Phew!!!

I can't believe its already been 10 days since my last post. Things have been soo hectic...have lots of news.

Non Fitness Stuff....

Ok, on Sunday we went out looking at houses - our rental property is up in March and we hadn't decided if we would continue on or buy again. The houses in Vic Park are sooo expensive and for the price a wrought - really tiny and lots of work to do or massive mansions that you could only dream about. So on the spur of the moment we ducked across to look at a place in Lathlain to compare what you get in the two suburbs. OMG, we fell in love with the house straight away, it was perfect, it was us. We put an offer on it that afternoon and that evening they accepted!!! So we move in in March. I'm soo excited, its such a beautiful house and we walked past it with our boys last night and checked the area out and its such a great location and the whole street is being done up so I can only see that area going up in value - we are right near Burswood Casino etc, so the river is now even closer, say a 5-7 min walk and we have views of the skyline from our front garden and of the hills at our back patio....oohhhhhhh...can you tell I am excited.

What else?? I accepted a job offer today. I am really really nervous. I have no idea how I am going to go out in the "real" world again but I guess you never know til you try. It sounds like a great job for me to go back into and its soo close to home and the pay is awesome and all the people seem nice - I start is about 2.5 weeks, so I gotta get my butt into action here and find someone to work here and organise all our personal stuff to take home to our home office...aghhh!!!

Fitness Stuff...

I've been really good - exercising 5-6 days a week as planned. Eating better etc. I have started saying little mantras to myself every morning before I get out of bed to remind me of my goals

"I will eat healthily today"
"I will eat smaller portion sizes"
"I will exercise harder"
"I will lose weight"

I love mantras, I find they really do work after a period.

On Monday I also visited a naturopath in South Perth. I think I have mentioned in previous emails about my problems with my stomach, well its been getting beyond a joke so I thought I would try something other than the useless doctors I have been trying.

I loved my naturopath, he was awesome. He really took the time to find out about me and my life and everything, not just the symptoms!!! So at the end of the day I now have a whole bunch of herbal liquids, drops & tablets to take and the bigger...for the next 3 weeks NO GLUTEN OR WHEAT and to cut back on dairy!! Its only been a couple days but my system seems to be starting to process again and other problem was my anxiety of late was really flairing up for no apparent reason - apparently my nervous system is completely out of whack and that is actually reacting badly with my digestive system so if we get my nervous system under control it should fall in line with digestive system.

Sorry about the raving on but I'm just soo excited, I haven't felt this good for ages - its nice when you can really feel a difference.

So in respect to not being able to eat that much stuff coz bloody gluten/wheat is in most things, I am eating soo healthily and I am sure with my exercise this is going to pay off big time soon...motivation and determination!!!!

Take care all,
Mel.
xxx

A Title??

I always try to think up a really catchy and fabulous blog title to set a really good blog up, think of the title and run with it. But to be honest , today I can't, i just can't think of anything at all to be a good blog title..sooo my lovelies, you'll just have to trust me on this blog.

Things in the world of Mel have been up and down to say the least. Why do we find motivation to only lose it soo quickly? I haven't lost my motivation, its still there but it did go into hiding for a few days. But never fear I willed it to come back out and in the end I think I've found the key!

We all lose that complete drive and motivated feeling at times but the key is to remember the feeling and keep trying to get it back, remember how good it felt to be motivated and soo determined, imaging you could take on the world. Remember that feeling and take one day at a time and it will come back and before you know it you've actually strung a few days, a week, a month in a row! Without knowing it you've been motivated, you've done it - the tip is just not to give up when the going gets rough, keep plodding along because it will happen.... even if not as perfectly as you hoped!

So there you go, a little bit of insight into my last week. I've been here, I've been reading blogs...

I had Monday off and I did pretty much nothing all day - i know to some people that would be the worst thing ever, my Mum couldn't quite get her head around the concept that I did absolutely nothing all day but you know what I love doing that, its my "me" time...

Unfortunately today I am sick. I did go into work but only to come home mid morning. I have some antibiotics from the doctors and am starting to feel heaps better so I'm sure the drugs have kicked in and I'll be up and at em tomorrow. I am soo grateful that yesterday I dragged myself outside and went for a jog down near Burswood, because today I can't do anything - it really pays to just push yourself and do it on days you don't want to coz you never know when you CAN'T.

