Day 303 - 7kg to go

Bee coz I...have been back to full steam ahead mode (apart from the delish food on Thursday) the scales are joyful once again.

Had a great day at work on Friday, I made play doh and slime! I was filling in at a young mums group and it was fun!

Yesterday I woke to a very pleasant surprise, well two really, one was that it was 7.10am that I woke (better than 5.30am that I usually wake up at for no reason) and the second surprise was that the C25K app had been updated to metric and now you can play your playlists while you are running so it's easier to mix things up! The only down side is that they have changed the voice, the new guy is much more excitable less relaxed/sexy than the other guy but I must admit I like how cheery he is at the half way mark!

Had a great time at Zumba and running yesterday felt like I didn't need worry about my foot, must be getting better.

Today I am going to take advantage of the beautiful weather 18oC (sunny) and go for a nice long walk! Might see if I can con Connie into it too!

Well, better go find my hike boots again - bye for now Bee

Friday:
B: diet shake
L: chicken spring roll and vermicelli
D: low fat burger with salad on whole meal
Treat: shandy

Saturday
B: diet shake
L: spiralina and garlic crackers with low fat cheese, mandarin, strawberries and yoghurt
D: steak and veggies and 1 slice of raisin toast.

Sunday - not sure yet :)

Day 299 - a decadent meal for free!

Bee coz I...was invited by my manager to the Women in Local Government conference and dinner, I had a fantastic day filled with inspirational speakers, interactive sessions and decadent food! Delish

Although it was a long day I went for a swim in the morning then headed off to work at the usual time but didn't get home until 11pm I was very happy to see my bed!

The food was not to bad health wise but I ate too much and had two soft drinks which is just like pouring sugar down your throat, but our energy levels were flagging and it kept us going!

I did eat dessert it was a mini pear and apple pie with a tiny bit of ice cream boy was it good! I will have to add one extra session in on the weekend to make up for it!!!

- Bee

B:up and go shake
L: wraps with chicken and salad
D: mini caesar salad, fish and potato and asparagus (see pic) and apple and pear pie with ice cream.
Drinks: 2 soft drinks

Day 296 - a busy weekend

Bee coz I...didn't stop all weekend I didn't blog, soz about that, here is the fast version of the last few days...

Fri: got picked up by a chippy called Jack next to the sprouts in woolies at 7.30am. Caught up with my friend Caro and her 8 children after work then went and rescued Connie from a wild karaoke night. Chatted on fb to Mucker until about 1.30am.

Sat: did some washing, Zumba at 8am followed by food shopping - lots of bargains and everything I wanted was on special, discovered I can now buy fairy washing up liquid at Coles!! Cooked a soup then met Jane at 11.20am and did a jog. Lunch, mowed the lawns/bog, house work, walk, dinner then watched Martin Clunes in a show about manta rays (I love Martin Clunes) then shower (second for the day) and out like a light.

Sun: walk, house work, went to movies to see Harry Potter (it was ace!!) Jorja came over for the arvo so lots of playing and watching iggle piggle! Dinner then out for coffee, picked Billy up then hit the sack.

Mon: work, dinner and zumba, watch TV, Blog and Bed!!

Night x x

B: toast with light phili and ham
L: soup and branflakes with strawbs and valia light yoghurt (see pic)
D: roast veg and marinated steak with diet dessert.

Day 292 - a little bit of crumpet

Bee coz I...have had enough spicy soup for the week I went for a little bit of crumpet! It's been a while but it was most delish.

Enjoying walking of a night at the moment just giving my foot a week to rest before I go back to zumba on Saturday. I got some new trainers for zumba for a bargain price, I'll post a pic of them soon! Fingers crossed my foot holds up!

Busy couple of days in work but I love being busy.

Healthy eating is going well I feel like I have almost made amends for Tassie :p

Night all Bee

B:branflakes
L:as above
D: sushi and yoghurt

Day 290 - when will I ever learn!

Bee coz I....put too much chilly in my healthy spicy lentil soup I was sweating eating it today at lunch, I was glad I had a yoghurt to put out the fire! It tasted great though. Not sure if it's normal or not but when I eat spicy things my tears sting my eyes for ages afterwards! Ginger water and chilly sting!

Can't believe that on the news tonight they showed that two babies had been swapped by accident at a Victorian hospital for 8 hours, how traumatic would that be, apparently it has happened 26 times in the last 4 years just in Victoria!

At least I can be confident that never happened with Billy although I am 5ft 2 he is 6ft 2 (last time I checked) he looks like me and his dad.

Busy day at work plus I was a little tried from all the partying, I'm getting old my recovery rate has slowed down :p

Night all Bee

B:toast
L:as above, avo & ham sanga, spicy soup and yoghurt
D: veggies, steakettes and mandarins

Day 289

Bee coz I....went down to my friend Jodie's 40th birthday, I had a weekend full of drinking but don't panic we dance like our lives depended on it balancing thing out a bit!

