so you have a rest day every week?
i have an ellipitcal too, it is out the back covered in dust... it is getting warmer and jemima does like to play with the dogs so maybe i should get on that for 30 mins a day i keep forgetting about it
my gym membership is about to expire i think and i dont think right now i will renew it - will concentrate on longterm exercise solutions i can do from home for free

got blood test this morning - will go for the results on monday when i will also try and get jemima's chicken pox vaccination - they have been delaying coz as always she has been sick

vonni - how is your granddaughter and ebony?? and your child that had that diesese that was going to need treatment??

ani - i dont know what is going on with me - i am all over the pantry like a bad smell when there is strawberries and celery in the fridge..... today i have eaten 2 lamington fingers and a packet of chicken twisties, red rooster strip sub and regular chips and a kitkat and breakfast filled me up which was a shake coz i started the day with the intention of doing shakes when i was at home and only eating when i go out and for dinner coz i want to cook my family meals

Duromine - can any of you tell me about that??? it is apparently an appetitie suppresent - but would it work for me if i eat when i am not hungry??

julia - you are like the energiser bunny you just keep going - you have a crap day and then you are back at the gym - i admire your motivation!

i generally have one rest day a week.. when im tired.. this week i have been tired mostr days so just got out and done it.. lol

i dont think and appetite suppresenat will help you since you eat for every reason but hunger.. be it stress, emotions, boredom, etc.. what you may need to do is get back to basics..

Eat only when your hungry... for a little while... not becuase you havent eaten in a while, or becuase your bored.. or whatever just when your hungry let your body get back to the natural thing of hunger.. and wehn you do eat make good choices... my body is hungry for nutrients.. vitamins minerals.. fruit will help.. lean protien, milo( milo is good becuase it has a few different vitamins and some iron.. in it.. its the only way i get enough iron in the day), vegetables... yogurt.. find healthy food you like.. alot... and start with those. after a few weeks of eating only becuase of hunger maybe you can break the habit of eating for all the other reasons??


I too am an emotional person.. and these days i seem to clean instead of eat .. or i go for a walk.. workout, read.. surf the net.. or go window shopping.. .. i have roughly one day off exercise and 1 day a fortnight where i relax a little on the calories.. and allow myself a few hundred more .. generally i like to stick between 1500-1600.. one day a fortnight i will go up to 1900..

Calorie king is what is helping me.. and i have been very good about putting it all in there.. its the only way i know where im at..

Kel I went on duramine a few years ago and lost 24kg in about 6 mths. HOWEVER I did gain it all back over 2 years. That was a pregnancy included which now I am still struggling to lose. I did go on Duramine again for 2 months at the beginning of this year and lost about 6 kg but got to expensive. However when I went to the Dr we discussed and weighed up anti depressants or duramine. I couldn't have both. I chose the anti depressants and hope that weight loss will soon follow with me feeling better mentally.

Lindor I have 'lumpy boob' lmao. True as the Dr says haha. My left boob tissue is naturally fibrous and I feel lumps but they are tender. The tenderness eventually goes away but lump stays. I get breast checks at the Dr regular cause of it, as I find it hard to self examine due to the lumpy bits.

Kel grandaughter doing better now thank you, and Ebony a real miss personality. As for Brianna, we went for MRI and surgeon said we'll leave it for the moment as seems to be no more damage and her pain has gone. Says because we have been diligent in keeping her resting and preventing doing normal 7yr old stuff the circulation may be returning enough to heal. But if she starts to get the pain again we need to go back immediately so that they can do and MRI and see what goes on then. Weird thing.

You know Amy is right. Eat when yr hungry. Like, you moisturise when your skin feels dry, You wash yr heair when it needs it so food makes sense, pity I don't think of it like that all the time.

I wnt be on here for a few days. Going to Brisbane tomorrow (only working till lunchtime) to watch the Riverfire. Matt and I NO KIDS wooHOO. We are trying to get things on track but hard with kids always about and busy lives that we lead so we thought to take the time out this weeked. We are hiring a car and staying at the Chifley where we once stayed (pre baby).

Gotta run.

