Gen it is so hard when you change your routine - and especially when you consider that you've recently quit smoking. For me, the whole moving/weird housemate/new routine has really had a big impact.

I was tempted to hide my scale when I started to lose my way (after I moved here), but I realised that no matter what the scale didn't see, my body was still recording every decision; good, bad and indifferent.

When are you going to America? Maybe it's worth setting a goal to lose a few kilos before you go, and that might give you some new incentive.

One of the girls from our Biggest Loser group is coming to look at the house today. She works in the city so it might be a bit far away for her to live here - but it would be cool if she did move in for a while, because her weight loss has stalled - and maybe we can inspire each other.

At least she works! :)

It's raining here today and there's a sever weather alert for Perth, so I don't feel like walking. I'm going to put my back brace on and vacuum and mop the whole house though - that should give me a decent workout!

Tomorrow I will get started on my new plan too. I know I have gained weight again this week - blurk! But I'm determined to drop that 5kg during sprint and jump right back on this wagon.

:)
Ani

Hey Kel, sorry - I wasn't ignoring you. My routine doesn't go out the window, but I imagine when you have a partner, baby and friends to catch up with, you are suddenly at the mercy of other people, and their needs.

Maybe it's worth just setting yourself some goals. Or maybe rope other people in to working with you on going for walks or doing something that YOU want to do.

In any case I want to know what your plan is for getting to 80kg :D

my hubby really good but we dont go for walks on the weekend and that is when i am most likely to be naughty at lunchtime... which is funny coz i spend all week doing lunch with a different friend every day..... we go to pubs and cafes and all sorts of places but it never seems as bad as on the weekend.... benji also does a lot of stuff for me so i get lazy on the weekends and TOTALLY take advantage of him taking over some of the baby stuff so i can think about other stuff
only kinda works i usually just tell him what to do with the baby!

i am getting my doctor brother to find out more about me doing a modified type optifast diet while breastfeeding, but think i am just going to kick my arse into gear and THINK ABOUT SUMMER! if i only lose 5kg in spring i will still be a whale by summer time, so my hubby and my baby will be gorgeous in their togs at the beach and i well not so!

want to see jemima's first touch of the ocean? http://www.totsites.com/tot/jemimaalice
the photos are in the 6 month and beyond section

how did the flatmate hunting go?

gen YOU have to get back into it so that you look and feel awesome for OS.

damn
brother just got back to me.
cant do optifast, he made it pretty simple for me to understand
i starve then the baby starves.

Hi everyone. 97.1kg. Ahem.

Will come back later when my face stops being so red.

please tell me there is a typo and you mean 87.1kg??

Well, my number is not a typo, so I'll just sit here and die of shame and horror!

Then I'll get back on the horse. Sigh. Why do I always f up my little victories?

I'm up again too Kylie - gained 0.6kg this week. This stops NOW for me!

Does anyone want to join my Spring challenge? Kel, it doesn't have to be that you try and lose 5kg with me, it just means you set your own goals, and we challenge and support each other to reach them.

My goal is to be 81.8kg by the end of November. It's just less than a pound/week, and it means I have to call on those qualities that got the first 18kg off: courage, motivation, patience, determination, and stubbornness!

I have managed to lose a whole 1.2kg throughout winter - but I hope I have learned enough about myself, and can use that information to translate into further successful weight loss.

This week's goals are:

• Eat 1600 calories every day;

• Walk for an hour/day;

• Do a few light weights & situps 4 times;

• Drink 1.5L water every day; and

• Report in here every day.

I have found a new housemate - and to the surprise of almost everyone I know, I chose a straight man from all the applicants. I really like him, he's kind of quirky. He works full time, drives a souped-up Holden ute, collects antiques and fancies himself as a chef. He also has access visits with his 6-year-old daughter (who is very sweet), and takes her to his parents every second weekend.

So fingers crossed that he turns out to be house trained and fun to share with.

At the very least it has taken a load off my mind financially - he's moving in this weekend.

