Vonni she wasn't carrying a dumbell in her boogie board bag - but there was 4.8kg of highly aromatic plant material that she said she didn't notice.

No matter how hard I try, I cannot figure out how someone would fail to notice that their luggage was a) a different shape b) twice as heavy and c) smelling decidedly different.

Just one of the many things I wonder about in my often vacant brain ;)

Sounds like an interesting experiment Ani!

Last night i had another dream about Duff McKagen (bass player from Guns N Roses/Velvet Revolver). I've always quite fancied him and I've had a couple of dreams about him lately. In last night's one, I met him when he was in town for a concert and I went back to his hotel room and we hung out and chatted and cuddled all night. Very nice! :D

This morning I had a McDonalds bacon and egg bagel for breakfast (why I thought that was a good idea I do not know) and immediately felt sick afterwards. Yuck Yuck Yuck.

I can't wait for Monday when my routine will go back to normal!

:twirly:

julia - jemima and i LOVE antiques roadshow, sadly closely followed by 'bargain hunt'.......

ani and lindor TODAY is the day, i've been waiting for my shakes to come in the mail i saved close to $12 a box (with taking postage into account too) and it came yesterday before lunch..... so i didnt open the parcel as i was going to fancy smancy cafe with friend and then benji and i had planned special night out coz his mum gave us a gift voucher to freestyle a fancy smancy dessert place in the valley so i had an awesome last supper!
today 88.1kg this is not my official weigh in as i am sticking to thursdays but i am going to write down my day one optifast weight and do a weekly optifast weighin and my normal one just for interests sake and get benji to do my measurements.
this morning i had a vanilla shake, that brought back memories..... and i fed baby while benji cooked and ate bacon and eggs the first 2 days is the easiest it is day 3 that starts to get harder then after one week it is easier and then every so often it gets harder again...... i am going to find lack of fruit the hard bit as my mango tree has just exploded!

ani - your boogie board experiment SO funny and so true

benji just looked for me and fruit is on the allowed list!!! i am so excited
i thought it was just veges in the 'intensive' phase but he said mango, lychees, apricot and others were on the list!!!

oh and he is so so funny
he forgot it was 3 shakes no meals
when he found out he said....
"3 shakes = a wank!" which is what i say to him if i am busting to go to the toilet and he is taking forever........ it cracked me up anyway

have a GREAT weekend everyone!

Ani, I'll admit I am not all that well up on the Corby story, I was overseas at the time and if I don't see the start of something I tend not to look into it any further - so I never really put much thought into whether she was guilty or not! But your description of your little experiement up there has shed a little more light onto it for me. I had no idea she actually had contact with her luggage before she was arrested, I thought she got caught as she went to collect it. Maybe I should invest in the book, although I am more into reading the 'Joanne Lees' type stories!

But yes, very cheeky of you to perform such experiements! I love it!! :lol:

Kel, good luck with optifast! I have a mental picture of you with an Optifast shake in one hand, a Mango seed sucked free of all its pulp in the other hand, and a massive grin on your Mango juice/pulp covered face!!

I hate mangoes purely because of the mess! :lol:

I have continued to be good with most of my goals. Only did 50 step ups last night though, and that was out of laziness and not pain!

I'm plodding through a lazy weekend, is anyone up to anything exciting?

Whatever you do, I hope it is enjoyable! :)

Oh and Ani, I can't think of any exercises for your arms other than what I'd assume you are doing with your resistance bands. Can I suggest duct tape maybe? :p

Lindor this is what I know as FACT about the Corby case:

1. Schapelle and three family/friends left Brisbane and flew to Bali via Sydney. Why fly south then fly north? I don't know.

2. At the airport in Bali, Schapelle collected her luggage and boogie board bag from the luggage collection area and proceeded to customs.

3. When the customs guy asked her to unzip her boogie board bag, she said no.

4. When he asked her again, she agreed to open it. The video of that moment shows her face turning white, before the bag was opened.

5. Customs officials found a plastic bag containing 4.1kg of cannabis in the boogie board bag - double sealed, and flattened in the shape of a rather large pillow.

6. Schapelle has claimed all along that she is innocent, and that "a baggage handler in Sydney" must have put the drugs in her bag.

7. Schapelle was found guilty in a court of law and is serving 20 years in Kerobokan prison in Bali.

8. She is currently in a legal process where she has lodged her final possible appeal. The outcome is still pending.

Everything else you hear, read or are subjected to hearing about is nothing more than opinion and speculation. EVERYTHING else - including that book she wrote with Kathryn Bonella. Don't bother reading it - it's propaganda and full of inaccuracies.

Is she any more worthy of our time and sympathy than any of the (more than) 200 other Australians serving time in foreign prisons?

My weekend is being spectacularly uneventful. I have a new housemate to contend with - and that doesn't excite me at all! And next weekend there will be a 'home open' here, so I'm making sure I have as many packed boxes stacked in the dining room as possible. That will annoy the real estate agent and landlord no end - but with my back in the state it is, I decided I will try and pack two boxes every day until I move. So far I'm up to 20 - and they're all books :D

I'm travelling OK with my goals today - except I haven't drunk enough water. But I'll get there!

:)
Ani

Lindor I was with you on the Chapelle thoughts. I to thought she got caught as she was going to collect it. Didn't realise she was carrying it. yeah like who WOULDNT notice their bag was heavier. And look at the family history too... That wouldnt have gone well for her either.

Morning!

Weighing in at 195.4lb this morning! Yup a massive 0.2lb drop this week! Yay! Go me! :^:

I am ok with that though. I had a massive drop last week, and I have been good all week. I don't believe I have done anything wrong, and I feel the result this week is just a part of the journey.

I am still feeling motivated, and well on track!

My goals for this week will remain as they were last week:

- 2L water a day
- Stay within 1500cal a day
- Continue (maybe with a bit more effort this week) with Mt Everest

I might end up swaying slightly off track today, but it is apparenty one of those days that I should be allowed to!! :^:


What have I learned this week? I have learned that a block of chocolate will taste the same tomorrow as it did today, therefore I don't need to eat the whole lot today and I can enjoy somemore tomorrow! :)


Ani, thanx for the run down on Corby! I find point 4 very revealing! Those bodily reactions always say the truth!!

Kel? How goes Optifast so far?

Ok, gotta run! Enjoy your Monday! :dizzy:

I know you hate fuss and fanfare, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINDOR!!! Have a great day matey :carrot:

I dropped 0.5kg this week - finally a reasonable result after three weeks of creeping along :)

My goals for this week are:

• eat 1500 calories/day

• drink 2 litres of water/day

• average 7000 steps on my pedometer/day

• try to get below 81kg for next week's weigh in.

:)
Ani

Thankyou Ani :)

And well done on your loss today :carrot:

Happy Birthday to Lindor! Hope it's a great one :hat:

Love Benji's remark Kel :lol:

I had a really nice weekend. Worked on Saturday morning then went for a nice walk around some cliffs in the afternoon. Unfortunately I forgot to put any sunblock on and now I'm very burned :hot:

Yesterday I went walking with a friend who is visiting from the North Island and then I went home and did lots of housework and cooked all of my meals for the next week. Great achievement!

Back to normal with everything else today. Working both jobs Monday - Friday and will hit the gym in between. I keep reminding myself that I've got 12 weeks of this and after that it'll all be a distant memory. I can do it!!


:twirly:

:carrot:yeah lindor
:carrot: yippeeeeeee ani
:woo: happy birthday lindor
:jig: go julia! 12 weeks is nothing in the BIG picture!

i have been going pretty good with my shakes
slip ups= 1 snake, teeny bit of ham, couple cornchips, jemimas crustless leftover bread with vegemite
weightloss so far (i know i shouldnt peek...) 1kg i think 87.2 saturdays weight 88.1kg, so that helps motivate:dizzy:

Oh yeah, I forgot to say ...

WAY TO GO ANI!!

:cp:

Happy Happy day Lindor. Hope you have a wonderful birthday. :celebrate:
Congrats Ani on yr weight loss this week. fantastic result.:carrot:
I am not weighing in this week as George arrived this morning and I feel horrible, crampy and bloated. Worst I have felt with his visit in a long time. I am sure I must be up again... grrrr. Does anyone know how long after you would get correct weight results? Is it the day he disappears? or a few days later?

Its been a sad couple for days here. :( 4 of my and daughters friends were killed in a car accident in the very early hours of Sunday morning. She is pretty upset but we are trying to keep her as calm as possible being pregnant and all.

We have lectured our kids to know end on the effects of drink driving and / or speeding. Also just driving your mates around normally while THEY are drunk.

The girl driving only had her licence for a month, and we have curfews here in QLD about the passengers in your car in certain hours etc.... Its sad how it always takes a tragedy to make people open their eyes.

Have to run, bub asleep and housework to do.

Vonni

Ah Vonni :hug:! Was that the car and semi-trailer? I read about it on the internet when it happened and was feeling sad for the families and friends. I grew up in a small town of just 500 people (well, on a farm outside the village) and I understand the impact of such tragedy on small communities.

As for your question about TOM and getting back to your right weight, it's an individual thing. For me, I gain a few pounds a day or so before, and then it's gone by day three. Other people hang on to the extra fluid for longer - and a few lucky buggers don't notice any change in their weight. I agree that it's not a good plan to weigh-in today.

Are you REALLY old enough to be becoming a grandmother?

Hi girls. I dropped in an introduced myself a few weeks back, but I've been on hols in country Central Qld and haven't had much internet access. I 'relaxed' my eating and exercise over the holidays (some might say I went completely overboard) and it feels like a relief to be getting back on track. My current weight is 106.4kgs ... my mini-goal is 100kgs by the end of February. My baby boy is getting rather active now and crawling round the house getting into all sorts of mischief so I'm not going to have time to sit on my bum, which is a very good thing!!

Happy Birthday Lindor :balloons:

I'm so sorry to hear such dreadful news Vonni. It's an absolute tragedy and sadly all too common. Big hugs to all.

Welcome back Cherie. I "relaxed" my eating over Christmas too (= ate whatever I wanted) and I too am feeling really happy to be getting back on track.

I'm back writing down everything that I eat but not counting WW points at the moment. Had a pretty good day yesterday until I got home from work just after midnight when I had a slice of ham, a stick of celery with peanut butter and a popsicle. Oops :o

Not the best ideas I've had but not the end of the world either. I went to the gym last night for the first time in a couple of weeks and boy did I feel it. The weights all seemed a lot heavier and it was really muggy and hot so I didn't feel able to run and did a 20 minute walk instead.

I think that the 2kg I lost over Christmas is probably due to loss of muscle so I expect that I will probably gain a little over the next week.

Goal for today: eat well, hit the gym between jobs and no midnight snacking!

:twirly:

Thankyou everyone for the Birthday wishes :)

I was doing well until yesterday afternoon, when work threw me an afternoon tea! But given what was available there, I did pretty well for the day I think, by only exceeding my calorie budget by just under 200cal - and I blame that on the ice cream cake!

I failed to do my step ups last night. I am fast coming to the conclusion that I just don't enjoy doing them! I really wish it wasn't so hot here. I loved it when I was walking to work in the cooler months and that is just what I want to do again! Maybe I will have to set up a walk track within my flat?

Water wasn't too bad yesterday, although I probably could have done with a little bit more.

But back to it full force today :D

Vonni, sorry to hear of your news. I recall reading about it on the day too - first road fatalities for the year? Very tragic regardless of the cause.

Cherie, welcome back.

Julia, I think your midnight snack was very well controlled!

Have a good one all! :)

oh vonni, that is awful must be so hard to not be able to "fix" it when your daughter is upset, i didnt realise the 4 that died were young.... that is so sad

everyone else sounds like they are in an awesome mindframe and will all lose weight this week!

i went to bodypump did a little cardio and took the dogs and baby for a walk yesterday so i am in right mindframe too.... i almost plan to stick with optifast only until jemima's birthday as i know i can lose 1kg a week with sensible eating so hopefully after 5 weeks i will be at a weight where i can do that or at least maintain for a bit and then see where i want to be for my birthday late april

Julia, that's a very respectable midnight snack. I always tend to go for high calorie, high fat foods when the snack attack hits ... chips, nuts etc ... so I'm impressed by your restraint.

Vonni, I heard about that accident on the news. Absolutely tragic. I hope your daughter is coping with it OK.

Lindor, good luck getting back into it today.

I'm off to the gym this morning for the first time since going away on hols. I'm hoping I get time to have a decent workout - my son is super grizzly today (teeth) so may not go well in th gym creche.

I was a bit naughty last night & had 2 glasses of champagne. It was a bottle I was given for my 30th birthday in November & it called to me every time I opened the fridge door lol.

ETA: you posted while I was posting Smylie. WTG on all your exercise yesterday!!! You are an inspiration.

YAY Cherie - welcome back :). Good luck with that plan to get to 100kg - I started at the same weight as you, and I know how important those milestones are.

Lindor I really don't think that 200 calories for your birthday is all that naughty. I don't think a walking track around your flat is a silly idea at all - I've done it when it has been too hot/wet/cold to walk outside. I also have a regular walking track around the local shopping centre… and have recently learned that I can do a fairly decent walk around the local Bunnings warehouse. Sometimes you've got to think laterally :D

Julia I think you're doing a fantastic job. Sometimes we get impatient, but this is all about learning how to live a different lifestyle, so the odd roadblock is inevitable.

Kel are you finding the shakes easy? Do you get hungry?

Gen… where are you?

I'm on track. I spent yesterday moving furniture and rearranging things in the house I'll be leaving in 5 weeks. Yes, it was 40ºC, and yes it may seem frivolous - but it's a lot cheaper than going to the gym ;). And I'm quite happy with how it all looks now (even with a heap of boxes piling up everywhere).

OK - must get to work. Have a good one everybody!

:)
Ani

Rushing in and out.. I'm about to sneak up to Brisbane today as my sister needs me to mind her boys for a few days. I wanted to see them before I go to the US, and I had some frequent flier points I could use, so it all worked out well.

See you at the weekend!

Hi Cherie. Good luck on your weightloss journey. You've found a great group of girls to help you along no matter what. :)

Vonni. What a terrible thing to happen. I don't think I heard about it. Hugs to you all. :hug:

Gen. The balls finally rolling in the right direction! :D

Julia. Celery is one of those vegies that takes more calories to eat than it's providing so I don't think your snack did too much damage! :p

Lindor. Sorry I missed your birthday, so belated greetings to you.:woo: You sound really focused too.

Kel. You go girl!:carrot:All that exercise in one day, wow!

Ani. Thank goodness for refrigerated airconditioning! :p We've had quite a few days of 40+ where we are, but the evenings cool down nicely thanks to the gully winds, otherwise it'd be like.......... :hot: :faint: !!!

XX
Barb

Damn gremlins got my post..........

be back later

Vonni

barb - your post was all about everyone else but not you???? how are YOU going????

today i walked around bunnings with jemima in the pouch (she is at least 9kg i think) and then i walked around spotlight and then i got home and took her and the dogs for a walk around the block and today's only slip up on the diet was a snake.
i have actually been being naughty but the opposite kind of naughty, the last two days i only had 2 shakes and probably not 2 cups of veges.... dont know how i am not chewing my arm off with hunger..... i have been into the water heaps so that is probably enough along with current will power and mind frame to keep me from blowing it.... at least in first week anyway....

i know i can lose between 3-6kg in the first week, my friend just lost 3.5kg in her first week which included KFC and more slip ups then me oh and no exercise so i am feeling good that i will ifnothing else repair the damage i did over xmas and be back on track..... i have just did another order for some strawberry shakes (slightly more expensive) and some choc bars and desserts so that will help keep me going when it gets harder next week.....
this saturday will be end of week one and i was going to treat myself to KFC (i know ani and lindor you dont get it.... but it is one of my fave things i know how bad and gross it is too!) but now we have been invited to a bbq at my inlaws place soit is still naughty but not the same.....
tomorrow is swimming lessons and usually publunch but i am not having publunch and will come home and have shake instead! this diet is changing the social life slightly but also keeping me at home so i am getting stuff done.... a winlosewinlose situation
2 days til i can update my ticker - thats a thursday thing, my weigh in day is going to stay thursday but i am weighing in everyday this week for the fun of it... will stop that saturday as otherwise as the weightloss slows down it will really mess with my mind..... at least i know i have alreaedy lost min 1.7kg since saturday! that is motivation to keep going at least for the month
hey maybe a month on and then a month off then a month on but not so hardcore and amonth off will help to maintain.............. hmmmm

Hmmmmm. I really don't know what to say about your shakes Kel. It would seem to me though that it would be really important to eat your total allowance of fruit and veggies though as the shakes won't be giving you much in the way of good nutrition. Good luck though and I hope it works for you :spin:

I had a pretty good day yesterday. Probably ate 2 and a half to 3 rows of chocolate which isn't ideal but also not the end of the world. I'll make sure I don't do the same today.

Hit the gym last night and did weights and 20 minutes of intervals of 1 minute walking/2 minutes running. I'm sure that working 5 hours in the evening will help too as I'm walking around for most of that 5 hours.

Tonight I'll do 40 minutes cardio and then my 5 hours work as usual. On track with my budget this week too which is great. I got my power bill last night and it's only $29.50 for last month :woohoo:

Have a great day everyone :twirly:

Hey Barb, how's your weight loss going this week?

Kel I already said I won't make any more comments about your shakes :p. I'm impressed by all this exercise though. You go girl!!!

Julia it sounds like you're really on track and going well.

I had an average day yesterday - ate a few too many calories (about 1650), didn't exercise, and only drank 1.5L of water. I know it's not a 'bad' day, but I wasn't happy with it all the same.

The next five weeks will be a challenge for me. I'm just keen to move now and to get settled into my new house - and I don't react well emotionally to this feeling of being in limbo. I just hope this restlessness doesn't translate into too many bad food choices.

:)
Ani

hey hey
the veges are actually the bit that you dont have to stick by, it is for the people who cant handle just shakes coz they think they are 'hungry', it is all in the mind.....
i am going to make sure though to have my 3 optifast products a day as i am 'concerned' my fast track optifast may be making my milk supply go away BUT jemima was weaning herself anyway so i am not sure which is a little emotionally confusing

swimming lessons for jemima today and then walk around grocery store with her and then walk around block with her and the dogs.......
tomorrow morning gym and then walk around town meeting mum for 'lunch' (i am going to try and find a vege stirfry) and friday morning personal training so i should get a good result by next saturday even if i wasnt doing shakes!

Lets not talk about how I'm doing at the moment!! :D

Kel. You got ants in the pants or something? All this exercise and the whole shake thing, you'll be down heaps by Saturday's weigh in. :p

Ani. 150 cals is nothing to get stressed over. I bet you can't wait to have nothing going on! Seems like there's always something challenging you. I hope once you move things get real boring for you!! :)

Julia. Chocolate is evil isn't it! :devil: Other than that your in the zone! I would kill for a power bill like yours!

In our Sunday paper there's a Body and Soul liftout and there was an ad for this new weightloss system, here's the link to their page. www.bodytrim.com.au They've got a promotion on at the moment that offers you six weeks of online/telephone support, a book and dvd, all for $119, that's a saving of $50. If I had it ($119) I'd be chasing their wagon at the moment!

XX
Barb

:newyear:Happy New Year to all .
Dropped in to see how all are going , it has been along time since I posted:(
5month 2007.
I looked at my ticker:mad: i am back at my start weight.
I feel like a big toad :fr: I need a good kick in the :kickbutt:!!!!!!!!!!
I have been off work for the passed 5 months on work cover and have turned into a couch toad and feel YUK :barf:. With the :stress: of the last five months I have done nothing but eat and sit on my ever growing butt ( I have gained 20kg).
The turning point today was in the form of an email from BlueP as I was still on his thread.I have been going to start and going to start so if I come here and tell all of you, I hope it will help me start and keep going.
I feel sad as I look back and think we started this" Aussie Chicks" thread back in 2005 I think, I have been up and down with my weight over the years.
I have let myself down by not looking after me:hug: ( I was at my goal weight in 2003)
We have our 25th anniversary this year and we had always planned to redo our vows but as I am at the moment I would not be happy with myself.
I know that I don't have time to get to the size I would need to be to put on the Wedding Dress (I don't think I would ever fit in it again) , But I would like to fit my original Wedding Ring and engagement ring.
So I am asking for your help to get my started and keep me on track :dust:

Sorry this soooooooooooo long

butter ball no more

Welcome back butter ball no more. You've made a really positive first step by logging in here :hug: it's a shame that you're back at your start weight but hey, it's not the end of the world. You can do this!! I would recommend that you set yourself some specific goals and join us on this wagon. When I need some extra motivation/inspiration I go onto the "Goal" section of this website and read some of the stories on there. Charles in particular has an amazing history and has achieved so much. Reading his story reinforces to me that this is a battle that can be won.

As for me, I did pretty well with my diet yesterday. Had a great session at the gym with a 20 minute run and a 20 minute walk. Worked for 5 hours after that and that involved a lot of walking around, lifting boxes and going up and down ladders which I'm sure will count as some good exercise.

I've made a most delicious salad for my lunch today and can't wait to eat it ... lettuce, onion, cucumber, carrot, celery, red capsicum, sundried tomatoes, chicken and a few almonds with a mint and lime vinegarette. Jummy! :T:T:T

I'm going to the gym after work today and will do my circuit training programme for the first time. I should have been doing it for the past couple of months now but have always avoided it so it's time to suck it up and get started with it.

Have a great day ladies

:twirly:

:carrot:85.5kg
loss of 2.3kg since last thursday, I am this week more interested in what I weigh on Saturday as that will be one week on optifast.
Yesterday I had an Anzac biscuit a little one of the batch me and benji made and also couldnt be bothered making a seperate dinner for me so just took out the pork and noodles out of stirfry and had a small serving of that - it is not what you are meant to have though.... but heaps more workable.
woohoo to not eating working hehehehehe
meeting my mum for lunch so walk around town with pram thats wheels are like shopping trolley probably in the rain! yeah:dizzy:
then home for walk with dogs and then MAYBE when jem goes to sleep some time on the cross trainer out the back before Law&Order and Medium are on I LOVE those shows

everyone kick butt - i am really appreciating food at the moment and realise why "normal" dieting is so hard for me, i just like food cutting it out completly and giving myself timeframes to work with is working for me but i totally think you all rock for sticking to healthy eating and losing weight, I can see me going 'back' to 2 shakes and one MEAL very soon rather than 3 shakes a day

Hey Butter Ball No More - welcome back :carrot:. I remember reading your posts when I first joined Aussie Chicks in 2006.

Do you have a plan for your weight loss? I started out at around the same weight as you and was only able to manage this by setting goals of losing 5kg at a time. It's almost 18 months later, and I've dropped almost 24kg. Are you going to calorie count, or do you have another plan in mind?

I stood in front of the margarine at the stupidmarket yesterday, picked up a 500g container and realised I have lost the equivalent of 48 of those in 18 months. I nearly cried, because it was a very 'in my face' way of seeing where I've come … and where I used to be.

Kel - woo hoo on your weight loss! Here's one for you :carrot:.

I'm having a shocker of a week. Seems like I went off track a few days ago, and I'm struggling to get back on that wagon. I don't really know what's going on - perhaps it's the instability of packing, knowing that 'home open' starts this weekend, having a new housemate who is really strange, and having a landlord who wants to come and 'tidy up' so the house is ready for sale. This doesn't feel like my home anymore, and I'm feeling resentful about all the intrusions.

I'm also feeling overwhelmed by how much there is to do before I move - and I'm in one of those head spaces where there's SO much to do that I'm doing nothing. Does that make sense?

Let alone trying to get my work done…

Blurk!

Lindor where are you? And Kylie?

:)
Ani

ani
that all sounds NOT FAIR
strange flatmate, annoying landlord
AND i know exactly what u mean about having so much to do you do nothing it is like WHERE DO I START!??
just do the thing that you will be able to notice the most as it will make you feel better, even it is the easiest job of them all at least you will sit down tonight and think you have ackomplished something!

doc said that optifasat and breastfeeding may not be ideal so i am rethinking how hardcore i am on it..... i had a vege stack for lunch today at cafe... what a weird world we live in where MOUNTAINS of cheese are counted as veges..... i did NOT complain heheheheheh

going for walk with dogs now as didnt get to the gym this morning as jemima was asleep.... she will fall asleep on walk FOR SURE as she has not slept since this mornings nap which means probably late bedtime again but it is late bedtime for me too due to tv commitments so its all good

Yep, I know exactly what you mean Ani. You look at a mountain of stuff and just don't know where to start so you don't do anything. Not very productive!

I had a great time at the gym last night. Snuck a peek on the scales and was disappointed to see that I was up 500g. I know that it's to be expected when I've been back into the weights this week but still .....

I had started my workout and my old trainer (who I think is uber sexy) came up behind me and said "geez, you're disappearing on us!" :dizzy::love::cp::goodvibes I was so stoked!! He said I am looking great and to keep up the good work. My size 18 work uniform skirt is now waaay too big and I can fit my whole arm down by my side inside the skirt.

:cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:

The way I'm feeling at the moment is proof positive that if I want to continue to be happy and feel good about myself I need to stay away from alcohol and exercise on a very regular basis.

Hope you are all well and Ani, I hope you've got some chores started ;)


:twirly:

Alright - time to slap myself! I've had four days of being really off-track… and I mean REALLY off-track, and it stops now!

I'm p!ssed off with the landlord. She's coming here tomorrow (an hour before the 'home open') and wants to move some of my things around to cover up the flaws in HER house. She was irritable with me yesterday because, after the house being on the market for three weeks there hasn't been a single nibble from potential buyers.

How does that translate into being mad at me?

Apparently she had it in her head that the house would sell quickly - while I was still living in it, and my rent was paying her mortgage - and now things are financially "difficult" for her.

It's an old fibro house on a half block of land - and she's trying to sell it for $750,000. Pfft! Doesn't take an Einstein to work out the reason for the lack of interest.

Anyway I made a promise to myself this morning that I won't let her or anyone else railroad me from my weight loss. Today I'm going to eat 1500 calories or less, drink 2L of water and walk 10,000 steps. And I'm going to use my 'angry energy' to pack a whole room. The landlord wants fresh flowers on the table and a cake baking in the oven when people come through tomorrow… as long as she provides it she can knock herself out.

My contribution will be another mountain of packed boxes :D

G,day everyone I thought I would just pop in and say Hi after I recieved a lovely invite from Perthchick to join you all.
So I,ll start by introducing myself I,m Julie or Juls I have 5 grown kids 10 grandkids 5 of each I live in the central west country area of Sydney NSW.
I am following WW,s points plan I,m getting there but a bit slower than I would like at times, I,m looking forward to getting to know you all and thank,s again for the invite Perthchick, I have checked your forum out at times but I have been a bit to shy to just jump in. I have just hit the big 50 in November but I don,t feel it or look it so I,m told.
Anyway take care bye for now.

JULS

I'm here!! Sorry for my absence! I've been kinda snowed under.

I have managed to remain on track all the way, so I am happy with that!

