Creating My Reality

What’s In Your Bag There Lil Miss

Chavah Kinloch — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:04:49 +0000

I always like seeing what everyone else carries on them when they do these types of posts. I never joined in because when it comes to handbags I really don’t have anything in them. In fact most days I’ll just grab my purse and phone and trot off.

I realised that there is a bag I carry a lot in though, and each time before I leave the house I make sure I don’t forget anything from it or else I will get extremely anxious. So welcome to the display of contents from my gym bag.

From top left:

Old beanie – I haven’t taken it out since last winter.
Hand towel – Used to wipe up sweat.
Body spray – Shower in a can.
Nivea roll on deodorant - My new favourite.
12oz pink boxing gloves – Only packed on kickboxing days.
Hand wraps – Make it easier to not slip when doing a gazillion push ups and hand walking drills.
1.5 litre water bottle – Almost always have one with me.
Extra bobby pins – Cannot train with my hair all on my face.
Raspberry lip smacker – MUST HAVE. Applied before & after every workout.
Tampons – Just in case.
Ipod – Big flash expensive one broke, bought this basic one to ‘make do’ and actually prefer it. Hate training without it!
Lifting gloves – Very handy for my sweaty paws. Love the wrist support.
Workout notebook – I write down everything I do, it comes in handy with new routines and tracking my progress.
Pen – For notes.
Three sets of headphones – I usually use the white ones. Sometimes I’ll sweat so much in a session that I’ll make a headphone stop working so I’ll switch them out for a spare set.
My phone – Pink of course. Have you noticed a theme.
Purse – You know, in case I die and someone needs to identify me. Still looks brand new after 4 years!
My keys & gym login key – I’ve been better at keeping track of them ever since joining my gym.
Business cards in card holder – Because you never know who you’ll meet! I have two and keep them in different bags so I can hand them out when I meet someone new.
Extra workout ideas – Lots of killer circuits.

What’s in your bag? Do you keep it organised or is it a collection spot for everything you get handed throughout your day?

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One More Project Done and Dusted

Chavah Kinloch — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:34:51 +0000

Just after new years we were fortunate enough to have my husband’s parents come down and visit us. It was such a treat! While here, my Mother in law went above and beyond, proving that she is indeed one amazing grandmother. After this post here about curtains for Boston’s bedroom, I had planned on sending some fabric up to her to make the curtains for us. We never quite got there. As luck would have it though, the week before they arrived there were some crazy sales going on and while I was browsing the aisles of Spotlight I stumbled across a fabulous, double length, polka dot fabric marked at $2 a metre. Not only that, there was 30% off. I bought the whole roll!

After the curtains were sewn up we went back to purchase the bits and pieces to hang them.

This morning I finally got around to photographing the room with the new curtains up. It makes it feel so much more finished (even though I still have more decorating to do). Boston loved the photo shoot, I think he just likes showing off his room. All throughout my clicking he would move into shot asking for more and say ‘my room, my bed, my toys, my curtain, my elephant’ etc… Yeah, I think he’s proud of his bedroom.

Here’s the end result:

New curtains for under $15. (For everything)

We ended up placing the new curtains in front of the old ones. The old ones were in great condition and did everything we needed curtains to do, they just didn’t look the part, so now we have a double layer. It’s just as easy as using the one set. I think we owned this project. Best $15 curtains I’ve ever seen!

And this is what my Boston bun was getting up to beside me.

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You Sexy Thang – For Ladies Only

Chavah Kinloch — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:57:39 +0000

I’m feeling like a very lucky lady today. A package arrived for me and I couldn’t wait to tear into it. I knew exactly what it would be!

I won a Valentines Day competition earlier in the week and this absolutely stunning lingerie set arrived just for me.

Yep, I’m on cloud nine!

Do you know how little I get to purchase anything remotely hot like this for the fun of it?! It’ll make a nice change from my sports bras hehe.

I found out about the competition simply because the bra I was wearing had the under wire pop through and stab me so I headed to the store and purchased my first Zabu bra. I noticed they had a website on their tag – which made me squeal with delight, I love companies that understand how important that is – so I headed there and followed them on Facebook & Twitter and the rest is history.

The great thing about the competition is that it was held by Caprice Intimates, a brand that caters for women of all sizes:

At Caprice Intimates we believe that beauty starts from within, so whether you’re an A cup or an F cup, or anything in between, there is a style in the Caprice range that is just right for you.

See! Great huh? If you’re a regular here you’ll have heard me whine about my massive boobage so I am so happy to have a set that is colourful, amazingly beautiful and fit’s my DD’s! Usually the pretty stuff stops at C. *insert extremely disappointed face here* For all my weight loss my boobs haven’t changed a bit. Well, they look better but size wise they’re the same.

I had a lunch date with my husband today and when I showed him that my package had arrived the first words out of his mouth were “So when do I get to see you in them!”. I know I’m not the only wife (or girlfriend or single hot blooded female) who wants that to be the first thought to pop into that special someone’s head. Have I sold you on them now? Because I confess I am now their number one fan. Come on ladies, join me You can find them stocked at Farmers!

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Check Out The Online Exhibit

Chavah Kinloch — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:10:35 +0000

I was part of an art exhibition last year called How Diversity Works. There was an article about it in my local paper, for some reason I never blogged about it.

It was held in Auckland and I would have loved to have attended this exhibition to take part in the artist panel but alas, my artist funds are pretty much non existent as for the past year I’ve been choosing to only paint when I feel moved to paint instead of to make an income. It’s worked well for me actually.

The works from the exhibition were all photographed and have now been put up to create an online exhibition. You can read artist statements and learn about each individual artist and why we put in the works that we did. Read here.

