Blah, Blah, Blah.....

It's Monday, my rest day and what do I do, I rest!  Isn't that what you are supposed to do on a rest day?? Well, yes, it is, BUT why am I resting on a rest day when I haven't done any exercise for 2 weeks????????? 

Why?  Because I am feeling like a big, fat, lazy pog.  Look, here's a picture of me.......

walking the dog

Watching TV

Then for some unknown reason, I feel like this.....

Hahahaha, I can't believe I said unknown reason!  Of course I know the reason.  I'm the reason!  I seem to have become one of those people that complains about being fat and doing nothing about it.

such good advice

I hate being fat and unable to do simple things like go shopping without having to go to the "big" stores to buy a pair of pants or a top, so why do I continue to self-sabotage my efforts by eating crap and being lazy? I have no excuse and even if I did, it would be stupid and suck.  There really are no excuses.

"Don't complain  about being fat if you're not willing to do anything about it!"  I am willing and I go well for a while, lose a few kilos and then stop, just stop.  I totally don't understand myself, this is how I feel at the moment......

I actually feel like this sometimes.  I know what I need to do, I know how to do it, but I just don't.  It's like my brain just shuts down and I feel as though I can't get it to start again.  My journey is very, very mental (in all senses of the word), but what I mean is that I love to exercise. 

Exercising makes me feel so good.  I feel great after working out, I'm on a high, life is great etc. so why wouldn't I want to feel like that, really good, great even, all of the time?  I can't work it out! 

Is it because although I am 18 kg down, I still have 30+ kg to go?  Am I finding the whole number thing a lot more daunting than I thought I did?  Is it because I have such low self-esteem and self-belief that I am telling myself that I am going to fail so why bother?  Do I need to break my goals down into 5 kilo lots or maybe even 5 lb (2.268 kg) lots?  Maybe it's a combination of everything - it has to be I suppose, cause all these feelings don't just appear from nowhere, they must already be lurking in the back of my mind.

I'm actually very good at suppressing issues and pretending they don't exist, but lately I am starting to think that maybe I am eating these issues rather than suppressing them.  Not so good at hiding from them as I thought I was!  I'm not confrontational, I never have been.  I was the "perfect" child.  I never spoke back to my parents (or anyone for that matter), I just did what I was told even if I didn't want to.  I was 21 before I ever told my mum off and of course I felt like crap afterwards even though I knew she deserved it.

If there ever was a confrontation I would (and still do) just shut down.  I have all these thoughts racing through my mind and I often want to yell in, or punch the person's face, but I don't.  I just take it!  I don't say a word.  I know this may sound weird, odd and strange, but I physically can't say anything.  It's like my brain won't let me.

The words that I am longing to say, just won't come out.  I'll just nod in agreement with whoever it is just to shut them up and make them go and leave me alone.  My goodness, I am sounding so mature right now.  Isn't a married woman with 4 of her own kids supposed to be able to speak her mind and not take any crap from anyone?  Aren't I supposed to be able to defend myself and not revert to feeling like a scared child?

Enough of that, I think those are issues for a whole different type of blog.  Back to the matter at hand!  There are so many pictures floating around cyberspace of fit, healthy women and I want to be one of them, I really do, but I think I realised while writing this post is that I don't need to look like this......

......all ripped and muscular.  I don't even need to be as hot as my BFF Jill (love her).

I just want to be healthy.  I want to feel comfortable in my own skin.  I just want to look decent, nice even, in the clothes I can buy from the rack in a normal clothes store.  I don't want to be plus-size anymore, just fit and healthy.

I would even settle for this......

NOT!
Ewwwwwwww!  Does anyone actually find this attractive?

Can someone please slap me in the face and then share your secrets with me......

• How do you get yourself out of a slump?  
• Do mini weight goals work for you?
• How do you prioritise your fitness / health goals?


 

The House of Gastro

I haven't been up to much lately, but I am thinking of submitting an idea to the yearly show for another horror attraction. I would call it The House of Gastro!

Apparently Christmas has come early this year..............

"Howdy Ho"

Thankfully it hasn't been me that has been effected by the dreaded poo bug, but the kids - all 4 of them!  To make it worse, they get it one by one.  Why can't they get it all at the same time and it all be over in a week?? WHY????

