Good to see you again Lindor! I have to spell "hematoma" otherwise the people at work make fun of my spelling! God knows, they make enough fun of my accent haha.

Good to see you back Lindor Don't be such a stranger eh!

I was also thinking the same thing ... Ani, how are you finding it working at Bunnings? You happy there? Life a bit easier now that you have a regular paycheque?

I had a very quiet weekend. Watched Kill Bill on telly on Friday night (love that movie!) and The Cider House Rules on Saturday night which was also very good. Diet was okay but I didn't record anything in my food diary so may well have overeaten without realising it. Exercise was nil but I did take mum's dog to the park and hit the ball around for her on Friday, Saturday and Sunday so at least she got exercised.

Today is a new day. My goals for today are to 1) stick to my points allowance and 2) go to the gym after work.

Hope everyone else is well.

HAHA Lindor thats really funny

Gen I have my exams in 4 weeks and one of our textbooks have american spelling - mainly HEM instead of HAEM lol. My medical terminology exam is in two sections - the 1st just anatomy, functions and pathological stuff. the 2nd pronunciation and spelling (its an oral and written section). I am going to be sooooo pissed if I get something wrong cause of those dashed textbooks lol.

Well weigh in for me today is NOT GOOD I am up a kilo How the heck that happened I have no idea. Well..... maybe I do. You see, at one stage I was jumping on scales everyday just to watch average so I could judge properly on weigh in day as we fluctuate. And if I saw creeping up I watched extra carefully what I ate. I havent done that in a couple of weeks because George visited and yes I have eaten crap. Not a lot of crap, just a bit, however obviously at the moment my body won't accept it. I guess I just have to resign myself to the fact that I can't have anything chocolate or chips EVER And I did sneak in 2 bacon and egg mcmuffins during the week. I know that I have to stop my hot chocolates. I usually have one when I go to town, and thats 3 times a week. I will limit myself to ONE from now on, and that will be a Saturday when I work the whole day. It is always on skinny milk though, as I can't stomach full cream.

better go and stop whinging. I have an assignment due TODAY and havent even started it. Just seems in the to hard basket at the moment. Oh well, I work great under pressure

I weighed in at 77.5kg, which is a drop of 0.4kg .

Lindor I am loving my new job. It's more physically demanding than I expected, but that isn't a bad thing. I just love going to work in an environment where there's no pressure, where I spend the day talking to customers, pushing myself physically… and then I get to come home and not even think about work.

Glad to see you posting in here by the way. Please don't leave us, because we all love your input and your insights. By the way I love your approach to your weight loss, and I really think it's going to work for you.

By the way - if you're coming to Perth for any of your work commitments, let's catch up for coffee and gossip .

Hey Vonni, I reckon that you'd do better to stay away from Maccas than to cut down on your hot chocolate. Maccas is full of sodium, and you'll retain heaps of fluid from eating that.

Julia are you feeling better?

Barb how are you travelling? Still enjoying your new plan?

Gen how are you going with your program? Flying that Aussie flag I hope

Amy! Kel! Come back!!!

This week I am working ALL evening shifts, so that's going to be a challenge. On Saturday and Sunday I work 11am-7pm, and that cuts across two meal times. Hmmm…

But if I can edge a little closer to 77kg, and keep on with my plan I will be satisfied. My Size 16 clothes are starting to get loose - but not yet loose enough for a drop to Size 14. Oh well - hopefully within the next 5kg I will reach that particular milestone.

Hope you all have a great week, and that we all reach our goals!


Ani

Awesome result Ani for you!

I fear I will be same as you Vonni but I'll be brave and will see what the scales say tonight

I'd be very happy to have maintained over the past week.

Ani way to go. Damn I better start pedalling hehee everyone is losing and I am creeping up again. Maccas I have kissed goodbye.

