Support Groups - Aussie Chicks 2009 (2)

gym buddy cancelled on me... :( ..... so .. im going to go anyway.... yay me.... lol

Welcome Alan. There's a rooster among the chicks!!!


Here's our little girlie.

Aww Barb she's lovely!

I had a good dinner out last night, nice and healthy. Unfortunately it was chased by a big ice cream! Doh :halfempty

Today I'm working at my normal job until 1pm and then heading to the stadium to do my first shift at my second job, ushering the crowds at the rugby.

It's going to be a full on day with lots of standing and walking around which should be good. I've got some lovely steaks defrosting and will have steak and salad for dinner tonight.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.


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Barb she is so pretty. I bet she will be very spoilt.

Worked the other night and worked with midwife to deliver a baby. was awesome. but funny as we only 1 mid and another lady came in already wanting to push so we had to get another on staff asap. the bubs ended up born only 15 minutes or so apart. Ours was awesome but needed a little help to get going. so was scary for my first but awesome to have that kind of experience and i kept calm cool and collected woohoo. I've been in delivery before but more as an observer not a doer.

i have a very stuffy head cold at the moment and everything tastes like crap so i am not eating... haha prob binge though when it goes away.

Kel did you have a hair cut?

Amy you roclk going anyway to gym.

Julia hope u have an awesome time at the stadium. you'll be run off yr feet no doubt.

Welcome Alan. hgha at Barbs rooster comment.

the body jam class was seriously great fun... but i was the only one in the class.. lol..

but then it was probably best since i am a complete novice and she could show me what to do .

boy did i sweat.... even got a stitch near the end..

and was expecting to be very sore today but nope i am fine

Took the kids fro a 3 hour swim at the pool..... i was slower then usual i have to admit... and at one stage i got a mnor cramp... bhut other then that i was fine.. which was a nice surprise....


oh.. and this might sound odd.. but since i started aqua i have been able to just stay still and float in any position... i could make a ball of myself and still manage to float with my head and shoulders out of the water ... ... but not any more... i tried to stay still when was in the deep end with Leah and i sunk.... .... so i spose it is true what they say fat floats... and now i must have less of it... ... which must mean i have more muscle then i used too since my weight hasn't moved that much.. ..

anyway cool thing to figure out...

so i spose it is true what they say fat floats... and now i must have less of it... ... which must mean i have more muscle then i used too since my weight hasn't moved that much.. ....


Amy you crack me up :dizzy:

I suck at maintenance!

And I have been struggling to find my motivation, but I won't give up. This week I am going to nail all my goals and get back on track.

I have a small extension on my book deadline. I have to hand the manuscript in to the publisher in just 13 days, so I won't be here much until then but I've been popping in and reading whenever I get a chance.

No more chocolate!

Thanks for being so accepting girls.
To be honest, until now I hadn't give a thought to being the only male. In my last thread there was a Lawrie, and I thoughtn she was a man. Derr!;)

Since I have not yet been ejected, I guess I will enjoy being here, if you can put up with me!

You never know, with my 70 years experience (although most of the time I feel somewhere between 45 and 55) I may have something useful to say.

Let me know when you've had enough :-)

But I want a secret ballot please :D
Alan

ani - why is it that you suck at maintenence? which of the goals that you set yourself everyday are you NOT achieving?? no more chocolate? wont that just make you want it more and blow it when you do have it??
i think i have finally learnt and have had 2 "servings" of the cheese i bought the other day, a slice on my "benji sub" yesterday and some grated cheese on my mostly eggwhite omelette this morning.

i am SO hoping that the scales tomorrow reflect the Post Choice mindframe i am in - i am so so hoping i have lost weight but regardless i am getting fitter, i can be bothered to do more etc
today benji and i finished the major bits of the chookpen and went and bought boxing stuff, i am loving boxing with my trianer at the gym and now i can do it at home, i got the boxing bag out and dusted it off and found my gloves so now we bought some resistance pads so i can punch at benji rather than just the bag!! i cant wait - i am ROCKY hehehe

tomorrow morning weigh in!
woo hoo

and yes vonni i got a hair cut - when i am happy with it i will take a photo heheeh (it is not bad there is just a bit at the front that needs training oh and at the back)

Alan I'm sure you'll have lots of useful things to contribute! We're not too scary a bunch of girls and we won't turf you out on your ear :D

Sorry to hear you're not doing as well as you'd hoped Ani. It must be very distracting though having the book's deadline looming. This weight loss game takes a lot of hard work and concentration! Keep at it though mate, you'll get there eventually :hug:

Vonni it sounds like you had a great experience at your first delivery! Awesome :D

Some of my friends at work do body jam Amy and they love it. That's cool that you got to have a 1 on 1 session with the instructor :cb:

I had a good first shift at the stadium. I had 4 doors to monitor, just had to approach people and say hi, show them to their seats etc. Once the game got started I just wandered up and down, keeping an eye on the crowd. I was there for just over 5 hours, on my feet the whole time which I'm not used to so I was knackered by the end of it.

I sent the boy down to Dominos and we had pizza for tea. Not the best choice but by god, I savoured every mouthful. Next time I'll know to have something prepared before I go to work.

