Ah… the best laid plans of mice and men! After deciding I would plan my meals for the week and go to the stupidmarket, my fridge/freezer seized up this morning - so now, not only do I not have this week's meals at the ready, but almost all my food is in a friend's house. More than a kilometre away. What little I have here is struggling in an esky, as nobody can come and look at the problem until tomorrow!

Barb, I know you can do it. It isn't easy - but that's what makes it so worthwhile (aside from the various health benefits). Think about how you'll feel when you get there. After this is done, you should be able to believe you can do ANYTHING!

Sofar today has been good, in spite of the dilemmas - and I intend to keep it that way. I didn't go for a walk this morning, but that's because I had a "food transportation emergency" before work.

Ah the fun…

:-)
Ani

Of course I had a sneaky weigh in! As if I could resist, after being scale-less for 2.5 weeks! I had my official weighin today, and have lost 2.2kg from my last weighin 3 weeks ago, so that's ok, considering I was dreading the travel weight coming on with restaurants and plane food!

I am starting the couch to 5km at www.coolrunning.com, did the week 1, session 1 yesterday. Was surprisingly doable, although very bloody hot. Very excited to have my treadmill and can't keep off it!

This week:
- Aiming to eat within my points
- Walk at least 1 hour every day
- Drink >2.5L of water/day
- Complete the C25K Week 1 program

Can't wait till next week's weighin when my body catches up to my exercise and my TOM is all gone.

I'm feeling so positive, it's quite sickening. Planning to quit my job in the next week or two and move on to the next phase of my life, and I just feel like all things are possible at the moment!!

Yesterday was a good day! With Sunday that makes two, but because I started yesterday it is just one for now.

I managed a fraction under 1600cals, I did my Squats and Step-ups and I drank 2lt of water!

I am not going to say I feel good, I feel determined, nor am I going to say I feel motivated! Usually when I do I fall flat on my face. Just want today to be a good day too!

I had a look at some low cal meals yesterday, going to do up a shopping list and get some ingredients today or tomorrow and over Friday, Saturday and Sunday I am going to cook up three meals and freeze what I don't eat in portion sizes! I think if I can cook a meal every Saturday and Sunday and freeze three serves of each, I should be able to cut my cardboard box meals right down!!!

Ani! I hope you get that fridge sorted! I know when I moved out of my house my last few days were living out of an esky too as I had sold my fridge and hadn't yet got access to this place! It is not fun!!

Augigi, I had a look at that couch to 5km thing!! Wow, you are dedicated...not sure it is something I could do just yet. Yes, the plan looks easy enough, but getting myself outside and running is something I can't see myself doing yet! Good luck with it anyway!

And well done on the 2.2kg LOSS(!!!) while on holiday!! I am soooo jealous!!!! What is the secret?????

Leeny, thankyou for the news on the nuts!!! That is how I try and justify that eating a whole packet is not that bad! "It has all the good fats"

Nuts are ok, I just can't manage the "in moderation" bit!!!

Alright...coffee and the off to face another day!

Have a good one girls!

A good day for me yesterday in spite of living out of an esky. I plan to walk this morning, and I see no reason why I can't make healthy choices today.

Good for you Augigi - that's fantastic news on your weight loss. Even better, you are sounding really motivated! I can't run – have prolapsed discs in my lower back, so I'm a bit limited… but I think it's great that you're following that plan.

Lindor I'm liking your *one day at a time* thinking. If you keep that up, you'll make it to goal - I'm confident.

This week I want to get below 95kg (again), but this time I want to stay below it. I'm sick of the 90's – and yet I'm only halfway through them *sigh*.

Alright - let's have a good one!!!

:-)
Ani

Hello all

I've been away for a long weekend in the North Island with my man - went to his sister's wedding on Saturday which was nice. It was a very efficient trip as I met his entire family all in the one go!

Not surprisingly though there was no exercising while I was away so I'm back into it today after work with a session with my trainer. I'm glad that I have no plans for any time away from home for the next couple of months so I will be able to concentrate on my workouts and healthy eating.

Fingers crossed for what the scales might say tonight!

