woohoo go Gen .. im so pleased you are back on th wagon ith us

Ani.. it must be amazing to be published congratulations as for the ceremony.. hmmm not sure about that one ..

Julia losing weight already your such a great inspiration .. you had some time off didnt do to bad came back and got straight back with the programme.. your a machine

Kel your fish wil be fine

As for me .. i have been a bit off plan but not too bad food has been okish and exercise i havent done enough.(by this i mean good sweaty exercise... i did loads of walking). and not losing weight last week has put me in a place i dont want to be in.. i can see the scale moving in the wrong direction.. and i got pissed .. whined to my hubby who gave me permission to take the money and buy the elliptical.... so i did.. i paid for it this morning got the shop to assemble it and deliver it straight into my family room ready to use and took it for a test run..

Yes i know i bought the mini tramp but its just not the same my boobs cant handle all that bouncing .. lol not to say i wont use it i will.. but now i have and elliptical again..

My old elliptical was alot easier then this one .. i did 30 minutes and i think i left my butt cheeks on it ... as well as my calves.. they are burning .. Its a great new toy.. it has programmes on it that change the intesity as you go along ... one minutes im going reall easy the next im killing it hoping it will go back to easy and it does .. and then again.. lol .. very cool .. great workout ..

Im hoping im not too sore to get back on it tommorow..

hi kel.. posting at the same time there so why are you not caring about weightloss atm?? are you going into a maintance stage or you just dont give a S^*t??

I can understand about moving a bit back from the pressure disapointment etc .. but do you think its the best time to do this? when i stop trying i always gain weight.. this just proves to me im not ready to stop trying.. i havent figured the whole thing out enough to just maintain.. and alot of the time my weight los effort results in me just maintaining and not losing at all .. so .. i need to get more intune withme..

what i have learnt..
* Sugar is my enemy.. start eating it again.. and i want it more and more..
*salt makes me bloated..
*just becuase i have the calories left for a bad choice that bad choice will make me gain within cals or not.. lol ( yeah i suck)
* if i dont drink enough i eat more
* if i dont sleep enough i eat more
* if i dont sleep enough i feel like crap and dont care what i eat.. whatever is easiest ..
* i cant have crap in the house im a crap food binger i dont even have to like it ( if its bad and im ijn a mood ill eat it )
* i have to not eat after dinner or i put weight on, my night foods are usually from the above list ( crap in the house)
* if i dont workout i dont feel as good and my house gets messy too
* i cant sleep if my house is messy..
* if i dont look after myself i cant look after my kids they need to learn healthy habits healthy food and how to clean , cook and stay active. so they dont end up like me .

Amy that's great that you've learned so much about what does and doesn't work for you. It's hard to stick to all the time but being aware is a huge part of the battle.

Kel this may sound hokey, but when I'm feeling down I think of 10 things in my day that I'm thankful for before I go to bed. Sometimes it might be things like getting a good parking space, having the sun shine all day or things like that. I find that it's a good way of forcing myself to appreciate the little things and that makes me feel a little better.

As for me, I was right on track yesterday stuck to my points and did my weights followed by another 40 minute run at the gym

Goals for today: 1) Stick to my points 2) go to the gym tonight and do my weights circuit followed by 20 minutes run.

Onya Gen . I work on the premise that if I can reach 80% of my daily goals consistently I will lose weight - and it generally works.

Amy I bet you're relieved you have that elliptical. It might help you to feel like you are back on track.

Speaking of on-track, Kel do you have a set of goals in your head? The only thing that is going to work is if you decide it is YOUR responsibility to make healthy choices - and work to a plan. You don't suck - and I don't think it's useful to be so negative about yourself all the time.

Julia I second what Amy said about your motivation and consistency!

I'm suffering from lack of sleep. Every day this week I have been up at 4am, and the earliest I've managed to get to sleep at night is 10.30pm. There's not much chance of weight loss when I can't adequately rest my body, but one more day and I can get back to a normal sleeping pattern (sort of) for a week at least.

Today's goals are:

• Eat no more than 1600 calories;

• DRINK some water;

• Get plenty of exercise at work!

Hope you get some good sleep time in this weekend Ani.

