Best Holiday EVER!!

We had the best holiday ever, partly due to the fact I have lost 50kg.s I would have wanted to stay home if I was still fat but our holiday was so good we ended up staying a week longer. We started offf having Xmas at Lake Hayes with our parents then went to the Arrowtown camping ground on the 28th Dec. Xmas day I ate more than intended (and I used a side plate instead of a big plate) and before we left Invercargill I made sure I done 1/2 an hour on my Cross Trainer. I made my annual Chocolate & Strawberry Cheesecake and made it low fat, and it tasted just the same. It was devine!! Next day I was intending to do a 1/2 hour walk which turned into 1 1/2 hours and with hills in as well. So, I thought to myself If I am doing walks like that I may as well start counting and tracking. So I wrote everything down for a couple of days but then just done it in my head (which was a bad call). After being away for 18 days I had a gain of 1.3 and I thought I wasn't being too bad. It just goes to show it pay's to write everything down. When I looked back and checked my bank accounts we dined out 7 times and sometimes I thought I was making good choices but a couple of times I could taste the extra fat in my food. But we had a good time and I done thing's I wouldn't have done last year, like swimming in the lake, going out on the boat and alot of walking. I can't believe I was going out of way to exercise while on holiday. There was only 4 days out of 18 I didn't exercise but when you do things with the kids you are getting exercise in anyway. Most times I was up early and had my walks out of the way before everyone else was up.

My kids "Finally" have fun parents

Riding the 'train' with Paris at the Kindy Xmas Party! A year ago I wouldn't have been able to 'swing' my leg over to get on the train and if I could have got on the train it probably would have broken anyway!! Every year when we took Kyle to the annual Train show Troy alway's had to take the kids on the train instead of me. It was a great feeling being able to do something like that with the kids.

We both take the kid's swimming now. I think after seeing me going in the water with the kids encouraged Troy to go in as well. We all have so much fun going down the water slide and splashing in the water. I looked at the joy on Paris' face after coming down the water slide with Troy and thought to myself "My kid's finally have fun parents", that's the sort of thing parents should be doing with their kid's. I never want to put my weight back on again!