Time to knuckle down !!

Firstly, Ive been receiving a lot a lovely comments lately about my blog and just want to say a big thank you to all my lovely readers out there. I'm so stoked to think that not only are people reading my blog but I've somehow managed to inspire and encourage friends and strangers to achieve their goals and get out there and JFDI. Some of you have even decided to join me & sign up for
Round 2 - AWESOME!! So THANK YOU - can't wait to do it all again with you...

 Now - down to business...

It's Wednesday which means it's another weigh in day... 

The good news is I'm down another 800 gs - so yay me... I'm edging closer and closer to my goal and with only 4 weeks to go, it's really time to knuckle down and commit even more. 

Now - how many of you are still facing this every time you open the fridge door? It's really not fair at all is it? Wish my boy would just hurry up and eat em, so the temptation is removed!!

That's all I've got for you tonight I'm afraid - I'm exhausted and need an early night!!! 

But before I go, here's your foody pics!

Nigh night xo

This Jacket Potato with Tomato and Coriander Salsa was an absolute winner - love love loved it !!!

Chicken and Grape Salad with Walnuts and Feta

Strawberry Bruschetta

Smashed it!

I'm so pumped at the moment.... In case you missed my last post, I set myself a challenge for this week's mini milestone to run 20 mins without stopping. Today - I SMASHED it!!! So proud of how far I've come and can't wait for Round 2 to begin!!

I don't know why I ever doubted myself and thought it was gonna be so hard.. I made myself a 20 min play list, with one of my fav rev up songs last, so I knew when I was near the end.. It really is a mental challenge more than anything. I had to keep telling myself "Just keep running, Just keep running" lol.. I'm laughing cause as I'm typing this Im saying it in the voice of Dori from finding Nemo, as in "Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming"!! Sorry, but lol..

In other news, tonight, I tried to make the char grilled chicken skewers (minus the skewers), cause they sounded so yum and I'm gonna be away the night we're suppose to cooking them. Flavours, were awesome, but for some reason I just couldn't get the consistency right with the sauce. I followed the recipe exactly, which is what's more frustrating,  just not sure what went wrong. I'm beginning to wonder whether there was an error in the recipe in that it should be coconut milk instead of coconut cream as it states.. Anyone, care to enlighten me ??

On a final note, the Rice Pudding with Raspberry Jam was an absolute winner!!

Nigh Night all, I'm exhausted.. This change of day lights savings is gonna play havoc this week!!  x

Rice Pudding with Raspberry Jam

Char Grilled Chicken with Satay Sauce

You can't go wrong with Laksa!!!

In the words of Mother Teresa " It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving."  Thank you Michelle, for reminding me of this morning, it couldn't have come at a better time!! The last few days I've been feeling exhausted again and lacking in motivation. With 8 weeks down and 4 to go, it's time to step it up again.

The good news is that over Easter I managed to continue my weight loss journey and lose another 300 grams. Was stoked that I didn't gain, considering like most of you I over indulged a little. I mean really it's un-human to not have hot cross buns and Easter eggs right ???

It's also week 8 which means. its measurements time and mini milestone / fitness test week. I'm excited to report I've lost a further 9 cms which now means a total of 17 cms gone. I'm now also 4.2 kgs lighter!!! It's very much slow and steady but as I've said before, it's the best way to do it, and feeling so much better for it! With some encouragement from KB, I've decided my mini milestone will be to run 20 minutes without stopping!! Stay tuned, for my report on Sunday!

Before I say Nigh Night, just one teeny tiny confession .... 

I've been out every night this week and haven't done any cooking. Apart from tonight where I attempted my first ever laksa. It was a success and so yummy and so easy anyone can do it!!! 

Oh yeah, and I'm also very excited, cause I just purchased the finale party and workout tix.... 

Now to buy a new dress and shoes and bag... :-)

Chicken & Broccolinni Laksa!

Pink Ladies

My lovely Pink Ladies after beating the top team!

Don't know bout you but I'm happy Easter is now over and I can get back into routine again. I like most of you are a little worried bout weigh in tomorrow but all things considering I'm pretty happy with myself that I didn't over enduldge and also managed to fit in a 10.5 km walk with my lovely mum... As long as I don't gain anything I'll be happy!

Tuesday nights are netball nights for me and tonight's blog is in dedication to my wonderful pink ladies.. We've come a long way in 6 or so weeks.. Who would have thought after 5 games we'd be 4 wins and 1 loss.. Considering we got flogged in all our practice matches. YAY us!!! I so look forward to each and every tuesday :)...

This week is also our mini milestone week. Trying to decide what my challenge should be... If you do have any thoughts please talk to me.. I'm yet to run a full 5km without stopping or a full 20 mins without stopping, so I'm thinking along those lines!! Guess we'll soon find out, hey!!

And with that, I think it's nigh night from me and hope you enjoy my few pics below !! 

My lovely 10 km walk with mum! Should have got a photo of the both of us - whoops... 

There will always be next time!!

And of course, I can't leave you without more foodie pics! 

Quinoa porridge and banana

Chocolate and custard tart

Baked Trevally with cherry tomatoes, lemon and dill (except I couldn't get trevally and baked blue grenadier instead!

I've lost my chin

Left: me before 12wbt Right: me week 7 of 12wbt

Another awesome couple of days on 12wbt.. Wednesday was weigh in day, and I was down another 300 grams, which means a total of 3.9 kilos gone !!!  But best of all, Im really starting notice the difference. The other day, I put a skirt on I hadn't worn in 3 months and it almost fell off, and yay, I've also finally lost my chin! Finale party - here we come!!

Today ... I also broke my 800 calories record in our SGFS. Thanks Transformers, was lovely meeting you all this morning...  Still yet to reach the 1000 calories, but perhaps that can be my mini milestone for week 8. 

With that, I hope you all have a lovely Easter, stay safe, and don't overload too much on chocolate and hot cross buns! 

Happy Easter from my furry little kids, Piddles and Puddles!

Baked beans on toast with spinach

Chicken Parma

Grand Prix Fun Run Official Pics

Alrighties everyone, here are my official Grand Prix fun run pics ... Go me..

Hot Cross Buns - why not ???

Well, what a big couple of days. As Easter looms, the challenge is set to try and stay true to myself and keep smashing the cardio and not to get sucked into eating all the chocolate bunnies that seem to be invading our house! Sunday I was so excited after the Run for the Kids that I decided to attempt to make hot cross buns for the first time.. But don't worry - of course it was 12wbt's low calorie version.. So easy to make, they just required a lot of time and patience... Success they were - See below!!!

Yesterday also marked the official half way point of our 12wbt journey. Week six complete, and instead of celebrating with a beer or two I brought my first set of boxing gloves and focus pads! Was very excited. So much so that my man, was my punching bag for the evening and we set up drills around the lounge room. Thanks PM.. I don't think our rabbits quite knew what was going on, lol...

Today, I also recived my official photos from the Grand Prix run, will have to post them separately!

And with that - I say night night folks and hope you enjoy my foodie pics below x

Hot Cross Buns

Thai Beef Burger

Fresh Brown Rice and Barley Salad