Don't worry, I'm not going naked (that's too much for even me to stomach) but what I'm referring to is that all my cloths are too big for me and I'm now a member of the 'saggy arse brigade'...seriously....I look like 'Coco the Clown'.
Don't get me wrong, its flippin brilliant and I couldn't be happier but Im a little stuck because I'm trying to avoid buying too many new clothes now as they will (hopefully) get too big for me as well. I've started a 'please clothe Paula when she is  no longer a fatty boomba any more' fund. Any contributions greatly received, and you could also have a say in the clothes I buy (let your
dirty little minds run with that for a bit!)

I completed my 5km fun run on Sunday 4th march in a not un-respectful time of 44mins and 30 seconds.
What a rush. I'm looking for my next one to do as I would like to eventually get up to maybe a half marathon.

A couple of weeks ago I was introduced to Newcastle (NSW) as I was visiting one of my best buddies, Conrad Curry. I had an absolutly awesome time and got burnt all over (the first time for me in Australia - 3 years), so now proudly sport my first midi tan (hey I know its bad for my skin but I'm usually careful and this was a bit of an accident).
What I thought was going to be a nice leisurely walk along the
beach turned into a 12km, 4 hour trek, and as a bonus some fool decided that it would be fun on the way back to run up the loads of steps we had come down on the way. On that day Newcastle
discovered a beached whale and the RSPCA was dispatched immediately (for any of you who haven't quite caught onto my sense of humour yet I am in fact talking about me).

I'm now down to 97kg and feel like a new person.
I made quite a monumental discovery the other week and cant believe it took me so long to work this out. I had been depression free for over nine months, the longest for many years. Then suddenly about
3/4/ weeks ago I started to feel down again and I was just desperate to not let this happen again as you can imagine. So I sat down and thought about what I had changed in the previous two weeks.
Then it hit me (and this also includes previous years of suffering) that the only change I had made was that I went back on the pill. So I did a bit of research and made a discovery that recent studies have shown that women are 50% more likely to suffer depression whilst on the
pill. I couldn't believe it and immediately came off of them and within three days ALL symptoms had disappeared.

On a slightly different note I am really proud that I have finally managed to overcome my fast food addiction and in fact it now makes me sick. I'm now following the CSIRO well-being diet although I don't really see it as a diet because I honestly believe that it is just healthy
good eating and something I could stick to for life. I lost 4/5/kg the first week I went on it because it was such a shock to my system but it now means that I'm having to spend a lot longer in the kitchen and I now make not just all our dinners but all our lunches and have cut down on
eating out.

So things as you can see are going pretty well, but sometimes I just wish there was a few more hours in the day. I'm trying to juggle not only a full time job but all my cornet practice, band (now twice
a week), the gym 6/7 times a week, all my web/graphic design work, teaching and 'propper' cooking for the first time

I'm gonna be a little lost next week. My personal trainer Sally has told me that I'm to have a bit of a 'break' and I'm only to do four cardio sessions (low impact) and no rpm or fitbox classes. Im not going to know what to do with myself. Really. The gym has just become such a huge part of my life. After that though I'm starting on a bit of a new routine that I'm really looking forward to.

Drop me a line...I'm gonna need something to fill in my time next week.


x bg