Sunday, November 30, 2008

I feel SOO different!!

Yes, its been too long between blogs, ALOT has happened! I have 3 kilos to loose by christmas day, to make me at 40 kgs lost! YAY! thats my goal, and i KNOW i can do it! I am liking being able to buy alot more nicer clothes aswell. I have bought a dress for NYE, $25 from best and less! it is a amazing dress, i will deff have to take pics to put on here! i love it! Fits good aswell!

I am currently on holidays until feb 9th! What am i going to do in that time you wonder? Relax, excercise like there is no tomorrow, and have "me time" which i need i think! I am over the past, and starting fresh! From today! Everything that has ever hurt me in the past, i am not going to worry about no more, and let it bring me down when times get tough!

I am enjoying my course, i had 3 weeks placement at a child care centre, only problem with it tho was for them 3 weekends i was sick, a different thing each time! Man that was annoying! One stage i had to go to the doctors and get a script for maxalon, even tho mum is badly allergic to it, i still went to get it, doctor said to be careful taking it, as soon as i got handed that script i got better! Weird or what!

I have had another appt with george, he didnt give me a fill, as he thinks i am doing great without another one, i like i lost 14 kilos in the 5 months? something like that anyways he was pleased and i dont have to go back till april next year!! YAY!

I have gained soo much self esteem, and pride in myself in the last few weeks, it feels different. I mean, i enjoy being single, i dont have to worry about anyone else but myself, but im also thinking it would be good to find someone! So i am kind of stuck in between them two mind frames at the moment!

Anyways, have to go take assingment in to tafe *sighs* glad its over and done with tho!

Mel.!

Thursday, October 2, 2008

I have been thinking .....

I have really been thinking about this uni stuff. To be honest, i really want it to happen, i have to save for it tho as i want to pay it all up front, and not have to get a loan if possible, i believe if you dont have the money for it, you dont do it, hence why i dont have a credit card, or a loan or that kind of stuff. I lend money off my mum but thats different haha! But before i save for that, i need to save for my holiday next year :) Vanuatu here i come!! That hasn't been confirmed yet either, i mean my friend hasnt even moved there yet, but come may/june i will be there :) A skinnier me! Not the me now! Abit of work to be done from now till then!

I have finally finished all my holiday assingments, except for one thing, thats just getting some books etc but thats ok, that wont take long to do, i gotta go nannas on weekend so will get them then, she has heaps from when i was little like them little golden books etc. I'm glad she still has them!

Weightloss wise, i dont know if i have lost any more, i have to go to doctors next friday to get my stitches out, so will get weighed then if the dr knows how to use them scales haha, last time he did it wrong and didnt know why it wouldnt balance :(

I go back to tafe on tuesday, im looking forward to it as its boring at home, there is nothing to do, no one online to talk to, too cold to go outside for a walk etc, the list goes on! Only thing to do is clean haha!

Mel.!

Monday, September 29, 2008

35 kilos down!! YAY!!

I went to the doctors last week, and had to get on the scales, i am now 35 kilos down! YAY!! i want to lose another 5 by christmas, which i know i can do! That is my goal! I need to go clothes shopping again aswell, i over clothes shopping lately haha cos i am in between sizes!

I had a dr appt yesterday to get a mole off my back, the worst bit yesterday was the numbing needle, i hate needles! Then he went to stitch it up and he went through a bit that wasnt numb! that hurt aswell. But today and last night it hurts lots, like a stinging annoying pain, so much for it wont hurt when its getting better! Pfft! he only said that so i didnt chicken out! The sticker thing over the top of it is lifting, as its near where my bra sits, so its been rubbing on that, so i cant have a shower until i go to the chemist at 9 to buy more of them things!

Study wise, i have been thinking, i finish this course in may next year, then in july i can start the diploma, which will be free, as there is not enough diploma certified child care workers around apparently, so i am going to do that, that goes for another 1 and a half years, then i was thinking after that, or maybe a little bit later on, going to uni for 2 years and getting my batchelor of early learning, means i can be a kinder teacher! That would be awesome! that is my main goal, to get that far, and i know i can do it!

Thats about it for now, i have an assingment i need to do, so should do it now whilst everyone else asleep and its quiet :)

Mel.!

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Man i have been busy!!

I didnt realise how full on my course would be haha! But still, i am still enjoying it. I have not had time to blog, either been at tafe, studying, doing work trials, or just relaxing doing something else!