There have also been a couple of throat infections in there as well causing fevers and vomiting - it has been such an awesome few weeks, I just love it.

Apart from my lack of exercise, my food choices have been really, really bad so yesterday I went grocery shopping and have now filled the house with healthy foods.  I didn't buy any chips, sweets, chocolates, biscuits etc. much to the disgust of my husband.  I told him if he wants softdrink and biscuits he can buy it himself and eat it at work.  I don't want it in the house and the kids don't need it to be here either.

Today I have swapped this.............

For this............

AND I am making it a permanent part of my life.  I know that if I keep a healthy kitchen, I will keep a healthy body.  I don't care how much the kids and hubby complain that there's "no dessert" or "softdrink" in the house, I refuse to buy it from now on.  I mean what sort of example am I setting for the kids by having it in the house anyway?  Plus, it is so, so easy for me to just grab a biscuit instead of making myself a salad.

Even though I enjoy the salad just as much as the biscuit, the difference is the convenience of the junk cause it's pre-made.  Now instead of grabbing a biscuit, I can grab an apple which is 1000 times more satisfying anyway - I am such an idiot, why am I just learning these simple, healthy lifestyle tips now?  I can't believe how long it has taken for it all to finally start sinking in.

I do owe my epiphany to a good friend of mine (Me from My Journey - Am I There Yet?).  Thanks to a conversation between us the other day, she made me realise something extremely significant which has greatly been effecting my attitude towards food that I didn't even know was happening.

Thank you so much Me, I love your support and the encouragement you give me to make myself a better version of what I am now xx

Please tell me if you have had a complete brain and kitchen overhaul.......

• Did / does your family complain about the changes to the food?  
• What's something you have given up and never looked back?
• How do you cope with your new lifestyle changes when cravings hit?

 

Reality Check

This week I gave myself an exercise plan to follow and so far it has been so-so.  I completely skipped Saturdays schedule mainly because it was the first Saturday in months that my husband had the day off and we ended up going to the markets, out for lunch, took the kids to the park and then to the football that night so I really didn't even have time to do anything.  I know being busy isn't an excuse, but my husband having a Saturday off is a very rare occurrence and we took advantage of it.

Now, because I was such a slacko on Saturday and did nothing on the plan - NO! wait, I did do one thing on the list, I weighed myself.  I weighed in at 97.2 kg (214 lbs), which gives me a total loss of 18 kg (39 lbs).  I love how close I am to losing 20 kgs (44 lbs) cause I actually find it motivating.  

Anyway, because I was so slack on Saturday I made sure I didn't skimp on Sunday.  I got up early enough to have the kids fed and dressed so I could make it to the gym by 8am when they opened and I did my weight session, which also included a smidge of cardio.  I love mixing a bit of cardio (15 mins treadmill and 10 mins cross trainer) in between the weights as it really helps to get the old heart rate moving, which in turn, means I burn more calories.  I also made it back to the gym later in the day for a Zumba class!

Monday is my rest day so I have the choice of doing nothing or doing either my yoga or pilates DVD.  The physical intensity in both of the DVDs is very minimal so it's more for just stretching out the old body.  I chose not to do them yesterday cause I didn't feel sore like I thought I would, but I am sure that could easily change at any moment.

Today's events are a little behind.  I slept though my alarm this morning which resulted in me missing my early morning swim, but I did make it to the gym a little later for my weights session.  The day is not over yet so I still plan to get the rest of my scheduled exercise in :

• 30 min Treadmill workout
• 100 push-ups program
• 200 squats program

Now all I need to do is fine tune my eating - that is where my real problem lies.  I have no problem with exercising, in fact I love it cause it makes me feel so good, but then I tend to ruin a good workout with bad eating choices.  My food choices are definitely letting me down at the moment so I really need to focus on what goes into my mouth.  I also have to keep reminding myself that.......

In light of my new found food focus, I have decided to re-incorporate a strategy that worked well for me in the past.  Each week I would choose a favourite food to give up for the week.  This week I am giving up dessert.  I have started to get back into the habit of having dessert which I am sure isn't helping me along on my journey.  I rarely have it, but lately it's becoming more frequent so this week I am ditching it.  I'm glad that I now have the ability to recognise when an old habit is returning as it gives me the chance to stop it before it takes hold again.

Please tell me if you ruin a workout with bad food choices.......

