Hey ladies, just a really quick check in!

sun You can definitely see a difference! You're looking goooooood!

Stephanie Hope you have fun in San Diego!

fashin Hope the time with your husband is nice!

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Yesterday/last night wasn't too bad! I stayed approximately (I say that because it's impossible to tell exact calories in the foods that were prepared, though I did weigh everything) in my calories until I got back to my boyfriends haha... I stayed up for a few more hours to smoke a shisha pipe with him and his friends and ended up eating some peaches and a yoghurt because they were eating cheesecake and leftover cupcakes I brought for them. I ended up going 100 calories over my lower limit..so I guess I was still in my limit, but still feel a bit bad since I didn't exercise yesterday. Tis ok though! At least I ate healthy snacks!

Today we went for a walk to a local cafe to get coffee which was nice...and then to a french bakery where my boyfriend bought a fresh out of the oven pain au chocolat - I was literally staring at it drooling haha, but I resisted trying it. We also bought a baguette but that's ok, I'll just have a slice or so.

I think this weekend will be fine overall, no real plans but I'm just going to try to stick to my calories and get some exercise in. My parents and boyfriends are all away now so meals are up to me which is great!

Hope you're all well!

fashion Thanks I was around 160-162 at that time and have come down to 152. it helps me when i can see whats going on. You should totally do it! you will be so surprised I have pics from the very beginning of my weightloss journey.
stargzr I know what you mean about taking a break....I went to India in April and fell off the wagon for until August! and went up 10lbs! But now we are back and who cares as long as we get there right? There is no time limit. We can look perfect a few months late but we WILL look perfect. Hope you had fun with your husband.

rainbow Great job on keeping in your calories almost perfectly! And also resisting the yummy sounding treat your bf got hope you enjoy cooking your own food,

So I did ok for today not my greatest and the scale is down to 153 but I don't think i will see the desired 151 tomorrow morning ah lesson learned. no overeating on your daughter's birthday and just no visits from your mother while you are trying to loose weight. My mom is horrible with making all my favorite things and indulging me. haha. Anyhow we shall see how tomorrow goes. Either I will be happy or depressed
Will check in tomorrow! have another yoga session planned...feeling happy just thinking about it.

sun Hope the yoga was good! That's so awesome it makes you good thinking about it in advance - I usually only feel good about working out in hindsight - like, I appreciate whatever it was I just did haha.

Stephanie The baseball game sounds fun! We barely have baseball here - my boyfriend's mum is over in the US at the moment and she got herself a ticket to go see (forgive me if I get the teams wrong) the Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees. Sounds fairly exciting, and I don't even like to watch sports that much! Your date night sounds good and your weekend too! I'm sorry you've hit a plateau with your weight - same here A shisha pipe, also called a hookah pipe, is a kind of ... middle eastern smoking pipe - you smoke flavoured tobacco through it and the smoke goes through water in the bottom of the pipe which cools the smoke and also creates some vapour - it's kind of hard to explain! My boyfriend collects the pipes and also likes to smoke them, and I enjoy it as well - it's not as bad on the lungs as cigarettes (I used to smoke) and since I've managed to get it down to a maybe once or twice a week thing and only in the weekends, I don't see it as too harmful. I know it's not good for me, but I think of it as bettter than drinking a whole lot of alcohol and it's something I enjoy so I won't be giving it up. Hah sorry that was an essay!

I'm STILL stuck at 77kg. I haven't really weighed on either of my "proper" scales (digital or Wii Fit) so I don't know for sure, but I use the needle scale almost daily just to check in and it mostly says the same thing. I'd love to see a drop as I don't know what I'm doing wrong!

This week is filling up fairly quick, I've got some organising to do for my birthday dinner and party on Saturday night and also some annoying errands to do...warrant of fitness for my car, have to help out at my parents office for a few hours since they're away at the moment.

My sister is taking me shopping tomorrow for a birthday present, she said she was thinking of getting me some MAC makeup! And I'm thinking about buying myself a (cheap) new dress or perhaps some shoes to wear on Saturday night.

Hey ladies..

Bleurgh. I weighed at my parents house this morning on their digital scales. I usually weigh on Wed and Fri, Fri on the Wii fit. I am not that happy. I'm up to 77.4kg. I know, 400grams is only .8 of a pound, and I think I actually know what has caused it, but it's still disheartening every time. I want to see the scale go down not up!

Yesterday, eating-wise, was not that amazing and I know it. I didn't feel that great all day, I didn't drink enough water. I didn't eat enough proper vegetables and the only fruit I had was an apple. I also didn't go over my calories at all, but that's just as well because half of the calories I consumed were definitely not "quality" calories. I had this evening to go to at my hairdresser - like a fundraiser with an art auction and free consultations from stylists, makeup artists etc. I knew I wouldn't get home (to my parents house, where there is no one at the moment) until after 9pm. I'd already planned earlier in the day to stop by KFC on my way home and get a couple of the fillets, small fries and a potato and gravy. This still kept me within my calories and fat grams etc but I think all that sodium must have been showing on the scales this morning. At least that is what I'm hoping it is.

