Leaves ~ Good luck in your paper writing frenzy! We do get a little chatty in the feathers thread, but just jump on in, girl!

Turbo ~ You crack me up with your "good meeting with the bathroom". HI-larious. Good on ya for getting that training DONZO!!! Yummers crepes cake, too!!!

And the thing with the dude from Sunday really stuck with me for some reason. (I realized in hindsight I am under the TOM cloud, so emotions are subject to random doubling... or tripling... but still...) He bills himself as a "nice guy" and is always trying to do things for people and be helpful... but come ON now... And I'm not the first chick he's been this irritating to. (I'm actually like the second or third... interestingly enough. I think he's working his way down the list of our friend group...) He is quoted as saying to one other girl: "Wow, you're really cranky when you're hungry." For which I would have smacked him square in the pie hole.

Alexis: I'm starting to think you're my food twin. I'm not heavier than I want to be becasue of consistent overeating/hunger. I'm heavier than I want to be because of eating for reasons other than hunger, your "heart hungry". I too find both eating out and the aftermath to be derailing. I get into the "well I'm off plan today, so I might as well enjoy the entire pantry mindset". I'm not a big drinker, but I sometimes have a glass of wine or two when I'm out. Sometimes I wonder if just that amount of alcohol is enough to decrease my will power and that contributes to the "eat the house after eating out/social event".

TurboMammoth: Laughing at your cat remarks. A friend of mine used to say "You don't train cats, you push them off counters."
The is so awesome that you're nailing the negative spilts. That is a goal of mine and one of the best ways to improve race times

novangel: Congrats on the new job. What are you doing? As far as shoes go, I'm a longterm lover of the Asics GT-2000 series. I've worn nothing but since the late '90s.

ange: That trail sounds awesome, but the snakebite kit thing would freak me out. I sometimes see "Recent Bear/Mountain Lion Activity" signs posted on our trails here in California and it's a little scary, but i'm honestly more creeped out/scared of snakes.

leaves: I hear you on cool shoes being a motivator. I'm always more excited about working out if I have new shoes/workout clothes, or ones I really like.

olehcat: I just run a few miles on my steady state cardio days. My HIIT days are separate and I either run intervals or do Step-Mill intervals. I have a love/hate relationship with that "stairway to nowhere".

xiao: Everytime I've been running high mileage for a decent number of weeks, a week off was followed by substantial performance improvement.

krampus: Thanks for the food porn. I love living vicariously through you with all your intereesting social and culinary events. Your posts have kept me sane over the past year (yes, I'm a lurker), because I've always wondered, ok, but what about maintainance. I can suck it up to reach goal, but I'm not willing to never eat in a restaurant or never drink alcohol again. You have given me hope that it is possible to indulge occasionally and still maintain.

chahma: Hang in there and take care of yourself. All marriages go through their rough spots...you are not alone. :hug:

PacNW: Welcome. How much weight did you lose on IP and how long did it take? I'm a calorie counter and I know that it works, but I admit that I'm secretly fascinated by diets like IP and PSMF because of how ridiculously fast they work. Do you think you gained the weight back because you started eating carbs again (ie was the weight loss mostly water), or did you just eat above maintenance? Now you're starting to feel like I'm shining a flashlight in your eyes and asking "where were you on the night in question?". Sorry for the twenty questions. :o

As for me. Ate too much this weekend. Story of my life...eat well all week; a restaurant meal or two on the weekend almost negates the work of the rest of the week. It works well for maintenance (I think), but not ideal for active weight loss/recomp. :dizzy:

Alexis, Shamrock shakes are mint vanilla flavored w/ green dye. I skip the whipped cream. Very high calorie but worth it once or twice since they're only around in March.

Blue, thank you. I left dental assisting to go back to being a hair stylist again. :)

I hear Asics are a very good brand too, Asics Gel were my second choice next to Brooks. It's amazing the difference when you have good shoes. I found out real fast that cheap shoes are a huge mistake when jogging. Oh the pain! I got posterior shin splints something awful but I don't have that problem anymore. ;)

No gym tonight I have PMS fatigue. Blah.

flippin 'ek - i only stepped out for a few hrs and there's 5 million new posts! Don't really have time for personals, but reporting my second run round the trail this lunchtime. I had my garmin this time and can confirm it's 6.1km (er which is just under 4miles maybe??).

Ran 3km, walked 0.5, ran 1, walked 0.5, ran 1. Too unfit to do the whole lot easily at mo.

Yes, i get hot and sweaty, but luckily there's a shower at work and luckily i have my own office, so after a run i tend to go straight to the office and sweat for a bit, then when i've calmed down i go get a shower. I do sit around with a bright red face and my hair plastered to my head for the rest of the afternoon, but ask me if i care!

Yep heaps of snakes in the National Parks round here and i've seen plenty but never seen snake kit boxes before!! Is this a new thing, or are there just a super-ridiculous number of snakes on this particular trail??

In other non-news, the diet is perfectly on plan but i've lost nothing for the last week. Humph.

Good morning! I'm doing pretty well. I might have found a way to trick my inner toddler...we'll see. So telling myself I can't eat chocolate cake and Thai takeout every single day (okay, I'm exaggerating, but you know what I mean) just makes me rebel. Basically I've just been telling myself, "It's your choice." Like there was a chocolate cake at work yesterday that someone had brought in. I just told myself I could have some if I wanted it, my choice, no restrictions, but then I decided I did not really want it. Or basically I would imagine how my stomach would feel after I ate it (sort of sick and bloated) and that I'd feel regretful and that it was going to keep me the current weight that I am. I've been eating pretty clean this week, no refined sugar, mostly salads and fruit for lunch, eggs for breakfast, some sort of protein-based something or other for dinner (last night I had a burrito bowel with chicken, veggies, guacamole, and salsa. Yum!

Anyway, I weighed in a few days ago and it was indeed a yikes -- 149.4!! But this morning I am 147.2. I feel ashamed even giving those numbers since I shouldn't be anywhere near any of them but yet I haven't been able to move under 145 in a good long time :( And all because I get into these perpetual patterns where I burn out on eating "healthy" by Thursday or so and then I overeat all weekend with the promise that I'm going to do well again on Monday. And so the cycle continues. I feel so weak that I got caught into such a typical unhealthy pattern! Like when I get to Thursday or Friday and I'm tired of healthy food. I just want to say f*** you to salads and want to eat stuff I'm not "supposed to" and to have excitement on my tastebuds. So yeah, this is why I'm hoping that telling myself that it's a choice will help.

I wish I was good at calorie counting as so many of you seem to be! I keep screwing up at that, getting impatient, or running into instant problems where the calorie counts aren't available for things...And I'm so ocd about numbers that it drives me crazy when I can't write an exact number in...

@Turbo - heh, haven't seen a number I liked for a good while, lol, but at least it's going downward right now! Sounds like 1800 is more realistic for you, because of all the activity you're doing! So my cat's thing to get my attention is to bat at the curtains with his claws until I yell at him. All these curtains have claw marks in them. Luckily they are just cheapo curtains that I used just temporarily before I move into a new place, so I don't care if they are damaged, really, but I don't want him to pull the whole thing down! He totally does that to get my attention.

@krampus - BURGER IN A FRIED BUN!? Wow, I'd never heard of that. I'd heard of fried twinkies, though. Love your shoes! I hope your injury goes away, I know how frustrating that can be!