Today I'm feeling really tired and unmotivated. Haven't got any food prepared so will have to buy lunch which is always a bit of a pain. My goals for today are:

1) Make good decisions with my food intake.
2) Go to the gym, even if it's just for a 20 minute walk.


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down 300grams - not as much as i hoped but i dont care down is down
benji will be surprised coz he was looking forward to hearing my result coz i have been so changed this week

apparently today is going to be 33 degrees or something in brissy - i am NOT looking forward to that OR summer i HATE HATE the hot

vonni - was it a little boy or girl you helped deliver?? what was his/her name?

alan are you needing to lose LOTS of weight? what are you doing?

julia sounds like it was a good job to do... :) so how often will you be working at the stadium???

Kel well done on the loss :) how 's the chook pen biulding going.. im guessing since it not on facebook yet you're not done... lol ??


Ani goodluck with your deadline... and dont be so hard on yourself... you dont suck.. maitaince is just tricky... and sitting and writing wouldn't be helping you know it will come off again once you have finished the writing :)

alan julia is right we don't bite .. :)

Barb she looks like a doll... she is so cute :)

Its a great day here, if you like howling winds and blustery rain promised for this afternoon.
Going for a walk now with an old mate...try to do 3-4 7 km walk a week to keep my body going.
Has anyone here heard of Bowen therapy?
I tried some the other day for a shoulder that physios cant fix...and so far so good. W#ill keep you up to date!
Alan:dizzy:

Nope, I haven't heard of that Alan. What does it involve?

Amy I'm hoping to get work either at the stadium or any other venue maybe once a week or once a fortnight. They send me a spreadsheet once a month and I fill it out saying when I'm free and they roster me on on that basis.

Well done on losing 300g Kel that's great :D

Forgot to say before that during the weekend some b@st@rd snapped off the rear window wiper on my car :mad: I live on a busy road and am currently having to park on the street so I guess it was only a matter of time before something like this happened. The Boy's car got sideswiped a few weeks ago and they dented the side and smashed off the side mirror.

Some people are PRICKS!

yes julia its like people who key cars - get a fricken life!

amy - chook pen got 'finished' last night HAD to coz they kept jumping the fence and getting into my veges but i think there i some roof work to be done still.... and am pretty sure will show it off on facebook!! we have acquired 3 different coloured milk crates in the last couple of years so those and the old catcher for the mower is their nesting place and we have 2 old knife and fork drawer inserts i am using for their scraps and their food just go to get the water sorted at the moment just using dog bowls... next time build chook house then buy chooks...

alan - please tell me more about bowen thearpy - i have a EX friend who swears by it and i always wondered what it was she has one once a month i think and would rave and rave about it

i am so annoyed - my treat for today and the only milo i was planning on having ALL week was tainted by what i think was off milk!!! :(

a part of me wonders how much i could have lost if i was dieting not changing lifestyle.... but will have to keep wondering as i want this to keep going and as i am going it can and will

Well done on your loss Kel.

Its TOM (sorry Alan!) this week for me so not expecting great results this week.

Amy's right Ani, and you've come so far you'll find your groove again soon.

Wow Vonnni! How did you manage to deliver a baby and not get teary? I watched my girlfriend have her last one and couldn't see a thing for the tears!!!

Alan i was driving to school today in that nasty weather. I couldn't see three feet in front of me!

im about to go do another class body pump this time... and the gym buddy is going too i think.... im super excited... and not nervous.. though i do think this one will hurt.. since its weights and i slack in that area alot..... lol

Julia i hope that sounds very promising.. :)

Kel im glad you got the chookies under control

anyway gotta run and get ready :)

I have only had one treatment so far, but it is similar to a massage, except more attention is made to manipulation of certain key areas. So far it has helped to free up my movements...but I wil keep you posted. I have another on 31st in a week.
Bowen therapy has been around for 50 years plus I think, and was discovered by an Aussie...check on the net for more...I am no expert :carrot:

Anyway we are weathering a storm right now...and just as got to that point the lights went out, and three hours later I am finishing the letter!:smug:

So all you hard-working ladies, keep that weight dripping off! I know you are doing it for lots of reasons, and all of them worth the effort.

Rooster Alan :dizzy: :hug:

Alan that sounds really interesting. I will look it up online today :D

Kel it sounds like you're having a lot of fun with your chookies!

Yay, got another roster for the new part time job and my name appears quite a lot which is good! I'll be working one day selling programmes at Mama Mia (wonder if I'll get to see any of it??), a few more rugby games and some soccer and cricket.

More Money = :D:D:D

I am proud to report that I had an awesome day yesterday. Food choices were spot on and I ended up doing weights and a spin class at the gym :cb:

It's a beautiful day here today and I am feeling really positive and energised. Long may it last!

Goals for today:

1) Make good decisions with regards to what goes into my mouth.
2) Go to spin tonight.


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the computer just ate my post :(.... waaaaah... lol

I went out in the cold wind and rain last night ( much to my husbands disgust... he didnt want me driving in the storm)

and did my first body pump class.... gotr through the whole class np and wondered why i didnt try it earlier.... .... but then i suppose that sort of class when your unfit would not be fun... ... I loved it... when it ended i wanted to go again.... but im sure my body didnt... im a little stiff this morning... ... my arms in the calss were fine but mt legs were shaking... lol...

