What Gives?

Sorry for being absent for the last couple of days...

It seems like I only have enough time each day to do a certain amount of things. Generally those things are spending time with my gorgeous family, working, catching up with friends, housework and blogging. None of them are really done to the best of my ability, but I am at least getting them done...

Now I've gone and added exercise into the mix and thrown my life into chaos! By the time I get home from my evening walk {super fast work thanks to the incredibly fit Emma, who I am trying to keep up with} all I want to do is lie on the couch and then crawl into bed.

I figure {hope} it will only take a couple of weeks before I notice an increase in my energy levels and then I will be able to fit everything again.

Anyway I'm off of to clean the house. Happy Friday everyone xx

New Year's Resolutions 2009

Every year I make New Year's Resolutions and every year I am guaranteed to have broken every single one of them by Australia Day. With that in mind, here is this year's list.....

1. Lose 20kg. This is going to be my year long goal, which means I really can't break it before Australia Day, looks like I am off to a good start!!

2. Finish the house. The things that we still need to do are; build the front deck, build the back deck, fence the yard, landscape the front yard, turf the back yard, build the side garden, pave down the side of the house, tile the main living areas, install fans and have our proper lights installed. Phew..... Looks like I won't be doing too much shoe shopping this year.

3. Pay off the credit card and then significantly reduce the limit on it. My theory is, the lower the limit the less damage I can do at Myers!

4. Go to the gym at least 3 days a week...... for the whole year!!! (Except when I am away on holidays of course). I just realised that I am on danger of breaking this one already........ looks like I will be going to the gym today, tomorrow and Sunday.

5. Join a sports group.

I am going to stick with just five so that I can increase my chances of success! There are a million other things that I want to do this year, but these are the big ones.....

I hope you all have a wonderful new year and I look forward to hearing about your resolutions too.

xx Tamsyn

I am the Queen of Weight Gain

Have you been scouring the internet, looking for the perfect way to gain an excessive amount of weight? Well search no more.... I have all the answers you need!

Seriously though, the other night I was out to dinner with The Big Man and BFF (the night before we started our diet) and I calculated that I have put on 16 kilos in the last 6 months. A very scary realisation for me.

The past 6 months has been full of turmoil and I spent the best part of it in denial about the fact that I am suffering from depression and anxiety. The main reason that I wouldn't see the doctor about it was that I didn't want to admit failure. The second biggest reason was that I felt so guilty about the way I was feeling, when I have so many good and exciting things happening in my life right now.

A major side-effect of my emotional roller coaster was that I started a crazy cycle of comfort eating and drinking, which would lead to me getting angry at myself, which would send me straight back to the fridge.

Now that I have (finally) been honest with my doctor I am on the mend mentally and I feel like I am now in a great position to get myself back in to shape. Hence the diet.

I know it is not going to be easy, but this morning when I was craving a bacon and egg mcmuffin (just typing that is making my mouth water) I worked out that if I keep up my weight gain I will break the hundred kilo barrier by Christmas this year. Right now that is definitely enough motivation for me to stay away from McDonalds!

Wish me luck!

T xx

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Diet is such a dirty word

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I really don't like diets and I don't think they like me very much either.... Every time I even think about going on a diet I panic and order a pizza or get drive through McDonalds.... It is a vicious cycle that causes me to put on more weight every time I think about dieting (and yes before you ask I am aware that I have food issues, I am working on them :) ). Because I know that I freak out whenever I go on a diet I try to just eat healthy and exercise instead of "dieting", but lately this hasn't been working very well for me either :(

So, I am giving dieting one last shot.... Someone close to me is on the Optifast diet and has lost 8kg in the last four weeks. Sounds good to me! Although, she does have a lot more willpower than me....

The Big Man and my BFF are taking part in the diet too and we are going to start tomorrow. That way we can avoid the whole 'I will start on Monday' trap.

My immediate plan is to diet through to the wedding (which is in 9 weeks) and then take it up again after the honeymoon. We are all going to make sure that we get at least half an hour of exercise 5 days a week as well.

I would love to hear any success stories that you have or tips that we can use to stay motivated!

T xx

Ouch - Domain Pain

Just in case you had been wondering, buying a great weight loss or health and fitness domain name is practically impossible.... and it's about as much fun as repeatedly smacking your head against a brick wall :(

I always thought my first weight loss hurdle would be the Krispy Kreme store or the McDonald's down the road, turns out I was wrong! I guess I don't actually need a website to get started, but that was my plan. I am going to use it to track my results as well as the progress of The Big Man and my BFF. Between BFF and I we have 7 years experience in weight loss and fitness - we just haven't been so good at looking after ourselves since we got out of the industry - so hopefully we can not only whip ourselves into shape, but also motivate some people along the way :)

As soon as I finish work for the afternoon I am going to make some final decisions and buy myself a new domain. Probably won't be fitness.com though (ha, wasn't I dreaming!!).

T xx