Life in Roselephants World

2008-09-22T00:35:00.002+10:00

AHAH HA HA
Well not so funny, but sooo predictable, started my diet again to blinkin lose weight, Ill post my current weight when I lose 5kg lmao
hopefully that will be this year, oh so pathetic, gotta love me for trying though, therefore Ill just post transforming house pics until I transform meself xxx

2008-08-27T22:12:00.003+10:00

Before and After Laundry

Before

After

The Laundry renovation took about a week. We had to pull the old lino out, and the old floorin boards. We removed the old wall tile and trough, and the old storage cupboard.

In its place, we painted the walls Dulux Antique white, and the skirtings and window sills in high gloss enamel. A brand new trough was installed which we got on ebay, and is nice an modern, then a new storage cupboard was bought from Bunnings. The floor tiles match the new toilet, all up costing $90 for 400x400 large tiles enough to cover 6m2, so its a good idea to look at tile places specials or leftovers for bargain tiles. The wall tiles were much more expensive with the stone look from the toilet continued, we choose a gloosy tile to be on the back wall as we were tired of previous laundries we had, which had the normal painted walls, having a laundry film/layer left on it from the dryer fluff, therefore fingers crossed it will be much more cleaner friendly. New taps were installed over the sink, unfortunately I wasn't able to change the tap over to a single mixer tap sprayer, so that we could use it as a dog wash shower as well.

2008-07-18T01:00:00.002+10:00

Before and After Toilet Renovation

Before

After

We had to completely rip the old toilet out, as well as left the old yukky yellow lino. The walls were painted Dulux Antique White, and the brown skirtings were painted high gloss white enamel. A new caroma toilet was installed which we got on special at Mitre 10. One the plumbing was all connected, we had our dual flush water saving toilet up and running! This took about a week from laying the tiles, painting the walls, installing the toilet.

2008-07-18T00:06:00.004+10:00

House Renovations in Progress
At the moment we are renovating a house we just bought, its fun thinking of the new ideas and putting things in the house "we" want rather than what someone else has decided. We have also learnt to get great deals for great stuff!

Anyway it was my daughters 6th birthday, so I decided the back room downstairs facing the pool would be a great playroom. The room was a normal aged drab bedroom with outdated paint color and horrible dirty carpet.

I decided to have a theme of fairys, so off I began to paint a mural on wall ( not in anyway artistic, but hey what could be worse than how it started)
The walls were firstly painted in Dulux Antique White, the stained wood skirtings and window trims were painted high gloss white, the carpet was removed, and sanded, we still are deciding on a stain. It took 2 weeks to paint the mural, a few hours each night.

Resene Paint was used for the mural, with magnetic paint, an idea I got from a talented lady in NZ. So off I began painting this mural. The magnetic paint was painted first, then the coloring in began.

The Play Room
Transformed from this to this!

2008-02-02T22:10:00.000+11:00

2008-01-29T23:13:00.000+11:00

January 2006

Ok well Im updating inspired by Petal!

anddddddd heres my inspiration pic to get rid of the blubber!

So! whats been happening to me.

well this pic was at the Glass House Mountains, and I weighed in around 95kg, now after the holidays and ya de ya de yada, I am around 97.2kg, but you know Im not pissed off about myself, Im just ready to move on and do something about it.

Ive been at the gym for 2 weeks now and am enjoying it.

I see the girls on sat, and Im really looking forward to it, how great is it to have such awesome friends for so long via the net!

My aim is now the 80s before Easter! you guys know me hehehe Ill try not to leave it so long to update.

What else is new, oh bought a new house, well an old house, Jayden starts her first day ever at school in a few days, Ive been stressed out to buggary the last 6 months with so much happening, but in the end everything all works out.

2007-10-12T20:31:00.001+10:00

Piccies of our new house http://stevierosehouse.blogspot.com/

2007-04-15T02:26:00.000+10:00

AB FAB 2007 Gold Coast

March 30th 2007 We met, we shared, we had a fabulous time.

2007-04-15T00:06:00.000+10:00

Hello all
Well its taken me a while, but I am in week 1 of being back in charge of my body.
I don't know whats changed or really what the motivation has been, I guess when the brain says it ready then you have to go with it. The frustrating bit is how do you get the mind to focus permanently.

