Aussie Chicks 2008 - Take II
 

Ani - stop lusting after the unavailable? Nahhhh, that's too hard!

So one of my patient's family members asked me today if I am dating my boss!! Apparently he said something to them about me out of the blue, so they started getting ideas. Heh. It's funny... the nurse in our program keeps telling me he likes me (and she's almost 50, although it sounds so high school!). It's odd - we are good mates, but I don't understand why everyone always thinks we are together!! Between my married coworker (who I do lust after) and my attached boss (who I do not lust after although everyone apparently thinks I do)... how well am I doing!

I am sick at the moment. Well, not really, but have been nauseous all day and wish I could just chuck already and feel better!

I have an appointment June 10th with an orthopedic doc who is a friend of my boss - he specializes in achilles stuff. He may say he can't do anything, but fingers crossed, because it's pissing me off so much and gives me and excuse not to go to the gym, since it cripples me for a few days afterwards.

Hope the orthopod appointment goes well for you Gen. Is there some form of light exercise you can do just to get back into a routine? Perhaps swimming would be something you could try?

Apart from your injury and the various men at your work, how are things going over there? You enjoying it?

It's 40 minutes till home time for me and I'll be going to the gym for 40 minutes of something tonight. It helps that my heat pump is programmed to turn on at 6pm so if I go to the gym and have a good session, my flat will be nice and toasty when I get home :)

Have a great night everyone!

ani wrote
By the way Amy I am horrified at that story about your 'friend' and her level of cleanliness. Surely there's something not quite right about her… The most scary thing of all is that she has children :eek:. The second most scary thing is that someone married her! Gen Maybe you and I need to mess up our lounge rooms, throw our dirty washing under the bed and leave it there, and put all our food scraps on the floor

Good grief!

Lmao sure did you make me laugh Ani
I think stop going for unavailable people might be a better choice or just find someone with only half a brain.. thats who married her .. lol ..

the thing is her hubby is about 5 sausages short of a bbq... she is probably 3 and a half short... lol.. She met him through a friend she met when she trained ant minda and she felt sorry for him.. she spent a year trying to set him up with a load of different girls... then gave up and dated him herself... lol ... We went to a party for one of her kids once at the bowling alley .. both there families came .. and it was so embarrasing they were all really weird and deffianatly not the full quid.. They all minda acted like children.. and were yelling and running around.. Those two are the most normal in there families..

I cant believe they closed our thread.. just when we had made our butt groves in the sofas at aussie chicks no1 lol...

Vonni congrats on your loss this week :)

everyone is just too too funny
amy - i hate how there are people out there with nothing better to do than worry about everyone else and make everyone else's life messy... it is funny how they usually meet and marry people with the same mind track... which is crap coz they fuel each other on

i am going to weigh in tomorrow - will be nice to have lost a couple of grams - not worried if it is not 500grams anything will do (i dont really deserve as i had maccas for dinner - totally crazy afternoon with Jemima and then Benji got a message that he had a haircut tonight so i just was too exhausted to cook tea - i have been heaps exhausted and unmotivated a lot lately)

someone asked why i dont just cook healthy meals for myself.... i would and do but at the moment have no routine and no idea what is going on day to day and have so much unorganised stuff in the house and my life i even find it hard to shop i have no idea when i'll be home and for how long and stuff - until i get a job i dont know if the next day i will be working all day have an interview or whatever........ and i have still the problem of picking at the food i am cooking
amy - you said your kids only eat good food - so what are you eating that is meaning you are not losing as much weight as you want to?? i know jemima wouldnt miss bad food and she eats better than i do - i have been cooking her up awesome little dinners lately - the only 'bad' thing she eats is cheerios everything else good ok maybe jatz have too much salt but they are just a snack for her before dinner is ready - i am going to try lite and easy at least a week or two and it will i think help to reinforce portion sizes for me five dinners will cost about fifty bucks but then benji and i went shopping last night and bought stuff for jem's lunches mainly and god knows what else and spent $130!! no dinner foods and no fruit and veges (got that from the fruiter next to the grocery store) i ordered a couple of meals that benji would like so i think the first couple of nights he will be eating liteandeasy as well (and prob pasta if he is stillhungry)

tomorrow night is state of origin - we are going to benji's brothers place his brothers plan for dinner "lets deep fry some stuff at our place" hmmm i think NOT gross!!! so i will bring something for everyone!