I want to try body attack to but have to wait till next week since they run it on a wednesday morning and Leah has her first school visit in the morning.. and the parents have a meeting .. and meet the teacher.. ( who i already know and love i might add , Camerons reception teacher) so the class will wait... anyway time to make breaky... i have forgotten half the stuff i was going to say ... stupid post eating computer.. lol

Barb i dont think i had time to get teaqry. I do however get sympathy for the mum. i hate watching people in pain.

Did anyone see the news last night? We had a favourite local pub (historical one) go up in flames Sunday night. Matt was gone from 6.30 sunday evening till 8am Monday morning fighting it then waiting around for investigators to get there. was pretty big. totally gone. heere is a link to the photoes i took (yes we went down to see as we could see the glow in the sky from 4km away.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=563477197&ref=nf#/album.php?aid=103923&id=563477197&ref=mf

OK I will focus on finishing the book and then concentrate on losing weight after that. Only two weeks to go and it will all be finished.

But in the meantime I will try and make as many good decisions as I can, and not do too much damage to myself :D

keep celery and cream cheese (lite) and bottles of water beside your comp while writing Ani. :) (says me whos the worst for grabbing crap)

oh and weighed in y/day down another 400gm whoohooooo :carrot:

and I'm halfway to my first goal of 5kg :D

Hi everyone
Good on you Amy, I will start classes (one day) I'm just SO uncoordinated, it's the gym for me for the time being.
I just spoke to my sister & we have started a weight loss challenge (as we are about the same weight). This could get really ugly as we are horribly competitive......

That sounds great lila.... i wish i had some one like that in my life i could knuckle down with so far my so called gym buddy has not turned up once... and keeps canceling at the last hurdle.... but i have been going anyway .. and i have found i really love it..

this afternoon though they only muscle in my body that doesnt hurt is my jaw.... lol... and even though its not sore i havent been exercising it.... which is my usual thing to do when im sulky..

im happy yet sulky.. i have spent they day sitting on my butt... but have behaved otherwise... i tried to run to the phone before.... hmmmm 3 steps and i stopped.. ouch ouch ouch.... lol ....

I know im sick and twisted because im happy to be sore.. its been such a long time since any exercise had made me feel like i worked the next day .


Vonni well done on the 400 grams and half way point... thats brilliant...

wow vonni that really rocks - i didnt even notice you had lost so much i feel terrible - great idea the cream cheese and celery, i forget sometimes how much i like those things - today's snack was raw mushrooms and sweet chilli sauce

but tonight was pizza

Lila it might be good for things to get ugly :p could be incentive to push harder and get really competative heehee.

Kel thats ok its been sneaking away very slowly so havent really broadcast it. just had that big 400g jump and HAD to post :D

I cant wait to get over these damn flus and head colds etc so i can actually have energy to walk around the block and get MOVING. Have decided NOT to join the gym till after my gold coast holiday in september. Cause i know if i miss that week it will be harder to get motivated again.

so just eating ok and work exercise and occassional walk will do it for now.

Got massive headache today. My daughter is back home with her little one till my nephew and her find a house to rent so i have 8 people here plus occassionally her boyfriend and weekends matts 3 boys. Pretty full on household and slowly going insane. Might bring my pillow to your place kel haha any room in the dog kennels? Or maybe the chooks will keep me warm.

Crikey Vonni that is a helluva full house! :dizzy: Congrats on your 400g loss that is really great :cp:

I have lost the 500g that I gained back the other week so am very happy with that. Currently sitting at 85.6kg.

Had a really good day yesterday, ate well and did spin again which was good. Did indulge in 3 glasses of wine in the evening though which wasn't so good of me!

Goals for today:

1) Eat well
2) Go to the gym


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woooooooooo julia :carrot:
vonni - yes i have a spare bed, or you can sleep in the laundry or chicken world heheehe
amy - last night i was the piker of a gym buddy relationship BUT i am so so sick of being the one to ALWAYS go and to ALWAYS have to go so she goes, she will NOT go without me and i hate the pressure
you on the other hand ROCK for going without gym buddy.... sometimes i prefer no gym buddy coz you can zone out and concentrate on working out and it is relaxing

i am going to the gym this morning to do cardio, yesterday did weights and hurt bad!! then tomorrow night boxing and then friday morning cardio again which will be the same amount of exercise i think i did the week before last so hopefully my weightloss will reflect it

im not exercising until i can walk.... lol ... im even worse this morning.. so much so i have gained 3 kilos... and i can tell you its all the fluid in my muscles.. i had to take neurofen plus... lol ... ... its my thighs that are the worst.... trying to sit down stand up is horrible... then my abs... hurts shoulders chest .... arms are pretty good ... until i try to lift them.. lol.

it kinda shows i have never done weights before huh.... i may be fit and able to keep up but... i used muscles that have been asleep for a long time...

