tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91362247509639420052024-03-21T20:38:17.254+13:00Multi-Tasking MummyWeight loss, crafty fun, and life as a stay at home mummy of 2 gorgeous kids.DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.comBlogger176125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-37518704740284036112014-01-26T22:01:00.001+13:002014-01-26T22:01:35.140+13:009 months since I last posted...hmmmWell, I can honestly say, 2013 was one of the craziest years of my life!!! Sick bubba, busy family life, often sick or burnt out myself, and the wee business that I looked at starting up, making tutus and other crafty stuff, kind of got a lot busier than I ever expected it to!!!<br />
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2014 is all about changing my attitude towards my health, time management, but also being a better mummy and wife. I have been working on my "happy face" and trying to be more positive for my family's sake. It's a work in progress, but I'm trying.<br />
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Nutrition wise, we are having a lot less takeaways. Hubby really felt like Butter Chicken and Naans today, so we had them, but neither of us enjoyed it at all, nor did we clean our plates off. Serving sizes have come down, I have discovered that an actual serving size of a low sugar cereal for breakfast is actually NOT the end of the world, and does keep me full longer than expected. The emotional eating is coming back under control, and I am working on my willpower to say no to foods that I REALLY don't need.<br />
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Now to up the exercise. This is the hard part. As I have written about in the past, I get many many aches and pains, these have all gotten worse over the years since having Glandular Fever at 17, and then worse after having my son, and MUCH worse still after having my daughter 2 years ago. Being 30kg heavier than my "ideal" weight does not help in any way, but it also means that most days, even just getting out for a decent walk (we have some big hills either way from our place) is too much even. So I am starting back into exercise REALLY sloooowwlllyyyy. Very gentle, in the hopes that not overdoing it for once will help me increase my strength and fitness, then lose weight and be able to build it up without coming crashing down again, as I did last year, and ended up sick for over a month.<br />
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So yeah. I'm hoping resurrecting this blog will help keep me accountable, and also the Facebook page that this is connected to as well, with a few followers there, if they are still around.<br />
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Does anyone still read blogs? If you are out there and you are reading this, drop me a comment and say hi :)<br />
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NikkiDeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-59584952779116673152013-04-18T08:54:00.003+12:002013-04-18T08:54:41.378+12:00Some changes for the better<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's been a long time, I know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To be honest, I have been hating on myself for a long time. Too ashamed to even post about the slightest thing. So called "bad" eating, no exercise, due to some incredible exhaustion and a knee injury, sick kids, late nights working on orders and all around stress. I also just haven't had time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But I wanted to just stop in this morning to say this: I have recently had a bit of a shift in my thinking when it comes to nutrition. And it is helping more than I can say when it comes to my attitudes about what I eat. To be fair it has only been a couple of weeks, but I am already down 1.5kg, still not eating perfectly (though that is the point), and still not exercising, so the only way is up. (or, down in this case)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I will be back to elaborate, but for now, I have a sick-ish 3.5 year old and a sick 15 month old that need my attention, and they always come first.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nice to see you again :)</span><br />
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<br />DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-22718936874721835532013-03-23T21:11:00.001+13:002013-03-23T21:11:17.759+13:00Wow... it's been a few months!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oops. I've been so caught up with the busyness of life that I have completely forgotten to post on here since January!!! I'm sorry.<br />
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I've been so busy on a wee project I like to call AmbiDexi. You can see AmbiDexi on my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ambidexi" target="_blank">Facebook Page</a> or on my other blog <a href="http://www.ambidexi.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">AmbiDexi</a>.<br />
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Or, just take a look below and get in touch if you would like to arrange anything. There is jewellery, fairy wings and other accessories to come, and I am also working on some grown ups' jewellery as well.<br />