ps - amy is all the blue stuff in your signature relating to state of origin??
pps - amy love your new profile pic

ps - amy is all the blue stuff in your signature relating to state of origin??
pps - amy love your new profile pic

lol the blue stuff is becuase im in the Biggest loser blue team over on the exercise forum.. I thought it wouls help me out a bit.. as far as my weight loss.. who knows .. lol my body jusy sucks.. it doesnt matter what i eat im stuck.. i go up and down on the same 5 pounds and go now further.. IM like you i get hungry in the afternoon .. and im busy.. i know what i do wrong.. and here it is ...... confession time lol ..

I dont eat breakfast .. i feel sick in the morning...

I eat lunch maybe at 2 pm.. and usually have had a coffee and if not nothing since i got up.. at 7 -8 am.. I dont eat fruit..
at 3-4 pm im starving .. and i grab anything and everything, I cook dinner at about 6 and im still hungry while im do g it and mindlessly eat parts of it as im cooking it.. and then i eat late at night... lol... and i dont drink enough i have maybe 1-2 glasses of water during the day and then 3-4 glasses at night..
Im so focused on the kids and house during the day its not till they are in bed i realise im very thirsty.. I find it hard to think about my self and just keep the kids busy.. lol .. Leah with drawing ,writing and puzzles during the day in between washing ( Leah is a smart little 3 year old she can read and write her name and read about 10 other small words, she can count to 20 knows all her alphabet except q w t and x. and knows her colors.). . changing her bed ( i have to change her bed every other day becuase of her allergies ).. the dishes.. shopping.. talking on the phone.. exercising and then preparing dinner.. I dont stop.. and i dont eat or derink 90% of the time till about 2 pm ... and from then until bed .. i can blow my calories for ther day very easily becuase im starving hungry and to tired care...

I look after myself for so long i can be really good for ages.. then i get insomnia once again.. and i go back to feeling sick in the morning and not eating till ,late and the whole cycle of ****ty eating starts again.. atm im in the ****ty eating stage.. I ahvent eaten anything .. really bad.. but not much really good either... too much salt not enough water.. too low in nutrients.. and im forgetting to take my multi.. I know im low on both iron and zinc atm.. just to name a few i bet im deficent on alot more then that .. but i know those two. because have those white spots on my nails.. im very tired im getting slow wound healing and have skin sores.. lol

My calories have been well withing my limits but this week i have gained weight ansd i know it .. maybe its fluid from TOM.. but i think its becuase once again .. mum is lookign after everyone else but herself..

I find it hard to stick to a schedule for myself.. but i revolve my kids lives around schedules.. lol I know its sounds stupid .. But i feel like writing a roster for my self... something really stupid like you do for kids... lol

8 am breakfast..... decent breakfast .. a coffee doesnt count...
9 am take multi with some juice...
10 am have a peice of fruit ( you like fruit it live int his house eat it.. )
12.30 make lunch for yourself ( your already in the kitchen making leahs lunch) take a break (30 minutes) and eat lunch.. enjoy it ...
3.30 pm have a yogurt or some fruit or veg... ( your in the kitchen agina the kids are hungry so are you why not lol)
6 dinner ...
8 have a cup of chamamile tea .. and do nothing else.. this is no longer a time to fold washing .. do dishes clean up toys .. wash the floors .. hang out more washing with a torch in the dark ( yes im mad lol) yous been doing this stuff all day .its will still have to be done again tommorrow anyway.. let it wait.. lol ...