As for 2 meal times at work if I were you I would eat a big breakfast, just take a sandwich for your break and eat dinner when you get home. Or a big brekky, dinner sized meal at yr break time, and something light when you get home. Thursday nights is bad for me, I start at 4 and finsh between 9.30 / 10. Too late to eat then, but only get a ten minute break to try and eat decent for dinner. grrrrr. I was just reading in my QNU bulletin about shift workers are heavier. great that leads me to thinking I better get this weight off FAST before I get qualified.

Vonni

Julia hope yr weigh in goes ok.

i am not here coz i have any kind of will power with regards to keeping off the computer no ser ree bob - i am not here coz my computer forgets to tellme when you guys post!!! i suck!!!!!!! AGAIN!!!

now i almost threw in the towel today, been trying and only OFFICIALLY lost 200grams - that sucks eggs

gen - how do i cook chicken breast in the microwave??

ani - how many people at bunnings dont have any product knowledge?? i am going to go back to work in a month or so so am trying to think of options... and have you tried on size 14 yet??? i think at 77kg you would be in that size at least in some things??

lindor - i was wondering if you had seen the ad on telly.... advertising.... new..... pringles..... that are low in fat??? sorry if you have and are pretending you didnt.......

julia - i am giving in..... i am joining the world of counting I HATE COUNTING, i got all my weight watchers books out....... here goes nothing

me - i suck eggs, i bought choc today, ate about 12 squares ho hum
getting rid of hardcore beefcake trainer after my holidays (he knows) and going with 2 sessions of Kate the more sensible trainer
getting my resume ready
going to town tomorrow for lunch with my mum
getting my house tidy slowly
am so confused as to what job i want to find - had found PERFECT job but it is gone - relay call centre to help deaf people communicate - perfect perfect perfect oh well

vonni - honestly why do you think you put on weight??? i am so sick of putting on weight or staying the same when i am trying.... it is so not fair that i feel the same as you as i think i must NEVER be able to eat anything exciting or outo f the ordinary without putting on weight

i am going to weigh myself tomorrow for the fun of it

Welcome back Kel, good to see you! I have one of those steamer things for the microwave, just whack the chicken on it and cook it until it looks okay, think it's about 3-4 mins. Depends how many, how powerful your microwave is. Just keep checking them every now and then.

Lots of recipes here:
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-...breast,FF.html

Probably because I sit on my arse and dont drink water.

Kel I've got to say, I'm kinda glad to hear that you're going to try weight watchers and that you're not going to try the dreaded shakes again! I know that counting points is no fun but hey, it's a system that works and most importantly, it's a system that will allow you to eat whatever you want. I hope you can make it work for you

After my 2.5kg gain last week I had to admit to myself that I had stopped trying to lose weight and was just hoping that it would continue to come off without any effort on my part WRONG I didn't get fat by sitting on my arse and eating whatever I felt like and I didn't lose weight this time without hard work and sacrifice.

Yesterday was a perfect day for me and I'm planning another perfect day today. I hit the gym last night and did the first night of my new weights programme followed by 45 minutes of aerobics. Stuck to my points allowance and felt great.

I weighed in and am down 2kg from last week which leads me to think that I must have been bloated or something last week and that the weight I'd gained was perhaps not fat afterall. I feel like I've been given a big break so I'm looking forward to having a great week and staying on track for another loss next week.

I weighed in today after a not so great weekend and have lost another 300g. Not spectacular but a loss is a loss. I'm still finding this programme really easy and enjoyable, its just when I have my free day I tend to go a little overboard and doing that tends to undo all the good that I've done during the week. Must learn self control!

HIya im still here hubby came home for his visit Sunday Night so i have been spending all my time with him.. Today however he has taken Cameron to his school sports day so me and Leah have some time to ourselves atm. Some quiet where we can relax without the noisy boys lol ..

Weight loss whats that ?? lol I started feeling crappy friday afternoon and spent most the week end in bed . LOL .. i did weigh myself once and saw that i had gained some weight .. so im not going near those evil scales till i get back on track lol .. I have the classic razor blade throat.. hooray.. Just in time for my hubby to come home lol. Of course i was sick last month when he came home too .. lol no luck at all.