I guess I just have to remind myself all the time that it's not a race to see how fast I can lose the weight, that if it's still happening but slowly, it's still happening all the same. I just hate seeing the scale move upward or not downward at all. I feel fitter when I exercise but I can't help but thinking I'm stuck.

Sorry for the rant. Also wondering if you all want to start a new accountability thread when October rolls around? I enjoy coming here and chatting with you ladies!

Hey Ladies,

Sorry I've been MIA the cold and 2 jobs kind of caught up with me, but glad to be back and I really need this thread. I have been really unfocused, but on the plus side I'm out of the 180's!!!!!! 179.8 and holding for 2 Monday's in a row. I'll catch up with everyone's comments tomorrow I'm heading to bed early tonight, going to try to get up early and do some proper exercise outdoors.

So I needed a place to air my horrible off plan evening last night. I didn't want to start my own thread. But felt I needed to confess. I ate horribly off plan yesterday. I have an incredibly good day Monday and a great morning. Then I met my beat friend for an after work cocktail and all he'll broke loose. I ended up eating a third of a bag of chez mix and half of a pizza last night and a huge chunk of cheese and crackers. Worse I skipped the gym and had more cocktails. Ugh. I felt awful last night and today don't feel too hot. Back on track and making this madness end now. No excuses to prolong the awful eating. Today's a new day, but needed that confession.

This may not be the right place to post this. A thread needs started for just such confessions I think!

stargzr Oh sounds like you have so much fun with your hubby! Hmmm how about a nice pedi mani for your rewards? I can't wait to see your numbers going down!

rainbow I know I have to rant when I go off cuz I am going off right now! haha I guess I will have to see where I am at the end of the week after my mother leaves. I was also thinking of starting a new one in Oct. I like there on a few of us and it doesn't get overwhelming to write to everyone like in the bigger threads

fly way to go getting into the 170's! woo hoo

ma26 sorry you are having a bad time.

So ladies i haven't weighed in a few days as I am on the road with my mom at my uncles. Life has been a bit stressful as my stepdad was here and he is not the best of people and he has been treating my mother very badly since they came to visit. My mother has decided to leave him and its such a relief but its also hard as she still loves him. Anyway its been nasty and stressful and I am not being good with my calories. I am not counting and just trying portion control. We shall seeeeee!

flythinlyns Hey there again! Congrats on being out of the 180's! Hope you feel better soon too.

sun Sorry that you're going through a stressful time, my thoughts are with you. I think just watching your portions should be fine, it's ok to take a break from counting sometimes I think, if you can be aware of what and how much you're eating

I bought a new bra today. I got professionally fitted yesterday as my old bra was too big and an older bra I've been wearing that was smaller, is too small. Imagine my surprise at being told that my cup size was actually bigger than the bra that is too big! How crazy. I bought a new bra today in a NZ size 12E. I think that is like US 34DDD/E? Let me tell you...it's sad to say I'm an E cup and then look at my boobs - they seriously look like about a C, if that. They don't look full and fun haha. I know, I sound crazy, I'm just in awe over that. Must mean that so many women are wearing the wrong size!

I also got a dress yesterday to wear on my birthday on Sat. I'll try to post a picture after the weekend (hopefully there will be some taken!).

I'm on plan with calories but wondering if I need to tweak something to see a loss. I guess I'll wait another week and see what happens.

Hope you're all feeling good.

We have scale movement! FINALLY! 1kg down. It confuses me how it doesn't come off slowly, just like... one day it's there, and the next day I'm a kg lighter. So bizarre. I'm also worried it will be back after this weekend - I'm planning on not counting calories tomorrow (Saturday - my birthday) though I'm still going to try to make good choices. Dinner I will allow myself to order whatever looks tastiest but I know I won't be able to let go completely, I'm always thinking about what goes in my mouth.

We're also going out for dinner tonight, which I'm not that happy about, but the alternative is me staying home alone and eating last nights leftovers. Good food, but I don't feel like hanging out at home alone on a Friday night! We're going here: http://www.satya.co.nz/ so I'm not sure what I'll be ordering yet, but will definitely study the menu today.

Not sure where we're going for my birthday yet, trying to decide between this new authentic Mexican place (not like..Tex Mex...) or this amazing Japanese place.

Stephanie Sorry about your phantom pounds, that must be so annoying. It's good you're looking forward to your halloween costume thought! Awesome!

aghhh!!!! ladies! I am doing sooo bad I go home tomorrow so I can start anew. I am soo afraid to step on the scale and see what the damage of the last week here in FL has done. Scary and tomorrow someone is making some delicious cake for me. Its very unique and I never get to have it so I have to have a little piece...

So we shall see. Has someone opened a new thread yet?

Hey ladies

Birthday was pretty good though I know that even though I planned a cheat day, I did go way over my calories. I'm hoping it doesn't equate to too much of a gain as I was so happy to have finally got a loss!

Haven't started a new thread yet - but we should, maybe just call it Need To Be Accountable Oct or something? I dunno.

My boyfriend made me the most spectacular cake, I only had a small piece and there is SO much of it left ... not sure if any of you know Totoro from the Japanese animated film My Neighbour Totoro...but it was a 3D model of the character - so amazing! Will post a picture soon!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAINBOW!!!!!