G'day all,

I had a very quite weekend whilst dh had a very hectic one on Adelaide.
I have learnt lots from my course so now it is Practice, Practice and more Practice

I had a haircut on Fridaynight and it is quite short, I like it. One more haircut and we are going home
I am counting the days/weeks in all sorts of way, 2 more weeks at work, 1 more haircut but what it really means is that we leave here around October 17.

Hope you all had a great weekend, I am going to check what the changes are of the new board.

Cheers
Maria

Well I had a bit of a look around but cannot find too much different other than the 'buddy list'. I have added you all to my buddy list and I now wonder if we are on-line at the same time we can 'talk' to each other???

I will keep 3FC open and who knows someone might come and 'talk' to me

Sees ya
Maria

Hi all: Well the worst is over. Now I just have that lovely yellow shade that comes as bruises fade. Tomorrow I go and get the stitches out. The most remarkable thing for me is that there has been no pain. Swelling and bruising, but no pain. Two days with ice packs, and I have listened to a lot of audio books.

when the whole procedure was over the Dr. said "look at me" I did so and he said "you are going to like this' So sounds good to me. It is worth is already as I no longer am looking through eyelashes. My 'jagged curtain' is gone.

Right now the hard part is not to respond to the itching, so I know I am healing well.

Hello to you all, and hope your week-end was good. Will get back on schedule next week. I am afraid to get on the scales as my dh did the cooking for 3 days and he is not points concious.: Hope to check back tomorrow. Ann

So pleased all went well Ann.
Once the bruises have gone etc. you will really appreciate having had this done.

Cheers
Maria

Good for you Ann
You will be feeling and LOOKING like a new woman. I have a friend who has talked about getting the same procedure done for the last couple of years. I will tell her how well everything went for you.
Maria you are like my grandchildren. When they are looking forward to something they count the number of "sleeps". AHHH if I were you, I would be doing the same thing.
The party is over, I'm going back to WW tomorrow and see if I can't get this weight off. I haven't done a very good job on my own, so it's time.

I just made myself a nice Mocha Coffee and came here to see what is new. I have been reading pretty faithfully, but just never got around to posting. The longer I didn't post, the harder it was to jump back in. We have had a really lovely summer. I feel better lately than I have for around 7 years. Hubby and I took a couple of trips, one to Lake of the Woods, a beautiful resort area and the other into the USA. We did some day trips too. We had family visiting, and generally enjoyed all the beautiful weather. We also have some pretty wonderful news... we will be Grandparents come Dec. I can't tell you how happy we are about that. DD is doing great! We have been shopping for maternity and baby things, and had so many long talks. It has brought back so many precious memories of when she was a baby. I saved a couple of my DD special baby things and gave them to her the first time I saw her after the news. She was so pleased.
Slavika and I got together on Sat and we made WW bracelts... two each...we plan to wear them both at the same time thus allowing 60 points... ..think it will work?
Ann I am glad that the surgery is over for you, and that it went well. You did the right thing.

It sure was nice reading about you and your busy lives these last few months. I am glad everyone is doing well. I am glad to be "back" and will be posting .

..bye for now... Trudy

Maria: I will check out the buddy thing. You sure sound excited to go home. I wonder why???

Ann: So glad the surgery went well! The bruises should go away fast. Your so brave. Im really a chicken when it somes to my eyes.

Slavika: I didnt know you quit going to WW. You will get it back off you always do!

Trudy: Good to see you! I want one of those 60 pts bracklets They do sound cute. Should be easy to make from the picture I saw. Just might have to try it.

Had a nice quite weekend for a change. Didnt really do nothing but be lazy.

A bit busy this morning but I just had to say how nice it was to see Trudy back posting and what great news, you are going to be a grandmother.

Will try and post later this afternoon.....

See ya
Maria

Got the stitches out this a.m. Now I don't feel all the itching.
The Dr. doesn't want to see me for 5 weeks. My only restricition
is to not rub my eyes. Now that makes a lot of sense to me.

Trudy: So glad to hear from you. Glad your summer was good and that you are feeling well. Congrats on the coming granchild. such
fun to make Grandma plans.

Maria: I can surely understand why you are counting the sleeps
until you can get home. I do hope for your sake is that India isn't in your future. That doesn't sound like an appealing place to me at all.

Lily: I don't like anyone fooling with my eyes, and I always hated those pressure tests for glaucaoma. But somehow this was different. Of course they gave me 2 valium, before the local so I suppose not too much mattered, but it was not at all what I thought.

Slavika: I've got to get back on track too. The continual; struggle to maintain once the goal has been reached. The vacation fun has to go. I'm afraid that my DH cooking for this past week didn't do much for my program.

Glenda: I think you were the one who recommended the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding. We went this p.m. as I was suffering from cabin fever. What a great movie, a lot of laughs and such a pleasure to see a movie with no violence, no bad language, just fun. I loved the scene where the stuffy parents got introduced to the ouzo Hope you are surviving the new work conditions.

Peggy: Are you going to make the WW bracelets? I didn't have any luck finding the picture on ebay. What should I put in the search to find them?

Karen: Still working too hard? Hope things are going well for you.

Bye for now. Ann

Ann: just put in points bracelet. You will see them That was fast getting your stitches out.

Trudy: Forgot to congratulate on the new baby arrival. Bet you cant wait to hold the little one. Course it will be a while yet. But you can still Spoil your DD until then .

Back to work!

G'day all,

Well I bought myself some cheap scales yesterday, nothing fancy. I have been telling myself that I would not have put on any weight but the last week or so it has been nagging in the back of my mind that I should really confirm that by actually stepping on some scales
I am what you call an apple shape, elasticide waists are a must , elastic stretches beautifully and can leave you pretending all is well.
Well dh stepped on the scales and was fairly well what he expected but MOI a different story

So here I am this morning with all my WW books, a new 'Australian Slimming' magazine, celery and carrots for morning tea, some soup for lunch and 2 pieces of fruit for the rest of the day until I get home. I haven't worked out how many points this will be and how much I wil have left for dinner tonight but it will be the first thing I do after I posted.
Told DH NOT to bring home treats as this is now really serious. I really feel I must get in control NOW, you can imagine what will happen when we get back home catching up with friends etc.

I feel sure some of my health problems, back etc. willl improve if I get rid of some weight. Can you also imagine living in a hot country like India carrying access weight?

I am off working out my points and reading my magazine for some additional motivation.

Cheers
Maria

As I am reading my 'Slimming Australia' magazine I cam across this website

http://www.fitness2live.com.au.

I have had a bit of a look around and it seems quite good but you MUST pay $66 to be able to use some of the great things they have here.
Seeing it is not possible for me to attend WW, I thought this maybe allright.
If any of you get a chance, could you have a look and let me know what you think?

Cheers and thanks
Maria

Well today Slavika and I returned to WW. It was a small group, and the message was about eating due to urges and cravings.. something we all have experienced. Actually it felt quite good sitting in our "old" spot. We got there early to re-claim our seats.. we are truly creatures of habit. I am at goal right now, but that was not the case for most of the last 8 months. I had gained 3 lbs, then another 3, and when I got to 8 lbs I was so angry with myself. I managed to get 2 lbs off but the other 6 were just clinging to me. In June I was to see my Dr. for my usual aches and pains and she thought that some of the abdominal pain I had could be due to Adhesions from my Appendix surgery when I was 21. So I came home and did some searches on the Internet and found that the scar tissue can attach itself to the intestines and muscle and make a persons life quite miserable. One of the suggestions was to eat a diet LOW in fiber, quite the opposite of what I have been doing. So, I cut way back on the amount of fiber. The excruciating pain is diminished, my hiatial hernia hardly bothers me, but the big payoff was that my weight started to drop. My Dr and the Gastrointestinal specialist both said I should eat a high fiber diet, and WW promotes it. I have no idea why it was giving me so much grief, but I am someone who just can't tolerate it. Too bad it took so long for me to figure it out.
Maria I wasn't able to access the site, I will try again later. It is so frustrating the way the weight comes back on so easily. There "otta be a law".
Ann you sure didn't have stitches in that long. Are your eyes sore?
Lily is the 50 60 site with the recipes a thing of the past? I think that I printed out most of them. Actually I went there first and then to the message board.
Slavika made Rhubarb Crisp for Tea Time.. it was delicious. I rhubarb, but my DH doesn't like it at all, so if I bake with it, I have to eat all of it myself. Thanks Slavika. We talked non-stop 3hrs and 45 min.. and still didn't cover everything we wanted to say.

Thanks for all the congrats on the impending Grandparenting...
.. it is a very exciting time for us.

It was a beautiful day, hope you all had a good one too.

Hi Everybody
Trudy and I both agreed it was nice getting back to WW. A lot of the gals took the summer off sort like we did, because the group was small. It's hard coming into town if you are away at the lake or on holidays but school will be starting soon, and I bet the meetings will be packed again.

Maria I too tried to go to the addy you supplied us with, but it comes up as an "error". I really laughed at your story about getting on the scale....and yes those elastic waist pants tend to grow with us. When I was just a young woman in my 20's and probably weighing all of 115# I had a cousin who was very over weight. Well one day when I was visiting my Mother, she was making home made deep fried donuts with a honey glaze, that to this day I don't think I have ever tasted anyting that good. This was a true specialty of hers. Well the over weight cousin stopped in to visit with my Mom and Dad and a short while later we all sat down to tea and these to die for donuts. I really can't remember anymore how many she ate but lots of them. I remember I looked over at my Dad who was a big man, and he could not believe how many she was eating. Anyway.....Dad says to her, "Olga, I think it's time you quit eating those donuts before you explode". She said to him, "oh Uncle, look I have lost soooo much weight I can afford to eat a "FEW" donuts", as she pulled at the elastic waist of her pants to show us how much room she still had left.
Today's WW meeting was about cravings, boy what I wouldn't give for one of those donuts my Mom used to make. I did try (what I thought was the recipe she used, but they were NEVER even close to hers)
Maybe that's a good thing.
Ann glad that you are doing ok. I bet you will really notice a difference in your appearance as well as how well you see.
Lily I guess I never really thought I ever QUIT WW, I just sort of put it on hold for a bit.
I always knew I would be going back.

Just a quick reply. Stitches from Wed. to following Monday. Guess that is routine. No pain at all, only a little healing itching. Still a bit of yellow and purple as the fading continues. But I am beginning to look like I belong to the human race again. DH took me out to eat tonight, and I didn't have to wear my incognito sunglasses, and I was good and had fish. I'm with you Maria, I need to get serious. Made my 1.5 oatbran muffins today. But they wouldn't be good for you Trudy. Too much fiber. See you tomorrow. Ann