Well apart from the step-ups! :( I don't have the momentum just now, so I think I am going to concentrate my calorie intake and water and take the exercise as it comes...if it comes!


Just want to throw in an URGENT REQUEST here if I can?

I need a list of healthy, low calorie snacks before the end of the weekend! The catch is, these items need to be able to live for a while without refridgeration and withstand sitting in a hot car for a whole afternoon!

See I am away for work again for the week on Monday. I need to drive to my destination and start work in the morning and I can't check in to my motel until at least 2pm (probably 5pm). In the past, on these trips, I take little in the way of snacks and find myself ordering huge meals from roomservice! I want to avoid that this time, and the plan is SNACKS!



Juls, welcome to Aussie Chicks! We are a cool bunch here and we discuss all aspects of weight-loss from the kilos to the mental stressors that have us reaching for food! Feel free to chat about anything! :)

Ani! I am looking forward to the day you move out for you too!! What a nightmare, and what a selfish, ungrateful cow your landlord is!! Here's an idea, and I did this when I moved out of a house I was sharing in...

...just before you move out purchase half a kilo of raw, whole prawns. On the day you move out, make the last thing you do be to shove a prawn into the ends of the curtain rods. It will take a day or two before the smell will be noticable, by which time who'd think to blame you? Just an idea! :p

I hope you are having a better day with your goals today :)


Julia, how good is it to hear you sounding happier! And what an encouraging thing for your personal trainer say!

Butter ball! I was just thinking about you the other day, along with all the other Aussie Chicks that have disappeared in the course of time! Know that I am throwing handfuls of Willpower Dust your way! ;)

Kel, well done on your loss! :carrot:

Alright, gotta run (again!). Have a good weekend ladies! :)

Juls it's great to see you over here. I know it can be hard to jump into an established group - but we often have new people join up, and we're always thrilled. For me, who is more than halfway there, it gives me the chance to "give something back" by supporting other women. I've really relied on the support of everyone here - and I come here pretty much every day.

Are you near Sydney? I grew up on a farm between Dubbo and Orange in NSW - great part of the world. It can be harsh, but the sense of community is something I've never found in the city. Not the same, in any case.

Lindor do you have an esky? Are you talking about food that has to withstand hot weather? And are you after ideas for snacks or meals? I'm not very good at low calorie snacks, but when I have one it's usually:

• Half a packet of Snakata (200 cals)

• Uncle Toby's breakfast bar (114 cals)

• 2 Ryvita with vegemite (about 80 cals)

• Banana, strawberries and passionfruit (about 120 cals)

• Mixed nuts or trail mix (measured out to about 120 cals)

• Celery and carrot sliced up (really yummy and refreshing for when you're driving - and bugger-all calories)

That's all I can think of. I am really not creative at all when it comes to food.

By the way, I like your idea about prawns. I have done absolutely nothing towards cleaning the house for tomorrow's 'home open'. I'll get up and burn a few calories tomorrow morning :)

Back on track today with food, and almost there with water.

I'm going through a sea-change at the moment, and have almost decided on a career change. I'll always be a writer, because that's who I am, but I want to see what it's like to have a regular job with a secure income for a while.

I'll ponder that for a couple of weeks - but change is definitely in the wind, in more ways than one!

:)
Ani

Welcome Juls. Echo everything already said from the welcoming committee. lol. Ani about the prawns in the curtain rods........ what about on the roof? they go in the guttering and can be hard to find.
Went shopping KIDLESS today and lunch with the other half. The first time in almost 2 years for both things. We had a lovely day, and I think if we make time for a 'date' it will help us get back on track.

I got a new iron.... mine disappeared. Some clothes from pumpkin patch for the coming grandbaby. a new ironing board and some school stuff for the kids. Oh and a pair of jeans that cost a whole big $12.88. And a new bag and a RED wallet. aparently red attracts money so........

Anyhow now I am broke so need to go have coffee and not think about my bank balance.

Have a great weekend all.

Vonni xxx