I met Fiona

On the weekend Fi (FIONADWYER) from the At Home forum travelled down to Australind to spend a week with her sister, she flew in from sunny Brisbane on Thursday. It was great that she took time out to spend an hour or so with me having a coffee and chatting. What a absolutely delightful friendly lady she was....thanks Fi...it was great, hope I have the pleasure of catching up with you again sometime in the future.

I went to see my Dr last week and found that I had a all clear with my colonscopy, other than a bowel proplapse (which I knew I had, who wouldn't know ya had one of those!! ) does need to be surgically repaired sooner than later. My Dr is making an appointment with the gynaecologist for that and is also going to recommend they do a hysterectomy at the same time as I still have my unwelcome visitor!! Anyways will see what happens when I have the appointment. Four years ago I had the exact same ops, or was meant to but they considered a repair to be done instead of a hysterectomy....so after a chat with the gynaeno WHEN I get the appointment I will know more and when !!

Next week is my next official weigh in....tonight I weighed in on my scales and am 67.6 which is 300 grams up on last week. This doesn't worry me, since LTM I have been up and down and all over the place, but heyyyyyy that doesn't worry me either, as long as I stay at 68k's (goal weight) or under I will be happy.

More pics....

Okayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy girls........here is some more pics....

This is the one Vegie wanted me to share....THEM pants with me and 3.5 year old Skye in them....and still have some room left over....

I know, I know......I'm showing off......but love those jeans....

Look at me now....

This was me a couple of years ago, out having a few drinks at a big speedway windup.....and I thought I looked good, as I had just lost 10 kilo's........

















And this is me now with those same jeans I was wearing....ohhhhhhhhhhh what a feeling!!!

I weighed in tonight on my own scales, and was 67.3....thats .7 up on last week, but that is to be expected with me recovering from my 24 hour fast for the colonscopy and ohhhhhhhhhhh and the most dddddddddeliciousssssssssssssss meal out on Friday night where I ate my all time favourite dessert Pavola for the first time since I started my ww journey....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm yum!!!

There was 3 in the bed....

Another week has gone by, and despite all it has gone by rather quickly. TTOM is still with me, had now have them since 13th May with only one day and a nights respite. Couldn't get into my Dr last week but saw the clinic sister at the surgery and she seems to think it could be going on and on as it may be my last. Ohhhhh joy......can I live in hope???? I do have to go to the Dr at the end of this week as I had a colonscopy (YUK!) on Thursday, thankfully no biopsies were taken but still have to go in to get results. If I still have my unwelcome visitor he can sort that out too!!! I had to fast for 24 hours before the colonscopy procedure which made me feel rather ill but I recovered from the procedure quite well. Hubby took the afternoon off work to stay with me to make sure I had no side effects, but I slept all arvo anyway. I went back to work on Friday to light duties only thou. Have had an attack of the hungries on and off since the procedure, but haven't indulged in too much junk! Excersise has been good except for the Thursday and Friday. Been doing 30 to 45 minutes on work days before work and on the weekends I do anywhere from 45 to 60 minutes plus.

Had Simon and Tracey's 3 eldest on the Saturday and for the night. Won't be long and I'll be able to have little Thomas too, he is nearly walking. (See pic) Geeeeeeeee it only seems like yesterday I was watching him being born, where does time go??

Jessica, Zoe and Sheymus were a delight to have. On the Saturday we shopped for dinner ingredients as we decided to have make pizza's using English muffins as the bases. (thanks for the idea Berrie) We had mess from one end of the kitchen to the other but it was heaps of fun and the pizza's were so yummy. They all went to bed very tired, happy and with full tummy's!

At 4am little Sheymus (2.5 years) came wandering into our bedroom and said I can't find my mummy. I just held out my arms and said will I do, come into Jenna and Pop's bed for cuddles. He was in and cuddled up before he finished saying yeaaaaaaaaaaah. Boy, 3 in the bed and the little one said........ Remember that song? I do now! I'd forgotten how much room a little body can take up, and how much they wriggle and squirm. But it was so sweet having him all cuddled up to me. Everytime I moved his little hand would come out and hang on to me.

