And the saga continues! :)

Bill got a call from another Pak'n Save owner yesterday asking to see him urgently before he signed the other contract.

So he rushed off to see him after work last night, curious about the details. He was offered a store managers position for one of the 5 biggest Pak 'n Save stores in the country!! He offered Bill $5,000 more again than the job he had just set up along with a company car. But it came with no bonuses and a preassigned company car (not one of our choice). It also meant he would have to commute 1hr each way daily (unless we sold our new house and relocated) But we both felt that $5,000 more wasn't worth that.

So he turned it down. It is such a political decision too. With wanting to own our own store eventually we don't want to get in the bad books of the wrong person, especially if that person has a lot of sway within the company. But overall we both feel we have done the right thing. Pretty overwhelming tho!!

I went off to the craft show this morning with 4kids and a pushchair in tow. Stressful! lol But I survived!

Mum said to me the other day "wow look at you ... all slim!" Huge compliment coming from her! Don't get them too often :)

Off to a BBQ at my sisters tonight, hopefully it won't be too high in points.

Managed to save 4 points yesterday (to make up for my alcoholic splurges at the start of the week)

So far I'm back on track for the week (points wise)

Lyn :)
SW 107.4kg
CW 80.4kg
GW 65kg

working back points

You guys are so right ... sometimes we need to be able to celebrate without feeling guilty. I guess it's so inbuilt into our society that it's hard to break.

It all seems a little unreal still. The best part ... Bill becomes a store manager. He is wanting to go through a scholarship scheme and hopefully finance ourselves into our own supermarket ... that's the long term plan. But he needed to be able to train in a New World (that's what we are looking at purchasing). We were looking at him working volantary and going back on the dole while he did his training, but now we don't have to worry about that because he can do his scholarship training at this New World. Next step in the big plan is to clear as much of our mortgage as possible so we can use the capital gain and equity in our home as part finance for our supermarket. But shhhh don't tell anyone ... it's a big secret lol :) (j/k)

The new jeans I got a few weeks ago and starting to feel a little lose on me but I'm not sure if it's from weightloss or them just stretching and losing that 'new jeans tightness'. But hey I'll say it's weightloss lol, works for me!

A big thankyou to all those who have passed on their congrats to me lately!! You guys all rock! Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou!! :) No message goes unnoticed.

Eating has been good today but I haven't had dinner yet. That's usually when I stuff up, or when Bill brings home the alcohol. Mostly I'm good and resist but every now and then when I'm tired, stressed or feeling like a wind down then I give in. I know this is fine every now and then but lately it's been more now than then lol. I never drink a lot tho (usually only 3-4 glasses at the most) so I think that's how I've managed to still get a way with it... and the fact that I save my points up either before or after to work it back. That's what I love about ww, you can stuff up and not have to give up.

That's about all that's happening today, pretty boring, no new jobs lol

Oh before I forget ... new house pic has gone up

Cheers,
Lyn :)
SW 107.4kg
CW 80.4kg
GW 65kg

Celebration time!!

Bill has taken the job. He ended up being offered $10,000 more than our bottom dollar including a company car. He starts on 15th December. This also means we no longer need to pay for petrol. Of which we are currently paying over $150 per week.

GREAT NEWS!!

Only problem with all this ... I am celebrating too much ... too much wine!! Can't do much about it now except try and work a few points back when I can.

Bill brought home a bottle of peach shnapps, champaign and strawberries tonight .... yummm!!! But very bad, bad, bad! :)

Not much else to tell.
Nite all
Lyn :)
SW 107.4kg
CW 80.4kg
GW 65kg

Job interview went really well

Considering I've such a little amount of sleep I'm feeling rather positive today. Bill got home from work around midnight last night and we were both buzzing so much about his interview that we talked for another 1.5hrs. His job interview went really well. The original package he offered was a little low but after Bill told him what he was currently on the guy seemed very keen to see what he could do and is getting back to us sometime this morning. The package includes a 7 seater 4WD company car so that's a huge saving, considering we were going to buy a car in the new year anyway (our current one only fits 5 people and we have 4 kids) Not quite a done deal yet but looks really good. And the best thing ... he goes back to having Sat/Sun weekends!! For a long time Bill has been on a Mon/Tues weekend which has its benefits but means he can't spend as much time with the kids.

