Yesterday at the gym I took a picture, just to see how I was getting on with my weight loss.
You all knew I was trying to lose weight, yeah??
Well back in January when I joined the gym I had them take a pic of me. It was the scariest thing I ever did see. I look terrible....and I was walking around like that, not having a care in the world.
Yesterday I took another pic. Then put them side by side. I am impressed with myself. Yes, I accept I could do better. Yes I know there are a LOT of things that I still need to fix...but I can see changes.
I am hoping that by January, which will be one year from I started the gym, the changes will be immense...for now I am very pleased with how I have done.
Thursday, 22 August 2013
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
Sunflower fest
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| Whanau |
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| Fairy ladder leading to a washing line |
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| The Lighthouse, in the Lighthouse Bliss area |
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| One of the many, hand painted designs around the area |
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| The fairy houses |
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| Another fairy house |
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| Fairy houses, and ladders |
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| Fairy washing lines, and ladders |
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| Where the bigger fairies could hang out |
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| Fairy washing lines |
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| Do you dare? |
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| Davy Jones locker |
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| Isn't it? |
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| The stage, at 7am...no bands at this time in the morning!! |
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| Decoration at side of stage |
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| Other side of stage |
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| Finn McCool, complete with sunflower eye patch, made from crocheted sunflowers (that I made) |
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| The entrance sign |
20 August 2013
Forgot my log in details again. Seriously. I have to learn to write them down somewhere. I am hopeless.
The day before yesterday I did dishes and took my rings off to do that. I forgot to put them back on until this morning. Never saw so many sneaky looks at my hand before. It's like everyone had noticed there was no wedding ring on but no one would say.
I am gonna try and get a few pics up from sunflower fest. But I will do that on another post.
How do you remember your passwords? Do you use the same one for everything? Do you have them all written down somewhere? I need hints ppl! Lol
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
13 August 2013
What a weekend
That was brilliant
Pics will follow soon, but I just wanted to let you all know I survived :-)
That was brilliant
Pics will follow soon, but I just wanted to let you all know I survived :-)
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
6 August 2013
I am SUPER FREAKIN EXCITED
This weekend I am going to Sunflowerfest and I cannot wait.
Me, R, baby girl, her friend and my friend are going to camp all weekend, drink copious amounts of alcohol and listen to great live bands.
I am also volunteeering at the festival which means doing two six hour shifts helping people out around the site and directing them to where they need to go.
It also means I won't get to drink those days!! (BOO)
This family friendly festival is in Northern Ireland and is just brilliant. Everyone is so helpful, and nice, and there is a real hippy vibe, with loads of holistic therapies including Chocolate Shamanic Yoga (whatever that is).
So this weekend I will be off radar until at least Monday. But then I will hopefully have loads of pics and gossip for you all.
Check it out, they are also on Facebook.
Catch you all soon.
This weekend I am going to Sunflowerfest and I cannot wait.
Me, R, baby girl, her friend and my friend are going to camp all weekend, drink copious amounts of alcohol and listen to great live bands.
I am also volunteeering at the festival which means doing two six hour shifts helping people out around the site and directing them to where they need to go.
It also means I won't get to drink those days!! (BOO)
This family friendly festival is in Northern Ireland and is just brilliant. Everyone is so helpful, and nice, and there is a real hippy vibe, with loads of holistic therapies including Chocolate Shamanic Yoga (whatever that is).
So this weekend I will be off radar until at least Monday. But then I will hopefully have loads of pics and gossip for you all.
Check it out, they are also on Facebook.
Catch you all soon.
Friday, 2 August 2013
2 August 2013
Hello again world.
Arms are still sore.
Not good!! It hurts to type!!
The weather here is pretty changeable, I live in Northern Ireland and we can have sunshine and showers, hail and thunder within the same hour sometimes!
Recently it has been raining. That is perfectly normal. It rains a lot here, that is why our countryside is so lovely and green. However for a couple of weeks before that we had sun. Actual sun. With heat. And I got used to it. I want the sun back. It was warm. I got to sit outside to eat my breakfast. I got to sit outside when I came home from work. I got to go for walks and not get drenched.
Now it rains. A lot.
And I don't really like it. Because it is still a bit warm.
So, conundrum time....how does one dress for warm, yet wet weather.
If I wear a coat I get hot and sweaty, cos it is too warm. If I don't wear a coat I get drenched by the rain and look like an idiot.
I need to find something light enough to keep me cool, yet waterproof enough not to leave me looking like a drowned rat when it rains. Any suggestions?
On a positive note, baby girl bought me a present yesterday. Out of her own money, and it wasn't even my birthday.
I got a new pair of shoes.
Arms are still sore.
Not good!! It hurts to type!!
