oooh i'm here... just busy with work.. having my computer audited today so am going to spend the morning getting rid of all my hard earned down loads! aaaaagh.. maybe i'll just stash them somewhere really obscure and hope they don't find them! he he my weight is back to about 73-74 now grrr but it's hard when I have only 2hrs from getting home before I need to be in bed! and exercising before i get up is out of the question.. life doesnot exist before 0500! he he WELL DONE RED!

Hi NBK, well, it's before 5 and I'm here! Ha! Your theory is smashed. I exist!! I will not go into my weight gain. I just decided to face it and that's why I now know what I weigh. I don't think I've seen this number in years. But I'm not letting it get me down. I am trying to force exercise into my life again. Put the pedometer on most days now. I can see how I wasn't getting any walking in. Now I go for 10,000 every day but even some days, that is hard unless I actually make an effort. Yesterday, for one, I HAD to finish some work, and I only got out of my room late afternoon. So, was just under 10,000. Still, that took an effort (just being aware of it) to take the steps, get off the train early etc. and get some walking in. I could have easily, without thinking, just have taken the train to closer to my destination. I guess it's things like this we gotta watch out for. Well, NBK, it may just be you and me here. Strange, isn't it, the way people just up and leave without saying anything. . .

yep.. maybe we scared them away.. but I suppose it could be that they don't want to admit that they have left??? you know "IF I don't say goodbye and then reappear, no one may notice I was gone for a bit" type reasoning

heh NBK, I'm back now. Yeah, I don't know. Kind of ridiculous, this total desertion bit. I mean I'm busy, you're busy, but we manage to get our butts on here. Weight loss and maintenance is something that just has to be, right? not just when you feel like it. I mean, even if I didnt exercise I have to stop overeating. I should never see a gain like I have, if I would just stop overeating. Well, maybe we did scare people away. You with all your weight training talk! Me with all my boozing talk! Ah heck, people have their down times. They're in a slump, I don't know!! I guess, that's why we're here. But, I tell you, I'm getting this fat off this time. I have put myself off beer until I get to 70 kg and if that's not incentive I don't know what is!! I want to go out and party!! I mean, we're almost the same but you've got 8 inches on me!!!

NBK, by the way, where's Taradise?

Hey people? Have you all deserted us? I'm still here but don't want to be talking to myself. Anyone up for a message on your Friday there? It's already Saturday morning here.
I have been good with the food! Even crunched a bag of those mini carrots yesterday, with radishes too. Had a bowl of fresh strawberries and pineapple with unsweetened yogurt over it. Yum.
Hope to hear from you all.

ok... hi red, sorry i've been gone, had a long weekend (anzac day) and then was sick yesterday. still feeling pretty shabby today but no worries. Hope you are alright and that no one you know (except maybe that "top bloke" from your work) was hurt in the train crash. Anyway taradise is a nickname for the region I live in, taranaki... a play on it being paradise...
I was going to say, seeing as this thread is pretty much now defunct, if you wanted to email me, send me a PM and I'll give you my email addy!
Cheerio
Tiff

Hello everyone. I am checking in...I have really missed reading your threads. I've been deep into one of my misanthropic moods. Yet strangely enough, I have been exercising regularly. I am now going to take time and catch up on what everyone has written lately. Trying to have a better day...

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It seems we have all been in a slump lately. I humbly apologize to you all. You have all been a great source of support to me, and I believe that you are all beautiful people. I have been under a great deal of stress lately due to my job. I am really hoping that I get laid off for six weeks so that I can get a break. I am so sure that my daily walks with Leslie have kept me from going postal I have a supervisor that makes me absolutely miserable when I am at work. I am pretty sure in a previous life she was the Marquis de Sade. She says the rudest nastiest things to you when no one is around, but if HER bosses are around she is like Mother Teresa. Luckily, a co-worker who is also a good friend overheard this woman speaking to me and she couldn't believe what she was hearing. Finally, some vindication...I feel soooo much better. And for the last three weeks, this woman has been kissing my ***. And since I was so mad everyday after work, I was faithful to Leslie and in the mean time I lost 4 inches off my waist. I guess that we can channel our negative feelings and emotions into something positive. Sorry about the rant...

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Hi princess. I was very surprised to see someone post here. I figured the thread was dead for good. Wonder if your post will bring any others back. It'd be nice but.....
Well, see, the stress was good for something. Congrats on the waist loss. 4 inches! Great going! Well, I can't talk now. Just wanted to say Hi! Keep writing if you want. I may kick in at times, maybe some others will. It was bizarre the way everyone just stopped writing. Oh well, we all go through slumps and I guess we went through a mass one here.

Take care!

