Oh well - not such a great week this week unfortunately. I am back to square one weight wise... yeap I have put on the 900gms that I lost over the last 2 weeks so am back to 109.1 kilos! Bugger! Bugger! Bugger! But only person to blame and that is me, myself and I!!!

Ate to much, drunk to much crap and did sweet fuck all exercise!!! That's how my life has been lately and I am really struggling to change this lifestyle that I have gotten myself into over the last 12 mths or so! But like I said, there is only person to blame and one person who can do anything about this and that is ME!!!

Hopefully I will get out of the vicious cycle sooner rather than later cause there is NO WAY IN HELL I want to go back to 129.2 kilos! NO WAY!!! So best I get myself into gear sooner rather than later and get back to those double digits!

On to the most important thing - Rachel :) We had her at the Drs on Sunday morning and she has a middle ear infection and a sore throat brought on by a case of Laryngitis! My poor wee girl has such a nasty cough - very much like croup in a baby and so harsh! So she is on AB's for the infection but not a lot they can give me for the cough so am doing an old fashioned remedy of honey and lemon drink and giving her about 10mls whenever she needs it. She was a much happier girl today (and had a better nights sleep) so decided to send her to Daycare but didn't think she would see the day out there but she did. Despite only having one short sleep there - but she sure was grumpy when Steph picked her up so she crashed and had a power nap just before I got home. And so far, so good tonight.

Only had one couple through the house so far... bit disappointed really but have our first open home this coming Sunday so fingers crossed we will get some interest shortly. Yeah I know its only been 1 week so far but talk about the extra stress etc in making sure the house is tidy and clean before I leave for work each morning! Have found out that the house next door is also on the market but think it may be a mortagee sale by the sound of things! Haven't seen the neighbours for quite some time - they seem to come and go pretty randomly.

Really busy at work as well but did get a lovely surprise on Friday when we all (our team) got given a letter advising us of a nice pay increase backdated to 1 July last year. Not quite enough for us to be able to afford to stay here but definitely will help us each fortnight.

Anyway, best I get moving as there are still a few things to do before I hit the sack... oh before I go, I just want to mention how sad it is that so many of the "old" blogs are closing down. But I do totally understand what they are all saying and how they are all feeling as I go down that road occasionally myself and yes sometimes I find updating here a chore... but I know that I have made some true friends through the blogger world and I know that no matter whether we are blogging or not - we will still keep in touch.

Night xx

Just a quickie to say that in Week 2 of the challenge that I am doing that I managed to lose 400gms. Not as much as I would have liked considering the amount of exercise I have been doing with all the cleaning of the house but on the other hand my eating and drinking (coke) hasn't been the best. So all up 900gms lost so far... and my motto has always been slowly but surely! :)

The house is officially on the market now and the opinion of the company who brought all the agents through today is that it is well priced and they were very impressed with the presentation etc... so it is now on Open2view and a few other websites so we just have to sit and wait now! And oh keep the place tidy! :) First open home is Sunday 2nd March.

But right now, I am heading to bed so will be back in a few days for another update...

Hi all

Happy Valentines day to all of you and for those of you who do celebrate it - may your celebrations go well and you have an awesome day/evening. No celebrating of it here - just an "I love you and Happy Valentines Day" as Steph walked out the door!

Going ok so far this week... but being kept busy at home with the decluttering is keeping me away from the crap food I eat at work is which a big plus! And of course I am doing more "exercise" too with the cleaning and shifting things around! Only down side is the coke that I am drinking but hey I am getting there slowly. Would rather wean myself off the coke slowly rather than going cold turkey!

The decluttering isn't going as fast as I thought it was going to! Have got a couple of extra days off to try to finish things off! Initially we thought that we were just going to concentrate on the decluttering for the Open2view photos on Tuesday and then we could do the cleaning etc next weekend before the first home home... BUT........ of course it is officially on the market as from Monday with the agency so they will be bringing people through from their database etc before the first open home so its gonna have to be clean before then! This has freaked me out a bit but am sure we will get there slowly. Might send an SOS out to family this evening (once I have chatted to Stephan) and see if those that are free this weekend can pop around and give us a hand doing something around here...

