I did 20 minutes on the Wii, BUT even before that, I was showing my mom some of the multiplayer games like skiing, soccer head-balling (that sounds diiiirty) and hulahoop. On my second ever golf swing I got 2 yards from the hole. It was a total fluke and I doubt I will ever get 4 stars again! I liked the skiing, it was fun. THEN, we took Daisy (my dog) for a walk in the park. I took some pictures of the blooming flowers and the new baby geese, whic you can see in a slideshow here: http://perpetualspiral.tumblr.com/post/559166223/pictures-from-victoria-park-today-new-flowers. Then we went for some grocery shopping, and after I came back I did my wii workout:

Aerobics: Basic Run

I was actually keen for this tonight. Almost rushed home from work. It does kinda suck that I am doing this alone at home and so have no one to challenge so I am instead aiming for 4 stars in any activity until moving on to the higher level. For some things this is easy (jackknifes being one of them) other not so much (cue anything with balance required) but I will get there and get better.

The simple test today also showed some shocking/surprising results - I am 1.2kg lighter today than yesterday, wearing the same clothes and not really eating much differently. Strange but nice.

I don't feel fat but I know I have been slacking and I am now at my heaviest I have ever been. I have no real idea how I packed on quite so much in such a short space of time, especially as things looked so well just 3 weeks ago.

So back to the drawing board, re-schedule my life to make more room for exercise and more food journaling. I have cooked healthfully for the month and it is all in my freezer so I wont be eating out much, which should help. Getting lunch each day from mom is also helping me to not hit the take out places at lunchtime BUT stress has been through the roof and I so need to find a better alternative to chocolate for me to feel better.

Weight:                168.3 (-1.3)

BMI:                     28.06 (- 0.22)

Despite work-stress, hormonal issues and the kgs of chocolate I consumed this last week as a result, without much time to even think about exercising in between all the rushin to get places, my weight is down AND I made my 2 week goal of losing 1.4kgs. This is good news. Actually this is awesome news!

Not much else to report here so just the stats:
Weight: 92.1kg
BMI: 31.87

So back again after a week of rushing around and very little time at home. Weight has dropped a little - I'll give thanks to possibly working out a lunch and eating out solution that doesn't layer on the calories and tracking what I am eating through livestrong.com.

Still trying to form healthy habits but it is back to the doc next week for more tests and to see what went wrong with the thyroid meds he gave me that I now have insomnia but otherwise don't feel any different. I seriously should be shedding weight by now - it has been 9 weeks.

Day 41

Today's stats:
Weight: 62.5 kg
BMI: 22.88 (same OMG!)
Exercises Today:  Body Test only so far.  Walking home from work today for about15 minutes. I think today is going to be a rest day.
Burned Calories: Don't know.  My heart rate monitor still hasn't come.
Steps walked so far today: 7473
Weight Watchers Points: 7
Bonus Points through exercise: none
Feelings: Knackered!  I had a 16 hour call that was from hell.  Let me ask: why do (mostly) retirees feel the need to climb up on a ladder in sub-zero temperatures and snow to shovel show off roofs?  I mean, yes, the snow has gotten heavy, but... come on!  And then they fall off the roof (usually over 5 meters) and break hips and ankles and arms and shoulders and ribs.... Or what I saw yesterday while walking to work on 4 inches of pure ice: an over 60ish woman who was running to get the bus....  I am 37, and I wouldn't DREAM of doing these things in this weather!  I think sometimes when we get older that a synapse or two isn't wired up correctly anymore.  I don't mean to offend anyone here, but it's really just silly to do these things. I hope you all exercise  not only your muscles, but also caution this winter.  These examples and much more kept me up 17 of the 16 hours I was on call. I stayed an hour later to make sure everything was caught up.  Luckily, I didn't have time to eat anything, but I missed the time to drink some water.  Then, when I was so close to reaching my goal steps (new pedometer on weekend!), I accidentally erased it.  Talk about upsetting.
So, I got home today at about 9:30 am, drank about 1/2 liter of water  and slept until 1:30.  I can't believe it, but I'm still tired.  I wish I wouldn't have slept so long, but I guess I cannot help that right now. I doubt I'm going to get a burst of energy today to do any sort of workout - it was difficult even doing the body test.  I kept knocking the numbers that were higher than 5 instead of lower.  Dummy!
I'm more than a little upset with my ebay seller with the heart rate monitor.  I have demanded my money back, and hope that the money will be returned to me soon.  Maybe I'll look for a new one today on ebay.  Well, I wish you all happy wii-ing and til tomorrow....

M.