Happy 9th Birthday Liam and another yarn

 Happy Birthday to Liam.

It's become a tradition here for the birthday child to decorate their own cake.

We get very interesting masterpieces.

No cake for mummy as I had a weigh in the next morning.

 

I made a sock weight yarn this time.

spun from a ply of  EL X Merino and a ply of Coopworth.

Both fleeces I bought from Jane at Moseley Park.

A pair of socks for me.

The advantage of all this spinning is it is not possible to put food

in my mouth while using my hands to spin!

I had a great Weigh In on Thursday and lost 1.2kg

Putting me in the healthy weight range with a BMI of 25!

And under 70kgs!

And a total loss of over  20kgs.
To celebrate I went clothes shopping and bought myself a gorgeous new dress.

Only 4.7kgs to go to goal.

New yarns

 One of Kathy's beautiful batts plied with some of her dyed silk tops.

My spinning is really starting to get there.

I'm really pleased with my progress in learning to spin.

I'm self taught using the internet, videos and books.

 My sister told my mum...

"Tracy can do anything when she sets her mind to it."

I was rather taken back by the compliment.

Donna was referring to my weight loss.

I've always doubted my own abilities but now I'm starting to believe she's right!

 Some of Jane's El X Merino fleece plied with Romney Ball from Kathy.

 I'm building up a fine stash of handspun yarns.

Might be time to think about passing on the pleasure and having a give away soon.

I learnt a new term ..

SABLE Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectation! 

I wonder if my hoarding of 'stuff' is related to my weight?

A little snap shot of where I am on my weight loss journey.

Yep, that is 27cms off my waist! and 11cms off EACH thigh!

I still can't believe I am doing it!

I have a fine yarn to tell you...

If you could have a dream come true and it meant

spending an hour a day working on it, would you do it?

Merino spun fine

 I'm spending an hour a day making my dream come true.

I call it Project Big.

It was a BIG project but now it's not so BIG.

 

 I started Project Big on 02 February this year.

When I started I wasn't sure I could complete it.

It was a huge project.

Project Big was inspired by Bronnie a long time and dear friend.

Bronnie has encouraged me and kept me on track.

I started Project Big after a phone call one Sunday morning.

Bronnie is the sort of friend you can spend 3 hours on the phone with 

and never run out of anything to say.

This particular Sunday we were talking about our dreams,

for ourselves and our kids.

Our dream was to be the best mothers we could be.

The mothers who would be the role models our children need us to be.

 After the battery ran out on the phone I put it down and went to my computer and took a huge step towards making my dream come true.

I joined Weight Watchers Online.

Seven children in 12 years had been my excuse for not addressing my health needs.

For letting my fitness decline and my waistline increase.

NO MORE EXCUSES

It was time to be the mum I wanted to be.

A fit energetic mum.

A mum who can chase and catch her toddlers.

A mum  without the health concerns obesity brings.

A mum who will be here (god willing) to see her grandbabies born.

My dream is almost complete.

And all it has taken is around an hour a day.

An hour a day is nothing to pay for health and wellbeing 

and the chance to see my grandbabies

Now I eat well and exercise each day.

I spend an hour a day exercising a gift to myself and my family.

I no longer use the excuse I'm too busy to look after me.

I know I can never be too busy to look after one of the most 

important persons in my childrens lives.

Peter has held my hand and joined me.

He is looking fabulous too.

By changing what I cooked, reducing portions and encouraging him to exercise.

He too has regained his health and fitness.

I can now run for 30 minutes.

I never thought I could, 

I smile at myself in the mirror at the gym as I run on that treadmill.

I'm so proud of myself.

I've thrown out all my BIG clothes.

I'm not going to show you photos yet.

I still have a few weeks to go.

So make sure you come back in about 6 weeks 

so I can show you the results of Project Big.