So Red, how are things going without sugar and beer? There's supposed to be a new low carb beer on the market that's supposed to taste like regular beer, it has something like 63 calories per serving. It's probably difficult to not drink in Japan. I hate to feel deprived. I know that I don't do well on a diet so I've just settled for the fact that I will exercise longer when I go crazy with my eating. My weakness happens to be things likes home made pound cakes, chocolate eclairs...i could go on and on. I think you are more disciplined than I am and you will be successful. For a while, I put a picture of me at my highest weight on the refrigerator to avoid temptation and eating out of sheer boredom or frustration. When I first came across the picture, I couldn't believe that that was me! I looked like I'd been inflated with helium. My uncle had given me the pictures to mail to my brother. I was so embarassed that I never mailed them off even though I told my uncle that I did. I will once again say, I used to be a really lazy person, but I'm doing a little better. If I can do it, you can do it. Have a great day

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Hi sub (since that's how you signed your post), glad to see you're at least posting, though we have't awakened any others yet. I'm happy to have someone back. Thanks! Glad to hear you're feeling less lazy. Yes, getting better, we never get it all right at once. I've exercised a lot more than I do now. I've weighed less than I do now, but I was also smoking, or drinking, or eating junk a lot more too. Or I was in a stupid relationship. So, I think I'm still painting a better picture now, though I still don't have the picture I want, just yet.

Well, the sugar and beer had a few slipups but I'm pretty good. I was doing real good there for a while, too good and had a mini rebound but still, I was VERY busy so I think I did pretty good considering.

There is some low-carb beer here I think, haven't looked into it. I don't know. I learned beer drinking in Munich and I just can't stand gross tasting beer, which most of these things are to me! I'd rather not drink a drop then go hog wild! That's me, hog wild. (I was born in the year of the wild boar)

Oh, yum, I hear you on the homemade goodies. Luckily (thought sadly) I don't get any of that here, thank God. Today, instead I stopped over at a friend's house and out came homemade things such as rice with beans and sesame seeds, a kind of radish leaves side dish and pickled plums in green tea. It was great. The rice is for celebrations and we were celebrating a new baby, not even two weeks. I got to hold her. So adorable. So, I'm lucky that the Japanese are not big on baking goodies. I used to do that a lot as a kid. Oh, my mouth is watering.......stop me!

I understand how you feel about the photos. I find looking at a picture that shows me fat is just too depressing. It's good to remind me but I'm afraid I just get way too depressed and think, oh, what the ****, I'll never get there and then pig out to prove it.....I wish I had some pictures where I was thin. I think I do have a semi thin picture. Will have to dig that out. That, to me, is more inspiring I think. Do you have any thin photos?

Well, I don't know if my discipline is all that great. I try but I tend to be all or nothing and the all times have the upper hand.....

Good luck. Let's stick together here and make some progress. You can do it, Sub!!! You're already down 40 lbs from your high! Just keep going........

Hey Red, it is nice to know that you are still hanging in there. We can do this together. You should be really proud of yourself. Even though you fell off the wagon, you just didn't let it leave you...you got back on. This is key to making lifestyle changes and not just superficial changes. One of the things that I do is spend less time on the computer. I think I read somewhere that there's a correlation between the time one spends sitting on their rump versus anything else I am an Internet junkie, and withdrawl has painful to say the least Went grocery shopping after work. I think it appeared to other people that I was speed shopping or something, but I was really zooming past the isles of pastries (which of course are on the main strip) and processed foods I had a nice dinner -- turkey spaghetti primavera to which I added fresh mushrooms and sliced carrots. I am going to workout with Leslie in about a half hour and get 3 miles in before I hit the hay.When I reach my goal, I am going to send Leslie a testimonial as to how much she has changed my life. I 'm no longer the crazed insomniac that I used to be...I sleep like a baby at the end of the day. You should be well into your weekend by now. I hope you get to go out and ride this weekend. I will search for a thin photograph of me too. I could have a before and before picture I don't blame you on the light beer. One of my closest friends is from Germany and I have been spoiled. Take care and hope to hear from you soon. Hopefully someone else will check in. The collective unconscious is in a slump...

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Hi Sub, just bumping the thread up here. Had a late night last night. No time this morning. Just wanted to say Hi and I'll be writing. Keep writing! I hear you on the lifestyle changes. Problem was my exercise routine used to change all the time. I'd be exercising a lot, and then nothing. I'm learning that I'm just going to have to stop eating so much. Better to be too thin than too fat, as far as I'm concerned and I'm no where near that!! the too thin part that is.

I'll check in again. You take care, ok?!!

I'm glad you checked in. I used to do the same thing as far as exercise. I would go to the gym faithfully, lose weight, and stop going to the gym. Its no wonder I gained the weight back. Now, I don't let more than two consecutive days go by without exercising. I will at least workout a half hour with Leslie today if nothing else. I hope that you are having a great weekend. I will check in tomorrow.

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