I couldn't move over too far as hubby was sick with a flu virus and was so feverish, achy and sore....didn't want to disturb him too much.

Enough rambling...but I did have a very enjoyable weekend with the grandies. I love every minute I spend with them, but ohhhhhhhh I so love to hand them back.

Just weighed in on my scales this evening.....Weight ... 66.6. Thats 1.7 down from last week.

First official weigh in

Tonight I weighed in at my meeting for the first time since achieving lifetime membership. Wasn't meant to weigh in but next week Monday is a public holiday, plus being the end of the month I now have most of June to go throu before next weigh in...as I now only have to weigh in once a calender month. Anyways...I weighed in at 68.3...a gain of 300grams from last ww weigh in and a gain of a kilo since last week from my scales!!! TTOM is giving me a real hard time, I have now been going for over 2 weeks....and it has been quite draining.

Its been a long week, work has been so busy and its going to get busier. Had an engagement party in Geraldton to go too in a few weeks, even went out and bought a nice pair of black trousers and jacket...but now we find we can't go. Hubby has eye specialist appointment on the day we were going to be coming back, he has a growth growing over the pupil of his eye and needs to have surgery. Well we could go, but the drive is 6 hours there and 6 hours back, and with hubby's eye the way it is, we decided to sends our apologies. We will be heading up north on a fishing trip in late July/early August, if eye surgery doesn't postpone that, so we will call in and spent time with the happy couple then.

Received in the mail my lifetime card and an official letter from Weigh Watchers congratulating me on my achievement. It was great to be acknowledged.

Another week over....

Another week as a LTM gone.....still finding it a bit scary but have made the decision NOT to go into weekly/fortnightly weigh ins as I was first going to. I made the decision to concentrate on me and learn to do this on my own, make it part of my lifestyle and NOT as a focus and just go to the ww meeting once a month. The beginning of this last week was a shocker, it was so cold, it was wet and miserable, ttom of the month arrived just to make it worse and I had a real attack of the hungries for a few days. Yep I did panic and wonder how I could do that to myself, but I realised that a couple of bad days were not going make me gain all the weight I had lost, so I put all that I had learnt these last 18 months or so into practise. So out come out the planner and I increased the intensity of my excersise..... Sooooooooo yayyyyyyyy I was happy when I hopped on the scales for my "at home" weigh in and found I had lost another 200 grams from the week before.

On the weekend I had three of the grandies come and visit me and Pop. Luke lives with his mother and Paul only has him every 2nd or 3rd weekend so it always great to get a cuddle from him. He is 11 now but luckily still likes a cuddle...

No weighing in ...

I rushed home from work tonight, had a shower and was starting to get into my weigh in clothes and remembered YAYYYYYY I don't have to go to meeting and weigh in. So I weighed on my own scales ..... I know they are only about 100 grams different to my meeting ones....and found I had lost 500 grams. That was great as I am now UNDER goal weight again....

I had a great Mothers Day yesterday....my brother bought my mum up, I saw all my boys and their families......and my daughter rang me. We all went out for the morning, then came back and had a huge bbq...I made meat and vegetable patties as my contribution .... they were yummy.

YES...... I am enjoying LTM ..... the journey continues.....

I got it !!!

Last night I weighed in and despite my shit of a week and a big gain I STILL managed to get my LTM

What an awesome feeling it is...yet a scary one too. But now my ww journey has finished ....

Last night I celebrated big time...but this morning I up and walked...well floated with a big grin....and thus the new journey of my life has begun.

Just a update...

Just an update.....have had a absolutely rotten week, been "lost" and quite down in the dumps....but slowly getting my act together and realising I do have a few things I should be smiling about...

On Monday night....if I haven't blown it....I will become a LTM....yayyyyyyy ehhhh?

Maintenance I have found a breeze....I just settled into it so easily.

Made goal 25/3 with 66.2

Week 1 68.0 ( a few celebrations !! )

Week 2 67.9

Week 3 66.9

Week 4 66.8

Week 5 66.7

Week 6 LTM if I haven't blown it !!

Anyways will update during the week and let you know how I have gotten on....

Ohhhhhhhhhh don't you love the pic, she is one of my "little treasures" .... Ashlee Marie ..... she is a real cutie .... and shows just how my week has been ...

