Hey Kel, you've got us mixed up ...... I'm Julia, Elerine is Kylie It's hard to keep track so I have a list that I keep at my computer!

Yeah, it was very embarrassing at the cemetery. I just cringe every time I think about it

My exact weight at weigh-in was 88.4kg which is awesome considering that when I started this on June 18, I was 97.5kg. To be honest, the 80kg was just a number that I put in without really thinking about it.

If I'm truthful, my final goal weight is 68kg and that = a total of around 30kg to lose. In the past, just the idea of having to lose 30kg was totally overwhelming and it seemed like an impossible task but now that I'm achieving so much and am coming up to having lost 10kg, I'm beginning to see that it is possible.

So basically, 80kg is very much a short term goal for me and it's great to be able to say that I am on the way to achieving it.

Ah Kel, I'm not sure I can be bothered going into the saga of the new housemate, but here's a glimpse.

• No sign of rent, and he's been here five days;

• A mysterious call from the police on Tuesday morning, asking if he lived here;

• A visit from the police Tuesday night;

• Constantly talking about his anatomy and what he does with it, even though he knows I'm on the other side of the fence - and I've told him a number of times it is offensive and disrespectful;

• Bringing a friend and her 6-year-old over on Tuesday night, and leaving the friend here all day yesterday while I was trying to work. The said friend was clearly "on the nod" after ingesting something of the narcotic variety;

• Since the mysterious police visit he hasn't driven his ute, but has been borrowing a car from the friend who is too busy on her alternate planet to notice her car is gone.

Should I go on?

No, I'm waiting until he gets home from work, at which point I will have my SECOND Gretel Killeen moment in three weeks…

And then I will avoid housemates like the plague - I don't care what I have to do to earn extra money (within reason, and as long as it's legal)!

I cannot understand why people lie and pretend to be someone they're not when they come for an interview. After all, you end up living with them, and the truth reveals itself.

Argh! I'm going for a walk to try and get rid of some of my frustration, and to slap myself around the head! No. More. Housemates. I don't care if I have to eat dirt for the next six months!


Ani

Oh my goodness Ani. I'm so glad that you're going to get rid of him, he sounds like a total loser!

It's so not worth putting up with that sort of s***.

holy crap! you are having the worst luck with flat mate, i didnt realise it would be that hard!!! do you rent or own the place? why dont you move somewhere cheaper? walk dogs to get extra money
or find a personal trainer to move in with you
you are joking that he was talking about his anatomy all the time??? how gross and weird

kylie i am sorry! i did mean julia, i havent got you written on my list yet! what is Lindors name?? did i miss that too?

how many weeks does spring have?

and how many m&ms do i have to eat before i realise if i dont eat them i could lose more weight.....

julia what are you going to do when you hit the 10kg lost mark?? you already got a tatt.....
you live in NZ which my hubby tells me is the place to go to do adventurous stuff so are you going to jump into a river or bungee jump off a helicoptor?

Look I may have painted an unflattering picture of him - and he does have some plausible reasons for his behaviour.

I found out (because I asked the police this afternoon) that the reason why they were checking on him was they pulled him up driving with stolen number plates. But they investigated it and found that his ex-girlfriend had given him those plates as a gift - and when she kicked him out, she spitefully rang the police and reported the plates stolen.

The narcotic his friend was "on the nod" with was morphine. She is on kidney dialysis and is waiting for a kidney to become available for transplant (and she's been waiting a number of years, with ever-diminishing chances of success). And she's in a heap of pain.

I just had a chat to him, and told him I was struggling to want to live with him, and I was really honest about the reasons why.

I need to have a good think about it, because I know I tend to be reactive - and look for excuses to live on my own. Maybe it would be wise to give him a chance … I was just shocked when the police lobbed on my door, but now I understand the reason, it isn't a big deal.

He paid me some money this arvo, and has promised to pay the rest tomorrow when it's his pay day. So I have told him we'll give it two weeks 'on trial', and if things haven't settled by then I will ask him to find somewhere else to live.

So we'll see.

At least I'm on target with my weight loss

Hey Kel - instead of stressing about M&M's why don't you make them your friend, and make allowances in your daily calorie count for a few - or a small handful? That way you won't feel like you're depriving yourself.

