[7senuf]

THE CLOCK OF LIFE IS WOUND BUT ONCE
AND NO MAN HAS THE POWER
TO TELL JUST WHERE THE HANDS WILL STOP
AT LATE OR EARLY HOUR

TO LOSE ONES WEALTH IS SAD INDEED
TO LOSE ONES HEALTH IS MORE
TO LOSE ONES SOUL IS SUCH A LOSS
AS NO MAN CAN RESTORE

THE PRESENT ONLY IS OUR OWN
LIVE, LOVE, TOIL WITH A WILL
PLACE NO FAITH IN TOMORROW
FOR THE CLOCK MAY THEN BE STILL


I saw this about 8 hours before my mum passed away and have never forgotten it. How true! Gen keep telling yr mum you love her. xoxox

[PerthChick]

On my virtual walk across Australia I am into NSW and have passed Broken Hill. Next stop - Wilcannia! In three more weeks I will have been doing this for a year…

Where is everyone?

[pacman12]

Ugh just had words with the roommate. She agreed she will move out at the end of the semester. We are just not a match. She makes out like I'm a cow and she's tried to be a "good roommate" but really she's just passive-aggressive. I don't get her and I don't particularly want to.

Sigh. Don't need the crap.

[7senuf]

good for you Gen standing your ground.

Yes Ani quiet in here isnt it. I've been busy working working lol. And buying new handbags lol.

[LittleKiwi]

I'm going through something a bit odd at the moment. Yesterday morning I woke up and my legs were feeling really crampy. It started off in my quads but has since moved down the length of my legs and into my calves and ankles. It's hard to describe but feels like cramp and pins and needles.

I went to the gym last night and managed 20 minutes walking and 10 minutes on the bike but my legs are still sore and tingly and I feel a tiny bit unsteady.

I know I should go to the doctor but I'm scared. My dad has multiple sclerosis and anything like this makes me scared that I've got it too. The only way they can find out is by doing a spinal tap and I'm really not keen to do that.

[Madison]

Ani - say hello when you get to Sydney ok!

Gen - how long til the end of semester? I live on my own at the moment and have never been happierrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! I lived with flatmates for the 15 years before that and some were nightmares others ok, but nothing like knowing any messes that are made are your own fault . . .

Julia - that sounds really scary Please see a doc just to put your mind at ease. Do you think you could have restless leg syndrome? I know that sometimes if you have a potassium deficiency you can have that.

Von - your handbags are sooooooooooo cool!!!!

[LittleKiwi]

My god it's quiet in here! Where has everybody gone?

I've had a busy week and have a busy weekend ahead working 2 jobs. Have only been to the gym once this week but eating has been good. I've become aware of the fact that despite bringing my lunch most days I almost always end up buying some food too.

I've bought a wee notebook and am writing down absolutely everything that I spend money on and 5 days in I find that I've spent over $60 on bits and pieces of food here and there. Shocking!!!

I'm working this morning at my normal job and then again tonight at my second job. That usually involves lots of walking around and I enjoy that, it burns a few calories and stops me from sitting and eating.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

[7senuf]

where did everybody go?

I have not been that great with my food choices and the consequences are not good. put on over a kilo in the past couple of weeks. So starting Monday -- (yes Monday as i have shift work rest of weekend) I am going to ensure I at least walk around the block on a daily basis. Its not a big block so it should be achievable. And at least 3 glasses of water a day.

[Lindor]

It's been a crappy week for me too.

I was saddened by the news of a very well known and likeable bloke in the small town that I came from before coming to Darwin had commited suicide last weekend. It is such a sad waste. He was only in his 30's and leaves behind a wife and three young children. The 'why's' will always be there, but there is strong speculation that this is a result of the new wonder drug to help quit smoking - Champix! Some of the major side effects from this drug is mood swings and thoughts of self harm. Who'd have thought huh?

Dad goes to Perth next week for open heart surgery. Mum has just been told that a recent CT scan has shown a mass on one of her kidneys - further investigations are being performed, but have to be put on hold so she can escort Dad to and in Perth for the next three weeks!!

I finally bought a new oven last week! It was a joy packing away the tiny bench top thing for the last time! Last weekend, I christened the new oven by first cooking a yummy roast lamb with all the trimmings! And then I baked a Orange Poppyseed cake and some Melting Moments from scratch! Never in my life have I cooked a cake or biscuits from scratch! The cake and biscuits went to work with me on Monday and was morningtea for the office for the next three days - and the whole office loved it!! And I loved it because it meant I didn't gorge myself on cake and biscuits!

I am baking another cake for work tomorrow just to be sure last weekend wasn't just beginners luck! But I have to admit the novelty of cooking this yummy food is fast wearing off against the chore of cleaning up afterwards!

I haven't stepped on the scales for a while now...eating is still pretty crap! I did discover a recipe that has livened up my morning porridge and keeps me going well and truely up to lunch:

1 cup of Rolled Oats
2 Small sweet apples chopped into small pieces
50g Raisins
2 cups of water
2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon

Combine oats, apples, raisins and water in a saucepan on medium heat. Stir until it begins to becomes bubbly. Add cinammon and stir over heat for a further two minutes - serve!

This apparently serves two at 322cals per serve, but I find that is too much first thing in the morning, so I split it into three serves!

Apples and raisins are good for weight-loss as are oats and cinnamon which also has the added bonus of lowering the bad cholesterols and other metabolic benefits!!

Anyway, I will stop waffling! I have junkmail to go deliver!

Hope everyone is well.

[7senuf]

Lindor I hope everything goes well with your mum and dad. And how awful about the guy you knew. Yes that champix is nasty nasty nasty.

Congrats on the new found baking skills. You're right, it is a chore cleaning up afterward isnt it. I love baking but hate the aftermath.

[LittleKiwi]

Lindor I hope everything is ok with your parents. It must be a very stressful time for you.

I'm ticking along and getting fatter and fatter by the day I haven't been watching what I eat and more importantly for me, I haven't really been going to the gym either.

I don't feel like there's any point in getting back on track yet because I've got this holiday coming up. I know that's silly but I just can't help but think that there's no point making an effort now when I'm going to be away in a place where I'll be eating (and ENJOYING) all the local cuisine and not worrying about any sort of diet.

So I'm just plodding along and not doing anything constructive. Not feeling very good about it all but not feeling bad enough to actually do anything.

Ho hum.

[7senuf]

This Forum Is Getting Far To Quiet For My Liking

[pacman12]

Lindor, hope your parents are okay

Von, I know. It's pathetic, isn't it? We've all fallen off the wagon! I think it's quiet without Kel's chattering too. I wonder how she is?

[7senuf]

she's doin ok. I miss her on here to but i talk to her on facebook. She's just bought a new house so is quiet on there to as she's getting things organised. lucky. I have fallen off big time. prob gained 3 kilos in a couple weeks. just feel generally like crap

[PerthChick]

Me too Vonni. Just not sure what to do to get back in the right head space…

Lindor I'm really sorry to hear all the stuff that is going on with you and your family. Are you OK?

I'm going to make a serious effort to get back into the right head space to lose some weight. I haven't weighed myself for at least three weeks - so it's time I did that, and then came up with a plan.