@Alex - I have a morbid fear of oversleeping - I rarely do it because I'm so nervous about it that I snap awake when I even think I'm going to be oversleeping...That guy in the car pool sounds REALLY annoying...

@navangel - oh, those shakes from McD's are sublime. I never get them, but my weakness is the fries.

@ange82 - that trail sounds AWESOME. I'll be moving into a new place this summer that is surrounded by jogging trails, and I'm very excited about that. And er...snake bite kit. EEp! And you guys have some poisonous snakes there!

@PAC - welcome!

@Blueisis - add me to the list of being heavier than I want because I eat for other reasons than hunger. For me, it's not that I eat when I'm depressed or angry so much, but I see food as Excitement(!) and of course it has to be fattening food that causes the excitement, not salads, lol!

Turbo ~ i looked at a recipe FOR a crepe cake. sweet wow, woman! That looks freakin' AMAZING!

Blue Isis ~ High five, food twin. Sorry you can relate... Sometimes it actually feels worse to stop mid-binge b.c I feel like why not just finish what I started... The key for me is making a flexible plan, I think. Exercise helps too, but I don't want to get in the habit of trying to out run my silly eating habits.

nova ~ Oh, my word... I am glad I did not know that shamrock shakes were MINT VANILLA flavored... I would have been tempted.... I feel ya on the cheap shoes mistake. I actually did end up buying a pair of Asics, but they were pretty cheap and when I went for a trial run on the treadmill and couldn't tell if my shins hurt b.c of the shoes or b.c of my training.

ange ~ lol - we are a chatty bunch. Especially as featherweights, somedays even though we follow all the rules the loss doesn't come...Hugs and hang in there. Woosh could be just around the corner.

oleh ~ Ah, well... Live and learn. You know, when it comes to calorie counting, I feel like the mantra is just "do your best, but DO it!" Whatever works for you, but don't get hung up on the details. Personally I find myself falling into the all or nothing syndrome. Oh, well if my count isn't exactly where I want it to be, then eff the world and eat the house. Be gentle with yourself and don't get discouraged.

HOLA FEATHERS!

Weight had WOOSHED this morning, so yay! I spent the day at my cousin's place + lot of time in the car = I'm spent.

I'll be back tomorrow for personals!

Happy hump day ladies!

Ok, i've been slack on this front for long enough, and i also have loads of things i want to know, so it's Personals time!

turbo great news on your whoooooosh! So what's the Spartan Spring Race? Is it one of those mud-run crazy things? And what does DONZOOO mean??

Alexis - Well? How was the date?? This is clearly the big news of the whole thread! Hope you had a great time. I'm with you on how hard it is to define hunger and this is something i've worked hard at myself. My (self-invented) diet says that i'm allowed to eat whenever i'm hungry, because a diet that involves hunger isn't going to work for me. But then i have to have a proper meal (albeit a small one); no quick snacks. So the trick is to determine real hunger from wanting to eat. It starts by me asking myself if i want an apple. If no, i'm not hungry! Still learning..

krampus hi!! it's good to see your familiar face still here, and i love reading your posts. Not keen on suddenly seeing food pics though - i started dribbling....

PacNW WELCOME!! and good luck with getting back in to it. Your range is the same as mine last year!! I stayed at 118 and below for around 6 months, but unfortunately i piled heaps on since then and here i am again! Don't let it happen to you (if you don't want it to! - although i can't say i'm mega upset really because i enjoyed eating all that food, and now i'm enjoying trying to lose again)

Leaves sounds like you had a good weekend and that the scales overlooked your lapse - nice work!!

Blue i've found exactly the same as you regarding slacking off on the weekend - it's ok for maintenance, but i can't lose weight with 5 good days and two bad days, even if the bad days aren't particularly bad. Have to trim it back to a single bad evening (or lunchtime) instead - but i do like to have that indulgence once a week.

novangel every runner and his dog has Asics here, which is the chief reason i've tended to avoid them lol. They're REALLY popular, so they must be really good. I'm just rebelling for no reason.

olehcat your new place sounds great! Does this mean you've got a new lifestyle coming up? Is this a big change for you? Bad news with the two extra lbs, but well done in confessing!! I know what you mean about giving yourself the choice. That sort-of works for me, on the other hand if i can disallow something and mean it, i don't have to keep making the decision, 'no means no' end of. Which is easier mentally if you can do it!!

Nothing much to report except a nights sleep since my last post, but i have a day off today and a few things planned so will check in tomorrow.

Go hard on your diet's everyone (until the weekend at least........!)

Taking a break from essay writing for some replies!

Xiao- Two years at uni of study too. I took the class as a subsid module in my first two years, we had a lot of focus on grammar and writing! Sadly never been to China, but it's on my bucket list!

Krampus- man that food looks good! Not sure how I feel about the fried bun though. Sadly didn't get to try out the cheese, never made it to the shops, but next pizza night he won't suspect a thing! How is the sciatic pain? Hope you're feeling better!

Novangel- Those shakes so yummy. I think i'm glad we don't have them in the UK! I had an egg muffin over the weekend, they used to be really cheap over here but they've gone up so much now. Kinda thankful as I used to buy two and eat them both in one go!

Ange82- Sounds like a beautiful place for a run. I'm jealous! :)

PacNW- Welcome! How's your plan going so far?

Alexis- Woo for dates with nice guy. The other guy reminds me of a guy in my French class who makes all these offhand comments like that and always sits next to me, grr. Don't let him get under your skin, you have better men in your life :)

BlueIsis- Maintain is better than gain! How are things going this week for you?

Olehcat- sorry to hear you're getting stuck :( Weekends are my achilles heel too, it's as if I feel that because there's less working to be done, that I can relax my diet as well as myself. Do you have an app or a diary for writing your calories in? It really helps for me!

Turbo- yay for the woosh! I'm also intrigued as to what the Spartan Spring is, I have this picture in my mind of hundreds of people in togas on pogo sticks! lol.

I hit a new low of 147 yesterday. Exciting, as it's lower than I ever remember seeing on the scales, but I don't feel like I look any thinner. grr. Keep hoping that I'll wake up one morning looking like a ballerina or something- think I need to get working!

Hey Feathers!

I'm up a bit from yesterday's satisfactory/awesome weigh-in. I managed to slice myself good with a knife cutting an avocado and my mystery pains in my hip flexors and lower back/legs are still there - at least I can still bench, heh. Double short workout gym day, 25 minutes in the AM and half an hour in the PM. I went over to friends' place for board games and brought Dinosaur BBQ takeout (chicken, ribs, BBQ brisket with sides of mac and cheese, BBQ fried rice and salad lol) and had moderate portions of that which is kind of no small feat considering it's some of my very favorite food locally. We got the big family size sampler (serves up to 7 supposedly) and the four of us polished it all off.

When I got home after 11 PM however it was ice cream o'clock and I stood there digging through for peanut butter cups for so long, my BF called over from the other room "WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THERE?" -______-

I have to buy him a new Xbox controller because I pulled a "tantruming toddler" move the other night while we were playing UFC Undisputed 3 and threw it on the ground in frustration. We have definitely gotten $8 worth out of that game already!

Hope everyone has a good rest of the week!

