Champion Boy

 Wednesday and Thursday were  my grandkids sports day. William loves sports day and the challenges. 

Wednesday was long distance running events and jumps day. Mum had to work but Jason and I went up and watched as well as help out the teachers. 

William did great and won his long distance race, the long jump, vortex throw, high jump and came 2nd in hop, skip and jump. His sportsmanship is outstanding, no matter who’s team or faction he was there encouraging ☺️

Friday was sprints and team games. Summer loved that, she was in a few events but loved the social chit chat ☺️😘. William won his sprints easily.  Unfortunately his main competitor had an allergic reaction on Thursday and was unable to compete. 

He was team leader in team games and shouted out encouragement to each and every team mate. 

Kylee had the day off  and had to keep yelling out to Summer. “Summer focus” 

Anyways to cut a long story short. It was a warm day, I got wind burnt, it was quite a windy day. 

 I didn’t buy from the sausage sizzle or the cake stall. I bought my own packed lunch.  I stayed within my points allowance. 

The kids faction won the championship points and William was year 5 champion boy.

Another great week to add to my personal challenge, this being week 2 and a loss of 900g 

My jabberwalk buddy is away for a few days so no long walks….but I have made myself move and clock up some steps. 

Bedtime for me, my work day tomorrow so best get some sleep. 

A busy week ahead..

 First week of my challenge to myself is done and dusted. I lost 600 grams and I’m pleased to say it was easy. I ate 3 healthy meals a deal making sure they were filling and within my points. A few challenges but I aced them….go me 👍🏻👍🏻

Skye went and got herself a bank loan a month or so ago as she wanted a 4 wheel drive. Anyways she found one within her price range and has bought it. 

It’s a big commitment, she has this loan to pay back, she took that out over 5 years. There’s licensing, insurance, fuel, maintenance and  all her other things like board, phone, clothes…… But she thinks she can do it. She working 2 jobs and has just been made permanent at her 2nd one. 

I had my 2 youngest grandies on Friday night and Saturday. Young man was no problem but ohh lil Miss nearly 6 is a handful at times, especially bedtime. Never used to be but lately Mum has been pulling her hair out with her….and I can tell you my patience was running out Friday night !!

Saturday morning fun and games. Miss turned into my hairdresser….lots of giggles. 🤭 

I’ve work in the morning. Then shopping.

Wednesday is part 1 of the kids sports day…..long distance running, high jump, long jump, hop step annd jump and vortex throwing. and I’m going to watch William compete. Last year he got 1st in all these events.

Thursday, morning tea with some work mates. 

Friday part 2 of sports day. All the sprints and team games. Then I’m driving them to Mandurah where there Dad will pick them up and have them for the weekend. 

Mum is having a weekend away with her boyfriend, they going camping with her brother.

Right…good night. 

Weeks are rolling by….

 Just a short post.

Not a great deal happening. Spent the weekend down in Manjimup with my sister. Throw in a night of speedway action and it was a guaranteed good weekend. Just what I needed.  

So with a few drinks, some yummy food, lots of talking, a night of speedway and catching up with some friends it was a much needed relaxing weekend. 

Arrived home refreshed.

Monday morning weigh in saw a 300g drop on the demon scales. 

I am setting myself a goal, the last few months my scales have yo-yo’ed up and down a few kilo’s, so I am giving myself a month to get down to my last set goal of 15 kilo off. That was before Christmas I achieved that. I’m under 2 kilo’s away from it but I so desperately want to get back there….so I can keep moving downwards again. A few challenges in the weeks ahead but I’ve proved this weekend I can go enjoy myself and not go overboard. 

 Catch ya next time around. 

Battling on….

 Weigh in day…..yes I did weigh in. Despite being on track I am still a kilo off weigh in on the 19/2/24 (my birthday week)

This week is going to be a challenge, I’ve got a bit on. Lunch out twice this week, plus a weekend away. Yay….its sister weekend. Looking forward to that….and a speedway night… 🚗 🚙 

This past week I’ve done quite a bit of spring cleaning and culled a lot of unnecessary “stuff”   I cleaned out my bookshelves  and books that the grandies no longer read or want were passed onto a local daycare. Books my own kids used as reference books for school projects were given to school to cut up and use for their “projects” Books that I was able to be parted with were given to Coles to put on their Telethon stand to sell. I must admit my bookshelf does look a lot tidier. 

A dear friend from Victoria came over to Perth with her hubby, he had work here. She hired a car and drove down and spent half the day with me while her hubby worked. I was so happy to see her, it’s been a few years since I last saw her. We went walking along the beach and my phone (which I thought I’d left in the car) fell out of my pocket. Long story cut short….when I realised I had lost it and no one had found it I went and reported it and was in process of cancelling my bank cards when Helen decided to ring it again and it was answered. Pheeeeeewwwwwwwww     It was found in the water and luckily cover protected it…😘😘😘

Helen got to see a few places in Bunbury that she didn’t expect to see 🤩🤩

Derailed….

 First up….weigh in day tomorrow….it is NOT going to happen.