I did a work trial at a place near me, i did 6 hours, and left, I took my bank details over there on the monday, trial was on the saturday, reason i left? it was 11 hour shifts, 1 10 min break, 1 30 min break in that time, the pay rate? $14 or so an hour, not over $14 something! on a staurday AND sunday aswell! bugger that! i am not going to slave my guts for them, get treated like crap, like i did, and get that for an hour! They can go jump in a lake for all i care! I still not get paid, but apparently its illegal to do a job trial and not get paid? so we will see what happens!

I only had 2 days at tafe last week, but on my days off, i had things related to tafe that had to be done, on friday i went to a child care centre, and did a book reading, that went ok i reckon, and on the wednesday we went to a child care place and "observed" the enviroment there, the way they have it set up, what they use etc. It was great, learnt heaps from there!

1 more week of school then holidays! Although i know during them holidays i will be doing assingments :( but such is life right?

I still havent been weighed, i will go doctors this week and get weighed, as i need to go see him anyways :) I need to go clothes shopping, i know that much! I have been buying a few items here and there but i need to get some pants, or atleast a belt, i am over pulling my pants up when i walking, and taking the stairs at tafe, that not good with loose pants! have to hold them as walking up them haha!

Food wise, everything has been good, i have not really had no issues, only if i dont have something in the morning i have found i may get stuck during the day some time, but i know to have something in the morning, even if its a coffee at tafe, that helps aswell.

Until next time ...

Mel.!

Friday, August 22, 2008

I've been banded over a year and didnt know it!

I have been soo busy lately, have finally finished my first week at tafe, and yes i admit it, i LOVE it! Maybe it is soo fun and interesting because it was only the first week? and it will get harder? who knows but i dont mind, it is something i have always wanted to do, and since loosing weight i have noticed how much more energy i have which will be a huge advantage for me there!

Monday i had OH&S stuff, that was kinda boring, but has to be done, Tuesday we made slime, that was fun, until i had to try and get it out from under my nails! haha was sooo theraputic just standing there squeezing the slime through your fingers, still warm from the hot water. We cheated, was meant to set over night, but we wanted to play with it there so added more lux soap flakes haha! But it worked, would hate to see what it looks like now tho! Wednesday was meant to be a teachers strike, but our teacher came in cos was our first class with her, was interesting learnt all the things to say to the kids, how to reword the way we talk now, so we dont say certain words like "dont" Thursday was a day off cos teacher was sick or something, and yesterday, friday we went to the park thing near tafe, had to get "natural resources from the enviroment" and then take them back and my group had to make a art experiment for children under 3. that was easy :P Just add paint haha!

Apart from tafe, my life has been going great, i have just reaslised that it has been a year on the 16th of this month since i got banded! And i am 32 kilos lighter! i would never have thought that would be possible! I have been having a acid problem lately, so went to the doctors and he gave me tablets, somac, they are great feel 99% better after the first tablet, and they are that small i could take them without any troubles! yay!!

I am sticking with my nails getting done all the time, i had them done yesterday, and i got purple french tips on them i love them! they look awesome! It is different, but soo me haha!

Mikey robins is coming to geelong next week i think it is, so i rang up and booked a seat for there, as i think it would be great to go listen to him, learn a few things that i havent heard before, as i have only read others blogs, talked within my local group that kind of thing, never been to a seminar about banding, my aunties friend is coming with me i think, she is going to be getting banded, and has asked me alot of questions about it, i have tried my best to answer, but i think this may be alot better for her.

Anyways, i have to go to the library and get a card to join up haha, i did have one but had a fine that wasnt mine, and when i rang them just then they said i dont have a membership, so i going in to get a new one :P its just across from tafe and massive so good for research!

Mel.!

Thursday, August 14, 2008

A few goals i looking forward to!

I can actually start seeing changes in my body recently. Because some of my tops are a bit too revealing for my liking, i wear a singlet top underneat them, anyways was getting dressed today and walked down to lounge room to talk to mum, had the singlet top on, looked down and my belly is deffinatly going down! i mean, i dont have a muffin top as much now! Well not in these jeans anyway, ones that are tighter im sure i will, but im liking that alot!

I have heaps more energy, mum is liking it as i am doing heaps around the house helping out, cooking, cleaning, i even did the weeding this morning cos i was bored haha. I am babysitting tomorrow night, picking her up about 11:30 in the morning, i wish she was abit older tho so i could play with her, she is only about 9 -10 weeks old if even that but is an awesome baby to look after over night, sleeps all night no worries! By looking after taneisha, and now that im going to be studying child care, it has made me think more seriously (not that i wasnt before) about my weightloss, as i want to have children of my own some time soon, but need to lose the weight first!