See you all early next week xxxxx

Kel, I really don't think you're in the right headspace at the moment. You don't need us to tell you, there is no easy way to lose weight and keep it off. To be successful, you need to exercise regularly and watch your diet.

Shakes won't make it happen, pills won't make it happen. Only hard work and committment will make it happen.

I agree with Amy, you need to take it right back to basics. Maybe stop thinking about losing weight for a while and think instead of being healthy. Commit to eating 6 small meals a day and maybe allow yourself one treat every day. Keep a diary of everything you eat as this will help a lot at keeping you honest. Watch your portions - don't eat as much rice, pasta, potatoes, eat smaller servings of meat and fill up on veggies.

I honestly believe that you're not going to succeed until you stop looking for an easy option because that doesn't exist.

Anyway, that's the end of Aunty Julia's advise for today :D

It's a sunny day in Christchurch today, shock horror. Not warm though. I managed to get a load of washing done and on the line before coming to work so that's good. I'm hoping to go for a walk this afternoon if the weather holds out.

Goals for the weekend: 1) Stick to my points and keep my food diary going. Should be relatively easy to do as I have no money to buy any naughty food!

Have a great weekend ladies.


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Kel Duramine is a form of speed, and if you do a bit of research on the internet you'll find that it has all kinds of potential side effects. I wouldn't even consider it when you have other medication to take.

I'm with Julia - she gave you some very wise advice. Until you know WHY you choose lamingtons/twisties/red rooster instead of something healthy, you will keep struggling to lose weight.

There are only three choices we give our body every time we eat and drink; to use the fat, lose the fat or store it somewhere. But even when we are ignoring our food plans and eating for reasons other than hunger or need, our bodies are still deciding - every day - whether to use, lose or keep what we give them.

How would you go with some structure? Maybe some rules for your day? Can you do something like eat a really healthy breakfast, and healthy dinner - and have whatever you want in the middle of the day?

Are you able to identify the reasons you start the day with good plans and then ignore them as the day wears on?

It's hard to lose weight. It's very tough to be consistent, and to keep on going. But maybe if you make a small goal - just to get under 90kg - that might help you.

After many failed attempts to lose weight the thing that finally clicked for me was the day I realised that diets were useless, and they don't work. It was when I finally got it into my head that I needed to change my lifestyle, and find something I can live with for the rest of my life that things started to work for me.

You can do this :hug:.

I'm off to create my vegetable garden and make a shade house. My house is like a bomb has hit it so I also need to do some domestics.

thanks heaps girls
you all really got me thinking
when my medication kicks in (like it is at the moment) i feel really motivated, when i had been on it about a month last time i started back at the gym and really started to get the place sorted which kinda helped my eating patterns too

according to the blood test i had i am NOT pregnant which in my head means i can "diet" and have medication without fear of harming baby

so since i am not sick and i am not pregnant there is NO reason why i can not exercise or get stuff done

SO right now i am getting benji to take my measurements and tomorrow morning i will weigh in (not expecting anything pleasant as i have had 2 bbqs this weekend) and seriously get stuck into more stuff

i am going to GET OUT OF BED and start digging out the dirt for my vegepatch, the friends came over today and helped us with jemima's fort and helped us work out where to put the vegepatch and so now i have something to start with - they will come back and help with the sleepers and i will have a vege patch and a flower garden and a herb garden - i am too excited the yard it going to look amazing. i am also thinking about painting the garden shed sky blue and painting a rainbow on it

ani - how did your garden go?

amy - when i read all the exercise you do all i said was "so you have a breakday once a week" when i was thinking WOW she rocks!!! you are going to be so fit that is so good for your kids

vonni - how old is your granddaughter now?? seems like yesterday but it is months hey? how old is ebony?? jemima is 18and a bit months so i am thinking i should tomorrow go get her chicken pox shot, she was too sick for it a bit ago.... is brianna old enough to understand why she cant play as hard as she wants to??

julia - thanks heaps for your advice, you are going so steady and so well, i should and am going to try and listen!!

bye bye have a great week
i will be in in the morning with my weighin, last BAD one for a while i hope!

