[pacman12]

Well, saw the orthopedic guy today for MRI results - bottom line is, either suck it up and live with it, or get surgery with about a 3 month recovery (8-12 weeks in a cast/boot). Bugger.

[smylie]

if it hurts you should think LONG term and get it fixed??? if it stops you doing what YOU want then you should get it fixed??

not happy jan - i know i said i'd be happy with any loss but the cruel cruel world we live in.... i lost 100grams.... which means..... yes i am 90kg on the dot..... oh well down is down...... if i give up it will go up so bring on another 100grams next week.... ani how long will it take me to lose 20kg if i lose 100grams each week??

[PerthChick]

Kel for the last two years I have averaged 0.3kg/week - and you can do that too! You know you will lose more than 100g/week if you make better food choices and drink enough water. Have you tried counting calories for just one day to see how much you actually eat?

Gen how much pain do you have with your achilles? Can you live with it? And is there a 'rehab' time after you get out of the plaster? I've considered surgery for mine, but I tend to live with it for now… but if it is at the point where the pain is relentless and the chance of a full rupture is getting higher, maybe surgery is your best long-term option.

My big plan for today is to try and drink enough water. I've been pretty good this week, but yesterday I let myself down. So I'm concentrating on doing better today.

[pacman12]

Eh, it depends what I do as to what pain I have. Usually it aches most of the time, but it's only "sore" in the mornings or if I walk uphill (hard to avoid in Pittsburgh!!) or run/stress with exercise (how convenient!).

I would prefer to get it fixed, he said about 80% of people get a good improvement, and he's a foot specialist who was highly recommended.

But I just started this job - having me out of action for up to 3 months would be very hard to do with work - we walk around the hospital, up and downstairs, pulling heavy consoles etc every day. It's a huge part of my job.

[amouse]

OMG Kel that sucks so damn bad .. but at the same pount its a little funny especially since you said any loss would get you under 90..... its like karma came and bitt you on the bum...

But i do agree a loss is a loss and for that i give you a high five..

Ani your pictures are amazing what a difference .... unreal

Vonni well done on your loss this week glad to see both you and ani have broken your plateaus

As for me not alot happening on the scales .. ( not weigh in day yet.)
But there is plenty going on in my wardrobe.. ive turned into a tart....
That cant keep her pants on.. lol..

I put on my favorite pair of jeans yesterday .. did the up only to have them fall to the ground along with my undies... .... i was shocked.. i picked up my jeans thinking the zipper had gone or the button.. but nope they were firmly done up... pulled them up again just to be sure.. and they dropped again...... lol....

What a shame hubby wasnt home since i couldnt keep my pants on... lol..

I got me another pair of undies out thinking it must just be a bad pair.. put on another pair of jeans.. that have had a dart sewn into the waist.. and spent all day pulling my jeans and undies up.. lol..

When i went to pick up Cameron my undies had crept down as far as they could under my jeans just walking from the car to the classroom.. and i had to go in the ladies an pull them up.. lol..

So tomorrow when Leah is in kindy.. in taking my fav jeans to the salvos.. and im gonna see if i can find me a cheap replacement pair in there .. since now i have only 2 pairs that fit me . I dont want to buy new becuase i dont intend on staying this size for too long .. the undies ill go to target for.. lol im not that desperate to save money... lol

[Elerine]

You girls are awesome!

Ani - you are beautiful.

It sounds like everyone is really on the up-and-up. I'm taking a course this week around how to get a job. Sounds rediculous, but that's the simplest way to describe it.

I'm also taking a course in MYOB, the accounting software - makes me more employable.

Drinking a shedload of water every day, 2L min. That's a start.

love

[LittleKiwi]

Love your baggy pants story Amy! That's so funny

Hope you're enjoying your course Kylie and hope that it's useful for you.

I had a great day yesterday, stuck to my points and did my weights followed by a 30 minute run.

I've got a big quiz evening with work tonight so no gym and my goal for today will be to not overindulge in the drinks and nibbles this evening.

[7senuf]

You girls are so motivated in terms of ellipticals and runs and gym (julia yr a gym junkie hehe) and water. How do you all do it? I don' even THINK about it.

Though I got a phone call from Curves (a friend dobbed me in) to have a free turn and an analysis done. If I like it, it's $90 to join and $50 a month. I figure I got my tax back so there's my joining fee, and if I give up Austar theres my monthly fee. Now if I do it, I just gotta find the time to go and find a sitter for the kids lol. It's only half an hour each session and I think they open at 6am and close at 6pm. Wednesdays are no worries, but I would like to go at least two other days so gotta figure it out. Maybe Mon Wed and Fri. with a 2 day break between, and I work on my feet all day Sat so thats gotta count for some exercise.

