Amy I'm a big believer in small, reachable goals - and I think five pounds is an excellent idea!

Vonni how is everything going with you? Are you coping?

I had an OK day yesterday - some things were good, some not so good, but today is a new day and hopefully I will reach all my goals. If I can just learn to drink enough water…

hey hey
hey ani - lack of routine i think is screwing with my weightloss world also, monday night i had to ditch two things just to have a night at home the first one in a week or so
i keep telling myself that will change in a couple of weeks but i have been getting more on my plate not less

my brother said that the pills i am taking would increase my appetite but they seem to be doing the oppposite - i am just not interested in food or hungry at strange times -

this week i think i lost the kilo i put on last week i am 88.4ish whateva it was it was less than 89 - jemima is 10.6kg, her helping is what meant i dont remember what i weighed and am not tortoring myself with an after brekky weigh in

amy - u go girl - goal weight :carrot: carrot carrot woo hoo and your kitchen looks awesome all white - looks like u have a fancy smancy stove too!

vonni - you got to get facebook! how is your granddaughter??

It's my last day of working with the statue - yay! I was going to ring in sick, just to give myself the pleasure of never having to see her again, but I decided that would be poor form. So I will suck it up for the last few hours…

I'm really struggling with my weight loss at the moment. I don't know why, I just can't get my head right though - so I have made myself a promise that even if I can't lose anything I will NOT let myself go back over 78kg. That is the upper limit I have set myself, because if I can't lose anything I do not want to gain weight either.

My challenge here is to be patient with myself. I know I am gaining some muscle, and that I am adjusting to a completely different way of life. And I will find the answers - I just need some time.

But this is my firm promise to you girls, and to myself: while I'm sorting this stuff out, and learning to adapt to my new way of life I will NOT go back to old habits, I will NOT gain more than a kilo or so, and I will NOT quit.

One of the side-effects of losing all this weight is that I am freezing cold. I never used to feel the winter too much, and I don't even OWN enough jumpers and warm clothes… but without my extra layers of fat I am really feeling it. Maybe my body wants to hang on to some of this fat for winter - I just don't know :dizzy:.

hey i killed my elliptical.. it was a cheapy off of ebay with a max weight of 110 and i have been using it for a long time now and i aint no 110 lol .. so i have murdered it.. and at my top weight i must have been about 25 kilos above the top limit i reckon.. see before i got my scales i had already done 6-8 weeks of exercise so i had already lost weight .. and i di it all on that poor machine .. lol.. i have used it nearly every day for the last 6 months.. and they strain has well and truely got ot it now..

It was playing up a week ago the chain was slipping and i would just drop like a sack of spuds half way through the motion on the right leg.. So Joh pulled it apart and tightens the chain and it was ok.. for a week.. it was still making awful noises and clunking a bit.. but i stayed on it .. not much else i can do really.. so as the week has gone on it has got worse and worse.. now the flywheel is loose and is scraping againest the body of the machine and something else is sticking and the grindign and clunking.. well anyway.. last night there was an all mighty bang about 40 minutes into my ride .. and i looked down.. it was carrying on the whole time and very stiff.. .. There was metal shavings all over the floor and grease and grime.. and the elliptical can hardly move now.. the chain is still on.. but the wheel is flopping around as it turns and it looks as if it has snapped off its mount at the end.. so yeah no more elliptical .

I spent hours last night lookin on the net for another cheap one.. NO LUCK.. so then i decided to look at other machines like treadmills and bikes.. thereis even one of those strider things on there for $15 but since its 15 im guessing maybe its no good ..
I remembered that last time i went into kmart they had a fitness section.. and since i dont have 1000 to buy something in a sports shop i thought id go have a look..
and guess what.. they have a treadmill in there that supports 120kg (close enough im 121.. i can loose that before i get it) goes upto 13 kms an hour and was 399 minus 30% off this week.. $280... woohoo.. ( the lady said when they first got them they were 799) so if any of you guys want a treadmill go to kmart .. cant get them any cheaper then that.. im very happy and they let me put it on layby.. so even better .. I dont have the money till next week so im gonna pick it up then..

meanwhile i will have to get my aerobics and pilates out ..

Ani im glad statue is going i bet you held your head high knowing she was going :) lol I would have.. i would have got up thinking it was a victory not want to call in sick.. lol

Kel i hope you get some me time soon.. cant be easy running around so much .. i hope everything settles down and you can get back on track again.. you know you can do it you already lost 14.5 kg .. so there is your proof :) thats more then 30 pounds.. nothing wrong with that..

Vonni how you going? have you still got all 7 kids with you or did his kids move with him?

Amy what a bargain - how often were you using the elliptical? Last year I seriously looked into getting a treadmill, but realised I am one of those people who would madly use it for a month and then let it sit in a corner for years gathering dust.

I've had a shocker of a week, but I have a plan to get back on track tomorrow. I've just been feeling a bit overwhelmed by everything, and frustrated.

I've come to realise that my life is way out of balance; work is good, finances are tight, socially I'm as much a hermit as ever, and intellectually I am starved of challenges. Emotionally I haven't let myself feel or take risks for a long time… so it might be time to try and find a better balance.

Anyway, I start work at 6am so I had better start to get ready.

Hope everyone is OK.

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Ani

The elliptical i used most days.. on averrage 4-6 times a week .. for 20 40 or 60 minutes sometimes longer . i started out with 20-30 minutes and worked my way up to 60 minutes fairly quickly .. then i got stupid and tried to go further in that hour then i was .. and pissed myself off stopped using it for a week .. and then got back on and have used it pretty much for 40 minutes a day most days of the week ever since. I loved that machine and it loved me back it took away 20 pounds lol .. so heres hoping the treadmill will have the same loving relationship with me.. lol

Amy I got my elliptical from Kmart it cost me $160 on a hlaf price clearnace. No trouble with it -But then, it's been keeping Ani's past equip company colelcting the dust :-b

Crap its so cold my fingers are going everywhere trying to type. My daughters dad says its arthritis and old age lol

they elluiptical i saw in kmart was a good price too but max weight was 100 .. and im about 122 so i didnt want to risk it again .. We have just got home from Camerons school disco.. it waas great i spent most of the time dancing.. lol chicken dance, bus stop, macarana ,chicken dance again.. limbo.. and then leah wanted me to dance with her .. so .. 1 hour 30 minutes dance exercise for me today lol.. i was one of the only fools to get up and dance with the kids.. and when i left one of the mums called out cya party animal.. lol .. stuff them i had fun.. my friends got up and danced but my friends got up to so i wasnt alone..

its was great ..

anywa im off to go and watch bigbrother friday night.. cya later

My boss sent me home sick today (I'd already been there seven hours), but she got to work at 1.30pm, took one look at me and said: Go home - NOW! I was feeling pretty awful, and I got home and flopped on the lounge at 2pm. I woke up six hours later :eek:.

I never sleep during the day, so I must have been sick. But I think I may have overdone it a bit, because I lifted and shifted a lot of heavy bags of fertiliser and potting mix - more than 4000kg - by myself. I've only been awake an hour and I'm ready to go to bed again.

Tomorrow morning I start my newest food plan. After a shocker of a week it's time for me to pull my head in and get back to doing the things that I know will work.

Ani i hope you feel better today..

That was alot of work to do , i bet you are sore today.

I am on top of the world this morning.. my plan is working well after being stuck between 270 - 275 for what feels like forever.. i dropped my calories from 1900 to 1700 and that has done the trick.. :)
as of this morning im 267.0 pounds.. woohoo.. so that is a loss of 4.3 pounds this fortnight .. my weigh in days are saturday and last week i had tom and was 271.3.. the week before i was 271.3 on weigh in day to but somewhere between offical weigh in i was 268.2 .. so from my offical weigh in for my biggest loser challenge i have lost 4.3 pounds this week lol which in reality is a fortnight becuase tom put me back up.. lol

but im happy with 4.3 pounds in a fortnight that certainly sounds great to me.. anyway time toi ruistle the kids up for soccer.. cya girls later

Amy that's awesome :carrot:, and I'm really happy that you're on plan. I think it was a great idea to drop down to 1700 calories/day, and it's obviously working.

I'm feeling OK - still really tired, but I have a day off so I can take it a bit easy.

Right back on plan for me too. I'm aiming for 1600 calories/day and I'm working hard to try and hydrate myself as well. I'm spending today pottering around and trying to clean the house, do my washing, and clean out the cat enclosure.

I'm working tomorrow (we are really short-staffed), so it's a six-day week for me. Hope I recover from whatever this bug is by then, otherwise it will be a loooooong week!

:)
Ani

Ani i rhought you had just over done it i didnt realise you were sick..

Get well soon :):hug:

Im getting really antsy. I cant believe how much i miss my elliptical i did aerobics yesterday and it took a full 20 minutes to even break a sweat .. where on the elliptical i have one after 10 and have such a great feeling when im finished.. ( i run on it) the aerobics didnt give me that feeling after i was done.. i did a full 50 minutes of it and i felt like i could do it again.. not the great workout im used to.. i do 40 minutes usually on the elliptical and im buggered for a good 20 minutes after im down .. still sweating and feeling great.. So im gonna go down to Kmsrt and pick up the treadmill on wednesday .. or i might just go nutz waiting .. lol

I think its gonna be alot harder then the elliptical.. though so i wont be complaining and i plan to work my speed up slowly.. so i dont over do it than not want to go near it lol ..

anyway i have a party to go to today so i better go and get us all ready

Ani I hope you get better real soon. Nothing worse tha feeling like crap. Do u eta when yr sick? I do. I overeat lol. Most people don't wanna touch food.

Amy well done on the realising to drop calories as you drop weight. Sounds like its a goer for you.

As of tomorrow (to late today) I am going to start counting my calories again. Havent done it in months and I havcent lost weight really in months. I think though that 1200 is what calorie king tells me. That seems probably to little. Oh well we shall see.

Well I decided to check into calorie ind today and guess what. I'm negative 380 calories for the day. And I didnt think I was that bad today. Just goes to show no matter how much we thinkj we are educated we still dont really know about food. I am going to be quite strict with myself from tomorrows weigh in. I want to see results. I will not weigh in next moinday as I have george due to visit and I dont want to be disheartened. But in saying that. It has been since I STOPPED weighing myself daily that my weight has gained again.

Lets see what 2 weeks will bring

I gained 0.2kg since my last weigh-in - no real surprise there as I have been very undisciplined for the last few weeks.

Over the weekend I worked really hard to get my weight loss back on plan, and I am pretty sure it's why I ONLY gained a little bit.

Vonni I normally 'comfort eat' when I'm sick, but I tried to load up on vegetables this weekend to help me recover more quickly - and it seems to be working.

Thanks Amy - I am feeling a bit better. Still fairly weak physically, but as long as I don't overdo it at work this week I should be OK.

This week's goal is to plan my meals every day and to stick to that plan. A weight loss guru told me that this is the best way to work out your maintenance calories:

• You will burn ONE calorie per hour for every kilo that you weigh. On that basis I burn 76.7 cals/hour, which equals 1840.8 cals/day. Whatever I eat below that will contribute to me losing weight.

I'm going to try that for July and see how accurate it is.

Anyway, work calls - hope everyone has a good week.

PS: Vonni I think 1200 sounds a little bit low for you.

Hello everyone

Well I had a great holiday. New York was amazing, a fantastic city that I'd definitely like to return to someday. New York had a heatwave the week I was there and Las Vegas was just their typical summer weather so for the first 2 weeks of my holiday the temperature was around 35 - 38 degrees which I loved.

San Francisco was cold in comparison at around 15 degrees but Christchurch is truly FREEZING and has been rainy and under 5 degrees since I arrived back on Saturday morning.

My diet wasn't wonderful while I was away but wan't too too bad either. Did masses of walking in New York but wasn't particularly active for the second half of the trip so I expect tonight's gym session to be a hard one.

Have started back on weight watchers today and will weigh and measure tonight to assess what damage has been done and see where I'm starting fresh from.

Hope you're all well.


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Hey julia great to have you back with us im glad your trip was a great time and you enjoyed it so much you would like to return there .

I bet the weather is certainly freezing when you have had 35 degree days .. but great to hear you are already getting back on track ..

My track is wavering today.. i really wanted to go to kmart and get my treadmill but i cant collect it till next monday it seems becuase they sent it out of store because of there toy sale :( so im feeling bummed and and hit deflated .. and i dont really like aerobics , its raining outside and im a bit pissed lol .. stupid elliptical :( how dare it break on me .. so for now my food is on track but my body isnt.. all i have left now is stupid aerobics and the pushup challenge lol .. grrr growl bum fart complain.. lol STUPID ME FOR LAYBYING I SHOULD HAVE JUST BOUGHT IT>>> IS TOO IMPATIENT <<< ( ok i didnt buy it becuase it would have drained the bank account to nearly nothing but john now gets paid tomorrow and the same money is still sitting in the bank )

Ani i wonder is that equation is for waking hours or all 24 hours in a day if it 24 mine seems way to high ..

Well the damage is ... I've gained about 4kg over the past few months and my weight as of last night is 86.9kg.

Had a good day yesterday and stuck to my points :D and had a great workout at the gym. Did my weights and was pleasantly surprised that I hadn't lost much strength then did an aerobics class and kept up well with that.

Goals today are to stick to my points and to have another good session at the gym.

Anyway. Where has everyone disappeared to? It seems very quiet here these days.


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JULIA!!! Welcome home :D. Really pleased that you had a great holiday.

I wouldn't get too concerned about gaining 4kg - it's something we have all done, and the positive thing is that you've done something about it before it got too much. I have faith that you'll be able to work through it.

It is a bit quiet in here. We haven't heard from Lindor or Barb for at least three weeks, and Gen has disappeared too :(. Hope they come back soon.

Amy I'm not sure how that equation works but like every weight loss tool it is a general guide. It is meant to be over 24 hours, but I agree - it seems high for you. Go with what you know will work.

This month's goal for me is to get below 76kg. I am quietly determined to have a good month, and have been on plan for three days now - my body feels better for it too.

Hope everyone has a good day.

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Ani

Hi all. Welcome back Julia. Glad yr holiday went well. One problem with it.... you didn't take me:p

I've been up n down with my calories. grrr. dunno what the heck is going on. But Ani you are right. 1200 seems to pile up real quick even if I do eat healthy all day. By dinner time I am only left with like 200 cal and what the heck can we eat for a main meal for that?

Starting today over the 2 weeks school holidays I am going to make lunch time our main meal. When I am not working. I figure the old days used to do it and there wasnt as much of a problem with obesity then either. Just that I will seem to be doing dishes and in the kitchen all day bleerrrrrk. After the holidays I am going to try having main meal straight after school, as it is still early, but kids are always starving and wanting crap to eat (not that I have much crap in cupboard) and by the time dinner rolls around they aren't that hungry. Also the little one wakes up bout then and is startving. As a matter of fact so am I. Must be that 3.30itis I hear people talk about.

Amy I've been on a treadmill, I reckon the elliptical is way harder. I can only manage 5 mintues before I am feeling buggered. And after 15 my body is buzzing. Which is all them feel good endorphins I guess :D

Ok looks like my 18yr olds father is coming next week. Woohoo. she is so excited. He is coming here first to shower and freshen up before we suprise her. He will have been in car for about 24hrs so will be feeling pretty crap.

Today my goal is to drink a litre of water and cut down my coffee (I've been drinking 6 a day).

Vonni I really think 1200 is too low, and it's setting you up to find it all too hard. Maybe if you aim for around 1400/day, and be happy to drop around 0.3kg a week, you'll be better able to manage it for the longer term. It's never a good thing to be hungry while losing weight - because we have to find something we can manage for the rest of our lives.

Vonni I like the sound of your plan to eat your main meal early in the day. When I lived in England and worked looking after elderly people I lived like that - main meal at midday and a smaller meal in the evening. I really got to like doing that and it makes sense to eat your main meal during the day when you're using that fuel for energy.

Good luck with it!

Ani, how's work now that the statue is gone? Much better I hope!

As for me, I had a great day yesterday. Stuck to my points and achieved a new personal best at the gym by running on the treadmill for 40 minutes!!

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So proud of myself for that :D:D:D

Goal for today same as yesterday - stick to my points and have a good session at the gym.

The biggest thing for me is to stop snacking in the evenings and so far this week I've done that. I've been sitting down after dinner with a big drink of soda water and that's been working well so far.

Hope everyone is good and if any of our other regular ladies are lurking, please post!! I miss you all!


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vonni i agree with ani 1400-1500 would be a good start .. then you have some wiggle room..


Julia i knw it wouldnt take you long to get back in yoru groove :)


Me this week i have lost nothing.. i have lost my main source of exercise and it shows.. the scale has not moved an ounce.. i thought i would cahnge that today in getting my tread mill but..

I picked up my treadmill and it was broken. the box was stuffed and parts of the treadmill were sticking out of the box.. It had been opened before and been taped back up with brown tape.. when we opened i sawit had been used beofe the power cord was missing.. the book was missing and all the bits and pieces were unpacked.. the entire bottom of the treadmill was completley snapped off. and broken.. I was annoyed.. we opened the tready on the trailer tok 1 look at it and returned it to the store.. I rang thrm and they said just bring it back..

So i did and i got nothing but flack at the delivery door .. The lady said if i had a problem i had to ring the warrenty people.. i told i had just bought she didnt care ./. she said she would go find the repair lady .. i was pissed i started yelling.. told her i had just bought it once again. and she said i had to take it around in the store to the front desk .. the thing was 120 pounds.. you think im gonna be able to carry that through the mall up to kmart i dont think so.. ..

so we sat in theloading bay until there was a truck waiting to come in .. then she had no choice.. she got it off the trailer and gave me a note to go get my refund.. *******s.. its not fair nothing ever goes right does it ..

So i have nothing once again.. but i did get my money back .. Dad pulled apart the elliptical to see if he can fix it but its worn though its bearings and the axle is grinding up too.. the axle was a mess its had big grooves in it.. so there is nothing i can do about that one..

so im back at nothig not losing weight no decent cardio to do and feeling bummed.. i hate it :(

hey hey hey hey purple people!
i maybe put on 300grams or maybe not coz i cant remember what i weighed last week
i dont feel like counting calories
i dont feel like writing it all down
i am just in limbo
BUT i am not overeating
so there is a good thing
but i am not interested at all in exercising
i am about to quit the gym coz i have not been since i went to new zealand i also have not walked the dogs since then
i quit my job at the fruit and vege place
i am just all over the place
right now i am into tupperware - i did awesome on the weekend even though i got no new party bookings but that gave me a little motivation to get better at getting party bookings coz i do alright with sales (oh if anyone wants any tupperware private message me and i will post you a catalouge and then post you your tupperware)

we just bought jemima the MOST over the top MOST awesome xmas pressie ever!!!!!!!!!!! JEM-007

i am now going to perth august 12 to august 17 so i will have to call in and visit you ani sometime! i am staying with a friend i met online a baby buddy

anyways footy is on GO QLD and house is a mess so must be off

amy - i dont understand either why EVERYTHING HAS TO BE SO HARD! and why people have to be so annoying i am so so so glad you got your money back

Damn I duno what the heck?.... I tallied EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING i ate today. No cheating and I have only had 731 calories. Go figure... I even had 2 bikkies and a huge silverside meal. lmao.

God Amy what a pain! At least you got your money back I guess. I certainly wouldn't be buying with them again. Hope you can find something somewhere else.

Good to see you back Kel!

I had another good day yesterday. Was right on track with my diet and had a good session at the gym.

Goals for today: stick to my points and do 60 minutes light cardio tonight.


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vonni - go eat some m&ms that will fix the calorie count
julia - 60 mins light cardio.... how about 30 mins hard core cardio and 30 mins light cardio? i should be a personal trainer......
i should get my arse into gear and figure out what my plan is with regards to weight loss and exercise - it is like i am waiting for something to change... but what??

Vonni DON'T go and eat M&Ms - Kel's being outrageous :p

Amy I would have lodged a complaint about that woman - what a pig!

Julia - you go girl!

Now Kel what are you doing, aside from trying to lead Vonni astray? Take a deep breath because you KNOW you can lose weight and eat more healthy - you know it! I get the feeling that idiot doctor has thrown you for a loop. Are you OK?

We have a bit of a problem in our section at work. Five of us have a kind of stomach flu thingy - one has been off work for three weeks, two are in hospital, and the other two of us are battling through. But work is a bit worried about it. I've had it since Friday and haven't felt too good all week - but I am still going to work.

Then yesterday morning my cat got sick again. I found a new vet who has opened just around the corner, and she was lovely - but I have to take him back this morning.

I am on track with my weight loss this week though. Trying to eat really well and drink heaps of water so my body can stay strong while I'm fighting off this bug.

KEL>>>>>>> M&M"S really ....... dont even go there lol you are soooo bad.. lol

that gave me a good laugh though thank you for that.. ..

oh yeah i need to take back a earlier comment ( way up there ^^^) or maybe just change it a little.. if you want a treadmill dont go to kmart.. if you want a broken treadmill.. go to kmart lol.. .

So i have bitten the bullet and put that money onto a new you bute expensive elliptical .. lol its on layby so it is gonna take me a while before i get it .. but at least im going to get it .. im considering ringing befit hire and hiring a bike or something in the mean time.. the bikes are the cheapest.. i think they are 40 a month.. what do you think? better then doing aerobics or should i just do the boring ols aerobic?? .. my problem is my good workout i was doing watching big brother.. and the biggest loser.. and i cant do aerobics while watching tv.. .. so im missing a good 30-40 minutes a cardio a day now .. when i would do aerobics in the day and then the elliptical at night .. and i was losing, now im stalled no weightloss at all ..

so i dont knoe if i wait or find a cheap bike on ebay or hire one.. what do you think?

cheap bike
m&ms rock
idiot doctor is a dick
my doctor is wonderful - went and saw him today and we have started me on a mental health plan that means i can go to shrink and get medicare rebate and sort out the anxiety that is affecting me (got to sort it out coz i sometimes feel so out of control i am terrified i'll hurt jemima which is the main reason she is in daycare lots to get her away from me and that makes me sad)
but it also affects my eating
i now binge eat
i am not hungry but i eat if we are at the table for a meal
i am not hungry so if noone else about i wont eat and then i am starving and then i eat whateva
so i guess i should take some control of that.......... still dont know what i am waiting for - i cleaned my kitchen just then though it looks awesome, i think when i clean the whole house i will be ready to do one thing at a time and plan lunches and dinner and stuff like i used to
i am taking control of lots of things but finding lots of normal day to day things really hard
and it is really hard to admit it

got a new shirt and wore it for the first time today - it is so funny

"If a fat girl falls in the woods - do the trees laugh?"

too funny

mwah

amy - coz of your kmart problem i did not go there for toy sale i am going to big w
buy a bike it will cost you the same in the long run as hiring one and not as mujch as a pain in the butt

vonni - ignore the other girls - m&ms rock - but honestly if you have a calorie deficienty you should have a banana they are heaps cheap and will fill you up and are so so good for you they are a super food

ani - do you take vitamins to help ward off the sickness that is at your work?? and what is wrong with your cat??? i hope he/she is going to be ok

Ok problem solved for the time being.. i went to cash converters and bought a mini tramp.. so i can do my afternoon cardio.. $10 and i have a solution till i can get the elliptical off layby..

and your kids will love it too
what a great solution!
i am going to line up at big w tomorrow (i kinda did today but was with friend with baby so couldnt keep waiting) and buy jemima a tramp 13foot! with net! cant wait - the 3 dogs and her will love it

yeah tramps are fun :) we have a small one atm the kinder tramp that is about 2 ft off the ground and has a small rectancle mat.. its max weight is 40kg.. so im considering getting the kids a bigger one for xmas this year .. i have to talk to hubby about it first though .. he's the one that needs to move it to mow the lawn .. lol .

I have just done 20 minutes on the mini tramp and my butt is on fire.. my calves are tight and i feel like i have had a decent workout.. lol its alot harder work then i thought it would be.. i spent and hour or so searching through you tube for workout moves you can do on it and did those.. it was good.. and im happy.. :) ..

If you go though the catalouges big w's prices are slightly cheaper then kmart anyway.. :) the tramps are alot cheaper in big w .. the 13ft is 399 in kmart and 334 in big w the one in bigw is better to.. it has a 110kg rating and is round where the one in kmart is 100kg and is oval. so bigw is the way to go . :)

I'm still around, and reading everything. I just can't seem to get the whatever I need to get started again. I have not been taking my antidep medication religiously, so maybe I'm out of whack. I just have no motivation for anything and am finding it hard to get out of bed, even though it's 25-30 deg and gorgeous most days here atm. I keep thinking something will happen to get me started too, Kel.. but I don't think it will haha!

Gen welcome back here luvvy :D

Kel yr baaad M & Ms'!!!! Really!!!! hehe but sounds like a plan.

nope I just let it slide. I went to bed early and had a cup of tea and a little piece of carrot cake. It was lovely and took my calories up a bit without going over the top.

Today I havent worked out yet. But I did eat a boost bar at work and I felt totally ill.

GO BIW W.

Thanks Kel for supporting my work you support my job lol. No matter where ya live.

And Amy I am sorry things didnt happen at Kmart. In what happened with it..... We have had simialr. I S & D stuff and send out back for either clearance or trashy and sometimes it ends up back on the floor. Depends on the mnanagers of those departtments at the time whether they could be bothered or not on doing the paperwork to write something off.

Looks like everyone had a blast on here today. took forever to read it.

Ani hope yr cat is better and you to. Sounds like a rotten bug going around yr work. Prob with big places is once it gets around everyone the germ has mutated so the 1st person gets it back in a different way. Sux hey/

Gotta go.
Reading a good book at the moment called SOLD by a lady called Tess something. True story and very good but sad to.

Vonni xxx

Oh I've read Sold. Heartbreaking story :(

Amy great idea to get a mini tramp! I know what you mean about having a sore butt and calves - those things give you a killer workout!

Kel I'm glad that your regular doctor is going to be able to help you. I hope things get better for you soon.

Gen! Great to see you back :hug: please remember we're all here if you need to let off steam. Don't be a stranger!

Ani I hope the dreaded lurgie is on its way out. Nothing worse than a crook tummy :(

I had a good day again yesterday. Stuck to my points and had a great workout at the gym - did my circuit type weights session followed by 30 minutes of 2 minute walk/1 minute run intervals.

Goal for today is to stick to my points.

Bring on the weekend! I'm working tomorrow then visiting a friend and her new baby. In the evening I'm going to a friend's place for dinner and she's going to cook me a special low fat meal before we go to the pub for a couple of quiet drinks.

Sunday I'm thinking of going to a Bikram Yoga class but will play it by ear. Hope you all have a great weekend.


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Bikram yoga... Isn't that the one where the room is heated pretty warm? And yr supposed to release yr toxins as well as get peaceful? Damn I hate living in a country hick town sometimes.

I have a new goal.

Clear my debts (not that I have many or huge amounts) then move to a city where I can DO these things.

i was thinking the same thing vonni - but i live in the city where you can do whateva you want!!!
i was thinking sigh yoga sigh i USED to do that....
so what is stopping me now??? same answer for everything
i dont know

Yep, Bikram Yoga is a 90 minute class where the room is heated to 38 degrees. The only thing I don't like about it is the price - $15 a class. However, it's a nice thing to do when it's freezing outside and I really enjoyed it when I used to do it last year.

Had a day off the gym yesterday :) and ate a little over my points allowance but nothing too drastic. Goal for today is to stick to my usual mealtimes (I always struggle with that on the weekends), write down everything I eat and stick to my points.

Hope you all have a great weekend!