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Hello there everyone

Just a really short post today, i am now 76.5!!!!! Whoo Hoo, that is a lovely sight on the scale, the numbers are starting to slide down!

Going to community kitchen for the first time properly tomorrow looking forward to bringing home some tucker and learning how to cook healthy :-)

Sleep tight Y'all

God Bless

Going down slowly but surely HURRY UP!!!!!

Hello faithful readers i hit the scale this morning, well i didn't really hit it i just stood on it and well YIPEE i am 77kg as of this morning, that was encouraging cause i am 1 KG lighter WHOO HOO.

Must say i would really love it to go faster but had a chat to my healthy life challenge leader about that losing it fast thing today, and well its not such a good idea, and i knew that but i just want to see results NOW, you know what it mean...

This mornings walk was great and Jordan loved the park after, but my house looked like a bomb hit it, there were toys everywhere, two loads of washing to hang out, one more left to wash and 2 loads to fold lying on my unmade bed...

The kitchen was full of unwashed dishes, a full load to unpack in the dishwasher and a drainer full of stuff that was dry and ready to pack away.

The floors were filthy with dust, dirt and left over food residue from "the high chair" and i was feeling so overwhelmed and just the more i looked around the more i felt like I CANT GET ONTOP OF THIS PLACE its just hopeless...

Clutter clutter clutter EVERYWHERE and i felt like i was drowning in it...

I wanted to vacuum but just thinking of how Jesse screams every time that thing goes on i just thought no, no, no, I'm going to bed when these kids go down.

So we did our group walk, then Natalie one of the ladies in our group and i took our boys to the park together, that was nice, then we walked home, watched some Horton hears a Who (Jordan's new Favourite movie)then fed the kiddies lunch then yes you guessed it peaceful sweet sleepy time.

Everyone slept great and then all hell broke lose, long story short Jordan woke up in a mood, threw a 45 minute tantrum of screaming and stamping feet and utter madness because he was not aloud anymore vitamin c because he'd already had his quota for the day, so i took that opportunity to put him back into his cot to scream it out and then i began to CLEAN...

Yes i took the vacuum out and miracles of miracles Jesse just sat there staring at it in fascination not a scream in sight i think God knew i did not need two screaming babies at this point :-)

Then i mopped and cleaned the kitchen and all the toys and by then the screaming boy had found his peace and then daddy came home PRAISE GOD! :-)

And that was my day 

Anyone else out there have days like these??

I have days like this almost everyday!!

God Bless Y'all

In The business!!

Hey there faithful readers we are in the Business now, i got my laptop today and OH WHAT FUN that was, i tell you i was even getting  sweaty palms going into the apple store thats how excited i was, Crazy Fan, Umm Thats a YES!

So i got the 13" Retina Mac Book Pro and i am really loving it already, a little to get used to seeing i have been a pc girl up till now... I am just really struggling to see how to get the sidebar up, it is very hit and miss at the moment with that but ill get there.

Any Mac fans out there know how to do it??

So let me tell you it was a bit of a nasty weekend when it comes to flab busting cause we had our grandparents 65th wedding anniversary yesterday, it was so lovely, so inspirational to see a marriage last these days...

Lots of eating and delicious puddings nom nom nom, then today we went to my moms and she made yummy doughnuts so nom nom nom again, and no exercise, but back to it tomorrow, what to make for dinner tomorrow i have chicken thighs defrosted, any ideas??

so nice that i can actually see now without it being really straining on my eyes yippee, anyhoo, this was a totally random post, but heres to seeing a lot more of me now!

God Bless y'all

Long overdue...

Dear faithful readers 
I'm so sorry that I have been so absent lately, life seems to have all of a sudden exploded into busyville and the other issue is that I'm doing this whole blog thing from my teeny tiny I phone with no keyboard, and it's just really hard on my thumb and DEFINATELY ruining my eyes so between all of that it's proven slightly difficult to get any posts done :(

To tell you the truth I was so tempted to let it slip another day but I knew deep down that just wouldn't be fair and my conscience took over my tired eyes and tired mind so if this post is grammatically incorrect or just plain boring please forgive me :) 

So what's been going on for me you ask, well I'm two weeks into my intense healthy life challenge and just totally loving it!! It has also been my birthday recently so weeklong celebrations went on, I have got to show you the cake I made for me, it was OVER THE TOP!! Here it is what do you think?? ;) 
I also started a cake decorating course at TAFE one night a week so yes my plate is rather full right now with my 2 year old and my 6 month old demanding lots of attention for 99.9 percent of my day ;)

Death by chocolate perhaps?? I tell you this weight loss journey is all about one day and one food decision at a time and some of my days are better than others when it comes to food choice and birthday week has simply been diabolical for me but I am still exercising and that's the life saver, I encourage you get out there and exercise, more so find someone to be accountable to when it comes to exercise and just fully commit to it, like NIKE says JUST DO IT!!