Am i the only mad women that does trhis stuff.. get so wound up in the house and the kids you forget about yourself?? and then do more work once there in bed.. becuase you spent to much time playing with the kids and not doing.. all the chores?? Me and Leah could spend 2 or 3 hours drawing sticking and making pictures and things together.. she love it so much.. I draw pitures for her to stick thngs into or colour in or i cut up things for her to stick down.. or i do a dot line word for her to trace.. lol .. I know she is leaving me soon and she will do all this with the teacher instead of me .. which will mean the washing floors and other jobs she hates me doign can be done then.. Some days i just put a dvd on and do my chores.. but i dont like her watching tv all day ..

Thinking about it .. i dont eat becuase i make her lunch so i can hang out the washing.. i make her breakfast so i can get the washing on.. i give her a snack so i can take a shower.. and i walk her to the parks so i can get some exercise.( my ellipical is playing up but to use it i would put a kids tv show on in the family room and lock her in there with me ). I use meals times as a time to get things done .. and i eat at 2 becuase that is usually the time i have most things sorted.. lol I spend the morning playing with her and taking her to the park ect .. She takes a good 20 minutes to eat luch which is why the washing goes out then ..

The reason i eat so badly is my very high maintance daughter lol .. If i leave her to her own devices she raids the kitchen .. for anythign and everything she can find.. Last week .. i left her for 15 minutes with a movie on to hang out some washing and she ate an entire packet of scotch finger biscuits .. she has always taken food .. she even hides it under the couch .. if she hears me coming.. since she was really small we had to lock the kitchen .. and she still does it .. She eats all the time she is always hungry.. but i know she will eat when she is bored and not hungry .. which is why i do so many activities with her.. and im so bloody busy... ok as much as im dreading hr going to kindy.. bring it on.. lol.. I might sleep better if im not doing house work till 10pm at night ... i eat better whan i sleep better.. and for now .., im going to write the above roster and mark on the calender with a big x everyday i follow it ..

Hey kel i bet your sorry you asked now.. you know i dont shut up lol ..
and ty for the comment on the picture .. I spose im not so scary looking lol..

i am glad i asked coz you just identified things in my life i didnt even realise i did!!!
my solutions to these feelings has been to go back to work and get liteandeasy
liteand easy means i wont have to cook and worry about eating enough of right food it is going to be right there and i am going to put in microwave and presto eating dinner! benji doesnt mind eating different or even cooking himself but i hate that part of it

that schedule you wrote sounds perfect! i do the same thing though do stuff when jem goes to bed just easier.... and i do same when she is having brekky (and i am awake ehehehe benji usually does her brekky) but when she is having a meal i am racing to the laundry or worse at the moment on facebook etc doing highschool reunion stuff... my housework slides all the time hence the cleaner BUT i just fired her! (but have another one ready to go... but may tell her not to start and see how i go)
when i start working believe it or not i expect to be way more organised and get mroe done around the house

amy - you do have to start looking after you - all the vitamins and stuff yousay you are lacking is not cool
you have such good intentions but no brekky is you BIGGEST mistake ever even a banana is better than no brekky!
i got to go i have one minute before i turn into a pumpkin
will write more later!
mwah

lol yeah i know .. but still vicous little cycle i have myself in lol .. see pumpkin hour and im not even tired.. which mean more insomina which means i will feel sick in the morning.. and the whole things starts again... lmao.. please just shoot me.. LOL ... I will loose weight... lol. after july.. when leah is in kindy 1 morning a week lol .. and more in october when she is full time kindy.. I need someone to come in and organise my life so i can eat.. or maybe just someone to entertain my daughter.. lol ... hey i got it .. im gonna keep Cameron home from now on so he can look after Leah and i can behave myself.. Weekends i have no problem he is home and he will keep her busy .. its when he's at school I have all this trouble..

