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 realised that today is the first day of the rest of my life and I want to be slimmer,fitter ,happier and content.To be able to do this I know I have to take control over the things that make me take that extra slice of bread or that piece of chocolate.I am asking myself if  I really enjoyed them and I find the answer is no.I will try to take all of the advise from Betalife and I will beat the battle of the wills to eat or not to eat. all that is tempting.I picture fresh salad with a large amount of colour and all the yummy fruit or vegetables then i think of a sandwich.Really there is no comparison.I have it in my mind that it is quicker to make a sandwich than a salad but really if you have a fresh salad in the frig you can have a healthy snack in seconds and the combined colours and smells of fresh produce is by far superior than bread.I just have to retrain my brain into accepting what is best for me.I think this time is my time to spend the rest of my life looking and feeling much better.Is there someoneout there who wants to take up the challenge and join me and win this battle against a life of being overweight and go for the stars and lose this weight?Together we will succeed.Alone I make excuses.why i need that extra but if you have someone to talk to then you forget about the food and enjoy talking to someone.I know that 2009 will be our year to a fitter life and we will look and feel soooooo good for it.I hope everyone reaches for the stars and that goal weight is reached.good on you one and all.Have a great day and keep smiling.You are all beautiful.Rae

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...