RESULTS!!!!

Hello faithful readers

So yes the time has come and the healthy life challenge has come to an end, sad times and happy times alike...

Sad because i dont get to see these lovely girls every week some 3 times a week, sad because we wont cook together on a thursday anymore and LAUGH AND LAUGH AND LAUGH, sad because i will miss my AWESOME body balance teacher, sad because i will miss the push to get to the gym and the walking because of the commitment i had made and the incentive of the 6 weeks free that i have received, sad because i am just a very sentimental person who makes attachments easily and who is a bit resistant to change...

Through this experience i have met awesome friends i have found a brilliant new hairdresser who lives like right on my doorstep, i have found a sport i would like to try in the future (Roller Derby), i could find something special about every person i met but that might be too much of a long story, just know that they are all awesome and that we will definitely be catching up at embers in the new year ladies!

I have learnt new ways of cooking, i have learnt that salt really does not need to be in every meal (thanks Alley!) and This experience has totally changed my life for the better!

So anyway yes yes i know you are waiting and here it comes, so the HAPPY Time, the happy time is the results that i have achieved, and here they are

A Bit small to read but i lost 1.2 kilos which is not that super duper awesome but what is SUPER DUPER AWESOME is that i have lost 41cm All round weight loss a whopping 16cm from my waist alone, 11cm off my shoulders and then small losses in other areas but i am so proud of what i have achieved and it just shows that when you ACT, BELONG and COMMIT

YOU WILL DEFINITELY ACHIEVE

So please GO FOR IT

God Bless Y'all

Love it Live it!

Hello there faithful followers 

Me after walking on a SUPER hot day session, not sweaty enough i reckon!

Ah cant tell you how much i have appreciated rekindling my love for dance, thank you healthy life challenge and THANK you Sh'bam!!

So after this week we get given a free month of any gym classes we want and i know what im doing, here it is

Sh'bam,

Zumba,

Body Attack and 

cx worx

and all i can say is Goodbye Flab, well some flab at least and HELLO HOTTY!!!! 

Ha ha ha ha yes i do wish it was as easy to lose this silly wobbly stuff... As easy as it was to pile it on but people ITS NOT, its not just gonna fall off while we watch tv and eat ice cream and GIANT dinner portions...

A Hot body will take alot of diligence, motivation and simply finding an exercise you totally LOVE LOVE and then Living it out, adding it to your week and going for it!

When i do classes like Zumba and Sh'bam honestly i feel so alive, i have a smile permanently plastered on my face the whole entire class and its like im just flying without any wings, it is such a feeling of freedom and elation, and the best part is i am dripping with sweat, totally working my butt off (literally) and getting very fit but without feeling like im working at all!

Then there are classes like Body Attack and definitely cx worx that i am not entirely keen on but i will do cause i will semi enjoy them but i will definitely enjoy the results.

So tomorrow is final weigh in WISH ME LUCK, so lets see what happens hey, i will totally be sharing my results before and after so keep posted and lets see what my semi hard work has brought to the table :-)

When i say semi hard work i mean that i worked hard at the exercise but my eating was RUBBISH but now i have finally come to grips with my eating i think, yes right on the brink of a HUGE foodie celebration if Jesus' birthday what timing, but i will still enjoy, but i will enjoy with control and that is definitely a fruit of the spirit i want to see grow in me...

So heres to new beginnings and definitely a very awesome new year and Santa if you are out there and reading this i totally want a 6month aerobics only gym membership for christmas PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!

PS this is my new look what do you reckon??? The shortest ive had my hair since high school EEEEK!!!!

God Bless Y'all

Act Belong Commit

Ive always heard that slogan, ive seen the tv adverts and ive thought, hmm that sounds good, wish that was me, wish i was acting belonging and committing but to tell you the truth i just dont feel like it or know where to start...

Then the government gave me a gift, a rather large gift infact they gave me the biggest and most beautiful gift anyone ever could...

They gave me my mind back, my sane and chemically balanced mind back.

I think i have spoken long and often about the healthy life challenge incentive that they have funded in my shire, i am now just over halfway through the program and have lost 29cm all round in total, and 600g of fat, i know that it does not sound like much, but let me tell you it has changed my life.

I feel like a better mommy, because i am actually getting out of the house every morning, that means my kids get to socialise in creche for an hour or so then i take them to the park and that is the highlight of the day, i have more energy, more patience, and im just happier.

I feel like a better wife, simply because i can think straight now, i can actually not just get angry at every little thing and just be a better friend and therefore we can have a better marriage.

