Hey guys wighe in day for me.. and im down 900 grams.. so finally below 110 and sitting pretty at 109.6... woohoo..


The lolly shop was great and not a single lolly passed my lips. i didnt even think about them.. i just weighed them up packed them pricesd them sold them and handed them over the the customers.. lol

My body is still complaining about the yoga.. lol.. or maybe its now complaining about the aqua not sure.. lol

anyway plan on misbehaving today .. got a mothers day mud cake.. and im taking it to playgroup for the mums.. and plan to have some too.. lol mmmm mud cake for breakfast... lol

Its funny i feel as though i now have control over food.. i dont remeber having control before. I have a case of donuts and a mudcake in my fridge and i have only eaten one cinnamon donut that i had worked into my calories and stopped.. ... old days that cake would got a look in and a nother last night and then i would be going to coles this morning to get another one for pg.. or just pretending like i didnt get it at all..


Anyway better get moving or ill be late this morning . cya later.

I've noticed that if I don't have enough water I wake up the next day with a back ache. So goal for this week is to keep hydrated.

I'm not travelling very well. All of this mother's day advertising is doing my head in. I think I'd like to sleep through sunday this year.

Barb nothing is going to make it better in the short term. I'm really sorry you're going through this, and I'm thinking of you.

Amy - great result. Most of this weight loss battle is in our heads, isn't it.

Kel - good point. I will definitely take it on board and have a think about it.

All good here. I'm about to go shopping - I'm very aware that this maintenance gig means I have to keep counting my calories and making sure I don't do anything silly. It's exciting actually, because this is the period of time that will tell me whether I am going to succeed with this long journey or not. And I'm reasonably confident…

My mission for this week is to write a shopping list and do some grocery shopping. I haven't done a proper shop in weeks and as a result, I haven't been cooking much in the way of proper food at home!

You guys wouldn't believe the weather we had yesterday - very cold and torrential rain all day and all night. I made a big pot of veggie soup which was the perfect thing for such a miserable day.

This week I intend to get back on track with my weight training and gym sessions. Hoping to do a few more spin classes too.

On my virtual walk across Australia I am just 94km from the Nullarbor Roadhouse - no wonder my legs are sore . I should be there by the end of this month.

Julia I couldn't manage without a shopping list and a plan. I get way off track when I don't have something to be working towards - and I think it makes a lot of difference to whether we succeed or not.

My first week of maintenance has gone really well. I don't feel like I'm under any pressure, but I have made good food choices and mostly done the same things I've been doing every other week.

This week's plan is:

• eat no more than 1850 cals/day;
• drink 2L of water every day; and
• keep on trekking and aim for around 50km of walking.

Last night I worked so hard at the gym that I thought I was going to be sick! I did a spin class with the gyms hardest instructor (who is a real d!ck by the way!) and boy it hurt. I kept up as much as I could but have got a lot of fitness and strength to build up before I can totally keep up with it all.

I did weights first and am determined to get back into the swing of doing 3 weights sessions a week.

Plan for today is to go to the gym tonight and do 40 minutes cardio.

Julia the thought of spin class scares me . Great to see you sounding so determined.

All is good here - I have just over two weeks to go before I start a fortnight of holidays. YAY! No plans to do anything - just to have a rest from work.

Where is everyone?

im here .. did a pilates class today the yoga lady was sick so had pilates instead.... omg i was going ok then she started doing alot of leg work and now my knee is really playing up .. i dont do squats or lunges becuase of my knee.. and alot of her class was in those sort of postions.

Other then that im going good.. blew my cals on the week end in a magor way but have worked them all off just about with 2 hours on the elliptical on top of my other exercise . So im feeling very happy within myself atm. I wasn't even mad for doing it this time it was mothers day and i got on top of it .. so hoping for a loss this week .worked out every day of the last week plus the extra so im pleased with myself

My neighbour said to me this morning she is going to call me the amazing shrinking woman... lol... Which kinda made me happy..

this weeks exercise plan is
thusrday aqua
friday elliptical
saturday wii fit
sunday elliptical
monday wii fit
tuesday lap swimming
wednesday yoga ( i hope )


my cals are set to 1560 a day.. lets see how i go..


