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Resolutions !!!!!!!

We all make them.

We all break them.

You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em; Know when to walk away, know when to run.. WHAT?? get outta here Kenny.. wrong song.. and I don't even like country music.   Anyway... as I was saying.   This year I have lots of things I want to do/change/be/start/end etc.    So instead of standing there at midnight making rash promises - I have spent the last couple of days making a board.

So I present - My 2011 Resolution Board

I took a large piece of tin (left over from an old project) and punched a couple of holes (good ole cropadile) and hung it by wire.   Because the edges of the tin were a tad sharp, I wrapped the edges with 7gypsies tape.   Over each hole where the wire came through I put two buttons as added stability to stop the wire pulling back - and as luck would have it I had two buttons with the #1 on them so it is for Year 11!     Then I grabbed some el cheapo wooden pegs and glued magnet strips on to the back of each one (which came with a message board and will never be used).   Then I painted the pegs in different colours.

Peridot - Daily

Periwinkle - Weekly

Aquamarine - Monthly

Red - Year

Then I set to, and made the actual resolutions for each peg.   Some are just visuals, some are words, some are a combination.   Scrappy items came in handy here!   The whole time I was making it - I was thinking about all the things that I wanted - and even before it was finished - I had/have already started to implement some of them.    This is hanging in my little office area so everytime I walk in and out I see it.  

So here is a close up of the different areas.

DAILY

These are things I want to change on a daily basis. 

I found some fun images in a recent magazine and some I had on my computer.

No that is not moisturiser on the moisturise label but liquid pearls - looks realistic though!!   

My personal fave - Stop letting it - with the visual of  time slipping through my fingers

In making the actual board - I already started on the save money part by using items I already had.   You might laugh at the "dressed before 9am" - but let me tell you - working for yourself from home, it is so easy some days to get up and start working - and suddenly it is nearly lunchtime and you are still in your jimjams!!   Enough I say!

 

WEEKLY

The 2lbs down goal - that is my minimum - I think I can do better - but that is my weekly aim.  

Some of the exercise goals will change to daily. 

The SWIM is swimming don't you think?

Fix Something refers to the house.   We all have little jobs that need a bit of DIY - that always seem to get put off - no more!!

 

MONTHLY

My poor old Vespa has not been ridden in yonks.  With the way petrol is flying up - I need to get back in the saddle! 

1 layout a month might seem paltry - but as I have done NONE layouts a month over the past year, well!!   It seems as though since I started *working* in the scrap industry my own scrapping has become a thing of the past!

Something for me - a little AB FAB dahling - or a little putting me first.  Might be as a simple as a pedicure, or lunch with friends, or as involved as a weekend away.

I am changing my albums up - pulled the layouts all out over a year ago - they still sit... sadly waiting for a new home.

DATES!!   I want some!!   Not just a night at the movies either!

 

YEAR

These are goals I want reached in 2011.

The bath - that actual bath (and tap) is sitting in our garage - in a box - waiting to be installed. 

We bought it last year along with a new basin unit.  

We want to totally redo the main bathroom which is 70's kitsch small YUK horrible nasty.  

It is going to be a big job - everything ripped out - along with an adjoining wall (cupboard) to make the room bigger, and a skylight pushed through - as it is an interior room and dark as a coalmine with the lights off.   But this year it is HAPPENING!

I love the font for learning something new - and I know what it is I want to learn - and no I am not fessing up.      The other image is very self explanatory and I won't be commenting!

 

So there you have it - the Board.   I am thinking this should be the topic for the layout I do for this month!    I have a few other items to go on the board - need more pegs - and over the year some of the items will change their status to daily, weekly, monthly.    Some will be bumped up (exercise) and some will be bumped down (dig photos) as situations change or get completed.

I've been reformed!!

on this instrument of torture that is!!

 

I have always wanted to try out the Pilates Reformer machine - and a while back Groupon (what, you have never heard of Groupon??.. check out the link to see if they are near you for some great deals on all sorts of fun stuff) had a special where you got 3 private lessons for pennies... well not pennies but a damn site cheaper than normal.   So I was in.   I finally got some time to book my 3 lessons - and I have the last one today.

I was also looking for something different to do exercise wise to get me out of my rut AKA - not exercising at all.

Well...I LOVE IT!  

Over the years, and especially since the 2 back operations my flexibility has steadily worsened and my hamstrings are about as flexibile as an iron bar!   I love the stuff we do on this - I can feel I am getting a workout - and the next day know I have done one - but not so bad that I am walking around like a cripple.

Some of the movements are just downright fun - does not even feel like exercising!   Some of them scare the crap out of me... standing up on it and letting the mat slide out... being the main one.   OOH baby feel the stretch!

But let me tell you - it works you out!   I cannot believe how much I sweat doing this.   More than anything else I have ever done.   I am a little dripfest by the end of 55 minutes.   It also gives my legs the collywobbles... it is a bit of a challenge driving back home - especially if I have to hold the brake for a while - my knee is shaking and jiving all over the place like it has a mind of it's own.    Thank god I don't still live in Wellington and drive a manual *LOL*

I will definitely be signing up for more classes.   They say it makes you leaner, longer, stronger and seriously I already feel so much better.   I will do a couple more one-on-one lessons then will join in the group classes (slightly cheaper way to go).

