I have set up a new blog....

Email me at hippygalnz@xtra.co.nz for the link, it is public but dont want to post the link here right now :)

Ok whats been happening.......

Some changes have been happening in the last week, first of I have started back at the gym, have been a few times and met my physio there yesterday to get some wrist exercises to do at the gym. The first time was really hard and scary, just you know being the fat person, thinking people will look at me and think man she has put on weight, since I last went regularly which by the way was April. But five minutes into it, all those thoughts had gone, and the next day I went was easier and each time after that was easier and now I dont give a shit about others. 

This brings me onto the next subject food - well diet, yip that dreaded word diet, actually I dont find it a bad word, to me losing weight means I have to change my eating which means for now it is a diet, one day it will be a lifestyle change but for now I am calling it a diet :). Lately there has been some controversy over the whole being fat and it's ok.... One thing I do agree with is that yes any size shape or body deserves to be respected, and yes we should learn to love ourselves no matter what size we are....... but what I dont agree with is that being obese/fat is ok, sure it is ok while you are younger but the longer you stay obese/fat the more health complications will happen as you age. Hell I am a good example of that, I have been fat for many years, I was always an ok size growing up, till I moved out of home and started drinking and eating whatever I felt like. Anyway onto the now from being fat for may years, it has finally caught up with me, with 'high blood pressure' and 'type 2 diabetes'. I am not on any medication for the diabetes, it is suppose to be controlled by diet, which it is if I am sticking to plan and my goal is to come of all the blood pressure meds. Up until the last 5 years or so, I was also one of 'those fat healthy people', but then it happened, it finally had caught up with me. 

So where does that leave me with so many food options out there, all which have some good in them, too name a few we have 'Jenny Craig', 'Low Carb', 'WW', 'Phatt Program', so how do you choose - god knows, for me I am choosing the one I am most comfortable with, which for me is WW - why well I am liking the look of their new programme, I have joined for 3 months, I have had a good look at it and can also do lower carb using the points system, the one thing I struggled with doing low carb, was that I ate to much on it, with foods containing quite high fat, also doing lower carb/keto does not seem to work with me when doing the gym five days plus a week. So I am following the WW Green plan, which means everything has points except most fruits and veges. Higher carb foods tend to have higher point values as well, this will help with my portion control which I seem to have no control over currently.

I am not setting myself any major goals, just small goals that will hopefully show huge results as time goes on. Weigh in is still Wednesdays. Today I am trying to get my head around the new WW program and will start Day One tomorrow.

As those who know me, know I am a big fan of Kombi/VW's and my goal one day is own a another VW as Kombis are out of my price range and repairs would be huge as it is getting harder and harder to get parts for, so anyway VW's for now are not being made anymore after 2019, so decided to check out the 2019 model, OMG I am in love and my dream would be to own one of these, I love the classic look of them.... but OMG they are so out of my price range, so please let me win lotto or something lol. 

Doesn't she look beautiful, they range in price from $45000 - $75,000, just a little out of price range but one can dream, oh and I would get this colour as well :). 

Sooty is settling in really well, her and Rusty are still not best friends, but they are getting closer, another week and I think they will be best buddies :). 

Anyway thats it from me for now - catch you soon :)

Weigh In - Wednesday

Weigh in this week, and lost 1.2 Kilos - so $6.00 in my money box. The money box has only started this year, even though I lost a little weight end of last year. Food wise, I am doing mainly low carb, and just watching what I eat. 

Sooty is settling in really well now, still doing the odd little piddle inside, but so far none today, yesterday she escaped, the little minx - we think she went through the gaps of the fence, so for now she is only allowed on the deck area unless I take her down the bottom, this weekend we will put some wire netting on the lower part of the fence/gate..... she only escaped cause she wanted to follow David, when he took the rubbish bins out to the road. We are not 100% sure thats how she got out, cause every time we tried to see how she escaped, she decided to stay on this side. Rusty is starting to be less jealous, and I think they will become friends :).

Yip another day gone and never got this up - whoops.

So today is Thursday - and not much to report, got some nails to do this afternoon.... here is a photo of Rusty and Sooty, they are starting to become friends :) Cant say the weather has felt like Summer, we seem to have more colder days than warmer days lately. Our outside cushions seem to be more inside than out with the rain we have had lately. 