My eating was spectacular yesterday ... I even managed to save 2pts!! Bill came home with a bottle of wine to celebrate last night and I thanked him for it but said no. I sat and chatted with him while he got mildly inebriated (sp) instead... lol... good on him tho ... he deserves it. Bill works very hard at his job and is very good at what he does (for those who don't know he is a grocery manager at a Pak 'n Save Supermarket, with this new job being Store Manager). This new guy had done his research on Bill (ringing all his past bosses as well has Foodstuffs headoffice) and knew all about him. There was a lot of positive things said about him by everyone ... so a nice head sweller for him.

Got another couple of busy days ahead with 113 invites to have out by the end of tomorrow. Better get back to it.

Catcha,
Lyn :)
SW 107.4kg
CW 80.4kg
GW 65kg

Great news at weigh in!!

WAHOO!! GUESS WHAT??? I lost 700g this week!!! That is the most I have lost in a veeeery long time ... and I deserved it too lol. I'm wrapped!! Yay, yay, yay!!!

That makes two losses in two weeks ... wahooo! It brings my weight down to 80.4kg so only 500g to go to be my 70's girl. And only 500g to go before I have to drop 2 points a day ... not looking forward to that part lol. I don't know how people survive on 18points ... I've kinda gotten used to my 22pts and grown attached to them lol.

Called by to see the house yesterday ... it's looking really good (sorry no update photo yet ... next few days hopefully). All the windows are in and they've finished the roof on the first storey too. As I was leaving I noticed the door had arrived and took a sneaky peak at it ... to my shock it was the wrong colour!! We had ordered denim blue (the same colour as the roof) but this one was cream. I was so disappointed it overshadowed all my excitement of seeing the house and even my weigh in loss.

So this morning I made Bill get onto the phone to the builders at 9am sharp (I was too scared lol). The receptionist said that they were all in meetings all day and that we would have to ring back tommorow. I was so annoyed!! By that time they would have hung the door and it might be too late to do anything. Then she rang back a few minutes later to say that it hadn't been painted yet and that the cream was the primer coat ... doh!!! I had to eat my words lol. Big stress out for nothing!! lol

Bill is at a job interview as I type this. He got headhunted by an owner of a New World a few days ago for a Store Manager's position. And it is 2mins drive down the road from our new house. Bill has been wanting a store managers position for quite a bit but we thought we were going to have to move out of Auckland to get it. We just have to wait to see what he offers in pay first.

Congrats to Diane who got her 10% medal!! wahoo .. go girl!! Not far to go now :)

Work is going crazy again. I hate it when I have too much work on and it starts piling up around me. I get overwhelmed with it all. Gotta rush off, pick kids up from school and get my paper order from the wholesalers.

I'll keep you posted about Bill's job :)
Cheers,
Lyn :)
SW 107.4kg
CW 80.4kg
GW 65kg

email someone to say something nice

I just had the coolest email from a ww leader who showed my website before and after pics to her 4 meetings this week. And this is the messages they sent me ...

"You inspire us!
We're proud of you!
Congratulations, you are doing so well!
Don't worry if your weight loss slows down, remember you are still well ahead of target!
We are looking forward to seeing a picture of the 70s gal in your new gym gear!
Keep going!
You are already a success!
We'll be watching you!
Every time you update your website, stop and listen and you will hear our virtual cheers, cheering you on!"

Is the the coolest or what?? I was gobsmacked! People are so cool. It really makes me think every time I think something encouraging about someone else I should tell them. Thoughts pass so quickly but such a small thing can make such a possitive difference to someone else.