Has anyone else been to curves?

half hour apparently is all it takes

[smylie]

i know people that have been to curves and i think they liked it just make sure not to slack off between machines, you go for half an hour on the different machines but if you slack off inbetween that would not be half an hour. that is a good price though my gym costs more than that at the moment i think.
maybe i'll go to the gym before i go to work at the opshop
i thought the other day when i looked down and i looked at some photos that my fat is moving... its almost 'moving in' it is like i am turning into a fatty not into just someone with some excess weight.... not cool.... i will fix it.... no worries..... ho hum....... i showed myself last week i could do it i just have to remember that exercise is an important bit and water
bring it on

[pacman12]

VOnni, I would not do it - for $50/month you can join a gym which has a lot more equipment and broader opening hours.

[smylie]

aren't most gyms about 12 or 13 dollars a week? isnt that more or less 50 dollars a month?
i guess it depends what you would be doing if you went to the gym... the option to do classes is really good and weights as well so gen is right about more options.
i didnt get to the gym today - i will go clean the house now and try for some incidental exercise

[amouse]

I dropped Leah off at kindy and went shopping . i spent 150 got 2 pairs of jeans (18) a pair of trackpants and jacket(20) and belt.. 7 pairs of undies(18) and a bra.. for $150 in targets winter clearout.. It nice to have clothes that fit.

i went though my wardrobe when i got home and pulled out all the 26's 24's and 22's and one pair of 28 jeans .. i wore about this time last year...

I put some of the 22 jeans back becuase i bought a belt today and they will do .. for now..

But im over the moon happy to be in a 18-20.. i know i have bought the odd smaller sized item but to be able to go out and buy everything i wanted in theat size is something else..

.. Leah had a great day at kindy no rash this week so mummy is happy too.. I asked the teachers this morning if she went in the sand last week since she had a nasty rash from her bum to her ankles and was miserable they told me she didnt they had watched her like hawks and she didnt even go near it .. and one of the teachers said.. what about carpet they have put brand new carpet in the library and they sat on that for 20 minutes last week .. for story time and would do the same this week.. Leah is mildly allergic to carpet .. so today they took a towel to the library for her to sit on and when i picked her up she was happy and rash free ..

So today was great day all around and i stuck to my calories .. and did my workout so.. all is good

I had no idea gyms were so expensive..

[LittleKiwi]

Woohoo Amy sounds like you had a great shopping spree! Are you going to keep any of your old clothes to remind you of how far you've come? I've kept one pair of trousers and they cheer me up when I'm feeling fat these days

I failed miserably with my diet yesterday Someone bought a bunch of food in for morning tea and I had a couple of savouries and some lollies. That wouldn't have been so bad but I didn't have a chance to have any dinner before the quiz evening and I ended up munching out on the lovely pate and cheese and crackers and had probably 6 glasses of wine. Oops

Back on track today and my goal for the day is to stick to my points. I won't be going to the gym today as I really need to do some housework before having a flat inspection tomorrow. Must try to get to the gym at some point in the weekend too.

One change coming up is that I'm starting back with a personal trainer from next week. Time for a new programme so hopefully that'll help to kick start some weight loss.

[smylie]

i've been thinking about personal trainers, wondering if i need one or if i should just get into the groove again slowly by myself.... what do you do in your personal training sessions???
dont worry about one bad day, just pick up again when you realise what you have done! never say tomorrow as tomorrow never comes

amy - woohooo and omigosh - you have lost so much weight since last year if you used to wear those sizes!!! woo hoo hoo hooooooooooooo
must be hard to send your baby to kindy not knowing if she will come home with an allergic reaction to something...... yesterday i had to go and jemima coz some other kid pushed her off the slide and she grazed her chin and cut her tongue and they think the inside of her gum behind her front teeth, blood all over her jumper and lots of tears, poor baby, before 9am and after 4pm they mix all the kids together coz they dont have enough little ones sometimes to warrant a carer just watching the little ones so she gets to play with the big kids, i'm sure she loves it and thinks she is a big kid which is why yesterday was the 2nd time in 2 thursdays i had to sign an incident report when i got there!!!
but brave me cancelled mondays so that means as of next week i will have her mon, tues, wed (swimming lessons) and then have thurs and fri to work or whatever - next week i am working friday and this week i worked at the op shop yesterday so i think that will be a good balance that i can handle for now..... today i am dedicating to getting the house tiday before the cleaner comes otherwise she tides and doesnt CLEAN! which is why i want her to CLEAN the floors and bathroom and stuff not TIDY all my crap

we have more than 4000 songs on our ipod and i am discovering that the majority of them are from benji's brothers and utter crap! i must AGAIN go press skip!

have an awesome awesome weekend everyone!
stick to those goals!!!

ani - i am in perth from august 12 to august 17 we should meet up one day

[amouse]

Oh poor jemima.. that must have been quite a bump she got for all that damage ..It horible when they hurt there faces.. great to see you back on track Kel and getting your baby back on a monday..


Julia today is a new...I bet the quiz evening was fun..

Today for me was weigh in day ...... and after my crappy food week I thought i was going to have a gain. The weigh in pixies were very kind to me this morning though so im happy I have a 700gram loss this week.