[smylie]

103.6kg
am not going to dwell as i know EXACTLY why and how
i am going to kick some fat butt (heheheh mine)

am a little worried i will get pregnant before i lose "enough" weight but will cross that bridge when i come to it - yep am "trying" for another baby

[LittleKiwi]

Hey ladies

The date was lovely thanks. We had a really nice dinner and then went to see XMen Wolverine at the movies. Good movie by the way and Hugh Jackman is DELICIOUS in it!

He stayed at my place that night and again on Saturday night. I do like him but I'm feeling a bit funny about it all. I think the main reason for that is that he's really keen. I always seem to go for people who are no good for me or are unavailable and I almost find it offputting when someone nice and available is really into me. I'm also so used to being by myself that I'm finding it a bit challenging to allow someone else to take up my time!

So I'm trying hard not to push him away and to just take it one day at a time and enjoy his company. Trying not to overthink things.

I had such an unproductive weekend that tonight I'm not going to the gym, instead I'm going home to do mountains of washing. Oh joy!

[amouse]

wow julia that musta been a good date....... woohoo...

Xmen was great wasn't it i saw it with my friend on thursday .. while our kids were at kindy.. my only complaint being when he was nude the shoulda zoomed in alot more.. i didnt want to see the monutains, i wanted to see the....lol

Kel now why did you way yourself just after getting back from holiday .. that was not a good idea at all.. you shoulda given yourself a week to get back into the swing of things and then do the deed.. especially with all those neggets, chappies, .

[smylie]

i was thinking about having the week off BUT then the ONLY person who suffers from that is me - i mean it would have been cool if i was the same or not so much heavier BUT what if i lived for a week or so living that illusion and didnt get back on the wagon as quick as seeing what i REALLY weighed has done...

i "blew" it today though, jem kept feeding me chocolate (i KNOW i can say no if i want to) and i had heaps of rice cakes and i also had a paddlepop after dinner - which i said no to but benji didnt actually listen for the answer and gave me one - which i know i didnt have to eat.....

i think i have to go - jemima just got taken OUT of the bath for continually drinking the water and she loves bathtime so i can envision lots of sooking now..... sigh

[amouse]

Im back in full swing right now..

got everything in my court food and exercise wise

wednesday 1247 cals and 120 minutes walk
thursday 1251 cals and 50 min aqua class
Firday 1482 cals and 30 minutes wiifit
Saturday 1835 cals and 30 minutes elliptical
Sunday 1663 cals and 30 minutes wiifit , 60 minutes walking
Monday 1848 cals and 30 minutes wii fit
today 1225 cals and 30 minutes walking and 60 minutes of swimming laps (fast)

this for me has been a very successful week i have acheived all the goals i have set for myself and am pleased as punch

Ive worked it out based on the 1580 a day ck reccomends for me that gives me .
11060 calories a week and though some days above look highs its balanced out to .
10551 cals for the week minus all the exercise

[7senuf]

let me tell all here kel must have heavy bones. lol. she dnt LOOK 103kg.

Amy where do u find your energy?

[LittleKiwi]

I've been lazy so far this week so the plan for today is to get my butt to the gym after work!! There's a spin class on which I might try - it's new to my gym so will be something different to try.

:-D

[amouse]

hey girls guess what.........???? I got a job..( i havent worked since 99 so this is huge for me and im starting tomorrow ...

too bad its in my mother in laws lolly shop but.. i'll be good .. i promise..

and today i started yoga
omg.. yoga. ouch........ lol.. i really enjoyed it but im a sore goose tonight .. and i was sweating buckest just trying to keep those poses.. phew.. and i could manage most of the moves too.. afterward i was feeling so great.. now i feel like going to bed.. lol.. and apparently there are some muscle that had previously been dormant that are now screaming at me.. LMAO.. oh no what have i done.. i have aqua asskick hilter style tommorow.. My aqua lady is a personal trainer... need i say more .. jillian micheals looks like a kitty cat in comparason.. and then work... hehehehehe...

after all my working out i aint gonna want a single lolly.. just a strong coffee ..


Vonni atm for my mental states i need to do something everyday it keeps me level

Julia hope you made it to the gym..

[7senuf]

MMMM lollies I LOVE lollies :-D
Has anyone here done pilates?? Our local gym is starting a class and its one thats actually a 'normal' time for me.