• Do you follow a food plan each day / week?  
• Have you ever tried to out-exercise a bad food choice?
• What tips do you have for me to make better choices?

 

It's Time to Remove the Batteries

I weighed in this morning at 98.1 kg (216 lbs) and I am down 600 grams (1.3 lbs) this week which I was quite surprised about.  After I weighed myself, I did something drastic!  I took the batteries out of the scales and I will not be weighing myself again until May 21st (6 weeks away) as part of my Shelving the Scales challenge I have set for myself.

I know it will be hard for me being a daily weigher, but I am so tired of just focusing on what the scales say each day/week that I am glad to be having a break from them, it will be a nice change not having the scales ruling my life.  I am not going to give up on myself or my journey, I am just going about it in a different way.  I want to focus on my food and exercise, the parts of the journey I enjoy rather than it all being about that stupid number.

Previously I have used the scales to determine what I will do and have been doing.  I'm only down 200 grams today so I had better not eat that or I should do an extra 30 mins on the treadmill or it's WOW I'm already down 700 grams this week so I can relax a bit with the food and I can skip that workout.  This I think has been a huge problem with my whole journey.  I'm not supposed to skip a workout and eat 5,000 cupcakes or skip a meal because the scales say I can.

I want all the choices I do make to be based on routine.  I want waking up early to workout and eating healthy, nutritious foods to be an everyday part of my life, I want it to come natural to me, I don't want to have have to think about it anymore (my head hurts).  I don't want to say that my life got in the way of me working out ever again, because working out should be a natural part of my life in order for me to obtain and sustain my goals.

Losing the weight, becoming healthy and active is what I want my life to be, my "life" shouldn't get in the way of me doing that.  Finding that path with a healthy balance is what I desire, it's where I want my journey to lead me and at the end of my journey is a lifestyle - my life :

Tell me about your lifestyle.......

• Are working out and nutritious foods a permanent part of your lifestyle?  
• If yes, what tips can you share with me?  
• If no, what secrets do you have that make it easier for you?
• Do you struggle with your choices everyday?
• Does it get easier?
• How much do you rely on your scales?

Flexibility is the Key to my Success

As the title says, flexibility is the key, I mean who wouldn't want to be able to pick up a ball with their feet?

Look mum!  No hands!

No, not really.  I don't need to be picking up objects using body parts other than my hands while bending my body into the letter C.  I'm talking about my new, healthy life routine.  I need to be flexible about the whole thing.  

I love to follow a structured regime.  All I have to do is read what is on the program, list, schedule or whatever I use to write down my plans and goals for the week and that is that.  It's all or nothing as far as what is written on the paper goes.  I'm a creature of habit and like to do things the same way all the time, but I discovered this morning that being so rigid when it comes to becoming the healthy person I want to be is actually having a detrimental effect on my journey.

This morning is the perfect example of what I am talking about.  This morning I was supposed to go swimming, I was even looking forward to it.  I got all my gear ready last night so when the alarm went off this morning all I had to do was get up, get dressed and go.  I am in the pool, enjoying my workout before my brain has time to actually work out what I am doing.

This morning's swim did not happen!  Why would I go swimming when I was looking forward to it and actually wanted to go?  Why? Because the alarm did not go off!!!!

Anyhoooo, I even woke up at 5.34 am without the alarm, looked at the clock,  mumbled and grumbled something to myself about it being too late to go now, which for swimming it is, I need to be out the door by 5.20 am so I just went back to sleep - well done dumbass.  It wasn't until I got home from the school run that I realised how idiotic I actually am.  I was sitting at the table having my morning vice (white choc-a-mocha latte) when it occurred to me that although it was too late to go swimming....wait for it, this is the tricky part....I could have done something else at home!  Shock! Horror!  Something else - I can't do that, IT'S . NOT . WRITTEN . DOWN.

I didn't write treadmill, Zumba, 30 Day Shred, Shrink Your Female Fat Zones or any other form of exercise down on my weekly schedule, obviously I couldn't do anything else.  I wrote down swimming so that is what I had to do.  Flexibility is the key for me to succeed, to be consistent, to be persistent is what I need to be and do.  I have to be able to not be so stupid rigid with my routine and just get on with it.  If I can't swim, I'll run.  Now I can see myself writing and alternative exercise down - just in case :)

I don't bend rules, I bend keys

My 5 keys for success ~

• Flexibility - be it
• Consistency - do it
• Focus - have it
• Health - need it
• Desire - want it

I even made a poster......