Good to hear you sounding a bit more positive Kel. Getting on the right medication was something that helped me massively in being able to lose weight. I know what you mean when you say that when your medication kicks in you feel more motivated etc. Keep taking your happy pills and just take one day at a time and you'll be sweet.

I had a great weekend. The weather was really good which was a nice change to the horrible cold stuff we've had lately. Saturday night I went to visit a friend and we played Monopoly all night which was lots of fun. Sunday I went for a big walk then visited a couple of friends.

Went over my points both days but did manage to record everything I ate so that's a start.

Goals for today: 1) Stick to my points 2) Do weights and aerobics class at the gym tonight.


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julia - weights AND aerobics - gosh you are keen!!!


:eek::nono: 95kg.
but today am fixing that
already did productive exercise, was out in the back yard for i think 45mins digging out some grass then moved that dirt/grass into some dog holes so yeah me

but just remembered had a cupcake, strawberry slice and lamington finger at a friends place this morning - where it really is hard when youdont know the people not to have anything!!! i have had a shake for brekky and a shake for lunch, i have a heap of them and dont want to waste them, tomorrow i am meeting a friend for lunch at a foodcourt and have prewarned her i might just have an optifast bar, but we both know i will probably end up with a kebab - i love kebabs so i will comprimise with myself and have no cheese or somthing like that

i am so damn proud of myself for actually getting into the garden - nightie and all so i didnt lose motivation!!!

going to the kitchen now to figure out something healthy for dinner so i dont just chuck 'anything' together later tonight!

ps - do you think they will close this thread soon it is 25 pages?
i dont know how to copy a link to a new thread - should we change before we get locked out?

I don't know much about that Kel so I'll leave it up to someone else to do!

I had a good day yesterday, stuck to my points and did my weights and aerobics at the gym. Weighed myself and was rather peeved to see that I'm 86.8kg which is .3 heavier than last time. I'm hoping that it's water retention because I do have my period. Also measured myself last night and most measurements were up a little bit.

I'll just keep doing what I'm doing and hope to see a change next week. No gym for me today because I'm going to Wellington after work. That means no gym for me until Friday so I'm going to have to try really hard to watch my diet - always difficult when I'm away from home.

Hope everyone is well.


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hehe Ani is good at making new threads.

And is right about side effects.

I got dehydrated (so I felt like crap most of the time), my jaw hurt from gritting my teeth and being so tense all the time.

Thats why this time I am going it alone (well, with yr help and without the aid of chemicals).

Because it is a lifestyle change and we have to find the reasons.

I am not currently losing, I am GAINING ARRRRRR. I am not eating half as much crap as I was a few weeks ago, but I think stress has a lot to playt on it. Even my Dr thinks most of my weight is fluid retention - stress throws out the electrolyte balance in yr body and sodium is retained and causes fluid build up apparently.

These anti depressants I am on are helping by me not flipping out as much, but they don't make the problems go away.

It would be bloody lovely to close my eyes and one day wake up and find all the stress a bad dream lol.

Anyone want a 14yr old son? Going free - heck i may even pay you to take him on lol.

I just noticed, I am only 4 kg lighter than my starting weight over a year ago ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Wow. I almost never read more than a couple of posts per group (just to make sure no one is fighting or cursing :lol3: ), and I just happened to read this! :lol:
Don't worry... :hug: you've got up to 500 posts before we request that you start a new thread. We won't close the old one until you've started a new thread. And if you'd like us to, we'll even put a "redirect" link in the old thread so that no one gets lost. ;)
Feel free to PM Marti or I anytime.

Best wishes to all of you... don't give up on the weight loss. I'm right there with you... it's HARD. Particularly when you're suffering from depression, etc. Give yourself a little bit of slack. Imagine if you made just two better choices today than you did yesterday. You would be incredibly powerful, and on your way to forming new habits. :grouphug:

Vonni I'm sorry to hear that you're having such a tough time with your son :hug:

I watched a show on telly last night about a NZ actor who had gained a bunch of weight over the last few years so they put him on a diet and exercise regeime and he lost 8kg in the first week and about 20kg in 8 weeks. Why is it that it seems to be easier for men to lose weight?