Holy cow ani. But I don't blame you about the whole housemate thing. I reckon I'd make a ****ty housemate myself. I hate mess, but can never seem to get on top of the mess. I am particular in the order dishes are done, washing is hung on the line, feet on the couch (mine r ok of cause), I even am particular about the way carrots are peeled or potatoes chopped. I reckon I'm pretty hard to live with sometimes. AND I demand quiet time at night. (Hard in this house). Me and other half are always arguing cause I like things done MY way lol.

Ani, I'm glad that you had a chance to have a good talk with your flattie. All I can say is good luck and I hope it works out ok.

Kel, yes NZ is a great place for all things adventure based but I can guarantee you that there is NO WAY IN **** that I'll be bungee jumping or anything similar!!! I actually haven't thought about how I'll reward myself when I reach 10kg lost. Might take myself to the movies or something - whatever I do has to be cheap because I'm totally broke at the moment.

Hit the gym last night and had a great workout: 20 minute run, 20 minute walk, 20 minute cycle, abs, stretch then home. Did really well with my eating too and stayed well within my points.

Got to psych myself up to go to the gym after work today - I never want to go on a Friday!

hey ani
my mum always used to say better the devil you know.... so if you get to know your new flatmate that might work and you'll find he is 'better' than having someone else who is pretending to be good.? kinda good he had a reason to appear to be a loser.... just a pity he has to appear to be a loser at all, i know what you mean about being reactive and probably looking for any reason at all NOT to like him rather than the opposite

i think i have made m&ms my friend and i know that a handful gives me the taste and wont 'blow it' but yesterday before i posted that i had just gotten the packet out after some popcorn so was feeling like a failure... i think my body wanted fuel and i wanted to not eat anything so i snacked instead... stupid

i know why my body wanted fuel,i have woken up sick sick sick and have heard jemima cough once or twice two.... so swimming lessons on this cold freakin day we are having in brissy is not going to be fun.... i dont want to get out of my pjs but am too busy next week to have swimming lessons any other day..... i want to go back to bed but then will fall asleep past swimming lessons so today already not cool, have sent message to say am not going to nursing home which sucks coz i look forward to that and then jemima hates staying home all day so i will get eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh all day unless i am holding her ho hum.

with us all losing weight at different rates it is making it easy for me to see that some weeks i'll lose lots and sometimes not but the ticker will be going down so that is making me feel so good that it is ACTUALLY happening the right way and i cant believe it.

We'll see… if the rest of the promised rent & bond isn't paid today, I'll be giving him his marching orders. I'm not a charity, and his hard luck experiences aren't mine to fix or support - the only reason I want someone here is to pay the rent, and take the pressure off me financially.

Anyway, I met most of my goals yesterday. I ate 1460 calories, walked for 90 minutes and drank 2.1L of water.

I feel bloated though (probably because of TOM), and uncomfortable.

Today I have a lot of boring admin work to do. But I'm planning to walk, eat well and behave myself.

Lindor and Gen - is everything OK?

Yep, I'm tootling along well. Had my PT yesterday and it was the last of the 3 that I signed up for when I joined the gym. So I signed up for another 8 weeks of sessions. She upped my weights yesterday and because I said I hated ab work, she made me do tons (sadistic wench! heh), so my guts are killling me every time I move LOL!!

Been walking along the beach for 1-2 hrs each day with the dogs too as Mum is busy at the moment and can't take them. They never used to come with me, they'd keep looking backwards for Mum, but I've brainwashed them because they like getting off-leash at the beach!

Edit: I've been okay with food, went over one day when I ate too much chocolate, but I will forgive that during TTOM! Still think I'm losing weight, so looking forward to weigh in on Monday and being under 95 again yay!

All kinda ok here too!

Not such a good day food wise yesterday. I had some hot chips on my way back from a shopping trip. Actually...add that to the no exercise and total lack of water and I suppose is was a crap day for me

OK, it was good in that, despite being in shops and recklessly spending money, I only faltered with those chips! I had no TimTams, nuts, Pringles or Iced coffee!!! Yup...that makes it a good day!!

I've extended my extended weekend to the full week - I couldn't be bothered going back to work for a couple of days!!

So back to work on Monday (I'll walk for the week then) and then the following week (if I have my dates right and everything is approved at work) I should be headed to Perth! I'll be in touch via PM soon, Ani!

Ani, I love that your life is never boring! Maybe I should look for a flatmate too?


Back to the domestics!!