sun Ah I'm so glad to hear your daughter is better again! That is awesome news. Good job on the workouts too!

Stephanie I didn't get it chopped haha. I got too scared and my hairdresser said she didn't want to give me a cut that looked like I was in between a short cut and trying to grow it long. I did get some nice layering around my face though, so it's not exactly the same as last time.

I'm doing ok with food, still keeping to my calories (actually below quite a few days this week) and the exercise has at least picked up from when I was hating it and dragging myself through it. I found a zumba class right by my work on a Tuesday evening, so I did that this week and really enjoyed it - and will definitely go again next week!

I'm going shopping with my mum and sister today (Saturday), I really need a couple of new items of clothing because a lot of my stuff is falling off! I'm still losing, if slowly... I keep not making my goals haha, but I guess that's what I get for making kind of silly weight goals for dates!

I'm thinking about getting a new tattoo. I have one already and have been thinking about the second one for about 2 years now - and I said that I'd get it or at least start thinking more seriously about it - when I got down 10kg. Well...Now I'm a little more than 10kg down, so I guess I should start thinking about it? I just hate spending money when I have so little in the grand scheme of things. I've saved a lot in the past few weeks, but I should be keeping it for other things I think... I dunno.

Better go now anyway!

stargzr Ohhh I LOVE long hair! Mine was down to my waist before I had my baby; Afterwards I was loosing hair so I cut it down to a boy cut. I enjoyed the freedom but I love how i look with long hair,. Sometimes maintaining is all we can do and that is okay How did your pumpkin patch outting go?

rainbow YAAAY on getting new clothes. That is always so encouraging. Hmmm tattoo....so much fun! I have a lotus , drawn by my husband, on my hip. I want to elaborate on it by adding a peacock feather entwined with it when I get down to 135! Let me know how you decide!

Now for myself ladies..... not going anywhere. Just maintaining. My father in law came to visit and we have been eating alot of good restaurant food but that doesn't help anything. I am going to get back on the horse tomorrow.. been exercising just not eating well. on a happy note! my FIL bought me a new stainless steel stove and fridge! Super excited! It comes on Wednesday.
Hope you all enjoyed your weekend!
chat with you soon

sun Maintaining is WAY better than gaining!! I'm still undecided on the tattoo... I know what I want, but I'm not sure that now is the right time. I think it might be better to get it when we're not about to head into summer down here in the southern hemisphere! Might also coincide nicely with my goal if I get there around May next year, which I think is possible.

As for me...bleh. I made a big slip up last night, I overate for the first time in 3 months. I felt terrible for it, quite overfull and kind of sick the rest of the night. It was a belated birthday dinner for myself with my parents since they weren't here. I had made plans on what to eat before I went, but I hadn't counted on my sister ordering dips and stuff as starters and a cheesecake slice for dessert which I couldn't say no to a few mouthfuls of even though I was already way too full. At least I've learned my lesson now. I don't want to feel that guilt and physical sickness again, and I never want to consider spewing to make myself feel better either. I thought about doing it but didn't.

Haven't exercised since Friday, it's Monday here now of a long holiday weekend. Back to Zumba tomorrow after work! Also I'm down again as of Friday, 11kg lost total, nearly 25 pounds! Feels pretty good. I hope I didn't undo it last night.

rainbow sorry you had a bad night! that must have really felt awful.,. just dust yourself off and keep going! I hope you get back into exercising soon...

I am not doing anything yet! haha lazy lazy... gonna try and run tomorrow and really watch what I am eating. going for the wedding at the end of the week.. outfit ready t o go.... I am considering putting on the belt for after having my baby so my belly is flatter... is that cheating horribly? haha its just the last time these people seen me I was 135 and looking hot!

sun I say if it makes you feel more confident, go for it with the belly belt thing. No one is going to know what you're wearing under your clothes (I'm assuming it's an under-the-clothes type thing). I hope you feel great, I'm sure you'll be looking hot!

I'm feeling better about my Sunday night over-eating escapade. I think I just freaked out a little because I've been so good with the control. The truth is, I probably didn't do any real damage (aside from eating more fat grams than I would have liked) because I had a few quite lower calorie days last week and had another yesterday (Monday) to kind of make up for it. So it all probably evened out over the week. But that still doesn't give me an excuse to do it again so I won't!

I'm going to my second Zumba class after work today, I think I need more classes hah, it feels like.. easier exercise (not physically but the mental part) if there are other people there and it's at a set time and I just go and do it for an hour and then get on with my evening rather than leaving work, going home, procrastinating, putting it off...I am excellent at doing that!