So this is me two weeks into the challenge and I do think I see some improvement already, I still have a long way to go because my clothes are still a tight 14 and I want to get to a 10 but I am what I eat and that's a serious work in progress!!

Off the topic I need to get another device to dedicate to blogging cause this I phone thing is just doing my eyes in so here's the question I'm tossing up between the new I pad air or the new 13" mac book pro with haswell processor what do you reckon I should go for??? HELP really HELP please!! :) 

God Bless Y'all 

Sh'bam BABY!!

Hello faithful readers and welcome back

I'm so sorry it's taken so long to write another post but it has been rather full on in the Melville household seems we have just been busy busy busy go go go and by the time night comes when I get a chance to write I just wanted to veg out on the couch and stare into space ha ha ha 

So my healthy life challenge journey has started and it is wonderful, I'm enjoying every minute of it and I'm so glad I signed up for it.
Thank you Australian government thank you what a blessing.

So this week has been walking group on Monday sh'bam on Tuesday which I absolutely love love love, I felt alive again and it was just amazing, the kids went into creche with not a problem at all and that was a weight off my shoulders that they were happy in there!
I just can't wait for every single Tuesday to do Sh'bam its definitely my thing, I dont even feel like I'm working out but I know I am cause I'm SWEATING LIKE CRAZY! if you love dancing if you Wanna exercise but feel like you can't be bothered cause it's work and boring then go to a sh'bam class do it so it do it!!!

So every weekday for the last 2 weeks I've done exercise everyday and it is helping me to feel great, although the flab is not busting as fast as I'd like, but I'm sure with time I'm going to see results... 
I need patience, I know I do :) 

Get out there people make it happen

God Bless y'all

Trifector!!!

Thats My boy cheering me on what a sweetie.

People im on a roll! I gotta tell you it has taken a very long while and a very bad mindset to get back to where i am today, but im glad i did not give up altogether!

I must say that if you are out there, if you feel you are overweight, if you love food and if you feel like there is absolutely no hope or desire to get back onto the fitness bandwagon you sound like me, if you feel like "whats the point in doing that 30 minute walk once a week" you sound like me, or you might say "i just love food so much, i feel happy when i eat it and it is something i really really enjoy and i cant seem to not go overboard" you sound like me, or "i just have zero motivation to exercise, my life is so busy being mommy and wifey and house mamma the last thing i want to do it try to squeeze exercise in" you sound like me!
Well im here to tell you, NO MATTER HOW HOPELESS YOU FEEL, you can turn it around, i know because i am.

The last three days i have done some awesome sweat inducing walks and i so feel like im on a total roll, i feel motivated and so awesome and now i just dont want to stop!

I went op shopping today because i am a size 14-16 now and i do not want to byt expensive clothes from the normal shops as i need a whole new summer wardrobe at this size... 
I gotta tell you it is very disheartening trying on clothes because i see my fat, it drags me down, and i want results NOW, but the reality is that i did this to myself and i know that i can get back to my awesome size 8-10 because i really want it, i just want to feel Fit again...

Ill tell you though, without people around me motivating me, calling me saying hey you want to go walking i think i would still be slouchy, despondent and unmotivated...

So please, please if you can let people around you know what you are feeling, let them know you want to get fit, particularly those friends of yours that are living the fit life already and ask them to cheer you on and invite you till you say yes, once you start you just might not want to stop.

I still need motivators and i still have the tendancy to slip in to the whats the point its taking so long mindset, but i am feeling so much better now that i have "gotten into exercuse again".
I do still LOVE food, i do still have way to big a portion, i still have a very wicked sweet tooth and can eat way too much cake if its there, but thats my battle, i need to fight it, i will fight it and i will see results!

Keep watching this space

God Bless Y'all

"Salty Rain"

 

Gotta love that guy on Australia's got talent that dances and says he is showering the judges with "salty rain" I actually love his stuff, I've taken inspiration from him for my title entry today! :)
So proud of myself today! I actually initiated going for a walk up the zig zag, also very proud of hubby for joining us and even prouder of him cause he couldn't find his sneakers so did it in his crocs OUCH, well done Greggy!! :)
So there is my salty rain drenching my shirt at the back and my selfie is meant to display my salty dripping forehead but it did not do it justice...
I LOVE SWEATING!!!! Yes wired I know but then I know I'm really working out and I feel Sooooo good after!

Besides I ate a GIANT CHUNK of that Ombré cake so I'm glad to sweat it out.

Looking forward to the beginning of healthy life challenge next week Whoo Hoo!