I've tried really hard this week staying on track. I had a few drinks with some friends the other night but didn't go overboard and managed to stay within points (using some saved ones). The guys got hungry around midnight and decided to cook up some fatty mutton chops. They smelt so yummy but resisted and microwaved some popcorn instead for us girls ... another proud moment :)

Went out and mowed the lawn for 1.5hrs this afternoon. Worked really hard and earnt lots of points I'm sure.

Weigh in tomorrow. Feeling positive about it but not holding my breath either. Big day tomorrow with 2 consultations on in Central Auckland.

Not much else to tell,
Catcha all Tuesday with weigh in results
Cheers,
Lyn :)
SW 107.4kg
CW 81.1kg
GW 65kg

Ta Daaaaa!!!!

Wow I can't believe I have made it this far ... I have made it to the point of wearing a bikini on the beach!!!!!!

I have spent the last two days body surfing in the waves with the kids and LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT!! It's been 15yrs since I last went body surfing. I'd forgotten how good it felt!

Lucky we live here because I'd never go back home otherwise! Heheh!!

Wow ... I made it!!!

Feeling really goood!!

Whoops sorry I forgot to upload the new pic of the house. Have done it now ... so go check it out in my photo album if you want.

I am so back on track now it's not funny!! lol Getting the points calculator did the trick. I have always found tracking one of the hardest things of the program (ohh not counting water .. I find that hard too) yet I know without it there is no way for me to stay focused and in control of what I eat. I guess I find it tedious and boring and I just get so busy that I eat on the run and forget to write it down or just don't get time to write it all down.

But the points calculator is so simple and quick. 2 seconds and it's all done and did I mention how I JUST LOVE GIMMICKS!!! lol Because I have to enter in my points I'm finding I'm being more acurate with myself in regards to portion sizes too.

It's great to feel so in control again!

I wore a top out yesterday that hugged my waistline and chest. I felt sooo sexy lol. Not that I wanted to show myself off or get any further attention but I just felt like I was king pin!! (or should I say queen pin ... hehe) I noticed too that the guys I deal with at the paper wholesaler treated me with more respect and interest lol. Normally they don't give the time of day to me... they're not rude but just ho-humm ... but not yesterday when I looked damn fine ... they were all chatty and smiley. It could be a coincedence but hey it worked for me :)

A few months back I emailed weight watchers to see if they wanted to link my site to their journal page, but I never heard anything back from them so forgot all about it. But yesterday out of the blue I got an email from them asking if I was still interested ... Heck yeah!! I replied lol. I don't know why it means so much to have people read this ... I guess I know how much other journal sites helped me stay focused before I started this one and knowing you guys are there 'keeping an eye on me' makes sure I stay on track, so it goes both ways. A couple of times when I've been feeling down or gone off track for a few days some of you have emailed me to see what has been going on and it has done the trick each time (thankyou guys!!! It means so much) Before I know it I have logged on ... done an update (even if it is a confession one) and then I'm focused again to carry on my day. And with reading how the other journalers on here are doing in their day makes me think ... wow they can do it .. so can I!!

I really want to thankyou guys for sticking it out with me. This place has become a little negative the last few months with the hard patch I was going through but I feel like another chapter has started. I feel more in control, more content and happy with myself.

Could be due to the warmer weather. It's amazing how some sunshine lifts the spirits so much! And also to the fact that Bill is commuting daily back from Auckland so I'm not so lonely and sad all the time. I really don't know how I lasted 6wks without him! Ok that's enough of the soppy stuff lol! It hasn't actually cost us anymore for him to travel down here daily. The extra petrol we spend now is counteracted by the board he no longer has to pay. Why didn't we think of that originally lol ... oh well ... made me appreciate having him around again :)

A week or so ago Bill got given a whole lot of nappies and toilet paper from a rep at his work. They were all damaged packaging but perfectly fine. We got around 30 packets of nappies and 8 packets of toilet paper!! I was spending $25 a week on nappies so that has meant such a lot to our grocery bill. I still spent the same amount as I normally do yesterday at the supermarket but I was able to buy so much more. Normally by the end of the fortnight I have nothing left in the cupboards but yesterdays shop totally filled it and I was able to get those yummy low point rewards that keep me so motivated (like RIX chips ... my fav!!)

