:hug::dust:

Here's some of that dust for ya Gen. Good luck luvvy :hug: For the first time in weeks I have not had any :ink: food in 3 days. The first couple of days I felt great even if my water intake wasnt that crash hot. But today is day 4 and I have CRASHED and BURNED . Not food wise... energy wise. I am sooo :tired: and feel like :cry: all the time. I am guessing it's due to my body working overtime to get rid of the toxins that have built up over so long. Am I right? Or does anyone know the reason why I would be feeling like this? HELP :?:

Amy welcome to our 3FC thread. :cheers:These peeps are wonderful. I'm 35, have 4 kids and 3 stepkids, in QLD. Been here for almost a year now and even though I lacked motivation and have only lost a few kilos since starting, this group keep me going. I have come to think of everyone as my friends .:hug:

Vonni

i havent had time to read all your posts yet because my hubby is still on christmas leave and is the king of the computer chair so i thought i would just tell you what i did today for now.. until i can read your posts :)

Today i got out my new swiss ball pumped it up and did an hour of laughing at myself.. oh i mean pilates workout.. it was a complete crack up .. my husband was so entertained he just decided to sit and watch me... lol.. he was killing himself.. I was sweating an killing myself laughing..

i have NO BALANCE... lol but i did the workout .. i was weating away no problem and strugglignt o keep up. i had to pause the dvd and get my balance and press play so the 1 hour workout in reality took 1 and a half hours lol.. i know im hopeless but it was so funny.. even the girls on the dvd were giggling and coming off balance at times..

great fun.. but rather hard really . i wont do it more them once a week at this point..

also i was happy looking in the mirror this morning i have almost lost the top belly roll completly i measured and my waist has gone form 49inchs down to 43.. i was chuffed so i decided to get a waist line ticker.. http://www.featherish.com/images/smilies/smile.gif lol im very happy . my weight has stayed equal this week but my waist has gone down.. good enough for me ..

gen...... i dont want to sound like a hypocrite coz of how i started optifast "waiting for my shakes to arrive and having last suppers"........ but....... why does everything start "as of Monday"????? why not now???

i am not entirely impressed with my efforts this week too many slip ups on optifast (pizza was the worst) (not just any pizza-pepporoni with extra pepporoni on thin base for more oil! 4 slices!) oh and chocmint milkshake yesterday was really bad but kinda peer pressure with the chick i met from the baby website i am part of...... but where my will power went i dont know ESPECIALLY since she knew about my diet.... weird.....
anyhow anyhoo I am 84.6kg today!! so that is the lowest i have been for a long time!!! and means 10kg to go until i am at "goal" weight and less than 5kg until i am under 80kg!!!! all very exciting and important milestones

i have 4 weeks to go TODAY, jemima's birthday is 17 Feb, so i will be interested on the 16 of Feb to see how much weight I have lost in 12months including the birth stuff.......... funny it took 40weeks to put on 30kg and so far 48weeks to lose not even 20!!! how is that fair hehehehe

vonni - i think the crash and burn is your body working itself out - do you have headaches as well??? you need to keep fluids up (apparently)

Starting Monday because I'm working all weekend, so I know I won't be able to meet a couple of my goals. I need to have time to plan in advance for work shifts so I can buy groceries, take lunches etc.

Vonni, thanks. Could you be having sugar withdrawal? I know when people cut out sugar for a few days they get headaches and very tired etc.

Gen, that's great news that you now have only 6 weeks until you start your job in the US. It's always good having something to look forward to. Here's some more :dust: for you :D

Vonni I don't know why you would be feeling that way but your theory makes sense. Hope you're feeling better soon :hug:

Congrats Amy on losing those inches :carrot: I've kept track of my measurements and I rekon they're absolutely essential in terms of keeping you motivated and keeping you aware of your progress.