What helps you to succeed on your journey.......

• Do you have a structured or fly by the seat of your pants routine?
• Do you like variety in your routine?
• Do you ever have those Uh-Ha moments realising how idiotic you've been like I have?

Cream of Vegetable Smoothie

Sounds gross?  Yes, it does, but it tasted like banana and honey.  My smoothie this morning contained not one, but two serves of veggies.  How do you put 2 serves of veggies into a smoothie I hear you ask? Easy! Just choose bland, fairly flavourless veggies to add and you can't taste them.

I had my first milk based smoothie today, the main reason being that I got some Protein Powder yesterday and I thought the milk would go better with a vanilla flavour and make it creamier.  Luckily I have been stalking the protein powders waiting for them to go on sale.  I can't justify spending nearly $22 for a 400g tub, when there are a lot more important things to buy at the grocery store.

Finally, I saw the sale sign.  The "sale" tag actually said $26.98 reduced to $22.59 WHAT!!  Two days ago it was $21.98 full price!!!  Fortunately for me, the original price tag was still under the sale tag and when I questioned it at the checkout, which took about 15 mins of whispering and going back to the aisle a couple of times, I ended up getting the protein powder for free.  It's store policy that if you are overcharged for something you get it for free :)

Cream of Vegetable Smoothie

Into the blender :

• 250 mls Skim milk
• 100g frozen Banana
• Handful of Baby Spinach leaves
• 50g No Fat Greek Yoghurt
• 1 tsp Honey (7 grams)
• 20g Vanilla Whey Protein Powder
• 50g Mushrooms

I know that mushrooms in a smoothie sounds worse than disgusting, but I promise you, just like the spinach, you can't taste them.  All I could taste was the banana and honey.  I couldn't taste any vanilla from the protein powder, but I did only use half a serve.  Also, I don't think the milk made the smoothie any creamier, but I did find it a little more filling that the water base.  The frozen banana always does a great job of thickening up the mix and making it creamy.

I don't think I will buy the protein powder again, there are a lot of other cheaper ways to incorporate protein into the diet.  Who knows, there may even be a tofu smoothie round the corner? Maybe not?  We'll see!

Speaking of cheaper protein sources............

Egg & Cheese Muffin 

Multigrain English muffin with low-fat cheese wedge

1 dry-fried / no added fat egg 
(I used an egg ring to get the perfect muffin shape)

egg & cheese muffin with 1/2 an avocado

I am loving these little cheese and egg muffins.  They are so quick and easy to make and they taste delicious.  I love my avocado as well and when my son cracked one to have on his sandwich, I just had to have some.  I know they are fatty, but it's the good kind and as much as I would like to, I don't eat them everyday.

I recently stumbled upon a blog called Diary of a Nutritionist, which I am loving.  I also found a post called The Avocado - A Healthy Fat.  I am so glad that I found this avocado post cause it explains the health benefits of the avocado and makes me feel better about eating them.  Here's a sneak peek -

"Avocados are incredibly delicious, versatile and nutrient dense.

They are rich in potassium (higher than bananas)

High in Vitamin K- (allows your blood to clot normally, and helps to protect your bones)

Fairly high in the B-Complex Vitamins,

Contains Vitamin A, C, E, and,

Are rich in magnesium, iron, calcium and other trace minerals"

If you are having any concerns about the foods you are eating, I highly recommend you check out Diary of a Nutritionist, it is full of great information about all the foods we eat.

*Weigh-in*

Good weigh-in this morning with a loss of 1.1 kg (2.4 lbs).  I have found lately that I'm not really counting calories, but I am being consistent with everything I am doing.

Early morning workouts are slowly becoming habit / routine and I am really enjoying them and regretting when I don't do them - both good signs.  I am eating 4 - 6 smaller meals a day rather than 3 big ones and I am putting a lot more effort into my meals.  My meals aren't fancy with 1000's of ingredients, but I am really trying to focus on the ingredients - grainy breads instead of white, adding proteins where I can to keep me fuller longer and being really aware of portion sizes (Tweety Bird plate, I also have Winnie the Pooh).