I had an okay day yesterday. Was 5 points over my allowance but again, when I factor in all the exercise I've been doing I'm okay. Went to the gym and did my weights circuit followed by 20 minutes of walk/run intervals and a 20 minute walk.

Going out for dinner with work tonight to a Chinese restaurant so will try to keep my points low during the day to cover what I intend to eat tonight!

Goals for the weekend are to write down everything I eat and stick as close as possible to my normal eating patterns.

Have a great weekend everyone

Eight more hours to work and then it's the weekend - woo hoo! This week has been difficult for eating - weird work hours will do that. I haven't even looked at next week's roster yet, but I'm fairly sure I have more civilised hours to work.

My body is protesting my poor food choices, so I need to get it back on track. Tomorrow I'm going to do a big 'cook up' and freeze my meals for next week, so that way I can make life easier for myself.

I really can't wait for the weekend!

yo yo
will you all stop being so right!!! hehehehe
thanks heaps
it is not that i dont care or it is not that i dont give a shi**t i think it is that i have other things on my mind at the moment i guess......

i got my fish finally, jemima had conjunctivitis and had to come home on the day i was going to get the fish....... but i got them and thier names are Cybill and Moose which reminds me i best go feed them
i bought some cream/cottage cheese (i cant remember which one i bought) and plan to have that and avocado and tomato on toast for brekky, that was my fave weight watchers brekky years ago.... but they had grainyer bread which i must buy

the fruit and vege place sent me a group certificate which says they paid me for the day i worked but i never went back to get the pay SO i am going to ring them and ask if i can go and get the cash..... that is NOT going to be fun but if i do it then i have at least a hundred extra bucks in my pocket which would pay for a manicure and pedicure or something nice like that so i will keep thinking that when i am awkwardly talking to the guy.... ho hum

today is my first counselling appointment with someone the awesome doc referred me to - gosh i like awesome doc he knows me so well it is scary so HOPEFULLY he has finely selected this counseller knowing me and her will click.....

am up and down and have troubles getting out of bed somedays but other days no troubles at all - today is a no troubles at all day and i will eat something healthy for lunch, yesterday i was almost determined not too... for no real reason at all

today i am buying jemima (and maybe me) a hoola hoop and a colouring book for jem and i also plan to tidy more of the house - amy you and me are a like that cluttered house makes everything worse.....

ok this morning i am offically pissed.. i have been good all god damn week and for what... to gain 5 ****ing pounds.. OMG i could scream.. fine i had 2 weeks without a decent workout. i was still doing aerobics and the trampoline though and walking i did about 900 minutes of exercise last week . i stuck to my calories.. why the **** am i now 272 again.. is this the stupid number my body wants to be.??? i just dont know.. why i bother.. I track my food i exercise and for what to gain weight.. what the **** is wrong with my stupid body.. arrghh .. i tell you what this better be some freak water weight or something or im just gonna quit... why bother if im gonna gain and loose the same 5 pounds.. i have done this since febuary.. i have dropped my cals i do heaps of exercise and i drop to 267 for a week then go back up to the same ****ed up weight.. i am so angry right now..

I was talking to a nurse at work about weight loss, and she gave me details of the study run at my center that she's in. It compares a low-sodium, restricted-calorie diet with a normal sodium, restricted-calorie diet. Sounds like you have to attend a weekly meeting and get weighed in like weight watchers (and they give you a hard time if you don't lose weight, because it screws up their data!!). You also have to get some BP and blood tests, I think a CT scan at some point and some urine sodium tests.

Whadda y'all think? I think if I went to all that trouble to enrol in the study, I might make m ore of an effort. But then again, the low sodium, measuring calories thing sounds like a pain in the arse...???????????????

gen yes yes yes do it!
i think it is just what you need - something different to kickstart you on the way to weightloss success

amy
i know exactly how you feel - DONT stop doing what you are doing - next week the result will be different i almost promise you!

counsellor was ok but i dont love her - i kinda wanted to really like the person but not to be, she wants to see me next week - we shall see - she also said she reckons i have depression and not anxiety or a bit of both - delightful.

im over it.. im done that is it no more for me.