I am exhausted all the time and not sleeping very well at night .. which then just makes me feel worse lol.. Today i cant talk ... lol . so hubby will be happy , i cant nag him now .. lol ..

food i have not been taking any notice of / or recording so i have no idea where im at but i do know i havent eaten much so i wont be over .at all but i bet i still gain .. lol .. and i wont get it off again until i can swollow again.. lol ..

anyway im gonna go and lay on the couch.. have fun girls lol .. congrats to those who have lost weight . it sounds like everyone is pretty happy atm which is always good .

ok bye ..

im back yeah i was gone for ages wasn't I lol..

Anyway i have something im actually happy about lol.

We still have my old Car ande its a 86 Meteor but its got rather short seat belts..in it. I had to try several car seats and booster seats for my kids becuase the stupid little belts couldnt get around them.. anyway .
I have had that car for 5 or 6 years maybe mopre .. and the whole time i have had it i have struggled to do the front seat belt up around me.. Even though i was lighter then i am now.. It has always been a wrestle.. lol

Well anyway this month i forgot to run the car and the battery went flat. I put it on chrge yesterday and decided to take it for a run around the block to see if the car still runs.. and guess what ??? I got the little seat belt on np and even had belt to spare.a good 4-5 inches of belt too. lmao.. i cant beleive it . I dont know how i can way more now and fit the belt when i was 15 kilos lighter and was struglleing.. bizaar hey.. but it goes to prove my body is getting smaller even though most the time i dont feel it or see it lol..

I have to admit i do find the whole weightloss thing very depressing at times.. and it doesnt take much for me to give up.. lol IM a quitter.. i always have been ... too hard quit.. lol so im doing my best to stick to something very important to me.. Getting healthy .. I dont think i have a goal weight really .. i just want to get thinner then i am now.. Setting a goal weight . i just feel like there is too far to go .. i think my next goal once i finally reach this one will be another 10 pounds.. at least that is something i can achieve eventually.. lol.

I wish losing weight was fast .. lol slow is sooo boring.. lol Slow is what makes us quit.... lol I am going 5to try and get away from my scale obsession.. I was telling myself i liked watching it.. but the minute it moves up i get really pissed. so Im gonna measur with a tape every friday like i do now.. and weight once a month.... lol yes once a month... im gonna go cold bloody turkey on the scales.. i have been weighing everyday from the begining.. and now.. cold turkey.. lol my last weigh in was the one wehere i had lost weight lol.. last week.. lol .. im not gonna go near them to find out what i have gained lol .. i feel bloated so i kinow ive gained.. and yes it probably is water but im not interested.. lol ..

Wish me luck.. i bet i break my own rule of no weighing ... lol ... hey ill get hubby to put them up somewhere high... lol im chicken when it comes to even chaging a light bulb.. if they atre put up ill leave them alone lol ..

ok cyas later

i thought my computer was stuffing up again telling me amy had posted, i was like well derrrr i already read her post grr stupid puter then i finally got in (does everyone's puter hate 3 fat chicks) and saw you had indeedy posted twice

if i can be cheeky - at least you are not a quitter about being a quitter at least you are sticking to your guns on that one and not quitting!! heheeh i crack me up

staying the same frustrates me, putting on is annoying but i am slowly SLOWLY but surely realising that ANI rocks and that so freaking slowly she has lost SO SO much weight and that six months ago she was so not talking about size 14 so she is going to be my weight loss guru for a while, and i need one, my new personal trainer at the gym is a freakin protien well freak and looks like you could pop him with a balloon and when i told him i almost didnt go yesterday he goes "well than you are not serious then are you" i felt like saying "f..K you i came didnt i" but i just humoured him ho hum

my cleaner just left and i just mopped my floor ho hum to that too

vonni this one is for you:
:s wim::swi m: water water water
water (that you sitting on arse)
i have not been drinking water either - could that be the REAL secret and everything else just helps?? hmmm