:)
Ani

Gen we must have been posting at the same time. What can we do to support you (this is for both you and Kylie), and encourage you to jump back on the wagon?

I know it's tough - especially to keep it up after the 'honeymoon' is over. Boredom sets in, we lose sight of what we want, or we trip over our emotional baggage.

Please don't give up! Your body won't stay the same if you ignore your weight loss. Come on girls - we'll do everything we can to support you.

:hug:
Ani

No Kel, that's definitely 97.1kg

At first, I thought - Well bugger this, I might as well aim for the century...

But bf and I have sat down, planning healthy meals for the rest of the week. There is now a soft drink ban in this house, along with sweets, lollies, chips, cheese (addicted to triple cream brie) , etc etc etc. I will be scheduling time to go to the gym three times this week, and I will concentrate on drinking more water, too.

I will also be taking some photos of myself, but I won't put you all through that particular horror!

I think the Spring Challenge sounds like fun - its my Birthday on 4 November, so perhaps I should aim for some improvement by then?

Kylie

I'm here and red faced too. I am 71.8 grrr! No matter how hard I try to convince them otherwise.... chips and chocolate STILL won't be my friends!

Has anyone ever tried the rasberry heaven white choc??? It IS heaven lol. But that is the last of my indulgences for the week at least. I am going to still let myself have the occassional, that way I hope I won't binge.

Today I drank water and I had a sandwich for lunch. 2 small biscuits (tiny ones) for smoko. No junk yet. Curried snags for tea, and I have only had 2 coffees.

I have to fly, my son is whining at me to go take him to rep soccer training. And I have a migraine. Kylie thank you for MD info. Consider it taken on board. I've just started my note taking for assignment. I have 7 sunjects needing studying this week. about 20pages each workbook and lots and lots of reading. So I better pull my finger out and get dinner organised and get cracking.

Vonni xxx

It's a mental challenge for me, if my head is right then everything else follows. I don't know how to get it screwed on straight though! :(

Well, I may as well join the gainers club too!

Weighed in at 90.2kg this morning!!! I am not happy...although I was expecting something really disgusting like 96kg!!!

I am even more disgusted that I spent nearly $300 buying size 18 clothes over the weekend!!! This was SO not meant to happen!!!



I was chatting with someone last night and was asked about my weight loss. Went on my usual line 'Oh I've been a little slack these last few months and have gained a tad'.

I thought about that afterwards and a 'few months' of being off the wagon is in fact nearly a year!!! It started to crumble last September as I was adjusting to a new job...then came the BIG issues with my neighbours...then the stress of the sale of my house...the move...holidays...the concern of how long I'll have this place...other work stresses (including the death of a workmate)...FAMILY...etc!! It has just been one thing after another these last twelve months!

But I am with you Ani!! This stops NOW!



This morning I had my usual cereal and coffee for breakfast.

I walked to work (20 mins), I walked to the shop to get lunch (5 mins), I walked home from work this afternoon (20 mins again).

I had a sausage roll, an apple and 600mls diet coke for lunch (probably not the wisest choice).

I plan on something (semi)tasty from a cardboard box for dinner!

Water? Water!!! Damn...I've neglected my water today!! :lol:


The advantage of walking to work (other than the benefits of exercise) is I don't come home via the shops after work with a sack full of Pringles, TimTams, nuts and Iced Coffee!!! I am buggered if I am going to carry that home while walking! :lol:


So, I join you with the Spring Challenge! I also set myself a short term challenge of NO TIM TAMS, NUTS, PRINGLES or ICED COFFEE for the next seven days! I will expand on those seven days and make it fourteen if I am successful! To describe the intensity of that challenge...I have been living on that sh*t at least four days a week for at least six weeks now!!! I am a disgusting pig!!!

I'll shut up now! :lol:

But be warned though...Lindor is BACK!!! :p


Kylie, Kel, Gen, Ani, Vonni...WE CAN DO THIS!!!