I really enjoyed creating my piece, it was very freeing. When you read my statements, compared to the other artists it won’t say much. Just a very run of the mill piece. I’m grateful for that because what I put in was actually very personal and their wonderful admin contacted me to ensure only what I was comfortable with being available for others to read was out there, so that’s why mine seems so simple next to everyone else’s.

The painting should say enough. Check it out here.

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Keep It Simple This Valentines Day

Chavah Kinloch — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:14:59 +0000

Give your loved one a card:

This had me in stitches when I first saw it. Had to share it with you all. Happy Valentines Day! I’m doing nothing hehe.

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My Weekend Project

Chavah Kinloch — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:57:22 +0000

Everybody knows that the best time to get anything done is when you’re trying to procrastinate doing something else, right? So that’s how this project got started. I had told myself I’d dedicate my weekend to getting through a bunch of laundry and sorting out old clothes that needed to be donated or sold.

Of course now it’s the Sunday evening and I still haven’t started my laundry..

BUT I did make this!

That was way more fun than laundry.

My husband and I were in need of some drawers, a place to put gym clothes when they weren’t being worn or in the washing machine.

Although you can’t see it in that top photo, the drawers were badly scratched and stained but that’s ok because they were no match for me and my power tools!

I’ve been wanting to create a Chinese inspired piece of furniture for a while now, so it was great to purchase something practical for every day use and get the idea out of my head.

I picked up the drawers for $20 because they were in such ‘bad’ condition. There was another set, exactly the same but in slightly better condition for $60. All up this makeover cost me $48. I think I got the better deal! They’re a great solid set. I love furniture with personality.

Now I’m itching to create something else!

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More On My Chalkboard Obsession

Chavah Kinloch — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:31:03 +0000

I’d been going on about a giant chalkboard calendar for my home for the better half of a year, so for Christmas my husband decided to make my wish come true and together we created this awesome purple masterpiece. It is so handy and each person that’s seen it has paid it compliment. I think the comments about how fantastic it looks from the random power metre reader lady were the best.

You can find a variety of chalkboard calendar options on Etsy.com. I didn’t have the patience to wait for shipping and I wanted something slightly bigger/different to fit the space I had, so I created mine by painting with coloured chalkboard paint which you can pick up from specialist paint & decorating stores. Definitely check out all the colour options they have out nowadays.

During

Finished

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Perseverance

Chavah Kinloch — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:29:54 +0000

This pretty much sums up my life right now.

Time and effort is all it will take. I WILL do it.

I wasn’t going to say anything on here but after thinking about it for a week I figure..why not just say it? Why is it so hard?This is why I have a blog after all. I’ve only told two people in real life, my husband and a friend the day it happened. Even saying it to my friend was hard.

I have officially lost 40kg’s (88lbs). In fact I’m closer to 41kgs lost than 40 now, so watch this space. The journey is far from over.

It’s hard to believe really. I’ve pretty much lost a Kourtney Kardashian or a Mila Kunis (apparently they weigh 43kg’s):

The thing is, even though to say it out loud sounds kind of impressive, in real life I’ve been struggling to see the difference. Like really struggling. Don’t get me wrong, there are moments I’ll walk past something and see my reflection and catch myself off guard and think “What in the hell? Is that me? Where’s the rest of me? What happened to the massive roll there that was there?” It’s just hard to get my brain caught up with reality. I’m my own biggest critic.

After talking with my husband about it last night he said something that made a lot of sense to me. I don’t care about the number because it’s not what motivates me. I’ve spent the last year working my butt off and not focusing on a relationship with my scales so I’ve learned to love other results instead. I need to physically see change happening and when I look front on, it’s hard for me to see that. From that conversation came these photos:

Please don’t judge me by my excess fat, loose skin and full belly. Despite all those things (which I’m working on) I’m proud because look closely…

Those shadowy dents you see there? That is muscle. It bulges and it’s solid. You can’t see it too well in the photos but through touch the most obvious muscle is my triceps. It feels like a thick line running through my arm when I run my hand over it. I have never had this before but I love it.

This photo below is my favourite photo to date of a woman with trapezius muscles. In fact I have this labelled in my folder as ‘Traps for days’. Jessica Biel in general has amazing definition.

I know, I know, I’m probably going to have a lot of people with words like butch, manly, too much, eww, gross etc but this is the direction I’m choosing to go and I’ve never felt more feminine.

These photos my husband took for me to look at make me a hundred times happier than any number the scale doesn’t say anymore. These photos show how much effort I put in on any given day to make a positive change in my life. Thank you Andrew for helping me wrap my head around how I want to measure my progress.

I’m building a good foundation and I’ve got some very clear set goals – and so far since making them, I have been kicking their butt. I’m on track!

I don’t know what my body will look like by the time I’m done, I have a vision that I hope to make a reality but I’ve never been the athletic type so this will be completely new to me. I don’t know what to expect. What I do know is that the end result will represent the hard work, dedication and perseverance I am putting in to achieve it. Stretch marks, saggy skin and all, I love and appreciate my body.

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Keeping it Fresh – Will Smith is My First Love

Chavah Kinloch — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:19:52 +0000

I cannot wait to get out of the house this evening to plug in my earphones and work it out. My gosh I need it today! It makes me feel like this:

Shout out to the tumblr who originally put all of these dance moves into one post. By far one of the best things on the internet.

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New Year New Look

Chavah Kinloch — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:29:00 +0000

I’ve been wanting a new look for this blog for a while now, so with my husband being on holiday we decided to tackle a redesign. It’s likely things could change again throughout the year as I work on my ‘to do’ list but for now this new look is giving me renewed enthusiasm to write for the year ahead! Take a look around, let me know if you come across anything that’s not working properly.

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