Anyway I've blabbed on enough today ... ohh one other thing ... I have just fixed my computer!!! I thought my Windows XP was corrupt and I was going to have to reinstall it along with reinstalling all my software. But it turns out (through trial and error) that it was just my personal profile settings that were corrupt. So I created a new user and a new profile and all my email/desktop problems were fixed!!! Yay that saved me a whole lot of time and expense!! Big relief!!

Ok ok I've talked enough today. Have a great day!!!!
Lyn :)
SW 107.4kg
CW 81.1kg
GW 65kg

Feels great!!!

It feels fantastic to finally have a great weigh in result. Feels like it's been months since i felt proud of my efforts. I am so close to my next goal of becoming a 70's girl I can almost smell it ... only 1.2kg to go.

I rewarded myself with a points calculator. There were on special this week at ww. $49.95 reduced to $19.95 .... what a bargain!! It will make the chore of tracking much easier and simpler. Does mean tho that I won't be writing it up on here, instead I just put the number of points into the calculator. I feel like it will stop me from 'cheating' too. Not that I lie on here but I'm sure at times I think ... nahh that's too high for that, I'll just put it down as 1 point less. I know I'm not the only person that does this. I'm only fooling myself tho. I just love gimick toys :)

So good to see Leigh back online!! Way to go Leigh ... with you all the way!!

Bill really enjoyed his weekend away. He caught up with my brother and his wife while there. Glad to have him back home again tho!!

He put on a few kgs while there too (hehe) Putting him at 82kg ... I am for now lighter than him again lol.

I'll have another photo update of the house tomorrow. Not much else has been done.

Catcha tomorrow
Lyn :)
SW 107.4kg
CW 81.1kg
GW 65kg

Back online again ... finally!

I'm back on board again. I'm ready to chuck this new computer out the window!!! I think I must have had a power surge one night and it wiped my whole computer!! (well almost everything) At first I thought it must have been a virus but after getting another brand new Nortons disk (the old one I had was a downloaded virsion, therefore I lost it) but no virus was found. Really don't want to send it to be fixed (apart from the $60per hr cost) they will need to reformate it to fix it and then I will lose what little I still have on here.

The reason I think it was a power surge... we are at the end of a line for our power here and we often have the lights dimming on and off. I'm sure that's what's done it. It only started playing up when we shifted here. Be interesting to see if it improves when we shift back to Auckland.

So anyway I have only got my internet connection back up and running today (hence for the lack of updates)

I've been doing pretty good eating wise the last week. Although I noticed my tracking has been slowing a little the last few days with the computer problems and work stress. But overall I've been a good girl.

Bill is currently in Sydney for his World Cup weekend... lucky bugger!! lol.

He told me last week he had a surprise to show me. He got given a leather wallet thing with all his travel documents in etc. And he wouldn't show it to me till after dinner when he could 'present' it to me. I was sooo sure he was going to surprise me with an airline ticket for me to go too. I had a smile a mile wide. He dragged it right out till the end ... but no surprise tickets ... lmao! His surprise was a 'that's life' magazine... still great ... but a bit of a downer after expecting an airline ticket lol!! Oh well :)

Not much else has happened this week. No weighin last Monday with Labour day. Hoping for a loss this week with all my hard work and good eating. Not holding my breath tho ... my body tends to do strange things lately.

Thanks to all those who sent me compliments on my photo. Way cool!! I honestly can't see where 10kg has come off since the last photo ... hmmm ... it's definately gone tho.

Catcha all later
Lyn :)
SW 107.4kg
CW 81.7kg
GW 65kg

I finally got around to it

Don't die of shock!! But I've actually done an update pic for you guys :) There's also another one in my photo album if you wanna see. (under the 'weighloss pics' album)

I've also given you an updated pic of the house I got today.