Gen :(

I miss your enthusiasm :(

I am going to start by writing down why I want to lose this weight in big red letters and pin it up on the bathroom mirror! That way I got to face that first thing every morning! It might motivate me?

Try it with me? ;)

Lindor - welcome back! It's good to hear you sounding determined too :).

I know that for some weird reason I have a lot more success with my weight loss when you're here to make me laugh and inspire me.

I've had a pretty good day so far. I ate my usual cereal concoction for breakfast, a Lean Cuisine for lunch, and a home-made pizza for dinner (total 1330 calories). I've walked for an hour, and had 1.8L of water … and is now the time to say I really want chocolate? :D

Good to see so many people back here. Yay!:carrot:

Gen I agree that the biggest battle is with our heads. I don't know what the answer is, but sometimes we just need to get stubborn and demand more from ourselves.

And to forgive ourselves for the bad times.

:)
Ani

one time i lost weight i used a piece of clothing as motivation, i never got into the little denim skirt but hanging it on the front of my wardrobe and looking at it KNOWING i used to fit into it (and remembering i felt fat when i did) did help me a little. as did the photo ON THE FRIDGE you think for that extra second before opening it AND everyone else gets to see either what a fatty you are or how skinny you used to be.....

yesterday.............. 30 mins on cross trainer!! 2 of those promotional drinkbottles (the plastic ones with the pop tops)(i dont know how much they hold) and other half bottles of water i had in the fridge so i'm thinking AT LEAST 2L water and as much as i wanted more 2 M&Ms, and stopping at 2 little burritos for dinner when i could have kept eating - oh and no bertie beetle floating in my jelly for dessert (my hubby and me are big kids)

the chip ban is a fab idea, been there done that when i lost 10kg about 5 years ago, it had to be done I LOVE CHIPPIES

ani - i want to lose 5kg this spring OR MORE I am now probably going to get Jemima christened in December so that would be a nice occasion to not feel so balloon like, i just feel like a telly tubby at the moment - anyway losing it with you or before you is a good challenge for me?!? i dont know why but i'll work with that for as long as it works.... and then there is losing weight while my neighbour TALKS about losing weight that again i know is motivation for wrong reasons but again, while it is working bring it on

jemima is awake... i am going to see if the new portacot set up outside entertains her enough for me to get at least 20mins on the cross trainer....

oh and i went for a walk around the lake with my neighbour too before we went to yoga so that cant have hurt!

of course we can do it...... we just have to put our mind to it and remember that the most important person is ourselves and if we put on weight we are only letting ourselves down.

How great to come back and see so many posts!

Well, my weekend was a disaster. It started out well but then I was invited out on the booze on Saturday night. To cut a long story short, I drank too much, ate a whole bunch of crap the next day and feel really gross now. I actually feel depressed and I've got no motivation at all.

Lesson learned: Alcohol is not my friend!! Worst of all, it was a pretty rubbish night out with so many dramas I felt like I was back at high school.

So, goal for this week is to get back on track. I've already missed Monday and today at the gym so I'll start afresh tomorrow. The most important thing for me to do is learn from this and not allow a little trip up to make me fall over completely.

I had a big talk with my mum about this, who reinforced to me that I can't ruin all my hard work now.

Will be going to the gym tonight for weights and a little bit of cardio.

ps kylie - i didnt mean to be rude or mean or anything when i asked if it was a typo either... just your ticker says a lot less.... AT LEAST IT WAS NOT 100?

pps - i have just had another read through everyone's posts and have one question for all of us:

why CANT we do it?

i've been having a think and there really is NO reason why we cant eat less and drink more water EVERYONE can do that, exercise is the hard bit but weightloss is not impossible without it!

Kel that's a great question, and I think we could all write a novel about it. You got me thinking, and instead of rambling for hours I'll throw three points out there that I think are really important.

1. Making goals/expectations that aren't realistic.

I've seen lots of people set goals for weight loss that are completely unrealistic. It's accepted by most experts that the loss of 1-2 pounds a week (0.4 - 0.9kg/week) is the most we should aim for. I know that seems really slow, but when you think about how complex weight loss is, you need time to learn new habits … and to practice them.