I’ve totally derailed myself. I’ve eaten like it’s going out of fashion….all junk mostly…..and chocolate 🍫  

Although in saying that Tuesday was my birthday and I was taken out for the most beautiful meal in a very upscale restaurant for lunch by my daughter.  

From there it went downhill. 

Stress didn’t help. 

On Friday son was sent home from work, his hand was all swollen. Got him into Drs, it’s an infection, antibiotics prescribed, blood tests and X-ray were done. Saturday and Sunday the hand and the fingers are very swollen, twice the size as Friday. Back to Drs and he shakes his head and sends him to emergency at the hospital. It’s an abscess they say, start him fasting as he may have surgery. Pump with intravenous antibiotics. He waits and waits and Surgeon there says I’m not a hand surgeon I’m not touching it and proceeded to book him into a Perth hospital . Sent home, have a feed, start fasting at 11pm and be at hospital by 8am where day surgery will be done.

Luckily hubby and I were heading to Perth next day as friends of ours from LA were sailing into Fremantle port as a stopover on their world cruise. 

Anyways we got son to hospital, a little late as traffic was horrendous…and we left an hour early too. Made sure he was in the right place and continued onto the port to see Joe and Marian. Had a wonderful visit, one we’d been looking forward to for over 6 months. Last time we saw them was May 2018 when we stayed at their lovely home as a stopover on our way to Alaska. 

Anyways Shawn rang us after our visit and said no surgery today. Poor man all that fasting for nothing, and he’d be staying in overnight. Fingers crossed he’d be first up next day so we came home to prepare for another trip the next day.  

Phone call from son next day, having surgery late afternoon, pick me up tomorrow.

He rings at 7.30, they discharging me, just have to get my discharge papers, Drs certificate and pick up my drugs…should be out by10.30. Yeahhhhhh right….we drove up there arriving by 10.30 and he never got out till nearly 1pm. None of us were very happy. 

Anyways all done now. 

So…..stress, takeaways and chocolate….ugggghhhhh

Tomorrow is Monday…..let’s see if I can climb onboard the WW train again…..

Hot 🥵

 Ohhhh boy, this weather….🥵🥵🥵

It’s been in the high 30’s and low 40’s and as humid as all heck….we have been melting. Thank god for air conditioning. Another hot and muggy one coming up. 

Right…I have been asked, has my daughter got a new man?  After the shocking way she was dumped by Micheal (the last boyfriend of 4 years) she got her 4 wheel drive camping ready and concentrated on that and her kids. But anyways to cut a long story short she started chatting to a few men online. Jason and her clicked, they the same age, they went to the same school, live only a few k’s apart and had heaps in common. They met and are together. The kids love him, we like him so we will see what the future brings. 

A few challenges ahead for them but let’s see what happens. 

Weigh in day. 200g down. It’s a loss but I expected more after a great week. But it’s a new week now and a few challenges ahead. It’s birthday week. We’ve also got friends  from Los Angeles who are on a world cruise arriving in Perth this week and we are meeting them and having a catch up. We haven’t seen them since 2018 when we stayed with them on our visit to Los Angeles. 

Anyways time to off….a few chores to get done before it gets too hot to get anything done. 

Catch you next week. 

Busy Day…

 A busy day today.

This morning general housework, a few loads of washing. Did some meal prep, dinner for tonight and some for the freezer. All done before 10.30 as my jabberbuddy was taking me out for an early birthday lunch. Deb flies to Bangkok for a holiday on Saturday 😊

Some op shopping was done then lunch. We both had chicken and salad with a small order of chips on the side to share between us, and it was lovely and quite filling. 

Deb was the very first friend I made 30 years ago when we moved into the Estate we’re both living in. We’ve been walking together for over 20 years in between us raising kids, working and now looking after grandkids. Love her to bits.

Talking about kids, I had mine on Saturday as Kylee’s boyfriend had a birthday party…adults only. It was just a stinking hot day we spent a few hours up the pool.

Both of them love the water, Summer especially 😘

Right weigh in today, finalllllllyyyy after 3 weeks I had a loss. 500g that I’m determined not to gain again….heck it’s just too darn hard to lose. 

I’ve not lost a real lot of weight between the 3 pics below, just over 3 kilos…but I can see a few changes between them all. 

Anyways, time to do the dishes and organise a few things for morning. I have an early morning work shift. 

A day late……

 …..but I’m here….

Thankfully the weather has cooled down a bit these last few days, it’s been very pleasant after the shocking high temps we’ve been having. BUT I saw on the weather forecast by the weekend we will be having extreme  heat again 🥵  Now that I’m not looking forward too…thank god we have air con and can sit in comfort. I have been catching up on my “to be read” collection of books as well as some scrapbooking. 

Kids went back to school. William year 5 this year and Summer is year 1. She so excited that she finally in the “big school” 😍     Just where have those years gone.

So very grown up now. She loves that she is in the same area as her big brother. 

Right now weigh in….a great week, not entirely a 100% on track but pretty good….and exercised 6 days of the week….and yet another sts. That’s 3 weeks in a row. Still a bit to go to get back to where I was just before Christmas….but I will get there. 

Not giving in. 

Right time to start preparing some dinner. Pork chops tonight. 

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. 

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……