[amouse]

Great loss kel your doing Great...


My weekend has been a bit ummm bad.. lol

Cameron was on camp so i took leah to the movies to see hotel for dogs.. cute movie and no where near as bad as i thought it would be... and then we went to the pub for lunch.. .... i had chicken breast with white wine and avocado... plus salad bar.. lol and a glass of lemonade

and yesterday was a very bad day... we wnet to pick Cameron up from camp. and on the way home we stopped at a farm and bought fresh strawberries.. OMG...... they almost didnt make it home.. and some fresh logen berry jam.. and fresh cream..... lol... we pigged out on strawberries and jam and cream on pikelets... soo not good .. but delicous

then last night since cameron came home sick from camp.. of course i had to go to the chemist and get some athletes foot cream... and we were hungry so i got hot chicken rolls and pasta salad..

I had sepnt the whole afternoon digging up the kids swing set becuase the dog was using the trampoline to escape the garden so the swings had to go to pull the tramp over infront of the shed and well away from the fence i didnt finish till 6 and then cam showed me his foot and nothig was organised for dinner..

... so now today is fresh start day.. i expect to not loose at all this week after such a shocker of a weekend.. it was just a food fest.. lol

No real regrets i had a great time other then the hours of hard labour anyway... my soil is like concrete and there was 4 posts dug in over a foot each.. and been there for 7 years or so years i asked the kids if they would rather loose the swings or the dog they said the swings.. which is fine we have a playground dierectly behind our house with swings.

[barbegirl71]

My mum's in ICU. She had an asthma attack saturday morning and her heart stopped, it took 35 minutes to revive her and now we're waiting to see how much brain damage there is. they keep telling us to prepare for the worst so things don't look very good for her. i'm a mess and i probably wont be on here much but when i know whats going on i'll let you all know.

[amouse]

oh barb.. im so sorry i hope she pulls through

[smylie]

omigosh that is awful
my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family

[LittleKiwi]

Barb and Gen, I'm so so sorry to hear about your mothers. My thoughts are with you both

Kel and Ani, congrats on your losses. Kel 2kg is huge!! Well done And way to go Ani for breaking into the 60's, that's awesome

I had a lovely time in Fiji, the weather was gorgeous and it was a worthwhile trip from a work perspective. They fed us with the most delicious food every day and as of this evening at the gym, my weight is 88.5kg.

I've purchased some appetite suppressants for the first time in my life and hope that they will help me to stop eating so much. They're a natural type made from 4 different types of natural fibre that develop into a gel type substance in your stomach making you feel full. Fingers crossed.

[barbegirl71]

my mum passed away in the early hours of this morning. she faught for 11 hours after they extabated her. i miss her already.

[smylie]

oh barb i am so so so so so sorry to hear that
how old was your mum?

[PerthChick]

Barb that's devastating . There's nothing I can say that would be remotely useful - but please know we are here for you, and if there is anything we can do, or if you need a shoulder - don't hesitate.

[LittleKiwi]

Oh God. Barb I'm so sorry.

xx

[PerthChick]

Originally Posted by smylie

ani - i am so excited that you are 69.6kg it is awesome, can i ask when you will stop?? and then how do you feel about maintenance phase?

Kel I don't know when I will stop. At the moment the plan is to keep chipping away until I get to 67kg, and then make an assessment of where I am at. I am definitely not satisfied that I have done enough yet - I am still carrying a fair bit of fat, especially around my thighs and torso.

But I don't know how much difference another 3kg will make to that, so I'll wait and see.

In terms of maintenance I'm pretty confident (I think it helps that I have taken so long to lose the weight - I have done this for so long it has become second nature). But having said that, I do have a plan. I'm going to continue counting calories and weighing myself every week, because I understand that maintenance will be a challenge.

Julia welcome back! Sounds like Fiji was great - I would love to go there one day.

Vonni where are you? What's happening?

Amy I didn't have the best weekend with food either - but it's past history now.

Gen are you here? How is your mum?

[amouse]

barb im so sorry it was so sudden and just devastating.. please take care of yourself and your family.. our thoughts are with you.

[barbegirl71]

thanks girls i appreciate all of your kind words. she was only 56 and thats way too young for anyone. my grandmother told me god takes the flowers he loves the best. i guess she's finally resting now and she really deserves to. mum had chronic asthma and it just got all to much for her, she told dad just before that she couldn't do it anymore. i'm finding it hard to believe that she's really gone.

[PerthChick]

Barb have you got a decent support network? Family and friends who are there for you? Your mum was so young - it's not fair .

[amouse]

im mad mad mad.. it appears my platueau is still holding strong despite the loss i had last week ,, im back at 112 again.. i have been seeing 112 since november.. and .. it just sucks.

IM happy my body wants its reset point to be 112 and not the 135 it loved b4.. but it makes me wonder why i should bother making an effort to lose weight when my body doesnt agree with my mind..

.. I really dont know where to go from here ... but i do know some things i need to improve on so this wee i need to ...

I need to sort alot of things out i think.. for instance my sleeping.. 5 hours a night is not enough.. ya know its been over a year since my hubby worked at homne and i still dont sleep well when he is not here..

I need to take my mutli every day

I need to drink more water

Im still gunning for my 1 hour of walking a week.. hope you guys are too ..

and i have just enrolled myself into a 10 week yoga class to do with a couple of my friends .. so im hoping its something i can enjoy.

Today i went to my aqua .. i havent been for a little while becuase my instructer left and i became chicken.. the new one is great too... except she reminds me of jillian micheals.. lol she is hard and fast.. and lets you know if you slack off.. i loved it alot.. superb workout. ..

so my plan is pretty much .. walking monday and friday.. swimming tuesday and thursday (aqua thursday too) yoga wednesday .. starting next term.. april 29th... here hoping the extra activity gets my body beleiving what my head beleives.. ...

[LittleKiwi]

Oh Barb I'm so sorry, 56 is far too young. It's so unfair.

I've only gotten to the gym once this week and it's not looking good for tonight either. This morning I accidentally headbutted our big metal safe here at work and I've had a terrible headache ever since. Am thinking that it's probably best not to do anything too strenuous while I'm feeling like this.

Some hot soup for dinner and an early night may be in order I think. I can't help but think of Natasha Richardson who had a small bump to the head and then died. Scary.