Pretty uneventful day today. Mum and dad bought a new car yesterday so I went with them to show it to my sister. (that's when I got the pics taken)

Bill is working this Monday (labour day). Nice to know I'm not going to client consultations for a change tho. No weigh in this week with the holiday weekend. Gives me a full two weeks to have my hard work show up on the scales tho.

HUGE CONGRATS TO JO!! I just loved being pregnant!!! Such a fascinating time of your life ... savor every moment! :)

By now Karen with be married! Wow, another exciting time!! What a cool bunch of people on here. Hope her day was exciting!! with no nerves or stress. We want lots of pics Karen! lol (yeah yeah I know ,,, I'm a bad one to talk on that subject lol)

Eating for yesterday ...

breakfast ... bread 2pts, asparagas 0pts, cheese 1.5pts
Snack ... Apple 0.5pt
Lunch ... bread 2pts, cheese 2pts
Snack ... sponge 2pts, Apple 0.5pt
Dinner ... meat roll 3pts, potato 1.5pts, veges 0pts, butter 2pts
Snack ... lite icecream 3pts, lite mars 1pt, rice chips 7.5pts

Total ... 28.5pts/22pts
Saved ... - 6.5pts
Total saved ... 1pt

Not too bad except for the rice chips at the end of the day... got the snack attacks real bad, but figured I did good just eating them and I had the points saved up to do it without going over for the week.

Off to watch Australian Idol
Hope you enjoy the pics
Lyn :)
SW 107.4kg
CW 81.7kg
GW 65kg

The good life :)

Poor Cosima probably had nerves in her throat last night. Nearly got voted out. She's lucky this time tho, saved by the bell.

Another good day of eating yesterday and today.

Breakfast ... weetbix 1.5pts, milk 0.5pt, sugar 0.5pt
Snack ... Apple 1pt
Lunch ... bread 3pts, soup 1pt
Snack ... lite yoghurt 1.5pts, Apple 1pt, coffee 1pt
Dinner ... steak 4.5pts, potato 3pts, veges 0pt, milk 0.5pt, flavouring 1pt

Total ... 20pts/22pts
Saved 2pts/3pts
Bonus points 2pts

Went shopping today and put a georgous duvet set for Lauren's room on layby (to match the drawers I am doing up for her). Mum bought Jordan a cute Winnie the Pooh duvet cover. Mum and I are getting on really well. I think living down here has actually done a lot of good for our relationship. Things are looking good (even at PMS time)

Savings going well with $5750 saved so far. One third of the way there.

It's late for now, bed is calling.
Nite

Lyn :)
SW 107.4kg
CW 81.7kg
GW 65kg

The old Lyn is back (and kickin butt)

Very proud of my eating efforts yesterday ... 1 whole day on track!! First day in months that I have actually tracked. I've realised how out of control I was. Not that I was eating badly (well only occasionally) but I didn't know how many points I was consuming each day. I was just trying to eat lightly.

With tracking again I feel so much more in control.

Here's my whole days eating yesterday ...

Breakfast ... weetbix 1.5pts, milk 0.5pt, sugar 0.5pt
Snack ... soft serve icecream (no cone) 2pts
Lunch ... bread 4pts, asparagas 0pts, butter 1pt
Snack ... Apple 1pt
Dinner ... mince 3pts, pasta 4pts, pineapple 1pt, veges 0pts
Snack ... lite icecream 3pts

Total 21.5pts/22pts
Saved 0.5pt

Wahooo!!!! :)

Spent today helping my sister unpack after shifting yesterday. So on my feet for most of the day ... gotta be a few points earnt there.

Quiet night tonight infront of the telly I think ,... goooo Australian idol ... GOOOO COSIMA!!!! :) (and don't you aussies tell me who got voted out ... well not until after tonight lol)

New pic of the house up for anyone interested. The hardytex is up on the second storey now. And don't worry it's not staying pink lol ... it's got to be painted yet.

Catcha!
Lyn :)
SW 107.4kg
CW 81.7kg
GW 65kg

let off lightly

I think I was let off very lightly this week with no loss or gain at weighin. Exactly the same weight as last week ... 81.7kg ... could have been a lot worse.

