Oh thank christ my bloat is pretty much gone. I finally feel human again!!!!!!!!

Yay!!!!

:D

Well I'm another one with dental problems ... had an appointment with an oral surgeon yesterday and a week today, I'll be getting all 4 of my wisdom teeth taken out :eek:

Went for a job interview last night for a part time casual position with a company that does event hosting. I'm not feeling overly confident but will find out by the end of the week if I get it.

Fingers crossed for you too Barb!


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oh dear lord Julia i feel for you. i whinge with ONE i cant imagine FOUR. stock up on some pain killers.

Dani what on earth is a gum graft? it sounds painful if its anything to do with gum reconstruction.

Ouch Von. I am suffering after my root canal - the guy isn't doing crown until Sep 2 when I get back from Aus (yes visiting home, no particular reason). I can't bite down or even touch down with left side of mouth - friggin kills! I called to ask if it's going to be like that for my whole vacation and they said no, but we'll see. If it stays like this for long, I'm going to get it fixed while I'm home.

PS I got all my wisdom teeth out at once, under general anesthetic with pethidine. It was great! I didn't have a bit of swelling or pain.

Bloody **** we're all falling apart arent we lol

Von the gum graft will be to fix a receding gum on one of my teefs. She said that she may or may not need to do it but that I will need a frenectomy (sp?) at the very least . . . I am skeered to google it cos I dont want to know the deets!

Hope everyones teefies and other bits are feeling better soon!

x

I am so sick of myself and my excuses! It will be three years on Friday since I started losing weight - and for 80% of that time I have been pretty good. For the last 20% I have done everything wrong - everything!

So I am going to declare this the start of a whole new weight loss journey, and come up with a plan to lose 10kg and then keep it off.

And I'm going to give myself a massive incentive to kick-start this new plan. I don't usually 'reward' myself with material things - but this time I am going to if I stick to it and make good decisions.

Every day, for the next six weeks, I am going to work at getting five gold stars. Two stars for eating less than 1700 calories, two for drinking 2L of water, and one for walking 10,000 steps or more. Each week I can earn 35 stars.

After six weeks, if I earn at least 80% of my stars (that's 168 altogether out of a possible 210) I am going to reward myself with a Mac laptop. If I don't - then I miss out!

So today's goals are:

• eat less than 1700 calories;
• drink 2L of water;
• walk 10,000 steps; and
• make a list of all the benefits I will experience by losing another 10kg.

There's no point in being annoyed with myself for stuffing up. I just need to learn from it, move forward and make sensible, healthy decisions today.

Good plan Ani!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

And yes, dont get mad . . . get even (hotter) ;)

G'day!
 

Hello! I am not officially an Aussie Chick, but I will be soon enough. My husband is from Melbourne and we are moving there permanently in November. I've been to Australia before and loved it, everyone was truely lovely. I am a bit nervous to live halfway around the world from my family, but at the same time I will be halfway around the world from my family!! :devil:

Its time for us to start our own family and we decided Australia is the best place to do that! So I am awaiting my approval for a spouse VISA. In the meantime, I continue with my never ending battle with food and exercise and figured I'd introduce myself to you all.

Oh, and my name is Allie :D

Hi Allie!

Welcome to Aussie Chicks!

We have a couple of pseudo-Aussies here already so you are more than welcome to join our little team. And really, does it matter where we are from or going to? Weight is an issue in most countries right? The main purpose of this thread if I recall was so we could speak in our own language...kilograms and centimetres and kilometres etc!

We are a friendly bunch and we don't always rattle on about weight-loss either. So feel free to open up and join in.

So, where are you leaving to come to Australia?

What are your goals and what is your plan of attack with regard to weight-loss?

And do you have any tooth issues currently? (you don't need to answer that...it just seems to be an Aussie Chicks thing at the moment!) :D

Alright...must run.

Welcome Allie! I'm actually from New Zealand but am quite at home being part of the Aussie Chicks group ;) It's a great bunch of ladies here, I hope you will enjoy hanging out and chatting with us!

Ani, you're sounding very sensible and determined as usual and I'm sure that now you've got a plan you'll be successful :carrot:

I'm having a lazy week ... haven't been to the gym since last week and won't be going tonight either as I have an appointment after work. Haven't been keeping an eye on my food intake either and yesterday was another day of scoffing lollies :(

Back on track today though - I've made a good lunch and have a couple of good snacks to get me through the day and I've got the food diary back on my desk.


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skulks back in... my scales went the wrong way.. so i decided "BUGGER IT ALL" and have been stuffing my face ever since... today i am sick of my self ... lol so back onto the wagon i go... I wish i didnt do this to myself i really do.. but what can i say im a nut job obviously. lol.

so my plan for today ... go do aqua aerobics and lap swimming ...
eat goof healthy food ... not choc or white bread and other such garbage .. drink like a fish .. and get my head back together..

Welcome Allie :)

I finished work at 3 am

Not happy and work still isn't done

when the GST is lodged next wk am not doing this anymore

not fun!

Ok off to work I go . . .

welcome Allie

LMAO Lindor at your last question to Allie :p

Welcome Allie, the more the merrier!

Don't lose hope Ani. Look at where you've come from and where your at now. Its a big achievement to have come so far. You know you can do this and it doesn't matter how long it takes to get there.

Amy same goes for you.

I'm faring well this week. I'm busting to get to Friday though, they'll let me know if I have this job by then.