Last week my cals a day after taking off exercise was 1188 cals a day ( after i fixed it anyway lol) the week b4 worked out to 1109 cals a day and i lost 900 grams.. so fingers crossed for a loss this week too . will know on friday.


im not so hard on myself as i was i wont regrett slip ups i will fix them.... do the crime do the time. this weeks slip up meant 2 extra hours on the elliptical and i did it too lol

HI HI
barb - i hope sunday went ok
ani - cant believe you are walking accross the nullabour - i really should get the pedometer of mine out and see what kind of walking a housewife/mummy does
amy - 900 grams woohoo and under 110 - **** you are going to catch up with me soon!!! woo hoo hoo
julia - how are things going with the boy?? you are so on track too

and me
am BACK
remember MONTHS ago i lost weight by sensibly eating LMAO i couldnt believe how easy it was
then i stopped
well
back to it
weetbix, banana and a juice for brekky 3 days in a row now
lunch on tuesday was good, monday and yesterday lunch not cool and today treat - pub lunch
and dinner lowcarb not no carb
and mindframe FANTASTIC

weight was the same as last week on monday so i hope for a little improvement there but will think of last week as maintenance.... sigh

been doing a little exercise every day - trying to at least walk the dogs - yesterday though was too tired and jem and i had big nap in front of telly

where is lindor?
how is gen and her mum?
vonni came to my house on saturday with her girls - she is awesome

Sunday was difficuly, but then I think for the next twelve months celebrating all of the things in life for the first time without mum will be. I tried really hard to stay happy for my kids sake but once they were in bed I lost it completely.

Its also little silly things that get to me. Last week I made a big pot of chichen soup and said to my husband I should get mums huge pot and use that next time, well that set me off knowing that mum will never do stuff like that again.

My weight has come down from 105 to 103.6 and I'm hoping keep slowly progressing in the right direction, not really doing anything to help it along just eating sensibly.

Its really great to see you're all doing well, I love reading about what everyone's getting up to.

Take care.

XX
Barb

Yay Kel sounds like you're back on track. Way to go!

Things with the boy are going really well. We're having a dvd night tonight

Today at work we're having a big morning tea and my god, you should see all the chocolate out there!! Knowing this was going to happen, I've packed my gym gear and will be hitting the treadmill after work to compensate.

WEigh in day im down another 900 grams.. i cant beleive it i dont think i have ever lost this much in 2 weeks .. 1.8 kilos over 2 weeks .. i think that is my normal monthly loss.. i couldnt be happier

so yup 108.7 kilos now.. and im bloated with TOM.. my hips and legs are both 8 cms more then last week .. from the bloat.. and im still showing 900 grams. im over the moon

WTF????? Last I weighed myself I was 77kg. yesterday the scales say 69??? Awesome! but alas ,maybe they were frozen with the frost. This morning they say 77. oh well, i had excitement for one day.

I get some excercise at work. not only walking back and forward between nurse station, wards and bedsides, and showering people - when i have my breaks i go down and up 5 flights of stairs.... 12 stairs each flight. thats gotta be doing something right. Right???? once on way to work 12 stairs, down and up on morning tea 36 stairs, down and up lunch 48 stairs down again when i leave 60 stairs..... then anything in between if i go between floors to get stuff.

A friend i hadnt seen in a while said to me yesterday "yr losin weight girl" I said naaa, but then it occured to me with the walking and 'stairing' probably building muscle. my jeans are loser that much i know so yayyyy

vonni - i have to use y our scales next time i am at your place

amy - woohoo again

ani - did you end up treating yourself to anything exciting once you got under 70??

me - very anxious about what the scales say tomorrow - having burritos tonight which is a heavy meal but i hope to have lost enough that even heavy meal will still show a small loss

My weight is not budging and I know that is because I'm not being very strict with my diet. At least I'm not gaining anything I suppose.

Went to the gym on Friday night and I ran for an hour! Non stop!! Covered 8km and was so proud of myself

I was pretty achy all weekend so haven't done any other exercise since. Got a comedy evening to attend tonight so there'll be no gym today either.