great. BUT it was fantastic, we loved it. We “shook, rattled and rolled” for the 10 days and nearly 1300 kilometres. Around every corner was something different. 

The rest of the group we traveled with was great…except one, but couldn’t let her over shadow the great company of the others. 

A few repairs had to be done along the way, but our trusty 4x4 had nary a problem. 

Would I do it again…..without a doubt YES !!

We all unpacked and reloaded with our fishing gear. We are going to head to the North and chill out by the sea and do some fishing and exploring. 

Catch ya later.

Ohh p.s. I gained 600g while away.