Weigh-in-Wednesday: 31st October 2012

An early post for me as I'm off to work...

Had a big week with my sister in hospital and my girls' birthday party...I ate lunch at the hospital almost every day, enjoyed some cake and pizza at the party...so I knew I wouldn't have a big loss this week...but it's ok because I had two big losses in a row...

So this morning, I stepped on the scales and...

SW: 80.7kg
CW: 68.4kg
WIR: -400g
TOTAL SHED: 12.3kg

Happy with the 400g shed...need to up my water intake. I have also started a new project...but will leave that for another post.

Enjoy your day :)

My new toy...

I was a very spoilt girl this year and received a spin bike from my family for my birthday! My brother is manager at WorkoutWorld Penrith and I have purchased a lot of equipment from him over the years!

He's helped me set up an awesome home gym and I love my new bike...I look forward to having my first workout on her on Monday!

The last piece of equipment I'd like to purchase is a full rack of free weights (1kg - 10kg). I'm saving up and hopefully soon my gym will be complete!

I love working out at home! I've got some awesome equipment and enjoy getting up early and working out before the kids wake up. It's my me time and I now get cranky when I miss a workout....(come to think of it, that would explain the foul mood I'm in at the moment!!!)

Missed a few workouts this week, so look forward to getting back into routine on Monday and smashing it in my gym!

Weigh-in-Wednesday: 24th October 2012

Yep...a weigh-in Wednesday post on a Friday.

My sister has been extremely sick, so my week has consisted of driving back and forth from the hospital. She's still in until at least Monday, but hopefully she'll be feeling better very soon.

Due to this, I haven't had a chance to jump on here and update my blog.

So...

Wednesday I was exhausted as I had been at the hospital until 10pm the night before. I almost forgot to weigh-in, as I was dead tired and I couldn't remember what day it was.

Luckily I remembered just before eating breakfast, so I jumped on the scales and was very happy with the number staring back at me...

SW: 80.7kg
CW: 68.8kg
WIR: -800g
TOTAL SHED: 11.9kg

I haven't fit in many exercise sessions this week, so will be interested to see how the scales react next week.

My amazing birthday cake!

Yesterday my daughter turned 4...and today I turned 31.

Unfortunately we've spent most of the last two days at Liverpool Hospital, as my sister is very ill. When we got home tonight, my hubby wanted to do something special for me...so he made me a birthday cake...

...fresh FRUIT cake!

I absolutely loved it!

My family have been extremely supportive of my journey and I received some amazing birthday gifts...

• my family all put in together and bought me a spin bike...
• my beautiful sister-in-law bought me a WW magazine subscription and the brand new WW 2013 calendar...
• and my gorgeous husband made me the best cake ever!

I love all my family so much and I know I would not have achieved so much over the last few months without their love and support. It's been a pretty tough year emotionally...and they have been there whenever I needed a hand, a chat, a hug or a shoulder to cry on.

I have the most amazing family in the world :)

My miracle pants...

Today is my baby girl's 4th birthday and this morning I searched through my wardrobe searching for a pair of 3/4 pants to wear...and was excited to find that everything was too big!! YAY!!

So hubby pulled out my miracle pants...threw them to me and said "Here, try these on."

Now let me explain a little about my miracle pants. I was only just thinking of these pants yesterday and was upset as I thought they had been thrown out. You see, thesemiracle pants have not fit me in 5 years...but I kept them, as encouragement to keep going...but earlier this year, looking at them made me depressed, as I couldn't even pull them up past my knees and it would take a miracle to be able to fit into them again...

...hence the name miracle pants.

Well, I thought hubby had tossed them out, as he knew how upset I was the last time I saw them...but in fact he had hidden them...waiting for the perfect opportunity to reunite us.

"Here, try these on."

I looked at him, a little stunned as I realised my miracle pants were still in the house...and a little smile crept onto my face...

Should I?

Do you think?

I pulled them up...past my knees...past my thighs...and what do you know?...

THEY FIT!

A huge smile broke out on my face as I realised my miracle pants were on! I did a happy dance and was so excited!

You couldn't wipe the smile off my face all day and I loved being back in them. They felt great on...and they are a SIZE 10!

So in the end, it didn't take a miracle to fit back into my miracle pants...

...it just took a lot of focus, determination and hard work!