No pictures yet, actually thats a fib, i have 2, but dont like them haha, i may still put them up but i may go taking some on weekend as i said last time, but who knows, if its a nice weekend will get cousin to come out, and will take taneisha to the beach or something, as long as its not cold, i could take some aorund the house, but they will be plain jane ones and i not into that much.

I still haven't thought of what to do when i get to the 40 kilos mark, but i have thought up a 50 kilos one, as i will need to save heaps for this one haha, i wanna get extensions in my hair, i think its about $500 for a full head? i have heaps of hair so they will prob charge me extra knowing my luck! When i hit my goal mark, i wanna get a motorbike license, i have always wanted one, but have been too big in my eyes to get one. A few people have told me im mad doing that, but i have always wanted it, i have lost mates from motorbike crashes, i know all about that side of it, but i still want it, i also want to get a tattoo across my lower back when i have my excess skin taken off, something like a butterfly coming out of the caccoon and flying away kinda thing, representing my new life. I am obsessed with butterflies can you tell?

Mel.!

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Alot has been happening!

My last post was soo long ago, i forgot about my blog! Boy do i have some goss for you all!

I am now at 32 kilo's lost, i am 1 kilo off halfway and i have been banded 10 months i think, i cant really remember haha how sad is that! I think i was done in october last year? i will have to look that one up and get back to you all on that! I have been slack with the gym, i admit it, i dont like going on my own and mum is working arvo shift now so i dont go. But that is all going to change you see, i am going to make myself go as i need to shift my jelly belly!

As of monday, i will be a full time student! Oh no! I am going to study Cert 3 in Childrens Services, i have always wanted to do this since i was younger, either this or hospitality, i cant get no where with what i have with hospitality, so i am going to try this now as i beleive i will be better at this. I love kids, i always have, they just seem to be drawn to me for some reason, i dont know if that is a bad thing or a good thing?

I haven't taken any recent photos, but i am doing that this weekend if i have time, i am babysitting my cousin's daughter who is about 10 weeks old now on saturday night so will see what happens, if not this weekend then next weekend i will do it! I really need to start posting pics of my progress, which i cant see myslef but apparently everyone else can so i guess that is a good thing then!

I am liking going into shops and getting smaller clothes, its a great feeling, but i refuse to pay full price for anything in clothing now as i shrink out of them too quick now, like could last a month or so if even that, why bother paying $80 for a pair of jeans for 1 month? I still wearing my ones i bought from city chic for $10 cos they were on sale they are getting too big but i am happy to wear a belt and keep pulling them up for now! haha! i a scrooge with my money lately.

For my 30 kilos reward, i got acrylic nails on, i love them i have never had long nails well they not that long, just abit longer than the tips of my fingers, as i cant have really long nails, i couldnt type or do nothing! so i got them shortened back abit and they are alot better, but man they hurt when you break them! Hmmph! I am still thinking of what i should do for when i have lost 40 kilos, i was thinking maybe foils in hair? something like that? i dont know yet, if anyone has ideas, leave a comment, or email me if you have my email!

Anyways, that is enough of a update from me for now will post again soon, and yes i will, as i want to keep this as recent as possible now!

Mel.!

Monday, March 24, 2008

I dont like storms!!

It is storming again! Thats one thing i HATE is bloody storms!! to make matters worse, i am the only one home!! HELP!!! I have the front door open and i cant even see out it, it is raining that bad!! and then there is the thunder and lightning!! I think i should call James to come home now! haha i will tell him i will buy him tea if he comes home? haha!

I got waxed today, nothing rude, just me eyebrows, half legs and underarms. Cost $25 all up bargain i say! Had a good chat to the woman who did it, mum used to get her nails done there so havent seen her in awhile. Now my legs all oily and slimy and red dotty, does that happen to anyone else? But i have to admit, it will save me shaving alot hey!

I also paid my deposit for boot camp today. www.bootcampgeelong.com.au is the one i am going through, im doing the recruit camp tho, as i have stuffed ankles from 10 years of marching and me and running dont mix! i picked up my top today aswell hehe i sooo excited!! I paid kellys deposit aswell just to make sure she gets a spot, cos there is no way i am doing this on my own! It starts, start of may i think it is. I have to go see them tomorrow morning at 8:30am to talk about my banding, as they give you a food guide for 5 weeks and i said something about it today and they said they will make me my own with things i can and cant eat that will also help me loose the weight. yay!!

Anyways thats enough for now, till next time!!

Mel.!

Thursday, March 20, 2008

nearly 2 months and no post? :O

No, i didnt complelty forget about this, i have just not had time to blog. So here i am, Good friday morning, no one else is up the house is quiet as, the way i like it so i thought i would blog :) Man do i have some catching up to do!

