julia you can have fish and chips so what else in your day made it bad?? you can eat anything you want?? it is about proportions and moderation - you never eat crap like that so i think you were not bad at all
and new zealand fush and chups rock!!

Er, no. Fish n chips are definitely bad. They're deep fried for goodness sake! Bad Bad Bad.

ANI!!!! tell julia that you can eat BAD food sometimes as long as you are sensible for the rest of the day and that you dont make it a habit!
actually no, tell julia that there is NO BAD BAD BAD foods only BAD BAD BAD eating habits.
you CAN have fish and chips but just not a truck load and every week or anything like that.
and i am sure julia worked her butt off at the gym to make up for it too!

i am a little confused and annoyed today - sneak peak at scales says i have put on 100grams! WTF! maybe i am suffering from that time of the month weigh in?? grrr

morning all and i fine morning it is to..

Ani thanks for the advice.. it got me back on track.. and i hope you can survive the damn pole cat at work.. ni hate people like that

kel 100 grams is nothing.. is it.. fart and you might loose that.. lol .. i bet its just a bit of fluid.. .. and your up so early.. your body might be going.. what.... i should still be asleep.. lol ..

Julia i hope you feel better soon.. and the comfort crap will stop.. no point feeling guilty just move on.. and make those healthier choices you were eyeing off but chose to aviod.. and you will feel better in no time..

Its funny how when we are sick or down we eat crap food.. which in turn just makes us feel worse.. lol we all do it..


weigh in day for me and im back on 116.8 kilos this morning.. woot.. my measurements have all gone down and ..... my waist is now.. 99cm.. woohoo.. i broke the hundred on my waist.. ..

im feeling great this morning.. and i feel ready to get losing again..

My baby girl turns 4 on Sunday.. lol.. omg she has grown so fast.. soon my house will be quiet.. and ill regret all the times i told the kids to be quiet.. lol.. but that just means more time for me.. to workout.. that cant be a bad thing can it??.. anyway.. off to playgroup today for the last time with my 3 yo .. lol .. cry.. .. we will still go to playgroup she just wont be 3.. lol

have a great day everyone.. enjoy the sunshine.. .. i know i will..
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One of the nurses on my team is about 115lbs soaking wet, and she is constantly making remarks about my weight. It's really pissing me off. She says it in front of other people, too - in fact, my boss told me it's bordering on harrassment and he's more annoyed than I am - he told the administrator who said she will deal with it if I say so.

The thing is, she may just be trying to motivate me, but I know I'm fat, I don't need your little digs! Steve (boss) asked her to give me a list of goals and objectives for my training. She said "I know a goal for you - weight loss!". I was gobsmacked! Now there's a new initiative at work for getting active, they give you a pedometer etc. She comes in 8 times a day to ask if I've signed up.

Lady, if you need to lose a whole 2 lbs, go for it. Leave me alone!

Gen tell her to STOP immediately. And inform her that if she doesn't you will go through a more formal process to complain about her harrassment. Aside from anything else she is reinforcing your inner critic, and this will erode your own motivation for losing weight.

I can't stand people who do that sort of thing.

Amy I am really glad you're back on track. Woo hoo on your weight loss .

Kel don't sweat over 100g - it's nothing in the scheme of things. It could be fluid, even a few hours less sleep will show up on the scale.

Julia you can't change what you've eaten in the past week. Kel's right in her classy imitation of what I MIGHT have said - well at least she made me laugh - and the best thing you can do is put it behind you and move on to better choices.

It's Friday!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been a bit off track this week, but it's not a big deal. I'll sort it out in my head over the weekend.

hello beautifuls!

Well, confession time. I didn't start the breakkie challenge. Sorry. I didn't end up going shopping. At the moment, my diet is mostly coffee, cigarettes, beer and schnitzels at the pub for tea.

Super healthy right? *rolls eyes*

And I've been having a pretty challenging week. I don't know if you remember, but I mentioned ages ago that there were some pretty crappy things going on in my family. Well, everything has finally made it to court and my little 13 year old sister had to give evidence. She was so beat afterward - so much stronger than I thought possible though.

Work is still a real challenge - no-one knows what I'm meant to be doing, I'm spread between two companies in the same office, and I'm either flat-out or dead bored because there is no set tasks/roles for me. I'm floating, and I don't like it. I need direction, otherwise I get pretty frustrated.

PS I totally ate myself silly the other night. KFC hot box + maxi cup of popcorn chicken. I could feel you all watching me as I ate it! And I felt really sick after. I still do, actually.

At least the warm spring weather is here, and it's nice.

For the record - he has been found guilty, and for the first time in more than 10 years, I feel free.

Kylie, that is awesome news! And you so deserve that sense of freedom!

Gen, have you told your colleague what she is doing to you is offensive and unhelpful? Having never had a weight issue herself, she might not understand how, what she thinks is funny and just her humour, is affecting you. I'm not making excuses for her because to most people it should stick out like dogs balls! I guess I am thinking it might be kinda like the fat person cursing the skinny girls strutting down the catwalk?


Ani, when I read this it was like a slap in the face to me. I saw so much of myself in that description I was disgusted! It is exactly how I have been behaving at work of late too. And it has been playing on my mind a lot since reading it. People must really hate me!

And now I have sat here for the last hour trying to work out what to say next...to defend myself.

And I can't think of anything that isn't 'just an excuse'.