2. Inattention and distraction.

My experience with weight loss is that in order to make it work you have to enter into a brand new relationship with yourself. That means getting to know yourself all over again, learning to like yourself, and make a promise that you'll commit to this new relationship. And like all relationships there are good and bad times. But you have to learn about this relationship, including how much/what kind of food to feed it - and pay close attention.

3. Emotional baggage.

It's inevitable that as we shed some of our protective layers, we are confronted with all kinds of emotional things. It's important to be prepared for them, and to learn not to let them scare you.

The thing is we CAN lose this weight. It takes time, patience, determination, and lots of courage. But we CAN!

Oh good grief! I ramble…

:)
Ani

Oi!!! Ani!!!

Get back here and report on your efforts today!!! You don't burn many calories rambling either! :p

But, they are very true words ;)


My day? An exact duplicate of yesterday almost...

I walked to work and home again. I walked to the shop for lunch.

I had cereal and coffee for breakfast, *cough* *cough* a cappucino for morning tea *cough*, sausage roll, diet coke and an apple for lunch, and Chicken Mornay (ala cardboard box) and another apple for dinner. I might have managed 500mls of water!

I have had NO Tim Tams, no nuts, no Pringles and no Iced Coffee!


And Kel...I CAN DO THIS!! We all can and we all will!

Gen? How'd you go?

Lindor - don't you know it takes 22 calories to step up on a soapbox, and another 15 to step off it again. I did so burn a calorie today :p

Right - here's me reporting in:

Breakfast: cereal, almonds, prunes and low fat milk. Lunch: I made this stuff with kidney beans, capsicum, onion, chick peas and a bit of mince … and ate it with rice. Dinner: Fish and salad and a few oven-baked chips. Total calories = 1720 (because I ate a mini Picnic bar for dessert). A few coffees as well.

Walked: 1 hour and 35 minutes.

Drank: 2.4L of water.

I also did 35 sit ups, and nearly popped a poofle valve in the process!

Glad to see you did pretty well today matey.

I've spent half the night outside trying to find that bloody lunar eclipse, but there's too much cloud cover. The sky's a vague pinky red, but I haven't spotted the moon for a minute. Hmmpht!

:)
Ani

Gawd, I feel like death. I have a sore throat, a headache and I'm aching all over. How can one little hangover turn into this?!?! I just want to go home and crawl into bed.

Last time I had a cold I was so motivated and I kept up my exercise regardless but at the moment I feel like I'm slipping off the wagon. Perhaps after a few days rest I'll be ready to jump back into it.

As a side note, since I've lost weight, I've been suffering from sore hips and a sore pelvis and that's adding to my aches and pains.

No point to this post really, other than to say woe is me :(

Hope the rest of you are doing better than me.

Hi guys. LMAO Lindor and Ani you crack me up with yr banter :lol3:

Great to see you Lindor. Missed ya!

Ok, seeing how everyone is making goals etc I guess I had beeter jump in for the swim too.

This week starting tomorrow I am making a goal for a whole week to drink 1 litre of water a day. :yes:

I know most of you are probably having heart failure at the puny amount but for someone that HASN'T been drinking ANY water thats heaps. :sorry: If I make my goal ok I will up it next week and also add something else.

Adding to this weeks goal... (thursday to thursday and I will weigh in on thursdays now for a while) I will try to go for 2 walks of at least half an hour. Now the sunny warm days are arriving that just might be achievable. :D

Littlekiwi heeheee poor you :halffull: I can't remember the last time I got tipsy. I hardly drink at all.

Gotta fly, Have crying daughter on the phone. (She's preg) lol.

Vonni

Ani I went out just after 8pm here and saw it happening. Just a peep of the moon was showing, and I can't figure if it was ending or beginning. The shadow was covering all but a peep at the top. How awesome would it be to be in the middle of nowhere laying flat on yr back watching it happen.
:carrot:

I came across this last night while looking for info about Mars being close to earth. How awesome would this be to do.