I have sort of taken the weight loss out of it all and am just trying to be as healthy and active as I can be and it seems to be working.  I've lost more weight in the last few weeks than I did in all of last year.  I think I have finally found my winning formula :)

Share your winning formula.....

• What works best for you? 
• Do you eat 5 - 6 smaller meals?
• Would you ever try mushrooms in a smoothie?

Happy New Year!

Welcome to 2012!  This is my year and I am going to make it count.  No more flittering away on wishing and hoping.  There is no magical spell or fairy Godmother out there, well none that I know of anyway, so it's up to me.  I know I can do this and I am going to do it.

I have everything I need at my fingertips : 

• I have my pool membership, which I am loving.  I want to get up at 5.30 am to go to the pool.  I love that by the time I'm actually awake, my workout is finished.
• I have my blog friends, which is where I get all my motivation from.
• I have my treadmill, which is where I run.  I am also going to incorporate a lot more HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) workouts this year.  Apparently, the HIIT workouts are great for burning fat!
• I have Fat Secret, which is where I can record all of my calories eaten and burned.
• I have Daily Mile, which is where I record all of my workouts to see how many donuts I have burned.

There is no reason why I can't do this, there is no reason for me to fail.  I have even made a poster of my 12 goals for 2012 ~

This is going up on the fridge, on the pantry and in my room.  This is my year!  I invite everyone to join me and make it your year too :)

Planning is the Key

I have lots of little plans to help me achieve my weight loss - plans to do this, plans to do that, plans to do this again, plans to do that again, I am sure there are others out there who know what I am talking about. Now, all I have to do is put them all together and I'll be unstoppable - well, that's the plan.

I have discovered that when I plan my meals and have them ready and in the fridge, this whole weight loss eating thing is so much easier.  Now, when I say weight loss eating, I don't mean low fat, low calorie, low carb. rice cakes that taste like cardboard, I'm talking about fresh, healthy food that has nutrients and is beneficial to me.  I like carrots, so why not have some carrot sticks waiting for me in the fridge? 

I find it so much easier to just cut everything up the night before when I am already in the kitchen preparing dinner.  This way I have good, healthy snacks ready and waiting to be eaten.  I often can't be bothered to prepare food and end up just eating whatever is easier, which is always, always higher in calories and a lot less beneficial.  I think it's what Jill calls "empty calories" and yes, I say Jill cause I like to pretend that we are best friends - Jillian Michaels is just way to formal.

Hahahaha, you're so funny Jane

So, planning it is!  A little extra time in the kitchen each night is really worth a day of good, wholesome eating :)

*Workout*

I jumped on the treadmill this morning and I loved it, the time just flew by.  I chose an incline workout (#11) cause I wasn't in the mood for speed, but I think that was because I did a combination workout, which was mostly speed (#2) yesterday morning.

*HRM Stats* 

• Duration : 35.05 mins
• Calories : 335
• Average HR : 147
• Maximum HR : 172
• In Zone : 16.19 mins
• Distance : 3 kms

Changing the Way I Think!

I was lying in bed last night wondering why my journey has been so very slow, when it dawned on me that apart from plenty of bad food choices, it was also a case of me trying to be like other people by doing what other people do or trying to live how others live their own lifestyles.  This is when I discovered that I am doing this for me, not for anyone else and not to be like anyone else.  This is MY journey and I am going to do it my way.

This revelation got me thinking about how can I make it work best for me because what may work for someone else isn't necessarily going to work for me.  As much as I love reading blogs, finding inspiration, getting motivated and gathering little tips and tricks to fight any further weight gain, I need to start doing my own thing.  I need to adjust them to me, to fit my lifestyle.  

Just because Julie from Peanut Butter Fingers gets up at 5am (sometimes before) to workout doesn't mean I have to and if I try and force the issue, I know that I'll resent it and I won't workout at all.  I can however, adjust the alarm clock to 6am - this would work for me.

One of Julie's tips for fighting weekend weight gain is to ........  

"Put a to-do list on your fridge: Make a mini to-do list for the weekend and tape it onto your fridge featuring easy, around-the-house things that need to be done (like the laundry). If you're heading to the fridge to fight boredom and not hunger, look at your to-do list and tackle one of the items on the list."

I love this idea and plan on using it, but the best thing of all, it doesn't need any amendments or adjusting - anyone (meaning me) can do this!