I finally feel that spark of excitement again... well not quite a spark yet ... more like a 'sp ...' lol but at least it's a start.

I have done very well with eating so far today ... starting off with breakfast. I've noticed that I had slipped back into old habits with not having breakfast. But today I did well ... two weetbix, lite milk and a smidgen of sugar.

I'm going to go back to tracking on here. Not going to worry about water this week ... one step at a time.

Here's today's eating so far ...

Breakfast ... weetbix 1.5pts, milk 0.5pt, sugar 0.5pt
Snack ... soft serve icecream (no cone) 2pts
Lunch ... bread 4pts, asparagass 0pts, butter 1pt
Snack ... Apple 1pt

10.5pts so far and going good.

Lyn :)
SW 107.4kg
CW 81.7kg
GW 65kg

Naughty, naughty

Ok confession time!! I've very bad!! (eating wise that is) I've managed to consume a whole bottle of caruba rum in the last week by myself. Really not looking forward to weigh in on Monday but forcing myself to go. This is the biggest reason for the lack of updates. I really don't like updating when I've got bad things to say.

I guess I have to get that spark back that I had 10mths ago.

Bill is doing really well. He came home from hospital on Wednesday afternoon and went back to work for two half days Thursday and Friday. His face is still slightly swollen but much better than it was.

Not much else to report. Letcha know the bad news at weigh in on Monday.

Lyn :)
SW 107.4kg
CW 81.7kg
GW 65kg

Bill still in hospital :(

Well I'd love to say that I resisted the temptation of the rum and cokes ... umm ... but that didn't happen. Although I was reasonably wise about it and didn't go overboard.

Bill is still in hospital. He was supposed to come home today but rang this morning to say that the head registrar guy had been to see him and wasn't happy with the amount of swelling he still had. Aparently it was supposed to have been all gone by 24hrs ago. I went up and saw him last night and he is looking much better but still very swollen. So they have booked him in for a scan (I can't remember exactly what they call it) this afternoon to see if they can work out the reason for the swelling. They think the infection might have moved down the neck. If this is the case then he will have to go back into theatre again. Hopefully it will all be a false alarm, and he will be home tomorrow.

I've started doing up a set of drawers for Laurens room (she's 8). We have this old set of a dressing table (with mirror) and tallboy in our room. It's currently in wood with a dark mahogany stain on it... quite ugly really. So I have started putting a coat of paint on it. And I've taken off the mirror and going to have it as a work desk for her. Doing it in a lavender sparkly paint. Really cool paint I found at the home show. It's got glitter all through it. Quite expensive @ $130 to paint both items but still cheaper than buying a new one. I'm going to do the rest of her room in lavender, dark purple and silver. I'll get some new funky silver handles to put on the drawers and a new duvet. I'm thinking I might make one out of a purple fur fabric and sew a big silver funky heart on it with lots of lavender/purple and silver cushions. Then put a lavender mosquito net over it ... what do you think? It's given me something to take my mind off things lately. For now I'll do up the drawers and see how I get on from there.

Business work has finally slowed down a little (for now anyway) Got a sample to have out tommorrow then nothing till my consultations next Monday ... yay a break! Then the next set is not due out till 1 November.

Eating has been ummmm .... not too good. But not going to beat myself up about it at the moment. I'll wait till everything is a bit more in order then get right back on track.

Thats about all for today.
Builders haven't sent any more photos through lately. Think they are still annoyed with the fireplace saga. Bit sad really. Oh well, I'll let you know as soon as I know anything.

Lyn :)
SW 107.4kg
CW 81.7kg
GW 65kg

Got a bad case of the guilts

You know how you think things can't possibly get any worse ... that you have enough stress on your plate to handle that you surely don't deserve any more???? lol

Ohhh how wrong!! Someone up there must think I am wonder woman because I am over flowing with stress vibes right now :) I smile because it's gone beyond being worried or freaking out ... now it's a joke.

