I'm not surprised. But do you want to tell me why, give me a serve?

You left us

SAME. But welcome back Ani. We've missed you.

And don't ever do that again lol

Gen I didn't leave YOU! And while I know I let you down by disappearing, I let myself down a hundred times more - and I am sorry

I just caught up with a friend and her new girlfriend. We had lunch (they had Hungry Jacks and I had Subway) but how does this work? One of the women had gastric banding in November last year and she has only lost 0.5kg.

a) She's eating Hungry Jacks - the band can't choose what you put in it
b) Some people don't get any restriction from the operation until the swelling goes down when the surgeon does a few fills to get the right amount in there
c) The band pretty much sucks - it makes you chuck up half the time if you eat decent food, so people learn to eat around it with foods that mush up and slide down (like fast food, icecream etc).

One thing I have realized is you can "not lose" or "not lose much" or even "regain" with any weight loss surgery. You are still the one who has to plan your meals and go to the gym.

Gen I asked her if she had counselling before the procedure - she said no. Then I asked her why she had it done, and she said it was because her partner no longer found her attractive.

My housemate is getting it done. He weighs 140kg, has an enlarged fatty liver, enlarged pancreas, elevated blood sugar and high blood pressure. And he eats takeaway at least twice a day.

How do you manage on so few calories?

It's my weigh in tomorrow, and I am hoping for a loss - or at least to not put any weight on! I am off to work shortly so at least I won't have to worry about exercise today…

G'morning folks.
Had quite a few busy days and emotional days. One thing I did NOT do was emotional eat. But the worst thing prob was NOT eat. grrrrr kicking myself. I would have liked to lose a little more eight before my man comes back in two weeks time so i am going to work out and walk and eat PROPERLY. may only be a few hundred grams go away but its a start.

Oh and I do fine on my calories - 3 (small) meals and 2 snacks a day, focusing on protein. I couldn't fit in more unless I waited and had intermittent snacks. I'll sometimes have a bit more if I'm going to the gym a lot.

Hmmm… lost the grand total of 0.2kg this week.

I suspect I might be retaining a little bit of fluid, but I need to do a little bit better than that.

A loss is a loss.

So - what happened to you? Where you been?

Hi perthchick! Is it Ani? I am Vanessa. Glad you came back. A loss is a loss. Last week I lost 300g. As long as you keep losing. No loss is too small.

I also have not turned to food this weekend. Today was hard, very emotional and nothing feeling totally resolved, we have decided on some decisions about parenting time, but I will not agree to Liam having a passport. I did offer a compromise but my ex did not want to agree on it. As that issue is not resolved he doesnt want to agree to anything, even though we spent 3.5 hours discussing those issues and made compromises. I am going to let him consider this agreement decided on today, and in a week's time have them drawn up as a parenting plan for consent orders. If he doesnt sign. We go back to the drawing board... we started this journey in Sept 2010. It has taken 5 months to get to this stage. I was hoping to have resolution today but if I don't it is only going to stuff him around more. I currently have 100% custody and have been acting on goodwill and good faith and giving him frequent access. I continue to have good will and hope he signs.

I weigh in half hour, I am feeling a loss there too. I wonder how if I will get 1kg this week. Any loss is good but I have tracked and exercised and stuck it out with lots of temptations. Please reward me with a loss. My home scales are still up and down inaccurate, they are a guide but are out. As they are electronic I can't adjust them. Have to save and get some new ones.

I am sooooooo happy! I have lost 1.3kg!! I need to lose 1.1kg next week and I have reached my 5% off goal! I am sooo focused on my self improvement this year and I feel great.

I wanted to make Valentines Day a bit special for Liam and myself and after WW suggested we go to Baskin Robbins and have an ice cream. I had looked up Cold Rock Ice Creamy and there tiramisu and tia maria ice creams were 17 points, and budgeted for it. When I walked in, Baskin Robbins has soooo many flavours to choose from and when I asked the lady for the nutritional information she suggested I try the caramel low fat ice cream I did and had one scoop. I came home and looked up on the WW e tools and it was 2 points!!!!! I am thinking I can have ice cream out more often! LOL... My problem now is of course I have 21 points left at nearly 8pm! Ummmmm - not going to get them all in tonight... hope I still get to my short term goal next week!!!

Ani you're back!! YAYAYAYAYYYY!! I've missed you don't you bloody go disappearing on us again woman! I won't give you too much of a bollocking, am just really glad to have you back and pleased to see you making good progress again

Well done Vanessa on such a massive loss that's awesome!

I had boot camp tonight and it was the first night of the real thing. Oh my goodness it was SO HARD!! He had us doing all sorts of horrible exercises and damn it hurt! All good though - what doesn't kill me will make me fitter!

Hi Vanessa - yes I'm Ani. As you've probably gathered I disappeared for a while but I am back now and full of resolve.

Julia!!! You can give me a bollocking - I deserve it.

Just got home from working 1-9pm and happy to report I have finished the day below 1500 calories. I just need to finish this bottle of water and I will have reached THAT goal too.

The air-conditioning doesn't work very well at Bunnings so I am drenched in sweat after working my bum off all evening. Ah Happy Days

Some good news. The book I co-wrote, which went on sale last May, sold out in four months. The publisher reprinted it and it found its way into book stores last week.

In Australian terms that doesn't mean I will be able to give up my day job, but it certainly funds my holidays and a few random things I otherwise couldn't afford! I am 3/4 of the way through my next book, so that's a little bit exciting too.

I am off to Bali again in just under four weeks. Hopefully this time my travelling companions will be a little more fun to be with, and will spend a little less time whinging, speaking down to the Balinese, and drinking buckets of alcohol.