The weather here is pretty changeable, I live in Northern Ireland and we can have sunshine and showers, hail and thunder within the same hour sometimes!
Recently it has been raining. That is perfectly normal. It rains a lot here, that is why our countryside is so lovely and green. However for a couple of weeks before that we had sun. Actual sun. With heat. And I got used to it. I want the sun back. It was warm. I got to sit outside to eat my breakfast. I got to sit outside when I came home from work. I got to go for walks and not get drenched.
Now it rains. A lot.
And I don't really like it. Because it is still a bit warm.
So, conundrum time....how does one dress for warm, yet wet weather.
If I wear a coat I get hot and sweaty, cos it is too warm. If I don't wear a coat I get drenched by the rain and look like an idiot.
I need to find something light enough to keep me cool, yet waterproof enough not to leave me looking like a drowned rat when it rains. Any suggestions?
On a positive note, baby girl bought me a present yesterday. Out of her own money, and it wasn't even my birthday.
I got a new pair of shoes.
Thursday, 1 August 2013
1 August 2013
Hi blog readers, have I told you recently how happy I am that you show up and check out my ramblings? Well I am happy. So thank you.
Have you ever had a session with a personal trainer? I have had one on one sessions with the trainers from my gym, and that is hard work. On Tuesday however a personal trainer from some place else came into the gym and I had an hour session with her. OMGoodness, my arms have been killing me since. Nothing else is sore, she had been up my cardio so I did the treadmill on a steeper incline than I usually do and for a little longer than I usually do. But that was okay. The other exercises she made me do, hard at the time, but doable. The bicep curls...I knew they would come back to bite me in the butt. It was sore at the time and two days later it is still sore. I feel that someone has ripped my biceps off my arm and just left them hanging. Now they are trying to reattach themselves and it hurts. It hurts to move my arms at all. This pain is not good!!
When I went into the gym yesterday (yes I went back again) the personal trainer said she obviously didn't work me hard enough as I wasn't all sore.
No thank you mrs, sore arms is bad enough, if I had more pain I am not sure I could function at all!!
On the downside I don't think I am working hard enough at the gym. I lost 3lb this month. Yes I know that is great and its 3lb off my body, but it's crap. I should be able to lose more. So this month I am going to try a lot harder to be better about my food (and drink) choices and to work harder at the gym. I want to try and lose 1st this month. I am not sure I can do it, but the personal trainer seemed to think it was doable.
She has recommended no carbs after 5pm. I don't usually get home from work/the gym until 7 or 8, so this could be difficult. She has said that I should eat more carbs during the day and at night just have chicken and a load of green veg. Thats what I did last night...we will see how this goes!!
On a more positive note it was R's birthday on Tuesday. 32 years old. I still feel extremely blessed that he is mine. I am so grateful that we are married. This is the happiest and most content I have ever felt. R and baby girl are the most brilliantest ppl in the world and I am very lucky that I get to be part of their lives. And yes, I tell them daily. :-)
Have you ever had a session with a personal trainer? I have had one on one sessions with the trainers from my gym, and that is hard work. On Tuesday however a personal trainer from some place else came into the gym and I had an hour session with her. OMGoodness, my arms have been killing me since. Nothing else is sore, she had been up my cardio so I did the treadmill on a steeper incline than I usually do and for a little longer than I usually do. But that was okay. The other exercises she made me do, hard at the time, but doable. The bicep curls...I knew they would come back to bite me in the butt. It was sore at the time and two days later it is still sore. I feel that someone has ripped my biceps off my arm and just left them hanging. Now they are trying to reattach themselves and it hurts. It hurts to move my arms at all. This pain is not good!!
When I went into the gym yesterday (yes I went back again) the personal trainer said she obviously didn't work me hard enough as I wasn't all sore.
No thank you mrs, sore arms is bad enough, if I had more pain I am not sure I could function at all!!
On the downside I don't think I am working hard enough at the gym. I lost 3lb this month. Yes I know that is great and its 3lb off my body, but it's crap. I should be able to lose more. So this month I am going to try a lot harder to be better about my food (and drink) choices and to work harder at the gym. I want to try and lose 1st this month. I am not sure I can do it, but the personal trainer seemed to think it was doable.
She has recommended no carbs after 5pm. I don't usually get home from work/the gym until 7 or 8, so this could be difficult. She has said that I should eat more carbs during the day and at night just have chicken and a load of green veg. Thats what I did last night...we will see how this goes!!
On a more positive note it was R's birthday on Tuesday. 32 years old. I still feel extremely blessed that he is mine. I am so grateful that we are married. This is the happiest and most content I have ever felt. R and baby girl are the most brilliantest ppl in the world and I am very lucky that I get to be part of their lives. And yes, I tell them daily. :-)
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