The most inspirational thing you can do is leave the city and go somewhere you have a dark sky and a good view. You've got to get out to where there's a clearing. It can't be during a full moon because the moon will wash out the sky. Under a dark sky, you can really see a lot, even with your naked eye. Lay on your back. As you look up at the heavens, don't imagine that you're looking at a bowl in the sky with a bunch of dots on it. Instead, imagine you're floating in space with a 7,900-mile-diameter backpack on called the Earth, and you're floating. Eventually, it'll hit you that you really are floating in space; you just have a big, round ball on your back. You begin to connect to the universe http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=15785

Yes, i think for me it's the emotional baggage. Once I start losing, I then freak out inconsciously and sabotage myself by binging. Because I went 6 or 8 months without eating ANY crap, so i know I don't need it.

Anyhow, yesterday was not bad, I went over calories but not by much and not with "bad" food. Couldn't be bothered but I cooked up a beef and veggie stirfry last night. About to have some salad and tuna for lunch, or maybe some soup. Mum is making fish and salad for dinner, so I should be sorted there.

Vonni I grew up on a farm in the middle of nowhere. I spent hours and hours watching the night sky, unhampered by city nights. But the most spectacular sky I have ever seen is on the Nullarbor.

I was doing one of my solo trips across the country, and one night I stopped and watched the sky for about two hours. You cannot describe it with words - it isn't possible. But it was stunning.

How is everyone going with their motivation and weight loss this week? I'll sleep better if I know you're all avoiding Pringles and other such things ;)

Must go and make my dinner. I'm going to stir fry something - or try to!

:)
Ani

Pringles huh? Now I wonder who that comment was aimed at??? :p

Day three and no Pringles, Tim Tams, Nuts or Iced Coffee!!

Today was almost an exact copy of yesterday...right down to the capuccino that mysteriously appeared on my desk this morning!!! The only difference was the colour of the box, and the words written on it, that I pulled out of the freezer for dinner this evening! :lol:

And...I was really hungry tonight!!! So I threw in a heap of vegies too!

I'm not taking note of my calories just yet, but was doing very similar to this when I was losing weight and that was around 1500cal a day! So I think I am probably at about 1650cal just now.

Vonni! I seriously need to work on my water too! So I am going to aim for a litre a day too!

Starting tomorrow! :lol:

Long story but using the toilet at the moment is quiet a chore! No, I am not sick or dealing with any personal issues, however I am now sharing my toilet...with the cat!!! And the little bugger always wants to go when I go!!!

Ani, I saw the moon last night! I parked up near the local cemetry where it is all dark and not a street light nor house light in sight! It was awesome! The open sky is one of the things I love about this place!

Ok, that's my one calorie of rambling for the night!! :p

Have a good one all :)

now everyone tells me about this freakin lunar eclipse thing, next door neighbour told me ALL about it! I so could have looked out the window if anyone had told me.... oh well my own fault for watching the simpsons instead of the news

today, yesterday and the day before 30 mins on the cross trainer and at about 2L water and have not eaten that badly.... resisted the urge on a couple of occasions oh and walked around a bit today with over 7kg baby strapped to my front, sorting out fathers day stuff

am hoping for a little dancing carrot party tomorrow, but not going to be disheartened if i dont lose weight as i have only kick my butt into gear the last 3 days

Lindor that is so cute about your cat, one of my bordercollie dogs does the same thing if i let her inside, makes things interesting.

a good friend of mine that is always saying she wants to lose weight and fails every diet within 3 hours of starting it has been on a diet since saturday, she is so motivated and spending heaps of time thinking of ways to exercise within her boundaries in her life... she dragged her hubby out the other day for a long walk they got home at 9pm and next time they are taking a notebook and pen with them they did so much talking and planning for stuff... was so nice to hear, she is going to have an optifast or similar shake for brekky as at the moment she doesnt have brekky and goes and has sausage rolls or muffins etc with hardcore coffee for morning tea then has late fatty lunch and still has big dinner so she is changing everything and drinking heaps of water.........i so proud of her

i so know i can do it - basically because i have done it before it is just going to take longer this time but it will be worth it!

