Hello ladies, sorry I've been missing in action for so long now. I know I've been bad, but weight loss has been a long way down my list for a while now, and I've had to give myself a big shake up. So this week I opened up a free account at calorieking.com.au, (yes free now) and I'm now recording all my food, drinks and exercise online. Its good motivation and its great to have an online Australian diary, its a bit like fitday.

Today I've managed 3ltr water, and I'm halfway through my calories after excercise for the day. I even went for a walk. Tomorrow dh and I are beginning couch to 5km. I'll have more time for exercise this year hopefully, with kyra going to school in 3 weeks.

I looked in the mirror the other day and after being asked again if I'm having a baby, so its time to wake up to myself. I even found a podcast thats been set up for couch to 5km, which you can down load for each week. So here goes, I'm hoping that when i'm running eventually that my weight will slip off a little faster than not doing any exercise.

sorry I haven't been round.

Kathy

Kathy!

Good to hear from you!

Sounds like your plate has been full? How goes the study?

Good luck with the weight-loss, you sound very determined.


Today I managed my 2lt water, and I did my 30mins of step-ups. I also walked the dogs...but that doesn't count because my old boy was soooo slow today. For a while there I thought I'd have to carry him home!!!

I guess four weeks in the kennels was too much of the good life for him!

My other dog has lost her voice! She went to growl at someone walking past this evening and all she managed was a squeak!!! I figure it is because she was barking with all the other dogs in the kennels for four weeks!!!

Anyway, back to today...

...I slightly over ate by about 300cal, but I am sure 2000cal is far less than what I have been consuming a day over the last four weeks!

So I am calling this a good day!!


Ani, the Quobba Blowholes where one of my fav stops too (as were The Pinnacles and Wave Rock)! Have you seen the blowholes in Albany? I walked on a rugged track for a good 15mins to get down to those blowholes only to learn that the tide was not right and therefore saw nothing!!! I was very disappointed. And then had to climb back up that track again!!! At least Quobba was performing for me!

Alright, I am off to bed.

I didn't really quit nursing, I just got offered a job at a medical device company which works in my area of interest, so I thought I'd try it. I was quite senior in ICU and getting to the point of having to go into management to progress my career, which I wasn't keen on.

Nursing is demanding, but it's honestly one of the best careers I can think of. There are a million different areas and specialisations, work hours, location, etc etc. I'll probably go back to a hospital this year - have enjoyed 9-5 corporate life with lots of money, but I miss the hands-on stuff too much!

I put on weight this week!! I have tried to be good - exercised every day, drank water, ate as well as I could while travelling - but unfortunately I added some. Never mind - I'll lose it this week!

Lindor I've been to the Albany blowholes - they're pretty awesome too, but in my opinion Quobba has something about it that sets it apart… maybe it's the isolation or something, but it inspired me to write something about the indifference of nature. It's one of those places I really love.

I'm still as bloated as a whale, and not very happy about it but I have to just keep going. I walked yesterday, and ate around 1700 calories - but as per usual water was a problem. Today I'm going to drink 2 litres of water - and I mean it.

It's so hard to set goals when your weight is up and down like a yoyo – all because of unpredictable hormones. At the beginning of January I wrote down my weight-loss goals, and thought I would be able to get somewhere in the 92.somethings by the end of the month. I doubt very much I will get close to that now, but I have decided to keep doing the things I know to be *right*, because in those weeks when I'm free of TOM, I should get a better idea of my real progress.

Hey Kathy, it's great to hear from you - I'm glad you're back here.

Now if we can just find Britt…

:-)
Ani

I wish I had seen Albanys Blowholes now. I just wasn't keen to do that walk again for nothing! Next time!

I'll have to get my act together and upload some of my photos of Quobba for you, Ani


I have woken up this morning hurting! I would have thought with all the climbing and walking I did while away my muscles would still be up to the step-ups? Maybe it was all the sitting in the car, driving?

It isn't going to throw me though. I am still going to do this.

Today...