I think I'm almost actually down a little more today! It's crazy... but I'm not sure. The silly metric needle non-digital scale is extra hard to read because the needle wobbles around if I move to bend and look closer haha. I haven't changed my ticker or my side bar because I want to see it properly as below 74kg/163.1 pounds.

OHHH also. I went shopping in the weekend, finally, since I was in dire need of some basics to wear since a lot of stuff was looking too big and killing any confidence I had... and I bought some size 12 (NZ) dresses! And mediums! It was crazy! I also got some size 14 stuff... so I think that is like US size 10s and 12s... bearing in mind I would still be a 16 in some stuff as well (so like a US 14) I think. It's confusing. Anyway it felt good to be trying on and actually fitting smaller sizes!

rainbow way to go on your new clothes! also on the zumba! sounds like fun. I want to try it one day.

no sleep all night because daughter is sick again....soo tired and worn out. bleh

sun Oh dear...I hope it's nothing super serious and that you do manage to get some sleep soon. I know it is so hard to do anything when you're tired/exhausted.

I feel disheartened after making a little photo montage of myself. I feel like I have absolutely no differences in my appearance after the 11kg (24 pound loss) and even like there aren't many differences except for my face and a better hair cut with my overall 19kg loss (41.8 pounds). The photo is in the photo thread if anyone wants to see.

This is cheesy, but I'm really proud of myself today. I ate a balanced diet (no junk at all) within my calorie limit, did good weight lifting, and worked out for 30 minutes on the wii fit. I think if I'm consistent with this everyday, I may finally start to lose the last 25. Let's hope

rainbow darling you can see a difference for sure. It might seem discouraging because you took the photos from all different angles..from now on take them from the exact same angle. I swear you'll see the difference even with a few kilos.

elleoehell way to go chickie! its a wonderful thing to be proud of to eat properly

stargzr Good luck for the calorie lock-down! I'm sure you can do it! Reaching your goal by the end of the year would be awesome, and you're totally right about a cute Christmas dress. I always love wearing something new on Christmas day with my family, and I'm also hoping to be significantly smaller by then! You're probably right about the tattoo. It is a lot of money right now considering my income and savings and things I should be saving money for. I'm not quite a machine! I'm losing slowly but semi-steadily I guess...which is better than not at all for me.

So today I weighed in at 73.6kg/162.2 pounds. Weeee. Almost at my Halloween goal, although given that TOM just started, it's odd I had that loss haha! But then I lost during TOM last time, so perhaps I will this time - given that I'm on BCpill, I guess it's all a little messed up anyway. I still get mad chocolate cravings - lucky me to have them right around Halloween!

Halloween is not big here at all. But I love it so much anyway. Spooky movies, costumes, etc etc... my mum bought me back a small box of chocolates from See's Candy, it's a special Halloween box, so cute! Luckily it's 2 servings of 220 calories. I can probably make room for that somewhere in the weekend if I share with my boyfriend! I bought a Halloween costume cheaply as well - but I have absolutely no plans for Halloween haha! It's so cute though. Oh well. Hopefully I'll find something to do so I can wear it!

Stephanie Tickers are fun! Add one! Hope you're having a good weekend and a good Halloween!

~I made my Halloween goal this morning (it's now Halloween here!), I'm now 73kg/160.9 pounds! I had a little bit of an off plan day yesterday - food was ok but I went up to nearly 1900 calories because I had a couple more drinks than I had planned to after eating some chocolate because I didn't think I was going out and then ended up going out. I wore my costume! I loved it, I felt really good. My boyfriend didn't come out - he's decided he doesn't really like going to crowded bars, which is ok. I can do that without him sometimes if I want, as long as he and I still make time to do stuff together, which is something we're going to take a little more seriously now I think - he feels like he always makes other plans, and I feel the same way - but we're all good now, we have plans to watch a spooky movie tonight hehe.

Hopefully I'll have a photo to show of last night! A friend of mine took one which looked good, so I'll have to wait and see if I can get it!

I hope you guys are all good! I'll start up a November thread tomorrow so keep an eye out (if you still want to be keeping accountable together!)

stagzr Put up a ticker! Its so much fun to move it down Glad you are seeing the scale number moving in the right direction.

rainbow I am so glad you made your goal! WAY TO GO honey. I hope you get that photo I would love to see it. you are getting into the 150s soon. Hope you and your bf get some good time together.


So ladies went to the wedding and had fun. I was wearing a traditional Indian outfit and my hubby said he was proud to show me off. I am going to start P90X again and am hitting it all hard core I hope. I want to be awesome by my birthday in Jan. I NEEDDDD to get out of the 150s. I have been here for months and its awful. Wish me luck I want to be on here everyday.