Ps had the yummiest dinner tonight. Steamed rice  drizzled with fresh garlic, ginger, chilli, coriander, fish sauce, sesame oil and soy sauce mix topped with crispy fried chicken Yummy taste bud tantalizer :)

God Bless y'all

Indulge much??!!

So yesterday was my dad's birthday and I made my first Ombré cake, Tre Chic ha ha ha ha
Granted my icing technique could be tidier, but that's why I love occasions to try new cakes because practice sure does makes perfect. Doesn't it look wonderful in all it's 4 layer Glory. Dense buttery vanilla sponge, separated by sumptious strawberry preserve and rich caramelly Dolche Leche and then covered in a smoothe, creamy, mouth watering cream cheese frosting...

Who wants some??

I worked so hard, and was so meticulous when putting the candles on my dad's cake to make sure I had it all spelt right, alas I failed to notice that I totally mucked it up HAPPY birthdaH indeed ;) 

The night went well, with the odd thorn in my side, but that's a realm not worth exploring as yet...

So no exercise yesterday, but lots of joy around good food and times with family so I'm happy.

So easy to say we are Christian but to live it, to actually really live the life that we are called to live is an entire lifetime of hard yakka...

Hebrews 12:14 
Work at living in peace with everyone,and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see The Lord.


We must seek the love that burns everlastingly against all sin. We must seek the gentleness that can fiercely grip a poisonous growth and tear it out. 

God help us

God Bless you all

Hope to do some exercise tonight :)

That's what I'm talking ABOUT!!

Yep I did it, I got out there this morning and walked uphill pushing a 15kg 2yr old and a 7. Something kg 6 month old!!! Here is me in all my sweaty glory and boy do I feel Goooooood!! And my evidence to the left, I love map my run so cool to look at my success and have concrete evidence to go back on for inspiration. You have got to get that app if you don't already.

Thanks to cousin Felicity who keeps asking me to walk I got some much needed exercise today, I was thinking up every excuse to cancel but thought no just go, and I felt so good that I did :)

The walk was just beautiful, blue skies gorgeous weather and sweat tells me I actually worked hard, lovely.

Also I had my assessment for healthy life challenge today it was an eye opener and very exciting.

It's a government grant for my shire that gives me free gym, free crèche and free cooking classes for 10 weeks! The bad news my waist line  should be 87cm and it's currently 102!! Eeek

More good news though is that she thinks I can lose 10kg in the 10 weeks, and I'm aiming for that for sure so keep watching this space :)

God bless you all

Tomorrow's my dad's birthday so eating to celebrate is inevitable...

Rough night!

Man talk about a rough night last night, first mistake was staying up late doing blog stuff, not realizing that the little ones were going to give me a run for my money all night long! Firstly firecracker my 2 year old was up about 4 times with what seemed to be a fever, because he was really burning up and he was shaking from heat to toe, poor little dude :( 
If im completely honest though and im not proud of saying this, all i could think was "PLEASE PLEASE just go back to sleep now because im SUPER exhausted, that lasted all night till he decided he wanted to come into our bed which was not going to happen because of Jesse being in our bedroom and easily woken, all till daddy had to end up sleeping on the couch with him (thank God for daddy!) I seriously applaud and take my hat of to single moms you guys are such CHAMPIONS! 
That wasnt the end of it because then the other little man was up a ridiculous about of times as well, and apart from being awake alot he was also really hard to settle every time he woke too.
Needless to say all of this made for a very exhausting and very moody and exhausting night...

I am so so so looking forward to little Jesse Bear sleeping through the night, but at this point i just cant see the light at the end of the tunnel because apart from moving him into his own room im not sure what else to do at the moment...

The reason Jesse is still in our room is that we happen to live in a lovely but super tiny 3 bedroom one bathroom house. 
It was ideal when we had just one baby because Jordan had his own room and we had a study and then our room, over the course of time though the study became a junk room sadly because our stuff just seems to have babies and grow more stuff!! 
Then we had another gorgeous baby boy and so he needed a room, but we cannot give him a room because the study/ junk room cannot be emptied because there is no where to put the STUFF GRR

So Hubby decided to build a HUGE shed out the back which is lovely because we have a really big yard and have enough space to do it and still have play area. As you can imagine there is a catch, hmm, the catch is that hubby decided to build it himself to save money which is fab because i have a very handy husband but he is also a very time poor husband (2 bouncing boys, a full time job, general home and garden chores etc) and so our shed is still not built...
So that means that little man Jesse is still in our bedroom and he is turning 6 months in 3 days time NOT IDEAL, and not what he really needs either, long story short i think this is why he is still not sleeping through the night and why we had such a Rough night :-(

I just pray that when Jesse does get into his own room that his sleep issues will resolve.

What do you all reckon??

God Bless you all 

Here's to a better night tonight :-)