Weekly news and weigh in

110.7kg

Monday
Working all day
Out washing into baskets in lounge

Tuesday
Youngest woke up with a sor tummy. Neither of my kids complain about school. He couldn't eat his breakfast and was almost in tears when he told me! I was booked for work but mum life comeS first so cancelled work and got him changed into trackies. Turns out it was the right choice, he's not eaten all day and hardly moved from the sofa. (Apart from to dash to the toilet)

Minimal jobs done, he wanted me to stay close.

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

Youngest home  Wednesday
Both kids home Thursday and Friday

Bring wood in Done
Vac lounge Done
Make masks Done
Dinner plans Done
Strip eldest bedding
Washing to laundry Done
Empty dishwasher Done
Washing up away Done
Baskets to bedrooms Done
Put clothes away in kids rooms Done
Order elastic - done
Vac lounge
Walk dog
Cook dinner (something that does 2 nights)


Saturday
Still one sick child

Bring wood over
Sort tension on sewing machine
Bake keto treats
Laundry
Empty more from old camper

Weekly news and weigh in

                                                                          113.3kg

Hubs worked so hard in the the yard this week. Lots of wood split and stacked. The kids and I helped but it was mainly his job to plough through. My house is spotless, I've blitzed it from head to toe. hubs helped with the higher jobs that I can't reach but that was mainly my job while he was outside sorting wood, we make a good team.

Monday
Today is youngest birthday so there will be birthday shenanigans first thing - done
Drop kids to school  -done
Get fruit - done
Light fire - done
Decorate birthday cake
Make bed - done
Washing drying in lounge away - not dry enough yet - done
birthday card from eldest to youngest
Clothes to kids bedrooms - done
Vac lounge
Drop neighbours kid off on way home from school done

This week I had a slice of birthday cake. It was so sweet, I enjoyed it while I had it but honestly it felt like a dead weight in my stomach.  Glad I had it of course it was nice to share in my sons birthday cake but I'm okay to not have any more until my eldest sons birthday in 6 months. Having said that I'm totally fine or have some keto cakes...different story!

Tuesday
I'm not expecting any work today so Want to spend some time brailling and working on my VIT docs once I've made some headway with the following jobs...

Washing on - DONE
Complete PD online - 2x DONE
Breakfast dishes washed DONE (loaded dishwasher)
Vac house - DONE
Light fire DONE
Bring wood in DONE
Meal plan for week
Organise dinner DONE
Organise lunch boxes DONE
MSG neighbour re picking kids up Thursday (dentist)  DONE
Order swimming flippers for eldest - DONE
Shower wash and dry hair DONE

Wednesday
Still not expecting any work today but always hopeful.
Washing - light load DONE
Change youngest sheets as there is a nosebleed on it (get it in lights wash) DONE
Light fire DONE
Vac youngest room DONE
Washing in lounge away - DONE
Remake youngest bed DONE
Hang washing in front of fire DONE
Translate English to Braille (1 exercise) DONE
Organise lunch boxes DONE
Sort eldest hiking gear DONE
swap broken hired tent at scout leaders @2.15pm DONE
Sort uniforms for tomorrow DONE
Meal plan for rest of week
VIT work 1 hour DONE

List ski wear for sale on facebook

Friday
Swim bag ready for tonight DONE
Dinner for kids DONE
Dinner for adults DONE
Pack eldest hike gear DONE
1 hour VIT work DONE
1 hour Braille work DONE
Feed animals DONE
Washing to laundry DONE
Repack youngest swim bag DONE
Vac car
Tidy front verandah

This week for the early swim sessions that my eldest is in the youngest I have been taking his scooter and the dog and going for a walk / scoot. I've enjoyed the time out to be honest and he has definitely enjoyed getting out aand about too. The dog has  enjoyed the extra long walks too so smiles all around!

Weekly news and weigh in

113.8kg

Tuesday
Vac lounge done
Clean window traps in lounge room done
Come plate restore fo bedroom done
Tidy rumpus Trofast unit done
Front verandah move table to beside front door
Bring a shoe box to the front or hang boot rack
Vac front verandah sofas done
Wash lounge cushions done
Clean lounge coffee table done
Bake birthday cake done
Empty 1 basket from eldest room and sort with him - done
Hubby - fix large unit in spare room

Metro Melbourne is back in lockdown, thankfully regional vic are not but gee it's a worry. The shops
are looking bare in fact I went to aldi for air fresheners for the house about 4pm today and the entire meats and dairy section were so empty they had their blinds down on them. I was shocked! Anyway I bought my air fresheners and the checkout lady laughingly commented 'no toilet rolls with that, you must be my first today!"

Eldest is at a sleepover and I'm happy for him, it's a lovely family. Youngest is here and excited for his birthday party tomorrow (3 friends at trampoline place) my house is spotless, hubs and I worked so hard today to get it totally reset. Tomorrow morning we will just blitz the veranda and then enjoy it! Who knows what work will bring for me next terms but hubs has realised that I can't do it all if I'm working full time.