The past few Months

Basically in the Weight loss department I have been a fully fledged ( is that a word?) YOYO
I guess I have to be grateful I didnt put the 15 kg I lost back on, but the extra 5 kg that added up to 20kg seemed to come and go each month. I suppose thats a round about way of maintaining lol.
What a difference just 5kg makes! The pics below are of me at just a 5kg difference, its good to have pics as a reminder that even just a few kilos make a big difference to how you look

Work Wise
I have had a lot on my mind throughout the latter half of last year and beginning of this year, Th Not only that I have had to work close to full time with nursing which is not a walk in the park physically or mentally.

Its time to get to goal!
Well its the first week completed of my back on track campaign! Easter is over, and one day before the official weekly weigh in I have lost 2.7 kg

Eating Plan.

I am back to tracking, and have found out that artificial sweetners e.g. coke zero give me serious upper left abdo pain, the pain seems to concentrate on the lower left rib cage area, and I found out that as soon as I drink the stuff I get these pains for a few days.. bummer that was my main source of fluids other than water.

Exercise
Although i practically have a home gym, none of the equipment seemed to motivate me, so i decided to buy the Billy Blanks Taebo DVD, well it has been just what I needed, something different, funky, and a massive fat burn, but do I feel good. I think this has accounted for my big weight loss this week.

Goals
My first mini goal is to reach 85kg! My goal weight is still 69kg.
I really would like to get to 79kg by my daughters 5th birthday, I just don't want her to have fat mum photos in her history book. Im sure she ll have a loss of memory before the age of 4 of having a fat mum lol, so I better get my body in shape before she holds on to the memories ( I know stupid aye)

Anyway I ll see you all soon a little skinnier than now, in the meantime i ll upload some recent phots from abfab!

2007-01-02T19:41:00.000+11:00

I confess gained weight eeeeeekkkk
87kg wot a nodddy! oh well I have lots of excused but cant be bothered saying them.

So here to a new year and actually getting to goal

see some of you in the gold coast for ab fab!!

2006-08-23T20:49:00.000+10:00

hi all
its my birthday in 2 days!! the 25th of august
after 2 months of being flat out with work I havent exercised much at all, so as a result i didnt reach my target goal, however time is freeing up more, so im back into the swing of things
would u believe im like 1.5kg off getting to the 70s bugga!

anyway i shall update again once my website is finished, as they havent let me know a completion date yet, but its going to be fantastic!!

hope you are all well, spring is around the corner, time to shed some winter pounds! yay!
BTW HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM for the 28th!

oh and Happy Birthday Lesley for the 24th!

it was steve my husbands birthday on the 22nd as well!

2006-07-23T14:13:00.000+10:00

No more pics or weight updates until my birthday on the 25th August HE HEEEE!

I am also working fulltime 10hr days, temporarily, so havent had much time at all to update my blog.

I have decided to announce all at once, my new pics, new weight, and launch date....lets make it a mini reveal.....hopefully I can tell you all Im in my 70s.

Take care A sta la vista baby!

2006-06-15T17:41:00.000+10:00

hi all just saying hello its june and cold cold cold! im feeling great but am very busy, ive got update photos coming, i see ive got to update my weight ticker as well but for some reason when i try it doesnt let me update it
anyway im 83.7kg reached my 20kg loss yay! more pics coming..gotta rush off now!

2006-06-08T12:46:00.000+10:00

next goal 79.9kg into the 70s

2006-05-18T10:52:00.000+10:00

2007 to be on

2006-05-14T17:24:00.000+10:00

I bought a pair of size 14 jeans last week woohoooo!

2006-04-30T03:42:00.000+10:00

My pic at 89.6kg Yay Im an 80s girl!
next goal by end of May to reach 85.6kg and the 20kg loss mark

I think I can see a difference. Yay! This is week 14 since i started on Jan 16th 2006. This achievement is dedicated to mum and dad because they are the best : )The differences that I feel at the moment. I am starting to see the double chins dissapear, and I can actually see a figure emerging...my jeans are loose and I can take them off with out unzipping them now, but I refuse to buy another pair until my next goal. Clothes that I wore 7 years ago and that I have kept in the cupboard are fitting. Soon Ill be able to get rid of them as Ill be too skinny for then, not to fat. I am a lot fitter, and can walk up to 12km during a day now. My eating has changed a lot, and dont eat for the sake of it, I eat because I need it. Other people are starting to comment now, which means I actually do look different...still heaps to go! see you in 5kg time!

2006-04-17T19:35:00.000+10:00

15kg loss 90.6kg

2006-03-24T16:54:00.000+11:00

My Pic at 94.9 kg still a lot to lose

next goal 89.9kg

I kinda look preggie lol

I reached my goal of 10% loss and have actually decided to dedicate this one to myself, as it has been a commitment for me that has taken years to get to. Finally I am in the right mind set and can see a different future for myself. By not stressing myself out by the rediculous amount I have to lose, I focus on it in small steps, as to where I will be soon, rather than never there at all if I didnt try. So I am firstly doing this for myself : ) love you all though and thanks for your support xxx

2006-03-22T16:55:00.000+11:00

10% loss achieved march 20th 2006
woohooo and i am a size 16 94.9kg
bra size 16 D, still big boobies but oh well! next goal 80s here i come!

Here is a photo of my husband steve and my girl Jayden-Marie she will be 4 in July

2006-03-13T21:17:00.000+11:00

10kg loss achieved today yay! weight 95.6kg well i rewarded myself already with the ipod and its been worth it. I managed to walk 10km on sat, 2 days ago wooohoooo, and on the same day biked 20mins and did aerobic weights for 40mins!
Photo coming soon when I reach 95kg......0.4kg to go (for 10% loss)

2006-03-02T11:47:00.000+11:00

My virtual aims 95.7 kg next 10% loss and the difference at 70kg

2006-02-28T21:18:00.000+11:00

Im at the end of week 6, and weighed in at 97.9...it feels so good to see the next number down, I have 2.3 kg to go until I reach my 10%loss of 95.6 kg!

2006-02-20T21:42:00.000+11:00

My Mini Goals
Goal 1: 99.9kg - 90s girl! Acheived
Goal 2: 99.7kg - 5.9kg loss Acheived
Goal 3: 95.0kg - 10kg & 10% loss reward an ipod Achieved
Goal 4: 89.9kg - a new hair style 15+kg lost
Goal 5: 85.0kg -half way reward a new pair of jeans 20+kg lost
Goal 6: 80.0kg - a weekend away
Goal 7: 75.0kg - a skin pampering session
Goal 8: 70.0kg - shit 5kg until goal
Goal 9: 65.0kg - a new me reward shopping tour! at goal
Goal 10: 62.0kg - why not!! tummy tuck
FINAL GOAL- 60.0KG GOING TO THE GOLD COAST
heres my motivational vitual me!

2006-02-20T13:34:00.000+11:00

MY PIC AT 99.2kg...over 6kg lost....still heaps to go!!!
scary huh but you guys wanted my 5kg update photo!
Next pic at the 10kg loss !!

2006-02-20T11:39:00.000+11:00

2006-02-14T17:02:00.000+11:00

Hello all its Valentines Day Feb 14th 2006 I started weight watchers on the 16th of Jan 2006,at 105.7kg and weighed in today! Finally I have reached double digits... at 99.7 kg it makes me so happy to see that on the scales...I am never going back to the triples!!

My new pic is coming soon

2006-02-04T21:29:00.000+11:00

My family are so important to me...thus the reason for losing weight...to be happy and healthy...this photo was taken Dec 19th 2004 on our wedding day at Morningstar Estate Mt Eliza, my weight has not changed much to date 1st feb 2006, so when I get to my goal weight I will try it on again to see what a difference there is : ) My husbands name is Steve and our 3 yr old daughter is Jayden-Marie I turn 35 on August 25th...so I hope to reach a weight where I can go out and boogie the night away with girlfriends!

Each 5 kg loss I will be posting on here with my new weight and a new pic of me..so stay updated through the year with me