Hey Britt, I'm a freelance writer - and I love my work. Most of what I do is writing articles for magazines and newspapers, and my specialty is politics, women's issues and human rights. From time to time I interview 'celebrities' - but I try and restrict that to no more than once a month, because it's pretty tedious work.

:-)

Day 5

I stuck to my planned menu.

I drank three litres of water.

But...I added a naughty extra

I also had 150g of hazelnuts today

Won't hurt will it?


I have also solved half my problem for the weekend...I am now working tomorrow

I am supposed to be at a 'party' right now, pigging out on all the party food, but it really is not my thing, so I am using 'I have to be up early for work tomorrow' as an excuse. One day (if they haven't already) people are going to realise how antisocial I really am - most likely just when I am ready to flaunt my new skinny body off!!!



Ani, sounds like you are getting right back on board now too! I trust the cats are able to relax a tad now too?

I hope you made those deadlines without too many unfortunate typos

So, knowing what you do now, you have to spill a little more...what 'celebrites' have you interviewed??? Just curious that's all



Britt, you know there is no harm in seeing a doctor and getting his or her opinion. At least then you will have a definate answer as to whether you are dealing with PCOS or not, or even if you are dealing with anything. Whether you take his/her advice on treatment or not (ie. go to a naturopath) is entirely your choice and the doctor cannot hold that against you.

Do yourself a favour...stop stressing and make an appointment? As much as you try and deny it, I think it is obvious it is something that is constantly playing on your mind just now



Well, hoping everyone is having an fun filled evening and, have a nice, relaxing weekend.

'Night all

Ani, Wow! Sounds like a brilliant job! No wonder you are so articulated... I can see how interviewing celebrities would be tedious! You should name drop that ones you have interviewed..haha.

Lindor, good on ya for doing well today and I have to say that if youre going to cheat on ANYTHING, I think hazelnuts are probably one of the milder of vices. I think youll be ok!

I admit it is weighing on my mind a bit, but nearly as bad as it was a couple of nights ago. At the end of the day, I cant do much until I drop weight, so I will just keep going and see someone when/if I need to. The main prob with going to see a dr is that the GP will refer me to a specialist, who will cost a lot of money! Money that we dont exactly have at the moment. We do have health insurance, but they only cover a portion of it. SO, I would rather wait until I really feel like I need to go. I have 4 parents, all in the medical field, so will get any answers from them in the meantime. Helps having drs and nurses in the fam...

Alls well here - I didnt drink enough water today, but eating was good. Took all vits. Now I just need to motivate myself to get walking again. Ugh.

Have a great night and great weekend everyone - Im sure Ill check in!

Britt

Hi gals,

Just had to pop in and say that those 2 kilos I gained last week are now gone (hopefully for good!). I have NO idea where they came from and I dont ever want to see them again! So, back to 3 kgs down - I so want to move my ticker already! Ani, I want to catch up to you!! At least I know that if I stick with this, I will continue to lose, and it helps with my pcos fears...Come to think of it, the dr never mentioned cystic ovaries when I had Carter anyway - I think I was worrying over nothing. Just come AF already!

LOTS of housework today as my sister is coming for a visit for Monday through Thurs and then MIL on Friday for a week, so since Im OCD about having a clean house with company, I have a lot to do today. Course, that means a good workout, so Im not really complaining. Kinda like a spring clean - I actually enjoy it secretly anyway.

Hope you guys have a good day!!

Woo Hoo Britt - great to hear those kilos have disappeared :-). I have to try and write quickly this morning because I madly offered to help a friend get her garden tidied up for a house inspection … and then I saw what I was in for! Picture this: a huge backyard that is chock-a-block full of weeds, all about a metre high – and strewn with rusting kids toys which have been discarded.

Hmmm…

I'll write more this arvo if I have any muscles left!

You girls want me to name drop? That's funny :-). Let's see - most of the Aussie women singers, lots of the Big Brother and Aus Idol people, quite a few actors and writers. Some names? Kate Ceberano, Marcia Hines, Melissa Etheridge, just off the top of my head … and the other day I interviewed Stephanie Macintosh (now that was as rivetting as watching paint dry).

I'm happy to talk more about that later if you're interested, but I wanted to suggest something to you Britt, before I run off for the day. I don't know what it's like over there, but in Perth we have a Family Planning Clinic and a Women's Health Centre - both of which bulk bill, and both of which specialise in women's health issues. if you're worried about money, maybe they would be affordable options for you.

Lindor, hazelnuts aren't naughty. You're allowed to eat things you like – good grief, I ate a Turkish Delight yesterday, and I refuse to beat myself up for that.

OK - must run and play Jungle Queen! Have a great weekend everyone, and inspire yourselves to get to that goal.

:-)
Ani

Thanks Ani!

Yeah, haha, funny you say that about Stephanie MacIntosh - Im not surprised in the slightest! I dont know if you guys got, but they did a couple episodes of a "day in her life" type of thing and it was so bloody boring. The poor thing. Granted, shes pretty new to the music scene anyway, but Im not impressed. Im a singer (not professional or anything), but have a pretty trained ear and I dont think shes bad, but not neccessarily good. ***Sorry to anyone reading this who likes her***I just think shes just another Hilary Duff, Lindsay Lohan, run-of-the-mill type...who knows, she might just make it big??

Anyway, thanks for the info on the clinics - I might investigate further if need be. For now, we are just having fun trying to make a baby and losing weight - and thats all I need to do right now.

Hope you had a blast hacking through the forest at your friend's place....If it makes you feel any better, I am scrubbing showers again today, not to mention scrubbing floors, scrubbing fridge, scrubbing toys, scrubbing windows - the list goes on. I think I may need Vicoden (spelling?) rather than Panadol tonight...haha.