Congrats Kel on your new low weight :broc: that's really cool. You've had a few cheats though so make sure you keep an eye on that. Perhaps it would be a good idea for you to have some pre-prepared low cal snacks handy? Just a thought :smug:

As for me, I had another pretty good day yesterday. Hit the gym and did my weight circuit which took around 40 minutes. Even did my walking lunges holding a 7.5kg weight in each hand when I didn't have to! Treated myself to 4 chocolate caramel sweets after dinner and then worked till midnight as per usual.

I'm so happy that it's finally Friday :yay: and I'm taking the day off the gym. I'm meant to have 2 rest days a week so I'll do at least one long walk in the weekend.

Have a great day ladies :twirly:

Thanks heaps. May just well be the sugar Gen. Well, yesterday ALL day I felt like crap, but have a bit more energy today. BUT yesterday I was bad bad bad. I ate fine all day, and was going to meet the other half for a cuppa after he finished work and before I started. Was also going to have a healthy sanga as I work through dinner time. It started off badly and ended no better.

He already had the grumps because he 'waited' for me to come to bed wednesday night and I stayed up. When I got there he was asleep. He carried a grudge for ages. So when we met up he was racing ahead and I was jogging to keep up, he was answering me with one syllable and offering no convo of his own free will. So I looked at him and said 'well I am going to work now. Not sitting here with you like this" And I left almost crying. I still had half hour before I started so I bought some hair product and was going out to get myself something to eat but he found me and came to. I got a bloody deep fried LARGE spring roll smothered in tomato sauce and a small flavoured milk. I knwo I shouldnt beat myself up over one slip up in 4 days but one leads to two and three etc... I had the WORST headache last night when I went to bed. Prob from the sudden shock to my system. And I can usually only have small amounts of tom sauce or I DO get headachey.

Anyhow enough griping. I do feel better now that I have that off my chest.

Must go get Eb ready for day care.

Vonni

Got a phone call from the real estate agent late yesterday afternoon to TELL me there'll be another home open tomorrow. No word from the landlord, and no bloody notice :mad:.

Does this mean I'm expected to spend the second Saturday in a row cleaning the house for her? Yes of course it does! I feel SO violated by this crap - just about had enough of it.

So I did what every responsible person would do - went and bought myself a new wide-brimmed floppy hat, dug the sunscreen out of the back of the cupboard, put some water bottles in the freezer overnight… and I'm going to spend the next two days at the cricket. Strangers can come and look at the house - but it won't be pretty :D

Gen you must be getting excited! Do you have accommodation and everything else lined up or do you do that once you get there?

Vonni I get a headache if I don't drink enough water. But Gen's right - it could very well be because you're cutting sugar back.

Kel you've got to use Optifast to learn how to eat properly - not so you can cheat with junk :p. Otherwise you'll end up putting that weight back on and we don't want that to happen. Losing weight is a process of trial and error, and patience and frustration, of learning and growing more healthy. I know we live in a world now where we want a quick fix for everything - but there is no known quick fix for obesity. It's a hard job, and it requires us to be responsible and educate ourselves.

I'm really struggling to eat 1500 cals/day - especially with all this other crap going in. For the last three days I've eaten around 1600, and I think that until I move, and manage to get a second job, I'm going to have this ongoing battle.

I think this is the most difficult time I have had since I began my weight loss journey 18 months ago. Stress every day, routine out the window, my home being constantly invaded by strangers, landlords and real estate agents - and a COMPLETE loser for a housemate!

And THAT'S a story I won't even begin to bore you with.

I just hope I can hang on to my focus and motivation for the next month until I get through all this sh!t!!!

:)
Ani

Ani, if they haven't given the correct notice, you don't have to let them in... but the cricket sounds good too.

