Friday, December 30, 2005
HAPPY NEW YEAR
 First of all an apology becasue I haven't been around this week. Came home from holiday with a virus of some sort which has set me back a bit. Starting to feel better now just in time to make new year resolutions. Also dealt with a personal family issue that always depresses me and been busy feeling a bit sorry for myself since. I have been reading peoples blogs but was unable to summon any motivation to post for myself. Had a wonderful christmas day at my sons house and thoroughly enjoyed all being together. I was spoiled by my DH with the most beautiful diamond earrings. Quite a surprise. In turn I had fun spoiling my children as I always do. This week I have done bvery little as I was feeling so sick...except for eating of course. Hopefully I have reached saturation point in the excess food area which has become excess baggage I do not need. No exercise and of course I have put on weight. Haven't weighed myself (but my clothes are too tight) I just want to get back on track again. Not feeling at all motivated but am hoping Jan 1st will do the trick and help me start again. I will post my goals and plans on Jan 1st and together with all of you hope to be feeling good about this journey again. We all achieved a lot in 2005 and now need to keep it up for 2006. Some serious butt kicking is required by this little( not so little) ducky.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2005
I AM BACK
Hi everyone. We are back from our wonderful holiday in New Zealand, exhausted but happy. It is the most beautiful country and we enjoyed all of it. I will post details after christmas as I have a million things to get done before christmas. I had a wonderful meeting with Emily and I think we could have chatted the night away. She is a lovely girl with a positive attitude to life. Thank you Emily for coming to meet me. This was definitely a highlight of my trip.
On the skydiving front it was quite a let down. I went off all prepared at 7am on a beautiful sunny day in Queenstown. We went through all the preliminaries and then to the airport. There we sat in the sun beside the plane for 2 hours. I was very excited and not scared at all. Then they cancelled it because the clouds would not lift from the mountain top. Obviously I was extremely disappointed. Actually felt like crying. As we were leaving the next morning for the glaciers I couldn't reschedule. (weather turned bad for a few days anyway so they would not have gone up) This dive meant a lot to me so this was quite a let down. However I did do a lot of other exciting things including quad biking and swoop diving (a bit like bungy but not as bad) I will explain in a later holiday post with photos. We had a very busy schedule and for most of the trip the weather was kind to us. I feel energised mentally if not physically and ready for the new year and the challenges it will bring. On the eating front I unfortunately succumbed and ate everything in sight. I did exercise and make use of all the gyms (lots of early morning trips while Dh and Ebs were sleeping)and I am not going to weigh myself till after christmas when I will make a fresh start. My clothes are tighter so I have gained but I did enjoy myself and that was important.
I want to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and New Year. This is a special time to share with friends and family and it is amazing that we now have so many new friends to share with. I feel very blessed to be part of this community. I hope this time is filled with love and laughter for you all. Enjoy the day and forget about weight worries. We can all get together and get back on track in 2006!
Love to you all
Your friend Michelle
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12:04 pm ::
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Saturday, December 10, 2005
FAREWELL
After a night partying and dancing till dawn, well almost, just a quick farewell as I am about to depart for the plane to N.Z. Have good 2 weeks everyone and I will be back before xmas. Will be thinking of you all.
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Wednesday, December 07, 2005
SLACKING OFF
Well between a combination of things I have been really slack this week. Think having reached my mini goal I got a bit complacent. Combined with exhaustion, not being able to get to any gym sessions, problems at work and then my MIL having her eye operation yesterday I just got slack. Once I started overeating I then went overboard. This is fairly typical for me. So I am stopping today! I do not want the plane unable to take off on Sunday due to weight overload. I also don't want Emily to meet a big rolly polly Michelle. It is hard to put the brakes on though. Christmas celebrations are sooo tempting. I have started packing and my sky diving is confirmed so that is exciting.
Have been busy being a chauffeur as well this week. Took my daughter and 5 friends to the Foo Fighters concert on Tues. Had to drive them in to the city (1hr) come home and work then go back at 11 to pick them up. No problem I thought. Except we had a really bad storm and the roads were flooded and visibility was nil so it was a bit of a hairy drive having to do it twice in the one night! Today my new carpet is being laid in the bedroom so I had to empty the room and tonight I will have to put it all back again!! Except the carpet layers have disappeared and I need to get to work! Still need to organise the pool, the last minute cleaning and organising the house, including leaving my son copious notes on how to look after the animals, use the washing machine etc. I have almost finished the christmas shopping and wrapping. Tomorow should see an end to that. I will take my MIL home tomorrow night after being her nurse...she is a wonderful patient I must add. I am almost caught up at work so will be satisified when I close the doors to that tomorrow night. Unfortunately Dh is having problems with a job and is making noises about not being able to come away with us. I am trying to just ignore him! Hence my stress eating!! But Sat night is our work breakup and then home for a few hrs sleep and last minute instructions to my DS2 who will be house sitting then off for an early morning flight to Auckland. A big sigh of relief will be heard when we actually take off............. Hopefully the weather will be kind to us and we will be able to have some fun and relax together seeing beautiful N.Z.