I couldn't go outside running either - I look like a lumbering elephant with a beetroot-red face... lucky I have a treadmill!! It's easy to do 60 secs of jogging - can't imagine getting up to 30 mins!!

Sitting here in the dark watching tennis, smelling that gorgeous earth smell just before it rains. What a relief after the bloody heat, I can't handle it. I'm dying for someone to call me on skype, as I bought a skype phone and got it all set up, and now noone's calling!

So far this week done:
Mon: 70 mins walking (5.5 kph); within points, drank all my water
Tues: 60 mins walking (5.5kph), 30 mins C25K (W1D2); under points, water done.

Hey all

Firstly Augug...well done on your loss...Great effort especially when not at home and eating plane food etc. Great job...that will set you up for more success and you sound so motivated at the moment Keep it up ...i am hoping some of it is rubbing off on me....

Ani....fridge dramas are not good. You can only do your best remember but you also sound more positive than that of late....You too Lindor...one day at a time and you will get there.

Me...been another good day. I can't believe i am still writing that. I don't know whether i will get a good loss though as i had a sneaky weigh in and nothing so far. Thats not fair when i have been good. WEigh in day tommorrow with my sister at WW. She is back from her holiday and thinks she has gained some...not surprising though...bit hard when you are on an island and food is supplied. I havn't done much exercise this week...been very hot here and with TOM...no feeling like it. Did have a swim today though(TOM gone...hopefully not to your place Ani) and tried to do some laps in our pool but with kids jumping and diving....a bit hard.

Anyhow guys i will report in tommorow with hopefully a loss the report...if not i know i have been good and healthy so thats what counts eh....

Well, I think that the excesses of the past month are starting to catch up with me as I've gained another 0.6kg. Can't expect good results though if I haven't put the effort in I guess.

Had a good session at the gym last night and tonight I'm going to get back into some interval training with walking and jogging.

I got a bit over enthusiastic with paying my bills online yesterday and now have only $100 to last me until next payday two weeks away At least that way I won't be able to afford to go out for meals!

My goal is to make sure I stay on the wagon - time is going to tick by and I'd rather use that time to make positive changes in my life than just stay the same.

You guys are all doing really well, keep it up!

Another successful day yesterday! Around 1600cals consumed. All exercises done. And drank two AND A HALF litres of water!!!

So that makes two complete good days in a row! Today is going to be three!!!

I've done up a huge shopping list - I will go shopping today - and I plan to cook up three meals this weekend which should put nine serves in the freezer for reheats later - that should reduce the cardboard boxes for a little while


Leeny, good luck with the weigh-in! But, remember the scales are just a small part of this weight-loss thing and feeling good even though they show no change is what is important - you said that and that is true, we just need frequent reminders don't we?

Little Kiwi, keep at it! As Ani has said before, the fact that we are still here shows we are still very much determined! And after the recent festive season and your little getaway, a week at home sounds like the ideal plan to me! Enjoy it!!!

Keep up the good effort ladies...we all appear to be getting back into it now!!!

Another good day for me too - AND my fridge is working again. The thermostat had gone, so it cost me $200 that I didn't have! Oh well, there goes the food budget for a week or so…

I have to say, I've resisted having a credit card all my life. I'm the kind of person who waits until I can afford something before I buy it, but I must admit that at times like this I can really see the value in having one.

Alright! Today I'm going to walk for an hour, eat sensibly, and drink lots of water. I have managed to make my own dinner three nights in a row, and I'm planning on making myself a chicken schnitzel and salad for dinner tonight.

Sounds like everyone is getting back into it. YAY! I've got my eyes firmly on the goal of getting this next 5kg off by the end of March or early April!

:-)
Ani

Hey all

Yeah....I lost another kilo Since going to Weight Watchers 10 weeks ago i started i have now lost 8kg. Not too bad i 'spose considering it was Xmas in the middle and kids are still home and my routine is non-existant. I am a bit dissappointed in that but it is going in the right direction for once and i feel a lot better and know i am healthier for it. If was not going to WW i know for sure i would not be losing. It showed all last year that i need the dicipline of attending somewhere to make the committment and that keeps me honest with myself.

