How Did It Get To Be Thursday?

Australia Day already, & I haven't posted this week. I went to yoga & really enjoyed it. I guess there is a lesson there. Now that I'm home from holidays (and staring work tomorrow, I am scared that this is all going to fall in a heap... again. All I have to protect me is my persistence & pure desire to do this, which seems like a very thin lifeline at the moment. I was hoping to have lost enough to be noticeable at work but my numbers say I've lost 3kg. Is that enough? I don't know. I guess I'll find out. The girls will notice if it is noticeable. Can't wait to do my comparison weigh on Saturday so I know exactly how much I've lost since the start of the year. It HAS to be visible... it just has to! Tomorrow I get my timetable & I'll be able to set up my training plan. Can't wait...

Oh My Aching Feet...

Hi all, just sitting down to do this after "Big Girl Day" which is code in my family for a day with DD1... shopping, chatting, reconnecting. Love it! Invented by my mother's best friend's in-laws as a way of creating one-on-one time with their grandchildren. Thanks Delia!!!
Yesterday we drove for hours to get home, meaning i didn't get time to exercise much. After dinner i strapped into my shoes (which are giving me blisters... i HATE them) and got onto the treadmill to watch Camelot (yay) and walk for AT LEAST 5km. Surely not too much to ask after doing 50km in the last 6 days??? I gave up after 3km, feeling like i was about to hurl. In hindsight, exercising right after dinner perhaps not such a good idea... Still 3km better than none.
Today, so far, have walked 20864 steps which translates to 13.97km according to my trusty pedometer. Can i please be excused from doing any more walking? I am going to yoga later. Then i suspect i may just collapse!

Depression is an insidious beast

I woke up this morning in a pit. Everything was awful, it was all too much work to exist and my only use to my family was to be their slave. NOT GOOD! Those are the days when I have deadened the pain with anything close to hand... As long as it was calorie-filled & a suitable means of taking out my utter worthlessness on myself. Today, I went for a swim in the surf - focussing on not being overwhelmed by the rip made it easier not to be overwhelmed by my feelings. After a healthy lunch (which nevertheless failed to satisfy) I had a nap & then got up, determined not to do any exercise today... 2:20 later, I had walked 9.2km. Kudos for robot-mode!!! Mood much better, although I didn't really enjoy the walk, as such. Had THE MOST DELICIOUS PIZZA for dinner, with bubbly & lemon russki! Lx

The joys of a salad

This afternoon I was having a nap...well to tell the truth I was lying down running though plausible excuses not to go for a walk as I had planned. It was too hot, the book I was reading was awesome, it would screw up the timing for dinner, blah blah blah. So, I got up, girded my metaphorical loins and just headed out. Now, one major disadvantage of where we are is that it is very hilly, so 9km later as I arrived back at the van, soaked with sweat and puffing like a train... It wasn't pretty. All that had kept me going was the thought of some blueberries & a fishermans basket for dinner (23 propoints on weight watchers out of 30 for the day... Indulgence city!) After a lovely shower we got to the tavern and I decided to go for the Thai beef salad instead. It was REALLY YUMMY. And with less than half the kj/points... Whatever. Was so full I forwent (is that even a word) the post-dinner icecream & indulged in a piccolo of bubbly. Final score for the day: 12.8km walked & stayed well within my food allowance. I ROCK!!!

Here I am...

Here I am... About to jump into the deep end that is blogging. I hope that anyone radioing this will be interested yet kind to a BlogVirgin. 2012 is my year. I WILL GET TO MY IDEAL WEIGHT & BE FITTER THAN EVER BEFORE. THIS IS MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. I have joined up 12WBT (again... Long story there) with a start date of 13th February. *deep breath* Ok, I am Leanne. I am 43 years old, married with 2 daughters. Let's refer to the family as DH, DD1 & DD2. I live in Sydney, am a full-time maths teacher (ex-engineer). I take medication of depression (it runs in my family, apparently) and I have a case of potato-bake elbow (LOL tennis elbow but I got it making potato bake with a v slicer. Again I say LOL) I'm currently on holidays, so I can't give you any facts and figures, but I'm about 96kg (31 too many, I believe). I'm tracking my food according to the weight watchers plan, and consciously exercising... Most days.