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So that has been me for the last couple of months, it is going pretty well, starting to get quite a few orders now. Hoping to build it up slowly to be something that I can do around the kids. Currently that means I have about 2 hours a night from when they go to bed, until my bed time that I can work on them, but as time goes on I will get more and more time!!<br /><br />DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-56857536307124591832013-01-19T20:33:00.001+13:002013-01-19T20:33:53.424+13:00My baby girl is one now!!Ok, so she turned 1 last Friday, her party was a week ago today. I'm just a little behind. Am determined to get back into blogging this year, but have so much on right now, it hasn't quite happened!!!<br />
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Anyway, Amber's Birthday Party (Teddy Bears Picnic) in pictures:<br />
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<br />DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-67183941957915809662013-01-09T09:11:00.000+13:002013-01-09T09:11:33.923+13:00A very belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Hello, hello, it's me. Yes, I know, it's been awhile.<br />
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There has been so much going on in our house lately that blogging got put to the side for a bit. But I am back now and will hopefully be a bit more regular with my posting again.<br />
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Christmas was great here, the kids got overly spoiled as always, Christmas lunch was at our place. So much easier than traipsing around seeing everyone seperately.<br />
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Recently I took on a challenge (with myself) of going to a Market Day and selling my tutus. This involves having to make a whole lot beforehand, as there is not a lot of point going to a market with nothing to sell!! I also have some jewellery to sell as well. Market is on 2 February so I am a busy girl!! Good thing I like to be busy.<br />
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We went on a holiday to Coromandel over New Years. Nowhere even close to relaxing really. Was great to get away and do something other than the normal daily grind of housework housework, groceries, more housework, but with a busy 3 year old and an almost walking almost 1 year old, it was a busy few days!!!<br />
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<br />DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-56982065637351514852012-11-03T20:51:00.001+13:002012-11-03T20:51:45.215+13:00Tonight, I ran (though my boobs and butt ran further)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It wasn't very far, and it definitely wasn't fast. But I ran, for the first time in almost 2 years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We got the kids in bed at 8pm (working on a 7.30 bedtime for them) and was feeling a bit fidgety, so told hubby I was going for a wee walk. I couldn't be too long as it would be dark soon and there are some shady types around us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was very short, but it involved going up the 2 steep hills around our place, and running for about 5 minutes continuously, mostly downhill, and then flat, but hey, I'm still proud I did it! I've done the same short walk many times, but I never attempted running. Made me feel like I will be able to keep going and run further. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yay for feeling positive!!</span>DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-60055157452539988372012-10-20T23:08:00.001+13:002012-10-20T23:08:55.152+13:00My big walk up The Mount today<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's been about 4 years or more since I last walked up Mount Maunganui, and a friend mentioned some time back that it had been 15 years since she last walked up. We decided that we needed to fix that, so set a date to head on up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After a few false starts, what with very little walking being done lately, tummy bugs in both families and a neck injury on my part, we finally got to do our walk today!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was with great dread that we drove to The Mount, both joking about dying, leaving our funeral instructions with someone etc. We were also very excited about the Copenhagen Cone's we were going to treat ourselves to when we got back to the bottom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It went so much better than either of us expected, neither of us died and we even felt energetic enough to skip/jump occasionally on the way back down.</span><br />
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<br />DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-41218311046187222082012-10-17T15:37:00.004+13:002012-10-17T15:38:36.046+13:00Clean Eating - Chocolate Peanut Butter Icecream<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;">Recipe and picture from <a href="http://www.thegraciouspantry.com/clean-eating-chocolate-peanut-butter-banana-ice-cream/#" target="_blank">The Gracious Pantry</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><strong style="line-height: 21px;">Clean Eating Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream</strong><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">(Makes 2 servings)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><strong>Ingredients</strong><br />2 cups frozen bananas, thawed on the countertop for about 10 minutes<br />2 tbsp. peanut butter (more if you want)<br />1 tsp. unsweetened cocoa powder (more if you want)</span></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;">Step 1 – Allow the bananas to sit out on the counter for about 10 minutes so they just begin to thaw (just barely).</span></strong></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;">Calories: 230<br />Total Fat: 9 gm<br />Saturated Fats: 2 gm<br />Trans Fats: 0 gm<br />Cholesterol: 0 mg<br />Sodium: 78 mg<br />Carbohydrates: 39 gm<br />Dietary fiber: 5 gm<br />Sugars: 19 gm<br />Protein: 5 gm<br />Estimated Glycemic Load: 13</span></div>