o in all this im assuming i ahve a shot metabolism that starves from 8-9pm one night till 2 pm the next day... so when i do it my body say.. hey .. calories.. lets store them for later.. .. Im gonna use the above roster thing and maybe tie leah up.. lol If i eat properly i might not flake out from 4 till 6 then drag my butt to cook dinner .. i might get that house work done from 4-6 becuase Cameron is home sorting leah out.. .. so im gonna give all this a try.. lol .. simply staying under calories isnt enough and i do know that .. but old habits are hard to break lol.. I WILL EAT BREAKFAST... feel free to kick my butt if i dont.. please...

im going to bed no my butt is not just big but orange too ... lol the green hair is not such a good look on me though.... note to self.. turn of computer b4 11 to avoid pumkin hour.. and go the bed lol

Amy I like the look of the schedule you wrote. Why don't you try it and see if it works?

I'm doing well this week - diet good and exercise good. Had a session with my trainer this morning and he killed me. 30 minutes of weights circuit followed by 40 minutes cardio. I'm gonna be starving by lunchtime!


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Amy I have been writing myself a 'schedule' for the last 660 days. I don't always follow it - but it really helps me plan my meals, and is the only thing that enables me to control my calories.

And the most important change I have made to my life is to eat breakfast. I can't eat for the first hour or so after I get up, but I now can't start my day without breakfast. The second most important thing is that I now eat to provide fuel for my body - depending on what I am doing on a particular day. For example, we are going to be moving a whole section of BBQs and patio heaters at work today - and that's a massive amount of work. So last night I made sure to have a good mix of protein and carbs for dinner.

The old me would have just eaten what I felt like.

Today I will eat two meals high in protein, because I know my muscles will need feeding after moving thousands of kilos. And I'll double my water intake because otherwise I'll end up with a lactose build-up in my muscles.

I've always said, and I still believe it, that the biggest part of the battle to lose weight is the one that goes on in our heads.

Oops - just realised I start at 8am, not 9! I must fly…

:)
Ani

amy - did u have breakfast yet?? well did ya did ya?

i dont want to alarm anyone but the scales today said 88.7kg
now unfortanately my weigh in at the chemist will be after pub lunch so wont be as nice i am sure but i am sure i have lost at least a kilo
problem is when i first got the scales out they kept automatically jumping to 2kg or 2.2kg without anything on them... so i cleaned them opened the back and looked at it (not normal batteries so i decided not to play in there) and then put it down same thing happened. so i weighed myself and including the bonus 2.2kg i was 90.9kg, so i was like have i lost weight, gained weight are these scales completly fuc*ked or what? and then i looked at a funny email from someone and then thought i'd try again (i never give up heheh) so then it stayed on zero and i thought yippe they are fixed and i weighed myself and i was 88.7kg - which if you add 2.2kg to is 90.9 so i think they were working before as well just having a blonde moment (no offence amy)
so i think i can say i lost 1.6kg this week - i will try scales again.... hang on....
still went to zero first and STILL says 88.7kg
thank goodness that little guest appearance above 90kg did not last long
carrott carrot carrot
i dont know if i want to weigh in at the chemist but i will and see what it says
tomorrow i get my liteandeasy but after the 'success' this week do i really need it? we shall see

ani - you go girl hope you were not late today and water water water water water
i think that is one thing i noticed on monday was the amount i went to the toilet coz of extra water i was having
i truely think you flush fat away (whateva works in my quirky head i say)

happy wednesday - i have jem home today so we can go swimming lessons and pub lunch..... hard coz totally different routine than they do at daycare so she is confused but i am sure she wont mind when we get to swimming.... splash splash paddle paddle

amy - can leah help you cook?? like saucepan and wooden spoon on the floor get her own plastic kitchen with food in it?? (i am going to set up little house for jem) maybe??

julia - how did u go at the gym??? did you sweat properly?? i love that exhausted i did so good feeling, getting back to the gym week of the 16th which is the week i think my 'new life' will start whateva job i end up with i think will start then as i have commitments the 2 weeks prior to that so as of 16th i will be part time mummy part time something full time weightloss addict blah!

