Undo the Button!

Don't you hate that feeling when you sit down after tea and you are so full that you have to undo that button on your trousers!!! That used to happen all the time but until tonight I haven't been that full for a long time. Just goes to show you can't have nibbles while tea's cooking, twice as much dinner as you'd planned and then dessert. Nothing was particularly bad, just much too much and now I'm paying for it. Luckily I've been to curves and had a walk - the pedometer is reading nearly 14,000 so I should be OK.

I have added a section on my side bar for my weight watchers monthly weighin. Last week I was .4 below goal which makes 6 monthly weighs now back at goal so I am very pleased with that. Earlier in the month I was contemplating not bothering because this time I did it without the support of meetings but I realised that knowing I have to be accountable once a month is a big motivation for me.

I had to work very hard for a few days as I have had a few more indulgences than usual. The biggie was a fantastic day out we had with some friends on the long weekend. We live about 20 minutes from one of the main wine growing regions in SA called Mclaren Vale. It is not as well known as the Barossa but it is a beautiful area with many excellent wineries. Each year they have a festival called Sea and Vines where many of the wineries team up with selected restaurants and put on food, wine and entertainment. This was the first time DH & I had been and we were lucky enough to go with very suitable friends . The hubby is a wine buff and his wife doesn't drink so she was happy to drive. We had a really great day. The food was great, wine wonderful and really good entertainment. I had downloaded the menu options before we went and knew there were lots of yummy savoury things but my sweet tooth( I have a really big one!!) was totally tempted by "Billy Bunker and The Chocolate Daiquiri" The ingredients were listed as Frangelico Mousse, Whipped Cream, Grand Marnier Fudge, White Chocolate Shards, Toblerone Chunks, Scorched Almonds and Belgian Chocolate Sauce. Wow, I just knew I had to have that! Luckily it was a fairly small serve as it was very rich. Very yummy but I have to say the anticipation was better than the eating!! Anyhow we had a great day but boy did I pay for it with my tummy the next day. My system certainly isn't used to all that rich food any more.
Although I try and make sure I do exercise each day, I have my big walk I do most Sunday's around the cliffs near our house. It's a great walk with hills and some steps with fantastic scenery to keep me inspired. It usually takes about an hour or so depending on what extra bits I add in. I often do it on my own but if DH is not playing golf he comes with me. We have had a bit of an about turn lately with our walks as he now says I go too fast for him! His legs are much longer than mine so I have always struggled to keep up with him( that's a good thing - makes me work harder) but now I'm going faster than him. I add a few step climbs in and he usually waits for me at the top. On Sunday I got down to the rocks and before I climbed back up I noticed a group of 4 seals lolling in the water. I yelled like mad for DH so he could come down but my voice didn't carry up, so I had to climb to the top and cajole him to come down. It was fantastic sitting on the rocks just watching the seals but then of course we had to climb back up again!! I only had my phone camera so that has no zoom but I thought I would still post the picture. I think it's awesome when we are lucky enough to spot something like this so close to home. Have a great week.....

Bloglines

Just a quick post to rave about bloglines. Briony had mentioned it ages ago to me but when I checked it out it looked too complicated so I didn't bother. After being amazed on Sunday how quickly Briony commented on my new entry after I had been dormant for so long, I thought I would investigate it. I now have it set up and I love it. Thanks Briony :-)

Now - How do I do this blog stuff again??

If there is anyone out there still checking this blog, I'm really sorry for not updating for so long. I won't go into all the excuses but I do know I've been a slack friend. You all inspire me so much and I know if I notice someone not posting it always worries me that something is wrong.

Thanks to Briony and Margaret for their comments recently which were prods to get me started again. Thanks girls for missing me :-)

I have been maintaining which I am very happy with. I still have to monitor every day but as long as I keep up with the exercise and make up for any overindulgences I am doing OK so far. I fluctuate within a couple of kilo's but whenever I see 66 on the scales I try and havc a couple of extra good days to get it back down again. So, so far so good but I am so conscious that I could get complacent like lot's of other previous attempts. I know that's why the blogging is so important - no one understands what we go through like those of us in the same situation.

We had a great time in New Zealand, although it was very unsettling as always when we got home as we miss all the family so much. Maybe if we could win lotto and I knew we could go over every year it wouldn't be so hard to say goodbye!!!!

On a very exciting note, I did manage to get my Robbie Williams tickets to his Adelaide concert on Friday afternoon. Now that was one stressful few hours!!! It was so hard to get on to the Ticketek site and when I eventually did, it kept kicking me off. When I was eventually able to secure tickets, my hands were shaking so much, I had great difficulty keying everything in. As it took so long to get them, although I still got Gold they are not as close as I was hoping for. I'm toying with the idea of trying again on Wednesday when the the next lot go on sale to see if I can get better ones. Hope DH doesn't read this as I think I will be in deep S*** just for thinking about this.!!!!!!!

On a light note, I have found an unexpected inconvenience to being a size 12! My DH is the ironer in our household - I know I'm very lucky - but he does suffer the general male malaise of not really looking at stuff closely. Our youngest DS3 is 12 so of course lot's of his clothes are size 12 too. I just don't get that DH can't tell the difference between my stuff and DS3's just because they both have labels that say "12" in them!!!! My already overcrowded closet keeps getting boy clothes put away in it - gotta love him. I guess I should be glad he doesn't take too much notice of who's wearing what so I can sneak new things in that I, just have to have!!!

Have a great week.