Bloggers Lunch

Hey guys..

Soooo busy but had to upload some photos.

Had suchhhhhhhhhhhhhh a FABULOUS time with the blogging ladies... We laughed and we told the kids off he he he and we ate and we ate and we ate and I just love every single one of these ladies. It was great to meet Rachel, Sue and Anne for the first time... OMG it is sooo funny that people look different online than they do in person. Taller he he he but every single one of them I would have to stay at home. It was a strange feeling and I must admit that I was soooo nervous and had a little bit of a tummy bug before going there as I was so nervous. But once there it was like I had known them for a long time.



So here are some photos for everyone to see.

Thank you Karen for organising this wonderful event and I still can't believe that it has been a year and 5 months since we have seen each other.

Here is our smiley Helena... isn't she just adorable. You are still my inspiration girl!! You are so funny and have such a zest for life.
I love the way she has such an expressionist face.

We have Helena and in the middle Sue what an amazing woman and so elegant in the way she carry's herself I find her an inspiration.
Down the end Jo (with her daughter Rhinan?? sorry Jo if the spelling is wrong). Jo girl!! You have some fun with life hun and can't wait for the little thing we were talking about on Sunday to start up he he he.

Don't these young ladies look so much alike :-)
This is Janene and Jorja from Palmerston North. It was great meeting you both and can't wait till we are all together again... maybe next time we should do a day thing and then do some shopping and dinner and dancing woohooo.

Karen in the green was marvellous in organising this wonderful lunch... what a gem she is! I have so much time for you hun you are the sweetest. Beside Karen was Anne from Palmerston North.. it was so great that you drove all this way with Janene for our special event and it was fab to meet you.

Now look at these adorable ladies.. We have Rachel who is taking the photo. How funny is this woman... and how easy to talk to she is. I just think you are fab girl!!! Thanks for the ride in the cadbury car.. OMG it looks soooo yummy and I felt like I could eat it he he he. Jo that face girl!!! and you weren't even drinking!! You have a wonderful sense of humour and I just love the way you are so free and you have a zest for life.

Anyway better go and have lunch and get ready for going skating with Helena... woohooo Helena woohoooo.

Love ya all
Chubbymum

A loss.... A loss...... A loss.....

OMG this week I lost 1.2 kilos OMG OMG OMG

I have now lost 29.1 kilos and I have 900 grams to get to my 30 kilos! Woohooo for me.

I am feeling so much better tonight as I have lots of drugs from the doctor last night. I have tonsilitis and I lost my voice for a while there and the flu... so basically feeling much better after the antibiotics and pain killers.

I have been thinking about my life lately and I have a little notebook in my purse that I have been writing things down in about what I want to achieve and out of this list I have been making progress on 2 of them. First one is learning the guitar... I have started learning... slowly but still learning. Second one is that I want to be a Life Coach and so I sent away for information on a life coaching course and I am seriously thinking about studying it... Not till the new year though because the rest of the year is booked with so much that I want to make sure I am putting my full attention in to it.

So that is three things for this year from now:

1. Keep losing weight - (Reach 35 kilos by February 2007)
2. Learn the guitar
3. Study to be a Life Coach

3 nights until I am in Wellington Wohooo

Anyway still need some sleep to totally get over this flu.

Love CM

Got the Flu

Thank you everyone for all your comments!!! I really appreciate them.

Sorry!! Sorry!!! I haven't replied this week to your blogs I am still not feeling well and after Quinn's party today I went to bed and just jumped on here for 5 minutes and I am going back to bed. I have the flu and I WANT IT AWAY by next weekend that is for sure.

Love ya all
Chubbymum

Cough Cough Cough Coughing....

I can't stop coughing today... it is driving me insane

Went to my personal training today with Crusher and I totally enjoyed it! When I got there I wanted to get the weigh in over and done with so I could get on with the training. Since I have been told my weight each week I am feeling better because I can now judge how I am doing and in two weeks I have lost each week. I am sooo happy that I am losing and I am not losing a lot but I am being consistant and that is the main thing!

