WOW you look awesome amy - get some new clothes!

Hi kel looks like i jumped on your toes..... posting at the same time.

only look into bad foods... .. like choc alcohol and cakes.... .. i dont wanna know about good stuff.. lmao..

Wow, Amy that's fantastic!! :carrot::cb::carrot::cb: You need to get some smaller clothes!!

I had another perfect day yesterday - stuck to my points and had a great workout at the gym. Goals for today are to do the same.


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AMY - awesome :carrot:. It is fantastic when you can see so much change, and I am really proud of you!

I went back to the doctor on Tuesday and my ribs are worse. He was really annoyed that Bunnings hadn't let me take a week off work, and promptly referred me to 'intense physiotherapy'. So I have my first appointment today, and Bunnings will just have to pay the bills.

I've stalled a bit with my weight loss, partly because I am restricted with my movement - but I also realised the other day that I'm a bit scared to reach my goal. It's not getting to goal that scares me, it's the "what now?". After more than two years of being focussed on something, it feels odd to not have that. So I am obviously going to have to work that one out.

I'm pretty sure that I will change my goal in the next few months. I don't think I will be happy to settle for 70kg, but I want to get closer to it before I make a final decision.

I'm going to have loose skin - that doesn't impress me - but at the same time I did this to myself, so there's no point whinging about it.

Anyway, must get ready for work. Have a good day everyone!

up 200grams! damn
that's nothing though and i knew it would happen when i was eating the m&ms on monday but remember i was up on monday so i am not surprised

so this week i have a challenge with a friend and more importantly with myself to drink 2L of water every day
sounds easy but i just dont do it
will teach jemima to be "water girl" and bring me water when i am not drinking, it will be good for both of us

she is at daycare today the first time in almost a month coz of sickness so it is weird without her here right now
i miss her! hehehe really

opshop in a couple of hours and i need to tidy the house so the computer is getting turned OFF now (there is a button here somewhere that does it....)

ani - maybe change your goal weight now..?? maybe change your goal from a weight to a size? maybe change your goal from a number to a look? maybe when your ribs are better find out what you can do about loose skin?? there must beheaps of people who lose lots of weight that find a way to combat loose skin??? you are looking terrific though

Well yesterday afternoon I was feeling a bit seedy so didn't go to the gym. Unfortunately I went over my points allowance by 5 points too so that's not too good.

On the positive side though, the foods I ate over my limit were water crackers with hummus, rice crackers and a mini pinky bar so nothing too bad.

Back on track today. No gym tonight as I'm catching up with friends after work so the goal for today is to stick to my points.


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Kel I'm the kind of person who uses the scale to keep myself accountable - and I'm reasonably convinced that I'm going to aim for 67kg. I definitely know that I am not happy to stop now because I can still see at least 5kg on my body that I don't want to have there.

My aim for October is to get below 73kg, and to walk at least 150km. The other thing I have started doing is really paying attention to the food I eat. I downloaded the Calorie King Food and Nutrition Manager the other day - and have been really surprised by the amount of fat/sodium in some of the foods I eat.

It's absolutely true for me that the last 5-7kg is the hardest to lose! But lose it I WILL!!!

weigh in day im down to 115.1 so another loss of 600grams this week .. :)

Thats what my body likes to give up.. it can keep on coming :) lol

I got my phone call yesterday my wii was in.. yippee i was so excited i dropped the clothes i was putting away and went and got it .. ran past target on the way home and got my wiifit.. too .. woohoo.. i tell you it had me sweating like a little piggy.. and i just coulkdnt leave it alone.. i did . 75 minutes on it.. even thought i had alkready done , 20 minutes on the elliptical 120 minutes walking and 40 minutes taebo


Ani it must be a bit empty feeling like you havent got to work on yourself much longer and giving up an addiction... losing weight is and addiction just like the food that got us like this in the first place.. its a rush.. and when its all done what do we have to replace it with... not food again.. no way ... exercise maybe... ?? maybe you could work on toning up rather then losing weight?? ok im a good weight now lets see some definanition on this body.. wonder if that would help reduce some of the skin too??

Kel you know what you gotta do.. and your doing fine.. dont be so hard on yourself on step at a time.. :)

Julia do you have black swan dips there??? there skinny hommus is to die for and pretty good on calories too.. well worth a try ..

anyway busy day today got a bunch of kids coming over... with there mums.. need a clean house... gotta go.. lol .. have a great on plan day every one

Don't worry Ani, no matter what goal you set, if you're anything like me, it's not something you'll "stop" doing once you get there. It's going to be a lifelong thing of maintaining your new habits and lifestyle and being a watchdog for the evil forces of fatness!

Wow Amy thats amazing. All that exercise is helping yr muscles so dnt fret to much about the scales when you see visual results like that.

My friend has a wii fit and she goes nuts on it lol. And apparently if you dnt go on for a few days as YOU (log in as a guest) it gets up you lol.

everyone is talking about the wii fit, EVERYONE..... and i dont even have a tv... so no wii fit for me
getting my garden tomorrow so that will be good - finally after all my digging!
well getting the sleepers and the dirt - so during the week i will start getting some plants - i am not going to go too crazy... baby steps

i drank 2.something L water today woohoo me
but i must have gone over points snacking and with the cream i have with my strawberries for dessert
tomorrow i have to have red rooster and then hogsbreath so i will see how good i am at those two things... should be ok
then sunday will be so so so good until thursday so hopefully i lose that 200grams i put on and a tiny bit more would be nice
have a wedding next saturday then bbq next sunday then nothing for ages so i am SO looking forward to that - oh a two year olds bday last weeekend of oct and then girls weekend away mid november maybe THEN benji and i wedding anniversary i have just booked a week at a farmstay place!!! he and jem will love it
then i will love the two days after that where i book us somewhere near the beach!

ani - do it- change your ticker 67kg go for it!!!!!!!! you can so get there
vonni do you have facebook?

Naa don't have facebok. Have Bebo (URL on my signature now) lol prob a teenage thing but my daughter created it for me so every now n then i get on to c what all the kids r doin these days (I SPY lol). I've been told to face book tho so will go have a look see.

i checked out your bebo - so cool to see photos of ebony and your other daughter, what is stevie short for??? your kids look so much fun, you know they dont look like boring dorky kids....... love the pic of you and your man at draculas
and yes facebook is better than the rest of them but can be addictive but i am over everything at the moment

i have just had a fight with a friend i've had for 12 years (highschool buddy) he has said jem cant go to his wedding, i wanted her to go to wedding but definately not reception but he has said NO to all people under 18.... i think he will regret it as that means his own half sisters and brothers are not going but he is worried a child will make a noise at an important part of the ceremony - so now i dont feel like going to either
but i am a sook

http://www.new.facebook.com/profile....97&ref=profile Just joined just for u kel lol

I am going to join Calorie King US. I need to start tracking my intake.

OK guys. For all us chocoholics out here I have done some research into the total cvalories for a yummy homemade choc slice. So if you make it then divide the total by however many slices you cut it into you can control intake. Unlike if u just make it and eat it. I cut mine into about 50 x 1 inch pieces.

175g butter = 1262cal
3/4 cup caster sugar = 773cal
2 beaten eggs = 151cal
2 tsp van essence (negligable)
2 x 250pkts choc tiny eddy bikkies = 2245cal
tablespoon desiccated coconut (for top) = 66cal

Melt butter with caster sugar slow till thick and creamy
let cool, and while doing so, crush the bikkies in whizzer till fine (i like fine)
beat egg with van essence and add to butter mixutre after it has cooled
Add liquid to bikkies.
Press into a lined slice tin and put in fridge till set then sprinkle coconut over
It's best left till next day to serve.

I have one slice and my slices end up 89.9cal a piece. Thats enough for me as its very chocolatey.
Whi

Next time I make it I will put in peppermint essence ymmmm..

I've just spent five hours working in the garden, and I feel SO much better. I whipper snipped the front lawn - and then my whipper snipper started to blow blue smoke. Never a good thing! I only bought it at Bunnings about four months ago - so it will be going back for a refund!

Anyway I discovered, purely by accident, an old Flymo in the back shed - what an awesome little toy - and much better for the lawn than a whipper snipper. So the lawn looks great, I've filled my compost bin with weeds, and fertilised my plants.

I've got tiny little tomatoes on my plant already - woo hoo!!!

Next weekend I am going to plant capsicum, passionfruit, english spinach, spring onion, cos lettuce and a roma tomato.

Kel I think I'll wait until the end of spring before I decide whether to change my ticker - as tempting as it is now :D. I'm hoping to be around, or under 72kg by the end of next month - and that will give me a better idea of where I am at.

Vonni that chocolate slice sounds really yummy. Not sure I could stop at one though - and there's nobody else here to eat it for me.

This week I'm working 12.30 - 9pm all week, so it should be reasonably easy to stick to my eating goals.

At least that's the plan…

:carrot: 75.8 :carrot: thats 800gm lost in 2 weeks. yayyyy. finally :D:D:D

oops thats 700gm :o

Buts still yayyy :carrot: :carrot:

WOO HOO Vonni :carrot:!

My plans for today are to eat no more than 1600 calories, drink 2L of water, and work as hard as my ribs will allow me to.

Lindor is it next week that you'll be in Perth? How are you travelling?

:carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot: woohoo vonni :) that is great :) :carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot:


ani you can come and do my gardening anytime :) lol..

im doing ok kids are driving me nutz... they have been particuly bad today at my inlaws.. i could kill the pair of them.. lol ... so Cameron is banned from computer games and leah is banned from Camerons bedroom.. lol.. they are both playing quietly in there own rooms now..

LIttle buggers...

IM about to take my frustration out on the elliptical.. :).. cya's later

Yes Ani...I arrive Perth Sunday PM!

So much for my good behaviour...soooo not happening!!! Clothes are getting really uncomfortable now :( I HAVE TO STOP THIS!!!

On a positive note...rumour has it, a job application I submitted recently might be coming up trumps for me!! So keep your fingers crossed for me folks!! :)

And well done to all who are managing their weight-loss successfully!

eughhhhhhhh period...........

Lindor what's this about a new job? Tell us more…

How long are you going to be in Perth? I'm free Sunday afternoon/evening, then work Monday & Tuesday 6.30 - 2.30pm. Then I have Wednesday and Thursday off. So hopefully we can find some time in there to catch up :D.

Julia where are you?

Gen you crack me up. Have you joined CK yet?

Amy I really admire your dedication to exercise. Most of the time my job feels like one big exercise session, and it is going to be good for 'maintenance' that I am active all day - but I still feel like something is missing. Might have to ponder that, and get back into an exercise routine of some kind.

This weeks exercise so far.
Walked Bree to school yesterday. It's only a 10 minute walk each way, but long incline for half the way. This morning she caught bus so I did 10min on elliptical (after I cleaned all the dust off it) level 3. I know not thats long but I figure if I build up gradually thats best for me. Also my fitness level sux. Started smoking again to so that doesn't help.

Food for the week so far
yesterday I came in at 1221 calories (after exercise). Calorie King says I should be aiming at 1240 for weight loss. So came under but hungry. Maybe I need better choices.

Today so far is 525 cal (thats taking off apparently 80 for the elliptical).

And wait for it...............
I've drank a litre of water today so far woooooo :carrot:

Ok, now I'm not to sure about deducting exercise calories of eaten calories. That to me seems dangerous. It's far to easy to underestimate what we eat and over estimate our activity. So I will c how I go this week counting and deducting, and what the results are on the scale. Next week I will only count calories and not deduct and see those results.

dont deduct it IS dangerous - so count them as a bonus!!

i shovleled about 750kg of sandy gravel yesterday coz believe it or not i dug the holes too deep for the concrete so i have to fill it up! hehehehehe

food this week has been "shocking" so not expecting a loss, hope not another gain
we shall see

Vonni there is a very fine line there with eating back calories.. since i believe ck over estimates the amount burnt.. for alot of poeple .. try to give yourself no more then 100-150 above theres even with exercise..

my ck reckon i burn on average 800 calories a day with exercise.( 2 hrs a day). i consume 1500 -1700( sometimes more) there reccomendation is 1650 i think.. and i loose very slowly .. so i think there burn cals are well off .. if i eat back the calories.. i gain.. or maintain..

:)

anyway im all sweaty so going to head off to the shower.. just finished my wo for the day today ive done.. 40 minutes wii fit.. warmed up with step did 10 minutes jog and then finished up with boxing and balance games.. and some pilates stretches.. this morning ... then 120 minutes walking and finished off tonight with 30 minutes hiit on the elliptical..

tomorrow i will do my wii fit in the morning then plan on taking the kids for a swim for 4-5 hours :) we all love it there :) ..

hope you all have a great dau tomorow..

Kel you'll figure out the food soon.. im no saint dont worry about that but i manage to stay within my cals 95 % of the time even with a treat :).. aybe you could join ck.. just to plan out a day with what ever treat you want in it and see how to work out your cals for the rest of the day?? to allow it?? what do you think??

ok.. shower time.. sorry for stinking up the forum with my sweat... lol

My elliptical gives me average calories burnt and when I checked today it was exact same as CK. BUT I will not eat them back., I will count as a bonus.:D

I have to stop snacking in bed. Thats usually when I do. NOw I am on my own I curl up in bed with a book and have a bowl of crisps or a chocolate. and sometimes even both:^:

I only ended up with 953 calories today NOT taking off my exercise. Go figure. My choices today were better than yesterday so I am not hungry like I was yesterday.

Still have a cuppa to go though. Maybe thats what I need to cut down. I've been drinking a lot of it lately lite milk and 2 sugars. I wont cut sugar down (tho sometimes its sweet so next one I have less) so I guess I will cut down the amount I drink.

I drank 1.5lt water :dizzy:

Amy how does Leah handle the pool with her allergies? I find it hard to breath in our local just walking in.

30 minutes of gardening is supposed to burn nearly 150cal Thats more than cleaning house. wow. Maybe we should all have lovely gardens and a messy house.

we need a new thread we are over 500 posts

amy - weight watchers is the same as calorie king except counts points not calories and has a website same as calorie king for me to do exactly that and when i DO count them and plan my day i am fine.... just been a bit all over the place...

did i tell u i got UNinvited to a good friends wedding - the kids at ceremony issue got a bit close to home and we argued, now on saturday i have a hotdate with my hubby instead of going to overplanned stale boring wedding.... of really good school friend of 12 years... hmph

oh yeah and after tomorrow i am going to take a break from the computer for at least a week

my baby coughing and been a bit unwell today so i best go check on her

Well it sounds like most of you are doing really well and that's awesome :D

I've had a really bad few days. On Sunday I stayed in bed until 4pm, sleeping all day having already slept all night. Monday I felt like crap so took the day off work and again, slept all day having already slept all night.

My diet's been really awful. I ate almost a whole pizza on Sunday night for example and I know that the poor food choices have made me feel worse. I haven't been to the gym since last Wednesday and I feel so lethargic and blah that I just haven't been able to get myself there.

I'm feeling a little better today so am back on track with my diet, starting with writing my food intake down in my food diary. My goal for today is to stick to my points.


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thats great kel i didnt realise points could be so easy which is why i suggested ck.. i assumed you had to do all the calculations yourself :) ..

thats great..

Julia im sorry you feel like crap. :(

Vonni i cover leah is cream before we go she has a bath when we get home and gets lathered up in cream again.. lol she gets a rash but its a very fine one.. not a ranging one like the food gives her and absolutly loves swimming.. she is a chubby girl so its good for her rash or not.. lol she is 19kg and 105cm tall .. the food is what made her really sick.. most other things are much more minor reactions .. and i dont freak out any more becuase i know its only gonna be a minor thing.. and she not gonna blow up like a baloon and have trouble breathing from playing .. but before i knew what waas causing it was very hard ..

well done on the better choices vonni :) i bet your hungry today after only eating 900 odd though?

Vonni I wouldn't deduct too many exercise calories. Use CK as a tool to help you track your food intake - but they overestimate exercise calories.

I had a shocker yesterday - an absolute shocker! But there's no point beating myself up, I'll just eat sensibly, drink plenty of water and make sure I'm back on plan today.

OMG McDonalds is NOT MY FRIEND. My lunch today consisted of a cheeseburger fries and shake and it was 951 cal. So no nutrition in all them calories, and the fries taste like oil and I always feel bloated for ages afterwards. Wonder if it's due to the salt? I am NEVER having that sh*t again

951 in one meal... omg.. no wonder poeple that eat it 3 times a day are so huge.. lol

I really need to watch that movie supersize me. Everyone tells me to.

You know I reckon we are all more expert than the experts in all this weightloss fight. We are armed with so much information and we all share that with each other its a wonder we aren't all skinny minnies by now. I guess it does have a lot to do with willpower, and body type

Oh yeah and may I mention that it wasn't even a LARGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go figure.

Vonni watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IGtDPG4UfI&feature=user

then tell me why you're going to subsist on a diet of Maccas :D