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DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-26018281219793217982012-10-10T11:49:00.003+13:002012-10-10T11:49:48.175+13:00Clean Eating - Chicken with Ancient Grains and Macadamias<span style="font-family: inherit;">I spotted this recipe on the <a href="http://www.countdown.co.nz/" target="_blank">Countdown</a> website this morning. Although it has Chicken Stock, and I'm not sure that comes under clean eating, the rest of it is fine, and this looks delicious, one to definitely try!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;">Rinse the quinoa in warm water for 5 minutes. Drain and place in a saucepan with the chicken stock. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 15 – 20 minutes until the grain is softened to your liking and set aside (I like to keep a little bite to add another texture to the dish).</span></div>
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<li class="ingredient" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">½ cup coriander leaves, sliced</li>
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<li class="ingredient" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">¾ cup macadamia nuts, toasted and coarsely chopped</li>
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<li class="ingredient" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Black pepper to taste</li>
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<li class="ingredient" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lemon jucie & wedge for garni<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;">Method:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 15px;">Rinse the quinoa in warm water for 5 minutes. Drain and place in a saucepan with the chicken stock. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 15 – 20 minutes until the grain is softened to your liking and set aside (I like to keep a little bite to add another </span></li>
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DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-39176598864361291052012-10-06T08:05:00.001+13:002012-10-06T08:05:27.247+13:00Clean Eating - Raspberry Lime Yosicles<br />
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;">Recipe and Photo from <a href="http://www.thegraciouspantry.com/clean-eating-raspberry-lime-yosicles/" target="_blank">The Gracious Pantry</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><strong>Ingredients</strong><br />1 (12 oz.) bag unsweetened, frozen raspberries<br />2 cups plain, non-fat Greek yogurt<br />1/2 cup fresh squeezed lime juice<br />1/3 cup honey (tart) OR 1/2 cup (very sweet)</span></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;">Step 1 – Blend all ingredients together in a blender and pour into popsicle molds. Freeze overnight.</span></strong></div>
DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-10648391855384338462012-10-06T07:52:00.001+13:002012-10-06T07:55:28.067+13:00Clean Eating Recipe - Coconut Almond Cranberry Chicken<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><strong>Ingredients</strong><br />1/2 cup almonds, chopped<br />1 (15 ounce) can light coconut milk<br />1/2 cup dried cranberries (I used fruit juice sweetened cranberries from Whole Foods)<br />4 cups raw spinach leaves, tightly packed when measuring<br />4 chicken breasts (about 7 ounces each), chopped into bite-sized pieces<br />1/2 tsp. finely grated fresh ginger (grate on a microplane for best results)<br />1/2 tsp. cinnamon</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;">Step 1 – Combine all ingredients in a large pan and cook until the chicken is fully cooked through. Serve by itself or over brown rice or whole grain pasta.</span></div>
DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-50809991797706042772012-09-28T21:06:00.002+12:002012-09-28T21:07:35.306+12:00Clean Eating - Vegetable Quinoa Stirfry<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;">Recipe and photo from <a href="http://www.thegraciouspantry.com/clean-eating-vegetable-quinoa-stir-fry/" target="_blank">The Gracious Pantry</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><strong>Clean Eating Vegetable Quinoa Stir Fry</strong><br />(Makes 3 servings)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><strong>Ingredients</strong><br />1 large red bell pepper, chopped<br />1 1/2 cups chopped, raw broccoli<br />1 cup sliced, brown mushrooms<br />1 tsp. garlic powder OR 1 tbsp. chopped, fresh garlic<br />1 tsp. onion powder OR 1/2 a chopped, red onion<br />1 tbsp. virgin coconut oil<br />3 cups cooked quinoa<br />Low sodium, organic Tamari or Soy sauce for topping</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;">Step 1 – In the coconut oil, sauté all of the vegetables until cooked to your liking. Al dente is typically best for retaining nutrients.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;">Calories: 306<br />Total Fat: 8 gm<br />Saturated Fats: 4 gm<br />Trans Fats: 0 gm<br />Cholesterol: 0 mg<br />Sodium: 32 mg<br />Carbohydrates: 48 gm<br />Dietary fiber: 8 gm<br />Sugars: 4 gm<br />Protein: 11 gm<br />Estimated Glycemic Load: 22</span></div>
