Counting today there are 41 days left of this year, and I have set myself the task of reaching 72.5kg by then.

I am asking myself to do three things every day:

1. Eat no more than 1500 calories.
2. Walk at least 10,000 steps.
3. Drink at least 2L of water.

Every day that I reach all three goals I am going to put $10 aside - and at the end of it I am going to go on a mad shopping spree. Of course if I only reach goal a few times I won't be having much of a spending frenzy, but if I DO stick to the plan most of the time I will have a bit of a party .

Since I have a temporary housemate I can afford such a lavish reward system, and it might be just the thing to get me back into the right frame of mind to lose some more weight.

ok well you know im female becuase i have changed my mind... lol

After a very successful shopping trip to the best big w in this state i have decided i am jumping back on the wagon again.. ive kinda had one week off already.. so... thats long enough .. my pain is gone and i feel fine so that helps me out..

I did my own xmas shopping since mum and dad are away and john too and Nana wanted me to get myself something that is what i have done.. i got 5 tops.($15 each bargain ). 2 singlets and OMG!!! 2 dresses.... beleive it or not i have not worn a dress since i was about 13 years old... and these are the absolute best shape ever they are very lower though and have a cross over bit that go below my boobs .. which is why i got the singlets they come right in under the boobs my skinniest bit then flair out so..they are super flattereing.. all the bumpy bits hidden and becuase of the bit that comes in you get the illusion that im thinner then i am.. I will take a picture after xmas.. lol when they become mine.. .. nothing like getting what you want for xmas by getting it yourself..

I loved doing it knowing its wasn't my money i was spending.. lol

anyway im back on the wagon.. being off it i have pretty much misbehaved every single day... which goes to proves to me im not ready to stop. Also since i can walk into so many shops now and buy clothes now.. i dont want to go back to not being able to .. i will weigh in my naughtyness in the morning.. expect a gain.. i know i do.. lol..

Now Ani...why did I crack up after reading that???



I'm totally off track at the moment...too much going on! I'm off to Darwin first thing tomorrow morning for two weeks to have a look-see before I move there permanently early next year! Somehow I don't think I'll be able to set any real goals while I am away...nevermind sticking to any! But I am going to try to be good, if not just for my weight but for the want to save a few dollars too!

Anyway...really only wanted to pop in and say 'hi'...let you all know I am still alive!!

ok its confession time........ LMAO... just weighed in... and im up 500 grams... serves me right too lol ..

i got what i deserved for being bad.. lol

gosh i wish i could be 'bad' like you amy... when i am bad i put on more than that!!!

hi lindor!

ani - that is a really really good idea ten bucks a day for reaching those goals that are going to make a huge difference.....

me - been pretty good with the shakes this week, i dont expect a huge loss i do expect a loss though
been so so busy with working and baby and stuff, been having to find new daycare coz the current one puts my baby down they call her duck coz of the way she walks and they think she is slow and they put me down as well so end of january i have a spot at a new place
monday i have clinic appointment for some behaviour management ideasand am working monday night
tuesday i have hearing appointment to check her hearing
wednesday day off - bible study at night but i dont know when i'llhave time to read the bible stuff!
thursday working 9 until 1 so benji better not forget jem !!! then MAYBE go to the gym as i only have a month left
friday playgroup and then working friday night
then saturday market day at opshop where i going to be selling hairclips i make same with sunday THEN
FAMILY HOLIDAY!!!!

julia - we have missed out on the worst of the storm stuff, friends of mine had trees everywhere and flooding, the opshop was flooded and roads and trainlines and tunnels flooded cars everywhere but we have been lucky and my garden is loving it.... we had hail and had to run outside and cover the cars but that is the most excitement - oh and a converstation topic for me at woolies!

i cant wait til monday when i weigh in

I logged in to read everyone's post's earlier and forgot to put my own one in here!!

I've stayed the same this week. No gain at least.

Ani What a great idea, if I had $10 a day to spare I would do it too.