I feel like a better house mamma, man i even cleaned my windows in the kitchen and lounge room a few days ago, i feel like i can plan a cleaning regime, and actually get it done, doing 3 loads of washing a day doesn't feel like an insurmountable chore anymore and i dont feel like everything i do when it comes to house chores is just so emotionally and physically impossible to get on top of.

Please if you are struggling with weight, and if you are struggling with a fuzzy mind, a mind that is angry or just feels not quite right, or if you are just not a happy person, then please please please

ACT- get involved in something that you enjoy, choose something emotional and something physical and get out there and start doing it.

BELONG- actually get into a group or an organisation and then belong to it.

COMMIT- then commit to it, stick to it and see your life change.

If there is anyone out there who needs to talk, who needs some help or advice or just a chat, please e mail me or message me, id love to help you along your journey.

God Bless you 

Mind Altering...

Hello everyone, been a few days since last post, sorry for those hoping for a post a day i do try :-)

Honestly my mind is totally altered by my exercise regime, i cannot convince you enough about how doing exercise again has CHANGED MY LIFE!

I was a sad person, i have two beautiful boys and they were not getting the best from me, i have a lovely husband who was not getting the best of me, i have amazing family that wasn't getting the best of me.

I was grumpy most of the time

Tired too much of the time

Not interested in getting out of the house lots of the time

Just plain stuck in a rutt

Exercise has changed that, it has given me  new lease on life...

I have ENERGY now

I feel like getting out the house

The kids get the best of me, i actually feel like taking them to the park, playing with them and doing fun things with them out of the house.

I feel more confident

More happy

and more satisfied with me.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE find the time to get into something, try a bunch of different things and when you get onto something you love then keep doing it, because it will revolutionise your life, it will it will it will...

Be encouraged, it is never to late, you are never to big or too slow or too past it, you are not, no matter how big or beyond help you think you are, THERE IS HOPE, YOU CAN DO IT, you truly can, i know cause i did!

Life is too short to be sad

Get up and start now.

God bless you 

Hot, Humid and PAYING for my sins!!

Hello Good people

Given that i was very bad this weekend with my eating i was very happy to say hello to my walk with my healthy life challenge folk this morning, however BOY was it a STINKER!!!

As you can see i worked HARD and hopefully literally walked my butt off  tee hee hee

It was a super humid day and i was walking a little slow and the fast people went ahead, the fast people were going the long way and the slow ones the short way so i decided id run to catch the fasties so i could go the long way and boy did it KILL, i was panting so hard the fasties heard me coming and waited for me in the cool of a shady tree, lucky when i jog i sound like a NOISY GONG, otherwise id have 

1. run for NOTHING 

2. had to walk alone in that heat and 

3. RUN FOR NOTHING!!!

So safe to say i burnt something today, you know when the fitties (Fit people) say things like "NO EXCUSES get out there no matter what", well i tell ya believe them, you just gotta get out there and do something, ANYTHING, you will definitely feel better for it.

My Fat CRIED today and i am so proud of ME :-)

God Bless Y'all

Diabolical

Hello Lovely readers

See That picture up there thats 3/4's of my dessert from tonight, EEEk right, this is the end of a very bad bad bad binge fest when it comes to naughty food!!

Well thats being a bit extreme really, all it was was dinner at my moms sat night which was yummy homemade hamburgers and chocolate mousse and this very same berry crumble and ice cream.

Then peanut m&m's and then crackers, dip and pate at grandmas a few hrs ago now this rather Large serving of more berry crumble and chocolate ice cream, plus my brekky, lunch and dinner :-)

So i fell off the horse, but I'm climbing back on tomorrow and thats all that matters in the end.

Walking ans squash tomorrow yippee.

I have all the right intentions all weekend, i thought get the zumba on the wii on and go for it, or get that pilates dvd on, but time slipped away as it down on the weekend, and the kiddies took priority.

All good if that happens, just remember when the week hits again, just start again, cause there is always room to get back up and start trying hard again :-)

Adios Good People

God Bless y'all

Im Bringing Flexy Back!

I can't tell you enough how much i am enjoying getting fit again, a class i didn't expect to love but absolutely LOVE is Body Balance, I'm like so impressed at how it just trains your body is so many areas.
I can't believe how much i sweat in that class, i reckon almost as much as i do when i do sh'bam, you wouldn't think its possible with stretches hey!
I love that i am getting so flexible again, it feels so good to be able to bend and push my body to do stretches that i thought were beyond me in my 30's ha ha ha 

The teacher is just amazing too, it always helps having a great teacher.