 Looking to buy a new caravan. Our ski trip 2020 and ourGold Coast trip 2021 have been cancelled due to coronavirus. Having a bigger van  gives us flexibility to be able to go away for a weekend and being self-contained means we meet the requirements of some of the new restrictions.  We have seen
a van that we like  and are hoping to get my finance approved soon.

Weekly news and weigh in

114.5kg

School holidays!

Our ski trip has been cancelled. Ther isn't enough snow on the mountain, first time we've had this Trouble early in the season. We are trying to reschedule for during the term.

We did an IKEA trip to sort out eldest sons bedroom. He keeps it tidy and we want to get our heads
around a more grown up space for him for high school a bit of an oasis of calm for him. Currently wading through the flat pack.

I've been off my kilter with keto, just cravings galore for take away hot chips. Goodness it's been hard!

Today I have a list on my iPad of jobs to do in the next few days but I also want to get into the veggie garden and plant some veggies I got a Bunnings  reduced
6x kale for $3
6x Punnet of bok Choi, wombok and something else  for $3

Kale I'm taking a punt with, it's not a veggie we Buy but I've seen a lot of keto people make keto chips with it so for $3 it's Worth a gamble. The Asian Punnet will be used in some sort of stir fry I imagine

Tonight we had burgers for dinner with cheese, onions, beetroot on low carb buns from Aldi. The boys had normal buns and so,e oven chips too with a jelly I'd made yesterday afterwards. They were happy and so were we.

Tomorrow (friday) will be a leftovers day. In the fridge I have
Tuna fritters
Butter chicken
And a chicken breast stuffed with cheese

Friday...
Today I will
Cook the chicken in the fridge  - done

Hard boil some eggs
Quick tidy up in living areas - done
Washing on and drying in lounge room - done
Put youngest clothes away - done
Thorough tidy in laundry room
Wrap youngest birthday presents (or at least start)


Saturday
Today I will
Drop car of at mechanic - they close early!
Hard boil some eggs
Thorough tidy of laundry room
Wrap youngest birthday presents - done
Write youngest birthday cards
Make pizzas for dinner - done
Meal plan for the week using freezer and fridge items
write grocery list for needed items - done

Weekly news and weigh in

115.0kg

Saturday
Tidied main living areas
finalise ski hire items
Returned ski pants
Groceries
Youngest birthday gifts
Pizzas for dinner...flour base for kids and coconut flour for adults
Washing drying in front of fire
Wood stacked by house


Sunday
Make beds
Change sheets
Try on ski wear kids
Pack ski wear
Pack kids ski bags

The dog  snuck down to my room and did a wee on the bed! Everything had to be stripped and hot washed and cleaned! Not ideal with winter bedding. Still, it's Tuesday as I type this and finally getting back to normal bedding!

Working all week this week (last booked week of full time)
Tonight is another sport night so I have made lasagne to micro for the kids and taken 2 meals made during isolation out of the freezer for hubs and I. I hope that I can get any last weekend washing away and sorted to bedroom baskets tonight too.

After sport, dry kit and pack bag for sport on Thursday

When I get in tonight...
Feed kids
Feed me
Make lunch boxes for Wed
Sort Wed uniform out
Washing machine on

Weigh in

114.8kg

So much focus this week on dropping a decent number

Saturday
Groceries in town
Made 8x coconut pizza bases

Only ate 1.5 squares of my allotted chocolate meaning I can grab a square during the week when I want one
2 load of washing
Clothes all drying in the lounge by the fire overnight
Set up ironing board for tomorrow

Sunday
Take dog for a walk
Meal plan for week
Make Tuna bake for busy nights now sport for kids is back

Cook roast pork
Ironing
Move baby chickens

Monday
Work
Walk dog
Cubs with youngest

Tuesday
Sport with kids
Pasta bake dinner and corn in micro for kids

Cauli bake and leftover pork for adults
Dry towels overnight

Pack away washing drying in lounge
Basket clothes up for bedrooms

Wednesday
Old electric blanket to bin

Thursday
Kids sport
Washing on and drying in front of the fire
I had a snack of K crawling at 5pm ish and have fasted since. It's my first round whist in keto this time I'm keen to see how long I can comfortably go

Friday
Last day of work for the week and it's been an enjoyable but tiring week
The work I'm loving but I'm wishing hubby would pick up some slack at home and help with meals for the evening for meals especially on the nights I'm taking the kids to sport

Hoping I can get in to the 114 numbers this week

Weigh in

115.5kg

This week I've eaten 99% compliant this week

Keto pizza from homemade dough

Cauliflower bake

Lots of coffee and cream

Different dinners frozen during iso from the freezer

All compliant snacks

Work is good but due to the nature of it at the moment I'm not able to move around much. 

Current Weightloss goal is to fit in my ski pants. I can get them on but there is a stubborn belly that won't let them close...3 weeks until we go away.

Weigh in

116.7kg

I think I'm going to try on my ski pants today and see if they fit me... Fingers crossed!

Weigh in

118.1kg

Finally I'm back

Gee talking about losing your blogging mojo! I suppose it's a combination of not doing anything much and not really having anything to talk about.