either way i will go to aqua tommorow though ... i can take it somewhat easy.. but only if i tell lindy ( jillian micheals twin, let me tell ya) i am injured... lol... i just have to come up with an injury good enough for her not to ride me like a prize stallion up and down the pool ... lol


well today is a big day.... Leahs first school visit.... ... its so cute her school clothes are huge on her and it just goes to prove how little she is...lol. her piccy is on facebook... ill take some more at school though.. and add to the album.. anyway gotta run... sitting in a robe.. with driping wet hair is not getting me dressed... lol

Amy so sorry to hear your bits are so sore . . . when you mentioned that you felt no pain the other day I though ruh roh . . . its on the way :( I have been in so much pain from the gym that I have come into work and had trouble typing lol cos I couldnt lift my little arms lol

Everyone else - you are all doing so great! I hope to join you soon once I get some work crappppppppppp under control.

x

Congrats everyone on the losses!

Well my week's been up and down. First I kept forgetting my lunch, so I'd have to go buy it. But I made healthy choices, with a chicken sandwhich being the fave. I also had two dinners at friends places, but they were healthy. On Saturday though I cracked and had a small can of Pringles. (from work that we won, the rest went into work on Monday)

BUT I lost 2.5kg at weigh in this week! Which means after 11 days I've lost 3.7kg! Yay me!

Now I need to exercise and it will keep coming off!

Wow RennySue that's great, congratulations! :carrot: :cb:

I ended up being stuck at work late last night so couldn't get to the gym. Had a pretty good day with food though and am looking forward to going to the gym tonight.

Tonight I'll aim to do weights and spin.


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Well done Renny Sue. When you see great results like that it really makes you want to keep at it. Congrats!

Amy. I know exactly where you're coming from! The best thing for you to do is go and do another class, maybe get a massage too! How was Leah's first school visit. Did you cry? I did when my baby first went!

I start my new job on Monday and I'm starting to wonder how I'm going to manage working and mumming and wifing all at the same time! How do you do it Vonni? Maybe I'll have to change my priorities a bit, like a spotless house is not the most important thing! Will be a challenge for sure!

I had a sneaky peak at the scales this morning and I think I'm on the way to losing a whole kg! Will see tomorrow!

Have a great day peoples!

XX
Barb

Good for you Amy...I hope both you are sis go neck and neck down to the wire.
Don't forget though like the hare and the tortoise, slow and steady wins the race :smug

wow you go girl well done Sue... that is a fabulous effort .. :)

Barb its so nice to hear you up beat and happy .. good luck with your first day you must be nervous/excited about the big day :) and love the sound of your sneak peek... :)

alan you're right.... just sometimes... being the hare would be nice... lol ... not too often once every few months would be fine... im not greedy... lol

just got back from aqua im no where near as sore today ... but did stop early and take it easy at the end.. i have lost most of those extra fluid kilos... so am looking forward to weigh in in the morning when i think they would have cleared off.. ... will wait and see.

going to body jam again tommorrow night.. :) cant wait love dancing.. :)

Renny Sue - that is awesome!!!!!

i have a confession to make - i cant add up
i only lost 100grams this week i think
not 300grams
i was redoing my whiteboard and noticed the discrepancy sigh

going to the gym tonight BOXING

kung fu kel!

Hope you're not too disappointed Kel, it's still 100g in the right direction :D

I had a really good day yesterday, ate well and did weights and spin after work.

BIG challenge today will be to go to the gym after work. Always hard on a Friday!


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pffft... i have gained 100 grams this week .... lol i know i have been good.. so it better show next week..

You know it will Amy :)

amy i put on weight my first hardcore week at the gym and my trainer did have logical reasons for it all and so next week you will kill the scales!
and also annoyingly enough next week you wont care what the scales say - i am here still over 100kg but not caring! i am feeling fitter and healthier everyday and i know that in time the fat will move around and then off my body

i have one hour til i have to go and get jemima so i best not be sitting in front of the computer and try and do something "productive" OR i could go and crack open the first episode of "little house on the prairie" that i have started to buy!!!

i have a confession to make - i cant add up

Me either Kel! I thought I was on track to losing a whole kg this week but got my numbers mixed up!! Hehe. Did manage to go down a whole 600g though!

i had a fabulous day .. went for a wlak this morning after playgroup with Leah to the shops and back to the school .. that took an hour.. ..

after school i took the dog for a walk.. 5 kms.. up and down hills.. along the bike track and back through the neighbourhood.. ( all hills) then tonight i went and did my body jam clas... at it was fantastic...

