[LittleKiwi]

Helloooooo ...... where is everyone?

It looks like my gym work won't be happening this week, I'm getting an ingrown toenail Ouch!

I can't afford to get it seen to anytime soon so I'm just trying to keep it really clean and hope that the infection dies down a bit.

Last night I cooked a lovely big pot of veggie soup so am enjoying that.

[7senuf]

Don't pick at it Julia lol. Hard to resist I know.
I'm travelling ok. Still trying to get house organised but no motivation. Been a bit hohum with food. Been having an iceblock or chocolate a day. That reall scars me. Watched some current affair show the other day it said a bar of choc a day puts on 13.7 kilos a year

[amouse]

well here we go time to show some progress again .. i decided to take some pictures today since i have well and truely shrunk out of my clothes again and had to buy more i thought it might be time for pictures too ( im down 6-7 dress sizes )






Im very happy with these pictures.. in them is 27 kilos of hard work and determination.. and 27 kilos i didnt give up on.. Im proud to be looking so.. so .. normal.. lol

[7senuf]

AMY yr on fire girl. Looking awesome!!!

[smylie]

i dont want to sound like a copy cat but AWESOME is definately how you look!!!

julia - i hate ingrown nails - i used to get them when my neighbour used to do my nails - definate hygiene issues there!

[PerthChick]

WOW Amy! What a fantastic result for all that hard work - it is SO worth it.

Vonni I reckon I've eaten chocolate every day in the last three years - and I've lost 35kg. I think that statement is a broad generalisation, because it's all about calories eaten versus calories consumed.

Julia isn't it funny how something as small as an ingrown toenail can completely stuff you up. I hate them!

Kel how are you travelling?

All good here. I'm managing to hold my own with the maintenance thing - although I want to keep chipping away at these last few kilos. I'm feeling physically exhausted, but only have just over a week to go until I have two weeks holiday. I can't wait!!!

[LittleKiwi]

Amy, you look absolutely amazing. Good for you, those photos show just how much hard work you've put into this and it's all been worth it.



My toenail is feeling a lot better today. I can't afford to go to the doctor about it so I've been soaking it in hot salt water and been putting a wee bit of dettol on it and wrapping it up to keep it clean. That seems to have had an effect on the infection so here's hoping it's going to fix itself!

Going back to the beautician tonight for my second session of IPL to remove the hair from my upper lip. Can't wait for it to disappear!

[7senuf]

OK I have some money left to stimulate the economy. How shall I spend it..... a home gym, a china cabinet (to get the crap out of boxes) or a desk for my laptop instead of sitting at kitchen table?

[barbegirl71]

I think you should get the desk! A home gym sounds great but we both know you'll use it for a little while then it'll end up sitting in a corner somewhere taking up space!!!

[LittleKiwi]

Vonni I'd go for either the china cabinet or desk. As Barb says, home exercise equipment almost always ends up unused!

As for me, I've got my period this week and seriously, I am eating like a maniac!! I know I'm doing it and I just can't stop myself. It doesn't help that it's freezing cold and very rainy here so just the right kind of weather for curling up and comfort eating.

I'm going to Wellington this afternoon to spend the weekend with my sister and the kids so very much looking forward to that

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

[amouse]

Thanks guys.. im on some sort of roll atm... weigh in again and yet another 900 grams .... i seem to have found what works for me..


And that is i work out my cals for the week put it on a spread sheet 1550 a day x7 = 10850

then i put in my exercise goal for the week which atm i have set to 2700 calories to burn .
everyday i put my food calories in and then subtract my exercise calories .

Ansd i dont behave everyday that for me just deosnt work.. and i got so sick of getting pissed at myself.. i can behave for a few days then i have something then im good again. but what i have figured out is my calories over the whole week work out to less then my goal and that is now making me loose weight..

I have taken the pressure off and enjoying myself every now and then.. and its working ... if i eat it i work it off buy reducing my calories to 1200 or so for the next day or two or by getting on the elliptical ...

It really is a case iof calories in versus calories out.

[barbegirl71]

Yay Amy! You've found your groove!! Keep it up.

Julia make a great big pot of vegie soup, eat as much as you want and feel satisfied at the same time!

I'm down 200g this week, not bad considering I'm not really doing anything to make it happen.

[smylie]

woohoo amy and barb!
amy another 900! wow you are reallly going to pass me soon (not that it is a competition........)
ani - woohoo maintenance and holidays..... good plan....... are you "just" going to relax on your holidays?
my garden is going good - however today i realised the spinich is doing pretty well, i think it is baby spinich (i guess it would be until it grows up) but that i prefer silverbeat..... i think......... maybe the baby appearance is tricking me

i lost 600 grams last week and i had EVERY meal.... woo me.... i am proud of me, i ate food and lost weight, hope for the same this week

on saturday i have a baby shower to go to which is a high tea at the city botanical gardens cafe i have been advised not to eat lunch before i go.......

tonight toss up - steak and 3 veg, tacos or hungry jacks
i understand there are 2 right answers and one very wrong answer
the way i am feeling though it may end up the wrong answer, i am just mentally exhausted as jem and i hang out EVERY day now and i have had no mental break with all saints today....... hmmmmmmmm waistline or sanity?

[7senuf]

Sanity all the way

[PerthChick]

Amy I am really happy you have found what works for you, and are reaping the rewards from it. I have found that no matter how much I re-jig things to alleviate boredom or experiment with different things, it all comes down to calories in/calories out. Over the course of the last few years I have done some experimenting - mainly to find a way I can work this for the rest of my life.

Barb how are you travelling? You're in my thoughts a lot, and I hope you're managing OK .

Kel I have no plans for holidays. I decided to take two weeks off because my body is sore, and I just want to give it a rest. My job is pretty hard on my body because of the amount of lifting and moving I do, and I have a few niggling injuries that will benefit from a break.

It's very stormy in Perth at the moment. The sky is black, the wind is doing some damage… today I am going to sit in front of the TV (as long as we don't lose power) and watch footy .