March Photo a Day Challenge - Day 2

Day 2  -  "FRUIT"


Lucky for me that I took this photo today and not two days ago when there was NO fruit in the house...That's where our fruit lives, on top of the microwave...loving those little Gala apples and so are my kids...easy to eat and so sweet, and look at those pears...nothing says "Autumn" to me like a bowl full of juicy pears, they won't last long.

March Photo a Day Challenge Day 1

Day 1 -  "UP"





Looking up from my deck ... it was actually pouring with rain, but you can't quite see it in the photo...that's all we've seen for what seems like months now...grey skies and RAIN

Just for fun in March...

I have never done one of these before...but a few people whose blogs I read had so much fun with it in February that I thought I'd join in :-)

A day late, so I will upload two photos today...

Decided to just brave the scales this morning to keep myself accountable.

I have learnt from my past that if I stop weighing myself due to a "break" in my routine, usually caused by an injury or time of stress, I go into a *denial* phase and just lose control of the situation.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that my weight has remained stable. No loss, but more importantly, no gain since last week...and this even after a week where a few small indulgences were allowed.

So instead of heading towards complacency, as I would usually do, I am determined to just push through this little set back instead of letting it become a step backwards in my journey of fitness and weight loss.


A major win for me in the mindset department...it seems I am getting wiser as I get older :-)




Feeling good.


X-rays and Ultrasound this afternoon.

Update

Well it seems that since I decided to do something about it, life is all about my foot...

Saw my GP on Monday afternoon...I made Hubby come in with me because we'd had the discussion along the fact that our GP doesn't like his patients telling him what they think might be wrong with them...so the plan was that if he went off on a mysterious tangent, we would subtly mention that we thought it might just be a Neuroma...

Anyway, as soon as he examined my foot he came up with two possibilities : hairline fractures (but in all honesty I don't walk that hard or run that much yet to indicate this is the case) or a Mortons Neuroma. I looked over at Hubby and he flashed me a big grin which almost made me giggle, which would have been very inappropriate as I was explaining to the doctor how much pain and discomfort this is causing me.


So ... he ordered me to have an X-ray and an Ultrasound on my foot and then he will refer me to a sports physiologist who will administer whatever treatment (more than likely some Cortisone injections)

We got home and managed to get in to the Radiologist tomorrow afternoon (Thursday), so I guess realistically I won't be having any treatment before early next week, which is not a minute too soon as this pain in my foot is becoming a real pain in the neck... :-p



In the meantime, I think it's time for the pity party to be over and done with, I will get back on track with my eating plan and start to throw in some work outs, mainly weight training and will attempt an RPM class with my right shoe laced very loosely and see how that goes.


Yesterday was a bit of a low day for me mood-wise, but I was lucky enough to be able to chat to two long distance friends. My friend Lisa, who moved to Wagga last year, and my Bloggie friend Lizzie who is a wealth of knowledge and amazingly enough, they both left me with the same message : control what you can at the moment ie. diet. Treat yourself well, do some good things for yourself in the meantime.

My ongoing goal at the moment is to take the emotional link to food. Easier said than done, but if I make a concerted effort every day, I will get there.



With that I leave you, more updates on my foot to come.



Hope your part of the world is dryer than mine at the moment.


xo

Hump Day Hilarity

Hubby sent this to me the other day and I haven't stopped laughing since...I know, I need to get a life...

...and by the way, as of today, my hair is the same colour as Dorothy's - although I read somewhere that in the books, she was actually a blonde, but Judy Garland didn't wish to colour her hair, so Dorothy became a brunette...

...wish I was there...

The other day Hubby was sorting through some boxes from our previous home that we hadn't got round to. In one box he found some stuff of mine, and I found this little notebook that I used three years ago as a bit of a daily journal (must have been before I discovered Blogger).

In it I used to record the date, my weight and the weather in red (obsessed...? maybe...) I also recorded daily events about our family.


In September 2009, apparently I weighed 63kg more or less...if I'd lost weight, there would be a smiley face next to the number... I used to weigh daily. It worked for me. A few weeks later, there is an entry that reads "63.6kg...I think I've hurt my back :( "

- in black pen...

There are a couple more entries for that year, but they are few and far between, and my weight starts to creep up...ever so slowly....


Thinking back to my life back then...I was at the gym five days a week, I was doing more weights than cardio. I was eating 5-6 small meals a day, good clean food, protein at most meals...hmmm... I wasn't counting points or calories but I was keeping track of my food and allowing myself one "treat" meal a week.


It's not Rocket Science ,is it???


What happened? How did I lose consistency? I remember the back injury and it was one of the worst I've ever had. Excrutiating pain, twice a week to the Osteopath, reduced mobility and depression.




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I've had this post running around in my mind for a couple of days...unfortunately it coincides with my decision to leave the 12WBT as such. The reason is extremely personal and nothing whatsoever to do with the program or anyone linked with it. I have met some amazing people on their Forums, in Blogland and Twitter. Some are already success stories and others are well on their way. This program works.


As for me - my regular readers will know that there's been some *stuff* going on in my life. I am depressed and at something of a *crossroads* regarding a few areas of my life.


I will continue to try and lose this extra weight I find myself carrying. I have the tools and I have the determination.


Some of you may say "You're giving up" or "Why leave a structured program now when you need it the most"...and again I say : I have my reasons and everything happens for a reason....so stay tuned. Keep watching that little ticker up the top.


Right now, my immediate concern is to get this foot of mine sorted out. Just as I'm enjoying my "runs", I suspect I'll have to put the running on the backburner until this gets looked at. But I won't be standing still...gotta keep on moving :)



Bye for now.

xo