Morning ladies

I skipped the gym last night and went walking with a friend instead which was lovely. Shame it's still dark pretty early though. I'm looking forward to summer when it's light much longer and I can go for nice long walks in the evenings.

I'm having an off day in terms of exercise today. I'm off to a quiz night tonight with some of the girls from work and am looking forward to that. We're going out for dinner first - Chinese, and the restaurant we're going to is known for their dumplings :T but I'm going to have to stick to the noodle soup.

Will hit the gym again tomorrow and do some weights. Oh joy :dizzy:

I had a good day at the gym yesterday.. SOOOOOOOO couldn't be bothered going, and the PT was sick and cancelled on me, which seemed like a message from god (!), but I dragged myself there anyhow.. managed 20 mins elliptical, 25 mins treadmill fast walk, then 30 mins of my weight circuit. Burned about 600 cals.

Did a spin class the other night and only burned 357 cals!! Must have been slacking off, since my arse was SO sore from the seat. Oh my god, how do the other people stand it? Felt like my gonads were bruised for 2 days afterwards! Actually thought I was going to have to leave the class as my bits hurt so much haha!!

Anyhow.. going to try some of the classes and see what I burn, because the elliptical is incredibly boring, and the TVs at the gym require some radio attachment to my ipod, so I can't hear them. Boring!

Ah - the joys of solitude! I got so carried away with my freedom that I forgot to drop in here this morning and report my progress. Whoops!

Anyway, I have walked for an hour today and am sticking to my calories. I've already drunk 1.5L of water too.

Tonight I'm off to the Perth premiere of Cirque du Soleil's Varekai – made even more exciting because I have free tickets :carrot:

Tomorrow we are expecting a heatwave - well, 25ºC - so I'm planning to spend the whole day outdoors. I'm going to go for a long walk, and then potter in the garden for the rest of the day.

I don't know if I will lose any weight this week or not. But it doesn't actually matter. What DOES matter is that I have found my motivation again, and I am making better choices.

Hope everyone else is travelling OK.

:)
Ani

Ani, I went to Varekai in January and really enjoyed it. You'll have a great time :)

Well, last night I went out for dinner with the girls from work before our quiz night. I did well and ate sensibly but once we got to the quiz and there were lollies on our table I folded and ate about 15. Oh well.

The quiz was hard and we got 17th out of 30-something but it was a fun night. Our worst subjects were geography and New Zealand ... we are all travel agents. How bad is that! :o

Will do some sort of exercise today. If the weather stays how it is now I'll be off to the gym but if it warms up as per the forecast I'll go for a walk up on the hills.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.
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Ha ha Julia - remind me never to book at holiday with you. I might end up in Siberia :p.

Varekai was fantastic. It was the premiere, so all the A-list was there. Vonni where are you? I wanted to tell you that half of this year's Big Brother housemates were there … having their 15 minutes on everyone's 'opening night' list!

You'll be proud of me - I went to the A-List after party and resisted ALL the yummy food platters AND the free-flowing alcohol.

OK - today! I'm about to go to the stupidmarket, and then go for my walk. I'm planning a day of domestics, gardening and football!

Have a good weekend everyone.

:)
Ani

Wow Ani, that's some pretty impressive willpower to resist all those free nibbles and drinks. Well done you :cp:

I had a good weekend. Did another big run at the gym on Saturday and went for a 1 hour walk yesterday.

This morning I got up to go to the gym, drove into town and parked only to realise that I'd left my uniform at home :dz: so home I toddled, got my uniform and came back to town, parked again and went to the gym. Luckily I don't live all that far from town but still, it was a pain.

Did my weights and 40 minutes cardio this morning and now I'm tuckered out.

:twirly:

In spite of doing everything right, I seem to have gained another 0.3kg.

The past week I have averaged 1600 calories/day, walked an hour every day, and I drank 2L water/day… and I GAINED weight.

Something seems to be blocking me from getting to, and beyond, the dreaded 85kg milestone. This week's challenge is to try and work out what that is.

I suppose it's possible that I've gained a little bit of muscle since starting up my regular walking again - but surely it wouldn't be that much! Oh who knows!!!

Anyway, I'll be back later - I have a meeting on the other side of Perth shortly (almost 1.5hrs away) and I'm still in my pyjamas.

Yes, it seems so unfair that some people don't worry about weight and never change, no matter what. Whereas if I even THINK about eating rubbish, I gain. If I miss the gym or walking a day or two, I gain.

It gets tiring having to be SO good ALL the time... sigh.

I thought I should drop by and say hello.

I am resolving (yet again) to be good. This means sticking to 1600cal/day, with lots of fruit and veg, and other 'healthy' stuff like that.

Avoiding all sugary drinks and sweets, including chocolate :(

I do have to talk myself back into going to the gym. It seems like such a hurdle to get into my gym clothes and get down there, but I really should.

Wow Ani! Varekai must have been beautiful.

I had two Chinese girls stay with me for a few weeks, and it was lovely. I miss them so much now they've gone. I spent three weeks eating noodles and other tasty Chinese food. It was pretty healthy though. Not all that deep fried stuff you find in the food court.

I'll come by more often, I promise.

Kylie

Welcome back Kylie :D I've been wondering where everyone has gone!

I am so tired at the moment. Last night I went to bed at 8:30 and I slept solidly until 6 this morning when I very reluctantly dragged myself out of bed and to the gym. Glad I did though because I got my 60 minutes of cardio done and now I don't have to think about it again until tomorrow!

I totally agree with you Gen, it's so hard to have to concentrate on "being good" all the time, especially when you see other people who don't seem to need to make any effort to stay slim.

I know that thin doesn't necessarily = healthy but still, I'd love to be able to eat fish n chips without knowing that I'll be destroying a lot of hard work.

Ah well. Keep on keeping on.
:twirly:

Ebony-Grace had her paediatric visit yesterday. The results of her EEG have been waylaid grrrrrr!!!! But he seems to think that it is nothing to concerning, just little "brain collapses" as he put it that she will grow out of. I'd like to know the technical term if there is one lol.

I have been referred to a sleep centre in Brisbane to help us teach her how to sleep. I am getting more exhausted by the day.

No news on my weight loss. It is the same this week as last week and the weeks before that.

Ani how exciting to see Varekai. I'm sure we are all jealous. Oh to get out and DO something.

Welcome back Kylie. Haven't seen u in ages. I've been pretty quiet too, but I am lurking, just some days don't feel like posting, or having much to say. Which isn't like me at all. heehee.

Ok bub asleep at the moment so I gotta go study. I have an assignment due soon. I have decided on Macular Degeneration for all of you who heard me ranting the other week. To many people are doing dementia and I think it will be graded differently because of the varying standards of other peoples work. I havent heard anyone doing MD yet.

Cheers
Vonni xxx

Good choice, lots of psychological issues of "loss of control" and "self determination" with loss of eyesight, as well as social issues with requiring assistance etc.

i am so over weightloss
i am so ready to go on optifast and if i lose my milk for jemima then so be it i put her on the bottle.....
i was thinking a halfarsed attempt at optifast will produce the same results as full on hardcore proper diet/exercise i've been not doing these last couple of weeks.
saw photos of myself at a wedding and 21st in the last 2 weeks and who is that fat girl??? ohhh right THATS ME

I hate it when you lose weight and nobody notices.
I always think, if i am still this fat now HOW fat was i before???
i am going to try and put new photo on this thing as motivation for me to lose the spare tyre around my belly i did get my hair done though and it looks ok.....

happy wednesday everyone

Kel that's a lovely photo of you :) I know what you mean about people not noticing your weight loss. I'm down 8kg and some people haven't said a thing. How can it not be noticable!?!? My guess is that people notice but they just don't say anything.

Today I'm picking up my brand new glasses and I'm so excited at the prospect of being able to see!

No gym today as mum's gone away for a couple of days and I'm in charge of walking the dog in her absence. The challenge will be to do a full hour walk rather than just a quick one.

At least it's beginning to stay light for longer in the evenings so walking isn't so bad.

:twirly:

Come on Kel - fight it! I'm feeling pretty over it myself, and am in the biggest battle with my own head - because I just seem to have become bored, or lost sight of the big picture. I don't know - but these are dangerous times.

What can we do?

I know that I don't want to get any bigger than I am right now.

I know that I am bored or tired with having to work so hard.

I know that I've lost no weight in the last month.

Ever since my fractured vertebrae was diagnosed I've lost enthusiasm for walking every day, and it has become a struggle to exercise. It isn't that I can't physically do it… it's just harder to motivate myself.

Will someone slap me?

:)
Ani