XX
Barb

hI ALL. Madly finishing workbooks. I copped a tree on my roof in Thursdays storm. Got SES to remove it. Not to much Damage but now have the dilemma of getting rid of it from my backyard where they left it. lol. My shed door blew off and a big branch landed a foot away from car. Neighbours copped tree against their carport just missing their new caravan. Plus we had many more odd bits to ntidy. Oh and kids cubby blew across yard and smashed into fence. Rumpus room flooded and screen bent in so couldnt shut window. Power out till midnight as tree came down ojn powrline up the road. So didnt get a chance to clean up soggy towels till friday arv. Matt got call out to tree and powerlines on fire across town. So we did well in the storm lol. Kel.... glad you're ok. Brisbane copped it real bad.

gosh Vonni that is dreadful i always thought you were above brissy but must be kel ..
did the rumpus leak becuase of the tree in roof or did you loose some roofing there too ?..
how long till you get someone to come fix it all and is storms covered under insurance these days??

no i am in brissy - 20mins drive to the city
vonni is west of brisbane about 2 hours i think
we were very lucky brisbane is totally looking like a cyclone hit it about 30 mins north of where i live.....
and the opshop got flooded

i had ribs and pizza tonight - all you can eat
so my weigh in tomorrow hmmmmmmmmmmmmm we shall see
may not be as "good" as i would have hoped
but whos fault is that???!!!

Dropped 0.4kg this week - I'm happy with that , and I have $20 towards my mad shopping spree on 1st January .

Vonni are you covered by insurance?

Lindor - .

This week's goal is to stay on plan and earn as much of my 'reward' money as possible.

Vonni and Kel, I'm so glad to hear you're both okay after the storm. From what I've read about it, it got pretty crazy.

I had a lazy weekend - no gym and no eye on my food. Oh dear. Today is another day and I'm back on track and looking forward to the gym tonight. Going to get back to focussing on achieving 240 minutes of cardio each week.

I got sick of my old broken down tv in the weekend and splashed out on a lovely 32 inch flat screen beastie. It was only $777 with 18 months interest free on finance which I thought was a great deal. So long as I pay it off by May 2010 I don't pay a cent more than the cash price.

Yay Ani, congrats on your weight loss and good luck on earning that cash for your shopping spree!

wow 240 mins a week, how are you going to break that up???

i lost 400grams as well this week! but i know i can do better
however having a avocado tomato and lettuce bagel for lunch
working at woolies means i see more of what is available and i love bagels but didnt know where to buy them
so now i have 3 to enjoy this week
starting NOW

ani - imagine how much money you will have to spend if you put away 70 dollars a week!

Kel I make my own lunch or dinner to take to work every day. Today it's dinner because I am working 1-9pm, and this is what I am having:

• Poppy seed bread roll
• Tomato (from my garden)
• cucumber (from my garden)
• lettuce (from my garden)
• english spinach (from my garden)
• slice of smoked ham
• two thin slices of cheese
• avocado

In total it's around 340 calories, and it is so yummy and filling!

Has anyone thought about how they are going to plan for December with their weight loss?

By the way Amy - I am really glad you are back on plan. It worried me a little that you were "taking a break" at this time of year. I've come to believe that in order to stick with weight loss - which is incredibly difficult to do - you have to keep goals in your mind, or some kind of "maintenance plan", otherwise you end up giving up on yourself and going back to those bad habits and patterns that got us all in this situation to begin with.

You have done such an amazing job on yourself this year, and I am excited to see what you can shape yourself into in 2009. For me it isn't the physical side that brings the biggest rewards (although it's awesome to feel smaller), but the mental and emotional strength that comes from beating your own demons.

Give it heaps, and turn yourself into the most fantastic woman you can imagine yourself being.

Ani you are so right my little break was a bad idea and im still not back on track .. actually im struggling all over again..

i have no energy at all and no motivation.. food is not good either.. im blowing my calories every day.. and im still gaining... .. after only a relativly short period i feel like im becoming more unfit.. walking to school and back only once today felt like murder... i used to do it 2-3 times a day .. my legs were hurting my back was too and i felt sick when we got home.. i mean come on.. its very frustrating..


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Crikey Amy, so sorry to hear of all your woes! That's really terrible about your friend, I hope she is ok. Thinking of you and hope that you're ok

I had a great day yesterday, was right on track with my points and I did weights followed by an aerobics class. I weiged in at 86.1kg which means that I've lost 400g of the 500g that I'd put on in Canada

My goals for today are to stick to my points and to have a great workout at the gym tonight.

My goals for the week are:

1) Go to the gym a total of 5 times
2) Achieve 240 minutes of cardio over the week
3) Stick to my points at least 5 days out of 7