Ready, Steady ....Go

You may have noticed a change to my side bar - The Challenge. I read about this challenge over on We are Slimming and it struck a chord for me. I was doing quite nicely up till Christmas but since then I'm back to faffing around - up a bit, down a bit but not really going anywhere and that would be fine if I was where I wanted to be - but I'm not. So ... 12 weeks - not that long out of a lifetime but long enough to make the difference I want. I'm also taking the suggestion I made in my last post about making February alcohol free a bit further and extending it to the 12 weeks of the challenge. I know I can do it if I put my mind to it - some of you may remember that a couple of years ago I went alcohol free from New Years Day till Easter and during that time had some very good losses. I know that it's alcohol that's my saboteur - I eat well all day and in the evenings too - but I don't have very many left over points and certainly not enough to indulge in a bottle of wine (or the best part thereof) which is what tends to happen most nights. And of course I've become very slack on the exercise front so I need to remedy that too.

So the plan - its the W's again
Wine - none of it
Walk and/or WiiFit - at least 5 times a week
Water - keep on drinking it - this one isn't a problem for me
WW online - use it to track points daily

Re. this last one - I know that for me to be successful I have to track points - I know I can maintain not too badly without counting but that if I want to lose I have to do the counting.

Weigh in tomorrow morning February 1 for Day 1 of the challenge. Bring it on!!

So I've had a bit of a let up this weekend but overall not too bad. Bloss and I decided to have a wee bit of R and R so we went down the coast a bit to Bargara - a little town just outside of Bundaberg - for a couple of nights. We had a lovely relaxing time - dinner out both nights, breakfast by the beach - a bit of a browse round the shops in Bundy and then headed home this morning. It's very wet here today - the after effects of Tropical Cyclone Olga.

So the obligatory couple of photos below :

The view from the balcony of the unit we had -you can see that although it was fine on Saturday the storm  clouds were brewing

Bloss at breakfast

Me at breakfast

Ok folks - not sure what's for tea tonight but I'm having the 'condemned man's' couple of wines with it then I'll be on that wagon for the next 12 weeks - and the very fact that I've told you guys will be enough to keep me on it - I hate having to admit defeat!

Take care possums and have a great week

Love Z xx

Bit late - but here I am

This week kind of got away from me - I've thought to myself several times that I need to post an update but have just never had enough time.

So what's been happening - well when I last posted Clive was scheduled to head to WA on the Tuesday - which he did.  Then Tuesday afternoon he rang me from Perth airport - he'd just landed and had two messages on his phone - another tropical low so he flew back here again on Wednesday.  It's doing wonders for his frequent flyer points!  He got the call on Monday night to fly back again this Tuesday - haven't spoken to him today but did speak to Grant who'd had an email from him.  He got on to the rig I believe for one day and... you've guessed it - another impending cyclone.  So he's back in Perth again.  He's staying in Perth though to try and sort out accommodation there as he'll be based there from now on rather than over here.

Which brings me to a funny story.  I work for Rio Tinto and the division I'm with has a branch here in central Queensland, one in Brisbane and an office in Perth.  Without splitting too many hairs my sort of equivalent in the Perth office is called Fliss (nickname).  I heard on Wednesday morning from another colleague here who'd been in a telecon with Fliss that the previous night she'd been interviewing a potential flatmate - and...... would you believe it was Clive!!!  How small is this world.  They'd discovered the connection during their conversation.

What else - ended up having Friday off work - got a doozy of a migraine during the night.  Have worked out that there is something in certain white wines which triggers them.  Had a lot of trouble 7/8 years ago and actually stopped drinking white wine but gradually got back to it without any real troubles - but before Christmas I had a bad migraine and it was after drinking one of those chardonnays which are a deep yellow in colour with quite a woody flavour.  Same thing last Thursday - so now if it's dark yellow I don't want to know!

Saturday night Bloss and I were going to go out for tea but ended up just staying home and having a lovely evening - just the two of us - sitting out on the deck having a couple of quiet ones.  I got a text from a friend asking if I wanted to do lunch on the Sunday - so I did and so we went to the Yacht Club in town - it was a beautiful day - and here's a picture of the view from our table.

Bloss and I decided to go out for tea Sunday night instead so we went up to the local pub and had a steak and salad - put $5 in the pokies and came home.

Tonight I've just been and had a fabulous revitalising facial - I had a voucher from Shaz for my birthday which I hadn't used  - gosh I adore a facial - I come out feeling so relaxed and my skin feels wonderful.

Weight - still haven't been as good as I should have but managed to get shot of another 200g last week - getting there - but still faffing around.  Think I might have to nominate February as an alcohol free month to get me moving along properly.  We'll see.

Hope all's well in all of your worlds
Love Z xx