I have noticed in the past that when I make food my priority, I lose weight whether I have exercised or not, so the first thing I am going to adjust is food.  I have already made some changes to what and the way I eat, but there is definitely room for improvement.  What I really need to do is make it my priority every day, every week, not just a day or week here and there.

Exercise is also important for me and not just to assist in my weight loss, but because it makes me feel good.  The problem with my exercise is that I have been so focused on the exercise and whether I have been doing enough or too much that it has taken over and dominated this journey, but without a more consistent attitude with what is going into my body, the weight is simply not going to shift.

I need to remember this......

I need to do what is best for me, what I feel most comfortable doing and what I know I will continue to do.  Like so many other things in life, it's all about prioritising :

• Food - track it!
• Exercise - do it!
• Consistency - track it and do it everyday!
• Remember............

A Pack of Wild Animals

Ava, Christian & Holly

My kids have been like wild animals all day today!  I wonder if there is a zoo close by that will take them?  I'll wait till Hayden comes home from school and he can go with them :)

Ever since they woke up this morning, they have been screaming, fighting and attacking each other with kitchen tongs.  The second I turn my back, they are off.  Does anyone else have kids who think it's a fantastic idea to rip apart a toilet roll (or 2) and soak it in the toilet to make huge 'spit balls' which then end up stuck on the walls and windows?  I can't go to the bathroom without something being destroyed!  It must be so much fun to open a box of Jatz and then ride your bike over them and add water to create some sort of biscuit paste!  Maybe I could use it as a pie base??

Anyhoooo, these are the days that I love to be able to get on the treadmill and shuffle my cares away. Today was NOT that day!!!!

*Workout*

My workout (#8) consisted of  speed intervals.  After about 4 mins I just wanted to cry, I didn't want to be there, it was too hard, blah, blah, blah.  All the usual excuses came out so I decided to look at Pinterest for an hour a minute looking for a mantra that would give me the kick I needed. Heading to my motivation board, I found exactly what I was looking for.......

pretty good advice

I felt this mantra was specific to how I was feeling today so I used it.  I scribbled it onto a piece of paper and stuck in on the Treadmill right in front of my face.  It seemed to help and I pushed myself to finish the workout which took me to 30 mins.  I was happy just to make the 30 mins today, but while trudging along in my cool down I checked my HRM and wasn't happy so I decided to keep going until I burned at least 300 calories.

By the time my 300 calories came round, I was close to 5 kms so I kept going.  Once at the 5km mark I thought well, I'm not far off 60 mins and I kept going.  I do have to confess that I hated every single second of the last 7 mins, but I was so close to 1 hour that I wasn't going to give up.  I refused to give up today and I really pushed myself.  It was more of a mental challenge than a physical one, but that didn't stop my legs from burning.

I felt blah about the workout today, but I am glad that I didn't just give up.  It feels really good to push yourself to achieve something and I burned off another 3 donuts!  Gotta be happy with that :)

*HRM Stats* 

• Duration : 1 hour 4.57 mins
• Calories : 572
• Average HR : 150
• Maximum HR : 193
• In Zone : 24.42 mins
• Distance : 6.1 kms

*Diet Coke Mentality*

It's been 126 days since I have had any diet coke or other type of soft drink which is a huge deal for me.  Diet coke played a big part in my previous diet and it has been fairly easy to do without it.  Some days it's not so easy and I just want to grab a 2 litre bottle and drink it in one go and then do a great big burp like Buddy the Elf and considering my husband is never without his coke, this would be pretty easy for me. 

Every time I get one of those urges to just drink it, I remind myself of how long I have gone without and that I don't want to start at day 1 ever, ever again.  I'm not saying that I will never have a glass of soft drink ever again, but at the moment, it's just not part of my lifestyle.  This is the mentality I want to bring to my fitness / workouts.  

After not doing any exercise for so many weeks, I am struggling with the workouts I had written for the treadmill which shows me that when I wrote them, I had been making progress in the fitness department.  This mornings workout was awful, but I think another reason (apart from my mantra), that I forced myself to keep going was because I feel like I am starting at day 1 again.  Each day I give up and do nothing is just another day of my old fatty-boom-bah lifestyle where the scales don't shift, but if I continue to push myself to keep going and don't look back, in time, it will get easier again and the scales will start moving again.

Good-bye to Day 1's forever :)