I'm staying with my sister for the next 2 days and that usually means that I go off the rails. I did go over my points yesterday because we ate cheese and crackers last night washed down with a bottle of wine and today I have already eaten a packet of skittles :o

Am writing down everything that I eat though and even just doing that is a challenge while I'm away.

How is everyone else doing? Hope you're all well.


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i suck
i sneak peaked at scales and i know that is bad bad bad
BUT it did say i was 500gram lighter than i was on monday so that is a good thing
today for 3rd day in a row i was out digging up grass for where my vege patch is going to go - i think i will take a photo of the work in progress - i dont know if anyone will believe it was me digging hehehehe

jemima went up a swimming class today woohoo very exciting
AND
yesterday went to the potty all by herself randomly! and did a wee then got toilet paper, wiped her bum and then GROSS took the paper out of the potty and tried to put it in the toilet so i lifted the lid and then lifted her up so she could flush the toilet and then she clapped at the potty - it was very cute!!! and i have not even started toilet training yet!!!!! (i guess maybe i should)

julia when u stay with your sister does that mean no gym??? you always seem to go to the gym - is it usually every day???

i love skittles

today i had noodles and a spring roll for lunch so will bulk my dinner with veges - carrots for me tonight - steak and 3 veg for benji and jemima

am going ok with water getting at least 600ml, i know i should be doing 3 times that but ... baby steps.....

ani - how is your vege patch going??

Harro everyone.

I'm sorry I've been away, but I've been at my new job! Hooray! I love it. I walk to work every day, approx 20km per week.
I'm eating carefully, and even trying to cut down on the beer. (Kylie's beer = Kel's skittles)

Lindor Lindor Lindor. Babe, you're in my thoughts. Everyone's given you enough advice, and I don't have any to give anyway lol. Except stick around here, coz we love you!

Good on everyone for getting on with vegie patches. If I had a garden, I'd be all over it like a hot rash.

Trying to eat healthy - having weetbix and milk for brekkie, toasted ham/cheese/tomato sando for lunch (no marg and multigrain bread). Dinner is usually small and vegie focussed. Probably too much pasta, but it's cheap and easy.

Well, I best get back to work. Love you all!

PS. Weighing myself every Tuesday (coz I forgot on the first Monday silly).
So far:
98.8
98.2
98.2.

So, a little shift and then a pause. Next week will be better hopefully. :)

Good to see you Kylie :)

Kel, when I stay with my sister that does = no gym. I could always bring my gear and go walking but if I'm honest I know that that will never happen. I went to the gym on Monday and am seeing my trainer at 7am on Friday which will get me back into it and I will plan on going at least once during the weekend.

It's not missing the gym that derails me most when I'm away from home though, it's the fact that I can't seem to control my diet when I'm travelling.

Grrr.

Well im kinda off the damn rails at the moment .. I have been off my game now since Friday last week .. I did my big 2 hour swim thursday and found my self tired and lazy on friday.. and that mood just continued...

A rest is fine.. but......

There is always a but isn't there ....

Yesterday my Dad was in a Car accident i got a call from the traffic police asking for my Mum at my house.. i freaked straight away i knew it must have been Dad.. who was going down to put a deposit on his new computer... He had left Mum at my place just after 2 and this phone call was made to us just before 4 ..

Dada had been waiting at lights .. the old lady in front of him took off when the lights changed then slammed on her brakes ..while at the same time a young man trying to skip a load of traffic saw there was only 2 turning vehicles in the left lane so decided he would skip around then other lanes of cars and sneak through that way .. He didnt slow down at all and when the old lady slammed on the brakes so too.. did Dad throwing him forward in his chair .. and almost at thr same time.. the subaru hit him from behind.. throwing Dad back .. Needless to say Dad has whiplash..

But being a Man he told the cops fireman and ambulance he was fine.. Its took the fire people about an hour to seperate the cars .. Dads is a big Pagero.. and the other was a impreza wrx sports car.. dads car to look at body wise its just the bumper.. but.. the damage is underneath it .. the tow bar was lodged in the engine of the subaru.. the chasy of dads car is bent and the tranmission was damaged in the crash .. the subaru is a good metre shorter then it used to be and has a tow bar and ball neatly logded through the middle of its engine..

This driver of the impreza got it back form the crash repairers the day before he crashed into Dad.

So i raced down to pick Dad up from the police station.. Mum and Dad have just got back from camping and all there gear was in Dads car( along with some advil lucky enough lol).. the nice copper got all dads stuff out of the car and brought it with Dad to the police station.. I drove them home.. unloaded my car while Dad rang his doctor .. and then took him to the hospital.

We got to the er at 6pm.. the kids were moaning becuase they were hungry and finally at 7.30 i rang my inlaws.( 5 minutes from the hospital. left mum and dad in the er and took the kids around there .. so they could have some dinner and go to sleep .. there were so many poeple coming into the waiting room.. and 90% sat there for an hour or 2 gave up and went home.. in the 6 hours we waited in there only 3 people went in .. becuase there seemed to be an ambulance every 20 minutes all night long ..

At about 9pm the triage nurse got deperate and ran around trying to send poeple to late clinics or family clinics the next day .. but we waited.. Dad was in a alot of pain.. his neck and back were spasaming.. and his head was thumping .. When the triage nurse came over to dad he told her he was ok.. but i said he wasn't.. and she ask him the lovely rate the pain question 1-10... he said 9.. so she got him some panadiene forte .( mum went and got us all red rooster just down the road for tea just b4 9pm """ CRAP"" lol ). still we waited there till midnight before going in .. The doctor was very good about explaining everything. and what to look for and accessed Dads range of motion in his neck.. blood alcohol test and all that stuff. dads bp was very high

at 1am i picked up Leah .. she wears a nappy to bed still and i just knew she would be wet and there was no clothes at my inlaws for her. Leah was saturated when i checked her.. so i took her home with Me Cameron was fast asleep so i left him.. I picked up Leah took Dad and Mum home.. and then finally at about 2 i too got in bed.. but becuase of the stupid red rooster crap.. i was wide awake.. ( im sensetive to msg.. i get heart palpatations from it for an hour or so after eating it then i cant get to sleep .. lol.. im cheap really lol.. msg,, is my speed.. im like wide awake and my brain is ticking over 50 thoughts a second.. and my whole body is Jittery lol ).

I read for a while and got to sleep at maybe 3 am.. with my book in my hand.. lol .. i then had a nightmare about Cameron .. where i was in a damn hospital waiting room .. waiting with him really sick.. but by the time they got around to see him.. there he was dead.. i was going over the thought in my head.. he had just fallen asleep waiting.. and then .. i was screaming my 7 year old is dead over and over again.. .. and then i woke up its was 5 am .. horrible dream it was so vivid.. and i believe had everythign to do with the stress of th night .. Going to the police station we had very few details except he was ok.. and we had to collect him.. they had said his car was undrivable so straight away your fearing to worst. that and the fact the police knew where my mum was . and then the guilt that i had left Cameron behind but taken Leah.. all got twistted in my sick " msg speed head" as a slept and come up with a nasty aass dream..


Today was a write off too scrambled eggs on toast for breakfast .. take out lunch. chicken ceaser foccaica.. ( crumbed chicken.. bacon egg ton of creamy dressing) washed down with a classic chocolate milk.. then followed up later by cake.. and a coffee with 2 sugars.. At my mums and dads the kids wanted to see poppy was ok.. so then i came home.. felt really tired.. and couldnt be bothered cooking.. ate some lollies.. some bread some chocolate and some more lollies..

Lost my mind.. decided it was time to move Camerons furnture in his room around.. at 8.pm ( tooo much sugar lol) climbed into bed at 8.30 to settle down.. stayed there till the first add break and got up to clean the house... lol.. until i got on here at 11.. and im still not tired depiste the fact i had hmm.. 4 hours sleep last night .. .. yet at 5pm .. i was shattered.. lol.. yeah ok since then i ate lots of calories so maybe that has something to do with it..

i will stop waffling on now.. and go climb into bed and read myself to sleep agian.. ill take myself and my dramas to bed.. It was only yesterday i told mum i was sick of my life being and on going drama... and and hour later.. we got the phone call ..

oh forgot to add.. i had a lovely suprise in the letter box today to.. a speeding fine.. for doing 68 in a 60 zone.. $202.. <<<<<< this is what got the whole choc and lolly binge going..

oh amy!!!! omigosh!!!! you poor thing!!!! you have so so so much happening!!!
does camerons room look good moved around???
I hate it when you have real dreams that are real awful!
i am so glad your dad is ok! how scary, i hate car accidents, i hate other drivers, but try not to think about it everytime i drive my baby around in my car.
i was going to weigh myself again but i will resist and wait until Monday but that will be after bbq lunch sunday but that is what this is all about eating sensibly every day no matter what is on offer so it shouldnt matter

dont worry kel im sick of the dramas but i feel fine otherwise ( in my head lol except im mad of course lol)... im getting myself ready for my swim with a big bowl of all bran and some strawberries thias morning.. here is to a 100% on plan day .... Typing my crap out of my head last night made me feel better and i fell asleep soon after too. i just needed to vent.. lol and i thank you all for giving me a space to do that.. .. otherwise i would be completely crazy not just half crazy.. lol

I bought a $20 raffle ticket from my friend and got a $250 check in the mail today - yay me!!

I just joined the gym .:) ...... I went for my usual 2 hours of swimming today but joined the aqua class instead of just doing laps .. and im glad i did .. i have been watching it for a couple of weeks and the girl who runs it is nice and fast .. so this week i joined.. :)


it was 13.90 a week if i wanted full memebership... but i dont want to go on there ellipticals or treadmill.. since i have my elliptical at home.. and id rather walk outside.. :) ..

But they had a special on where i can swim /spa and sauna as much as i like.. do any number of there aerobics classes including step, circuit, aqua, and pilates/yoga/taichi classes as i like ... and take Leah in for a free swim on my membership.. for 8.90 a week .. :) im paying 6.50.. each time to swim.. and i joined the aqua today casually and it cost me $10.. so im saving quite a bit in joining.. :) im going to use there free creche and on monday do the aqua again.. and then bring Leah in for a free swim.. sounds brilliant to me.. creche is run monday to friday 9 - 12.30 for a max of 90 minutes a session.. most the classes are 45 minutes .. so im gonna enjoy myself.. :) .


. cool huh? .. im very happy with it.. :)

Wow cool Gen $250

Amy yr dad's stubborn lol. Now if he HAD of gone even for a check at the Hospital when the police offerred he could have been seen quickly and then home quickly lol. Tell him from me he's a typical male 'she'll be right mate'! I find guys are extremes, either tough as nails or a complete sook (mines a sook if he so much as gets a sniffle) lol. But really, glad he is ok. Sounds like you need more attention lol.

Kylie hi again. I love pasta to. Would eat it every night of the week if I could. And it isn't THAT bad for you, have you tried the wholemeal stuff? I'm not a big fan because you can't utilise that with every pasta dish (taste conflict) but it's ok sometimes. Brown rice is yum. Nutty flavour, but it doesn't cook up as soft as white.

Wow Amy, that's a fantastic deal you got. Good on you! Glad to hear you're feeling better too, it sounds like you had a **** of a day. I agree, it's so helpful sometimes to have a good rant and let it all out. Makes you feel so much better.

Yay Gen, very cool that you won the raffle :cb: hope the money comes in handy for you.

Today has been abysmal for me diet-wise. I had the most amazingly delicious breakfast of toasted muesli with trim milk and yoghurt. It was so good but I imagine not very good for me because it had lots of coconut and perhaps honey or sugar or something that made it sweet and delectable!

The office had a morning tea shout for a lady who's just had to retire so I've been scoffing cheese and pate and crackers all day. I just can't help myself. For lunch I had a roast pork sandwich and 2 roast potatoes which I suspect had been deep fried.

At least I'm going home tonight and can get back on track from tomorrow. I've got an appointment with my trainer at 7am tomorrow so that'll be a good kick in the bum.

WooHA!


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heheheeheh there you go julia
heheheheh

hi kylie - woohoo on new job distracting you! i love it when something comes into my life and sweeps me away - i love that feeling you get while you are riding that wave

amy - that is a great deal and awesome for you and leah FREE creche is too cool - i had to pay 3bucks on top of my membership EVERYtime i put jem in kidsclub!!!

gen - that is so cool you won all that money - please tell us you are going to spend it on something exciting?!! (right now i would have to spend that kind of money on my tupperware bill:()

i have rediscovered calorie king woohoo
all the snacking i do is where i have been going wrong but at least now i can track it and also do more "educated snacking"

oh julia - do you carry a book around or remember everything you eat at the end of the day? i forget, the other day i was telling benji how good i'd been that day and he says so what did you eat at tereses.... and i THEN remember the cupcakes and raspberry slice and lamington fingers but they were honestly completly out of my mind it seems I DO forget EVERYTHING inbetween meals
any hints??

Nah, given that I just forked out around $8000 for tuition for this term, I think it will just go back to my poor checking account!

Kel, I carry a diary with me at all times and write down whatever I eat as soon as I've eaten it. I'd never remember everything otherwise!

Went to the gym this morning and did 20 minutes walking, weights then a 10 minute run.

Thank God It's FRIDAY!!!


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It's not - it's Thursday here! Haha.

Definitely loving the fact that it's Friday over here!

And ABSOLUTELY loving the fact that it's Friday here!

Yup, TGIF here too!

I dropped another 0.3kg this week, and weighed in at 74.7kg :carrot:.

My next goal - over the next week or so - is to get to 74.4kg and I'm fairly confident I can make it.

We've got a state government election today, and that means both Lindor and I have to give up some of our precious free time to go somewhere and vote for self-interested morons. Blurk!

Aside from that, I've picked up a little part-time work - gardening for a little old lady, and I've got to do that this afternoon. Anything that will keep me from having to get another housemate… :D

Kel I plant all my vegetables in pots. If you want any advice about growing veges, I'm pretty good at that sort of thing, so just yell out.

Have a great weekend everyone!

:)
Ani

Been there done that! Was home by ten past eight! :devil:

Well done on the weight-loss Ani :carrot:

Ani, you rock. You'll be in the 60s soon! - can you believe it!!??

Hey Ani!

Great to hear that you've picked up some extra work. I remember you mentioned something about your back, so be careful!

It's an absolutely beautiful day here in Adelaide. The sun was warm, the air was clear, and not a cloud in the sky. I didn't realise how much I missed the warmer weather.

Gen it does my head in if I think about being in the 60s :o.

Lindor I voted this afternoon and gave all the 'how to vote' volunteers my usual lecture about the amount of trees they chopped down to produce the cr@p they try to hand us :D.

Kylie how are you travelling? Sounds like things are picking up for you - yay!

I'm going great!

Work is really challenging me, but in the exact way I'd hoped (make sense?)

I'm still working hard with AIESEC, although it's election time within that, and I'm about to find out who will be taking over my role for 2009. It's exciting, and scary. This has been my baby for the last year, and I'm torn between letting the responsibility go, and entrusting it to someone else.

Weight wise, I haven't been as good as I should this week. I'm far more concious of it than I was a month ago, but I'm still pushing sh t up hill on this one. I know I have to exercise more than I am (at the moment I'm just walking to work).

Yeah, that's about it at the moment (that's relevant :p )

i am so excited for everyone!
we are all going to end the year on a high! (but low hehehehe)
ani ani ani woo woo woo woo babe! that rocks!!! UNDER 75!!!!!
you are up to the hardest bit ever getting under 70! but you are the most inspirational weightloss guru i know and I KNOW you are going to do it!
can i ask what kind of things you eat now?
what do YOU snack on? what is a typical dinner for you?

Yes, I'd like to know an everyday menu for you too Ani. I feel like I've cut out a lot of the crap, and am not eating that much, but I'm not losing much weight (I have lost a bit).