Since we dont have scales at home, as i dont want none here everytime we go into the doctors which isnt that much really i get weighed. Since august last year i have lost 26.5 kilos. It seriously does not feel like that i have about another 38 to go to get to my goal weight but i will still be classed as overweight but who cares! Not I ! I have been buying lots of new clothes, i refuse to pay full price for them if i am going to be outgrowing them, and OMG i have been getting the best clothes! I have bought some off ebay, some from city chic, Some jeans from Autograph the list goes on, my best 2 buys were a pair of 3/4 jeans from autograpgh that i LOVE i paid about $29? for them. I wore them out clubbing one night and before i even left the house i ripped the god damn things! GRRR Mum to the rescue tho and they fixed now, it gives them character :P Second thing is a dress from city chic. It is black and white kinda floral material? Its a boob tube, has the belt around under the boobs with a buckle that sits in middle area. Its gorgeous! I will have to take a pic and post it here! I got it for $20 marked down from $90 :O Bargain and a half!!

As i have stated before i am back at mums place. Brad and I are still talking,we call each other up if we are bored to go rescue the other, he comes out with us, its going along good actually. We are still just friends but i think later on that may change. If it does there will be rules! that will be the only way i go back there! He suprised us all and came to nanna's 80th party! She loved him being there, my nanna loves brad he wasnt going to go, i told him he will be going for her, not for me and he came and actually enjoyed himself.

My nanna isnt well, she has major heart problems, she was in and out of hospital 3 times in under 6 months, and its getting around time its going to happen again and im starting to worry. The surgeon told her as she cant have operations she is just going to get worse each time she has a heart attack, and she wont wake up one day :( So, we gave her a big 80th party! Invited cousins we havent seen since they were little, they bought their kids, and we invited her brother along, who turned up. It was a great day she had heaps of fun and loved it!

I have been getting sick quite abit this year, and it is annoying me, if its not one thing, its another! I just wish it would go away and leave me alone!

Anyways, thats all i can think of, i WILL be more regular on posting in here.

Have a great easter and have LOTS of fun!!

Mel.!

Thursday, January 31, 2008

I own a dress!!

It hasnt been that long since i blogged, its under a week i think! must be a record for me right?

I went clothes shopping the other day! I got 2 pairs of gym pants for $10 each, from best and less mark down place, I also got a emerald green boob tube dress from city chic for $20!!!! Bargain!!! I will be wearing it tomorrow night when I go out for birthday drinks!! Yes, 1 more sleep till i am 25! YAY!!!!

I re-scheduled my pt session from yesterday till monday as i slept in, and had 15 mins to get ready and to other side of town. Not possible! thats good tho, as i will work extra hard as i have a surgeon appt 2 hrs after my pt session, and will work off the weekend effects! Did i tell you that the fills are bulk billed now? that is a bonus!! WOOHOO!!! I deff know i will be needing a fill on monday i need to kick start this weight loss again!!

I went to doctors today for blood test results and everything is fine and good which is good. He didnt have scales in his rooms, as was different doctor that i saw last time but same practice, and he was one who referred me for the band. he said how good im looking, and can notice im losing weight etc so thats good haha! i havent seen that one for over a month so thats prob why. Mum goes "yeah everyone keeps telling her she is loosing it from her boobs first" he goes "yeah, but aslong as she is loosing it, thats all that matters" im like exactly! haha!

Well im off to wake mum, she on tabs that knock her out for migraines and been asleep all arvo, i think its wake up time :P

Mel.!

Sunday, January 27, 2008

I had a Personal Trainer session!!!!

I am going to set a alarm in my phone, to remind me to blog each day. It seriously slips my mind all the time! haha

Well, in the last 2 weeks since i have blogged, not much really has happened. I have been clothes shopping, silly me bought the size i started in 24-26 i do admit it is ALOT bigger than they used to be. They used to be tight now they loose and comfy, i could deffinatly go the next size down maybe 2 but its comfy haha! I bought a top from kmart, i held it up, its pink with like a white bit under it, i said to kelly my mate "i like this top, ive seen it somewhere before" i bought it, get home and then realised "shit! mum has the same thing but in black!" hahaha!

I even bought new knickers!! that was really needed! i have some tops and pants on layby on smaller sizes, so by time i get them they will fit me. Just cos i didnt have the money to buy them the other day haha, but im not buying many clothes, as i dont know how long i will be in them for.

Food wise, has been ok i think, i cant really remember any major problems. We had pizza for tea last night, i managed 1 peice! took me about 10 mins to eat it tho, but it didnt get stuck nothing! I have cooked chilli for tea tonight, its on the stove "developing" as i reckon if it sits then reheated it has more taste? I'm looking forward to that as i have been craving it for yonks! and its soft, and easy to eat!