I lost 400grams this week and I am so happy with that. I would have liked to loose more but I lost and I am being consistant in what I am losing. I walked 4 three big walks this week. My measurements have gone down too and even though I have a cold I am feeling so much more energetic than a couple of months ago.

My mother in law gave me a huge compliment last night too and said I was looking like a skinny mini and I think that is only because she saw my photo of the difference from January 2005 to September 2006.

I have been trying harder with my exercise in the last week too and I think that is because my work mate Debbie is now in my MM8 (LEAN) group and I have finally got someone that I feel is at the same level as me and I can push myself a little more. Before I think I was too far behind all the others that I felt like I would never be able to catch up but now there is a little bit of competition but no competition if that makes sense as I don't usually go too well with competition but this is like a good competition as it is making me feel like I am pushing myself.

So after the gym I got showered and dressed and went to lunch with hubby and then Corbin and I went shopping to Whitcoulls and got him a haircut and we sat in a coffee shop and Corbin read his book and I read my book it was great to just relax and read with a coffee.

I have to organise Quinn's birthday party food tonight for tomorrow.. it is going to be fun... we are going to the YMCA and they have gym equipment that the kids can play on and there is 14 children OMG 14 children...

What a day I didn't get home till about a half an hour ago and I am buggered. I think I might go upstairs and have a soaking bath hmmmm

Love ya all

CM

Frantic

Been a bit of a frantic week and haven't had the time to update.

Been trying to be sooo good with food this week and I managed to loose 500 grams and I am happy with that.. it is my goal to loose 500 grams a week so I managed my goal.

Quinn's birthday party is on Saturday and I will be happy when it is over with and all the birthday parties are done.

Been really pushing myself with the exercise lately as I want to get better but having problems with my left foot and left knee and can't work out why especially when it is my right knee that has always given me the problem.

Only a week and a half and I will be on holiday and I CANNOT Wait that is for sure.

But guess what I won something yesterday: From Weight Watchers wohoooooo I have never ever won anything like this before... and they are going to courier it this week. It is called The Ultimate Pamper Pack and is valued at over $90 and includes a stylish cosmetic bag and case, luxurious satin robe, exfoliating glove, satin headband and a relaxing eyemask... woohoo for me!!!

In the past week I have been on 4 walks... getting myself ready for our triathlon. Last Wednesday Kris and I went on a 4km walk and then on Saturday we went another walk with Kris which was a 7.5 km walk and then on Sunday I went with hubby on a 7.5 km walk and today with lean went on a 4km walk and I feel great for doing the walks that is for sure.

My mum is getting better but a little depressed still and so I am hoping that she picks up soon as I don't like seeing her like that.

I had two compliments from different people today asking if I have lost some more weight and even though it has only been 400 grams I am feeling so good for it.

Anyway I need to get an early night... love ya all LOTS

Chubbymum

Full on again!!!

Had my MM8 gym course today with all the new people in the group and it has been refreshing. I am enjoying it. I am enjoying it because I have finally got someone that is at the same level as me and I am pushing myself even more. It feels good to push myself a bit more. I got a bit over the top and starting jogging today but I managed to hurt my other knee as I was not being that careful like I usually do. So I have to make sure I baby it for a while but I am NOT going to not keep trying because even though I did heaps in the class today I am so enjoying it.

I was a little weary about Sgt Major and I am not fully wanting him as my trainer but I really enjoyed him today... he actually smiled a little.. NOW that doesn't normally happen. It was nice to see the human side of him today. I hope he brings that along to the group more often. Anyway I thought of a great nick name for him today and it is Sargeant Major!!! he was certainly like that today.. so we have Crusher and Sargeant Major.

I have been reading the Phil Keoghans (N.O.W.... No Opportunity Wasted) book and I am enjoying it. It makes you think of all the things that you want to achieve and to basically get on with it and go for it. I have written a list of the things I want to do or change and I am going to go for it.