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<em><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;">Nutritional Information estimated at Nutritiondata.com. Data may not be accurate.</span></em></div>
DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-33397975190370936282012-09-28T20:59:00.000+12:002012-09-28T21:00:55.076+12:00Clean Eating - Rosemary Sweet Potatoes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Clean Eating BBQ Rosemary Sweet Potatoes</strong><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">(Makes 4 servings)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><strong>Ingredients</strong><br />2 medium sweet potatoes, washed and sliced (peel if preferred)<br />1 tbsp. olive oil<br />2 tbsp. fresh, chopped rosemary<br />1 tsp. garlic powder</span></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;">Step 1 – Peel (if desired) and slice your sweet potatoes very thin. About 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick at the most. The thinner they are, the better they cook.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;">Step 3 – Using a grill pan or aluminum foil, cook the potatoes on the grill. They may take a while to cook, so allow for that. They will take a bit longer to cook than most pieces of meat. So time your meal accordingly. They are done with they begin to fall apart when stirred.</span></strong></div>
DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-36874057713141389352012-09-28T20:54:00.003+12:002012-09-28T20:54:37.393+12:00Post 6 Week Challenge - Learning to Live a Cleaner Lifestyle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The biggest change in the last 6 weeks has been my diet. By far, my diet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There have still been plenty of times that I have made choices that I shouldn't have made, more exercise could have been done and so on. But to look at my/our families diet prior to this, there have been some big changes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">So with that in mind, a big part of the Challenge was eating cleaner, more fruits, vegies, lean meats etc. Makes sense, and is pretty obvious. But what I was wanting to know more about what WHAT can I eat? There's only so much boiled kumara/pumpkin and salads one can eat before it gets a little monotonous. I need a little adventure in my diet sometimes. Hence how packet pasta snuck into our otherwise healthy dinner tonight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Where I have stuck with the cleaner, healthier eating, my stomach really has thanked me for it. So tonight while Adam is playing Xbox and the kids are asleep, I am sitting here researching a whole lot of recipes. I do that anyway, it's just normally gorge-worthy baking, so this will be a welcome change!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So I will set up a tab especially for these recipes. Feel free to use them, comment/email me with your own for me to try and tell the world about them!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nikki</span>DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-62671227658146551852012-09-27T14:39:00.000+12:002012-09-27T14:39:02.135+12:00Bloggy's had a makeover!!So today I have been very productive in my bloggy land, completely unproductive in my real land.<br />
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But hey, Multi Tasking Mummy has had a facelift. I think it is much cheerier and in synch with my improving happy face. I also changed stuff around, removed a few gadgets I no longer use and fixed a couple of "buttons" that didn't link to the appropriate sites. Next up <a href="http://www.theundercoverbloggers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Undercover Bloggers</a>, that will be a BIG job!! Including changing the "spy" pics and just giving it a general update.<br />
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What do you think?<br />
NikkiDeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-14078181396870806302012-09-26T21:54:00.000+12:002012-09-27T13:59:25.206+12:006 Week Challenge - some positive changes over the last 5.5 weeks<span style="font-family: inherit;">So the 6 Week Challenge is almost over, although I think we are catching up again next week, due to missing last week and my neck being so sore for the last almost 4 weeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">All in all, given how little exercise I actually ended up doing, starting on some new medication at the beginning and then changing that again 2 weeks ago, (so have been VERY low on energy), I am really pleased with how it has gone. My diet has changed hugely, and that was the part that needed the most work. I have cut out/right down a lot of things that didn't need to be in my diet. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">My "wee man" and I at the Fireworks on the Waterfront this weekend.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I find that I still slip up easily when it comes to comfort eating, but I am working on it, and am trying to not keep the tempting kinds of foods that I like so much in the house. Does make it easier.