Exercise bike?????

I popped in to see my friend and bestest WW buddy Janita today and hopped onto her exercise bike while chatting.. like WOW.. when did the old bike, with the wheel on the front, that blew a gail force wind into your face, that sounded like a jet taking off get pushed aside for this little beauty????? Janita's bike records EVERYTHING, speed, distance, KJ's and I WANT ONE!!!!!! It was a little thing that would fit into my little house and no bits for the kids to get their little fingers caught in... will investigate further...

OK... Edit here... Wednesday and I have brought an exercise bike.. for only $170... In a VERY small box. I am not even going to attempt to open it until the kids go to bed. I am imagine there are like a THOUSAND small little screws etc in there!!! Exciting.....

I was planning to go to Horsham today.. just a few things to do and a girlfriend from school was home for the week and I haven't seen her since she got married. We met and had a wonderful lunch, having a huge laugh about all of those things we did, that only she knows about. he he he.. she was reminding me of all of these things we did and I had totaly blocked most of them from memory...so funny!! We where very close for those final years of school, just headed down diffrent paths when we finished school. She moved to London and has since married a South African. they are currently living in Melbourne, but haven't found that 'home' yet. No kids, been married for about 5 years or so. She hasn't changed... She is very clucky, but has just gone back to uni to study law.. finially... so who knows when those little people will start arriving. I have so many photos of that time in my life... school etc, i should have taken them with me to show her. I am a big photo taker and always have been. It really was so nice to see her again.

Ok... must go and check my tea We are heading to Bordertown on Friday. One of Jack's mates from school, father passed away and the funeral is on Friday afternoon. I have farmed out the kids everywhere for half a day.

Ok.. will report in once bike is complete!!!

Noises from my kitchen....

Jack, bless his heart, has been making a few noises about eating "fem" food... that is what he refers to my meals as.. "Fem" as in they are girl meals... so while in the supermarket yesterday, I spoted his favorite... Crumbed chops. I thought that I would earn lots of brownie points cooking them for his tea. I ate a vegie pasta dish as I couldn't quite come to eating the chops..

I even cooked them the way he would have cooked them. I got out my non-stick frying pan, and put about a cm of oil on the bottom and shallow fried them.... do you know that I haven't heard that sounds of oil and fat bubbling away in my kitchen for MONTHS... it was such a strange sound. In fact.. the olive oil that I cooked them in was months old... Once... I would buy a new bottle each fortnight or so... how things change!!! But, Jack tucked into this chops... heaven I am sure, in his eyes.

My weekend eating was ok. Saturday night I had a little cooking burnout and ordered take away. I was crap and I didn't eat much. I think I need to do that occasionally, just to keep me motivated to continue cooking good healthy meals. I have been trying lots of new receipes and loving doing it. Even though it is winter, the sun is coming out slowly and has been putting a little bounce in my step!

Ok, I have a huge ironing pile to tackle in my bedroom, so best be off!

Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your hair......

Hi all...

Yet another VERY busy week. Have had sick child, a baby boy that has decided that he know needs his parents to pat his head each time he wakes and the in-laws visit.

Jack's parents headed home about an hour ago. They where on holidays, touring NSW etc but due to wet weather changed their flight plan and headed this way for the last two nights of the holiday. They headed back home this morning, refreshed and ready to go again. Laura has twice, after her nap, woken with a temp and feeling yuck. Bless her little heart... fine in the morning and ill by the end of the day... see how she goes today.

As for the title of my post... those of you with children will know that the Target toy sale started this week. Our little country town is blessed with a Target Country...a smaller version of big target (used to be Fosseys). Emilie found Rapunzel, a Barbie DVD there on Tuesday. She has the doll and the movie has only just been released on dvd. So, being the big softy I am, told her I would buy it for her on Thursday when is came on special. Well, Thursday morning I got my neighbour to come and sit with the kids at 8am.. so I could lay-by the kids presents that I was getting.. and get Rapunzel. Emilie was so excited. Come home and was met at the door... got the shrink wrap off the DVD to find that in production a "Swan Lake" DVD was put into the Rapunzel cover... Emilie was devestated. She had the hugest biggest fattest tears crashing to the tiles. I rang Target.. and I am sure they would have loved that call.. first hour of first day of toy sale... to tell them that I was coming back into town and what the problem was. They had to open ALL of the Rapunzel DVD's to find ONE that was right... problem fixed for me.. but I do wonder about all of those other little girls that on christmas morning rip open presents to find the same problem. Heart-breaking stuff for a 4 year old!!

Health wise for me, this week has been good. The scales came down 500 grams this week and I have excercised heaps this week. Things have been a little muddy under foot, but generally the weather has been great. I run Minyip on Wednesday morning. Some of you might recall the Australian series of "The flyind Doctors" and it was set at "Coppers Crossing" well in reailty "Coppers Crossing" was Minyip! Can you remember "Emma's garage" - Rebecca Gibney was the mecahnic?? Well all of that is still there... the old Pub that Sid Buckley and wife Nancy used to run... can you remember?? Well the kids go to care in Minyip each Wednesday (about 12km from where we live) and while there I run up and down each street.. only took 23 minutes... but it was so nice to run on a road that wasn't gravel!!!