Poor Rachel fell and knocked her head (in the exact same spot as she did last month) yesterday as we were leaving daycare and the lump came up quicker and bigger than the first time so off to the Drs to be on the safe side. Got given the all clear but just to watch for vomitting and drowsiness etc... Apart from it being black and blue this morning, she is very happy within herself and happy as larry at daycare. Have taken some photos of it so will try to post those at some stage.

Anyway, this sure as hell ain't helping me declutter... got the Sallies coming today (anytime between 10am and 1pm) to take away HEAPS of stuff so once that is cleared it will definitely give me a better idea of what is left to do!

Catch ya all later...

Going ok...

Well week 1 down into the 12 week challenge and I have lost 500gms for this first week! And I avoided the scales all week which amazed me so I had no idea at all what they were going to say when I got on them this morning... And to be honest last night I was thinking that I may have even had a gain as I haven't had that greater week for various reasons. So to have a 500gm loss makes me happy and is on track for my goal of 500gms per week...

So what have we been upto for the last week... not a lot really. Just plodding on and TRYING to get motivated for the house tidying since we go on the market next Monday! OMG!!! I am so scared and worried that no one will like our place and we will never sell... but am sure that is just first timer nerves and we will do ok. Okay I am worried how I am going to make sure the place is tidy each morning before going to work since I have enough to do each morning as it is already... And the Real Estate Agent is not going to bring people through after 6pm so we can bath Rachel and do her bedtime routine without people coming through so that will be good. First home open is Sunday 2nd March but it will be on Open2view by next Wednesday!

And for those long time readers, some of you might recall in January 2007 I was bitten on the arm and reacted badly to whatever had bitten me (tried to do a link back to the original post but it won't let me do any links whatsoever). Anyway, I have been bitten a few times in the last couple of weeks which we have put down to me sleeping on top of the sheets etc (with a nightie on of course) but they have just been itchy and then gone... however on Saturday morning I awoke to 9 new bites and 8 of them enlarged quite considerably and became red, hot, painful, extremely itchy and were just getting bigger and bigger! So went off to the Dr's on Sunday morning, and at least 3 of them were at the beginning stages of infection so am on a 4 day dose of a very strong AB to kick them in the butt! Am also taking the anti-hestimane tablets too... but if they haven't gone down by Wednesday morning I need to get my butt back to the Dr's who will put me on to a specialist. They seem to have gone down a bit this morning but still red, warm and itchy...

Anyway, best I get stuck into the de-cluttering which is why I am off work... so will catch ya all later...

I can do this!!!

I have bitten the bullet as the parenting forum that I belong to has started up a 12 week "Biggest Loser Competition" with the Biggest Loser receiving a pampering voucher (paid for by the rest of the team who each pay $5).

We just send a PM (Private Message) to the lady who is doing all the spreadsheet work and then each week she will post the % loss for all the competitors so am hoping that this will provide me with some motivation to get my big fat arse off the chair and to lose some weight.

Am going to work on the eating/drinking side of things first and then slowly TRY to reintroduce some exercise regime! One of the ladies who is doing it has also been successful in losing weight in the last 12mths and has posted a basic "at home" fitness programe for those of us who can't get to the gym or can't afford to go...

So with the support from there and the support from all of my blogger friends I know I can do this! My initial goal is to lose 6 kilos in the 12 weeks which is a simple 500gms per week. I don't want to aim for anything to high - would rather have a small goal and do more rather than a big goal and not get there. It's gonna be a stressful time as well to do this, with the house going on the market on the 18th Feb and then of course all the open homes and keeping the place tidy all the time with a 15mth old who loves terrorising the place!

Anyway, best I get moving as I want to make our lunches for tomorrow... Catch ya all later