I am going to go to the gym on Saturday and hopefully Sunday, and then Monday I meet my physio there.... and from then I am going to go minimum three times a week :). 

On that note I am going to sign off now and get ready for my clients. Have a great day/night where-ever you are :)

Well Where do I Begin......

I started this on Friday, well I put the title in and now it is Monday.....

First of my heart goes out to everyone in Aussie who are affected by the fires, can not even begin to understand how it must be for everyone there. 

Christmas and New Year was very quiet, I ended up with a head cold and a nasty cough that is still lingering..... David went to his family Christmas and Boxing Day, then ended up with a lighter version of what I had, so all in all holidays were a bit of blah....

So I watched lots of Netflix, 2 good things I watched was "Broken", especially the first one about makeup purchased of Ebay/Aliexpress and even Amazon sold dupes which were made of not very nice products..... the second new series I watched was "Glow Up", which I also loved. Then I started watching the second series of "You", still to finish watching Series 2.

Weight wise, I weighed in on Nov 11th 2019 and was hoping to maintain my weight over the holidays, which I did, in fact I even lost 2.5 kilos so was pretty stoked, so weigh in's for me are Wednesday's, I will not give up, I went to thew gym for a couple of times, then didn't go for a few weeks, I was going to go this week, but cant (reason why coming up down below) so meeting my physio there next Monday. The gym owed me a few months, and it is due to expire end of April, I am then going to join the gym with the pool, I miss swimming so much. I have purchased myself this little Kombi lookalike and for every 100 grams I lose I am going to put 50 cents ($5.00 a kilo) in it and when I reach a certain weight I am allowed to spend it, the earliest it will be will be next Christmas/New Year. 

Ok the reason why I can not go to the gym this week, is because we have a new addition to our family, Chico sadly passed away nearly 7 months ago, we were not ready to get another dog till just recently, and so we started looking for a rescue dog aged about 4 -6 years as Rusty is 5 years, we didn't want a puppy that would be alone once she went. 3 days ago we picked up our beautiful new addition to the family, Sooty - she is a nearly 4 year old miniature Poodle, she came from a puppy mill as a mum, her last litters ended up being not good, her second to last litter one puppy died and she needed a emergency C section, the last litter she had just recently, all 3 puppies passed away and she nearly died in a emergency C section, the breeder no longer wanted her so the rescue team in Kaitia went down and got her, she has been in foster care for about a month, and went up on a Facebook page so we applied to adopt her, and we managed to meet someone in Tokoroa to pick her up on Friday afternoon. 

She is doing really well considering, she is less that 1/2 Rustys weight, she has never been socialised, so she hides toys etc, she did a few fair little piddles inside but today she is doing much better wee wise. We have fallen in love with her, Rusty isn't sure about her yet lol. She is loving just being able to run around outside and taking everything in. For the first day or two, she didn't want anything to do with me, she loved David, but today now he has gone back to work, she is bonding with me. We feel privileged that they choose us for her, she is one special little poppet, and we will give her the best life possible :). I will never ever purchase a puppy from a pet shop or puppy mill again, there are so many beautiful rescue dogs/puppies out there looking for a loving home. Photo's are Rusty looking lovingly at me asking me to get rid of her (I am sure she would say that if she could now lol), then our precious little Sooty below. She is going up for a groom on the 16th January :). 

So there you have it for now.... I am sure there is more to update on but these are the main things for now. Hope you all had a great holiday.....

Life Updates.....

This post was started a few days ago, so figured it better finish it.... when I say started it had bullet points about what I wanted to talk about :). 

Went to my surgeon/specialist last Tuesday, and he has given me the all clear to start nails, gym etc.... I had been doing the odd set of nails the last couple of weeks to see how it went, so I could tell him how it was going. I will still continue hand therapy, and now it is just a matter of strengthening the hand and try and get more movement in the wrist and fingers. It feels weird that I should no longer have any more pain, once I have more strength etc... be the first time in 8 years wow. 

So I am officially opening up the books again from tomorrow, I am also now a member of the 'PNTA' (Professional Nail Technicians Association), if you are a nail tech in NZ, check them out. I am kinda excited, but nervous, it has been 12 months since I had the initial rupture, and have not taken on any new clients since then.