The place I am going to is just around the corner which is great and the instructors are fun and fantastic.

Thanks Equilibrio!!

Now I'm in Trouble

yep.... I've gone and done it.   Signed myself up for a 4 week boot camp.   Sometimes I wonder whether my brain is actually working when I do these things.    All I know is I need a kick start back into fitness - so when I received the Groupon email with a special deal (I SAVED $$$) - I clicked the little link and bought one.

I am just waiting to hear back if I have gotten into the class that starts next week.   3 days a week - starting at 9am.  I would have preferred a little later in the day - but that was the latest class.

They say (they being the very fit owners/instructors) :

A weak and infirm physique will ship itself to the Land of Forgotten Selves as your muscles tone, your energy sources flex, and inches of unwanted immobility get shirked off your frame.

Hmmm .. we will see - I think it will be more a case of poor poor pity me!

PLUS 1 week home MINUS 11 pounds !!

yep you read it here first!!

Not even sure how I did it!!   My charming daughter Hannah thinks I have worms!!   If that is the case, I will keep them for a while longer *LOL*

I have met 2 - two week goals on the Wii in 7 days.   Just had to set the 3rd.   Let's hope this continues!

I think it is my body going into shock at the cold weather - it is burning extra calories!!

splish splash

I did it.. 

yes not a pretty picture I know

and realised the minute I got in the water - how much I had missed it - and how much I love to swim!!  

Started yesterday - have been every day since!

Saving my pennies

because the way Miss Rach is kicking my green kiwi ass - I will be biggest loser because I will not be the biggest loser.   Confused??   My dear friend Rachel has embarked on a journey - one she knows I have been on.. and off and on for a while.   She has inspired me to get back on the horse so to speak - and try harder.   

The loser (although we are both winners for the journey) has to fly to the winners city!     She is screaming ahead of me at the moment and I am so so proud of her - I just know she is already feeling amazing and looking amazing.

Here is my ticker which I will post off and on.    

While this looks great - most of this weight loss was achieved earlier in the year. I am proud of the fact I had kept most of it off - but that is only through sheer willpower and trying to eat sort of right. I had gained a little but since I restarted with Rach - I have lost 2.4 pounds.  My weigh in is Wednesdays - this week is not looking too good... hoping for a miracle by Wednesday morning!!

Maybe I should do another ticker- actually yes I will - and here it is... the backgroun is a swimming lane - to remind me to start swimming laps again which I love to do!!

In other news I may be a little underground the next couple of days dealing with the IRS *bleech*.   Mike and I spent ALLLL day - 12 plus hours - yesterday sorting through a years worth of receipts from 2007 to give them copies to PROVE I really did have certain expenses.   *sigh*    Today I will hopefully finish it off.

FINALLY!

made it back to my pre-Italy and pre knee injury weight!   It has been no mean feat either with not being able to exercise because of my knee.  

However I have now been given a clean bill of health - albeit with certain warnings - but hopefully I can now see more of a downward trend and quicker in the scales!!

So to celebrate - here is a little diet humour for you!

Even Facebook thinks I'm Fat !!!

After several great weeks of losing weight steadily, and watching the numbers go down I have had a very frustrating week and a half.   Especially this week.   I have stayed the same and even crept up a little - which has annoyed me to no end.

To add insult to injury - I did one of those *name generator* fun - HA - things on Facebook yesterday and even that thinks I am fat too.   This is what it came up with....

Shell's Mafia Name is Jimmy "The Gut" Costello

Hello?????   How mean is that!

I will admit I have not had a great week on the exercise front.   It has been a week of being very busy and a lot of appointments - but that is no excuse.   I cannot let things like that get in the way of stopping me exercising or doing less than I normally do.

At least my diet has been on track - thank god for small mercies.    But I still feel very frustrated at seeing the scales go in the wrong direction.

Of course, having added a pound - and not losing any at all this week - means I have a snowballs chance in hell of  hitting my target set on the Wii.    Target date is Monday - and short of a miracle - or a box of Exlax - I am not going to make it.

BAH!   I guess I could always try this!!

Hitting the hyperdrive button

ok I have seen piccies of the family (sisters and cousins we think) of the bride - of the wedding we are going to in Italy at the end of April

Can you say women

can you say Italian women

can you say very pretty Italian women

can you say very pretty stylish Italian women

can you say very pretty stylish slim Italian women

can you say very pretty stylish slim Italian women who looked like they just stepped out of Vogue Italia

yes well... all of the above.

So I am now going into warp speed on my diet and fitness.    Managed to shed another couple of pounds at the beginning of this week YAYYY - but need to up the ante some more.

More exercising
More aerobics/cardio
More strength work
Strict strict strict on the diet

Hoping to shed at least 20 more pounds before I leave!