I have been a good girl and followed their program...i am doing what they call a Core Plan, so i deserve the loss this week.

My goal for this week is to exercise more. I seem slack on that part...i do some but honestly could more. That's the part of my diet that i hate and always have. I seem to get away with little so that's what i do. I know when i eventually get to goal i will have to keep it up or the weight quickly comes back on(i have already proven that to myself).

I agree,,,,we all seem to be back into it and back into losing in one way or another. Ani....i couldn't love without my credit card...i wish i didn't have to repay it though but they do come in handy at times...sometimes too handy.

Keep it up girls..this is our year...xxxleeny

Onya leeny - I wouldn't be complaining about 8kg in 10 weeks. I've lost 4kg in that same time… so I think you're a star!

Is anyone else hanging out for The Biggest Loser? I have the Media Kit (as a pdf) if anyone wants it - it means you'd need to PM me an email address of course :-). But bear in mind your computer needs to read pdf files or it won't be any good to you.

It's going to be on SIX nights a week this year. Last year I perversely ate chocolate while watching it (oh don't ask…), but this year I am planning to do exercises in front of the TV.

Britt, are you lurking? I'm getting worried that something has happened, so I hope you pop in soon and let us know everything is OK.

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Ani

I can't wait for it! 6 nights a week? Really? I've only seen the US version, and I was in the US when the Aussie version was on so I missed it.

I love my credit card - pay everything on it, bills, groceries, etc etc so I get the frequent flier points, then pay it off in full every month. It's great as I can choose the repayment date to fall after my payday, and it's much easier to plan finances. I'm lucky enough to earn a very nice wage, but I found it handy when I was a student and when I was nursing too. As long as you pay it back every month and don't pay interest, it's a great tool.

Leeny! Congrats on your loss! 8kg in 10 weeks is fantastic!!!! Keep it up!!!!

I have always been curious about The Biggest Loser, and if it was shown up this way I'd most likely watch it! We never got last years series and I have not seen any promos for this year so I guess we miss out again

Credit Cards!!! Great for internet shopping! Yeah I know, it is another habit I need to break

Like Augigi though, I don't use it unless I have the money to pay it off completely each month! I only have a small limit on mine - $1000 - that way if I got diddled over the 'net and someone else used it, it would not have a huge impact on me. And I assure you if I was diddled, I'd very quickly lose my confidence and probably stop the habit immediately

So, yesterday! Another perfect day for me! If anything I probably under ate again I went shopping straight after work and decided when I got home it was too late for my PM snack. Otherwise water was good and exercise was good!

I did buy all the ingredients for my weekend of cooking!! I will start that tonight actually, now that overtime at work is on the cards for Sunday! The only extras I bought that were not on my shopping list, was pet food and cleaning products! NO NUTS!!! Yay!!!

So three good days in a row for me...lets see if I can make it four

A good day for me yesterday. I walked in the morning for an hour, ate around 1600 calories, drank 2 litres of water - and then a friend asked me to go for a walk in the afternoon … so I walked for another hour.

I'm feeling really positive this week - obviously I've caught everyone else's mood.

Today I have another busy one, but I set my alarm to get up early so I can go for a walk before work - and fit in enough time to do some food shopping for the weekend.

The only thing I haven't managed this week are situps and weights - just haven't found the time. We're in for a revoltingly hot weekend in Perth too, so I need to plan my walks and not make excuses about that. Mind you, I'll be working every day, so I'll be inside with the airconditioner :-).

Lindor it's a shame you can't watch The Biggest Loser. Can't you install a program like Limewire, and download it for free? Or shouldn't I be telling you this on an open forum? If you want I can PM you the info

My Biggest Loser competition starts in 5 weeks - and I'm pretty sure I've found two gyms/aquatic centres to give me a total of 40 free memberships for the duration of the competition. I already have 20 women for my team, and we're having our first goal-setting/team bonding meeting in two weeks.

If you want, I can give you regular updates about our progress, but if your eyes are going to glaze over with boredom I will resist.

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

:-)
Ani