I have found someone on craiglist.org for a share house, but she's very slow replying to emails, which is annoying when I want to get things settled. Work is paying me relocation money, so I can get a hotel when I get there if I need to until I find a share place. I don't really like sharing, but I will be a huge hassle to get a lease and get utilities on when I don't have a SSN and no prior credit history in the US, so a share place sounds easy in theory. We shall see!!

i always find if i say i'm going to start something monday and then something comes up i fail.... it's like "tomorrow never comes" which is why i have to just kick myself in the butt and say right we are doing this and now!!!

i have big time learnt about food since being on this site and calorieking, optifast is helping me lose some of the 'excess' weight even when i slip up i dont slip up as badly as i could....... big piece of choc/caramel/white mudcake in the fridge at the moment that i wanted yesterday but not going to and when benji and i share it i am going to have the smallest bit coz know all i need is a taste of it.
but you are right ani, i cant use optifast to just be able to cheat and eat junk hehehehe
plan to have fish and chips on the weekend somewhere relaxing so by looking forward to that it keeps me on track for today and probably tomorrow

My other half KNOWS I am trying to lose weight and he goes and buys me a boost bar. That boost bar is still in the fridge and you knwo what? I don't even feel like it :carrot:

Hmmmm, Kel, where does fish n chips fit in on the diet? Seems like an incredibly high fat meal to have unless it's baked fish and oven baked chips. I don't understand how the shakes work if you're able to eat stuff like that as well. Not having a go, I just don't get it.

ani it really sound like you landlord needs to pull the:carrot:from her butt. You dont deserve the crap she is giving you .. fine she is stressed but if you were a bad teneant why would her sister want you.. .


Sounds like everyone is doing ok vonni im sorry your having ahrd time :( men suck lol
my hubby is whining at me now because im on the computer lol..

I had a good day today 20 minutes on the elliptical bike 10 minutes on the swissball then a 30 minute ab workout..

food has been fine too so im going great . i dont feel overly wonderful , i have sore thraot so i spose ill have an early night and hope to feel better tommorrow . Im taking the kids to my parents house to have a swim tommorrow as it is spose to be 33 here . I will swim most of the day as i usually do when we go over there . so none of my usual workouts for tommorrow but ill be working just the same
bye all gotta get tea ready as the hoarde is hungry lol..
take care of your selves and remember the WATER!!!!!! no excuse for not enough water . its the simpliest thing to consume lol...:swim:
bye

I'm crippled today from all the squats and stepups my trainer made me do yesterday... ouch!!

SQUATS ARE KILLERS LOL.. but at least you did it :)

The landlord's sister wants me because I'm apparently a "super-tenant" and not only keep houses clean, but transform their gardens! Pfft!

Just got home from the cricket. How does it work that I LATHER myself in sunscreen and repeat the effort every two hours, and still come home looking lobsteresque?

I'll weigh heavy tomorrow morning because sunburn always makes you retain fluid. But I had a lot of fun!

I had to park 2km from the WACA and carry my esky and my bag - which must have weighed 10kg between them. Made me wonder how the **** I used to carry the extra 24kg of fat around. Oh - that's right - I could barely walk down the street back then. Woo hoo for healthy change :)

hehehehe
fish and chips DEFINATELY not in any diet i know of except LIFE
what i mean is they are not on the shakes diet and i have been very good this week but i am still trying to throw a meal in here and there so that i dont A go insane or B forget how to eat food
last time i did diet, i got to 74.5 kg (hence ticker goal weight) and then I got pregnant didnt know it ate my craving food then found out i was pregnant and ate for two coz thats what you do.... right.... wrong.......!! I never learnt how to eat real food properly, i had never eaten to maintain weight, i had always eaten to either lose weight or in this case NOT EATEN or to put on weight
this time i am going really well and have decided i can have a couple of not on the list meals every week, I still am mainly eating veges and the pizza was just stupid but still half as much as i usually have.... the fish and chips are kinda the same, i will eat no where near as much as i usually would have but it will be a lovely meal to enjoy with hubby down the beach somewhere, jemima eats chips and may as well eat some fish as well...... however I wont be "eating" dinner or brekky after a meal like that in middle of the day

optifast is usually 3 shakes a day for "intensive" time which for most people is 12 weeks
then 2 shakes and light meal for 6 weeks i think
then 1 shake 2 light meals for 6 weeks (i think it could be both 12 weeks) AND
then 3 light meals FOREVER
as i dont have THAT much weight to lose I am doing a cross between the intensive phase and the second phase, I am still having at least 2 shakes per day however i had subway the other day for lunch as a light meal..... that kind of thing

ani - why dont you become a gardener and a writer parttime?? i always think of the weight that i lose as either bags of sugar or oranges and cant believe it!