Leaves Congratulations on the new low! That's super exciting to see! It takes a long time for your brain to catch up with what your body looks like...

ange82much Your username still cracks me up - sorry for all the food pr0n photos, I figure there's no point talking about all the disgusting things I eat unless I provide visual evidence! I'm jealous of your running trail right by work - there are a couple nice places to run outside near my work but getting to them involves a short drive. 9/10 times I'm too lazy to bother!

Turbo Nice whoosh! Your WI are very consistent, seems you're doing maintenance really perfectly!

olehcat I burn out and overeat on weekends too - have been doing so ever since I decided to try and drop a couple lbs for a music festival (lol I'm heavier than before I started that!) - which reminds me of the patterns that ultimately got me into the habit of "binge eating until really sick" - I never ever want to return to that. I think calorie counting would push you further into "inner toddler" mode personally since it would impose more rules on your way of eating which already feels a bit restrictive.

novangel Good luck fighting through PMS fatigue! I can't get out of bed and I just sit staring at things all day and night - think I got it, too.

Alex How was your date with Martin Freeman?! I hope that guy from the party realizes that "negging" women only works on (a) stupid women or (b) women with really low self-esteem!

PacNW Would you recommend Ideal Protein as a short-term fix? I'm getting sort of desperate to feel less fluffy for this festival, heh...

novangel: Hope you're feeling better...less "PMS-y" (is that a word?)

ange: Are you taking measurements at least every couple of weeks? If you've been on plan, but aren't dropping pounds, you may still be losing inches, particularly if you're exercising and conserving/building lean mass. I'm actually "allowed" one "cheat" meal a week, but unless I use it Sunday night so that I start fresh on Monday, I tend to fall off the wagon for the remainder of the weekend.

olehcat: +1 on the McDonald's fries...the only thing I truly crave from Mickey D's. I have to tell my inner toddler, you can have "blank" tomorrow, or next week, just as long as it's not just "you can't have it."

alexis: You're right about the exercise helping. I can maintain and pretty much eat "what I want" if I'm running regularly, but it just doesn't work for active weight loss. It is just not possible to out-train a bad diet. :mad:

leaves: I'm down just a teeny bit. I'll take it since I had a run in with Haagen Dazs this weekend...and the pint container lost. LOL at your ballerina comment. On a more serious note, I have this picture in my head of what I'm going to look like at goal. I think one of my biggest fears is that I'll reach goal and I won't acheive that look due to my body type. I hope I'll be happy with what I have accomplished and not be so disappointed that I say "f-it. I can't look the way I want anyway, I might as well eat everything that I want to."

krampus: Keep the food pr0n coming! I love, love Dinosaur BBQ. I lived just outside of Syracuse about 15 years ago...haven't had it since then.

OK, so I'm frustrated by this whole "goal clothing" thing. I used to think it would be really cool to have a piece/pieces of goal/mini-goal clothing to measure my progress in a concrete way (ie now I can fit into the clothes). I thought the only flaw in this plan would be that if I didn't lose the weight, I'd have a bunch of clothes that were too small for me. What I didn't count on was that even if the clothes fit me/are my size, they may still look like crap on me, because they just aren't cut right for my body. I'm not sure why I thought that I could expect a pair of jeans bought off the shelf based on size alone would be any more flattering two sizes smaller than they were at my current size. Sometimes I feel "not so smart". :(

Alexis : soooooooooooooo, how was the date? ;) And yes, crêpes cake is awesome! It was the first one I was doing and we LOVED it. It is a great change from a usual cake-y texture and because it is pancake, it is not overly sweet. It was a basic one, with a vanilla pastry cream but I'll definitely do it again soon and I have tons of ideas to pimp it up, like putting together a Chai tea spices pastry cream or adding berries puree to make a fruity one for the summer! ... okay, I get easily excited when talking about baking LOL ;)

BlueIsis : I laughed at your "You don't train cats, you push them off counters." : THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. And I love running in negative splits, I get such an adrenaline rush/runner high knowing that I killed the second part of my run.

novangel : Hope your surviving the PSM fatigue! Working out while you're PMS-ing suuuuck

ange : 6.1km is an awesome distance! Way to go!! Good job on being on plan (and beware of the snakes! ;))

Yes, the Spartan Sprint is a 5k race including about 15 obstacles to go through :) And there is more likely to have mud LOL! I'm a bit nervous, I'm okay with the distance, but I'm so not a muscular girl, the obstacles thing is scary. And Donzo is pretty much ''done'' with a weird slang thing ;) Ahaha!

olehcat : LOL destroying curtains is sure a nice way for your cat to get your attention ;) Mine does not have claws anymore, but when he still got them, he was using them on EVRYTHING. Like ''Mmm, I want to go on the coach, but why jump on it when I can CLIMB IT WITH ALL MY CLAWS OUT''. ... At least cat are entertaining :P Concerning calories counting, I was known in the past to freak out when we were eating somewhere and I was not able to know how many calories there was in this or that... I had to work hard on that part, about letting go in certain situations.

Leaves : As I was saying to Ange, the Spartan race is a obstacles :) The one we are doing is a 5k with about 15 obstacles to go through. I'm a terrified and I am NOT wearing a toga thing BWHAHAAH (but it would be so fun though). There is video on their website, if you google Spartan Race :) Congrats on the new low!!

Krampus : Aww I hope all the places hurting on your body will get better soon! I laughed out loud at your boyfriend reaction when you were ice cream snacking LOL HUUUUUGH, I get so mad when playing video games with the boyfriend, we mostly play Mario Kart and he gets a truckloak of F words if he dare hit me with a freaking turtle shell or banana.

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Hi! Still 132.8 this morning ; happy about it! I am eating out with a friend I haven't seen in forever tonight, lots of catching up to do. The food where we are going seems DELICIOUS and it a ''bring your own wine'' so I'm not expecting to still be 132.8 tomorrow morning :P

I ran 5k this morning, speeding up by the end of it because I was afraid it would start raining. Humidity was sky high at 95%, seriously I could have used some Gillyweed or something. I'm a bit sore, luckily I only have another run planned tomorrow and I'll be able to enjoy my rest day Saturday.

Our teams is on the edge of being eliminated in the NHL playoffs, my boyfriend is the typical guy who get guy and moody when his team lose. Fun time ahead tonight if they do, I'm happy to go out :P (to be fair with him, the last game they lost was full of horrible referees call in favor of the other team). I'm so ready for hockey to be over though, so we can go outside and take walk instead of watching hockey all the tiiiiiiiiiiiiiime LOL

Have a good day ladies!

Hello feathers!
Back with personals!!!
A busy (but kind of not) day today... Off to evening cult (where aforementioned "awkwardly inappropriate" guy doth preside) *puts on yoga face* My goal is to handle the interaction with ease and grace.

Good morning, all!

Well, I've been sick -- super sick. Almost flu-like, but not quite because I didn't have a fever. Lots of muscle aches, sore throat, headache, nose running like crazy, weakness, etc. I stayed home from work yesterday, and I wish I could stay home today, too, but I can't let my teammates down (we're testing) and so I'll see if I can at least last out the morning. No wonder I felt weak doing a 2 mile walk the other day!!

The upside is that I've had almost no appetite, and I weighed in at 145.0 this morning, lol. All I ate yesterday was chicken/mushroom soup a few times and a few dates and strawberries, half an avocado, and two small chicken sausages.