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The 3 biggest changes I have made are firstly cutting out bread/white flour/white rice/potatoes. This was a huge deal for me and one that was not easy. It's just lucky that I like brown rice and love kumara and pumpkin!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The second huge change was cutting my carbs right back at night time (and changing the kinds of carbs I was having). No more potatoes, packet pastas etc here. Prior to the challenge, the majority of my meal was potato/rice/bread/pasta, closely followed by meat and lastly by a tiny (if any) serve of vegetables. My vegetable intake has increased A LOT and I still feel just as full.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thirdly, portion sizes. I ate waaaay too much. With dinners, as I mentioned above, my portion of vegies has gone right up and carbs down, but portion sizes have decreased at all my meals. This can only be a good thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I admit, there have been days when I have hugely slipped up, but I am learning that a bad day/weekend isn't the end of the world. Just get back on the proverbial horse and carry on and don't let it get you down. I think that has been the biggest learning curve for me, that because I stuffed up, I don't have to climb right off the wagon and give up, as has been the case every other time in the past.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I can honestly say that the 6 Week Challenge, although it involves quite a lot of committment and being prepared, to me, it really is sustainable. So much so that seeing as at the end of this week when it finishes there is 12 weeks until the week of Christmas, so I have decided I am going to carry it on. But this time I am going to focus on the 3 main parts that I need to work on, since the diet side has improved so much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">EXERCISE!!!! I need to increase this heaps. With injuries subsiding, my son starting kindy, getting used to new medication (and medication helping to improve pain levels), and the warmer days, I know that this will get easier.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">INCREASE MY WATER INTAKE!!! When I was working, water was easy. Had a bottle beside me, water coolers in every corner of the room, it was simple. At home, with 2 little kids, it's really easy to forget to drink.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">INCREASE MY SLEEP!!! Unfortunately, this is only going to happen when Amber decides to start sleeping through the night again, instead of waking 2-4 times a night like she currently does. She has been sick and also had a infection to a wound on her hand, so I can't really hold that against her, but more sleep will be good in every aspect of my life!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So there you have it. I will be back on Friday with the final results. I know the KG's/Measurements could be better, but the changes I have made make me feel so much better about myself, and I know that the results will come in time and I feel that this time I am really going to stick with it and not get back up to the 94kg I was before getting pregnant with Amber.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Remember if you want to get started with Le, you can contact her either on 021 543 804, via the website, <a href="http://www.formhealth.co.nz/" target="_blank">www.formhealth.co.nz</a> or on her Facebook Page, </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/formhealthandbodymanagement">https://www.facebook.com/formhealthandbodymanagement</a></div>
DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-22521911217280288122012-09-21T16:04:00.001+12:002012-09-21T16:04:38.603+12:006 Week Challenge - Weigh in Day SUCCESS!!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5MDt42dwZLI/UFvnROUYdQI/AAAAAAAABJE/_4zl-JTFpqs/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5MDt42dwZLI/UFvnROUYdQI/AAAAAAAABJE/_4zl-JTFpqs/s320/images.jpg" width="106" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">Woo hoo I am finally in the 86's!! 86.8kg to be exact.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Very stoked with this, especially as considering between sore neck, lack of discipline and some new medication I am on making me really sluggish, not a lot of exercise has been done, and there has been the odd bit of bread sneaking back in. Must work on that one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So that is 3kg exactly lost in 5 weeks. Not bad given the setbacks!! My neck is starting to come right now, so fingers crossed for a big increase in the exercise from now on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A beautiful day today and the weather is set to stay the same for the weekend, so hoping I can get out in the fresh air, sans kids.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hope you have a fantastic weekend!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nikki</span>DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-85008648670394878952012-09-19T09:28:00.001+12:002012-09-19T09:28:22.330+12:00Happy 3rd Birthday to my little man!!<span style="font-family: inherit;">On Sunday my boy turned 3 years old. It's amazing how quickly 3 years has gone and how much has happened in that time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We went to Chipmunks and had a party there in one of their party rooms. He had an absolute BLAST!!! All his friends came, as well as the grandparents and he was so spoilt rotten with presents.</span><br />