Happy Birthday Hubby

My dear hubby has a birthday today....won't say how old he is but he is older than me....lol

No celebrations for him, just a nice meal and a few glasses of wine and a quiet night at home. All the kids either rang or called around after work....

I gave him his pressie, a map card for his GPS, so when we go on hols up north in August he'll be able to take me to all the good fishing spots...method in my madness you see.....

LOVES YA HEAPS HON, YOU ARE MY EVERYTHING....xxx

Met up with Janinne again

Today I had the pleasure of meeting up with Janinne again. We first met online on the forums way back in 2005 when we started our ww journeys, then met up for real in Mandurah when Janinne and her hubby travelled over from Victoria for business in May 2006....Janinne had not long made goal then.

Today they were over in West Oz again for business and travelled down to Bunbury where we all caught up again....this time I was the one who had just made goal....

Lovely catching up again Janinne.....hopefully the next time I travel to Victoria we can arrange our schedules to catch up...

Happy Birthday Luke

My eldest granson Luke is 11 today....geeeeeeee how times flies. Can still remember the day very vividly that he was born, that was awesome for us, our first born granchild.

Unfortunately the relationship between Paul (our eldest son) and Luke's mother failed when he was a baby, but lucky for all of us he still does get to spend a fair bit of time with his dad.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUKE.....Love ya lots...

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Anzac day today.....a day of rememberance for all those courageous and dedicated soldiers who died serving Australia and New Zealand.

LEST WE FORGET.....

Babysat grandies

On Friday morning I had Jessica, (5) Zoe (4) and Sheymus (2.5) dropped off for me to babysit. Yep Jen, took a day off from the funny farm. Daddy and Mummy and bubba Thomas had to go to Perth for a wedding and weren't coming home till Saturday after lunch.

So after daddy and mummy drove off, we took all our pillows and special cuddle toys and put them into their beds....and then went down the street shopping for juice and breakfast cereal ready for the morning. mmmmm school holidays isn't it so the shopping centre was full of activities for them, this day a huge bird display. So I had 3 kids all wanting to go in different directions....but I coped, and not once had to chase after one or the other. It was their Mummy's birthday today so we even managed to find a lovely little candle with hearts all over it for the kids to give to her on her return....and birthday card with glitter all over it too!!

After a very unsettled night for me where I was up and down to the 2 girls with one thing or other, poor Jessica has a dose of the flu and was very chesty....we managed to have breakfast, get dressed and head off to the park for an hour or so to feed the ducks and play on the swings....

ahhhhhhhhhh Daddy and Mummy picked up the grandies and hour or so ago and Jenna now has her feet up and relaxing.

Pop and Jenna loved the visit and spending time with them and it bought back memories of the days with our kids...but do so enjoy the peace and quiet now that they have gone. Love the visits, but do so love saying cyaaaaaaaaa!!!

Happy Birthday Caitlin

Caitlin is a big 5 today....and wanted her Jenna and Pop to give her a Bratz doll for her birthday.....so thats what we got our big girl, plus a Bratz bag to put her her stuff in and a dvd to watch tonight when she is all worn out after her exciting day......

Happy Birthday Caitlin....loves ya lots....

Easter Weekend...

On the Saturday morning of the long weekend hubby and I packed up and headed off for a weekend away. It was great...2 days of just me and him, no worries, no cares....just relaxation!! We had fabulous weather on the Saturday, even the evening stayed warm which was a bonus as we took in a speedway meeting as that nights entertainment. Yep, my foot was itching and wanted to race, the heart was pumping. enjoyment plus as far as I am concerned!!! The skies opened up early Sunday morning, but did we care...nahhhhhhhhhhhhh....we just carried on driving and sightseeing. Some of the places we visited we hadn't been too since we were kids, yep a long time ago!!I didn't count points, ate when I was hungry, treated myself to a couple of devonshire teas....scones, jam and cream, yummmmmmmmmy!! Left the choccies alone, welllllllllllll nearly alone....did have 4 tiny wee little ones on Sunday evening after we arrived home....tired but happy.

On Monday....I caught with the eldest sons kids and took them around their easter baskets....