The first thing on my list is to learn to play the guitar and my friend from work has said she wants to learn to so we are both going to do it. The reason I want to do this is because I have had a guitar for like 5 years and I have never used it and Corbin said the other day why don't I know how to play and could he please learn how to. So I thought ok that would be great and so why don't I learn at the same time and stop procrastinating. So it is going to happen!!! I am going to do this.

I brought mum home from hospital yesterday and she is looking rather tired still and I think she is getting better but it is hard for her in the fact that she can't do much with her thumb wrapped up and in a sling.... it is sort of slowing her down (which is a hard thing to do) but it is making her soooo mad because she can't do anything.

We have Corbin's soccer team's prize giving tomorrow night so that is going to be a full on thing but I am looking forward to it. There is 31 people coming Wow!!! and I am organising it... quite worried that it won't turn out really as there are some reallyyyyyyy different people in the group and hmmm well we shall see.

Corbin has a birthday party on Saturday with a friend and I brought him some walky talkies... thought with summer coming up that he would enjoy that.

Then tomorrow night hubby and I are going to Debbie's birthday dinner it sounds like it is going to be a really good night. I also get to meet some of her friends so that will be good too. That reminds me I have to make sure I don't loose my head and forget to wish her happy birthday.

15 days and we are in Wellington WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I just can't wait. It is going to be such a full on week but it is going to be great to meet everyone and to also go sightseeing with the boys and roller skating with Helena and a baby shower and lunch with all of you guys.. soooo excited.

I still have to organise Quinn's birthday party for next weekend and then that will be both of the boys birthdays done for another year Wooohoooo as September is such a nightmare of a month for us that it will be done he he.

I have an hour with Crusher tomorrow and I can't wait SORT OF he he he just that a half an hour is good but what on earth can she do in a hour... LOTS I tell you!!! Pain is what I am going to feel he he he.

Must admit my week of food hasn't been that good... bit hard when I am going back and forth to the hospital but at least I got a lot of exercise as I parked like a mile away each time Woohooo for the exercise.

Food for the day:

Breakfast
Cherios
Skim Milk
Banana

Morning Tea
Banana
Fruit Yoghurt

Lunch
Wrap
Chicken
Cottage Cheese
Mushrooms
Tomato
Lettuce
Carrot

Afternoon Tea
Pineapple
Grapes

Dinner
Beef Madras (homemade no sauces)
Rice
Carrots
Cauliflour

Love CM

Hospital

Ok so the weekend was fantastic...

Can't say the last 2 days has been after that.

My mum was admitted to hosptial Monday.

Before I went away on the Friday I begged my mum to go to the doctors for her thumb that was sore.. she is afraid of doctors AFRAID AFRAID of doctors and so to get her in to check out her thumb is a nightmare. She said no she wasn't going to go as it was getting better. No it wasn't getting better it was getting worse. When I rang home in the weekend I asked her if she was ok and she kept saying yes her and the boys are good. Got home on Sunday night and her thumb was twice (maybe three) times the size. She kept saying it was better than it was.

By Monday I was worried and said to her that she has an appointment at the doctors at 5.00... so we got her there and the doctor said "you have to go to the hospital" Well..... my mother freaked out and got all upset and I didn't know what to do.... (the reason my mum doesn't like doctors is that my dad went to hospital with bronchitis and died of pneumonia so I can understand hospitals aren't her best friend). Got up to the hospital at 5.30 and we didn't get seen by a doctor till 7.30pm and then she had to go into the surgery to get the top of her thumb lanced (they said she was lucky she came in because if not she could have lost her thumb) The put 3 local needles in her thumb OMG I felt the pain myself as she was holding my hand with her other hand while they did it.

Because of the infection she had to be admitted in to hospital so she was there last night and all day today and they want her over night again. It looks a lot better but I am not convinced the doctors think that tomorrow would be the day she comes home.

I haven't had much sleep worrying about her up there as she doesn't like being in unfamiliar places. I know she is in the best place but I hate leaving her like that.

Anyway I am tired and so I am going to do some of my work (that hubby picked up for me) so that tomorrow isn't a total nightmare at work.

Good night everyone
Love CM