Once this initiative is over I'm going to get into body combat again, i know its gonna kill but its going to accelerate my fitness to the next level that i need it to go to.

Heres to feeling GREAT people!!!

God Bless y'all

Hey Hey Hey

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

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

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...

Eye strain and weight gain

So Have you ever had eyestrain? I haven't but I've been experiencing what I think is eyestrain... Its weird though because I'm always on my phone and I've never experienced these eye problems before but lately I can't even seem to be able to look at my phone without cringing and every time I do it almost gives me an instant headache...
Even once I look away everything I looked at was very was hard to see, and my eyes were burning and watering, the worst thing was when I was driving one day and I closed my eyes because they were burning so much and when I opened them I was a hairs breath away from the car in front if me even though my foot was planted on the break, must have let it go a bit without realizing :( That was super scary and the last straw and I was thinking man what is going on with my eyes!!  
Then it dawned on me and PING I realised well yes you guessed it, the culprit is the new IOS7!!!!
I downloaded the new iOS seven for my iPhone and all those neon colours and everything being so bright and white has stuffed my eyes up sniff sniff
As much as I love the new seven it is very bad for your eyes so I've turned down my brightness to like really dark and hoping that's gonna help.
I'm Trying to stay off my phone for a week and see what happens and I'm hoping my eyes will resume to their normal happy selves.

Do you guys know if eye strain resolves itself? Or besides staying off the phone as much as I can what other things I can do to help it??

Problem is I do everything on my phone e.g. blogging, email, social networking, bible app, devotions, games and the list goes on! 

The GOOD NEWS is that I started doing some exercise!!! So yesterday and the day before that I did sit ups, some more leg exercises and I did my stretching but alas when I got on the scale today I now weigh 78.9!!!!! Eeeeek and AARGH!!
Mind you I did jump on right after breakfast so that can affect things but still that is really crazy cause I was just 76kg not so long ago boo hoo 
Take heart I am not deterred I WILL keep going and day by day nick those kilos off :)

I'm hoping to go for a walk this afternoon with the two kiddies because it is a lovely day out there today 

God Bless you lovely readers 

Ta ta for now

I'm in a state

So here are the revealing photos of the state I've gotten myself into, I'm not proud of it and I'm disappointed that I let myself get here but honestly I am really hooked on food at the moment...
I am breastfeeding but I really don't know if that's a good enough explanation for my hunger because I do get really hungry... I really need to start making the right food choices and I do find that hard because my sweet tooth seems insatiable any tips on how to curb this??? 

Feeling accomplished

So all my life I can't say I've ever been a "skinny girl" in fact I've always thought of myself as on the bigger side of things, but as the years go by and I look back on previous pictures I actually realize, "GIRL those were your skinny days, that was your prime ah yes those were "the good ol days", and then it hits me IVE TOTALLY LET MYSELF GO...

But that's ok because it know I still have it in me to become even fitter than those coveted "good ol days" because the grass always seems greener right!

So now I have two boys, one spirited, joyful and very funny 2yr and 3mnth old and a little gorgeous, sweet hearted bouncy 5month old and I am just dying in this heavy, slow and cumbersome 77kg body of mine. I did reach the stage where I thought argh why bother getting on the bike for 30min cause what's that gonna do, how long is it going to take to get to where I wanna be physically! So instead I would do what felt good at the time eg pull out the chocolate, cakes, ice cream or whatever I fancied and munch munch munched away, munched myself to thunder thighs, blubber butt and jelly belly whoo hoo 

Its time now though, I've decided to just take one step at a time, literally, my plan is to walk this weight away because I can put my boys in the pram and go go go.
Where time and energy permits ill try fit in the stationary bike, wii Zumba, gilad dvd's, Lesley's walking DVD and Pilates DVD.

So today we accomplished a 1hr and 5 minute walk in the beautiful spring sunshine and I feel accomplished :)

An uphill battle

So this is me, me at my heaviest, me after having two beautiful baby boys, me fighting An uphill battle with my , this is where my journey from flab to fitness begins so please join me as I fight towards fitness, let's do this thing. 
Here's to seeing success one decision at a time, one choice at a time and one day at a time.
My life is busy, my vice is food and my motivation  towards skinnydom and fitness is extremely low.
Maybe it's the sleep deprivation or the ups and downs of being a VIP in my household or just plain laziness I don't know,  but all I know is that NOW I AM READY so fitness here we come.