hehe did i trick ya.. i have got over my tantrum.. i put myself in the corner facing the wall and thought about what i had done wrong .. lol


so i decided part of the problem had to be becuase i have been constipated for aout a week .. so I ate fruit and veg all day .. to shift it..
strawberries and and large apple for breaky , banana carrot and homemade burger ( whish is a small amount of lean beef mince with loads of cabbage, carrot and sweet potota grated then combined with egg and wheat germ i made them for dinner last night) for lunch for tea i had salmon and more raw veg, broccoli ,cauliflower, carrot,tomato, cucumber.. so i have pooped more today then i had the entire week previous and im actually feeling pretty good now.. .. my cals were 1630.. today

and i have done 120minutes walking 10 minuites pushups 30 minutes elliptical and cleared out cleaned and restacked my kitchen cupboards and taking th kids ten pin bowling.. lol .

i have had a big whine on the calorie counters forum and they sugeested trying 40-30-30 for carbs, fat and protien so that is what im gonna try next to see if i can get this fat off my body..

im willing to try everything within healthy regions to loose this weight

You had me worried there Amy! Glad to hear that you're determined to stick with it.

Kel I must admit that I have been thinking that it sounds more like you have depression than anxiety. Don't be too scared of a correct diagnosis. Once you know what is wrong then you can fix it!

I can't begin to tell you how much better my life is since I was diagnosed with depression last year.

Keep fighting mate. Keep seeing the doctor and the counsellor and you will get through this

I had a lovely dinner out with my workmates last night and then went to see the movie Hancock which was okay but nowhere near as good as I thought it would be.

Unfortunatley I went over my points sooo badly I rekon maybe by about 10 to 15 points not good! Had popcorn at the movies which tipped me over the edge as far as bad food for the night is concerned.

So to atone for my sins, I will go to the gym either this afternoon or tomorrow and try to burn off a few calories.

Goal for today and tomorrow: 1)stick to my points. 2)stick to my normal eating times. 3) write down everything that I eat.

I've just had NINE luxurious hours of sleep, and now have two days off work - woo hoo!!! Next week will be all 9.30-5.30pm, so I might be able to have a decent routine by then as well.

Amy I'm glad to see you determined. I've had times like that, where I've jumped on the scale and had a tantrum afterwards, but it's really important to not allow the scale to become our master. Every decision we make, whether it's about food, exercise or anything related to a healthier way of life will influence the eventual outcome of our weight loss journey.

Kel it's important that you get the right diagnosis so you can work on fixing it. I've had the feeling that things have been out of balance for you ever since you came back from holidays, and it's great that you're seeing a counsellor and heading in the right direction.

Julia I'm inspired by your determination - you go girl

Gen I reckon you should have a go - you just never know if it might be the momentum for you to get things back on track, and that's something I would really love to see happen.

This week has been a shocker for me - both with food and water - but I'm going to make a plan today, and I'm getting straight back to counting my calories… starting NOW!

yeah im not quiting.. lol.. and im 268 this morning.. its a terrible thought but i think .. i had 4 lbs worth of poop in my system.. no wonder i was feeling crappy.. so im gonna stick to this fruit thing.. from now on.. fruit only in the morning.. to help clear out the works.. i felt so good yesterday afternoon and this morning.. you know how i always fely sick in the morning.. not today.. so i really think the fruit.. which i normally lack.. has made a big difference for me..

I eat alot more veg then fruit normally.. i have tomato most days the occasional banana maybe one apple a week.. and that is usally it.. the rest is veg.. so im eating alot more now.. hopefully that will do me the world of good. breakfast yesterday and today was an apple and half a punnet of strawberries.. yum.. . John hates it when i buy strawberries becuase they are expensive.. but too bad.. lol.. im gonna buy them..

I got up and did 30 minutes on the elliptical doing the hiit programme so im feeling fantastic..

ani enjoy your days off .. and next weeks schedule looks alot kinda for you..

Kel i agree with julia and ani.. and you know what.. the best thig you can do for your mood is get some exercise.. just a walk.. would do.. you'll feel better.. get into the habit of some sort of exercise ( whatsever you enjoy and can do most days) nand you'll soon be feeling better about everything..