I woke up this morning and was sore from Body Pump last night. However I had to go back today to learn how to use their equipment, it's much newer than my old gym.  The lady suggested I do some walking on the treadmill and the Cross trainer and then hop in the sauna to ease the pains...At first I didn't like the Sauna, but after a while I just closed my eyes and relaxed and it was really good. I felt really clean afterwards.

Have found an increase in my appetite since starting back at the gym, I grabbed an apple on the way out to help me with the cravings, and topped my bottle full of water so I could rehydrate. 

My t.v packed it in this morning so I then drove up to the library and borrowed a few books, a couple of bridal mags, and some novels....I am going to rediscover reading, considering I'm an English teacher I should read more. 

I think I will eat some of those sweet potato and lentil burgers later for a late snack or dinner again...

So i haven't really been around the past few weeks, I have been busy with christmas and new year and working heaps! But anyway i got a wii fit for christmas :) and i love it so much! Its great to keep a record of my progress e.g weight and BMI. I love that i keep unlocking new activities to try and i feel as if i get a nice workout from it as i can do yoga and muscle toning exercises as well as aerobic exercises and it is helping with my balance and posture! While i know its not the be all to end all for exercise i am quiet enjoying the fact i can have a little fun at home while exercising :) So what is happening in terms of my weight...well it has remained pretty stable the past week or so which is good since it is after the festive season  hehe

Its only day 4 on my way to a healthy lifestyle and already i have noticed such a difference.  I have a lot more energy, am a lot less tired and less stressful.  Its amazing what great support , encouragement and advice can do to help you to reach your goals.

I am very pleased to have noticed such a difference in such a short amount of time coz not only does it benefit me it benefits my 3 week old son.  I have found that i have a lot more energy for him, my milk supply is going fantastically and i am not feeling so rundown.  I have even managed to get the housework done everyday without feeling miserable about it.

These past four days i have used a lot of the recipe ideas from this site as well as some of my own ideas to create healthy nutritious meals, i have guzzled back plenty of water and slowly cut out fizzy drinks, juices etc.  I have also managed to put baby in his pram and go for a half hour walk each day which has been an awesome dose of fresh air and a bit of exercise.

I am so glad i found this site, it has been a great motivator.

Well I have not had a proper break since I was 17, which is about 10 years ago. I have had little getaways but nothing too long...I am glad to finally get some rest. It feels so good.

Tonight I made a Betalife recipe. It is the vegetarian sweet potato and lentil burgers. I substituted WHEATGERM for LSA due to my gluten intolerance, and I had no lemons to make the juice but I was very surprised at how nice it was. I made extra so I can eat it tomorrow if I need to. Lentils are nice, they are also feeling.

Went to gym this afternoon, did well considering my 9 days away and then the whole fortnight before just moving stuff (although moving house probably helped me to keep fit). Am going tomorrow morning to get an evaluation done, so I can know how to use their equipment. They have lots of new equipment compared to my old gym. It's still Fernwood, I just transferred my membership.  I got to use my new gym clothes that dave bought me for Christmas. Nice Lorna Jane ones that I would never purchase myself because they are so expensive. But he did well, they fit. 

Lots of wedding prep going on, and lots of expenditure unfortunately....chapel, rest of photo money, it also looks like the car will need to get serviced soon because I had a scare today at the shops, it wouldnt start for ages!

It's so good to get on here after 9 days and see more faces, and more people blogging. That's exciting!

Anyways til next time...

I am so excited, I just cant wait but am also very nervouse! Why? In 9 days I will find out if I have been excepted into uni to do a bachelor of accounting (distence ed).

I dont know what to expect and want to know more about what i will be doing, what text books i need, how much study time required, when the assignments are due.... So much to know but I have to wait!

I have applied for a scholarship to help with text books ext, if i dont get it then i can still do it but will strugglea bit more and will have to hunt for second hand text books which might not be possible as generally accounting stuff needs to have the most current texts so will need to buy some new.

So anyway, 9 days and counting...

Six days in to the new year and I have managed to maintain my new years resolutions to stop keeping junk food in the house, in the hope that we will all start eating a bit better.   Must be a record for me, but so far I am feeling great and not craving sugar at all!!  I decided that while the kids are on holidays I would not buy any sweet biscuits - any we had we would make ourselves, hoping that the extra effort required would stop us eating a whole pack at a time.  I dont think it has acheived that, yesterdays biscuits we made were finished off this morning ( not by me, I only had a couple), but the kids polished them off pretty quick so they still had way too many, but at least it was minus all the colors and preservatives so its not too bad.  And now they have to wait for a few days until we make some more.

I am feeling surprisingly good and have been to the supermarket twice and walked past the lollies and soft drink without a second glance, which is pretty good for me because normally I would buy a coke or chocolate even if I didnt feel like it, just  in case I felt like it later, which I always did.  Here's hoping it lasts.  I am yet to do much exercise except a few laps of the pool, but hopefully I will get some more sleep in the next few days as the babys last molar has finally come through, and then I might have some spare energy.  I have done a lot of housework so I guess that counts. 

All in all I think it has been a pretty good start to the new year, I just hope it continues because I really am sick of being overweight and feeling unhealthy and having my life completely controlled by sugar!!!  Fingers crossed.......