Hey Bev.
That will be great!
Looking forward to getting to no you .

WAY TO GO BEE JAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HHAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWw!!!!!! I have this weird cold at the moment, and I have noticed my wedding band and other rings are so tight on my fingers, got on the scales and it said a gain of 1kg, (2.2bl)which cannot be right considering I have stuck to my diet, I am thinking fluid retention what do you think?

Definitely – you may have unknowingly increased you sodium levels. Actually Cough medicine and any thing with an antihistamine in it makes me retain a bit of fluid. It could also be those darn hormones - what ever I’m sure it will be gone in a day or two just watch your sodium intake.
Cheers
Bev

Thanks matey hey we are the same weight you know. I'm drinking the green tea now to try and get rid of the fluid, heard it can work.

HI guys!

Well, I'm trying not to feel too depressed about the small amount I lost last week - a loss is a loss is a loss! But was hoping for more I must admit. I'm trying to figure out where I went wrong and work harder this week. I KNOW I'm not exercising enough. I finally got out and went for a walk yesterday! Yayaaaaayyyyyy!!!

Woo HOOO to Bee Jay on your loss! That's so COOL!

Hey, Wantmybodyback, (what a mouthful! ), fluid retention can be lots of things and it will pass. Keep up the water intake, that helps heaps.

I'm off to New Zealand next week to visit my husband's family. I'm planning on getting lots of walks in cos my parents are going too, so will have lots of babysitters! hee hee It'd be great if I could come back LESS that when I went away!

Catch'all tomorrow!

Hey girls LOL Lynne!! just call me prue I know it's a mouth ful and to think the name i really wanted wouldn't even fit into the designated space ha ha ha well a loss is a loss! I didn't lose any this week I gained it's not real weight but it made me feel like crap, maybe I will see a big lossd after AF that is usually when all me fluid goes so fingers crossed! Aussiegal sorry about this am, I got booted off and then when I logged back on you were gone then Poppy (my baby) woke up so I just had to log off, but it was great to chat even if it was brief we should get together and do it more often, and I would love you to send me those recipes too as we were saying this am my hubby is not at all into low fat food and was brought up on food like lasagne, creamy bacon pasta, sheperds pie with wqait for it CHEESE!!! we never put cheese on ours and his mum used to add cream to the salad dressing!!!! so now I have a husband with big fat taste buds for big fat food, and doesn't gain weight aarggggggghhhhhhhhhhh, after my healthy choice episode last night (for those who don't know there was a weird little stick thing in my meal last night probably a lemon grass stalk but kind of strange considering their wasn't any lemon grass in the ingredients hmmm) I went looking for something new and different and stumbled on findus fish dinners, they are yummmm 250cal and about $2.50 cheaper than lean cuisine or healthy choice, tonight I had coriander and lemon fish, with risotto, asparagus,mushrooms and a salad yummmmm, I always make a salad or veges to go with whatever I have made. When i get some low fat recipes under my belt, I can cook portion freeze and reheat when I want dinner which will be easy considering I will still be cooking dh's dinner.

oh btw Lynne have fun in New Zealand you lucky thing you!!!!!

Well you are forgivened about this morning!!!
I will get those recipes off to you tomorrow!Was really great to chat today with you.
Maybe we can arrange a regular chat!!!!
Would like to get to know yourself and others here too!!!
We are all in the same boat,and the support would do us all good.,I know i could sure use the support!!!
Keep up the good work hon......................and remember we can do this!!!

Lynn – I have a soft spot for NZ. My brother lives in Tauranga in the north island. Actually my three brothers all married NZers which is amazing considering we are 6th generation Perthites. I hope you have a lovely time. Make the most of the baby sitters and have fun. I’m sure if you stay away form those bad Carbs you will fine. You can jump back into it when you return.

Prue and Aussie – Because I’m on Optifast I still cook the same food I always have for the family and I have been very good – not picking or tasting – I don’t think you can absorb calories by breathing in the fumes. I have warned them when I hit transition I will only be cooking low carb/low fat food and the look of terror on their faces was a picture. But I am getting prepared and have found a couple of Mini- Womans Weekly cook books while waiting at the check out at woollies. They are $4-5 (?) each and have the Cal count of each meal. The ones I have are “Light & Lean”, “Low-Fat Food” from the Healthy Eating range and “Simply Seafood” has some great recipes with Cal count also. The recipes look yummy and simple.

Bev

I picked up the Simply Seafood at the local charity shop the other day, no mean feat seeing as the charity shop is in England and the book is from Australia!!!! I find the varieties of fish here a bit confusing. I miss flake, blue-eye, flat head etc. It's all so different here, so I normally stick to tuna, salmon, swordfish and cod. I understand them!!! And I eat smoked mackerel.

Yuo are all doing so well, it's nice to have an Aussie thread. I have been in England three years now, and I really miss Australia. I do more exercise over here though, strange that really!! I swim three times a week here and struggled to do three times a month in Australia.

