Whispers Weekly Update 13/10/2024

A public holiday to start the week. Perfect. Beach Day! We drove up to Bribie Island and spent the morning with sand between our toes. It was beautiful as always. Bribie has a special place in my heart. My family has been going there since we were kids. I used to stay there with my grandma on the holidays when I was younger. I loved staying with my grandma, it was peaceful and calm.

Now my kids love going as well. The surf was a bit rough and Jim had a bit of a slip and shock when he couldn’t find his feet in the shallows but it did not deter from him from wanting to stay in the water. He really is a water baby that one. Can’t get enough.

We also celebrated our eldest’s 14th birthday with shopping followed by dinner at a nice but not too fancy restaurant.

My Business – Blue Unicorn Home.

I’ve been working on something special inspired by our daughter. A little design that is just Isabelle all over. I cannot believe my beautiful, funny, sassy little babe is almost an adult. It’s kind of scary and sad that she’s growing up. It’s beautiful to watch. She’s turning into an amazing young woman. Her comedic timing is impeccable and often aimed at me. I can’t wait to show you the design.

My week has been filled with mostly 5am starts, adding new products to Etsy, posting to Pinterest and just trying to keep my motivation up. I’ve been working hard this week while being in a lot of pain.

I never get enough done though. Does anyone else find that? No matter how hard I seem to work, I never complete all the tasks I’ve set for myself.

Losing Weight

This week has been a bit of a bummer. Last Monday I played Netball for the first time in years. It was so much fun and I really enjoyed myself. However, my knees packed it in and a week later I’m still unable to walk properly. Literally, not even exaggerating. I can’t bend them properly, they are still swollen. Suffice to say I will not be playing tonight. I have also not been able to walk or exercise at all this week. I’ve only managed to just hit my very low steps goal of 4000 steps.

I have been on point with my calorie intake. I went over when we went to dinner for Belles birthday a fraction and only one more during the week – I was fully aware that I was going to go over and accepted it. With these 2 days going over, I am still in a calorie deficit for the week – just.

The first day I went over my caloric budget although I’d accepted that I would and was ok with it. I did over eat my tummy was sore. I ate more because I didn’t want all the food to be gone and me not to have any – which is something I do struggle with as I live with a bunch of human dustbins. I started getting so angry they’d eat everything and not leave me any, I’d start eating “my share” whether I was hungry or not. This is a habit I still fall back into sometimes. I’m working on it.

I’ve found it so hard to lose weight – especially when I can’t exercise. I started so small with correcting or altering my habits. I literally started with water consumption. I just concentrated on drinking enough water. It’s worked so far, one habit to change at a time. I’ll concentrate for a month or so on each one before I move to the next.

Meal prep this week consisted of:

Brownies
Chia seed pudding
Compote
Tuna and pasta bake with veg
Jelly and fruit
Prepped veggie sticks, tomatoes and lettuce

Organisation

Once again, my organisation hasn’t really improved. I still feel some days I am a headless chook. It is starting to frustrate me a little. I need a bit more help with dinners and getting kids to sport in the evenings. My husband works so hard at work. He’s doing long hours but it does make me feel a bit alone in the domestic side of things. Especially now that I’m almost doing as many hours as he is. My travel is so much shorter, it makes a huge difference when I leave after him and then get home at the same time and we’ve both worked an 8 hour day.

I’m not sure how I’m going to improve my organisation. I’ve got Notion and OMG it helps so much. But I still feel a bit lost sometimes. Trying to focus on my business without a clear task or strategy sometimes has me chasing my tail.