Last night Bill's face got EVEN LARGER! He honestly was looking like elephant man! (of course I mean that in the most loving possible way) I just couldn't stop laughing when I looked at him. I'm really bad like that. I don't do the whole sympathy thing very well. I decided to ring my sister who is a Paramedic and ask her what she thought ... should I take him back to the afterhours A&E and spend another $100 bucks (it sounds really bad to put it like that but that was honestly how I was feeling) She suggested that she come out and pick him up in the ambulance (she was on duty at the time). I flatly refused! My pride wouldn't handle that. He wasn't going to die or anything lol. (I know, I know ... I'm really bad at feeling sorry for people lol). I asked Bill what he thought and these were his words ... "ok, well I'll just go dig a whole over there in the corner and when I die then you just need to throw some dirt ontop and I won't be anymore hassle". How could I say no to that!! lol.

She reckoned she should come and pick him up then I could stay at home with the kids and if she took him to hospital in the ambulance then it would be free. I'm all for free so I gave into my pride and agreed.

They left here at 5.30pm and I told him I would keep his dinner warm for him. My sister assured me it would be a quick visit and he would be home again later that night ... ohhh how wrong :) At 10.15pm I got a call from Bill to say he had just left the waiting room and was finally being seen to!! Almost 5hrs sitting in a waiting room, geez I'm glad I wasnt there keeping him company! lol (honestly I love him to bits)

They thought it could be an anophalactic reaction (sp) which is a fancy way of saying the antibiotics they gave him he could be allergic to... causing all the swelling. So they ran some bloods and decided to keep him in overnight.

Then this morning he rang to say the results came back and it wasn't that, but that they found a humongous absus (sp) which he was going to have to have surgery to fix. Now I feel really bad that I complained about him going to the dentist in the first place. I told him it would cost too much and to just put up with it! After all ... no one sees your wisdom teeth so what if they are crooked... hehe. Feeling rather guilty right now lol

With his surgery booked in for today they told him he still couldn't eat. Hasn't eaten since yesterday lunchtime (36hrs). He reckons it's their way of forcing him to go on diet whether he wants to or not lol.

So he went under the knife this afternoon. I went in to see him an hour or so after he got out of surgery and he looked really terrible!!! Like a different person. He was still on a huge amount of morphine so he was spacing out quite a bit too.

I'm back at home now (obviously lol)... kids are in bed (one complaining of a sore tummy so might be a long night ahead). Still have a whole lot more work to get on with but for tonight I'm going to leave it. Have rescheduled all my appointments for tommorrow.

On the eating note ... it's really not good. I kind of hit stress breakout point today. Had a big plate of hot chips and two fat ugly sausages (but they tasted so good) then tonight on the way to see Bill I called in to the supermarket to pick him up some bottled water and gave in to the magnum staring at me from the freezer. Bad thing was I didn't even really enjoy it. Just felt like I had to have it to make everything go away. I'm not normally a comfort eater but tonight something snapped. I told myself I shouldn't be having this but ate it anyway.

Giving my ww meeting a miss tomorrow. Figured I need to be with Bill more than ww need me. Gives me a chance to get back on my feet eating wise.

Meanwhile the rum & diet cokes are staring at me ... do I? don't I? Guess I'll let you know tommorow what happens :)

Lyn :)
SW 107.4kg
CW 81.7kg
Gw 65kg

how can I stay mad at him?

Feeling a whole lot better today. Had one of those stupid barneys over nothing with Bill. But we've sorted it out now.

Probably helps things that Bill is home sick at the moment lol ... that sounds really bad but I can't stay mad at him when I is in so much pain? ... poor thing :)

He had a tooth ache so went to the dentist to find out it wasnt a hole in his tooth but an infected wisdom tooth. On getting xrays they found out that it was growing through sideways so had to come out. The dentist wanted to book it in for a couple of weeks time but with Bill flying out to his Sydney trip in a few weeks he wanted to get it over and done with the next day.

I told him to organise at least a day off after it, but he assured me the dentist said he would only need a couple of hours sitting down and he would be fine ... oh how wrong he could have been lol.

