Happy Australia Day!

Happy Australia Day everyone!  Well yesterday was Wednesday Weigh in day for me here....... I discovered that my new scales work wonderfully - they go down !  Yep, have managed to loose a small amount after staying the same, then apparently going up with the change of scales!  This week has been difficult as I've had problems with my left leg - no walking or exercise to speak of and a trip to the hospital for a CT scan of my back......... for which a report will finally come back tomorrow I hope!  Soooooo, I am trying hard not to get stuck into eating things I shouldn't be.  So watch this space to see what happens next..... I need to be doing some form of exercise if I'm planning on improving my health & fitness levels!  Have a great day everyone.  Hugs Sharm

It seems I should have been wearing glasses when I was checking my weight on the old scales - apparently there are little "tiny" marks that tend to disappear without glasses - so it seems I may have been weighing more than I thought .  Yesterday I went out and bought a new set of scales that show up in BIG numbers the kilos and the grams! Ta Da - the new scales (which are glass).  Now I might actually register if I'm loosing weight...... the new scales tell me I weigh more than what I had THOUGHT the old ones said to start with (but I checked with glasses on - hmmmm).  So it's kind of like starting from scratch all over again when it comes to the weight!  At least I can see I was loosing centimeters, so something must have been happening in those first 2 weeks.  I've taken a guess & changed my initial start weight........... and now we move it, and watch it!    

Move it Monday- Move that Mulch!

The back lane shared with neighbours - our place is the smaller open shed you can see (the messy one)

I'm a little late posting - but I was recovering yesterday evening after a good work out for Move it Monday - No not at the gym..................... in our back lane behind the house.....Where I had the truck  dump the load of mulch!  Yep you got it - Move it Monday became Move that Mulch!  A good few hours later the pile is right down waiting for me over the weekend to get it finished off..... Oh the things we have to look forward to sometimes  LOL
See you all Wednesday for weigh in!  Hugs Sharm

Move it Mondays!

It's Move it Monday (MIM) and let me tell you that without this, well , it would have been easy to sleep in or go make a cuppa & sit & read or stitch for a bit.......... instead I decided to go for a walk....
On with the shoes, grabbed the camera and here we go................
 out the front gate


And up the road



Hmmm, now straight up? No perhaps down to the right to the river track..........



the start of the river track .......

Soooo nice along here - but no wildlife in sight this morning





To the new jetty out into the river. 
It's soooo pretty down here isn't it!  - and almost finished my walk........
back up the road and look............ there's my house, straight ahead..... the cream one with the big gum trees!

That was pretty good really...... a 25min walk and home by 8am feeling rather good....... 
And when I got home, there was Pete in the garden, weeding, so after a very very quick cuppa which ended up coming outside with me, it was onto some weeding and then a bit of mowing with the hand mower (Pete was on the ride on while I did under the trees and such!   An hour later and Pete suggested we head into Yarrawonga for the market............ (Guess this photo will have to wait..... blogger or computer is just way too slow - 3.5 hrs to do this post waiting for these photos to download!!!!! seriously!!!  - Luckily I've been cleaning down my sewing table and other bits during the wait process).  I bought some strawberries from the market which made a lovely smoothie at lunch time when we are inside with the air con going.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to everyone!  I've spent today cleaning out some stuff, reading and planning for the year ahead.  I was pretty horrified to find my body measurements from 6yrs ago, but on the other hand it gives me the mind set to get this weight and these inches MOVING!!  I am NOT good with diets, but I know I have to curb my eating and drinking patterns............. and sooner rather than later!  So do I go with the weight watchers thing of point system, or do I count calories???  Maybe a bit of both, watching what goes into my mouth with the idea of how much effort is involved to take it off!  Moving, moving and moving will be on the agends!  Time management is going to have to be planned so it doesn't all fall through.  Let me know what works best for you!  Oh yes, and I need to get menus worked out for the week ahead so dinner is already planned well ahead and I don't fall into the trap of grabbing whatever from the supermarket on the way home from work!  Planning!!!  Wednesday is the first weigh in................ guess we shall see - tough week to start in on!
Hugs Sharm