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<br />DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-88090371727871890072012-09-14T11:17:00.000+12:002012-09-14T11:17:19.594+12:006 Week Challenge - Scales still coming down, just a little slower<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello, I'm back!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I didn't get to post last Friday about my results as I was in Auckland for a few days. (Hello Fashion Week, front row seats!), and since then I have been kept busy with planning a 3 year olds birthday cake and an incredibly upset teething little baby girl. But anyway, the results weren't too fantastic, I had missed a fair bit of exercise with my neck being so sore, and to be honest, I made a couple of not wonderful food choices. But, the scales did come down, though only by 200g.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now it's a week later, I weighed in this morning and I am down to 87.1kg, which really, I'm quite happy about. I had a big weekend in Auckland, and I mostly made good food choices, though by the photo below, you can see that they weren't ALL good choices! But, I did get in a huge amount of walking, a lot of the time with big hills,and pushing a double pram with 2 often sleeping kids in it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am catching up with Le this afternoon, and I am a little nervous about what she will think about my results, we had hoped I would be into the 86's last week, and this week I am still not, but after a sucessful Osteopath visit last night, I am hopeful my neck is going to start coming right and I can crack back into the exercise properly, and not just do short easy walks and limited resistance training. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Fingers crossed next week see's an improved result!!</span><br />
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DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-88719973858057340082012-09-09T21:45:00.001+12:002012-09-28T09:15:13.529+12:00The Best Massage I've Ever Had! - Wayne Massage, Auckland<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">This is a very very long overdue post, in fact it was only when I went to Auckland this weekend and planned (but failed due to time restraints) to go back while I was there, that I realised I never posted about it last time!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">On the 1st June, my husband and I were wandering towards Britomart with our 2 kids, and there was a shop frontage that jumped out at us, called "Wayne Massage". Now you can see from the photo above, that their massages start at $5, so we were more than a little sceptical, and kept walking. Wayne himself was standing outside giving out flyers, and as we took one, he came around behind my husband and started massaging his shoulders. Hubby is not always easily impressed, yet it was so good that hubby immediately agreed to a massage for both of us, and in we went.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I sat down first and got a 20 minute massage. The lady who massaged me started in the front of the shop in a chair, then moved me to one of the private rooms where I could lie down and she could massage my back shoulders and neck properly.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">We were both so impressed! After often paying $60 for a 1 hour massage and still not feeling like a lot has been accomplished, both of us walked out of there refreshed, loosened up and ready for a nap, and all for only $20 each! It was just a shame that we then had to drive home to Tauranga afterwards!!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">We were so disappointed that we missed out on another massage this weekend, especially as I see they now have a second branch, in the Elliott Street Atrium, which was directly across the road from our Hotel. Never mind. We will most definitely be back!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">You can find Wayne Massage on their Facebook Page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wayne-Massage/288787241209676" style="text-decoration: none;">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wayne-Massage/288787241209676</a></span>
DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-68083030662835458802012-09-09T21:25:00.001+12:002012-09-28T09:16:17.654+12:00Best Western President Hotel, Auckland<br />
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Our Family went up to Auckland for a couple of nights this weekend. I had front row tickets to the Designer Selection Fashion Show and NZ Fashion Week (oooerrrrr!)</span><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">We mulled it over for ages, then decided that even though hotel stays with an 8 month old teething baby and an almost 3 year old boy are rarely ever relaxing, we never get to go away, so we thought we would stay in a hotel for 2 nights, and make the most of it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">After trawling Wotif.com for what seemed like hours, I chose the deal at<a href="http://www.presidenthotelauckland.co.nz/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Best Western Presiden</a>t hotel on Victoria Street in Auckland City. The deal they had was $129 a night for a King Size bed and buffet breakfast daily for 2 people. I'm a big fan of Hotel breakfasts, so this was pretty exciting. Parking was $20 a night which brought our 2 night stay up to basically $300, so a big outing for a family who never goes anywhere!