Update and Pictures re Teachers and Italian Charm Bracelet

Ok so here we go with a entry of photos.

The first photo below is of my charm bracelet... it isn't expensive but it means a lot because each one of these is going to be a kilo lost. The first one I got for my first kilo (since this challenge remember I have lost 40 kilos before this he he) is the heart and it has little diamentes on it but the flash keeps going off grr so it doesn't come out that well.

The second one is "Go Girl" for my second kilo lost. I am soooo happy with this as it means something for me.

So I can't wait to get more charms... will take a photo and show you when I do get the extra charms.

Finally finished my altered clock for Corbin's teacher and I wasn't sure how people would react to it and if they would like it... or if the teacher would like it and she loved it and I had lots of parents stopping Corbin before we got there as they wanted to see what he had and then at the teachers desk the students and the parents were all getting a look at it.. they were even mentioning how cool the purse card was.... man was I chuffed he he he

So the pink purse is for Corbin's teacher with the pink clock and the orange purse is for Quinn's teacher and the flower pot. The purse is a card and opens up he he he

The flowers below were for Quinn's teacher... she was an ok teacher but really didn't like her as much as Corbin's teacher... Quinn's teacher wasn't easy to talk to and I always found her fake and that she was smiling but she didn't care and she just wanted to get rid of ya... bothered me a lot... and found out that other parents felt the same.

I even put Quinn's face on the bottom of it he he he

So there you have it... I was very proud of these and they took a long time to make... and now I don't even have them around to show he he he.... oh well I will have to get making some more aye.

Love Chubbymum

My Italian Charm Bracelet

I am proud of my loss this past week... and hubby was too that he gave me my Italian charm bracelet and one link so that I can start my bracelet. It isn't expensive but it means a lot to me. I thought I had put it on here but remember that I made a comment on Lyn's blog telling her that is what hubby and I have decided on for my challenge.

Everytime I lose a kilo he buys me a link. My first one is a link with a gold heart and little diamentes. So I got my first link for getting to 118 and my next link will be for getting to 117 and as we had discussed it won't be everytime I get to that number... so if I gain and then lose again and I get back to the 118's I don't get another link until the 117 and downward ya know... that was the deal we made so that I strive for something and that it isn't too expensive so that I have to say no I won't get it right now because I can't afford it. So my hubby brought this last week knowing that I was going to reach the 118's OMG I was over joyed...

Anyway I have to write about the Coromandel trip but I have so much to do tonight. If I have time I will upload the photos and tell you about it. I caught the most fish and the biggest fish woohooo and it was my first time fishing... Had a fantastic time..

So stay tuned.

Chubbymum

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Weigh In Results - 15 Dec 2007

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Weight last week: 120 kgs

Weight loss this week: 118.7 kgs

Loss/Gain: Loss 1.3 kilos

Total loss from WW: 36 kgs

Total loss from start: 41.3 kgs

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I am really pleased with this loss!!!

I worked hard this week and worked hard at the gym.

I just want to make sure that I keep it up for next week and not do the yoyo I have been doing in the last two months and it has been that I have lost one week gained the next and there has to be a stop to that.

I have been believing in myself this week and believing in me and that I can do this for me and not because of anyone else but because I want this and I can do this....

This week is going to be more of the same. I have been a little bit naughty though this weekend because we went to Coromandel for a fishing trip with the kids and took the caravan up OMG the roads and a caravan do not mix arghhhhhh windy and smallllllll.

Will write more about the trip tomorrow.... when I have enough energy to.. as I am a bit tired tonight.

Love Chubbymum

I am being a bitch but I don't care!!!

I am being a bitch but I don't care because it made me feel good... I know it shouldn't have but IT DID!!!

Saw Kris today and decided to ask her how her weight loss was going and she pointed her fingers up... as in she has gained 20 kilos since March from 82 kilos to 102 kilos and I said to her I was 119 kilos and hopefully this week to be 118 as I have been really good and she looked at me and said OMG I am not going to have that... then I thought stuff ya I am going to say what I was thinking.

I said "well hun you know for you to keep it off you have to change your lifestyle and losing it by not eating at all isn't going to help because as soon as you get depressed you will eat again and it will go back on.. and also I said to her OMG I have only got 17 kilos to get to you and I had 30 to get to you before he he" he he he it sounded like I was joking with her but I was deadly serious and OMG it made me feel good... and I know that isn't a nice thing to do but the crap she has caused me in the last year it was FUCKEN FANTASTIC he he he... so there you go I was being a bitch today but so what...