Lindor I know it's probably naughty of me, but the visual image of you hanging out near a cemetery, watching a blood-red moon cracked me up completely. You're a lot braver than me… I would have lost 20kg from FEAR if I had tried that :)

I've had another pretty good day. I ate 1700 calories, walked for 100 minutes and drank 2L of water. Hopefully that will be enough.

It's really stormy here tonight, and the wind is very loud. Spooky!!!

:)
Ani

okey dokey
this site hates my computer
wont let me "go advanced" that is when it eventually opens the page.....
anyhow

imagine a lone dancing carrot!!!!!!! I lost 500grams!!!!!!!
yippee on my way BACK
89kg!
500grams more and I have lost 5kg by myself (the rest of my weightloss is baby related)
yippeeeeeeeeeee

here we go, here we go, here we go!

baby screaming so i gotta go

Congrats Kel, that's awesome news! Here's a carrot for your efforts :carrot:

I'm still feeling sick as a dog - headache, sore throat, snotty nose and aching all over so no gym for me as I'm just concentrating on resting up and getting better.

I seem to have fallen off the healthy eating wagon this week. Not majorly but just not being as disciplined as I should be. I guess I'm just finding it hard to focus while I'm feeling so rubbish.

Last night I was in bed by 7:30pm and I suspect it'll be the same tonight.

Keep up the great work everyone - you're all doing so well!

:twirly:

And here's a carrot from me :carrot: Onya Kel! Great head-start to the Spring challenge…

Julia are you sure it's a hangover? Maybe you're coming down with the flu, or another winter lurgy. Don't push yourself when you're sick - it's not worth it.

I've got a busy day, but I'm going to have a shower in a minute and go for a walk. I really want to stick to my goals and lose some weight this week - especially after gaining weight for the last four weeks in a row.

Have a good day everyone!

:)
Ani

You have the flu Julia not a hangover lol. Must be there to. There's a lot of it going around her lately.

I've had a migraine since Saturday and now yesterday the other half started whinging about a headache, threw up at 3am this morn.

Came home from work at 7.30am then went to Dr at hospital. I think he told them he can't keep anything down cause they r putting a drip in for fluids. I know it sounds horrible of me, but part of me is wondering if it is all a ploy to make me feel bad about taking time for me and the nursing. He knows I need to study today and work tonight. Well no study today and I just rang work to not come in as he can't look after kids if sick. Tomorrow I have lectures and a little voice inside me is saying he will ham it up so I don't go. :mad:

Guess what!!!! I'm going. Ebony-Grace goes to daycare on Fridays. :carrot:

ANyhow enough whinging.

I went to pizza hut last night and only ate pasta and sauce. and had not even half a glass of lemonade.:D

Today I had a piece of toast and a coffee. Water one glass so far. (washed down the panadol) :^:

give me another carrot!!! guess what??!!! i did a check weigh in when i officially got up this morning, the other one was just when i was still kinda asleep and i am FINALLY

88.5kg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i did it finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeah i am worried about you too julia, you are kicking butt you cant let a hang over or the flu stop you now!!!! kick the flu in the butt by keeping on keeping on

here a carrot there a carrot everywhere a carrot carrot!!!!

cant believe i lost a kg this week, so so happy, so so back....
but going to my cousins in Rockhampton on the weekend and plan to drink a lot....... so i guess no food to even it out..... joking.

ps
vonni yeah for day to yourself and yeah yeah for. going to pizzahut and not having pizza you rock, on sunday i ate a whole pizza myself! i suck

jmmj b7y7i7 z88xzaz8a
you girls are so lucky - that was jemima's first forum post, i'll be able to dictate her in no time

ani - you sound so ready to kick but i am going to really have to work to catch you (and i secretely hope i dont so you get to 80 ssoon you deserve it!)

Kel............. CONGRATULATIONS:carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot: