oh so i have some stormy weather heading my way huh?? lol We usually get your weather a day or 2 later.

I have been misbehaving for about a week .. i have had TOM and that affects my mood sleep and appetite.. so day two back eating properly and I'm hoping the wight i have gained will go soon.. lol .. ill give it another couple of days since TOM is still hanging on .. lol But breakfast is something even without TOM i skip alot .. so i am now sticking to that schedule and i feel better because I'm not so tired and hungry in the afternoon ..

Cameron is back at school today .. and Leah is being good . I went and bought a convection heater for my family room.. So she can play it Laminate floors on a concrete slab are very cold Not like the real floor boards i have it the rest of the house .. the kids have the laminate in there rooms too but they have floor boards underneath.. their rooms don't get no where near as cold as the family room and our bedroom . Plus their rooms are nearer the lounge and the lounge has a gas furnace heater on the wall the type that goes across the wall . Its puts out the heat so well .. but if you want to warm the whole house with it the lounge becomes to hot to go into lol ..

The new heater i got from the warehouse fro 29 and it works really well . My whole house was warm in about 20 minutes of putting them both on . except my bedroom. i shut my door i love being able to snuggle under the thick quilt at night lol no hubby so the quilt is all mine i wrap myself in it lol... toasty warmmm mmmmmm lol

Snow already julia that is amazing .. i have never seen snow lol but i dont know if i would wont too lol..... far too cold for me

Amy I hear you about snuggling up in your quilt. I think that it's one of the happiest feelings to be snuggled up under a warm blanket when it's miserable outside.

Yay for me, I went to the gym last night even though it was the last thing I felt like doing. I did weights followed by 20 minutes hard running and a 10 minute walk.

I've weighed in 3 times this week and my weight has fluctuated by about 1kg which is rather confusing. Again, I snacked last night and I know that if I stop doing that I would probably start losing again. Next week!!

Tonight I'm catching up with a friend for some drinks and we're going to have pizza for dinner so today will be my off plan day for this week.

This morning I've got an appointment with a plastic surgeon to see about getting a lump of scar tissue removed from my ear. It's from when I had an industrial style piercing and it healed wonky so I've got a big lump on my ear. Hopefully he will remove it today as if I have to go back for a second appointment it will be even more expensive than what it already is!

Have a great day ladies

Another good day for me too, except for my water. I ate 1465 calories and only drank 0.8L of water. But I have the weekend off, and I am pretty good at drinking water when I am home all day.

Gen! That woman at work is definitely flirting with me - and she's doing my head in. It's very nice, but is something I need to be careful about. Even though I don't want to be sensible or cautious… it just makes my days at work that little bit more entertaining.

I'm really excited because my first story for a book is being published in September - little old me FINALLY has a book with my name in it. The BEST news is the publisher likes my work so much that I have been offered a three-book deal. WOO HOO!!! How good is that?

I was so scared about closing my business and making such big changes to my life - but I could never have imagined the fantastic opportunities that are coming my way. I'm really happy about that side of my life .

I love my job, I love the freedom I have to write whatever I want, and I'm really enjoying settling into my new home.

AND

Even though this is a VERY frightening thing for me to think about, I am getting very close to the point where I would like someone to share it with. Don't panic girls, I'm not yet ready to shed this protective layer of "I want to be alone", but I can feel it shifting.

Anyway, must get ready and go and develop these Bunnings biceps a little more. Have a great day everyone.


Ani

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooohooooooooooooooooooooo oo ani
that is so so so cool - the book, the chick, where u r at EVERYTHING
the freedom to write what you want when you want to must be a dream come true!!!

julia - weighing in more than once a week has pros and cons: if you weigh more on a certain day you are more likely to kick your butt back into gear and work a little harder for rest of week... if you weigh less you have the chance of getting smug and laying off a little therefore increasing chance of putting on weight or staying the same..... a pro is also that you can see that even though your weight goes up and down all week USUALY HOPEFULLY by the end of the week it is down ready to start another up and down week...... having the will power to weigh in once and and only once a week is so hard when you are trying to get motivated

amy - have you had brekky yet?? well have ya have ya?? it is big time the easiest way to help the rest of the days eating...... if i didnt have brekky i would pick at things all morning then have a stupid lunch which would maybe get me through to danger zone where i pick again and then have stupid dinner

liteandeasy came yesterday so benji and i had it for dinner - hugemungus dinners and yummy i had braised lambshanks and potato and veges, i will be VERY interested to see if i lose weight eating that kind of thing! and since i did the lunch and dinner pack i have POTATO bolganaise for lunch and i think a tub of fruit and maybe a sultana cookie or something, i will most likely go to just dinners but the lunches look awesome too, i think seeing different healthy (potato bolanaise?? healthy??) (tomorrow is satay pizza, and i know there isa sheppardspie in there too) options has been good, it is one thing to read about them on a menu but another to actually see the food in your fridge and see the size of the bread rolls and stuff (like entree /soup bread rolls? tiny!) (but most likely 'enough')
my weigh in at the chemist reflected my pub lunch it was 89.6 and my weigh in at home (consistantly and again yesterday) is 88.7 so i am going with MY weigh in heheheeh but will still go to chemist for that added bit of 'pressure'

i am totally pissed off i chipped some nailpolish off my thumbnail! i am not usually prissy enough to care BUT i have mega important job interview this afternoon - 3 days a week permanent part time/job share office coordiantor/admin/PA type role for engineering firm THREE MINUTES FROM MY HOUSE ie perfect - so i have to fix my nail as if i was an employer i would look at chipped nail polish and go tacky, she dont care, attention to detail etc etc GRRRR thing is i got my nails done at a salon so i dont have the colour so i have to do them ALL again like i have time for that!

have a funshine day everyone! and an awesome weekend

wow we lost alot of posts in the forum crash lol .. im glad the cpr worked and we are back online though .. lol

How weird! Looks like 3FC has had a major crash, and the last few weeks of our rants and ramblings have gone to cyber-heaven.

I just changed my ticker again. I decided yesterday that I am going to go back to where I began and aim for 70kg as my big goal. It may turn out that when I get there I might want to lose some more - or it may not - but I'm not going to make that decision until I am closer to my goal.

When I embarked on this weight loss thing, almost 97 weeks ago, I never really believed I could drop 35kg; it just felt like too much. But I am closer than I ever thought I could be, and I don't want to give myself unrealistic expectations at this stage of the game.

I had a massive reality check yesterday, which made me understand that I don't have a "real" perception of how I look now. There's this woman at work who I have noticed (not in THAT way), and thought I would be very happy if I get could my body to look something like hers. She's the same height as me, a very similar build, and has a curvy shape. I happened to have lunch with her yesterday and she was telling me she has lost 30kg and then put 14kg back on. And then she said she currently weighed 78kg!

WOW! It hit me like a ton of bricks that I am already smaller than her and yet I see myself as being a lot bigger. Hmmm… got some work to do there with my self-perception!

Got a day off today. Going to the chiropractor, supermarket - and then home to do a million domestics. Blurk!

How is everyone else going?


Ani

ani - to be honest i ihave always kinda wondered if you were really really really short, coz at your weight you couldnt be THAT fat...... i thought you may have been a ooompa looompa (i mean in the nice way) i am glad you have come to the realisation, that will help you heaps with your goals.... less pressure will help, aiming for shape and health rather than a number will help heaps i'm sure

amy - we got our dishwasher today! fit in our boot, it was more out than in but luckily just 2 min drive down the road hehehe benji wil install it in the morning then mum is helpin me make curtains so i will take a photo of finished kitchen

i am having a kitchen warming tupperware party to help me get started being a tupperchick (just like a tupperware lady but WAY cooler) if you are in brissy next saturday 2pm let me know and i will tell you where i live

doc diagnosed me the other night with an anxiety disorder did i tell u?? he thinks that it may have an affect on my weight as some of my habits when i am worrying involve food.......... so that could be interesting

i am hoping though i am just NOT looking for something to blame and palm off responsiblity for what goes in my mouth and the amount of exercise i do

just got back from my cousin's wedding it was lovely cupcake wedding cake - love cupcakes!!! not really eating them but love the look of them, benji and i had cupcakes too and everyone gives me cupcake books - love it

anyway benji in bed so i best go join him............. when i get on the meds the doctor gave me more apparently i am going to get a better sleeping pattern and perhaps even enjoy things more (things i had not even noticed i was not enjoying anymore_)

Hello all. Just quick cause I need to return this borrowed monitor. I will be getting my mattress this week. woohoooo. Centrelink has realised they made a mistake recovering a debt the said I had in 2001 on my family allowance so they are paying it back to me.

No more aching back. I had a bath today because my back was absolutely killing me.

Another good thing ---- I talked to my daughters dad on the phone for 3 hours the other night. He is coming up in a month or so to live back near Brissy so will be good for her to have him close by. Was great talking to him.... couldnt shut him up but think that may have been more nerves really lol.

Bad thing - my weight loss crap. I've been eating heaps and chips and chocolate are NOT my friends. I weighed this morn so I can post but I will NOT lol. gonna not even touch the scales now for TWO WEEKS, and see how I go.

Everyone take care, not sure when I will be on next. Maybe get my office clean and get laptop up n running. Bought it a year ago and used it 3 times gee.

Vonni

Ani sounds like you have a warped sense of your skinny body lol .. dont be so hard on yourself..

Kel you suck.. lol .. my dishwasher isnt here yet . :P

lol nah its good your doc has given you some answers .. i would worry about blaming the anxiety on the food too .. i think we all comfort eat anxiety or not .. and we need to controll it ..

there is this girl at playgroup that is as skinny as a palm tree .. she complained friday.. that she has a baby roll.. lol.. its more of a tiny bump .. like if you knock yourself and bruise.. lol .. so another mum said you look great dont worry about it.. so the girl complaining goes..

Oh i stay thin just running after josh.. .. umm why complain then?? ..
i run after 2 kids and a hubby... and she stays thin running after a 4 year old??? she bites.. every week she id feeding the kid lollies ans cakes and things she eats them too and after playgroup they go over to macdonalds every week to eat lunch.. and she is .. super skinny.. she does no exercise and eats crap .. i hate people like that lol..

yup i know im just jealous lol.. the world is a creul and uncaring place.. where one can do waht they like and other cant.. it sucks..

Im cold today .. i have spent all day running around the house finding things to clean so i could stay defrosted lol .. the kids have been good so im going to get them fish and chips for dinner .. i have a small piece of steak out and im gonna have a jacket potato and veg.

Vonni im glad you are finally getting off the couch

I had to take my cat to the vet again yesterday. This time I took him to the one I trusted - which just happens to be in the northern suburbs, a fair way away. They admitted him to hospital . Hopefully I can pick him up today - all my other cats are quiet and depressed, because they don't understand why Luka hasn't come home.

We're in the middle of a huge rainstorm! It's awesome.

Body image is a funny thing. When I have spent so many years looking, feeling and being obese, it's hard to shift your thinking. I'm getting there, but it's something that takes time and practice. I have started to notice, in the last few weeks, that my Size 16 clothes are getting really loose - and that is making me understand that I actually am changing my body shape.

This month I am going to continue to chip away and try to get to 76kg, or even a little below that. If I can lose 1kg/month from here until December I will be a very happy camper indeed.

I have changed my weigh-in day to Tuesdays.

Anyway, here comes the thunder and lightning - better get off the computer.

wow amy i wouldnt worry bout her. Just because someone is skinny doesnt mean they r healthy. Prob has cholesterol really high lol. Its people like that that have the REAL prob. And not a very nice person to say i in front of overweight people.

Ani hope Luka (what a great name) comes home soon and yr other kittys r happier. How many u got? R u our resident cat lady :b ? JK.

I'd love another, but snoopy just won't deal with one. We tried a while ago bringing a new kitty home but he just went nuts. Snoopy is my himylayan persian

I gave my foster kitties back over the weekend *Sniff*. We're getting my fave back in a few days though as my housemate is adopting him, she also has a friend that is possibly adopting one of the other babies, so that's good. The third one is a fluffy little grey critter, he's really cute so he'll be adopted right away. I keep moving things off the coffee table thinking they'll get knocked off, then remembering I don't have any kittens at the moment haha! Ani hope your kitty is better soon!

Huge inspection next couple of days, been really busy at work. I'll be back to chat more after that's done.

Hope everyone is okay.

Vonni I have five cats, and they're my little family. They tend to have their own living arrangements, and they invite me into their little colony at mealtimes (only because they can't open the cans themselves) .

Going through a phase of not really enjoying work. I know it's just a phase, and it will all be better when The Statue leaves (which is allegedly happening in the next month or so). Or at least I hope it will improve.

I also have to find a housemate, and I have a couple of people coming around this week for interviews. I just can't afford to live on my own any longer - life has gotten too expensive.

Had a really bad day with food yesterday. I think it was the stress of having a sick cat, the fact that his hospital stay consumed my wage, and having to work with the statue - plus the storm that was battering Perth, and which matched my mood. I just couldn't be bothered.

Weighed in today and I am the same as last week - surprisingly. So hopefully I can put in a bit more effort this week and actually drop some weight by next Tuesday.

Hope you're all well.


Ani

cant wait to see what i weigh tomorrow - will see how i have been going by myself.... yes i have been eating liteandeasy for dinner but it is not any smaller than i would have eaten by myself in fact most likely more
had shocking food for lunch all week last week, except maybe wednesday
oh and tuesday but monday, thursday and friday JUNK

went to doc today so i could get my stiches out from when i got mole cut out and asked for something to give benji on anxiety so he would understand -but this doctor harsh man (in a helpful way) (i guess) and has now totally fu*cked my head up more

Kel what did the doctor say that could have you so confused??

Ani im sorry the cats have forced you to get a room mate.. those vet trips are so expensive.. makes it hard to be a pet owner doesnt it?

gen im glad your getting your favorite little fur friend back must be sad when they leave .

Im doing ok still waiting for my dishwasher.. i have been on my elliptical every night and walking during the day .. so im hoping for good things this week .. i put weight back on when everyone was sick.. lol so now i have to loose the same damn 2 pounds and get back down to 270 again.. lol . oh well back to it .. im not cahnging my ticker lol .. i am leaving it as a reminder that in stuffed up lol

I dont care that i gained back im not disapointed or upset its just one of those things.. sit on your butt for a week and a half sick and eat the wrong thing becuase you cant be bothered cooking .. it happens .. lol

we had way too much bread.. and then things like tinned spaghetti , bbq chicken .. cheese on toast .. lol . hardly any fruit or veg.. lol.. so i gained .. gee wonder why?? my calories migt not have gone over but the fat salt and sugar content of my diet certainly did and for me that is enough to gain .. plus eating the same calories when sitting around as i did active.. all makes sense to me .. lol next time im sick.. i will reduce my calories.. becuase I hardly move when im sick.. .

anyway .. im off to go and wash the stupid dishes in the wrotten sink.. lol .. i love doing dishes cant you tell?? lol.
cya later