Does that make you think differently of me??

I think it has made me more determined to get this bloody weight off.. I have been really thinking about things this week and going all out at the gym and I have made an appointment for our evaluation in 6 weeks with Jared too so that we don't forget and then get sick of the exercises and just not go back... and it is free to get new programs. Man he has been really really hard with the workout and I am sore but I am going back for more punishment tomorrow morning and getting back in to my exercise.

I am going to catch her up guys... I am and it has made me angry enough to make sure of that... SOOO JANENE and LYN my tracking buddies make sure you remind me of her and this post when I start to dwindle ok... because I wanna do this.

Spent most of the day doing the altered clock for Corbin's teacher (so I will take a photo when it is all done to show you guys)... and going to Quinn's cultural night tonight where they will be singing and dancing for us so that is going to be cool.

Anyway that was basically my day...

Chubbymum

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Post every day.

Went to the gym last night and did my new program OMG I am sore today. The new program pushes my limits... I have to go hard out until I fail... it isn't like I do 3 x 15 or anything and man it is hard. But... the weird thing was my scales were soooo down this morning and that is sooo weird but I felt good with this program.

The only thing that I wasn't too happy about was that I have to do the rower first and I am not warmed up and it felt really really horrible to do it without being warmed up and especially for 15 minutes on the darn thing he he.

I promised I would post every day but last night I got way laid with all the things I needed to catch up on but I am still managing to tell about the day so that isn't too bad.

I think I am catching a bloody cold because I have had headaches and blocked sinuses and now a sore throat... but that is not going to beat me... I am going to lose this weight and I am not going to feel sorry for myself... I am trying sooo hard to be positive and I am chanting postive things when I can feel that my mind is wandering.

I keep picturing this lady that I saw in the weekend from WW and how fantastic she looks and I suppose that is keeping me going as well this week.

Only 3 more working days for me and then I am off from next Wed at 2.30 woohooooooo I just cannot bloody wait.

Corbin took some Xmas cards in today to school and for Ashley's one he put a candy cane in it awwwww how sweet (even though she is Kris's daughter she is a nice little girl) and Corbin blushed when I said "So why does she get a candy cane and the others don't" he he he it was just tooo cute.

Oh Well....

Might update later on what I have done today

Chubbymum

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7 Habits

Have had a headache today and hubby seems to think I have a sinus infection... but it was not going to make me eat the wrong things. I have tracked today and feel good about it... work was hectic today but that is fine.

Got to school this afternoon to pick up the boys and James (Quinn's friend) asked Quinn if he wanted to come over for a play date..... and the father said that since Corbin is friends with James older brother then why doesn't he come over too... OMG both kids gone for an afternoon OMG OMG what to do? What to do? So I decided to get in my study and make cards... OH WHAT A CHORE he he he.... he he he...

Going to lose this weight!!

5 kilos to be gone by the end of January even with Christmas... it is going to go!!!

That is 5 charms from hubby for my Italian bracelet too he he he... they aren't expensive but hubby start saving!!! he he

Have any of you had lots of things that you wanted to do but couldn't work out which is first etc... I want to make cards, digital scrapbooking, read the magazines I have in a bag because I haven't had the time to read them. Books on my book shelves that have been sitting sitting on the shelves that I haven't had time to read. There are so many things that I want to do but can't seem to find the time.

I remember doing a course by Stephen Covey "7 habits of highly effective people" that the Uni put us on about 8 years ago and it was amazing... it certainly made you think about your priorities in life and I was going well until my Dad died but then about 4 months after my Dad died we went to a refresher course with the same tutor and I got to thank the tutor because it had a part where you sorted out your life by your roles... like I am a Mother, Wife, Daughter, Employee, Friend and most of all Me role etc and to sort out your week every week to cover at least one thing a week for these roles so that you are balanced etc... and so I managed to do that for about 6 months and every week I made an appointment with my Dad to show him things on the computer... it was great because I treasure the times I made with my Dad and without doing the course I wouldn't have done it because there were too many things to do...

So I am going to try and sort out doing this again so that I do things with everyone but also most importantly to make sure I have time for me...

I have tried to be more positive today even with a headache woohooo and I think I am doing better. The other thing I am going to try (TRY) to do is blog everyday as it was helping me when I was losing.

Good night

Chubbymum

The Secret

Reading the book The Secret and I know this subject has been brought up by bloggers before and there were people that didn't believe... I don't want to hear if you don't believe ok!!! Just thought I would say that before I write this.

I am going to lose this weight and I am trying to be positive. I have a tendancy to be negative and I know that but I am truly finding it hard to lose this weight. It might seem like I have done well this year but since January 2007 I have lost a total of 3.7 kilos FUCK that isn't enough... it is better than gaining.. it so is better than gaining but I WILL DO BETTER and I could have done better.

I haven't finished reading the book as yet but the first couple of chapters certainly has made me think. I am going to start being more positive and I am going to lose this weight!! I have to keep this positive attitude up.

I want to get out of the 120's and stay there. I gained this week and I tracked and I don't understand why I really don't. Lyn has said that maybe because of the exercise and I haven't used enough points and my body is going in to starve mode or I have not calculated my points right. I am using 123 points but she seems to think I should be on 125?? hmmm not sure about the 125 but I am going to do 124 and I have a plan with hubby that I am allowed 14 points a week of exercise points so I am allowed 2 points extra a day. So... if I get over the 7,500 steps I am allowed 1 point and if I go over that and I also go to the gym or do some form of exercise that I sweat in then I am allowed the other point for the day.

I am making a plan to get this weight off and not a plan to fail. I am the weirdest person because I track and don't lose and I go a form of exercise everyday and don't lose and I don't like challenges because I go in to reverse so now I have to keep focussed and get the weight off.

I am going to do this for me!!!

I am going to keep at it because I am not a quitter!!!

By the end of January I am going to be in the 115's I AM!!!! This IS going to happen!! This IS!!

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Saturday

Woke up early and went for a bike ride with the boys and we rode 10.5 kms and it was great. We went from home all around the place and up and down hills (not like the Wellington ones he he he I live in Hamilton) and it was a beautiful hot day but it was enjoyable.

Got home and had lunch and then I cleaned up my study because I wanted hubby to make me some scrapbook paper shelve block... then we went to Mitre 10 Mega and brought the building materials and it ws $90 but I get 3 big lots out of that. 2 Blocks with 19 shelves and 1 Block with 10 shelves on it..... So cool. Was looking on the internet and 1 Block with 10 shelves cost about $50 online so I think we did really well.

Since my study was clean I managed to make some cards yesterday and hubby started on my blocks yayyyyyy.

Sunday

Made an appointment to get a new program at the gym this morning with a new trainer so we had to be there at 9am this morning. I don't like him but I am not supposed to like him I suppose. I don't know if you have ever met a guy that has small man syndrome but he certainly has it. He has all the upper body look and is a well shaped man and knows what he is talking about but he has no empathy and I don't know if he listens or that he thinks he is better than us.

I also felt that he was thinking Yeah you lost 40 kilos yeah right sort of attitude.

He said to us in no certain terms he doesn't like Weight Watchers and it is a waste of time blah blah... but he does make sense with the exercise and I think even though I have been sweating my backside off at the gym I don't up my weights fast enough because I get comfortable and I have to stop it... so he gave us a routine that was simple but upped the weights and really is giving it to us. We had a program done that we could do at the same time since we keep together at the gym but with our own weights etc.

He said that I have to run more on the treadmill because I have to up my cardio and get sweating... tell ya I wouldn't like to have him as a Personal Trainer one on one every week that is for sure... I would hate it and not want to go.

But hubby and I are going to go all out and go for it!!! This exercise this week is going to happen.

The tracking is going to keep on.

Then hubby and I went shopping for new sneakers for him as Rebel Sports was having a half price sale on the sneakers he likes and we finished the last of the presents woohoooooo.

While in Whitcoulls I had this lady come up to me and she said "Wow you are looking fantastic!! you are Mandy aren't you?" I said yes but to be honest I couldn't work out who the hell it was. But then worked it out. She was a lady at Weight Watchers that was inspired by my loss and also by how I have stuck to it. I looked at her and said "Bloody hell you look fantastic!! how much have you lost" she said "28.5 kilos" Wow she looked fantastic.

We got to talking and asked if I would come back. I said to be honest I don't want to go back with Debbie there as I would end up hating her and I don't want to do that and also it is just too expensive for me to keep going. She said that Debbie isn't going anymore and they are all happy about it because she was getting negative (OMG like I am not negative at the moment well was anyway). Kept on me to get back with them and lets lose this weight. I was tempted and saddened because I would love to go back for the companionship but I just can't justify the money spent when I know I could do it at home.... if I stick to it.

The meeting with this lady really hit a cord!!

I have to get through this one week! Then I am going to aim for the next week.

Love Chubbymum