I had my personal trainer session on wednesday last week, that was awesome! i couldnt beleive it. i thought i would have hated it, my next one is thursday this week, then i have my appt at the surgeon on the 4th of feb! 2 days after my bday! Geez! I will be going out saturday night for my bday aswell, so hopefully can dance away some weight! haha but apparently its going to be a big night! My best friend is making all these plans and wont tell me much haha! i dont mind tho, i have NEVER done something for my birthday. I mean i had a 18th, a 21st, and family teas and all that, but i have NEVER been out all night drinking and dancing and all that stuff, so im looking forward to it alot!

I am going to start saving asap, mum is going to be putting some money away aswell so that when i get to my goal weight i can have the tummy tuck thing, and a boob lift. I dont want implants as i reckon they look fake! I am loosing my boobs so much! I saw mums friend the other day and she goes "Mel, your tits used to enter the room before you did, now there not there as much!" i looked down, and i have to agree! haha I am getting wrinkly skin on my belly aswell. I not liking that either haha!

Ok thats enough from me, im over typing!

Mel.!

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

im going away!!! YAY!!

Man it has been like forever since i wrote!! im sorry just been busy and completly forgot about it haha.

A bit has happened since i last wrote, I have stuffed ankles from over 10 years of marching, the tendon bit down back plays up. Anyways i did some stocktaking work on monday and as being on feet all day it made ankles REALLY bad, i mean the worse i have ever had! massive pains up legs, could hardly walk, i was nearly crying to be honest! I went to the doctors about it today, he said to strap them for the gym EACH time i go (the tape good for a few days, sometimes even a week i have found out haha) as that will stop the inflamation at the back, called tenditis? i forget now haha but i have to get anti inflamatries or however you spell them. But i think someone told me once before you shouldnt have them if you have been banded? is this correct?

So cos of ankles, i havent been to gym much at all. I was having abit of trouble with them before monday aswell so thats why no gym before then. Now im just resting them, trying to keep off them as much as i can and yeah they slowly getting better :) yay!

Food wise, lately i have been having alot of sushi. I normally get the cooked tuna and avacado one. I can eat 1 roll and thats it, im stuffed haha. Before being banded i could never stand the stuff, 1 i hate the taste of the seaweed, and 2 i dont like rice. but now im living on it pratically haha weird i know. Other food wise has been good. I havent had many stuck issues which is good. My dad heard me spew/regurgitate the other night first time i think and he asked all about it, does it hurt? does your body do that shaking thing like when you normally spew etc haha he a dag

Im going on a holiday, well a week away actually but its still a holiday!! im going down to lakes entrance on the 15th of feb with kelly one of my besties, to visit her relos down there. I have been once before with her and i love it down there, its so calm, and beautiful its awesome. Not looking forward to the drive tho, im doing the from geelong to other side of melbourne bit, kelly doing rest. Did i mention i have NEVER driven in melbourne before as i dont like it? i dont like melbourne for personal reasons, not for silly reasons, but i have never driven through there, i dont like hook turns, i dont like trams haha. Did i also mention kelly is on her L's still? god help me please! haha So that should be interesting :)

Not much else has been happening, i know i say it all the time, but i will try and post more regular!

Much love!
Mel.!

Saturday, January 5, 2008

All is well

I have been having a crap past few days. With the ehat, i haven't been drinking as much as i should and have been REALLY dehydrated! It sucked big time let me tell you that! the pains in the stomach OH MY GOD i honestly thought my body was shutting down!

I have been going through photos today, from when i was little, my uncle put together a cd for everyone with like old photos, recent ones etc of everyone. Some made me upset a little bit just remembering when they were taken and wishing them people were still alive today etc. Then there were ones where i was a fat baby, i always knew that, i used to get called the michilan man because my arms looked like they had rubber bands around them and had little rolls on them haha!

Food wise, everything has been good actually, i dont think i have even been sick once this year? i cant remember it if i have tho. Today i had some toast for breakfast, i was being brave and it went down well :) Lunch i had some fruit, and tea we had curried sausages, which caused a argument between me and mum, over dad. He thinks we dont know how to cook it, and should put mashed spuds in with it to thicken it up, and its hopeless Pffft! i told him if he dont like it, dont eat it. then that started more argueing,

I really need to go clothes shopping, they are all getting abit too big, i cant keep wearing them much longer. Which is good i guess but i dont really want to buy lots of new clothes if im just going to outgrow them.

Till next time,

Mel.!