a good day

today was a great day for me, after alot of hard work over the past couple of weeks after putting on 1kgs, i have now lost that weight again and dropped down to 58.3kgs a total loss of 5.3kgs. My aim is to get down to 56.3kgs so just another 2kgs to go.

It hasnt been easy for me but i do have alot of support from my husband which is just wonderful.

I am still going to be the lady who walks around in a bikini at christmas time instead of a fat lady!!

Lachlan said to me last night on our way home from work, That i can not be a hairdresser because i have to be his mummy!!!

This is my sister & i back in january...

My starting weight: 63.6kg

Rebecca's starting weight: 110.3kgs

This is my sister & I on Mothers day May 08

My current weight is: 58.3kgs

Rebecca's current weight is: 89.6kgs

Things kids come out with

I found this quite funny!!!

Me: lachlan pack up the toys before you go to bed

Lachlan: I can't mummy picking up the toys gives me a headache

Me: Start laughing and say come on buddy pick up the toys..

Lachlan: finishes picking up the toys and says "Look mummy it didn't give me a headache i did it all by myself...


Kids are just so adorable at time...

Feel like quitting

After today at TAFE i feel as though i am not making a very good hairdresser, i feel as though i should just throw it in and give up on doing my apprenticeship. Not getting to much encouragment from my work place is also putting me down and i dont think i am getting very far..

A slap in the face

Today was a horrible today for me. Work was ok but putting up with a sore mouth isn't all that great, i need to make an appointment to see the dentist...dont want to go!!!

On the other hand, there is nothing like being asked "How many weeks pregnant are you"? (she rubbed my belly while asking me) I was so angry when this person asked me this, i said to her that i am not pregnant and i will never go there again. She just laughed at me and said yeh right, whens the baby due!!!

Oh well i guess i need to lose alote more weight than just another 2.3kgs...

Off to take some painkillers for this sore mouth and then to bed!!!

Sick family members

I have had two sick family members over the past week. My sister has been told by her surgeon that she has to have her gall bladder taken out on the 17th May at Blacktown hospital.
She has lost a total of 17.4kgs in a period of 9 weeks and the Dr advised her that this may have trigered off small gall stones. she is in constant pain and will be on pain killers till her operation.

That was one family member!!

Owen, is the other family member, just when we thought we wouldn't have a rough time in the colder months with him since having his grommets put in...Well it all started on Friday night, at 2am with him coughing his lungs up. I recognised the cough from last winter and it was Croup. I have the medication that they give to them when you take them to the hospital, but i did not know how much to give him so i called the westmead childrens hospital help line, they weren't allowed to give me that information over the phone. After about 3 hours of him being awake coughing and crying we managed to get him back to sleep. Darren then took him to the Dr's on Saturday morning and they gave him the measurments of medicine to give to him that night if the croup got worse again, which it did. Last night was the first time that he has slept through till at least 5.15am without a coughing fit. He is on the mend thankfully. I don't know how many more sleepless nights we could go through, it starts taking it toll on every one in the family...

4.3kgs down & 2.8kgs to go!!

It has been 9 weeks since starting my weight loss plan. I have lost weight gradually, they say slow and steady wins the race..well i can honestly say i am feeling great in myself and all my clothes are to big for me, even some of my size 10 pants.
I really haven't changed to much of what i was doing eating wise but i guess you could say i eat smaller portions and a little more often and drink alot more water (4 600mls a day), i haven't been able to walk over the past couple of weeks because of my knee, but it has started to feel alot better now that i am going to physio and he is taping it, my knee cap is out of place and needs to be pulled back into line..That's what the taping is for.

This winter has been the first winter in about 8 years that i have been able to buy a pair of nice winter boots, i have had issues trying to get my calves into them as they are to big (still), the boots i have brought are a slip on pair and are very comfortable. It feels good to be able to buy things like that.

I was very happy last Tuesday as i had made it under 60kgs before my birthday.

Alot of people have commented at how much better i look (will post a photo later) i don't feel like a big pregnant woman any more, my baby belly is all but gone. When i start walking again tomorrow (once i get the all clear from the physio) the weight should keep coming off a little faster than what it has been so i am praying to be down to 56kgs before mothers day..Not long to go...only 2.8kgs to go and i'll be at my goal weight.

Just an update!!!

Weight watchers is working perfectly for me which i think is just great. I am averaging about 500grms a week weight loss so i am very happy with that. so in total i have have now lost 3.4kgs since starting 7 weeks ago. i am feeling 95% better in myself and im not falling asleep on the lounge early any more..Darren loves it we can sit and chat for hours of a night time, spend some quality time together..

I went to the Dr's this morning, i have had a very sore left knee for a few weeks now and have just decided to do something about it..He has suggested i go to physio for a little bit and do some muscle strengthening as my knee cap is out of place and is quite raised it's not flat like it is supposed to be (well that's what the Dr said anyway), and if the physio doesn't work then i may need to go in and have knee surgery, key hole surgery to scrap away something (i can't remember now what he called it)...But Physio is first, we take it as it comes and see how i go...He has also said to take voltarin rapid until i go and see the physio next tuesday...couldn't get in today he was fully booked and i can't go any other day due to working..

My boys are doing great, Lachlan is a little character at times. The other day i asked him if he went to the jewllery shop with Dad, Darren looked at me and said he wouldn't have a clue...So Lachlan turns to me and says "I WOULDN'T HAVE A CLUE MUMMY"...just way to cute for his own good i tell ya...

Lachlan seems to be loveing pre-school which is good each week i ask him if he made anything for me and he says, no it's not for you it's for nanna or yes but it has gone into my special book at pre-school, they make up portfolio's for the kids each year...i am looking forward to seeing what he has done so far.
They have a daddy's night at pre-school this friday night so darren is going to go along with Lachlan and see what he does and what they do with him. Will be good for him to go along and see these things.

Thats about it for now...