As for the giving myself a "choice" thing, seems to be working! Like I'll say to myself, wow, I'd love to have that chocolate cupcake! And then I'll say to myself, "Okay, but why don't we just try eating strawberries instead?" And sometimes the diversion works. I know there will be times when it doesn't work, and that's okay, too. I just want to get healthier about this! I don't want to obsess about food or return to a semi-binging pattern.

@Alex - wise words! My similar phrase is "don't let perfect be the enemy of good enough." *nods*

@Ange - yeah, I'll be moving to a new apartment in my same city! Also, I'm a literacy teacher who is also a grad student currently, so my summer will be WAY lighter in schedule than the past few months, so am looking forward to getting to spend more time on exercise and long walks again! :)

@Leaves - yeah, that's exactly it -- I feel like on the weekends that I've worked hard all week and I deserve to get to be looser on the eating on the weekend, *sigh* but the only way that really works is if I am REALLY strict during the week. That has worked for me in the past before, like if I seriously count during the week hardcore, like 1200 calories a day six days a week and eat very healthy but give myself a "cheat day" on one weekend day, I lose weight consistently AND there's no deprivation! That's something I should consider returning to, too.

@krampus - ouchie (on cutting yourself!) I hate that! And you're right. Sometimes when I count calories I do start sliding into a restrict-binge pattern. The closest I came to that was last spring just before my divorce became to be, and that scared the crap out of me. I vowed I would never eat mindlessly like that again. I have never in my life eating past dinner, and I had gotten into a pattern of ordering TAKE OUT food AFTER I had already had dinner just because I wanted to taste something different -- it was scary for me.

@Blueisis - yep, telling the inner toddler you can have it later often works for me, too! :) Also I've been too chicken to try that goal clothing thing, lol. I am afraid for the same reasons. I did do that once a few summers ago when I managed to lose a few pounds and went from 139 down to 133. I had some size 4 pants in the same style as a bunch of size 6 pants in the same style I had that fit, and at some magical point, I fit into the size 4s and I felt SUPER awesome about it.

@Turbo - my cat knows how to push my buttons, too! lol, it's so funny, he looks right at me and knocks something off a table because he knows he'll get my attention. Then he'll lead me to the kitchen to be fed.

Morning, Feathers. :)

Not surviving TOM too well, it's really bad today (sorry TMI) and when it's like this, no can do. I've been eating good though...well except Panda Express the other day. :^: Doesn't help when it's also cold and dreary out IN MAY. Of course when I worked Sunday through Wed it was 75 degrees and gorgeous and I'm sure come Sunday it will be picture perfect again. I hate that!

So far the new job is going well, the money aspect is a little scary but it's only been one week. In the salon industry I know there are good and bad weeks, I just hope it only gets better from here. Also, the owner told me if I work out well she will give me a 5th day to work so I can be more full-time. :crossed: Right now I'm only about $50-100 away from my starting goal and I'm sure adding another day will get me there. :)

Only thing is learning the darn register! I feel so stupid with that thing! I mean I could take a CT scan at my previous job but now I am intimidated by a salon cash register? :lol: I still have the new job jitters, hopefully I settle in soon.

I bought these pants for work and I am in love with them!! So comfy and cute. I wear with black shirt/shoes...not flats though. I don't care that I'm almost 39, I rock these pants well. :)

Originally Posted by olehcat:
Well, I've been sick -- super sick. Almost flu-like, but not quite because I didn't have a fever. Lots of muscle aches, sore throat, headache, nose running like crazy, weakness, etc. I stayed home from work yesterday, and I wish I could stay home today, too, but I can't let my teammates down (we're testing) and so I'll see if I can at least last out the morning. No wonder I felt weak doing a 2 mile walk the other day!!

The upside is that I've had almost no appetite, and I weighed in at 145.0 this morning, lol.

Yep. There is an upside to viruses. :lol: Hope you feel better soon.

AHH! Just got a call from the salon owner, I get to pick up Fridays after next week! :dance:

Turbo ~ Lookit you, getting all fancy with the crepe creme recipe. AND holding steady weight wise, even after an indulgence. I have said it before and I will say it again: you're my inspiraaaaation, girl.

Ange82much ~ Your username!!! hahaha!!! just said it out loud after reading Krampus's mention... I just thought 82 was a significant number in your life... Good work with the "apple" test. I've heard that an apple and a glass of water is usually good strategy for determining the difference between a craving and real hunger.

Leaves ~ Sending strength for that essay writing! lol @ your ballerina comment. I, too, have that dream... Have you ever seen the Bravo TV show 'Shahs of Sunset'? One of the characters on it was like "every night I pray to God and say 'please let me wake up rail thin...'", which is what I say, but then I go eat four donuts... Ummm... yeah...

krampus ~ oh, that darn "ice cream o'clock"... I have a weakness for my oft mentioned Haagen Daaz. And I lol'd at your "tantruming toddler". Sometimes you just get carried away. And I don't think this "neg" guy does it on purpose... I think he just really doesn't know how else to relate to people.

Oleh ~ Sorry for your sick! (but isn't weight loss just a sneaky happy side effect...) Hope you're feeling better now! And yes, "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good" is a great motto...

BlueIsis ~ I like your misdirection/distraction strategy... Studies have shown that a "craving" usually lasts no longer than 20 minutes. And I'm completely in favor of "goal clothes", although my "goal file" tends to take on a life of its own...

Nova ~ The new pants are stylin', girl! First weeks are always tough, but it sounds like the new job is going well on the whole...? Good that they'll give you the extra day. What was your previous job? (Did you say something about med tech?-- CT scan?)

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SO I guess the date on TUE went really well!!! We're hanging out again tomorrow (movie+dinner, I think)

Ran into a spot of trouble with text messages. He's SUPER ummm... expressive? And very... effusive... when it comes to flattery. My gut reaction was *eye roll* ewwwwww... but then I started thinking "Don't be critical. Just let him say what he wants to say." (If anyone remembers my thread around the holidays about compliments...) I think it's sweet that he lets me know that he likes me... but then I felt like it was getting a bit... excessive? And I didn't know how to communicate that. My solution was to just stop texting him for awhile and apparently he was VERY concerned that I was about to break it off...

So I called him last night and we talked it out... And now he's taken the liberty of scheduling a chat time with me tonight, too. And that's one thing that I REALLY like... he takes the lead. If I can remember to get out of the way enough to let him.

Had a bit of a moment with my friend "food" last night. Ate spinach, hard boiled eggs, dates, figs, yogurt, cottage cheese, and tortilla chips. Didn't need any of it and could have just gone to bed, but wanted the comfort and heft. Could have been better, could have been worse. I was completely aware of what I was doing and knew that I'd be up on the scale the next day... Am also under *TOM* watch, so that's a factor too.

Hold on through the weekend, feathers!

I am totally PMSing and shoveled a bunch of milk chocolate, crackers with hummus, and peanut butter cup ice cream into my face after dinner (a big bread roll, split pea soup, 6 oz buttered salmon with rice and veggies at a diner). Woke up feeling disgusting and bloated, went for a treadmill run (2.5 mi in 21:30), weighed in at 124.0. Huh?????????? My roommate is sad because things ended with her and dude she was seeing who happens to be BF's best friend (D'OH) and we all hang out with each other several days a week. Awkward times ahead, I hope they can move past this.

