Jess - The road to happiness and health :)

YAY! Welcome back! I think it's so awesome that you LOST on vacation! Great job!

Your kids are adorable by the way...
 
Thanks heaps you guys :) I know I was shocked too, but I really did behave myself ha ha.

Thanks about the kids Tigs, hubby and I are always shocked they came from us (too cute!) lol.

Thanks Ecky, don't worry, you'll get moving again. I'm positive I'm going to hit a plateau soon, it's been too good for too long!
 
I went and looked at mountain bikes today - bit pricey for me right now so I just spent the morning listing all my old clothes and some motorcycle gear on eBay. Hopefully I'll make enough to cover a bike. That would be so cool :)

Food today so far -
Beakky - I large banana, 6 almonds and 12 blueberries
Lunch - Wholegrain wrap with lettuce, cucumber, cherry tomatoes from our garden and satay marinated chicken and onion. 1 slice of low fat sliced cheese too. So good - my daughter is hooked on them too now which is great! Wish my son would eat them too... :(
Dinner - I bought some organic quick oats so I'm going to give them a try with banana.

Feeling good today, I did some weights last night and just wasn't 'feeling' it, so I'm going to try harder tonight. I'm taking the kids swimming this arvo too.
Hubby's mate stopped by this morning and said I looked great which was so nice :)
 
Good for you for losing while you were on vacation, that is dedication! Nice pictures and sweet looking children. I joined Heroic mode 90 day Challenge and it keeps me busy trying to keep up. I really enjoy it though "keeps me on my toes" about losing weight. Glad you are back.
 
AnnaGail said:
Good for you for losing while you were on vacation, that is dedication! Nice pictures and sweet looking children. I joined Heroic mode 90 day Challenge and it keeps me busy trying to keep up. I really enjoy it though "keeps me on my toes" about losing weight. Glad you are back.
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That's a great idea Anna the 90 day challenge sounds cool!
Thanks about the pics too :)

Thanks HC :) all those waterslides must have helped!
 
Holy cow you are a so disciplined to lose weight while on vacation!! I am totally envious - you have totally changed your life style and are on the right path for good. I'm so proud and I hope you are too!!! The pics are great too - your such a hottie! I bet it felt great swimming in the pool with kids instead of watching from the side lines.
Keep it up Jess - you will be at your goal in no time!
 
Hey Jess!! Saw the pics...they were cute! =p I should be the one congratulating you! Ha ha! Bet the family loved the vacation! =p Hope you're having a wonderful week! Talk to u soon!
 
Great work!! Very inspiring how you maintained control over vacation! That's a HUGE PLUS in my book!! ;) Great job!! You are very pretty!! Love the eyes!!!
 
chubbygirl said:
Holy cow you are a so disciplined to lose weight while on vacation!! I am totally envious - you have totally changed your life style and are on the right path for good. I'm so proud and I hope you are too!!! The pics are great too - your such a hottie! I bet it felt great swimming in the pool with kids instead of watching from the side lines.
Keep it up Jess - you will be at your goal in no time!
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Aww thanks so much Lisa! I really think I am changed, well my lifestyle, but I will always treat my eating like a drug addiction. It can take even just one day for me to go downhill, so I'm just going to keep on with my one day at a time philosophy as they say in NA. Chocolate is my heroin!!!

Oh hell yeah, I just feel like a better parent nowadays - and I'll never be on the sidelines again (hopefully! :p ). I don't know about hot lol, but I definitely feel more presentable these days!
To be totally honest I'm kind of looking forward to the kids going back to school on Monday because I haven't seen most of the Mums for 6 weeks and I'm on the vulture for some compliments!

Thanks Soccerrox! Bless ya! Yeah the family really got some great together bonding time - great memories :)

Alta, thank you so much! I inherited my dad's eyes.

Hey here's a shocker for you guys. I was looking at my stepsons facebook photos when I stumbled on the most hideous photo of myself. Devastated and it wasn't even my biggest! Brace yourselves people! That's me in the blue shirt and jeans :(

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Thanks for your support posted on my diary :) I was just reading your and you sound like you are eating SO healthy, hats off! Unfortunately when I diet, I still have crappy foods, just 1200 calories of them! I'm on Atkins now, but when I transfer to a 1200 cal diet I will try and eat well like you're doing. Good luck, sounds like you are doing great!
 
SadNFat said:
Thanks for your support posted on my diary :) I was just reading your and you sound like you are eating SO healthy, hats off! Unfortunately when I diet, I still have crappy foods, just 1200 calories of them! I'm on Atkins now, but when I transfer to a 1200 cal diet I will try and eat well like you're doing. Good luck, sounds like you are doing great!
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No worries! Thanks so much for posting in mine too :)

I used to not really eat that much but always bad calories too, as soon as I changed to eating the same amount but good calories, I started losing roughly 1kg per week!

Some great news this week! Lots of my old fat jeans have sold on eBay so I'm on my way to buying that bike I've been wanting. Yay! Small bad thing is the lawnmower carked it so now we have to cough up for a new one. Don't you hate that?

Also I might have landed a job WOO HOO! I nice, normal job too, working in a big fruit market/butcher place not too far from home. No more hideous cleaning! I'll keep you posted, but will be handing in my resume next week :) I'm so excited, this will be my first 'real' job since I had the kids. My youngest is 6 now. I think just by being emloyed I will gain so much more confidence.

Food has been much the same but sadly I haven't been exercising much in the past week. It's been bloody hot here too. The kids are still on hols so we've been pretty busy. Once they get back to school I'll have more time.

It was Australia day here yesterday - we had a great day but no meat pies, pavlova and lamingtons for me this year! I had a big handful of cashews though as a treat. They were so yum! We set up the slip 'n' slides in the backyard and the kids had so much fun.
 
Good luck with getting the new job. It will be nice to get a break from all that cleaning.
What a difference in your newer photos compared to the older one :)
 
Holy cow Jess! I can't believe that's really you in that old picture! You have come SUCH a long ways!

I can't wait till your kids go back to school - I want to hear what all the other mom's reactions are to your big transformation! So exciting!
 
Thanks Ecky! I got all my references all sorted out today.
I freaked out when I saw that pic, I'd forgotten how big I really was...

Thanks heaps Tigs - :)

Today I went into Salvos and worked most of the day. My job there is the toys, and man was there a truckload after I was away for 3 weeks... Far out! It was such a great workout too :) It's always a nightmare after Christmas. Everyone clears out their toy rooms and what not.

So I've been a bit crook in the stomach the last couple of days. As my hubby would say 'I was up all night damaging the Doulton'. Having such a healthy diet nowaday I think the only thing I can blame it on is the cashews I've been eating :(
I hate having the Delhi belly, it makes you feel so awful... And to top it off...

*warning this is a bit unsavoury*

Last night hubby and I were getting a bit frisky when I suddenly realised he'd been eating Tabaso sauce on his cheese and crackers and had obviously NOT WASHED HIS HANDS!!! I can't even describe how NOT COOL Tabasco sauce is on your nether regions :ack2:
 
Too funny about the hot sauce!!!
Belly aches suck too!! I got the worst one last week after I ate some spicy black bean soup - yuck will never eat it again even though it tasted good.
Good luck on the job at the market! That sounds like a fun place to work and you should never have an excuse to not have fresh veggies!
Keep it up Jess and have a great weekend!
 
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