I dont need to go back and see him, unless something happens, but he is pretty sure nothing will.... now I will focus on getting off the pain meds, as I shouldn't need them, we managed to keep all the nerve pain at bay so another positive - this will take some time, but hopefully by mid year 2020 I should be pain med free.

The gym, I am going to start back tomorrow all going to plan, I placed my membership on hold and now have paid up to till April 26th 2020, I have asked for a physio to set me up a programme, but in the meantime while that gets approved (hopefully) from ACC, I will go and do some treadmill and maybe some lighter weights.

4 days later from when I started this actual post (not the bullet points) - whoops. So am going to post this now before another day happens.... have not been to the gym yet, will be starting tomorrow. 

Anyway talk soon :)

A little update....

What I am and am not going to do.....

I am not going to make food my main focus like I did last time, I am also not going to weigh daily.... 

Thats what I am not going to do, so what am I going to do....

I am just going to focus on making better choices, I have weighed in, but like food am not going to make the scales a main focus as well.... I will check them maybe fortnightly or even longer. I am focusing on cutting out sugar for now and going back to lower carb again....

How am I going to do this this time.....

The last couple of days I have been keeping myself busy, I am decluttering the house and throwing out a ton of stuff that is rubbish, donating a ton of stuff and selling some stuff that is worth selling. My hand therapist has said I can go back to the gym, and do the treadmill and bike, but I have to wear a splint, and am not allowed to grip to hard, and I have to promise I wont fall over lol. I am hoping to start next week, I am a little scared and hope I dont do any damage. 

I have been spending a lot of time practicing doing nails, and rearranging again, I started on the spare room yesterday decluttering and now its such a mess I dont know where to carry on, so today I have closed the door and started doing the cupboard in the nail room, which is full of empty boxes and shit that doesn't have another place to go and probably should have been thrown out in the first place and not kept for the one day I might need this box or whatever lol. being busy is keeping me from not eating, I am starting to feel a bit better now the crap food is slowly going out of my body. 

Anyway thats it for now, I will not be talking about food or weight much here for now, when I get to a goal and want to share I will....

Also hope all those in NSW and Queensland, are doing ok over there, been watching the fires on the news, and can not even comprehend how big they are and the damage they must be causing.

Take care and stay safe - talk soon 

Time again.......

I lost my way - after my visit to the surgeon back in October, I got told no work till mid December, to be reviewed at next appointment, which is now in just over two weeks time. This took me down a downward spiral, I was really hoping I could have started doing the odd set of nails, some good things have happened, like not having to wear the splint anymore in the daytime, and I am able to do light to moderate activity with that hand. I still have minimal movement and that will take up to 12 months recovery to see how good it will get. It has been 16 weeks since surgery on Tuesday - WTF - I should have been fully recovered if it had been straight forward at 12 weeks, basically they did reconstruction surgery of the tendons in my wrist. 

I have asked my hand therapist if I can start back at the gym just doing the treadmill and bike, I am honestly losing my insanity doing nothing, hopefully I will hear back from her tomorrow or Tuesday, she will probably say I need to ask the surgeon in two weeks. At my last surgeon appointment, he told me he always gets nervous when I come for my check up, cause the surgery was so touch and go with the tendons. I do still have major issues with the middle and ring finger, but am hoping that will strengthen over time. He said once he hits six months, he will start to relax lol - It is the worst muck up of tendons he has ever seen, and feels it is prob one of the worst in the world... (He is a hand specialist/surgeon). And these last couple of years these so called doctors kept saying the pain was in my head, and I couldn't possibly be feeling the screws - these bloody doctors still make me so angry the way they treated me, and told me the pain was bullshit. As you can tell I am still on a downer about it all..... yes I know there are people out there worse than me, but this my story and I am allowed to be pissed. 

The last couple of weeks I have been doing some stuff in the nail room, re-swatching stuff etc....

Not a lot else has been happening, still only doing minimal driving, I need to snap out of this funk somehow, but have no flippin idea how right now. This next coming week, I am going to try and focus on one positive thing each day.....

Am not sure when I will post next, maybe tomorrow or  maybe not.....

Oh and weigh in and food - yeah I know you all want to know, well lest just say I have not followed any plan or have I weighed.... tomorrow I am going to aim to get back on track.