Ohhhhhh by the way...remember my blog post about appropriate clothing when walking. Wellllllllllll on Saturday morning before we left on our travels I went walking....this time in daggie trackies and t-shirt and I happened upon my "friend" !! I stopped her and asked her if I was dressed appropriately today...and she said nooooooooooo......when I walk my underwear shows !!! I just looked at her and told her to join the real world. Now can you tell me how many people check out whether the outline of peoples underwears shows when they are out walking???

Vita

This is my Vita....my goal pressie from Vege....isn't she cute. I love her and now have her in a pot out in my garden....

This is the verse that come with her...

Vita is my naughty little name,

Wicked and wild and impossible to tame,

Playing with bugs and digging up worms,

Rolling in dirt and spreading my germs,

No clothes for me, my nudie blue skin,

Crawling around with a cheeky little grin!

Look at my eyes and my messy long hair,

I'm a bundle of trouble of trouble, so beware!!

Thanks Vege....

Easter Break

I am feeling a little down, it just seems of late for every good that happens in my life it seems to be followed by what seems to be half a dozen bad things. I am still on a high about finally reaching goal but since thats happened I have lost my little Missy, my sons moods are swinging more and he is getting physcotic and I am getting quite scared as to what is going to happen with him. But until he helps himself no-one can do anything, all we can do is sit and wait and hope.







My hubby and I were meant to be taking off for the whole of the easter break, but where I wanted to go to has been put off. The 4x4 has a few mechanical problems which won't allow the longer trip. Sheeeeeeeeeeeeez it's always the way....the hubby is a mechanic too!!! So we are now going in the morning on a shorter trip and will come back on the Sunday unless I can convince hubby to stay a little longer. Will see what the weather does and how relaxed we get. We both need the break and time together to just sit around and just try to catch a fish. Not worried if I don't....have packed a few books to read. And have just seen advertised on the tv that there is going to be a speedway meeting on the Saturday night not far from where we will be camping.....yayyyyyyy thats Saturday night organised. I love my speedway and really miss racing my car....sometimes I wish I hadn't retired, would have liked to have seen what I could do now I am slimmer, fitter and have heaps of energy and stamina.





Just to finish off I want to wish each and all a HAPPY EASTER. Take care everyone....be safe and enjoy the Easter festivities with your families and friends.

Bye Bye Missy

I had just got home from work when I had a phone call from one of my boys to say my little Missy girl had been run over today and had been taken to heaven. Missy has been my little cat for the last 2 years. Kylee gave her to me on her first visit home after she moved to Melbourne. Every night while sitting up here on the pc she would sit up on the stool and talk to me as I typed and browsed the net. She survived a snake bite last summer...that was real scary, thought I had lost her then. Then for some reason she decided she would like to go walking with me of a morning....many a morning I would have to pick her up and carry her back across the road back to home and lock her inside. She found on her escapes across the road a lovely white male tom cat, who loved to play as much as she did. But unfortunately she escaped one too many times and tonight my little Missy is now playing with the angels.

Bye bye little girl......

Still grinning.....

Still grinning from ear to ear ..... achieving goal was a dream, after 18 months of ww's I was beginning to wonder if I ever was going to get there. Today has been a real hungry day, and I have been battling with the carbs....just want to eat but doing the best I can to keep it under control. I am still tracking, tracking.....

The pic shown was taken at Easter before I started ww.....looking at pics like this shows me how far I have come. Just added up my measurements...I have lost a staggerring 138cms.....wowwwwwwwww!!!

I want to THANK each and everyone of my online friends and fellow bloggers and blogger readers for all of your support on my journey....without some of you I know I wouldn't have made it, I know that, you have kept me going!!! This journey has been more than a weight loss one, I have made some lifetime friends along the way, so I have lots to be thankful for. And THANKS for all the lovely comments on my achieving goal post....

I did it...I FINALLY DID IT!!!!

I did it...

Yep I did it...

I MADE GOAL...

I lOST 3.3 at this weigh in, but thats going back to old meeting and 2 weeks without a weigh...

BUT WHO CARES...

I DID IT...

I FINALLY DID IT...

I MADE GOAL !!!!

wooooooooooohoooooooooooo!!!!!