BF and I are redeeming a gift card to a really cool restaurant I won last year in a blog contest tonight. It was for mom and me but she is not interested in Indonesian fusion cooking - too adventurous for her palate. The menu is here - what would you get? I'm thinking scallops as an app and the prawns for the main! Photos reveal the portions are not "waddle out and throw up in the parking lot" levels of filling so I think app + main will be good. Oh and dessert too, cause you know.

That music festival is in 2 weeks. 2 weeks! I always feel like I should be more excited than I am. Still need to figure out what to wear. Less is more but I have not been successful at efforts to have a less jiggly midsection...

Alex Of all the moments you could have had with YFF (your friend "food") I think that's actually a very well balanced array of things to eat. I'm glad you sorted things out with dude, being straight forward and taking care of business right as it is happening instead of stewing quietly and boiling over is much much healthier, and you actually learn from it. Excessive/overattentive compliments are pretty unattractive - I hope you'll have an awesome date tomorrow night! Eee!

novangel Awesome news regarding picking up Fridays at the salon! Registers these days are SO COMPLICATED - do they use a touchscreen? Operating a register is one of those things people think is easy but really you need to know all the ins and outs of how they work. It's frustrating when people look at you like you're a moron for being new at using XYZ register. Your new pants are HOT - I love that style!!! Also mmmmmmmmmmmmm Panda Express. I'm jealous!

olehcat Oh nooooo heal up and get better ASAP! I got down to 121.8 when I had a bad cold earlier this year. Glad you are conscious of the binge-restrict pendulum and aren't going down that road again - it sucks so much just sitting there surrounded by wrappers wondering why you just did all that.

Turbo How did your team do (I don't follow hockey at all I'm sorry if that's really obvious)? I wish we had apportez-votre-vin places here. Where did you end up going and what did you eat?! Also, remember when you thought you wouldn't be able to return to your old ability level of running?! You're doing great!

BlueIsis You know, the biggest revelation a person can have is putting on a pair of pants and thinking "These pants are too small" or "These pants don't look good on my shape" instead of "I'm too fat" or "I'm the wrong shape for these pants." Shopping for jeans and pants is a huge task with a probably 1:1000 success rate - I always go for stretchy ones for that reason :\ Dino was amaaaazing as always but the head chef here recently died so we'll see...

Hope everyone's weekends are AWESOME!

olehcat : Arggggh, I hope you're gonna be better soon!! I love your strategy of giving yourself a choice, when you are face with triggering food. It is a nice way to trick your mind that might want to go all rebel and be ''Oh yeah, you are forbidding me to have that cupcake? We'll see about that''. But for now, get some rest and get better!

novangel : You were working with CT scan at your previous job? Such a good news that you now have Fridays! OH YEAH! What were you doing? And I love the pants by the way, especially the colors!! :)

Alexis : Seriously, I don't diserve that words like that! Everyday of this maintenance thing is still a work in progress, and my half marathon training is probably for a lot in that too. It is cool that Hans Solo (I like to switch up his nickname :P) is effusive, not many guys are that way, but I do agree with you, facing a situation like that I would probably eye-rolled a lot too LOL The guy seems to be quite into you, it is cute!! :)

krampus : God, well, good job for your WI after the food fest!! That is so sad about your roommate and your friend. I was chatting about something like that the other day with my boyfriend, because we were all friend with the same bunch of people before starting dating and we were saying how awkward it'd be to break up and decide ''who keeps the friends'' :P I am DROOOOLING in front of the menu you posted. The pork belly in the appetizer looks amazing. I'm kinda happy it's you who have to make a choice, I'd cry of indecision in the middle of the resto LOL

The hockey team lost last night so their season is officially over. They seriously got tons of players injured since 14 days, it was unlikely they would make it much farther.

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Hi women! I really feel like a whiny b*tch, everytimes I'm like ''omg I'm going out tonight, I'm so expecting to be up tomorrow'', something goes up with my body and BAM! I was down morning. Go figure.

Last night with my friend was super nice, we had a lot of catching up to do. We went up to a place I've never been but where the boyfriends eats with his work people when they have something to celebrate... so, when I asked about the place before we went there, you know with him going there more often, I would have expected the guy to tell me the room furnitures were ALL ABOUT MEDIEVAL/CASTLE STUFF, with the hostess dressed in old dresses. It was like walking in Pouddlard or something My friend and I walked in we were both really Huh WTF bwahaha. The food was awesome though, we took a 4 services thing designed for ''girls night out'', each service being 3 tiny portions, so we did not end up bloated or feeling aweful after overeating. The food was amazing, there was a beef tartar, an lobster guacamole, goat cheese and tomatoes salad and tons of other stuff. This probably explain a bit part of not being up this morning.

I'm kinda almost jealous of all of you PMS-ing and everything, TOM has been a no-show for almost 2 months now. My friend suggested me to call a place a Pregnancy/Family Planning Clinic she knew about, to at least confirm my 2 negative pregnancy test. I called this morning and a really mean woman told me she does not have free spot for appointment for the next 3 months. For a clinic that is supposed to deal with pregnancy emergencies and stuff, WTH is that! She told me to call back next week, I MIGHT get a spot with another doctor coming in. Arrrrrgh, lame situationnnn. Sorry, just needed to vent a little!

Did my 6k training this morning, and tomorrow will be a great day of doing naaawthing. I'm looking forward to it!

Have a good weekend Feathers!

I was head assistant for 5 years at a high tech dental office. I would take 3D scans for pre-op implant placement among 800 other duties. I'm happy to be out of there for numerous reasons. Too many to list. :lol:

turbo that's crazy service at the pregnancy clinic, waiting 3 months for an appointment! Maybe your regular doctor could help instead? The Spartan thing sounds good. You'll have great fun! I've heard everyone helps each other and it's a real community atmosphere at those events. Would love to give it a go myself and maybe that's a challenge for next year (i'm early days of recovering from shoulder surgery at the moment, so not allowed to lift anything above my head or go back to the gym and trekking club til september, which has slowed me down a bit!)

novangel Great news on the extra work from next week. Great pants too. I'm just so the wrong shape to wear skinny pants. My knees are fat and so are my hips. And i'm short. It just looks so wrong on me so i'm jealous of anyone who can wear stuff like that!

Alexis sounds like things progressing quickly with the new man! Like your attitude of just letting him say what he wants - that's good.

olecat hope you're feeling better very soon, and you're not super-hungry when you do!!

blueisis my whole wardrobe is 'goal clothing' unfortunately!! There's hardly anything in it that fits me at the moment, and i'm really reluctant to go out and buy 'big' clothes. I've been this weight a few times before and have a couple of things i can wear, but i chucked most of it out a few years ago thinking i wouldn't need it again lol. At least i know that when i lose the weight it'll fit me again. I do change shape when i lose, so as you've found out it's hard to predict ahead of time what's going to fit you if you've not been there before.

krampus can you put me down for the tuna tartare (can't resist high quality raw stuff!!!), and the green curry prawns please (narrowly chosen over the beef rendang). Looks a yummy yummy menu! Well done on winning the comp. Your BF doesn't have to dress up as your mum to collect his meal does he?!

