Aaaargh - just created a blog.....

*runs around squealing girlishly* how cool is that??
I never thought of creating a blog until I happened upon a couple of wonderful internet sites by chance. There I was a few days ago, procrastinating about doing the vacuuming or some other mind-numbing chore by browsing a site called www.simplesavings.com.au . Well I don't usually join up to pay-for sites, but I figured $47 Australian works out to be $53 Kiwi - and that's only $1 a week for the year and about 1/3 of that cost to renew for the 2nd year!!! what a bargain!
Then on one of the discussion threads someone mentioned http://www.nikkishell.typepad.com/wardroberefashion/ and I took the wardrobe refashion pledge, and most of the members have a blog, and so here we are!!!

*takes a deep breath after all that burbling* -but lets go back to New Years Day 2007 where the year that I turn 50 is about to start. I had 3 NY resolutions - 1)Give up my daily addiction to V (a Kiwi energy drink that is much nicer tasting than Red Bull in my opinion) 2) Give up dairy products (no mean feat for a cheese-loving lacto-ovo vegetarian)and 3)start baby-stepping my way back to feeling healthy. The V had to go as it was costing at least $20 per week and is sooo unhealthy, and the dairy makes me snotty, headachey and windy *blushes*
WEEK 1 2007
Well anyone who has gone cold-turkey on caffeine would probably sympathise with the next few days of pounding headaches (despite copious amounts of pain relief) and sleepiness. Luckily work was closed for the holidays, so that by the time we reopened on January 8th, I felt like a whole new person (and so I should after basically sleeping for a week!) (V savings $20)
WEEK 2 2007
- weighed in at work (ouch) as a starting point for the lose weight/get healthy campaign. Now that V and dairy was out of the way it was time to work on healthy habits. Habit number 1 was getting my water intake up to at least 2 litres every day. Habit number 2 was cut out the junk food, and keep a food journal to keep me honest about what was going in my mouth! (V savings $40)
WEEK 3
weighed in Monday morning and yippee I was 2.75kgs lighter. The water habit and healthy meals were going well, and I was feeling so much more alert in the mornings now that the caffeine addiction had been broken and I'd "detoxed (V savings $60)
Week 4
another .8kg off - total 3.55kgs
I realised that I had been disorganised and was buying a vegetarian wrap most work days from the cafe across the road (I work 4 days a week) and I could do it more cheaply and yummier by getting back into making my own lunches. In the interests of morning laziness I bought a bag of mixed nuts (brazils, pecans, cashews, hazelnuts and walnuts) and keep them in the work fridge and bring along homemade coleslaw and dressing and have a very tasty and yummy lunch. I put pumpkin seeds, almonds and tahini that we get at work through the salad as well - delicious! Can this be me, eating so healthily? Daily water intake between 2.5 and 3 litres daily- the puffiness is finally going out of my feet. (V savings $80)
WEEK 5
only .25kgs off (total 3.8kgs)
- could have someting to do with me not having a stop button when I have fresh apricots and nectarines in the house (I LOVE summer fruit)- yes I ate my way through truckloads the previous week - I guess I need to watch quantity of food, not just quality!! Able to breathe again in my uniform pants :o)
(V savings $100)
which brings us to yesterday - the beginning of week 6.
WEEK 6
1.85kgs off yesterday - which makes a total of 5.65 kgs in 4 weeks - feeling very pleased about that!