He arrived home a few hours afterwards in such pain. Reckons it was the worst pain he has ever felt. Had to stop quite a few times on the way home because he felt like throwing up.

Got home and went to bed for the day. Then a few hours after he got up his face started to swell. Went to bed that nite drugged up with Nurofen. But that wasn't cutting it. Next morning he went off to work again (against my wishes) only to arrive home again midday. The swelling was getting worse. He went back to the dentist that morning and the dentist told him to go home, rest up (yeah right ... he's a workaholic that can't sit still lol) and if it got any worse to go to a doctor asap.

Then last night around 8pm we decided to go to A&E because it was getting worse still. The swelling was getting up around his temple. 36hrs after he had the tooth pulled it was still getting bigger. The doctor prescribed a stronger anitbiotic and stronger pain relief.

The pain relief must have worked because this morning he got up thinking he was all better ... but his face was EVEN LARGER! Now it has gone down his neck and around his eye. At least he's not in pain anymore. Keeping a close watch on it today and see how it goes.

Other than that things are going pretty well.
I'll update that photo of the house for you now so if your interested go check it out.

Cheers,
Lyn :)
SW 107.4kg
CW 81.7kg
GW 65kg

ohhh well :(

Had a 200g gain this week. Little disappointing but I guess I had it coming to me. It's been a long time since I went out for any planned exercise. So off I went this morning for a walk with a friend. We ended up going for 1.5hrs. Feeling pretty tired now but no wonder ... it's been over 2mths since I did any exercise.

Things are a little rocky on the home front. Don't want to go too much into it on here but I'll be fine ... probably the reason for the lack of updates lately. Doing very well at not letting it effect my eating (too much)

Short and sweet today.
Have another pic of the house to go up but won't get a chance to upload it till tomorrow so check back then. (the roofs up ... well half of it )

Lyn :)
SW 107.4kg
CW 81.7kg
GW 65kg

Bad builders

Quick update to let you know I'm still alive :)

Eating has been pretty good. Exercise not much (but that's not unusual).

Best news ... Bill has decided to move down here with me (he misses me too much ... aint that sweet?) It will mean a lot more travelling and more petrol but given he won't be paying board I don't think it will be much more. Anyway I don't really care how much it costs ... its too horrible not having him here. So he moves home as of next week ... can't wait!

Went to the homeshow here in Hamilton on Thursday. Good lot of exercise there. To give you some background info here ... a few months back we talked to the builders about getting a gas fireplace put in and they told us that because we needed a permit it would hold the building process up too much so would be better if we did it after the house was finished. I really didn't want to do this but admitted defeat. Then at the homeshow I spoke to 3 fireplace people who all said that for a gas fireplace we didn't need a permit!! So I rang the builder back to say they were wrong and that we wanted one put in. He still tried to talk us out of it and gave us a huge price (about $1500 more than the fireplace people said it would cost). So I said I would go away and research it, think about it and get back to him shortly. When I rang him back before I could tell him that yes I still wanted to do it regardless of the cost ... he said WE CAN'T DO ANY ALTERATIONS FOR YOU no matter what it is. No fireplace!!

I was wild!! At the start (before we signed up) they told us we could change any part of the plan and do anything we liked as long as we paid the extra costs. Now they have totally turned around! Bad, bad, bad! But from what I have heard from others alot of builders are like this.

So anyway the bank manager said that by the time we move in the value of our house should have gone up and therefore we could just add it on to the loan and get it done seperately by another builder. Probably a better option anyway. If we got these builders to do it they would probably charge us alot more and do a slaphappy job. This way it gets done properly and still gets included with the house. So happy ending anyway but it's the principle of the matter that winds me up.

Anyway ... I'm going fine and things are looking good. Sorry no update photo of the house yet this week. Bill said that when he drove past a few days ago they were putting tiles on the roof. Can't wait to see that!

That's about all for today ... got a busy day ahead with stationery again.

Bye for now,
Lyn :)
SW 107.4kg
CW 81.5kg
GW 65kg