Step 1: Health

I was on the train this morning, travelling into work, listening to Michelle’s little "snip tips" she puts up on the program website. I listened to the one about sleep. She gave us a sleep challenge. Firstly, she challenged the idea that we are born to be either morning people or night owls. More that it is a learned habit instead. She's probably right. I've got terrible sleeping habits. I always stay up late. I'm always so tired. Well, less tired since I've been looking after my health, but still - the fact that I am only getting around six hours sleep a night and I can't for the life of me get my arse out of bed to make it to work on time more mornings than not, is not a good sign. And I do all of those activities she says we waste hours doing instead of sleeping - perusing Facebook, watching mind-numbing tv, etc etc. So I'm going to take on her challenge. 14 days of getting into bed at 9:30, lights off by 10pm, and up by 6am. And an hour later

I though for my next post I'd make it about something fun that I'm sure most people appreciate - FOOD!!!! Yum yum!! One huge thing joining the 12wbt has given me, that I am truly grateful for, is teaching me to appreciate healthy nutritious food and how much it can do for your body. And the amazing thing, is that this is returned to you ten-fold. It comes back to you in numerous benefits in a variety of forms, including energy, brain power, attention span, physical ability and emotional control, just to name a few!! I have also found a love and joy that comes from cooking. I don't know exactly how to describe it in words that can do it any justice, but it is just an incredible thing that you can express yourself through. You are making something so good for your body, that you know your body will enjoy, and you're doing that from scratch with your own hands. When I cook, I enjoy every part of it - shopping and selecting the fresh ingredients, reading through the rec

Or as I like to say it in my mind "wuh wuh wuh wuh" (say it really quick and it works). It makes me chuckle at least. The Stats:     Last wks weight: 74.6 This wks weight: 74.1 Weekly loss: 500 grams Percentage loss: 0.7% Starting weight: 91.9 Total weight loss: 17.8 Percentage weight loss: 19.4%   How am I feeling? Pretty good. I've had a hell of a week, with what I consider to be "excuses outside of my control". Oh gosh I hope I'm labelling my excuses right. But it's a life changing event, so surely that's a big one? I moved house!! Apparently that's in the top five most stressful situations a person can experience. And I'm beginning to understand why. My outside of work time over the last week was consumed as follows: Last Wednesday night -  inspecting open houses, then back to work to do overtime. Thursday - working late, then filling out application for rental property Friday - application was approved, dinner

BEFORE HALF WAY MARK Well, let me just start off by saying I have seriously been neglecting my little blog baby. And if there's any readers out there, I’m sorry. Life has been a little bit crazy over the last few months to say the least. Now the event that has sparked this post is that the 12wbt has announced a little challenge, for anyone willing to partake, of writing an interesting blog and nominating yourself, or nominating a blog you enjoy reading. You must make about three posts this week, and then between 1-3 posts every week following until the end of the round (this being week 3). I thought what better timing than this little challenge to get my butt into gear and invest some time into my blog. Now I thought for my first post I would refresh the scene and talk a little bit about me, why I'm here, and what I have achieved so far. About me: I'm Lauren, 26 (almost 27.....EEEEK!!!), living in Brissy, and grew up in Darwin. I moved To