I was busy.. lol.. but i didnt skip it completely .. lol I fell asleep last night or should i say this morning at 3 am.. woke a 8.20 and realised it school photo day .. hooray for me . Cameron came home sick yesterday and is still unwell but the photos are important to him .. so i jumped in the shower took him to the hairdressers that opened at 9 am ( i garbbed a banana on my way out the door ) and got his hair cut, while i was in there a mum from school came in her duaghter butchered her sons hair last night.. lol they had rescheduked the pictures fomr 10 am to 9 . 20 am.. lol OMG... mad rush. I dropped him at school and ran back home to get the moeny and form for it.. he is also src so i had to wait for that .. leah played on the school eqiupmant from 9 30 till 11 30.. i got her a juice from the canteen .

So i had a banana for breakfast ... small steps... lol i also remembered my multi.. and i had a glass of water to take it .
and ive just finished my lunch and its only 12.30 so im doing ok .. :) chicken avocado and cucumber roll with a triangle of luaghing cow .. yummo
2 i had some almonds and a glass of milk
4 i had some cottage cheese
and dinner is lean beef jacket potatos and cauli brocolli and carrot
Cameron is home from school so .. my day is easier lol ...

Leah always helps me cook kel.. one for the pot one for leahs mouth.. lol I chop it she puts it in she will eat all vegetable raw as im cutting it up.. even potato.. yuk.. lol . If im making sndwiches she puts the things in.. if home mad pizza she puts the stuff on (not that we have had thosee for a few months .. ) She loves being busy and gets into mischief wehn not.. lol

So yes im getting a pink piece of paper and a big marker and im writing it down and gonna put it on the clipboard in the kitchen.. lol ..

oh and dont worry kel.. my whole life is a blonde moment... lol

A friend of mine dropped in last night to give me his compost bins - yay! Now I can make my own compost and potting mix.

We're having a big storm here at the moment, and are getting some beautiful rain. As I write the 'destructive winds and storm' haven't hit, but I'm sure they're planning to arrive just as I'm about to leave for work :dizzy:.

All OK on the weight loss front, except I let myself down with water yesterday and only drank 0.5L. I ate 1850 calories - but I did a lot of lifting, and walked 10.4km in heavy work boots, so I figure I burned it all off ;).

Amy this is how I "schedule" my day in terms of food:

Breakfast: high fibre/protein Uncle Tobys cereal with raw almonds and prunes & HiLo milk - around 370 cals;

Morning tea: banana - around 80 cals;

Lunch: Sandwich - soy & linseed bread and whatever I want to throw on it (I don't add margarine or butter) - around 340 cals;

Dinner: (I made this and froze it on the weekend) low fat mince, kidney beans, chick peas, mushrooms, tomatoes, onion, capsicum, with steamed broccoli and cauliflower - around 350 cals;

Snack: a little bit of something sweet - around 150 cals.

If I stick to that I will be fine for the day. I also drink around 4 cups of coffee and a milo or cup of tea.

Well I was pretty good last night. Didn't snack too much and stuck to my points for the day.

Tonight I'm going to the gym and will do 40 minutes of some sort of cardio. Probably a walk.

The weather here is very wintery today. There's a heavy snow warning for parts of the south island so I expect it'll get very cold in the coming days.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.


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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


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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 :dizzy:.

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) :D.

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

he pointed out some 'issues' i have
my issues are from the way i was brought up
he pointed out that i shouldnt need a computer to lose weight (ie support from you guys) he said i should be able to do it by myself, putting weight back on is my fault and no body elses

What a lot of rubbish. There is any number of proven clinical data that people who attend support groups (ie. weight watchers) lose more weight and keep it off better than those who do it themselves. Tell him to try reading some journals some time. Or ask him what the **** bariatric medicine is all about (weight loss surgery) if it's meant to be easy to do alone. What a dick. Telling someone who's overweight that they "should" be able to just lose it is so counter productive, because that just makes you feel bad and makes you eat more!! OR maybe that's just me.. hehe.