[pacman12]

I tried a pilates class. I found it really hard to hold stomach muscles (what little there are!) IN while breathing OUT. Just unco I guess.

Julia, I do the exact same thing. It's a poor self esteem issue, I think - you can't believe you're good enough to have someone so interested and keen, so you find reasons to push them away.

[smylie]

pilates is awesome - i found it really really helped me with finding core strength and stuff like that - but it is exhausting

julia - just dont put any pressure on anything and take each day as it comes everything happens for a reason just have HEAPS of fun and let someone sweep you off your feet

i know exactly where the 103.6kg are vonni, my belly is the size of an 8month pregnant womans!! and then i have a nice layer of fat ready to keep me warm for winter

rice cakes cant be that bad.... they just cant! i have been pigging out on them this week..... i guess i figure i could be binging on worse

amy - congratulations on the job!! what hours will you be working and what a delightful place to work! i dont think y ou will eat lollies but it will be nice to be surronding by colour and other people excited about lollies!

[PerthChick]

I've made a big decision in the last few days - I'm going to stop actively losing weight for a while, and spend at least the next three months practising maintenance.

There are a few reasons for this. The most important is that I want to turn my focus onto the right things - and set goals related to behaviour, not numbers. I'm also a little bit tired, and my body seems to be telling me that it wants the pressure taken off.

I've been on sick leave for the last four days, and the most obvious thing my body was saying was that it wanted to eat! So here's the thing:

I'm going to try maintenance until 1st September, and see how I go.

I'm setting a goal of 1850 cals/day.

I will weigh in every Monday and report in here.

I will allow my weight to fluctuate between 72kg-68kg, but if I EVER see anything over 72kg on the scale I will lose it immediately.

This will be interesting, and it's going to show me whether I have learned enough to keep this weight off, or whether there is still work to do. Hopefully I'm on the right track .

[LittleKiwi]

Good luck Ani, that'll be an intersting journey but I'm sure you'll do just fine.

Amy congrats on your new job! That's very exciting I could never work in a lolly shop though because I'm a lolly fiend and I would scoff them all

Gen that's exactly what I'm doing. I'm trying to find fault where there is none and it's because of my low self-esteem that I'm doing it. I'm trying hard not to push him away and to just enjoy it and take it slowly.

I went to the gym last night and did a spin class and it was AWESOME! Super hard workout and I was sweating like a beast. I think I'll try to do spin at least twice a week from now on.

Tonight I'll do some weights and running.

[LittleKiwi]

Well I didn't get to the gym last night as my sister's boyfriend was in town and I went and had dinner with him and my mum instead.

No gym tonight either because I'm off to the boy's house to watch the rugby

My sister and her baby arrive from the North Island tonight so I'm looking forward to spending the weekend with them.

I'll be back into my training next week. Meanwhile, I need to buy some proper padded cycle shorts because after the spin class I did the other night, my nether-regions are SORE!! Seriously, the saddle is little and hard and it sits right on the pubic bones. Ouchie

[smylie]

julia you sound busy enough to be happy..... i just wanted to point out you sound really happy right now as sometimes i think we only notice when we are not

ani - me being so bad at keeping the weight down really should be the last one to talk BUT i know with weight watchers they let your weight go up 2kg or down 2kg - i am thinking that maybe you should make your extreme upper weight 70kg.... i dont think you should EVER see over 70kg ever again and i think you can do it
maintenance break now is a fantastic idea and stopping at september will give you a couple of months to lose a couple of kilos by xmas if you want to and your body will let you as well i reckon

i have had an interesting food week i have NO idea what the scales will bring on monday which is really not cool - i should know what i am acheiving or not acheiving
however i have done some exercise every day - once was "just" wii fit and whoever said itwas good but not as good as the real thing i think was right - or i have to "unlock" more levels to get to some faster stuff
and my weakness has been candy easter egg (but i think i've eaten them all now) and rice cakes which is ok until i decide they need margarine on them
my neighbour is doing optifast and doing pretty well so i am jealous but i think i want to lose weight eating food
damn it i just want to lose weight and now i dont care how slowly - except i also want to get pregnant and know i will put at least 10kg on then....... so NEED to lose weight to be 10kg ahead (gosh already needing to be one step ahead of baby....)