It was fancy dress "in your dreams" was the theme, Jodie was the queen of her castle and I was Cpt. Jack Sparrow's lover! We had a ball.

No joke we danced for 3hrs solid my foot held up well. I only got a few hours sleep but slept like a log then headed home.

Spent the arvo at Connies then had an early night.

Over all 8/10 kind of weekend :) Bee

Day 286 -business as usual

Bee coz I...am awake at 3am (fell asleep to early ran out of sleep) I thought I would get you all up to date.

Business as normal this week, good eating, doing lots of walking as I did zumba on Monday night and re injured my foot. So it's no zumba until it gets better and I get better shoes. I think I might give it another bash next week.

I had the last session of my diploma yesterday and only have two small assignments to get in and I am all done! I have really enjoyed it. I started it just after I started my health kick, lost 31kg's and gained diploma.

Looking forward to the weekend I have a fancy dress party to go to and I'm staying over night as it's a 1 1/2 hr drive. Should be fun!

Jane and I decided to take the rain, hail or shine approach to walking this week and boy did it rain! It was dry when we started then it just peed down, we kept walking and survived.

Well that's a quick summery of the week so far so stay tuned for some fancy dress action x Bee

B:fruit
L:falafel salad
D:beans on toast

Day 281 - Nigella eat your heart out!

Bee coz I....whipped up a batch of these bad boys (banoffee pies - 1million calories each and 1kg of fat that will go strait to your thighs) for my brother on Friday I had to taste one (or two lol) they were delish!

So what was the damage from being on my holidays and eating what ever I wanted I hear you ask...The damage from over eating was minimal it was a gain of 200grams lol (0.2kg) woo hoo must have been all the walking balancing it out. We did a lot of walking and I did the odd run.

I can live with that but have already spent one day back on track. I knew once I was back i would just get right back in to it.

Saying that, I am still hiding under my doona trying to get up for a run! Can't wait to test out jogging to my new killers album (well clearly I can coz I'm still in bed) - bee

Day 278 - 97% warning!

Bee coz I got an email saying you have used 85% of your data pack I have been checking my usage like a hawk, got up to 97% last night but reset over night to 0% used. I also upped my allowance to 1gb from 500 Meg for the same price! So check you are not on an old data pack, you could be getting more for your money!

Not sure what that has to do with life in general but it made me use my phone a lot less!

Had a great couple of days walked around this beautiful lake and saw a couple of paddy melons ( like little kangaroo looking animals)

Went to the movies with my mum on Wednesday, movie was quite funny but what was more funny was that we got upgraded to goldclass for free!

Today is my last day here on the apple isle but it will be a late flight so get to squeeze in one last play with Alex then off to the airport, I should be home in bed by 1am, then Billy comes back from central Australia so the rest of the weekend will be spent washing!

Well I'm off to make my brother some banoffee pie, so it's bye for now - bee

Day 276 - Magical snow forests

Bee coz I...spent the day heading down the south coast of Tassie in wild, rainy gloomy weather we had a nice surprise when the rain turned to sleet then a few moments later to snow! I love snow it's one of the things I miss about living on the isle of man. After a quick stop we drove on and it soon vanished.

We drove to a small bay and had lunch, then headed up to the Hartz National Park, you could see clumps of snow about and as we got higher into the mountains it started to snow, it got pretty heavy and we didn't have chains so we spent a few minutes enjoying the snowfalls then turned back down the mountain.

As we got closer to Hobart Dad turned off the main highway to head into the mountains above Hobart and we scooted around the base of Mt Wellington where is was snowing big time but it was a busier road so less risk of getting stranded so we enjoyed the trip through the winter wonderland stopping to take pics, I even jogged up the road to get a better shot, so I have now jogged in rain, hail, shine and snow!

Then we met up with Ian and Alex at the pool and had a play in the water. Can you tell we are a water loving family!

Night all - bee

Day 275 - holiday are go!

Bee coz I...flew in to Tassie (not literally) On Saturday morning I got to spend the day with Ian(twin bro) and Alex (very cute nephew). Boy did we have fun, got to watch him at his swim lesson he is doing very well, he has spent the last few weeks in Queensland and must have been swimming lots because you can really see a difference in just the short time.

Saturday night was spent drinking and eating imported English treats. I spent $45 on items that would have cost £8. But it was worth it! Then it was singstar, I still won even though my brother had been having sneaky practice sessions.

Sunday was a quieter day just did some shopping with my mum and went to bed very early.

Today we went up to the highlands for a walk around a beautiful lake then to two waterfalls, I also did a run first thing so I hope I have atoned for my sins of sat night.

I am not being so strict with what I eat this week, I'm going for the be good for 70% of the time approach and getting in some runs and walks to balance things out, stay tuned to see how that works!

Well off to bed now as my eyes are closing as I type, I'm not doing my usual food intake list as it's a holiday - bee x x