</span><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">Anyway, we arrived there on Friday afternoon and got checked in. I had seen photos on the website, it looked like a nice place, but sometimes appearances can be deceiving. I had a horrible feeling we were going to be let down, especially since their rating on Wotif was a self rated 3 stars.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; line-height: 20px;">Well, my worries were quickly proved wrong. It was a lovely hotel, all staff that we encountered were great, the room was bigger than we expected, had a view of The Atrium on Elliott, and the buffet breakfast was AWESOME. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; line-height: 20px;">When we first arrived there was a problem with the air conditioning in our room, but we called Housekeeping and 2 staff members came up quickly and had it fixed straight away, and any staff we came into contact with throughout our stay were always lovely and more than helpful, and the very central location was perfect for us, and if we ever get to go away over night on our own, without the kids, that will probably be our choice of hotel.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #464444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span>DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-81479515685094585582012-09-03T15:22:00.002+12:002012-09-03T15:22:50.603+12:006 Week Challenge - Confessions of a terrible diet-related weekend<span style="font-family: inherit;">A bit of a long winded post here, so I will try to break it up a little with some photos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I promised you I would share with you the not so good as well as the good things I encounter while doing this Challenge, and after the weekend I have just had, I have a confession to make. (Don't tell Le!!!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We caught up on Friday, as I told you in my last post, and the weigh and measure went well but due to my sore neck, we didn't do any training.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Since I am allowed a naughty meal (not naughty DAY) a week, we had our naughty meal Friday night, with the innocent expectation that we had nothing on that weekend that should conflict with my food.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Firstly, my neck was so sore that I ended up doing NO exercise (unless wandering around the Women's Expo counts, which I don't think it does), though I had intended on at least getting in some short easy walks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Saturday wasn't too bad food wise, I lost a couple of "ticks" but all in all wasn't too bad. Then we made a last minute decision to hold a Fathers Day picnic for our 2 Dads, which involved me baking late at night on Saturday. I was up until 12.30am baking and stressing, then up a few times in the night with our bubba, then up early when both kids decided it was playtime. Carried on baking and decorating cupcakes etc. This is the finished product.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Brownie and Mint Chocolate Truffles.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So we ended up having 2 "picnics" indoors, as one lot of parents couldn't make it afterall in the morning. So I had 1 small carrot cupcake and a cup of tea with no sugar at morning tea time, then went off to the Women's Expo with some friends. While walking around, I realised that I was so hungry because that 1 carrot cupcake was ALL I had eaten all day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Then I bought 3 packs of yummy fudge for $10. Without even a thought to the fact that I am doing the Challenge and for some reason, I have a feeling fudge is not on the menu. And neither of my friends who were with me remembered at the time either. Fudge was much more important.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I got home, had some more baking (a piece of brownie and one of my truffles this time), got tea in the oven, picked at the baking some more, hung out with my family, ate our dinner, ate another piece of brownie, then started reading some new blogs that are very weight loss inspirational, and it reminded me of my priorities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now it is Monday and has been pouring down all day, so won't be getting my walk in, but I have eaten well and have drunk heaps of water, so already doing better than Saturday or Sunday. But I also have realised a couple of things after this weekend and I wanted to share them with you:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1. I know they say it takes 21 days to break/make a habit. I have been going good for 2 weeks, but yesterday I still managed to buy that fudge without a moments hesitation, so I still have work to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2. In the same subject, I am still unable to bake and not eat it. I did give most of it away, but I ate a fair bit regardless.