I tell you what its a damn small world we live in i saw a girl from school there i havent seen in like 12 years... turns out she goes to the class as a regular and only lives a few streets from me.. way cool.. it was great catching up... she and i have completly different lives mind you.. shes just bought her first place with her new bloke.. ( 1 year relationship in love!! ) works .. and thin... then theres me..

still with the same guy i was with in school 15 years later and married fat 2 kids and not working .... lmao . on house number 2 and vaguely remembering.. what a kid free relationship is like... lol

but im happy shes happy and we both working out.. so .. i hope she is there next week . :) was great fun indeed. !

too cool who you run into sometimes! where did you go to school??

i am a little bit down but still a lot excited, i am so sick of ringing the banks and getting told we can borrow LESS and LESS each time, really mucks with your mind when you are trying to find somewhere to move to.....
so the banks changed it again and it is now about 60-70k less than it was a couple of weeks ago which changes heaps
today we were meant to look at 5 properties but after my phonecalls there is only one in our price range but i found a couple of others and hopefully we can see them too
its exciting because we are looking at rural properties, doing the 'tree change' thing - big lifestyle change, more room for the dogs and the chooks
its almost now that money is an issue is going to come down to landspace vs condition of house but benji and i were never afraid of hard work, the house we are in now was "partially renovated" which means they had started each room and gotten bored so we are ready to do it again, and may even go for landsize and extend a little country shack or something

anyway it is exciting and i've even lately been thinking if we do put a contract on a place it will probably be 3 months til we actually move which will be a great incentive and motivator for me to lose weight
at the moment i have no real deadline which means i am just "plodding" away and my goals involve "eating less than last week" i am slowly changing my portion sizes and it is working i think....

anyway have to go and kick my hubby and daughters butt so they get out of the house to gymnastics, saturday morning gymnastics a super stupid idea! but better than me having to take her thursday morning when i think my sister in law goes as well (very competitive) and it is nice for jemima to do something with her daddy

have a great weekend everyone, i am going to NOT have any milo all weekend (because i had some last night)

HI peoples. Havent been on cause been working nite duty and late shifts. Got another tonight but cant sleep.

Kel thats awesome you might be getting another place. Go land size.

Eating isnt TO bad but could be better. drinking more water now weather warming up and though i havent lost weight this week i feel ok. Though today i had a "fat" day. just being hot and tired (worked overtime last night due to another 2 women in labour at same time lol).

Hope everyone doing ok.

I ahve 3 weeks till my holiday and halfway to my 5kg goal. was originally 10 but in my heart knew it was probably not a reality so halved it. now jjust gotta work my butt to lose the last bit.

oh, and i went to dr for blood results. Iron levels are very low and apparently have been since 2001 when they were extremely low. Also my vitamin D levels are low. so 3 mths of iron and D tablets then a 2 week break before more bloods to see if iron has built up. if not then more tests to find why.

Iron tablets MAKE me go to the loo more often which is opposite to usual people (guess i am unique) so Dr wonders if for some reason my body doesnt WANT iron so gets rid of it like that when on tablets. go figure.

Back from my work trip to Nashville.

Not liking the new roommate. The day after moving in, she told me she bought cleaning supplies so she could clean the bathroom (I JUST cleaned it the day before and I am anal-retentive cleaner!!!). Cheeky upstart. Plus her room already smells weird, she has all these rugs that smell musty. Ugh. And I got home from my trip to find flies all over the kitchen and a stinky rubbish bag. She said she was waiting to ask me how to handle it. I said "What? How to change a trash bag?" Idiot. Anyhow. I think I'll keep doing my thing and let her hang out in her room (hopefully). This is month to month so we shall see. Major dork. At least school starts next week, so hopefully she'll be studying a lot.

Hi everyone,
Amy I wish I was as motivated as you about exercise. I was pretty good food wise last week, but I had waaaayyyy too much red wine last night. I woke up with a medium hangover (not the "Oh my God I will never drink again" hangover, but it wasn't pretty). But I hopped on the scales & I've lost 1.5 kilos since last week! I bet it was because I was dehydrated lol.

lila well donw on the 1.5 that is fantastic.. :) i bet your pleased.. :) must be nice to be getting out of holiday mode and back to behaving...

Vonni .. it must be amazing being there while a baby is born.. are you going to go into the midwife side of nursing?

gen i hope your roomy sorts out her ****... lol not nice living with a slob... trust me.... i know .. lol ... omg.. my sister is a pig ( still is ) and as teens .. you could smell her room a mile away... lol eeewww...


anyway... i went on a 7 km walk with jetson yesterday .. and today we only managed 1 km.. becuase we had leah with us and it started raining.... mum and dog dont mind rain ( we've been rained on the last 3 days.. as long as im warm.. and have my coat on im dry and happy and the dog doesnt care at all , just wish he would be so happy at bath time... lol ).. little girls in pink.... hate rain ... lol

anyway .. im kinda having the day off anyway... gotta have one of those every now and then... ate some naughty things and enjoyed them too... lol not regretting it at all.. no regret just move forward and be happy ..

anyway off to cook some dinner ..got some lovely lean lamb steaks.. yum.... mash potato and gravy and mixed veg planned.. :)

yum Amy lamb steaks are really nice aren't they? No fat and no bone so makes it worth the price cause there is no waste.

Little girls in pink not liking rain? wow my kids try and escape into it lol. Maybe cause we dont get it very often.

Harvey Norman had a promo with 4 years interest free during the weekend and now I have a new toy. Bought a lovely new laptop yesterday :D and last night I played a game until my eyes went funny! Still haven't managed to get it connected to the wireless internet connection but clever flatmate has offered to figure it out for me on Wednesday. It's amazing what you can buy when you're broke!

Diet wasn't very good over the weekend so need to knuckle down and get back on track today. Will also go to the gym tonight and do weights and pump.


