You got one of them to Kel. lol. I just chased Ebony out from under. She was trying to get the new kitty to play lego with her and all he wanted to do was hide in my wastepaper bin..... so you can guess what happened to the bin lol.

I ended up eating a nutty boost bar in bed while reading ripleys believe it or not book.

Had another cup of tea and only one glass water grrrr

Oh, BTW. I rejoined calorie king. I really think 1240 calories is to little and am usually starving. So I began again with current weight and it gave me an extra 300 calories lol. Go figure. So today is the beginning of a brand new journey for me.

I dropped another 0.1kg this week - good grief! No point complaining about it though because at least I didn't gain anything.

This week I am going to stick with my goals and just keep on moving forward. I'm aiming for a healthy week where I stay within my calories, drink plenty of water and move enough to burn what I eat.

Amy put it behind you - it was just an off day.

Kel I don't understand what you're trying to achieve. What are your goals for the next week or two? Are you mixing shakes with food?

Vonni I agree that you aren't eating enough calories. As bizarre as it sounds you may need to eat more to lose weight.

Hello ladies, I'm back. Didya miss me?

I've been bad

I haven't been to the gym in over a week and I haven't been watching what I eat at all. As a result, I'm feeling fat and frumpy and sorry for myself

Just can't get the motivation to get back on track at the moment and I don't know why. Perhaps it's just that time of the year.

I needed to buy my lunch today but ended up eating some of the leftovers from my office Christmas party (which I couldn't go to) and that consisted of about 6 small potatoes with butter and a few scoops of salad.

Anyway, I've got my gym gear with me and I will go to the gym after work. Even if I just walk on the treadmill for 20 minutes, that's better than nothing and it might make me feel a bit better.

Went to the Dr today for an ikky smear. lol. Anyhow, was a Dr I havent been to as a patient, but worked with her. She also did a physical and found my thyroid is enlarged and then re looked over my last blood results. My THS was in normal range, but low so they suggested retesting in 2-6 weeks. and I have to have an ultrasound done on tyroid. Funny but because if low it can start to be hyperthyroidism, yet that makes you LOSE weight. GO figure. She can't figure that bit out, thats why the ultrasound and another lot of bloods, but this time getting thyroid antibody bloods as well as just the function test.

Anyhow, boobs are good, no lumpy bits, pap hopefully clear (find out next week) and BP was good and get this
DOCTOR scales say TWO kilos lighter than mine.... woohoo lmao. Might call there every week hehee.

Naaaa, I'm using mine.

Julia I am looking into our gym with my daughter. either 450 a year + 50 joining and assessment feee. But we are paying the assessment fee and just going casual at 10 a visit, To make worth money for full year we have to go at least 3 times a week and I KNOW I won't be able to work that in with this hectic life.

Once a week to start and once a week big walk, once a week mowing and once a week on elliptical . Thats my goal for January.

Today I mowed the lawn for 30 minutes so that apparently burnt 200 calories woohoo so so far today I have 900 cal.

PS Ani Dr agreed to little calories and said if I stick to that I will burn out, so she is referring me to a dietician. FREE woohoo

today is better but still not perfect.. .. lol


Breakfast
*grapefruit
*porridge made with milk

Lunch
* 2 wholmeal crumpets
* 2 eggs and a sprinkle of cheese

Dinner
*chicken stirfry
*snap peas
*carrot
*spinach
*cabbage
*mushroom
*capsicum
* and some ice cream

Snacks
*freddo
*pop corn

Water 2.4 litres

Exercise ... nothing .. tired

Total Calories 1840

vonni - i had a thyroidy thing once and it looked like the only thing i didnt get was the hyper thirodism bit (the bit that makes u lose weight rapidly) but everything else pointed to overactive thyroid but then in blood tests weeks after it had corrected itself so that was good but left me with the "what is wrong then " thought

i dont even know why jem was under the desk - perhaps she wanted my attention hehehehe

amy - you eat interesting meals, i love reading what everyone ate it makes me think harder when i open the cupboard

ani - yep was mixing shakes and meals but only have one left so trying to drink lots of water and eat "sensible"

working hard at getting organised and taking my medication and talking and taking time out with jemima - the shifts i work mean i have to be organised or i will be late too much so i got to and i think it will make my mind feel better too

Well I made it to the gym last night and did weights followed by an aerobics class. It was hard work but I got through it!

Goal for today is to get to the gym after work tonight.

One more day to work and then I have my two days off - yay!

I'm feeling some kind of urge to do some exercise - not sure what that's about because on most days I come home from work too tired to do anything. But I'm not happy with my level of fitness or my toning, so I want to add something else in to my day. I'll ponder…

This week is going to be a challenge. I'm a bit annoyed that after three weeks of doing everything right I have only lost 0.2kg in that time. Maybe I have hit a real plateau and just need to ride it out - I suspect that's what it is.

Yesterday I was naughty and only drank 1.2L of water, so the plan for today is to drink at least 2L and to eat well.

Julia welcome back! I missed you, and I'm glad to see you're hitting the gym - especially when you least feel like it.

Got my grades for the first semester of NP: 1 A+ and 2 A's. I am a little bit disappointed because the one big credit class, I was 1 POINT (less than 0.5%) off an A+ - bummer!

I did get 100% in one class, so that rocks! The other 2 classes were a 96% (patho) and a 92% (stats).

You should be so proud of yourself Gen, congratulations on achieving such high grades. I've just completed a college course (cert III in financial services {accounts clerical}). I'm proud of myself for actually going out and doing something for myself, by myself! I managed to complete a 20 week full time course in 13 weeks going in 2 half days a week. Not bad!

I was reading way back there among all the posts, someone (maybe Ani) said they spend all week undoing the damage they do. This is me. I spend the week eating really well and watching everything that goes into my mouth, only to give in and really go nuts on the weekends. I have no idea where all my resolve goes on the weekends. My meals are good but I tend to make really bad choices for snacks. And I drink WAY too much. This has got to change for me to really get anywhere with this weight loss.

Thanks Barb!!

gen - those marks are great!!! are you listening to yourself being disappointed between the slight difference between a a and a a+ that is amazing! you go girl!!!!!

Wow Gen congrats on yr grades

Gen fabulous results i hope you can be as proud of yourself as we are of you ...


ok here is yesterday


Breakfast
* wholemeal toast with plum jam
* cuppa coffee

Lunch
* pub lunch
*Chicken schnitzel with mushroom gravy and chips
*some salad and a peice of bread

Dinner
* hot dog.. lol

I was exhausted i spent 6 hours rushing around the shops yesterday looking for a present for my dad and found nothing.. lol

Water
2.5 litres

Exercise 6 hours running around the bloody shops

Total Calories 1814... exercise calories 1138.... net calories 676