It's Saturday - yippeee!!! Not that i've got much planned. Out with a friend today. Nothing planned tonight, so just home with hubby in front of the tv or something! Neighbours coming round for drinks tomorrow, so bit of a house-tidy required at some stage, although we'll probably just sit out on the deck.

I've just been for a run round with the dog this morning but had a bit of lazyitis and my legs felt heavy, so did more walking than i intended to. The scale finally moved though from 62.2kg where i've been stuck for 10 days to 61.8kg! My rules say I don't get to move my ticker until i've seen the same or less on Monday though, so hopefully that will motivate me to stay well behaved.

Have a great weekend feathers and try to stay OP!

OOMMMGGGGG

Finishing that essay, I feel like I've just given birth to a thought-baby. I still have to compile the 34-source bibliography before I submit to the competition and I am *not* looking forward to that. However, as soon as I hit that "submit" button, I'll be pulling a bottle of ice-cold white wine from the fridge and letting the banana chip and chocolate festivities commence!

I'm sitting here eating a bowl of oatmeal made up with dou jiang (Chinese sweetened soy milk) and a tablespoon of sugar, a concoction that I conceived of this morning as I thumbed around in the kitchen, trying to decide what to eat for breakfast. Looks exactly like puke, but it's delicious :D

It was a weird week, though. For the past 5-6 days, I had been really bloated and heavy around the lower abdominal area with intermittent cramps/jolts, sore breasts, and a lot of urinary urgency -- yet no period. I've had ovarian cysts in the past, and have insanely disorganized periods, and so I thought this might be a reprise of all that. I started to feel kinda freaked out about the fact that, if I were back in the States, I'd just call up my gynocologist, drive 15 minutes to see her, and be in the ultrasound room getting checked out the same day. Here? Outside of big cities, medical facilities are quite behind Western standards, and are often pretty dirty. If I had a serious problem -- like ovarian cancer -- I'm not sure they'd even catch it. When I go back home, I'm actually really looking forward to getting my whole body checked out.

Anyway, all that freaked-out hypochondriac stuff aside, I was so happy to wake up this morning to find all my bloatation and other symptoms subsided, and my waist measurement back down to normal -- 26.25". I weighed in a couple days ago at like 56.7 (FFFFFUUUU), with a waist of like, a tight 26.75", and I was none too pleased. I'm changing the metric on my progress thing, too, to waist measure in inches, since my scale weight's not really my big concern -- it's about how I look :)

Finally, after a week off of running and doing some great bike rides instead, I feel *SO* much better with the lower leg crap I'd been having trouble with the week before this. It might be hard to go back to my old mileage, now that the spring's finally here. I'd forgotten how much I love biking, and how good of a butt workout it is.

Okay, onto these long overdue personals!
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Turbo: I'm not sure if anyone else has asked you this before -- and if not, then I have no idea why -- but...how in God's name do you manage to make all these awesome cakes and still lose weight? I mean, you say you're eating like 1600-1800 usually so...do you just eat dinner and then cake? Or are you a professional baker? All I ever see outta you is crepe cake, birthday cake, confirmation cake, cake for h*ll of it. I'm jealous!

BlueIsis: I'm gonna wait until Monday to get back with my running, but I already feel so much stronger. My body really was in need of a rest! And about the goal clothing -- I've totally done that before. I still think it's a good idea, but maybe just pick up something from the thrift store, so in the event that it's not even cut well for you at goal size, it's not like you spent more than a couple bucks on it!

angel82much: Ha! I love the workday workout, and yeah, I totally never cared if I came back into work all red and sweaty. At the school I worked at in the city I lived in before this, there was a little pay-by-the-hour gym right upstairs, and I'd sometimes go up for a quick 40 minutes on the treadmill. It feels so great to kick up a sweat right when that mid-day drowse is about to come around.

krampus: Oh God that BBQ sounds so good! I don't know if you ever felt like this in Japan, but I guess I'm homesick now to the extent that I'm craving things I normally never ate in the States. For instance, I don't even like cheese, but found myself thinking "a ham and cheese sandwich sounds tasty" as I lay in bed a few nights ago, contemplating the simple American goodness of diner fare. Also, I am surprised that my computer is still functioning after the tantruming toddler crap I've put it through on a few occasions. "Frozen a-f**king-again? Better smash it with my fist! Yeah! That'll show it!"

olehcat: Ugh! That sucks being sick when you're trying to stay on plan (not that it ever doesn't suck, lol), because it's hard to determine when you're fully ready to get back into running and stuff. Feel better soon!

Alexis: About this complimenter, my thinking is like, as long as he doesn't cross into weirdo territory, I'd rather have a guy who compliments me all the time than a guy who doesn't say anything nice! :P

Alright, that's all I got time for right now, so I really hope I didn't leave anyone out! I know it's been like a week, so I had to open another window to browse the last couple pages I missed!

novangel : I'm happy that you are happy to be out of the dental assistant job then! ;)

ange : I think a Spartan race is a great challenge... I'm really looking forward to it, but I'm a bit scared at the same time. Congrats on the scale moving!!! :) You had a shoulder surgery? Yikes! What happened?

xiaobaicai : welcome back, woman! congrats on finishing your essay, you must be so relieved! Okay, I really laughed at loud at your question about my dessert baking LOL. I guess I never actually say the irony of constantly chatting of what I am baking on a WEIGHT LOSS forum bwahaha. Honestly, when I was eating 1600 calories or lower, I would eat one part (on a day where I had a good training) and let the boyfriend polish the plate :P But now that I am eating 1800 or a bit higher depending of my training, I can treat myself much more easily and if it fits in my calories log, I eat it. I usually have a light breakfast, rarely going over 300-350 calories, so I guess it helps to keep room for the rest of the day. And when I bake a sweet hing for the week-days, I usually make it a it more healthy, by cutting the sugar or the butter ;)

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Hi! Up to 134.0 this morning, for no reason. I had a WTF moment on the scale, because I woke up, looked at myself in the mirror, told myself ''LOOKING GOOD!'' and than stepped on the scale to see that LOL. But whatever, I feel great so I'll let the body deal with this crap while I put my ''I don't caaare'' hat! YAY

I was planning to do nothing today because it is raining + no workout planned today = perfect day to be lazy, but it was finally decided that the boyfriend's mom,her boyfriend and the boyfriend's sister are coming over for dinner tomorrow for Mother's Day... Hello, cleaning time. Meeeeeh.

Have a great Saturday, everyone!

I forgot about an AMEX gift card that was given to me from the ladies at the dental office when I quit so I ordered these pants for work. They were on sale for a price too good to pass. Oh, yes I did.. :lol: I love the red but I got them in the beige python color. I have been eyeballing these for a year.

http://www.victoriassecret.com/cloth...alogueType=OLS

I ordered a size up, I pray they fit. :crossed:

I really need to get back to the gym today. Enough with the TOM fatigue and this dreary weather!! I want 80's!

Originally Posted by TurboMammoth:
Up to 134.0 this morning, for no reason. I had a WTF moment on the scale, because I woke up, looked at myself in the mirror, told myself ''LOOKING GOOD!'' and than stepped on the scale to see that LOL. But whatever, I feel great so I'll let the body deal with this crap while I put my ''I don't caaare'' hat! YAY!

I've had this happen too! :rofl: Looking in the mirror thinking "Oh yeah!", get on the scale and yell "You SOB!" Oh well..

Originally Posted by TurboMammoth:
You had a shoulder surgery? Yikes! What happened?

We were in Africa on holiday over Christmas, and i managed to fall down Mt Kilimanjaro (as you do!?) It served me right, sort of, as we'd just reached the top and were coming back down and i was playing around and running and jumping down the scree (this all still above 15,000ft), when i got going too fast and just tumbled head over heels and landed on my shoulder. It semi-dislocated, but then popped back in, but as a result i'd torn the tendons in my rotator cuff and labrum, so they all had to be sewn back on (meanwhile i still had another two days of walking to get down the mountain!). Fun and games. At least it won't be difficult to avoid doing the same thing in future!

angel82much: Sounds like it sucked, but at least you got a good story out of it! I mean, when most people dislocate their shoulder, they don't get to do it on Mt. Kilimanjaro :P

Ugh, so I guess I had what you might call a minor binge last night. It wasn't anything too severe, although I did rack up 2700 calories for the entire day with that. My friend and I went out for what was actually a reasonably light lunch at this mini hot-pot restaurant, which does these little pots of veggies, tofu, and meat (of the unidentifiable and highly questionable variety). I also added some noodles, but stayed at likely under 1.5 cups of those. I was satiated but not *full* after, which is a good thing.

Anyway, I had my Chinese lesson and had a snack of melon and tomatoes after. Took a nap. Got up feeling not hungry, but voraciously munchy, so I decided to take a spin on my bike and went out for 1h10m. When I got back, I was at 1600 total estimated cals for the day, so I figured a pear and 30 almonds should do for dinner.

This was my undoing. I started with that, then I had grapes, a small piece of chocolate, 3 little bean flour tea cakes, the rest of the almonds, anndddd I think that's it.

However, I don't feel too bad about it, like I said. I haven't properly overeaten in several weeks, and because I simply could not get full, I feel like this probably won't stick to me too badly. Also, today's the day I go back to running after my little recuperation hiatus, so that'll be food fuel for my long run.

Good morning, all!

I'm feeling back to almost human levels again. I was so miserable Thursday through Saturday or so! That virus kicked my butt.

My weight was hovering around 145 the last few days, but then yesterday I am so gross, I just ate a lot of stuff that wasn't good for me. I had Taco Bell, for crying out loud. I NEVER get Taco Bell, lol. I just had this urge for it yesterday. And then when I went to my parents' for dinner, I had picked up barbecue for them, and I always get the 1/2 fried shrimp, and so yeah, I had 6 fried shrimp dipped in this amazingly spicy barbecue sauce and some fries (not many, fortunately) and two glasses of wine.

So I knew with absolute certainty that my weight would be up, just from sodium alone, so I don't need that kind of start to my Monday, so no weigh today.

I just have 2 full weeks of work left before I'm "off" for the summer. "off" is in quotes because I still have other work-related stuff to do this summer, including taking an intense summer class at the university for four weeks. But there will be a few weeks of summer freedom, about six weeks' worth all together, so I'm not complaining!

My ex-husband is coming back into the country in a few weeks to help me with a few things. Believe it or not, I'm actually looking forward to hanging out with him just as a friend. We always have a good time together, we're just not meant to be married. I look forward to long walks, watching cheesy true crime shows, and taking little road trips.

@novangel - I like those pants! For myself, I'm always suspicious of the skinny jeans look though (the tapered look) on me, though, since I hate my legs and really hate drawing attention to them. And yay on getting more work!!!

@Alex - heh, alas the weight loss didn't stick since I got my appetite back yesterday, argh! But it was great to feel light for awhile! I'm glad your date worked out well! That must feel nice! :)))

@krampus - oh man, I can't get over how fast a runner you are! I MIGHT have been able to do 2 miles in 21 minutes like that, lol! Rock on with that! I hope you are feeling less bloated by now.

@turbo - omg, no appointment for three months at a place that deals with pregnancy EMERGENCIES!? That sounds terrible! That's really odd about your TOM, though. I wonder if because you're so active now and are at a low weight? Or maybe just stress. Oh, and I hate those weigh-in days when I feel light and feel like I'm looking awesome and then the scale goes up. No fun!

@ange - alas, I got my appetite back yesterday, lol, and I went a bit overboard, so I am not even weighing myself today. Too scary. Heh, and not many people get to say they fell off Mt. Kilimanjaro!! :) Sorry about the dislocated shoulder, though, ouch!

@xiao - that must be disconcerting to be in a place where you don't know what the medical care could be if you had something serious. Glad to hear that the bloating went away, though, whew! You're right about not being sure about the running! Sometimes I can be just fine within a few days, but other times, the fatigue and not being able to get a full breath in lingers on a long time (in December I was out of running commission for almost a month because of being congested in my lungs! - yes, I've been sick about a million times this year), so yes, definitely frustrating! :-p

Hey everyone...Mind if I join you guys?

I am a "maintainer" who has let extra weight creep up on me slowly during the last two years.

My last weigh in was about 10 days ago (I went on a week long vacation). I am afraid to weigh in until I've done a couple days of clean eating/drinking lots of water. I definitely overindulged during my trip.

Before I left for my trip, I was at 144 lbs. I'm hoping the damage won't be too bad.

I look forward to getting to know everyone in the group!

Nineteen, :wave:

I don't know WTH is wrong with me, I'm so fatigued for about a week now and it's really cramping my style. I don't know if my body is "recovering" from the awful stress caused by my last job but I feel very discombobulated and all I want to do is sleep. :tired:

I did go to the gym tonight but it was so forced that it wasn't even funny.

How's everyone else doing? It's been quiet around here...

hello chickettes!

welcome nineteen - looks from your info that you've lost lots of weight in the past, so you certainly know what you're doing! Good luck this time around.

Well we had the neighbours round just for a drink on Sunday. I'd never even seen them before and they live directly opposite, but my hubby had bumped in to him at the dog-park and invited them round. They were really nice and ticked a few potential-friends boxes - same age, no kids, dog, like holidays, travel a lot etc etc. Anyway suffice to say Fiona and I scoffed 1.5 bottles of wine and i was so wobbly afterwards i went straight to bed. Pretty embarrassing really and don't think she was any better. Normally i'd manage to drink that with no problems but it must be this dieting lark that's weakened my constitution! This wasn't all bad however as i got a great nights sleep and didn't eat dinner (hence felt less guilty for all the wine calories!!)

Last night i was out with the girls at the Banff Film Festival (on tour in Sydney), where they showed about 8 short adventure documentaries . Stuff on extreme kayaking, and mountain biking and climbing and trekking etc - it was great! Felt very inspired!

Ran round the trail at work again today and kept running for 5km this time, then walked 0.5km, then ran the last 0.5km, so next time i'm just going to have to do the whole 6.1km. That's better than the 3km + 1km that i managed last week. Improving Slowly slowly!

And i'm down at least 0.5-1lb. So all is good in Australia.

krampus- That menu looked good! How was the meal? We have the same name!

turbo- That's really crappy of the clinic :( Can your regular GP not help? (I'm not very familiar with health services outside the UK) Good look with your boyfriend's family, do you get on? I'm terrified of my boyfriend's parents!

nova- Are you feeling any better? Maybe have a day of rest from the exercise, last time I did too much I couldn't even walk around the supermarket. So wished I could sit in the kid seat and have my boyfriend push around, lol. Hope you're feeling better today!

oleh-What's the class you're taking? Work stuff, or things-you-want-to-study stuff?

ange- ouch! Also, I only just figured out what your username actually says! haha. I kept reading it as ange eighty two.

xiao- Congrats on the essay! I'm hoping to join you in finished-ness today. 600 words to go! I think as far as binges go, you had a very mild one!

nineteen- welcome!

600 words to go until I've finished my undergrad! arghhh. What a scary thought. I weighed in at a tentative 144 this morning (waiting for a more solid confirmation later this week hopefully!) and had a look at my tummy in the mirror. Think I'm finally starting to see a bit of a change. Then it struck me that I don't remember ever seeing myself at a lower weight in the mirror and started panicking that I won't like my new look because I hate change. Silly :dizzy:

Turbo ~ That IS crazy about the almost 3 month wait... For an EMERGENCY appointment. Hopefully, TOM will show up before it comes to that. I love your attitude with weigh-ins... Sometimes you just gotta say "you look great!" no matter what you weigh...

Krampus ~ Hey there, pretty lady. You did such a great job with the essay!!! How was the free meal?

Leaves ~ Congrats on being so close to done with your undergrad!!! Well done, you!!! It's always a bit of a challenge to acclimate to any significant change in our bodies. This is a great way for you to accept the new, lighter you!

ange ~ Well you know, falling down Mt Kilimanjaro and all... that DOES give you some pretty sweet bragging rights. How exciting about having new friends with similar interests. Maybe I missed it earlier, but who is Fiona? Is that the other friend?

Oleh ~ I think it's pretty normal that you'd look forward to seeing your ex when he comes back into the country. You two shared a significant chunk of your life together and it's probably a good thing that you're still able interact with him without bitterness or resentment.

Xiao ~ Doesn't sound like the "binge" will do much harm, but I understand that it can sometimes be more the feeling of not being full that throws us off.

nineteen ~ Welcome!

nova ~ Digging those pants, too. Lucky you to have a workplace that supports fashion forward choices. Bet you feel a bit more "free" fashion-wise now that you're working in a salon... ;)

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Good morning, feathers!
I've just been feeling pretty "blah" lately...

Woke up at 2Am to drive my momma and a colleague to the airport. Went into work early, hoping that I'll be able to leave early... :rolleyes: We'll see about that one.

I was watching secret eaters and heard about making a "graze box" with snacks in it that are within your cal/nutrition allowance for the day. Then once the box is done, you're over. Thought this might be nifty to try with things like cucumber or my beloved dates. Good way to work portion control into the equation.

Dinner with a friend tonight. Not concerned about cals, as that's not usually my area of weakness. When I'm with other people I usually behave. It's when I'm off by myself that I usually give in to the temptation to "overindulge".

Have a good one, feather friends!

novangel : I'm sure you'll pull off those leggings! ;) They are so original, love them!

ange : OMG about your shoulder surgery!! But as someone else said, at least when someone ask you about it, you look really bad*ss ''oh, I fell off Mt Kilimanjaro'' bwhahahaha!

I do get you on the wine part. In college, I was able to drink my life away all night low and go to class the next day. Today I feel tipsy after 2 glass of wine and I feel horrible for the next 48 hours :P I don't know if it is the weight or the fact that I am not 22 anymore though LOL

I love the Banff Festival Film!!! I want to go trekking and rock climbing and hiking all at the same time every times I see those LOL

xiaobaicai : Ahh, sorry to hear about the binge, but at least it was not a super duper ultimate 5000 calories binge (let's see the bright side of things :P) Plus you went you a bike ride! What kind of mileage of run are you considering doing this week?

Olehcat : I'm glad to hear you are feeling better!!! I agree with you, it might be a better idea to let your body adjust to the food you indulged on Sunday before WI, it is useless to make you feel bad for a number that does not represent you are really standing at! :)

nineteen : Welcome!!!! :)

Leaves : The meeting with the boyfriend's family was smooth, we've been together for a while so I met them before, luckily LOL What are you stuyding in??

Alexis : Ah, you posted while I was writing my post (...or should I say novel). About the graze box, I saw something like that on Pinterest, where your pack your snacks in 100 calories plastic bag and store it that way in the fridge. Sorry to hear you are feeling Blah :( It's probably a rough patch, I truly hope you'll feel better soon! And DATES, god. The loves of my life LOL.

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Hi ladies! I was a no-show yesterday, my weight was up to 134.8 and even though I knew that toilet meet up were ''BLEH'' for the past 3 days and that the big Mother's Day meal did not help, BUT I still let the scale get to me (even if I should not).

I had a bad overall day yesterday. I decided to say FU to the so-called ''emergency pregnancy clinic'' thing and headed out to another one early in the morning to try to get an appointment with a doctor and managed to get one at 6:50 last night, so I spent all day panicking by myself at home lol.

I basically wanted to make sure and tell me ''we'll confirm you if you are pregnant or not'' but I left still confused. The doctor basically told me that he would beleive in the negative drugstore test I had and that my training plus the stress of maybe believing I was pregnant would be enough to stop my cycle for a while. He said we would wait for 3 to 6 months before really inquiring if I am pregnant or not. 3 TO 6 MONTHS!!! Anyway, he gave me a paper to allow me to have a blood exam for the pregnancy hormones if I really feel like it, but was strongly suggesting not to for a while.

... on the good note, the nurse that checked me up before I saw the doctor said I had an athlete pulse and blood pressure. OH YEAH. :P That got me feeling better, before leading me to panic again when she told me ''you know, I had a surprise pregnancy too when I was your age and she is now a nice and sweet teenager today!'' (..............PANIC PANIC PANIC)

Oh well. I'm planning to go for a interval run this afternoon, it will probably help to clear my mind. We had the boyfriend's mother, her boyfriend, and my bf's sister for dinner on Sunday, which was fun but exhausting, after a 14k training in the morning and spending the remaining of the day cooking and cleaning. We were planning to enjoy the next weekend (that is a long one here), having a nice BBQ with friends and trying to escape the boyfriend's father who want to visit ahah.

Have a good day ladies!

eurgh, looks like I'm joining you with the womb woes, Turbo :( I've had problems with breakthrough bleeding on the pill before and now it's started again. Wondering if it's a side effect of the weight loss maybe? Has anyone else experienced anything odd from losing?

Feel so rubbishy about it. I was late taking my first pill this month, so I know it could be that. Grumpy because I thought things were all okay after previous problems. /vent

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Turbo, 3-6 months is pretty WTF, you could have had a baby by then if you were pregnant! See someone else!!!

Originally Posted by krampus:
Turbo, 3-6 months is pretty WTF, you could have had a baby by then if you were pregnant! See someone else!!!

That is EXACTLY what I was thinking! I'm giving myself another week to see if TOM is coming and if it is still a no-show, I'm getting the blood test done next week.

Turbo Thanks! I hope you get another opinion soon, and I am hoping for a positive outcome for you!

Leaves I hope you feel better ASAP!

I have great news to share...I finally weighed in today, and I am actually down 3 lbs.!! I am definitely surprised, and this is a great way to restart my weight loss journey. If I can get below the 140's, I'll be thrilled!