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lila - :carrot: :carrot: :carrot:

me - ok coz i cant trust my adding up hehehe last week i was 104.1 today 103.6 by my calculations that is 500grams GONE GONE GONE :carrot:

gen - your flatmate sounds annoying, i guess you just figure it could be worse she could be bringing home lots of extra dorks?

julia - i am thinking about getting a netbook - i really dont need one but it would be cheaper than me doing internet stuff on my mobile when i am feeling lazy, i was also thinking of bringing it to Jemima's swimming lessons and next year dancing so i didnt have to talk to the other mums, seriously in most cases all you have in common is a child that is having swimming lessons
we didnt end up getting our pearl jam tickets what was left when they went on general sale was crap (and not cheaper) so we will go another year, but we got our wiggles tickets!! wooo

vonni - we are wanting land so bad but the banks are making it hard for us, we looked in Laidley on the weekend and now looking and thinking other suburbs, i just wish benji didnt work in fortitude valley it is SO far from all the cheap land and then when you find the land it usually has a mega crappy house on it sigh sigh sigh
so are you going to take the iron tablets?

ani - how is your book going? can you tell us what it is about???

my little girl has just found a little thing that you wind up and it makes noise (like the inside of a music box) and it looks in her mind like a tattoo gun so she is giving me a tattoo on my arm.... too cute but a little scary that that is where her mind goes first... my little tough chick.... (but she wont wear anything she cant rina rina in - ballarina skirts ONLY)

today is going to be a good week! my study is almost tidy AGAIN and same with all the other rooms.... the chooks are walking around the backyard i am just praying they dont jump the fence (we have to clip their wings yet) but i didnt want to keep then just in chicken world (their pen) coz it doesnt have any rain proof i just realised and it has been raining since 10pm lastnight here

ok - half a kilo this week i'm on my way down to under 100!!!!!!!

renny sue - tell us more about jenny craig? how does it work?

alan - hi

amy - your girl looks SO adorable in the school trip photos... what ARE yougoing to do with yourself when she goes to school full time?? how scary

danni - how are you going???

if i have forgotten anyone please slap me!

ok i can add up but i have a memory of a shiv! i think my problem and 200gram discrepency last week was becuase i couldnt remember when i got to my whiteboard in the kitchen how much i weighed so must have guessed?

so get this according to my whiteboard i weighed 104.3kg last week and 103.6 this week which is so so so cool that i have lost 700grams this week but i am going to stick with 500grams as the computer is closer to the scales so i would have probably updated computer first who knows - from now on i write it down - i am glad i just weigh in once a week

Hey everyone,
My name is simonne im 22 and live in adelaide. Just thought Id say hi cause I just signed up :) Im going to start by saying that im a really bad yo yo dieter ive tried everything under the sun. Im always looking for some miracle diet even though I know that doesnt exsist and of course never works or I wouldnt still be needing to lose 10 kilos :P
So im trying to take things a bit slower and not take the all or nothing approach so hopefully that works fingers crossed
Everyone looks like there doing a great job so keep it up it gives begginers like me hope ha x

hi simone - been there done that now doing the boring but slowly working healthy eating and exercise......... good luck!
what do you weigh now?
what do you do for a job?
i think amy lives in adelaide

shes just bought her first place with her new bloke.. ( 1 year relationship in love!! ) works .. and thin... then theres me..

Amy you are right..... then there's you. YOU are amazing. You have held a relationship for 15 years. how many people can say that? 2 houses? I only ever had one and back to renting again. 2 lovely children whom you absolutely adore and who adore you in return. Don't be envious of her just cause she's thin and has a job. She may not even BE happy with that. She could be envious of you...

Hi Simonne. Yeah you're right about the yo yo diets. doesnt work. But we all have good and bad days.

Kel you are so speaking double dutch lmao. I couldnt follow yr adding up then yr not adding up and something about a whiteboard and computer update and and and........ :p

And I'm with ya on the talkin to other mum stuff. I found most are super competitive and their child is better than your etc..... I dont think i am really friends with ANY of my kids mums. Oh one but we only get together every 6 months or so for coffee and chin wag (mind u we do it all day ahaha) and she only lives 3 blocks away.

I jumped on scales this morning and havent lost weight since the last but havent gained either so thats ok. Going to FORCE myself to walk around the block this arvo. It isnt a huge block but its a start. I figure i have to work not only on my weight but my fitness, and the walk around block will probably kill me. After that block gets a weeks worth i will go 2 blocks. after that i might even try JOGGING the block. and peoples you can pick yr jaws up off the floor now :p

another good day .. went and did shopping for the fathers day stall this morning for school.. followed by a nice walk ( 15 minutes maybe to see my friend at work.. and then a 6 km walk with jetson once i got home hung my washing out did the dishes and..... Leah did the lot with me.. walking round the shops to friends,, and 6 km... she did amazing... i am so proud.. and she had energy to burn all afternoon.. i thought she would be stuffed but NO! she was great :) ... then i went and did what may be my last class of body pump... :( they have changed the timetable and the new one doesn't suit me at all ... :( ... will have to see what else they are going to offer on a monday night instead.. ..

anyway.. im good.. :)

Vonni i am not envouis of her i just thinks its funny how much different things can be.. i wouldn't change a thing in my life other then my size and im wroking on that so... all good :) ( maybe the perfect job tooo.... lol )..


so how did the walk around the block go????? did you go??