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">3. Although I had a bad weekend, my attitude has shifted a bit. Normally once I fall of the wagon, I stay on the ground and don't get back on. But this time, I had a think last night and said to myself, no, I had a bad weekend, but Monday is another day, and I am going to climb back up on the wagon and get straight back into it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">4. I have decided I would like to enter the Taupo Half Marathon again next year. I haven't decided in what capacity yet, (walk,run-walk, or run), I will decide that later this year. All I know is I want to improve on my 2010 time, and I am giving myself a lot longer to train for it this time!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Me, about to walk the Taupo Half Marathon in 2010</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So that's enough waffle from me today I think!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nikki</span>DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-24120736138852627462012-08-31T21:45:00.001+12:002012-08-31T21:45:18.212+12:00Woo hoooo!! Another successful weigh in!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our goal for this week was in the 87's and I am!! 87.7 so that's another 1.1kg this week, 2.2kg in 2 weeks!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Measurement wise, I didn't catch all of them, but I think my butt was 4/5cm smaller, woo hooo who couldn't do with a smaller butt!?!?!?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So yay, success for me. We were meant to have a good training session today, but I hurt my neck pretty badly last night, and am having trouble even moving, let alone completing a PT session, so that is on hold.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I had great plans of my first walk up the mount in years tomorrow, but that won't be happening either seeing as I'm so blimmin sore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Had my sneaky "cheat" meal tonight, enjoyed it but was nothing spectacular, and back into it tomorrow! Hope you have a great weekend<br /><br />Nikki</span>DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-59097434782304881632012-08-29T08:58:00.002+12:002012-08-29T09:00:25.263+12:00Expecting good things this weigh in day<span style="font-family: inherit;">Good Morning!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Just a quick post from me today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am going well on my goal to increase my exercise and decrease my portion sizes in my meals. In the last 4 days, I have gotten in 2x 30minute walks and a 1 hour walk yesterday, and my portion sizes are coming down a little, which can only be a good thing!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am finding making better choices much easier this week, and last night my teething monster baby had a better nights sleep, and so I did as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This has been my saving grace when it comes to my night time sweet tooth. Jarrah Chocolatte. It comes within the 6 Week Challenge requirements, but still tastes like a hot chocolate should!!</span>DeXaNiXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969183135794936731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136224750963942005.post-37260736058151063322012-08-24T16:35:00.001+12:002012-08-24T16:35:22.202+12:006 Week Challenge - Weigh in Day - SUCCESS!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I had my weigh and measure with Le today. I was pretty nervous as the week hadn't gone completely as I planned but the results were surprisingly better than I expected!!</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My hubby has been away all week and I have been home alone with a really sore throat and an almost 3 year old missing his daddy and a hideously grumpy, teething baby, so not a lot has happened on the exercise front.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">RESULTS</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">3cm loss around boobs (This one is debatable as I had a sports bra on last week and a feeding bra today, so we shall see next week on this one)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">3cm loss around my waist (taken at belly button) - STOKED with this one!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">3cm loss around my hips (taken at top of hip bones</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My butt stayed the same</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And Upper thigh and arm both came down .5-1cm each also!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And down 1.1kg!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So that brings me down to 88.8kg, which to some may not sound like a huge loss, but I have had a sticking point of 89.7kg and could NEVER get below it, so to get below 89 is great motivation for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">GOALS FOR NEXT WEEK</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Continue working on portion control. Currently I am <b>ALWAYS</b> hungry, which may be a side effect of some medication I am on, so am trying to get past this and reduce the amount of food on my plate, or at least use vegies to fill up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Get in more exercise! The aim is for 4 hours exercise over the week, which should be achievable if I make a good effort.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wish me luck!! Back again soon with more updates. Hope you enjoy your weekend, looks like it should be nice and sunny.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nikki</span></div>
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