Sorry for that last bit, Vonni. I thought about it afterward and decided I need a big kick in the bum. Go ahead, you cant miss!

Another decent day in the saltmine for me. I ate 1430 calories, walked for 90 minutes and drank 2.1 litres of water. Don't know how long I can keep up this 'goodie-two-shoes' behaviour – it's in my nature to be rebellious

Nah, it's all good. I really want Spring to be a fabulous adventure, and it feels important to me to make the commitment to getting some more weight off.


Ani

TTOM rolled around, accompanied by the insatiable urge for chocolate. I semi gave in - ate some Nestle Diet Choc mousse, then had some real chocolate. Must get thee to the gym tonight to atone... but it was worth it! I'm sure the chocolate soothes the hormones!!

Ummmmahhhh!!! Gen said the C word!!!

I think chocolate should be allowed for one week a month for all women!!


Today is day 10 for me!! No TimTams, Nuts, Pringles or Iced coffee!! I am finding it surprisingly easy on these days off? I really thought boredom would set in and ruin everything! But I have remained calmly in control.

Still not doing well with the water however...blown that challenge already

And not getting much exercise in either.


Karen!!! How good is it to see you back!! And, as already said, look at the positive points when you say your ticker has not changed!! Seems you have learned the art of maintenance already?

Good luck this time 'round - keep reminding yourself that YOU ARE SO WORTH THIS and YOU DESERVE TO BE HAPPY WITH YOURSELF!


Ani...looks like I might be in Perth for a few days toward the end of the month, maybe we could manage a healthy coffee somewhere? Assuming also that I get the spare time - this will be a work trip!

It's TOM for me too - and CFH (that's cramps-from-**** by the way, and nothing to do with my heart ).

Lindor I hope you do make time for a healthy coffee with me when you come to Perth. That would be awesome to actually catch up! Woo hoo - that made my day.

I've had a pretty off-plan kind of day sofar. I will not bore you with the details of the soap-opera dramas my new housemate is having… but it's really distracting when you're trying to write for a living. I'll tell you more about it when I have time.

Just at the moment I want to get some work done while the house is quiet.

No - I'm going to go for a walk, and then do some work.


Ani

I chuckled Kylie dnt b sry. hehe

Here's a joke for y'all. I thought it was cute so....

There is a factory in Northern Minnesota which makes the Tickle Me
Elmo toys. The toy laughs when you tickle it under the arms. Well, Lena is
hired at The Tickle Me Elmo factory and she reports for her first day
promptly at 8:00 AM. The next day at 8:45 AM there is a knock at the
Personnel Manager's door. The Foreman throws open the door and begins
to rant about the new employee. He complains that she is incredibly slow
and the whole line is backing up, putting the entire production line
behind schedule.
The Personnel Manager decides he should see this for himself, so The 2
men march down to the factory floor. When they get there the line is so
backed up that there are Tickle Me Elmo's all over the factory floor and
they're really beginning to pile up. At the end of the line stands Lena
surrounded by mountains of Tickle Me Elmo's. She has a roll of plush
red fabric and a huge bag of small marbles.
The 2 men watch in amazement as she cuts a little piece of fabric,
wraps it around two marbles and begins to carefully sew the little package
between Elmo's legs. The Personnel Manager bursts into laughter.
After several minutes of hysterics he pulls himself together and
approaches Lena . "I'm sorry," he says to her, barely able to keep a
straight face, "but I think you misunderstood the instructions I gave
you yesterday...""[COLOR="Red"]Your job is to give Elmo two test tickles. [/COLOR]

Ani.... Maybe you could start writing soap opera?

Hey hey
weigh in tomorrow...... it'll be fine..... of course am feeling a wee bit of pressure you girls ROCK but we'll see.....
After a huge weekend and an even bigger fathers day brekkie I have been 'good' since Monday.
Done my 30mins on the cross trainer every morning and had my 2L water and ate 'good' the 30mins of cross trainer is not an easy task when trying to make it when Jemima either asleep or able to sit in portacot and entertain herself for 30mins!
Have started doing some exercise also after cross trainer if Jemima will allow, this morning I did 3 sets of 5 pushups, 2 sets of 5 weird pushups (the ones where your arms in uncomfy position) and some yoga/leg/back exercise then I decided I didnt want to push my luck and hopped in the shower... Jemima woke up just as I was almost dressed! yippee
but deciding to exercise/streach after the cross trainer is a step in right direction for me as it means I am enjoying feeling fitter again!

that broccoli so funny looks like they are high on something.

i am going to see if one or two of my friends want to join this forum.... one I met on an optifast forum a long time ago is constantly falling off the wagon but the other I am so damn proud of has kicked herself in the butt and is attempting the celebrity slim diet... is that ok with everyone?

Kel invite them along here - great idea! And good luck with your weigh-in!

Vonni I don't need to write a bloody soap opera - I feel like I am living in one at the moment . Housemates are a nightmare, and I really wish I could afford to live here on my own.

I ended up meeting my goals today - but in a rather chaotic manner. I didn't eat enough breakfast (and I'm hungry now because of that), and I've only managed 1.2L of water. I ate 1385 calories and walked for an hour.

Equally importantly I just finished a major job, which I delivered myself at 9.30pm tonight, and I feel quite relieved about that.

So now I can focus on being sensible with food and everything else for the next few days at least.


Ani

ani tell tell the nightmare housemate stories, it may be bearable if you bit*ch about it..?

ONE CARROT FOR ME PLEASE. I lost half a kilo!!! I am now 88kg I am honestly so damn proud of myself, every kilo I lose at the moment is actually being lost the 'right' way i am not cheating and every kilo I dont lose I know why but most importantly i KNOW that when i am at a weight more importantly size I am 'happy' with I will be able to maintain it!
(maybe it is cheating when teething grisling baby means no time to think about bad food)

I will email my 2 friends today and hopefully they will log in one is named squirel (that is what she calls herself online) and one is jodie who doesnt do a lot online except for ebay i think.....

Way to go Kel

I'm feeling a bit better now that I'm on antibiotics. Getting rid of this damn cold will be great. Yesterday I had the day off work as it was my best friends mum's birthday, and 4 months since she died so they had a ceremony to unveil the headstone.

The people at the cemetery had only erected it at 6am yesterday despite having had 3 months to do it so it hadn't set and when I went to lay flowers on the grave, my foot brushed against the headstone base and the corner came off. I was MORTIFIED Everyone was fine and just said that the cemetery people will just have to fix it but still, god it was embarrassing.

After that we had morning tea and I scoffed not one but 2 pieces of some sort of sweet butter and sugar laden slice. Felt so guilty after that that I went to the gym and did half an hour of weights and an hour of cardio. Hopefully that took care of the indulgence!

So I'm back at work and back on track today. My goals for today are to 1) stick to my points and 2) go to the gym after work and do 1 hour of cardio.

Well I jumped on the scales and they stayed the same as last week. Damn!

hey vonni
its all about water i reckon, i can do good in all the other important weightloss things but if i dont have a good amount of water the fat doesnt move... you gotta drink the water to flush all the fat away, you look way to young to have so many kids!

kylie - i agree how embarrassing, cementries are one place you dont want to be noticed. we are the same weight now! is your final goal weight 80kg or is that a pitstop goal weight? my 74kg goal weight is just the weight i got to last year and exactly 30kg down from my highest ever weight before baby born, realistically i think i will be aiming for 70kg but that is too daunting now, my next goal weight is 83.5kg so 4.5kg to go!

Oh Kel - I would love to be 88kg!

Maybe you meant Julia? lol