I am working this afternoon. On odd occasion I take photos for the local paper. So I am going to local football, netball, hockey, gold and bowls this afternoon. Sun is shinning.. so will be great!

Jack is working hard to get some jobs done. The new shed.. to replace the one that fell down arrived on Thursday.. so much has to be done before that can be put up. I can hear the chain saw going... still cutting up the old one. Has been great firewood.

I have made a heap of new receipes this week. Phil posted a receipe for Baked Jam donuts... devine... I feed neighbours boys (teenagers) here Wednesday night and even they liked them!! I have also made Tandoori Chicken Pizza... base made from scratch using yeast. The Donuts reminded me of that!!! A Moroccan Chicken... divine... Veal strongonoff..not bad. My little taste buds have had a work out... ANyway.. I better go and do some more housework before I head off.

Take care all

Kirstyxx

Hi there.... I'm back.....

Sorry for the break between posts... not on purpose.. just busy!

Firstly, hope that all the Vic bloggers had a blast in Melbourne and I am looking forward to reading all about it during the day...

Secondly, I had a bad week with my eating last week and the scales are showing it... I put on 800 grams at weigh in. I couldn't say no to all of those foods that I have been so strong with... you name it I ate it last week. The weigh in results kicked my butt to get me back in line. I have been very good since, even with a very busy few days! I have been plannng the days food the day prior and eating what is on the plan... has been working. We had a heap of rain over the weekend (godsent) but I still walked in it. Must have looked a sight... boots and rain coat...

Anyway, we had the Apex Handover dinner on Sat night.. lovely night... and yesterday I became a Godmother again... to beautiful little Charlotte Jean, my best friends daughter. I am also her other daughter, Olivia's godmother... (Trying to post a photo... not working)

I will be back later in the week with more news and grooves, but time yet again is a little limited today...

Hi there.... I'm back.....

Sorry for the break between posts... not on purpose.. just busy!

Firstly, hope that all the Vic bloggers had a blast in Melbourne and I am looking forward to reading all about it during the day...

Secondly, I had a bad week with my eating last week and the scales are showing it... I put on 800 grams at weigh in. I couldn't say no to all of those foods that I have been so strong with... you name it I ate it last week. The weigh in results kicked my butt to get me back in line. I have been very good since, even with a very busy few days! I have been plannng the days food the day prior and eating what is on the plan... has been working. We had a heap of rain over the weekend (godsent) but I still walked in it. Must have looked a sight... boots and rain coat...

Anyway, we had the Apex Handover dinner on Sat night.. lovely night... and yesterday I became a Godmother again... to beautiful little Charlotte Jean, my best friends daughter. I am also her other daughter, Olivia's godmother... (Trying to post a photo... not working)

I will be back later in the week with more news and grooves, but time yet again is a little limited today...

"mum, I don't need a Dorothy tail anymore..."

Those are the words most mothers dread to hear.... I true sign that your little baby is growing up.. moving on.. if only her mother would! Emilie gave her Dorothy tail to a friend on Saturday morning at the concert and it nearly made me cry!! Who told her that she was to old for the Wiggles and Hi 5 was much cooler anyway??? She loved the music but she has really grown out of them... at 4!!!! We got there early... as 600 people in Horsham Town Hall was a little daunting to me, but we ended up at the front. I told someone else's kid off, for pushing mine.. made her cry..he he he.. her mother still didn't show her face, lost Laura for a few minutes... she decided that she would like to do a lap.. just to see who else was there that she knew, Jack's old girlfriend sat RIGHT behind me.... she is a strange one. Still contacting Jack up until recently when she married... odd one - I just deleted a line about her, made me seem like a bitch...

The kids and I then walked to Kmart where we brought Hugh a Scoop tractor, because he didn't go to the concert.. he was very happy with that!!!



The kids and me... Hugh spent the morning with Granny

and this is Laura.. dancing...

I am in a much better state of mind at the moment. TTOM arrived yesterday and I think my mood last week was reflective of this. I started this brew of tablets a few months ago, given to me by a naturopath that was to help with PMT, and at large it really did help. Not sure what is going on this month.... Will continue with the brew for another month, otherwise I might need to go back and see her again.

I have also given up cooking.... I have burnt SO many things over the past few days... And not just a little burnt.. brown on the edges, I have had to throw out whole meals... twice!! and then I have burnt on top of that pita bread, bread rolls, kidney beans for soup... soup... I have been so good for so long... but I think I am a very impatient cooker and turn it up to get it done.... I need to slow down.. and I i think my saucepans are beginning to show the signs of being buggered. Constant scrubbing to remove carbon would not be good for them..

The rest of the weekend was spent at home... didn't do much at all, just house jobs. We broke the glass in the fire yesterday and I have had to let it go out to get it fixed, so it is freezing. The Reverse cycle just isn't the same....