Yeah but Amy thats all good when said but is it easy to do? I know when I am sick I am ravenous. It's unbelievable.

Speaking of ravenous. I have eaten crap all bloomin week and now George has arrived yahoooo. (not) I feel and look like a bloated blimp. My skin has broken out badly (thought I was past that age). And I'm sinking into a bloody depressed state. One thing exciting happening in my life does not make the lot all good. My BF or X BF is playing mind games with me. Like pulling off rose petals he loves me he loves me not. One minute is saying love stuff n misses me blah blah blah and the next breath if he gets ****ty about something he is sending texts abusing me. I keep telling him if he wants there to be any chanmce of us he needs to STOP with the mood swings and the jealousy and insecurity.

Anyhow you guys don't need to hear my garbage we all have it, just different smells lol.

Kel that doctor does sound like a dick as Gen so politely put it. I wouldn't even be going back to him ever. If he can't support you or at least give advice thats practical tell him to buzz off. You need a supportive Dr.

Ani how cool 5 cats. I would if I could but.... as I said Snoop would NOT approve hahaha. I need to get a pick of him on my bebo page so ya can all look. He's so flyffy but has a real attitude lol.

Gotta fly (speaking of flying wonder how Julia fared???)

Vonni.

Oh PS.... My ex ex ex (daughters father) reckons I look alright for a grandma -- haha reckon I should show BF that comment so he works harder for me. hehehe

Hmmmm I think that word was meant to be fluffy

my NORMAL doc is on 3 weeks holiday and i LOVE my normal doctor
although my NORMAL doctor doesnt know about weightloss support forum, he just knows i am addicted to the internet
gotta go and not be on the internet

vonni - you look AWESOME not just for a grandma!

Haha thanks Kel:dizzy:

88.5kg woo
loss of 400grams
slow and steady wins the race - GREAT so i am a freakin tortoise - although considering the take away food places that i got to fill out comment cards for (i think everyone wants to know what i think) then ANY loss is awesome this week
:carrot:

Kel I'm sorry, but that doctor is an ignorant tool! I could stand here and say that I've lost 28kg on my own - but the fact is I have been part of Aussie Chicks for almost 2 years, and the information, support, and friendship has been invaluable.

It makes me furious that some superior-acting w@nker would say that to a vulnerable woman. I would have refused to pay for the consult… but that's the sort of person I am :D.

All is OK here. Got someone coming to see the house tonight, and someone else tomorrow night - so I will see if anything comes of that. I certainly need someone to move in so I can ease the financial pressure, but as usual I am not looking forward to it.

Anyway - must get ready for work. I'll try and see if there is any danger of me drinking some water today… that would be novel :D.

Kel i agree what a dick... lol i agree with vonni gen was very polite i would called him an F***ing*sshole lol has he ever had a weright probelm.... i bet he hasn't.. support is what keeps us going.. where are we when we are struggling.. generally on our own not asking for support.. so yup.. stupid dick he is ..
Internet addictions are a little counter weightloss becuase we spend alot of time sitting down.. reading and typing.. but with our busy lives mot of us do it when like me.. im waiting for my load of washing to finish.. or between tasks at work.. or at night when we could be sitting in front of the tv snacking.. so the way i see it .. not really a problem.. cant snack while typing :D lol. it just depends on how much time you spend on the net . and if you spend time intead of doing things that nheed to be done..
I get on before the kids get up in the morning and leave the comp on all day .. lol and come back an check things out every now and then.. like now between washing.. or having a lunch break from everything i work all day long in this house .. lol i get a break too lol :) .

Vonni Im sorry hes being such an *******.. and hey i know what you mean about saying and doing.. lol very good point .. i suppose i just gotta forgive myself for that gain and not worry about it ..

well done kel great loss :):carrot::carrot::carrot: