"My Day in Six Words" Journal for January

1st: FOOD AND LOVE SHARED FREELY HERE.

2nd: WORN OUT. PUT FOOT DOWN. PEACE.

3rd: HAPPY DAY. PLAYDATE, NAP, DINNER EATEN.

4th: NO MOTIVATION, USELESS LUMP. MOVIE NIGHT.

5th: MORNING CHURCH, LOVELY TEA, FAMILY DAY.

6th: INSOMNIA, TIRED. BABY WEARING ME OUT.

7th: LAST NERVE FRAUGHT. SLEEPY. BAD DAY.

8th: INSOMNIA FUELLED PRODUCTIVITY. HEN PARTICIPATION CANCELLED.

9th: PRODUCTIVE BUT BLAH. CRANKY BOY GRATING.

10th: INSOMNIA OVERSHADOWS. BUSY. DATE NIGHT, SMILE.

11th: EMOTIONS - FULL GAMUT. PRODUCTIVE SPELLS LIFT.

12th: INSOMNIA. GIRLS' LUNCH - JOYFUL BUT INSECURE.

13th: EXHAUSTED. SWITCHED OFF, UPSET. POOR BABY.

14th: PREPARATION HELPED BUSY DAY GO SMOOTHLY.

15th: BACK TO WORK. PREPARATION PAYS OFF.

16th: NIGHT'S SLEEP BLISS. LLL LIFT. BAKING.

17th: FOOD SHOPPING BUSYNESS. PRESSING ON. STRIVING.

18th: GIBSONS' VISIT. FOOD PREPARATION. UNINTERRUPTED READING.

19th: COMMUNION. VISITED ROBERTSONS'. HUNGER GAMES SESSION.

20th: ASLEEP. TANYA POSTPONED. UNDRESSED. HUNGER GAMES.

21st: ASLEEP. HUNGER GAMES. UNWASHED. SHOWER NEEDED.

22nd: TANYA. BT. WORK. HUNGER GAMES. CUDDLES.

23rd: ASLEEP. HUNGER GAMES. NAP. FAMILY. TIRED.

24th: TOTS GROUP. SLEEPING. TED TALKS. CHINESE.

25th: VERY BAD DAY. BABY HUGS. CRYING.

26th: STILL BAD. BABY HUGS. HUBBY HUGS.

27th: SLEEPWALKING THROUGH. BABY DELIGHTFUL THEN TANTRUMING.

28th: MORNING OUT. AUNTIE VISIT. TV SNUGGLES.

29th: DADDY MORNING. TUTORING AFTERNOON. EMAIL DECLUTTERING.

30th: SISTER CHAT. TAX DONE. TV DATE.

31st: INSOMNIAC ENERGY. BRUSHED FLOORS. DATE NIGHT.

Wednesday Weigh-in #5

ATM - The mini goal for this past week was to lose something, anything so of course I gained two pounds. Not a surprise considering the copious amounts of sweets that I ate this week. It was a no good very bad week and therefore so was my diet.

First "ThingsIWannaDoList" Goal - Lose weight to reach thirteen stone seven (189 lbs)
Second "ThingsIWannaDoList" Goal - Lose weight to reach thirteen stone even (182 lbs)

Jan.1 - 13 st 9 lbs (191 lbs)
Jan.8 - 13 st 6 lbs (188 lbs)
Jan.15 - 13 st 4 lbs (186 lbs)
Jan.22 - 13 st 5 lbs (187 lbs)
Jan.29 - 13 st 7 lbs (189 lbs)

This week's mini goal is to lose or maintain and you know survive.

Wednesday Weigh-in #4

ATM - Up and down and emotional eating, tired and eating sugars to compensate. No exercise. Unsurprisingly a gain...still disappointing though.

First "ThingsIWannaDoList" Goal - Lose weight to reach thirteen stone seven (189 lbs)
Second "ThingsIWannaDoList" Goal - Lose weight to reach thirteen stone even (182 lbs)

Jan.1 - 13 st 9 lbs (191 lbs)
Jan.8 - 13 st 6 lbs (188 lbs)
Jan.15 - 13 st 4 lbs (186 lbs)
Jan.22 - 13 st 5 lbs (187 lbs)

This week's mini goal is to lose something, anything...

Wednesday Weight-in #3

ATM - there has been no more exercise beyond walking around Ikea :) and no ket up in the chocolate consumption (I think the house is almost empty of the stuff). Mood has been very changeable with very low lows so I certainly haven't felt up to much but I was encouraged to see another loss and another mini-goal met.

First "ThingsIWannaDoList" Goal - Lose weight to reach thirteen stone seven (189 lbs)
Second "ThingsIWannaDoList" Goal - Lose weight to reach thirteen stone even (182 lbs)

Jan.1 - 13 st 9 lbs (191 lbs)
Jan.8 - 13 st 6 lbs (188 lbs)
Jan.15 - 13 st 4 lbs (186 lbs)

This week's mini goal is to lose another two pounds, a "healthy" weight-loss so "they" say and half-way to my next "ThingsIWannaDoList" Goal. More Some effort may actually be required;)

Wednesday Weigh-in #2

ATM - not eating any better and still at zero exercise, not a good week - weather-wise, sleep-wise or mood-wise. I did take a slightly longer route back (through the park) to the car on my return from my podiatry appointment, big whoop! My aim for this week was to lose three pounds and woohoo! little effort and rather less chocolate (though still far more than the average bear) and I hit it with bells on (i.e. I weighed myself after I got dressed).

First "ThingsIWannaDoList" Goal - Lose weight to reach thirteen stone seven (189 lbs)
Second "ThingsIWannaDoList" Goal - Lose weight to reach thirteen stone even (182 lbs)

Jan.1 - 13 st 9 lbs (191 lbs)
Jan.8 - 13 st 6 lbs (188 lbs)

So first "ThingsIWannaDoList" goal met as well as this week's mini-goal.

Had a mile walk this morning so I've already startted off this week right and this week's mini goal is to lose another two pounds, the Christmas chocolate is almost gone and I WILL eat less and move more, here's hoping.

Wednesday Weigh-in #1

ATM - not eating very well, plenty of the good but far too much of the bad, zero exercise

First "ThingsIWannaDoList" Goal - Lose weight to reach thirteen stone seven (189 lbs)

Jan.1 - 13 st 9 lbs (191 lbs)

This week my mini-goal is to lose three pounds, which will also help me meet my first full goal - I will still be eating the Christmas chocolates ;) but I also hope to begin a better regime of walking a mile a day (for starters but also weather permitting as I'm a total wuss and today was just horrible and so didn't happen), eating less of the loverly choccy et al and just generally eating less, moving more. It will help that I'll usually weigh-in first thing Wednesdays in a born free style of dress, today's weigh-in was sponsored by half-past-ten-at-night-after-an-unhealthy-eating-day-and-a-family-dinner-out-of-almost-a-whole-Hawaiian-pizza-with-mushrooms-(yummy)-whilst--wearing-my-new-Christmas-fleecy-jim-jams-socks-and-slippers :) so setting a reasonably low bar I am hoping for a successful first week to set me off on this (not again) journey of weight-loss.

New Year, New Leaf, New(-ish) Goals...2014.Journal.Jan.1

It's January first and I'm still finishing out the many many goals and to do lists and well they are neverending and totally acheievable if I've a mind to it. If I've a mind?!

I'm tired after a few nights of less sleep and an up-and-down sorry for his-self baby with a bit of a dose. I've hardly seen my husband despite his being off and right now as I type, he is sat in the living room enjoying the new episode of Sherlock that I've been sooooo looking forward to while I am posting, sat up in bed with a snotty, tossy-turny baby failing to get over to sleep in his toddler bed next to ours (where he will no doubt finish out the night, assuming he ever starts it). Bliss, joy and thank goodness for iplayer.

So new year, new goals, new, new, new and yet nothing new under the sun and still the same old life and day-to-days and the same old body needing rejuvenated and downsized and definitely remoulded and redressed. The same wackadoodle mind and alas the same temperament despite two instances of very unusually calm me - Hubby obliterated my new (got it for Christmas) bottle of perfume and then sweet darling son who is NOT ALLOWED to play with Mummy's phone, picked it up, dropped it and well it does still work in all instances but the screen is shattered and rough (though a screen cover sorted that problem out) and doesn't allow for easy viewing of texts, emails etc. I didn't flinch even though as far as I was concerned, this was to be my phone for another two months. Hubby checked, I'm eligible for an early upgrade in ONE WEEK (he isn't until July bless him). Woo-hoo! New phone and I kept my temper!!!

Baby sleeping or should I say snoring and snorting!

We did share a lovely family meal out this evening (settled, quiet and reasonably obedient baby who ate okay and two loved up parents, mwah). Pizza and veg for the babe and myself. Thanks Mama for a great Christmas gift!

In wonderful brainwave style there will now follow a "my day in six words" and one for everyday of January thereafter (I hope):

FOOD AND LOVE SHARED FREELY HERE