30mins of step-ups this evening.

Walk the dogs this PM - weather permitting and my old boy allowing

Eat properly - although I have been invited to lunch today. At least it is at a cafe that serves 'healthy choice' snacks and meals. Only problem is they do those yummy cappacinos I got addicted to before going away!

I will drink two litres of water again today.


I want to do more because this seems too slow!!!

Any suggestions?


And yeah? Where is Britt?????

I've been for another walk today, and topped the fridge up with yummy veges and fruit for the week, or few days which ever comes first. I'm still recording my meals on calorieking, so good when you dont have to worry about adding it all up. I'm drinking my water like a good girl, and listening to a spiritual cd called "Healing your appetite, healing your life" over and over again. I've put it on my MP3 player so I can listen to it while walking. We haven't run today tho. Maybe if it cools down later. catch you soon.

Hi girls and welcome back Kathy....I am pleased you are still trying to lose weight and it seems you are very focused at the moment....keep going and you know you can post any time and chat about anything...we are all in the same boat(albeit a sinking one at times ).

Lindor...your trip sounds magical. You lucky thing. Don't stress about your slight gain as i bet most of it will be fluid from all the wrong foods. This week you will definitely see a big loss(kinda like your frist week on your diet), so don't get too disheartened and know that you have had a great holiday and you needed it far more than your diet just then.

Ani...you poor thing....TOM too often. Is that normal? Have you been to the Dr....it just doesn't seem fair. Don't get too dispondant as you know you are doing the right thing and that will catch up you know and i bet you will see a decrease when your body settles with those bloody hormones....don't you just love being a woman

Auquqi...thanks for the info....i am actually awaiting my QTAC results tommorrow. So i am running on nervous energy tonight and probably won't sleep. DH gets the newspaper at 4.00am on his way to work and the results will be published then so i will ring him and see.....very apprehensive...'AM I DOING THE RIGHT THING?"....It will be a big task to go the Uni and cope with my boy(who is disabled)....so life will be challenging to say the least.

Me...weighed in at WW today and gained again...only 0.2 and i know it is nothing but still not a loss. Actually just came home from Sizzler...ate truckloads as it is my youngest birthday...my baby is 15 today...it litterally seems like yesterday when i was grunting and groaning. Anyhow will check in tommorrow with my news of acceptance or not....fingers crossed for me girlsxxxleeny

Leeny, you are right, and I think I have not been so hard on myself for my gain while away, because I believe I will lose a few kilos in my first week. Even though I was down to 80kg before I left, I planned on maintaining at 82kg. So in fact I have only over done it by a few more kgs then planned. And those few kilos are probably fluid as you say.

I have my fingers crossed that your results come through for you tomorrow. I work with the health department and I can see the challenges and rewards those in the medical profession face and achieve! Good luck!

Kathy, keep it up. You are right into it this time...you can do it!!

Alright! Today I believe I did well! I may have slightly over done the calories again, but not as much as yesterday. I went to lunch and was very good...a chicken and salad sandwich with a small cappacino! Otherwise my other meals were to plan.

I did my step-ups. I walked the dogs. And I drank 2lt of water!

But tomorrow is a new day!

leeny I have seen the Dr about these over-achieving TOMs, and it's definitely perimenopause. Something for everyone else here to look forward to sometime down the track - NOT!

I didn't have the best of days yesterday. I ate OK, but didn't go for a walk or drink enough water. That will change today though! Today's plans are:

• Walk for an hour;

• Drink 2 litres of water; and

• Eat no more than 1700 calories.

If I manage all that I will be happy. If I can manage it I am also going to whipper snip early this evening. I was going to do a heap in the garden this weekend (prior to my house inspection) but just found out it's going to be 40ºC both Saturday and Sunday. So I really need to get those jobs done before the hot weather hits!

Lindor I agree that you'll probably have a decent post-holiday weight loss. Getting back into your own routine, and even climate, often makes a difference.

Good luck with the rest of this week everyone.