I am so glad you cant inhale calories, I walked passed our fish and chip shop very slowly this morning, breathing in the fumes of the fat!!!! I suspect they still cook fish in lard here!!!!!! LOL

Glad you walked passed Kylie!!!
Was great to have a chat with you,look forward to supporting 1 another in the future!
All I have to say is
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE






OI OI OI.
Hope that made you smile!!!

Hi all!

Prue, I know what you mean about the weight gain - even though you know it's for a reason, and you'll see it come off later, it's hard not to be let down. That's how I felt about last week's weigh in.
My husband was like your husband - able to eat custard berliners, oodles of cheese and anything else he fancied, and not a kilo extra in sight!! It was SO frustrating. To his credit, he was happy to fit in with healthier meals, but if I was feeling low and felt like something fatty, like pizza, he was happy to go along with that, which was a bummer in some ways - I needed a health nut who'd say "no, Lynne, you DON'T need that extra piece!"
I'm sort of looking forward to my trip to NZ, but feel wierd about going without Marc.
How old's your Poppy?

Bev, Marc was from Auckland, and it was really nice seeing a bit of it when we went over there for our honeymoon. It's certainly a beautiful country. Marc used to be amazed at the size of Aust in comparison - the time it takes to travel most of the North Island is about how long it takes to get from Adelaide to Melbourne!
Those little recipe books are great - I've picked up a couple myself in time. I must get them out again....

Hi Kykaree, glad to see you. Have you had the chance to come back since going? Some good friends of mine lived there recently for about 18 months, and were having a ball jumping in and out of different countries on their weekends!
I remember when I was about 7 my family went to England (my parents are from there) and we got fish and chips - served in the traditional newspaper wrapping!

It's funny how your tastebuds change. I used to HATE alfafa sprouts, until my sister had a sandwich with tuna and alf and I loved it! Now, I have them on almost every sandwich I have! Today was Helga's Classic Seed bread (yum!) with fresh ham, tomato and alf. I also had a cup of soup - you can buy these cool asian varieties, like Chicken Laksa now, and I just keep sachets in my drawer at work.

Have a great night!

I came back for two weeks about this time last year. It was great. I feel ready to come back again, but we are having a holiday in Greece this year instead!!!!!! I'm already planning how to avoid danger food in Greece!!!!! And we're not going until September!!!!

I miss Australian bread, I used to have such a bread problem, but I don't like it here. It's sweeter, and sort of doughier and you don't get the variety of bread here either. So that's a good thing!!!!

I'm up early to go for my swim before work, I do this on two work days a week, I love my swimming.

damn it I had a really long post typed out and I accidentally pressed esc and have lost the lot!! oh well time limit now Poppy is going to wake up soon (she's one Lynne) I was aying in my post in a more enthralling and interesting way that I fit into this size 14 just jeans skirt now that I used to wear and the other day I went into valley girl becuase they were having a sale and fit into a size 14 dress and a large top omg this is fabulous!!!! still no loss but 79kilos is so close I can taste it come on 70's!!!!!!!! Has anyone seen those chocolate chip hot cross buns? I bought a doz for my hubby's lunch boxes becuase I couldn't have one myself and really wanted one LOL it seems to work living through him ha ha but what if at the end when I reach goal I am lovely and slim and he's chubby he he he......well that would take a LOT of eating on his behalf but anything is possible right LOL. Took Poppy to the museum yesterday and she chucked a tantrum!!!! she is 1 she threw herself on the floor!!! LOL I was stunned becuase I wasn't prepared for that until 2 omg my baby is growing up so fast! so she had to stay in the pram for the rest of the trip. Kylie I have a friend in England who became very fond of the chip booty's that is my absolute weakness hot chips!! when we used to get fish and chips I would just eat the chips!!! good job on just walking past every time we do not give in to temptation it makes us stronger and empowers us a little more, I say to myself when I am tempted
NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS FEELING THIN

and it is soooooooo true!! I would love to go to N.Z Lynne sounds beautiful, I think you'll be just fine over there. I am going to buy the womens weekly simply slim book I love those cook books they are so simple and use such beautiful ingredients in their recipes, I have been eyeing off for weeks at the grocery store so this shop I will buy it!! ok take care girls xx prudy

My gym instructor wants me to go on maintenance for a week, now I have lost 10 kilos, to keep up with the exercise, but have a week of relaxation from the diet, so I am doing that over Easter. I am going to have one meal of fish and chips and I am going to enjoy every last mouthful!!!!

I went for a swim this morning, the pool was quite crowded this morning, our pool is tiny here, it's so unfair, and they don't rope it at all, so it's a free for all!!! If anyone told me two month ago that I would be swimming three times a week, I would have laughed in their face!!!! I do miss Australian swimming pools. Oh and walking in the snow to the pool.........not fun!!!!

Chocolate chip hot cross buns...........was just thinking about them the other day, and the ones with dried blueberries in them, yum!!! Another thing we don't get here. I usually make my own, but baking is another thing I have had to give up, seeing as there is only the two of us. Most of it ends up on my hips and thighs!!!