A hard few days

 Gee the weeks are flashing by…another week has flown by. 

Been a bit of a topsy turvy week for me….and it showed on the scales…with luckily a sts for me. Could have been worse believe me. Still struggling a little but I’ll get there. 

The other day it was the anniversary of my cousins death. He died doing his job protecting the community he loved. His workmates in the Shire, DFES, and the Volunteer Fire Brigade all turned up to honour Rays memory with his wife and her family at the site where he lost his life. 

Ray and I were very close and I really miss him. 

Another week…

 And another week bites the dust. Time is flying by. Can’t believe how quick it going by. 

Nothing exciting happened this week, no parties, no grandies to babysit. Have caught up on some long overdue jobs that needed doing. Hubby has been preserving fruit and vegetables that we grow here, so that has kept him busy. 

My jabberbuddy and I have walked everyday, except Tuesday as I work. This week we have even gone up to the pool and walked in the water…my knee loves that. 

Been a good weigh in this week, lost 1.6 of the HUGE gain from last week which I’m  happy about 😃  Had a lot of seafood this week. A couple of lunches this week have been a mango salad…

And  I also got the Annette Syms cookbook out and made the Garlic prawns with spinach and tomato which we both love.

Anyhow, as I said not much been happening here. 

Got a leg of lamb cooking in the slow cooker so I best go check on that then go bring in the washing off the line. 

Catch you next week. 

Monday again…

 It’s been such a hectic week. 

I had William and Summer every day as Mum was working and I had enrolled them in vacation swimming. Kylee has so many adventures planned this summer now that she has her 4x4 kitted out and a roof top camper. Roof rack on it too for the kayak as well…..so it’s very important that both kids know how to swim properly. Summer is a real water baby, loves it. William is too now that he has overcome his fear of having his face under water. His father dunked him when he was 4 and it quite traumatised him.  Anyways he is now getting to be quite confident in the water. I think though Missy is going to be the more confident of the two of them.

Anyways…lessons were all afternoon, Summer at 1.20, then William at 3.20. All afternoons were spent up at the pool. I took snacks but chips, nuggets and ice creams were bought….and yep I indulged. 

On the weekend we celebrated my son’s 50th birthday. More food, drinks but ohh what a good time we had. I had Simon at 17 and it’s been great to grow up with him. 

Love this pic. Me and hubby, son and his 2 sons, daughter, granddaughter and her partner. 

And this one too…. I count my blessings. 

And today I am counting points. Thank heavens I walked every morning last week as my weigh in could have been worse. I had a 2.5 gain… 😟🤔☹️ But no one else to blame but myself. 

 I enjoyed the time with the grandies and watching them learn and enjoy the water and seeing their joy when they received their certificates was the best.  And then the fantastic time celebrating my son’s milestone. 

Moving on….

Weigh in Day

 Gee the weeks come around fast. Seems like yesterday I was on here recording my gain from Christmas. Eeeeek it was 2 gains actually…week before Christmas then the week after…

Anyways that’s done and dusted, this past week I’ve been so good, totally on track……well nearly totally, I had one small lapse…..but the scales showed me a 1.8 loss. 

So so happy. I hopped on and off the scales 3 times to make sure. 

My friend and I have been good with the exercise, been walking 45 to 50 minutes everyday, except Tuesday as I work from 7am to 10am.  Nothing better than starting off the day with a walk and a talk. We drink our water bottles and set a mini goal each for the day, it sure helps us up to have good days. Deb, my friend, is a big planner and does a menu planner up every week. Shops for the week on Tuesdays then cooks meals and freezes them. Wish I could be more organised. I’d rather sit and read a book. I’m not a lover of cooking, but I do plan my day out and stick to my plan. I tend to fail if I don’t. 

I was reading a fellow bloggers blog today. She was celebrating beginning of her 19th year of blogging. Made me think about when I started… I looked, December 26th 2005 I wrote my 1st post…so MaryFran I’m 19 years too. 

Right talking of books, I received a new book in the mail today that I’m itching to start. Anyone read Lucinda Riley’s 7 Sisters series?They are really worth the read. My granddaughter and her boyfriend got me book 1 and 2 for Christmas and I couldn’t put them down. I’ve been waiting for book 3 which has arrived today.

Right, off to organise meal prep for tonight then it’s book time. 

Happy New Year

 Happy New Year 

I slept the New Year…. woke up at my usual time..weighed in….I gained more weight….made my coffee, read the news on my iPad before donning my joggers and going walking with my jabberbuddy. 

Wasn’t surprised with the gain…I ran out of my my thyroid medication and the last week I have not been planning or tracking, I’ve been eating too much, indulging in chocolates and very rarely walking. Today a new year and I’m going to continue onwards to finishing off what I started last year. Last year I averaged a 300g a week loss so if I can keep that up I will be happy. 

Now it’s onwards, lose this weight I’ve gained and get those scales moving down again. 

Blessings to you all for 2024.