Hi all, just popping in to say have a great time tonite chatting, and keep up the good work. I'm all ready and packed to go off for my overnight stay at my scrapbooking retreat. Woohoo. Catch you all on Sunday perhaps. Happy Mothers day everyone!!!

Have fun Kathy!!!

See the rest of you in chat soon.

Chat in 10mins...I'll be there!!!

Me 2

Lovely chatting with you tonight Jo! You sound very determined...I really believe you will make it. You just need to find a way that feels comfortable for you.

You will make it


Maybe we will get the games happening next week???

Hi everyone, I have been missing in action for about 10 days now. I had my girls weekend in Melbourne - 5 day weekend. What a blast! I arrived home Tues. night and have been trying to fully recover ever since. We packed so much in to those 5 days I think I was on the brink of total exhaustion. Sharing an apartment with 4 others is not conductive to a lot of sleep. Basically I ate what I wanted and drank like a fish . I felt I had gained weight or water weight, but not 3kg !! So Im in shock, it was so hard to lose those kg's, and to see it all come back on so quickly is disheartening to say the least. I think that is the problem with low carbing, if you start eating carbs the weight piles back on.
I have tried to get back on track, but with the combo of feeling so tired still and some stressful days I have had little willpower. Its been good to catch up on all the posts and Im going to draw some much needed inspiration.
My next goal I am setting is to stay on induction phase of atkins until I crack the 70kg mark. (thats now 6kg away) Also come Monday I will start back at the gym, my daily workouts have dwindled down to only 3 in 3 weeks.
I wont do personals today I have missed out on too much to keep track, I hope to catch you all next Friday, I should be able to join in for a little while, my dd's are at a b'day party.
So for those who like me have fallen off the wagon, its time to get back on with me. For those that are doing well, keep going, your'e doing great.
Bye for now Rachel

Good to see you back safe and well Rach! And glad you had a great time

Don't stress too much over the gain...you've lost it before you will again! I believe weight gain is inevitable when on holiday and having a good time. How can you have a good time if you are constantly watching and counting everything you put in your mouth??

There is a nice comfy place right next to me on the wagon...we'll do it together and with anyone else who is up here with us

I know how disheartening it seems, but keep up the fight Rach

Thanks lindor,.Its good to see youre back on track too. You didnt do too much damage when things werent going well did you. Thats great.
Thanks for the encouragement, I feel stronger and more determined already
Rachel

Rach, I think the emotional damage was worse than the physical damage when I fell off the wagon. But yes, I am getting back on track and things are in better focus now.

It will improve for you too.

I must have been verrry good this week...I am down a whopping 3kgs!!! I've broken out of the 90's and am now 89kgs. Two to go and I am halfway

I am still not exercising...hoping, although I got some nasty hours in the next few days, to start this week...maybe.

I hope everyone else are well

Hi ladies

I'm jumping back on to the wagon today, have had a dreadful chest infection for the last 2 weeks and it's finally beginning to improve. I'm so scared of weighing myself at the gym tonight! I'm sure I will have gained back the weight that I've lost, but never mind. Just have to re-focus.

Lindor Im so happy for you. 3kg is huge!!! Maybe your time in junk food **** kicked started the metabolism hey. im happy to say after just a few days back on Atkins, the 3kg I gained is nearly gone. Just proves it was all water weight. Even water weight makes the jeans tighter though.
Littlekiwi, great you can join us back on the wagon, Lindor an I are back on too. Refocus and watch those kgs disappear.
Marriedanangel, you mil sounds like one of those horrors you only read about. How do you cope? Im glad you gained some strength from her hurtful comments, you have more grace than me, I probably would have told her too #@$% off !!!
Catch you soon Rachel

I'm back on the wagon today, myself. I'm eating my lowcarb, not binging on the stuff thats bad for me, and I went to the gym and did 1 hour of cardio on 3 machines. As I was walking on the treadmill, I was repeating in my head, "burn fat, burn fat, burn fat, burn fat". The time went by a little faster it seemed, and I was ready to jump onto the bike after that.

It was so hard to make myself go to the gym today, but I had to remind myself why I was doing it. And thats cause my sister gave me a date for her wedding, Dec 2. Yes THIS year!!!!

I've promised myself that I wont be fat at her wedding, I was fat at both of mine, and I hate the photos, and want to be skinny beside the other bridesmaids.