Here's a clue to how passionate she is about music. I asked her what makes her unique, and where her inspiration comes from. She giggled and said: "Oh, nobody's ever asked me that – I don't know how to answer it". She told me she's an actor/singer/performance artist … are you getting a picture? :-))

I have just spent FOUR hours solid whipper snippering in the sun. Does that mean I don't have to go for a walk? Have I used enough calories? I hope so, because I feel stuffed! Mind you, they made pancakes to thank me - pancakes!! And I had to eat them because it felt rude not to. What do you do in moments like that?

On second thoughts I guess I should go for that walk, hey!

*sigh*

Oh it was PMS, I got my period, pigged out on caramelo koalas and kept going. I haven't had a shake all week so will start back at it this week. Back to school this week too. I just wish I could stick to something.

Sounds like you two had about as interesting a day as I did...I went to work. They were down a weekend staff member so asked me seeings it was my job a few weeks ago.

I learned this week too, that my pay increase in my new job amounts to no more than 65 cents an hour. And my new job offers no penalty hours for extra income like my previous job did either, so I have in fact had a pay drop!!! So I jumped at the offer of overtime



I know I am going to really embarrass myself now...




...who is Stephanie Macintosh??? (it's ok I'll google later)


Actually I found reading todays posts from you both a bit of a mental challenge...my new job means translating medical talk and doctors use loads of abbreviations so your post Britt, was a good practice lesson for me (even if they weren't medical terms)!!! I worked all but one out and I really can't imagine why you want 'Atrial Affibrilation (AF???) to come already'. Knowing how you have agonised over PCOS, I really can't imagine you getting impatient about getting a Cardiac condition

Ani, I can't help but wonder how your muscles are going to feel come tomorrow. Hope you have had a nice warm soak already.

And Ani, anything that deviates from my planned menu is naughty!! And if that means hazelnuts are naughty then so be it!!

Have I mentioned that I am stubborn???


Well I have stuck to plan again today (yup no hazelnuts ). Looking forward to Monday for weigh-in...hoping I have lost one or two kilos through this week - I have worked hard.


I plan to mow the lawn again tomorrow, but right now...it is time to relax

Hahah...you both have given me quite the giggles today!!

Ani, pancakes - yikes! I only eat them smothered in peanut butter and syrup...yum. Hope you enjoyed them! Did you end up walking??

Lindor, haha...AF=Aunt Flow. Sorry to confuse you love - no heart conditions for me, thanks!

Kathy, good to see you! PMS makes us do crazy things, huh? WELL, it would make me do crazy things if I was even getting my period! Argh! I take Blackmores Sugar Balance to help with cravings tho and its really helped...might help you too?

So I was thinking girls, why dont we start a challenge in here? 21 days maybe? There are other threads devoted to this, but I would rather do it with you girls and not have to join a new thread of non-Aussies (no offense meant since Im American)...what do you think?? Regardless of whether you want to join me or not, my 21 day challenge: walk 5 times a week for at least 30 mins. Every challenge I will add something new. Come on girls, I reckon this will motivate us!!

Hope you join me!

Britt xxxx

How about a 21 day challenge of 30mins of any exercise a day?? It's starting to get too hot for walking here (and yes that is just another excuse ).

I like the idea Britt!!!

Yay Lindor! Haha...you can make the challenge whatever you want - I just meant the the challenge for me personally would be the walking, but you can adopt whatever you need to!
Ok, so to make sure that Ani and Kathy and Leeny (?) and whoever else sees that this is starting, we will wait until Monday to start. Whoo-hoo! 21 days and hopefully Ill have lost a few kilos!

What are we doing? Count me in, as long as it doesn't involve walking on hot coals or talking to people I don't like :-).

Lindor, don't be embarrassed - I had to Google Stephanie Macintosh before I interviewed her. She's on Neighbours … yet another soapie-chick with singing aspirations, and now she has put out a CD called Tightrope. Related to Jason Donovan - blah blah. She isn't exciting. And if that isn't enough stereotyping for one blonde chick, she also goes out with an AFL footie player.

Britt, I didn't know what AF meant either. But I made guesses (all wrong)!

I'm a bit scared, because my muscles don't hurt and I don't feel tired. You know what's gonna happen – I'll wake up in the morning and my entire body will have seized up.

Now, back to our 21 day challenge. Excellent idea :-)))

Ani, do whatever you need to do to up your routine during the challenge (ie, more water, more exercise, etc). Mine is exercise. Not looking forward to it but I know I will reap the benefits! You however, already have that down, so maybe something else?? Maybe your muscles dont hurt because your stamina is so much better than it used to be, that it wont even phase you! I, however, already had to drug up!

Hahah - I had no idea "af" would be so confusing!! I post on another forum called babyandme and I guess I get used to the lingo there and forget that other people (normal people) dont understand our gibberish! Ill try and be a little more conscientous in the future!

Ok, so Monday it is - 21 day challenge - we can SO do this and I think it will give us results that will keep us motivated for the next challenge!

Off to bed I go - tired, hurting and afraid that the huge moth that entered our house has made its new home in my bed!

My muscles don't hurt because they are still in shock :-). Wait until tomorrow!

You're right, I need to think about what I am going to do for our 21-day challenge. Maybe I'll incorporate some situps and light weights, as well as walking every day.

I laughed about the moth Britt. It reminded me of the time I found a dirty great huntsman spider on my pillow. It just so happened that the ugly hairy thing made an appearance on the very first night I had invited someone to stay over. So I attacked it (the spider, not the date) with the first thing I could find – a golf club. I guess you had to be there!

As tired as I am now I am waiting up to watch that show on Channel 10 about the Bali Bombings. I really want to see it.

:-)
Ani