Now tomorrow I have two job interviews, one before work and one after, so I am going to try and get up at 6am and do a quick 30 min jog, coz I don't have enough time to get to the gym and back and then be all ready for my 8am interview...its gonna be tight but if I don't make the effort to jog, I won't get to do anything for the whole day...

Well today I finally finished the complete series of Sex and the City....a bit sad really, not sure what I am going to do without my daily dose of Carrie, Charlottoe, Samantha and Miranda....

Exercise this week:-

Sunday: Walked into the city from Vic Park , shopped and walked back (total 3 hrs without sitting down)
Monday: Jog - approx 45 mins, on/off jogging with the first 20 mins non stop
Tuesday: Sick - sat on butt!
Wednesday: 30 mins jog (morning), situps, lunges, push ups (evening)

Planned for the rest of the week.....(let's see how I go)

Thursday: 1 hour cardio (gym)
Friday: 1 hour cardio (gym)
Saturday: Weights, 30 - 40 mins cardio

**You'll note the one little weights session, reason being I am still getting the confidence up to hit my new gym weights area but next week I'm on it!**

Love to you all bellas....
xxx

2007…New Year, New Mel!!!


Yep I just as the title says….I am all determined to make myself really happy this year, to complete the challenges and goals I’ve wanted for ages but never got to!

I’m not a big New Year’s Resolution person so I’m not gonna call this new found motivation a resolution, its more of a life changing attitude!

Quick run down of the silly season

Surprisingly I’m sure I have been a lot better than previous years. I’ve continued the gym or walking the river daily only missing the days it was closed, so I’m really proud of that. I only drank on the actual special days, not before or the on the eve etc….and I did eat chocolate and naughty stuff but tried to be as good as possible around those times…so all in all I’m pretty happy with those little achievements to start.

Our Xmas was good – very busy. Did the usual lunch with Stu’s family and then dinner at our place with my family. I got Stu a table tennis table so we had fun playing that with the family – love table tennis! And I got the complete DVD series of Sex and the City – OMG, just my favourite show ever, so now must plan a “SATC marathon” with my girlfriends and cosmopolitans of course…haha

My birthday was the 28th so I had a champas brunch with my girlfriends and my Mummy and then went to Mindarie’s to a new pub up that way with my brother and sister-in-law and drank the afternoon away, it was really good fun! And then that evening Stuart to me for a picnic down at the river. He was soo cute he even took our little glass outdoor table and chairs so we just on the riverbank with all sorts of yummy nibbles and champagne…as you can guess, I pretty much just passed out by the time I got home…best birthday is many years!

New Years Eve, was ok. Not the best actually but so be it…am over it. Had people over to ours for pre-drinks and then went to the Broken Hill. It was quite good. I was meant to go to Perth Cup the next day but I just couldn’t be bothered and was feeling a little sorry for myself so I had a 12 hour marathon of SATC by myself at home – I did eat crap but the consolation was that I didn’t drink…so that’s gotta be something!

The New Year….

Well to start with, I think I am going to find a new job. I work with my husband, only 3 days a week but I think it would be good for me to get my own life a little more and start working back in the city. It does mean I will have to work 5 days a week so I get the same money and I won’t just have flexibility to do what I want and when Stu flies over east I will have to fly out by myself on the Friday night and come back early Mondays or late Sundays but so be it…I think it will be really good for me to meet new people and try to become the “social fun Mel” I once was. Working with mechanics in the hills does not help….

On top of that I’ve really looked at my life and what I want. I want to be happy, I want to be independent and more carefree, I want to have the body I have always wanted and I want to see my friends more. I’m too young to be as old as I acting and feeling for the last couple years.

So its now time for me to make more time to do things I want to do, go see my friends after work more etc… I feel really good about getting into tip top shape – I just have this sudden motivation that I don’t think I have had ever before, I know what I want and I will do it – maybe its because I have been good the last month and gyming it and I am starting to feel the positiveness from it….

**Oh also I have my food under heaps better control at work now and its made such a huge difference already!! No picking on my husband’s food at work now, I just have my fruit and my salads and I’m happy…la la lahhhhhh**

Anyways that’s about it from me for this blog, think I will start blogging what my exercise routines are, help me stay on track and up the anti a little bit!

Love to you all,
Melly.
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