today 83.8kg
2 weeks on optifast = 4.3kg lost

i have just looked up calorie king so i can start thinking about how much food i am going to be allowed to eat once i have gotten to goal weight and it is more than i was eating before, it is like i have decided i am not going to bother eating it unless i really really want/need to whereas before a lot of the time i would just eat it because it was there............
i am also feeding jemima a lot of interesting, freash exciting foods which i am hanging out to share with her or just little things like teaching her how to eat a boiled egg with soldiers etc
this is probably a good time for me to fix my food and weight situation at least now i am more confident i can raise jemima with a healthy understanding of food - treats in moderation etc ...... unlike most other mums i know who are totally removing the "bad" stuff from their babies diets I give jemima a bit of everything so no food is a big deal

Kel, have you ever tried Weight Watchers? I think that by the sounds of it that might work for you. It teaches you a lot about portion sizes and what foods are the best to fill up on. You can eat absolutely anything you want as long as you stay within your points allowance so you end up learning about what foods use the least amount of points but fill you up the most.

With that sort of system there are no hard and fast rules about what you are or aren't allowed to eat. Kind of an everything in moderation approach.

I really don't like the sound of the "forever" phase being just 3 light meals a day. Everything I've ever read has always stressed the importance of eating little and often - around 6 meals a day as that's vital for keeping the metabolism up and running.

Something to think about maybe?

:twirly:

Woo hoo Kel! Great result :carrot:.

I can't be a gardener - I have three ruptured discs in my lower back, and both my doctor and chiropractor would freak out if I had THAT kind of sea change :dizzy:.

I'm spending the morning cleaning the house for the landlord's 'home open', and then I'm off to Mandurah for the afternoon. I really hate this intrusion on my life. Gen I know that what they are doing is illegal - but this is the wild west, and to many people here the laws are not much more than a suggestion.

And there are a LOT more potential tenants than available houses, so I have to tow the line or I might lose the house I'm about to move to. I just can't afford to do that.

Lindor are you back?

Hope everyone has a great weekend. Good luck to those who are weighing in over the next couple of days.

:)
Ani

PS: I was posting at the same time as Julia, and I just want to say I agree with her about three light meals a day. It's worth remembering that we can't go back to our 'normal eating' once we have lost weight - because it was our normal eating that made us fat. It's why I am such a strong advocate for the view that we have to educate ourselves about better eating habits while we're doing this - otherwise we won't know what to do once we are at goal :)

kel my house is crap free becuase my duaghter is allergic to food additives.. No junk food can come into this house or she get sick... fish and chips are abnout the only thing we can bring in . But she can still get sick from theses so if we have fish and chips i have to buy the birdseye gold n canola ones and fresh fish and do it myself. Home made one just arent the same but we had that for dinner last night . i was way down on my calorie goals yesturday so i thought it was ok.. Counting calories on calorie king is very easy most things are on there . i looked it up yesturday i have been using fitday for a few weeks and i think im gonna compare between the 2 and decide which one i like better.

We have hardly any choices in the supermarket crap section and no option in fast food, fast food has far more crap in it then the supermarket crap .. and the supermarket crap was killing her.

I can still get a few treats for my kids , plain biscuits, plain chips plain ice cream saralee only expensive (none of which excites me)and alot of different breaky cereals . I can buy most fresh fruit and veg but not grapes or dryed fruit(sulphar dioxide) i can buy 1 brand of bread mighty soft, one brand of cheese and the bega stringers the nestle kids pack yogurts are also fine .. but that is about it.. lol even vegemite is gone :( we have a freedom food vege spread but its gross lol.. i did sneak a small jar of real vegemite into my cupboard lol i just tell her it the vege spread and alway make an extra piece of toast because she always takes food off me and put her vege yick on it lol... diest are easier when your house is crap free no colours, flavours ,preservatives, additives, msg... lol (well not all of them are bad just most maybe 90% a few i know we can have citric acid and vegetable gum for example lol)

ani im like you i could burn indoors lol.. i have bought banana boat sensitive it has zinc in it and i dont burn as much .. im still red but i woukld blister with sun block on before and now im red but not even sore .. so i think its the best one out there for me.. My daughter has allergies but she doesnt react to it so i will continue with it. I think its worth thr $15 a tube.. i had a feeling you wouldn't be able to go out with out cleaning the house this morning lol.. Its a matter of self pride.. lol.. does your house mate clean at all or is he/she just a mess maker?? i live with 3 mess makers and im a neat freak lol.. I let it slide then yell at everyone to clean it up lol.. i have let it go alot this holidays .. im concentrating on exercising not cleaning . but once Cam is back at school i can get my house back to normal. John is back at work tuesday so there will go at least half the daily mess.. lol

I am home! :)

I have only very briefly read over the last few pages - I have had a shocker of a headache since yesterday (just taken more drugs for it!), that I can only put down to not drinking enough! Yesterday was a very hectic day, I had one coffee for breakfast and a cappuccino at about 9.30am...then nothing at all fluidwise (or food for that matter) until I got home at 5pm! Since getting home I have drunk well over 2L of water and slept for 10hrs!!!

Kel, well done on your loss! Although, I have to admit, I don't fully understand your program with these shakes mixed with fish and chips etc. But, it's working, so I won't question!

Ani, you are stuck in a nasty catch 22! I just hope the daughter isn't going to treat you the same way when you move into her place?

So far as my week away and staying in control of my diet, I think I did ok. My only downfalls were five slices of pizza (eagle boys) Tuesday night, two slices of left over pizza Wednesday lunch, McDonalds Deli Choice chicken caesar salad roll (and small fries :D ) Thursday lunch. I went out for a restaurant dinner Thursday night too, but I ordered a grilled lemon chicken breast something or other served on a chunky salad thingy!

I kept track of my calories as best I could (I have no idea what that chicken breast salad thing contained - so I gave it around 800cal??), and I have worked out that over the 5 days I'd have averaged about 1450cals a day. Not sure if it is clever to overeat one day and severly undereat the next though!?

All in all though, I am proud of myself for NEVER ordering room service! And on the nights that I stayed in the motel room for dinner, I was content with the snacks that I brought with me! I'll have to see what Mondays weigh in tells me to know if I really did ok.

I am here for this week, and away again the following week to do it all again!! Ugh!!!

I have a quiet weekend planned and, if I can shake this headache, I might actually enjoy it! :)

Have a good one ladies!

i just looked at the little booklet, the forever phase is not 3 light meals a day forever is 3 light meals and 2 serves of fruit and one serve of dairy
should look at booklet more!
dont worry guys i have educated myself so so much it is annoying i KNOW exactly what i can eat and how much of it, i have just been doing it SLOWLY until now
yes i have tried weightwatcchers and it made me feel that potato and bread was evil.... so i didnt really learn alot there but i did lose close to 10kg then i got divorced and put half back on
today was a non optifast day but if i caloriekinged what i ate i would have been in my calorie range i reckon....

1029 calories for me today - that is not including walk with dogs and not including tim tam which i just remembered i ate
the intensive phase of optifast is 800calories or less so we shall see what happens with my "blow out" today....
ps - my 3 quarter pants fit me today! and my togs are too big!

amy my house is FULL of treats and i have not been tempted at all!!! i have gone "off" m&ms i tell myself that anyway they are now on the ingredients shelf of the pantry but we have a whole heap of choc biscuits (like 5 packets of assorted etc) that we bought for jemima's christening that were not needed and my other weakness milo is still staring me in the face BUT I have worked out how to enjoy in moderation, if I know i have eaten too much other 'crap' in the day (which is just me) then I have taught myself to resist it.
maybe i'll tell jemima she has allergys to some foods that are not good for her and not buy them.... i stocked up on cheeseballs the other day so i could have a shower in peace, i brought highchair into bathroom and covered the tray of highchair with grapes, cheese and cheeseballs - worked a treat, usually i stick on floor of shower but i wanted a shower by myself and she was not about to go to sleep.........

I have been instead having lowjoule red cordial as a treat along with my mushrooms and sweetchilli sauce
can anyone suggest any snacks that are savoury that are good when dieting are those "hot" peas the islander shops sell any good?

Morning all. The other half HAD that boost bar last night, offered me some and I said NO:barbell:

not even a taste??!!!!! YOU ROCK VONNI!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i was just nipping back in to "explain" the fish and chips thing a bit better, i find for me if i can see that a really yummy meal (doesnt have to be "bad" like fish and chips (but i'll get lowest fat fish and chips option) to "look forward" to then I can stay on track for ages.... the last time I lost a heap of weight I used to say if I lose 5kg I will have a kebab NOW I have educated myself so that I can have a kebab within my calorie count and enjoy it (when not on optifast) (although is was my lightmeal last sunday)
so even though i am very much ANTI food rewards it works for me
i lost 100grams since yesterday so that makes me feel that I did eat the way i will when optifast is over and that i can lose weight on normal food, i almost feel like i am back where i was before i got pregnant (just 10kg heavier) but same mindframe if not better

Welcome home Lindor, it sounds like you managed things pretty well while you were away.

Kel if Optifast has a base of 800 calories, how are you managing to get enough fibre, fat and protein in your food - let alone vitamins and minerals? You're obviously getting quick results, but I wonder what's going to happen to your metabolism with this? I'm not having a go at you - I'm just curious.

I need to give myself a good talking to - or a slap. I don't think I've met my goals even once this week, and I feel like I am sabotaging myself. I don't know if it's because I've spooked myself about getting below 80kg, or if this is about all the chaos going on in my life. Or both.

Starting today I'm going to take this thing right back to basics and concentrate on meeting my goals. For the next four weeks I'm going to allow myself 1600 calories/day (I'm really struggling at 1500/day), and see if that helps - or if I need to rethink the food I am eating.

I'm going to drink 2L of water every day. No compromise - no cheating, and no "oh that's near enough".

I'm going to walk for at least 30 minutes every day - no excuse. And I'm going to do enough "incidental walking" to get my pedometer as close to 10,000 steps a day as I can.

And I'm going to do my workouts 4x a week.

The thing is that no matter how much chaos is happening around me I am going to weigh SOMETHING when the next four weeks goes by - and I'll be really disappointed in myself if I allow myself to gain weight in the next month.

If I 'only' manage to maintain my current weight over the next month, I'll consider that a win. If I lose weight, then I'll be thrilled.

I have some insight into knowing that I feel angry and a little violated by this moving/house selling process. It is in my nature to swallow that anger with food, and to try and comfort myself that way. Yesterday I told the landlord that I was feeling really angry and displaced by her thoughtless and selfish behaviour. I still ate wrong, and hardly drank any water - but at the same time I think I've identified my 'self-destruct' mode much more quickly than in the past, and that's progress. Right? :dizzy:

28 days to go, and I have to say I'm only just hanging on to the edge of this wagon. Blurk!

:)
Ani

Ani im sorry you feel so horrible we all have these trial. where we feel like.. crap but please dont beat yourself up.. If your house mate would help keep the house clean you wouldn't have to stress every sat morning.. Hey at least you know where you are and you can identify what cuase bad eating. ill post you some super glue so you can stick your self to the wagon till you get your life back :)

I have have been slack today lol . done nothing but a 30 minute walk.. im still really tired from yesturday and ive been hungry all day.. but i have had nothing too crappy other then a ham and cheese roll from bakers delight.. i left john with the kids and went and got some groceries at lunch time.. we had nothing here for lunch so i had no choice. shop hungry or go in the bakery first .. lol. (thats my excuse and im sticking to it lol)

I looked it up and it was 300 calories and i was still hungry so i ate a banana. lol. one small slip up and it didnt even fill me up.. so what was the point?? lol

Thanks Amy - that superglue will be much appreciated ;)

Bloody ****! A friend of mine (who weighs about 58kg) told me that my arms "need work" today because they're flabby. Good grief - I have lost the equivalent of SIX newborn babies in weight… gotta think something would sag after that effort :p. But she's right…

Anyway, I've stuck to goal today - ate 1450 calories, drank 2.5L of water, and even though I didn't walk I have just done a pretty impressive 40 minute weights session.