How does one stop from feeling angry and negative when it seems like it is everything and everyone around them that is making them feel that way? I know the answer to that...but I don't have the guts to move away from it. It is so much easier putting on that tough exterior and hiding the real me.

But, you're right, it is pathetic.


Weight-loss...today my goal is to eat 3000cals less than I did yesterday!

wow lindor that is a huge thing to admit! it must be so hard to think of yourself like that..... but it is a good thing that you have admitted it and want to change.... i say just wake up in the morning and "turn over a new leaf" just do it - put yourself in the shoes of the people that you interact with.

kylie - that is awesome does that mean you are going to be able to let go and move on in a way? will that change your life do you think?

i've been digging and maddocking again today after working my butt off at the opshop moving stuff about so hopefully that will combat the pie i had for lunch today and the noodles and cheese i had yesterday and today.
i had pizza for tea last night at a friends place but in total moderation so i dont even feel bad - but my body didnt like the fat in the pepporoni coz i was really crook this morning

vonni - not ignoring you poo question - but for me i only notice a difference when i have really really greasy fatty food like pepporoni pizza or alot of kfc and stuff like that my body feels awful for it.... i have not noticed with just meat....

Lindor I don't know what to say to you. I don't see you as being anything like this woman I work with.

The thing about masks is that people can see through them, and I have persevered with the woman at work to the point where I've had a minor breakthrough. The thing I have come to understand is that in some ways, she defines her worth through her work identity - and I don't do that.

But I don't react to her - don't give her the satisfaction of seeing that her behaviour affects me… less damage to repair in that instance. I don't know what to suggest to you - except that perhaps it's time for you to look to the horizon and see what other opportunities might be waiting for you.

I know you're a good person, and I consider you to be a friend. Don't beat yourself up about this - challenge yourself to find ways around it. It doesn't mean you have to get all soft and mushy and become vulnerable to your workmates, but maybe change the mask you wear.

If you know why you're angry and negative, are there some things you can change? I know how tough it is when you're on your own - it's so easy to be in a rut, to get lonely but shudder at the thought of sharing your life with someone… but wish you could. Keep your chin up .

I've been a bit distracted this week from weight loss, but I'll get back into it today. I'm working 12.30pm-9pm all week, so I will have to plan very carefully if I am to eat sensibly and stick to my goals. I'm going to cook and freeze meals today, and that should help me stick to my calories.

OK, must go and attack this mountain of washing that's sitting in the laundry.

Kylie I'm so pleased that you and your family have found justice and it's so great to hear you sounding positive

Lindor, that's a big thing that you've realised that you've been acting like that. I guess sometimes it can be easy to behave a certain way without admitting to yourself that what you're doing is affecting other people.

Kel have you started putting anything in those holes yet?

I had an indoor weekend. Finished work on Saturday, hired some DVD's and went home and stayed put until this morning. I'm still fighting off this cold but it is getting a lot better.

Today I am going to get back on track with my diet - writing everything down again and will aim to stick to my points. I also plan on going to the gym but will have a light workout for my first time back in a week.

Ah! A brand new week - which means an opportunity to get this weight loss back on track. Today I am aiming to:

• Eat no more than 1630 calories;
• Wear my pedometer to see how much I am walking at work;
• Do an hour of intense physical activity at work;
• Drink 2L of water.

I have planned all my food for today, and I'm going to be really strict with myself. It's important to me that I lose this next 5kg, and the only way I am going to achieve it is if I knuckle down and do the hard work to get there.

The bottom line for me is that I have run out of excuses. I either want this or I don't! And if I want it I have to make a commitment, and get on with it.

Can you tell I'm annoyed with myself?

Morning all!

Thanks everyone for the good wishes. Yeah, I do feel like I've been able to let it go...not that I realised I was hanging on so tight. This is a weird feeling - I'm still not sure how to describe it, but I feel lighter.

Lindor hon, this is going to sound stupid, but are you sure? It's so easy to find a label and stick it on. Are you really doing those things?

I'm going to need some serious bum-kicking this week to stay on track...I just can't be bothered with the effort most of the time (which is terrible, I know.) That said, I bought a whole bunch of healthy food at Woolies on Sunday, so it's more about focussing, packing lunches and cooking dinner etc. (Yes, Ani, breakkie too :P )

It's pouring with rain here today - got hailed on walking to work. Fun times!
Weigh in tomorrow - see you then!

I'm with you Kylie, I'm going to need some arse kicking this week too.

It's amazing how lost I feel after just 1 week away from the gym - I'm all out of routine and unmotivated. I feel incredibly fat (silly, because I measured myself and all but a couple are the same) and very heavy. I'm not looking forward to weighing myself but I know it has to be done.

On weight watchers points system I allow myself 20 points and so far today I have already had 18 and after I count my dinner tonight that'll be about 22 points. I know that it's hardly anything over and when I take into account the exercise that I will do tonight I'll actually still be under (I don't ever take extra points earned thru exercise into account) I still feel like I've failed myself.

Anyway, this week is now officially my "Get Back On The Horse" week. I just had a big coffee so that I will feel more like going to the gym when I finish work in 30 minutes.

Tomorrow is payday and I plan on buying lots of lovely vegetables. I find it amazing the effect that the weather has on my choice of food. We've had 2 sunny, warm days and all I feel like eating is a big fat salad.

Sorry for my self indulgent ramble but I just needed to get that out