Kel well done on the loss whatever it ended up ebing...... LMAO

HIya simonne me and barb are adelaide girls too :)

if i have forgotten anyone please slap me!
:frypan:

:snooty:

:lol:

Ok, that was just proving that I am about and reading what is going on!


I am doing lots of overtime at the moment to support my dogs habit! Vets must live a cozy life with what they charge!! But, having said that, I'd spend my last cent on my boy if it was to keep him comfortable!

Diet is out the window at the moment...I have lost any sense of routine with the extra hours I am working.

Everyone sounds like they are on top of things, and exercise seems to be the in thing just now? I should at least pull out the Wii Fit board and try that again!

Anyway...must run! Keep up the good work folks! :)

Hi Simone, welcome to our group :welcome2:

I had a pretty good day yesterday, ate reasonably well and did weights and spin.

Will do spin again tonight.

The big challenge today will be to find something good for lunch because what I had prepared is sitting in the fridge at home! :frypan:


:twirly:

so how did the walk around the block go????? did you go??

:rolleyes: nope. oops i know but one thing after another. Though I did get called into work for an 8 hour shift that i wasnt rostered for so it was a good 8 hours of full on walking.:^:

I skipped the gym last night, had no energy and just couldn't face it. Ate well yesterday though so that's good.

Goals for today:

1) Eat well.
2) Buy good food for dinner.
3) Go to the gym!


:twirly:

yesterday was good but not great... lol... exercise was fine... beautiful day really ... so did a 2 k walk in the morning and a 5 k walk in the afternoon with shopping with girlfriends and the wrong kind of food in between... lol ..

so blew my calories..( by a little) but walked almost all day long.. so that has to of least burnt off the excess. :)

plan for today is going for a little 2 k walk with the kindy.. may be 2.5 depending on which way they want to walk.. but im thinking the shortest route to the park will be better with 25 4 years olds.. lol... and then im going and doing what i do best yet again..... shopping... and its the fun kind... my friend jenne is looking for an outfit for a wedding... :) ..

im hoping food behaviour will be better today... lol ..

I've lost the plot!

The past 2 nights in a row I've drunk a whole bottle of wine in the evening! For some reason it didn't seem to touch the sides so I just kept sipping away and all of a sudden the bottle is gorn! :dizzy:

I've also done something to my back and have been in quite a lot of pain so I didn't make it to the gym yesterday. I'm pretty sure it's due to the way I sit at work - with one foot tucked up under me - so I'm trying really hard to improve my posture.

Today is payday and I'm going grocery shopping tonight where I plan on buying some good food so that I can get back on track with my eating. I WILL GO TO THE GYM TONIGHT!! I got dropped off at work and am getting picked up from the gym at 6:30 so I have no choice :lol:

Hope everyone else is good :D


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oh lindor i am so sorry! thanks for the slap!!!

julia - dont just buy good food.... do a mealplan NOW that will last you until next pay day and buy just what you need for that, that helps us big time here that way by end of the week we are not wondering what we can have for dinner and succumbing to BAD choices

am heaps sore today from tuesdays weights with personal trainer and have boxing tonight but i think my belly is a little bit smaller.... it may be in my mind but that is ok it is motivating me a little

last night i had one row of peppermint chocolate and then said to benji i am choosing to be skinny and he put it in the kitchen.

going to town today to do tupperware drop off, plan to have sushi for lunch and then back home to paint the front fence as much as i can and then boxing - spag bol for dinner without the spag hehehe or just a tiny portion of spaghetti, i never have eaten a lot of spaghetti so dont feel i am missing out on anything - this non diet lifestyle change thing seems to be working

rice crackers and tuna are my friend

julia - what if you didnt have any wine.... is that too hard? i mean if you dont open the bottle you cant drink the whole thing

I've lost the plot too - and since I am a writer who is trying to turn a series of blank pages into something readable and vaguely interesting, losing the plot is a tragedy of Shakespearian proportion.

*sigh*

Another 20,000 words and I can relax, and hopefully get back into a routine which includes more healthy choices.

I've been reading everyone's posts - just don't have much to say at the moment. But wanted to pop in and say hello :dizzy:

So I got 3 kittens after work. I tell roommate, make sure doors are closed and windows are closed because they can climb and jump. Not 2 hours later, I am watching football and go out to kitchen - she has left kitchen window wide open over the sink, and one of the kittens is missing. Just can't find it anywhere in the house. Freaking out.

If I am not at work tomorrow, I may be in jail for strangling the dumb cow. I am livid.

She just came out and asked if she could do anything. I said yes, just don't even talk to me right now.

Gen I'm sure we can all figure out a way somehow to raise bail for you :devil:

Found it! Well, it found us. Just wandered out yawning. NO IDEA where it was - would have staked my life that I checked every possible spot. Hope it doesn't go back there...

Lucky i didn't kill her. She's still a silly cow though! I bet she won't ever leave a window open again!

god i hate that gen - i hate it when you say something that is not that hard to understand and the person in question does it anyway - people are so stupid - i just dont get it

have been fence painting this morning and yesterday arvo and off to the shops while it is hot and then back into this arvo.... done one coat though and started the second.... sigh fence painting is boring

went to the gym night and did boxing - got to do some "kick boxing" too and that was kinda fun but LOVE boxing but boxing and painting arms are sore!

eating wonderfully at the moment, last night again had 3 squares of chocolate and put it away and benji very proud of me

last night's dinner got changed to toasted sangas and tonight will be pork stirfry got my meal plan (just dinners really) happening just got to think of a good sunday night dinner that is not too heavy as it is weigh in day on monday, am hoping that we dont have to do some fathers day related thing with benji's family

anyone want to buy my house?

god i hate that gen - i hate it when you say something that is not that hard to understand and the person in question does it anyway - people are so stupid - i just dont get it


I hear ya Kel. Like when you mop the floor and warn EVERYBODY that you are mopping so stay put where they r watching TV and then just as you finish your daughters boyfriend decides to get up and walk on it... the wettest spot. Like HELLLOOOO!!!!!

oh, and another 5oogm lost (and its george visiting week to) woohoo :carrot:

http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/portion/

oooooo portion distortion i'm going to look at that when i have time
ooooeeeeeeee

and WOOOOOHOOOOOOOO :carrot: vonni WOW to 500grams are you eating?

ani - i'm trying to be able to lose weight/not put on WITHOUT a routine, i am trying to listen to my body and when i am hungry make a wise choice. today i had to go grocery shopping and i had not had snack or lunch yet, so i MADE myself stop and have a kebab rather than go in and buy heaps of stuff and then pig out or over eat later, it seems to have worked as i just had a snack with jemima and am about to cook dinner in about 30 when benji is on his way
what is the book about?

Hellooooo!!

Been really busy with the new job and haven't had any internet access at home, not that I've had the energy to even look at the computer when I'm home!!!

I feel like I've lost weight this week, my pants are a little loser and my shirts aren't bulging at the bustline, I haven't weighed myself at all this week so have no idea of the numbers.

Kel it's a true crime book about women who kill. Going to be a good book if I EVER get it finished.

I'm sitting here alone, it's almost midnight, and it's really stormy outside… and I'm writing about a serial killer :eek:

Gen I'd put the flatmate outside the door, and change the locks. She sounds almost as bad as some of the ones I've had! And THAT'S saying something ;)

Hi everyone,
Sorry I haven't dropped by recently. My new computer arrived last week & I've been (slowly) re bookmarking sites & trying to remember old passwords.

My eating has been good, but exercise has been rubbish - I need to remind myself that I paid for a whole years gym membership & I am wasting my money by not going - I have no excuse.

Weigh in is on Monday & I think I'lll do ok (but TOM arrived so maybe it won't be so good). Meeting up with the family on fathers day. They are coming here so at least I'll be in control of the food!

I've put on 600g this week. How, I really don't know. I've eaten really well and no alcohol either so that should make a real difference, so what's going on? The only thing thats different is that I'm sitting on my butt for half of the day and I'm not doing as much housework either. Maybe I need to eat fewer calories to make up for that. I'm soooo sick of all this. I think I'll just eat well and see where that takes me.

True crime Ani. How do you research something like that? Do you go visit them in prison?

I don't think she's that bad, I just have nothing in common with her. She's into japanese anime, and general dorkiness, and likes baking (yay - dishes!) and generally being a pain in the arse. Got to figure out when I tell her to leave, since she's new in town and I would feel bad. It was always a month by month arrangement, though.

you are probably right gen she probably is not THAT bad and you could have HEAPS worse so when you both work out where you stand with eachother she might be ok

ani - true crime sounds really interesting! i keep telling myself to make more time for reading, but i just end up in front of the telly watching law and order

barb - is your job full time? i definately think seeing where eating well takes you is an awesome idea, especially since you have already thought that perhaps you need a few less calories to balance out the lack of exercise... i have been counting any exercise i do as a bonus and lately just listening to my body in regards to when it is NEEDING fuel

i am so sick of all the houses we are looking at being SO close to being right.... but know that we WILL find the right one and there really isnt that much of a rush, especially when you live in the worst suburb for selling..... there is no good or bad time when you live where i do!

hoping tomorrow i have lost weight, i like to think i have it was TOM last/this week so i dont have that weighing me down for monday's weigh in... also hoping the the painting i did thursday, friday and a little bit today helps to shed a few grams too!

my work from home job has dwindled to nothing this week and only 10 bucks last week... which i dont care but my boss keeps telling me how busy she is getting and how she is going to outsource some of her writing and i will be editing for them too.... but i have not seen anything.... and that is how i pay my personal trainer so HOPEFULLY i see some work soon! i paid him last week with the money we won at trivia night (every monday we have cheap tbone at the pub on their trivia night and last monday we won the bistro voucher, a drinks voucher and the chance to pick the mystery box... and benji and jem picked the 100 bucks!!! so i gave it to my trainer the next day) (but tomorrow night with drinks voucher and bistro voucher we may even get a real steak not just the $6.95 tbone!)

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