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My treadmill is trying to escape

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As I walk it creeps backwards because the floor is slightly uneven. Tonight it added to its repertoire by taking a turn to the left and attempting to break out through the back door. I’m not sure what to do about this as it’s bound to get worse as I start walking faster, using the incline more and who knows maybe even running eventually. Maybe we need to chain it to the wall or something. I have visions of it as a pathetic tormented figure struggling in vain to break free from oppression, either that or it figures as an … Continue reading My treadmill is trying to escape

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Exercise Challenge

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Ok, here’s my version of this coming week’s Yodaobi’s Whacky Weekly Challenge. I’m not up to doing a virtual climb of the Skytower (don’t ask, it’s in New Zealand somewhere…) so I’m setting myself the more realistic challenge of coming up with an exercise plan and, you know, actually doing it. MondayWalk kids to school in the morning – 40minWW Move DVD workout plus extra abs in the afternoon – 30minTuesdayUpper body weights in the morning – 20minWalk on treadmill in afternoon/evening – 40minWednesdayWalk kids to school in the morning, take long way home – 60minThursdayWalk kids to school in … Continue reading Exercise Challenge

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WWC Wk3 Day61 serve of fruit and 3 of vegetables today.Breakfastweetbix, 2 fruits and milk – 3ptsLunchSmall serve of low-fat neapolitan pasta, baked new potatoes, greek salad and a slice of chicken and mushroom pizza – 9ptsDinnerCombination long soup, 1 spring roll, plus a little bit of salt & pepper squid and mongolian lamb – 13ptsSnacksmilk for tea – 0.5ptssmall cappucino – 1ptWater1LExerciseNilTotal points for the day: 26.5 hrmmmm. Continue reading No comment.

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It’s been a long week…

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TGIF! It’s still Friday as far as I’m concerned, after all it can’t be tomorrow yet, I haven’t been to sleep! The Whitlams playing with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra was fabulous, I’ve had a lovely night listening to some great music and drinking way too much coffee. See, we got there early and had to fill in time and then afterwards we really did have to have coffee and dessert with Di and Brendan, so it couldn’t be helped! I am so in for a major coffee withdrawal headache in the near future, I’ve had at least one every day … Continue reading It’s been a long week…

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The Unfinished Spelling Errors of Bolkien

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It’s stuck in my head and the kids are singing it non-stop, it’s clever, it’s funny and I can’t believe it’s been in my house for months without me getting around to so much as unwrapping the plastic on the cd. Tolkien as a musical! Bwahahahahahah 😀 Many thanks to ZB for such a brilliant gift. Check it out for yourself here. WWC Wk2 Day1This week is focused on exercise, I’ve committed to walking at least 30 minutes every day. I’m off to a good start, went for a 35 minute walk on a route that used to take me … Continue reading The Unfinished Spelling Errors of Bolkien

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Tracking

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First of all the not-so-interesting-but-keeping-me-accountable daily tracking. Whacky Weekly Challenge Wk1 Day1Breakfastsmall bowl of porridge with milk & brown sugar – 3ptsLunchhomemade pumpkin & cauliflower soup with 2 slices of wholegrain bread topped with Kraft 97% fat free cheese and toasted – 4.5ptsDinnervegetable lasagne OMG! so good, a huge serve for just – 8ptsSnacksmilk for tea – 0.5ptsa small low-fat brownie – 2ptsapple & banana – 2ptsWater3x750ml and countingExercise40mins walking Points total for the day stands at 20, I’m allowed 26 so that’s not really quite enough but considering the weekend I’ve just had food-wise it’s probably not such a … Continue reading Tracking

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Time passes…

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…and here we are several months later. And here I am having gone pretty much nowhere in the weight loss stakes in the meantime *le sigh*. I’ve had a miserable few months, I worked out that during the 10 weeks of the last school term I was well for a grand total of one and a half weeks, I spent most of the school holidays still fighting off the last of the most recent cold and then topped that off by spending the weekend just gone with a gastric bug that had me pretty much bed-ridden for 2 days. If … Continue reading Time passes…

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Back to tracking

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It seems I’ve been doing this thing where every second week or so I decide “this is it. I’m back on track and I’m going to make some serious progress”… but nothing much happens, or I do the two steps forward one giant leap back thing. It’s all getting very tedious and uninspiring. However, on Sunday I did something new, I did our menu plans for the next 2 weeks using the ones in the WW booklets. Whenever I’ve toyed with doing that before I’ve read through the main meals and been confronted with the vision of at least 5 … Continue reading Back to tracking