Not looking forward to weigh-in tomorrow but I'm now focussed on the end of the month and making sure I get to my goal of being as close to 80kg by then as possible.

:)
Ani

nope, not even a taste :D I washed the car today.... REALLY washed it. Even oplished afterwards. The damn thing probably won't start tomorrow from shock but at least I got a good workout (it's 4x4).
Amy I used to be a neat freak to, but with my lot I have given up. And yep I end up yelling at them to. The only thing wrong with trying to ignore the mess is that a cluttered home is a cluttered mind and boy has mine been cluttered lately. Trying to get it organised before start back up with studies in 2 weeks but....... (not happening)

Welcome home lindor. Kel mmmm fish n chips. And I am sure you can ave an occassional milo? Maybe that could be your treat? I love malted milk. Someone was talking to me the other day about how they were on a diet and buying everything lite this and lite that. But lite on what? sugar? fat? salt? The only lite I buy is milk, because my body can't tolerate full fat milk. I break out in a rash, and if I have a full cream cappacino in town I am sitting on the look all night. Anything alse I have normal, even 2 sugar in my coffee. I told them this and said moderation is better than deprivation lol.

Just a random ramble.

Vonni

Oops typo - POLISHED the car

Ani, I hope you slapped her with your bingo wings!:D

vonni - are you allowed to wash the car where you live???? we hide in our backyard to do ours at random times of the day!!!

ani - you can do it.... you have to stop letting all the house/ landlord/ moving stuff get in your way!!! 700grams til you are 80kg, 800grams til you are under it!!!! one really really good week and you are there!!!!!
optifast is full of all those things that you mentioned this is from the booklet "the optifast vlcd program is designed to totally replace your normal food intake. it contains carbohydraes, essntial fatty acids and high quality protein, which helps preserve lean body mass (muscle) while you lose your fat stores. it also contains the recommended dieatry intake of vitamins, minerals and trace elements"
and i eat 2 cups of veges most days or most days i have a light meal instead of one of the shakes to keep in the practise of eating balanced meal
fish and chips was lovely by the water today didnt eat all the chips we fed them to the seagulls with jemima she loved it! and enjoyed her first taste of fish, chips and batter.... hmmm...

photos of me and jemima today (the big exciting fish and chips outing)
and photos of me and jemima before xmas... is it in my mind or do i have less chin?

I feel so blah today :( Tired and a little down and would rather be in bed than here at work. Ah Monday.

Didn't do any exercise over the weekend which isn't good and my diet was pretty up and down too.

Had a lovely time on Saturday night, went to a comedy evening which was part of the world buskers festival and that was brilliant, haven't laughed so much in ages.

Back to the grind today and I have my gym gear in the car ready to go. Ho hum. Hope you are all feeling better than I am today!

:twirly:

Gen, that one line you posted had me near choking on my coffee!!! :lol:

Ani, stay positive! It is all part of the journey, you are so right there! And just because one day when you make goal, it is not going to make your life free of all these trials and disruptions! Each day, each issue, is a step towards achieving your goal and learning how to keep the weight off once you are there!

Kel, nice pics! And yes, I see a difference between the first and the last shots! Well done!

Julia, I always reckon a good laugh makes for a bloody good belly workout!! Hope you feel better by the end of your shift :)

I weighed-in at 192.4lb this morning - a drop of 0.2lb. Not a lot, but proof that I can maintain on these trips away! I also have to remember that what I ate while I was away, the pizza, the snacks, were probably high in salt content and I could be retaining fluid from that. I also faltered severly with my fluid intake while away. And there is also TOM! Maybe I can anticipate a bigger drop next week?

I have to attend a work lunch tomorrow...that will probably result in a burger or something equally bad! So, I need to resolve with myself to work hard at being good for the rest of the week to allow myself that treat! Or, convince myself that something else a little healthier can taste as yummy as that burger! :lol:

My head is in a good place just now, and everything seems to be going smoothly with it. It is four weeks now since I jumped back on the wagon and I am feeling just as motivated now as I did then!

Ok, gotta run! Good luck to all who weigh in today! :)

I GAINED 0.7kg :(

Gen I felt like slapping her - but I kinda laughed to myself at the time. She was sitting there polishing off a huge block of chocolate while she was telling me this. And she takes 12 Ritalin a day for adult ADHD, so I'd probably be that skinny if I were on those meds too ;)

Kel I can definitely see a difference in your face in your latest pics.

Lindor well done on losing anything after a disrupted week. That's an excellent result matey.

Julia I'm just going to get right back into it today - we can't change the past, and we just have to suck up the bad days and move forward.

I've spent the last couple of weeks in a state of limbo, and it's because I've been seriously considering a change of career. I had a long talk to my best friend about it yesterday (about closing my business), and I'm very, very close to a major decision.

I'm giving myself a deadline of this Friday to make it.

Anyway, I feel like I have let myself down with my weight - in fact I know I have - in the past two weeks. Almost getting it right most days of the week isn't good enough. This week I am going to work harder, and concentrate every day to reach:

• 1600 cals/day
• 2L water/day
• 30 mins walk/day
• 4 x weights/resistance this week

:)
Ani

We are on level 2 restrictions. Quote our local council web site - "Vehicles, buildings and paved areas may be washed with a hose fitted with a trigger nozzle". I was good and did this, also a bucket. The bucket had the cleaner in it and the hose was to rinse off :D SEE I obeyed the law hehe.

guess what guess what....... gimme a carrot kel I lost a kilo this week.:dance:

Lndor I hope I can manage to maintain this week like you. I am going to the coast for 4 days to visit my sister and cousin. Just me and the kids.. woohoo.:beach:

Well done for all that are losing this week, and keep at it for those who have stalled. I reckon pretty soon we'll all be on board and this wagon will be ROLLING:moped:

Ani we were posting at the same time.......... You are in a major upheaval at the moment. Dnt be to hard on yrself. Do you have to close yr business? Can you pick and choose what interviews you do and do them in other time? Or to difficult? Seems a shame, but then you also have to survive.

Vonni if the business were just about writing and nothing else, I would be absolutely fine. But I publish a monthly magazine, so it's the other stuff - selling ads, doing admin, marketing, and taking photos.

It's never easy when you work for your own community. They expect to pay nothing, or 'mates rates' for ads - and they target you personally when anything goes wrong.

Like everyone who works in media I have been stalked (twice in ways that scared me enough to go to the police), dragged into political crap, and blamed for things I've had nothing to do with.

Financially it's hard, and I've lived on the bones of my arse for almost nine years because I am a passionate believer in community - and in wanting to offer something to improve the lives of other people.

The other thing that concerns me is that there is limited future for print media. The internet is far more immediate, and certainly it's true that people under 30 will go to the internet before even thinking of picking up a paper/magazine. Over the next five years this is going to be a much bigger problem - and I know that even the major newspapers are struggling with this.

Times are a changing ;)

And from a personal point of view I'm tired of being 'somebody' in the community. People either want to suck up to me or put me down (I'm talking about people I don't know), and others are too intimidated to even say hello.

And I think I've lost my passion for it.

I want a job where I can earn enough money to live alone, to have the empty space around me so that I can get to work on writing a book… And where I can have enough money to travel.

I'm not going to beat myself up over putting on a bit of weight. In the scheme of things it's just a bad couple of weeks. I'm too bolshie to give up, and I don't care how long it takes, how many setbacks I have… I am going to keep on going until I reach my goal. No matter HOW long that takes me.

:)
Ani

PS: I am really, really proud of you for dropping that kilo :carrot: