Lots of reading but not much writing...

That sums up my Blogging life at the moment. I spend about an hour each morning reading a lot of my favourite blogs by women who are awesome and keep me motivated and I also read some blogs by women who motivate me in a different way - sort of a "what not to do" way...(but we'll leave those alone)


2012 was a non-event. I could go on and list all the stuff that went wrong in 2012, or "not to plan" etc but hey, it's over, I'd rather leave it behind me.

One thing I do know : weight loss was zero, nada...a fail of epic proportions

I could console myself with the fact that I did not gain...but I am not in "maintenance" mode, so that's hardly consolation...I could list some excuses : the onset of peri-menopause, a foot injury that wasn't fixed til July (and what a relief it was to get it fixed!) looking after my elderly mother, running the business on my own, raising teenage daughters.

There, I've listed the excuses, and that's what I'm calling them. Big Fat Excuses.


So let's move on, shall we? 2013. I am normally against New Year's Resolutions because I see so many of them broken...the gym is packed for the first three weeks of the year. It's impossible to find a parking space in the lot, and us regulars have to park a few blocks away, if you don't get to RPM before it starts, you are very likely to miss out on a bike, or miss out on your "usual" spot...etc etc
Come February things are usually back to normal...

I have some goals I want to kick this year, and I will mention them as I go (if I get the old Blogging mojo back)

For today, let's just concentrate on one massive goal that I will achieve by the end of March. Get this ass down to 60kg. That's it. I don't need to elaborate other than say that when Autumn hits, I will be rocking my size 10 (I think that's a size 8 in US sizes...hello US readers!!?) skinny jeans and feeling great.

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If I felt like  I was losing momentum at all over the past couple of days or about to drop my game, I have to thank two wonderful people in my life for keeping me inspired...no, it's none of you gorgeous kick-ass bloggers that I adore...it's my brother Eddie and my neighbour Kim (I think I bitched posted about her a while back...the neighbour who wanted to do C25K with me)

This morning I went to the fruit shop to get some fruit and veg before the heatwave struck and guess who was the only other person in the shop...that's right, Kim!...we made some small talk about the weather, which led to her asking "you're not going to gym today, surely?!" my reply was "actually, I really love the 4.30pm RPM class, so yes, I was planning to..." "In this heat? you're mad!" was her response..."I work up a sweat at the gym anyway, and it is air conditioned..." I replied. I paid for my groceries and smiled and said ta-tah...

If for one minute I'd considered that it might be "too hot" to go to my RPM class, Kim's comment certainly made up my mind for me...

I was having a conversation about a rather overweight member of our family with my brother Eddie. Apparently Eddie has been giving this relative some health and weight loss advice (he is three years younger than me) and this guy had come up with every lame excuse under the sun, one of the best being "I've accepted that this is just my build..."....ummm OK...none of my business. No comment.

What did get me though, was something Eddie said - it went along the lines of : once we reach "a certain age" it becomes almost impossible to lose weight, as you'd know, Sandra...


OK. THANK YOU SO SO MUCH EDDIE. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH YOU'VE MOTIVATED ME.

Yes, I'm motivated to lose the weight...but I think I'm more motivated to prove Eddie (and countless others who share this belief  WRONG...


Anyway, that's it for me. I have a sink full of dishes which I'm considering leaving until the morning...We've so far survived the big bad heatwave without any bush fires in our area, but hey, this is only one day in January...they say it's going to be a long hot Summer...who knows what's round the corner? All I know is that a cool change is about to hit and it means a good night's sleep. It's hubby's band practice night so I might as well get into bed and watch some girly crap on TV or read a book uninterrupted...


Am I the only person who gets motivated "in reverse"...?...Tell me how well I'm doing and I relax...tell me I'm too old, crazy, too weak, and I just HAVE to prove you wrong... ;-) <insert evil laugh>

Bye for now.

xxx