I got back on the low carb train. I think it was the fright of going back up to 120 that kicked me into gear. Weigh in later today (im still in bed) I'm working full time for the net fe weeks so a Sunday weigh in is better for me in terms of time on Monday mornings.

Kids are fine
Animals are fine
All is good.

When I go in today I'm hoping to be 118 something.

I've taken up a few hobbies
Polymer clay earring making
Learning Braille

Veggie garden

Planting in the veggie garden is coming along nicely.

Snow peas,
Beetroot
Radish
Kale
Cabbage
Brocolli
Leek
Onions

Yesterday my friend went to Bunnings and asked if I needed anything. She picked me up some seedlings

Mini brocolli
Mini cabbages
Snow peas

If I  get time today I will get them planted but I need to crack on with housework today a sim working a lot this week and want some or X rather than chaos at home

Getting my shit together!

My scales this morning registered me as

119.3kg

I must admit I was expecting worse...there have been
Crisps
Pizza
Chocolate
Popcorn
Toast
Biscuits

And so many other things...each time I've been left feeling bleurgh but I've gone back for more.

Today I start again. My meals for the weeks are planned out,I've bought the food, today I'm going to start some cooking for it. I'm working Monday Tuesday and Thursday this week doing on site supervision at school for parents of essential workers that cant self isolate. My kids will stay home Monday with their dad but on Tuesday and Thursday they will be with me as he will be in at his school. Friday is a mental health day for everyone so no remote learning to do.

Starting again

So I guess we are going to start again today I will stick to eating good food. Move the Easter chocolate out of the kitchen so I'm not constantly seeing them. Write the days meals on the whiteboard so I'm  not always opening cupboards to see what's for the next meal. Be good!


In other news

I will plant the leeks in the veggie garden
Make animals nets to stop rabbits / kangaroos from eating the plants

Remote Learning and Homelife

Remote learning is going well in our house.
Took a few days to settle into a routine but we are fine.
The school are amazing and have been very considerate of individual situations and children.

Whats not going well...
 the diet, there are too many chocolates in the house and I'm constantly making food for the kids and having a little bit myself! Ugh!!

Slow cooker

Tomorrow morning the slow cooker will be earning it's keep.

Tinned tomatoes
Zucchini
Chicken
Seasoning
Onion
Capsicum
Various veggies form the bottom of the fridge

Set and forget...hubs and I had a similar meal tonight and it was delicious, we smothered it in cheese and enjoyed every mouthful!

We'd been working in the garden for a lot of today so a hearty meal was most welcome.

March Freebies / samples and competitions

The Bunch

4x cornetto style ice creams
Bag of cut salad

Social Soup
Dermaveen  products to share at work

I entered a few comps on facebook but to no avail
I entered a giveaway on Instagram for hair straighteners

I've signed up to. Survey site called pure profile, it pays cash for completing questionnaires. / surveys. I have a referral code I'll put here, I get $2 if you sign up using my link, honestly I'd really appreciate it if you would as I'm sure you understand the longer schools are closed. The longer I am without pay.

http://referral.pureprofile.com/referrer/ODIxMTQzMjU37

Thank you. Xx

Weigh in Week 11

It's definitely been trickier with a the family at home. Ive been making all the meals and eating each time. This is generally 1 meal more away  than I m used to. I've completed the Joe Wicks exercise very videos with my boys. Its intranet forth empower me exercising as well. I can't poach about doing it then not bother myself. So far thermally been 1 individual exercise I haven't been able to do as it strained my back., I just did a different exercise while the boys did that.

My goal while in isolation...just keep the numbers going down, doesn't matter by how much!

Last weeks weight 116.7kg
This weeks weight 116.1kg
Loss this week 0.6 / 600g
Total loss so far 14.6Kg

Veggie garden

It's  long since been a plan of mine to have a decent veggie garden. One with irrigation and a plan.
This week with time on our hands we've set to work transforming a section of the garden we had aside as a little playground for when our kids were younger into my much anticipated veggie garden!

The cubby has been dismantled, restained and will now become my tool shed. The sand pit dismantled and will be the base for the tool shed. The worm farm will come and join my veggie garden. Our chicken tractor will be tidied up and fixed and then become a living area for some new chickens ( we usually get a new collection of chickens around March time but obviously everyone is out buying chickens at the moment)  The soil delivery is coming on Friday, before then we have a few essential jobs so that the delivery can get as close to where we want it as possible if I remember to take my phone outside tomorrow I'll grab a photo.

Jobs today
Clear access for delivery
Lay bed for tool shed
Plan design for garden
Get some winter seeds into grow (eldest requested sugar snap peas)
Open edging of veggie garden up so delivery truck can get in as far as possible

Keto lunch

Seed crackers, local farm goats cheese, butter and ham

It was delishious and very filling

Little savings

I haven't been for coffee for ages but I have sorted through all my bags that often come for coffee with me. Some went in the op shop pile, some wet to the washing machine and some were neatly returned to the box I keep my handbags in. 

I did however take all these sugar sachets out. I never take them unless they come oon the side of my saucer. I emptied them all into my sugar jar and filled it to the top! That's a little saving I can get on top of these days!