Anyway.. kids to dress... then into town for a shop of fresh vegies etc and a coffee. Have a great week. BTW - Bee - here is me sporting my pedometer...

Daisy Duke Challenge - W5

Very proud to say that I clocked up over 67000 steps last week, from Saturday lunch time. I have had a few huge days. I spent Wednesday morning at the sheep sale in Warracknabeal, chasing sheep, Thursday at a clearing sale, and Tuesday I also clocked over 12,000 steps. While my steps over the week have been great, I only managed two sets of toning exercises. So that will be more of a focus this week for me. I ate out on Wednesday night. I had a huge steak with salad (no chips please...) so within the NoCount menu - Went to a performance of the Scared Wierd Little guys..(great BTW - they picked on Jack all night) had coffee after and I didnt eat anything.. just "skinny flat white please" Weighed in tonight at 63.6, at 300 gram loss.

W5 - DDC

EAT

I did well on the No Count program last week. I really enjoyed a different menu and I didn't crave sweet food much at all. I enjoy the No Count program, but it does have it's restriction while eating out. Even trying to grab a pick bite at Lunch time can be challenging. This week I will follow the No Count program again. The only day that may be difficult is tomorrow. We are heading to Horsham to see Dorothy the Dinosaur in concert. I hope to be back in time for lunch.

MOVE

I want at least 60,000 steps this week. I can move my butt if I need to and I am going to. My new pedomter has got me moving again and I AM GOING TO DO MORE TONING EXERCISES... build up some muscle to get that medabolism going... Again... we have a thousand jobs that need to be done this weekend.. so will keep moving.

THINK

I have been in a shit of a mood since Wednesday... I think it is a combination of being tired, a little sore and just plain grumpy. I don't often get like this but when I do, someone just has to say the wrong thing and watch out. Little things happen everyday that could send most mothers off the deep end, but usually I just deal with them and not let them worry me to much. At the moment, it is all a little hard and I seem to be yelling at my little ones too much. Had a very bad day yesterday... involved little lambs and Jack having to get rid of our dog... then after that, everything was hard. How did I deal with it? I ate almost an entire bag of musk sticks on the way to the clearing sale and Pizza for tea last night... that was yesterday.. today is a new day, but my head is still not quite back in the right spot yet! I am such and emotional eater... Until WW, I didn't think I was.. but Man... I so am! So I am working on the same as last week... Not to eat my emotions..

My motivational quote for the week...

"Be kind to unkind people... they need it the most.."

Ok then... Jack has just rung and I need to run into town for him to get him some drugs for his Asthma that he has misplaced somewhere. I would have loved to head to Melbourne to meet you all there on Saturday week, but we have the Apex Handover dinner that night. It would be such a surreal expereince to me some of you in person. Hope you all have a safe weekend and will try and slip a post in for you over then. I have a photo on my camera for Bee of me modelling my new pedometer. Shall downloaded sometime soon and post.

Take care
Kirsty xx

Growing pains....

Poor little Emilie (4 year old) was didn't settle until about 2 this morning... her knees where sore... the only thing that I can put it down to are 'growing pains' - not sure if this is a real condition, or something that my mother used to tell me.... Anyone else out there have any idea on growing pains?

NoCount is still going really well. I have only used 4 points.. won't use any today. 3 of my four points where TWO WW Orange Choc bars on Saturday night - my little treat while watching a very scary movie with Jack. Skeleton Key - Had Kate Hudson in it. I am normally a chick flick kinda gal.. but this movie sucked me in... and the other point was 1/2 for a little bit of flour in my NoCount lagsana and the to the 1/2 was for BBQ sauce on my Bacon and Egg yesterday. Seems to be little effort to keep on track...

I brought a OMRON brand pedometer from our chemist and it can be worn around my neck, which was a bonus for me. I would throw a kid on my hip 30 or 40 times a day... about the same number of times my pedometer would hit the dust! Very happy with it. Been walking this morning. the girls watched Play school and hugh and I headed out. Can't run with the pram.. so it was just a very brisk walk!

Ok.. just a quick post. Will check in on all sometime during the day... but I need to get some housework going before too much else!!

Saturday update......

I am just doing a very quick post to let you know how well No Count is going for me.... I am a little amazed myself how good I am being!!

So far I have eaten...

Fri - Baked beans and toast; Chicken and sweetcorn soup with another piece of toast; a platter of fresh fruit; Roasted pumpkin, garlic, onion mixed with penne pasta, chilli with a Moccocan yoghurt over the top (delish!!) and a cup of hot chocolate for supper. Sat morning.. Bacon and egg on a piece of toast, fried rice (very small serve) and a made creamed rice with equal (artificial sweetener) - Planning on making a NoCount lasange for tea... So far I haven't used ANY of my 21 points...

Motivation has returned... just need to make then all habits... and I have anew pedometer... and it is raining.... can things get any better!!!

Have a great weekend...