:-)
Ani

Ain't 40C just wonderful Ani?

While away I had myself in a routine where I'd get up in the morning and walk for an hour! I actually enjoyed it, I found it refreshing! But I am afraid there just ain't noway I can do that here. It's just too hot!!! The half hour I do with the dogs in the afternoon is a slow walk. Sometimes that is just too hard too!

I so believe a gym - an airconditioned gym - would be a huge benefit to this town!

Today...

...same as everyday...

I plan to eat good

I plan to do 30mins of step-ups

I plan to walk the dogs this PM

I plan to drink 2litres of water



Have a good day everyone!!

Managed to eat good well today!

Managed 30mins of step-ups!

Managed to drink 2lt water!

Never walked the dogs - it was raining

I am feeling better now than I did a few days ago. I never realised it at the time (I must have got used to it!!), but I am feeling less bloated now! I know my ankles were quite swollen when I got home, they get like that after long drives and I drove for 10hrs straight on Sunday! I guess the rest of me swelled up too? Sounds like a good excuse anyway

Another good day

Lindor, driving will dehydrate you and make you retain fluid. Every time I drive across the Nullarbor to go home and see my family (it's about 40 hours of actual driving time), I pack at least 20 litres of water and drink it. So I suspect you were weighing quite a bit of fluid when you got home.

I feel like I am at a bit of a danger point with my weight loss. All these fluctuations of the last month or so are taking their toll on my motivation - and I am finding it harder that usual to "want" to do the disciplined things.

For example I haven't planned my meals, or my time, very well this week - and haven't eaten as well as I would have liked. Today I slept in, and have a meeting in just over an hour… so there goes my walk. For me this is dangerous, because when I stop paying attention to the 'small stuff' I find the weight starts to creep back on, and then I convince myself that I can't do it.

Add to that the fact that my hormones are making it doubly difficult to lose any weight, and I just want to cry in frustration – or run out and eat rubbish food.

I'm not sure how to overcome this lethargy and lack of motivation.

I am going to set goals for myself for today, and just try and do them:

• Walk for 60 minutes this afternoon;

• Go to the stupidmarket and buy food for weekend healthy meals;

• Do 40 ab crunches this afternoon;

• Drink 2 litres of water;

• Put a bloody smile on my face, even if I have to fake it; and

• Eat no more than 1700 calories.

I will check in again tonight and report on how I went. Even though it's the LAST thing I feel like doing, I promise I will try and work on my goals today.

:-)
Ani

Ani, I can't imagine you without a bloody smile on your face!!! It doesn't seem right that you can make others smile and laugh if you aren't doing it yourself!

It is just another hurdle and you will get over it - if not over it, you will use that 'Ani determination' that you so often show, to knock the bloody hurdle out of the way! Hang in there mate!

So, I never made it to the PC this morning long enough to post my goals for today. Although, I think my goals are pretty predictable - same as yesterday and the day before and the day before that and....! I am getting sick of the monotony too!! Just have to keep focusing on the end result.

Had another lunch outing today - I opted for a tuna and salad roll with a 600ml diet coke! I am feeling pretty chuffed with myself for that, there were so many other not so 'lite' options on the menu today and I resisted!

Alright...must go drink some water!!!

Other than slightly straying on the food intake I achieved all that I planned today (other than walking the dogs - bad weather again!).

Nothing planned this weekend. My last days off before returning to work again. So thinking I might just enjoy a peaceful couple of days at home by myself!

To all those that have a fun filled weekend planned, ENJOY! Everyone else, I'll probably see you here

I didn't have too bad a day yesterday - although I never found time to walk. The one thing I did right was to stick to my calories. Thank you for your supportive words Lindor - I promise I'll find my determination and sense of humour again soon :-)

I don't have much planned for the weekend either - it's a tiny bit too warm to do a great deal here. But if I manage nothing else I will eat within my calories and drink some water. And I need to do some domestics as well, so I'm not going to have a totally slothful weekend.

Have a good one everyone!

:-)
Ani