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Sunday, December 04, 2005
HOLIDAY PLANS
ONLY ONE WEEK TO GO!!!!!
I was reluctant to put my itinerary down because I was waiting to reach my mini-goal of 25kg lost. When I started Emily’s Christmas challenge I had a secret wish that if I could stick to it I would reward myself with something I dreamt about when I was a young girl. My best friend and I promised that we would do this when we turned 40. Well we drifted apart and put on weight and stopped doing adventurous things or things for ourselves. This year I have changed that and I now make time and make myself a priority. By losing 25kg I have proven to myself that I can bring about change and I want to fulfill my secret dream to prove to myself that I can still have dreams and they can still be achieved. I have shown myself that I am not old and past it but plenty of exciting things lie ahead for me. Don’t know if I am explaining this but it is the symbolism behind doing something I thought I could do when I was young and skinny not the actual event that is driving me.
OK What is it you may ask? Well I am going to skydive over Queenstown. The highest dive available which is described; as a three heart stopper!! “Achievement doesn’t come sweeter”
The personal challenge is immense. Immense because the only thing preventing you from experiencing this, one of the most primal life shaping experiences, is your own mind. You must choose. To go through life able to say “yes I did it” or to go through life knowing that you had the opportunity but you turned it down and walked away from becoming the complete person you could have been…
So I am booking it tonight and as long as the weather doesn’t prevent it I will be jumping out of a plane at 15000 feet……………I will be terrified but I will know I am alive.
Ok apart from that the itinerary is as follows;
Day 1; arrive in Auckland, visit the skytower, dinner at a restaurant, drinks afterwards with Emily.
Day 2; visit underwater world, drive to Waitomo caves, Drive to Rotorua.
Day 3, 4; Staying at Rotorua where we will be doing the following; visiting the thermal reserves and hot springs, Polynesian Spa, Quadbiking, visit to Taupo. Visit to the Lion Park, visit Agrodome including Zorb balling and freefalling, Maori concert and Hangi.
Day 5, 6, 7; Fly to Queenstown where we will be doing the following; Milford sound flight and cruise, jet boating, Lord of The Rings Tour, SKYDIVING, Gondola ride to Skyline Restaurant
Day 8; Drive to Haast, bushwalk
Day 9;Drive to Frans Josef, helicopter ride/hike on glacier
Day 10;drive to Christchurch
Day 11; visit Antarctic centre, maybe a massage, fly home.
So very busy with lots of adventures. I am not sure if DH will be able to keep up. I plan to go for an early morning walk or visit a gym each morning while he sleeps. On the food front we will be eating out all the time so it will be difficult but I am allowing myself this time off. I will try to make healthy choices, and I don’t drink alcohol so that won’t be a problem. I also plan lots of exercise. So I hope I do not put on too much but it is OK. I have lost 25kg and anything I put on I can lose again when I am in charge of the cooking. If it takes a while so be it……………
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Friday, December 02, 2005
BOOT CAMP..PAIN NOT PLEASURE!!
Well this week has been a very busy one through which I managed to hold on to my motivation. Exercise consisted of; Kickboxing, weight training x 2, step class, body pump class, aerobics class, boot camp, tennis and all up 106567 steps! Have to be pleased with that. On Sat I had a few indulgences but every other day ate about 19 points. Lost 1.4 bringing my total loss to 25.3. I had set myself a mini goal of 25 before holdiday so I am very pleased with that. Oh I think I already said that I am very pleased with that!! Anything I lose next week will now be a bonus to help minimise the damage when I am away.
Have to say my body is aching all over from the weight training yesterday which was very intense and then the boot camp this morning. We did boot camp at the beach which should have been lovely but instead we were in gale force winds...couldn't hear the instructor and had to fight for every step. Back again tomorrow morning for more torture/fun. My sons GF came with me and she enjoyed it although she did say that halfway through she thought she was going to die...a feeling I often share during these training sessions. Then went to watch DD at tennis, then some clothes shopping for DD and then home to attempt to clean the house before DD has basketball. Tonight my DS1 & 2 and their GFs are coming over for dinner and cards. The two girls that went to boot camp will have trouble staying awake...Have a good weekend everyone.
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