ok so what do you weigh now? (i dont do pounds)

and by the way you look hot in after photo
you can be my work out buddy

i did 45 mins on the cross trainer today
BEAT THAT (and i was entertainer jemima at the same time while she was playing in the yard)

45 minsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss sssss!!!

Insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol

No gym for me today as I will be at work late-ish, but . . . no reason why I cant go home and do Jillians 30 Day Shred DVD eh?

OK. I will lock it in and do it!

I am only counting my last lowest weight ha! So 95.8 (if you want the actual just add 200g from this mornings weigh in - but I am not counting little moves up, if I go up again this week I will adjust my Christmas Challenge stats below). I wanna be 82 by Chrissie. I settled on that cos its very close to 80 but not so close that it seems scary impossible lol

Gawd. Makes me ill Kel :(

Gosh Julia, that would be a deal breaker for me I think, but then I always use any excuse to get out of a relationship that's going well, so don't listen to me.. haha. It wouldn't be the fact of the ex-wife so much as the weeks/months of deceit that would get to me.

Gosh life is confusing sometimes! It's not a deal breaker for me but has given me a lot to think about.

He's joined the gym and is coming with me tonight. Someone to work out with wheeeeee!!

I had not thought of the deceit either. Only you know the right thing for you though :)

i had not thought of the weeks of deciet side of things.... i was always honest open and upfront about everything when i was seperating from my ex and getting together with benji

you must be important to him for him to have kept it a secret from you
and he must realise it now to make sure to not keep any secrets from you?

gen - your neice is so so so so cute you so need to buy her heels and a crown for xmas

Apparently she went to the shopping center like this and got many comments haha.

I love her handbag!!!!!!!!!!!! So cute!! :)

Strangely, I'm not concerned about the deceit. I can understand his reasoning behind not telling me straight away even if I don't agree with it.

Love the photo of your niece Gen, she's adorable :D

Your new pic reminds me of how I feel when i look in the mirror some days Julia . . . heheheeeeeeeeeee

Julia... he told you he had broken up with an ex.. i dont think it matters what type of ex.. since like kel saifd emotionally your are seperate long b4 the decisions are made to end it.. unlike a gf/ bf thing that can end just like that .... i would feel a little confused that he didnt just come out with it.. but since it was a new relationship and you test thwe waters in the new one then.. i do think he was well valid to not tell you until he was comfortable... And in telling you it shows how much he thinkis of your relationship... i think its a great big PLUS... :)


Danni step away from the scales.... they will do your head in if you weigh too much..

Kel wooohooooooooooooooooooooooo on the loss

Ani welcome back... im glad your with us on the losing side till xmas. :)

gen your neice is very very sweet :)

lila shopping on line can be a real pain cant it... lol

vonni yes that is the wii game.

as for me .. 3 hours of swimming with the kids yesterday has left me rather sore today in the upper body.. kinda at the front of my arms pits... :) lol

but still manange a 90 minute walk today so all good ... heres hoping for a loss this week ...
:)

Scanning through my posts since arriving in Darwin, my biggest weigh in was 96.6kg.

Why did I go to the effort to find that trivial bit of information I hear you ask? (Or maybe not?)

Because, this morning when I arrived at work a guy commented on my weight loss!!! Is 3kg really that obvious???

Or is it true what they say about this guy being a bit of a flirty sleaze?? :lol:

Ani, good the see your courageous cat on the screen again! :)

How great is it to see us all in on the Christmas Challenge!!

Gotta go cook...'tis Beef Stroganoff tonight!

Day 1 of wearing this honking great armband thing to record my activity - they are doing a study of 1:1 coaching -vs- usual group weigh-ins prior to bariatric surgery to see if it improves weight loss and reduces complications. I don't know yet if I'll be randomized to the study group or not. Had to fill in this HUGE questionnaire (it was quite emotional, all these questions about how bad you feel about yourself basically!) and do 7 consecutive days of this armband. Driving me nuts already.. will see how long it takes for the boys to notice and start giving me crap haha.

Julia - like I said, don't take my advice on anything relationship wise haha. I have had bad experiences with boyfriends being dishonest, so I am more sensitive to it than most.

Thanks for all your thoughts on my man issue, I feel better having talked about it a bit.

Gen, hope you get on alright with your armband thingy! :dizzy:

Lindor, i guess sometimes 3kg can be a big difference. I'd take the compliment because it's always nice when people notice, regardless of their intentions!! :joker:

Amy, 3 hours of swimming? You're a NUTTER!! :cp:

I had a pretty good day yesterday. Ate well and did weights and a spin class at the gym. Had a healthy dinner and NO SNACKING though I did treat myself to a glass of red wine. Amazingly, I managed to stop at 1 glass ... go me! :cb:

Goals for today, eat well and have another good session at the gym.


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That sounds like a good day Julia! :)

My goal is to continue the eating for hunger and pilates tonight. Work is going to be full-on so prob no checking in from there. Hope everyone is having a good day :)

Wow nearly 3 pages of posts since i was on a few days ago. Julia he was prob scared to tell u at first then the more time went on the harder he found it to tell u. No matter. U like him, he likes you and you're happy. Are there any kids? If not even better cause it means he's moving on and has no ties to this woman any more.

Ani must drink more water. You've always been a big advocate for the liquid, what happened? Is it because of the cold?

I've gained i am sure, but not weighing in this week. I am really sick with the flu (hope I dont start oinking) and george is arriving any moment. Going off to the doctor today under orders from my boss lol. Hope i dont have to much time off work cause even thouigh working 4 -5 shifts a week i am only on contract for point 2 so dont have sick days up my sleeve.

Having said that, bugger it I AM going to weigh in

Bad mover up a kilo

Are you kidding Von - Ani has always sucked at drinking enough water haha.

Have decided that not shopping is a good diet tool - can't eat anything bad because there's nothing but healthy stuff in the house.. sucks haha.

I am very very attached to one of the kittens... seriously considering adopting her.

Keep the kitten Gen - you know you want to…

My new housemate: middle-aged straight man - way overweight, actually quite obese. Nice bloke I guess - very conservative, self-involved, boring, responsible - but talks relentlessly. Talk, talk, talk - and it drives me NUTS!

I can't even stand it when someone talks that much when they're saying something interesting - let alone all the tedious, boring crap he waffles on with every waking minute.

He doesn't even seem to notice that I don't listen, or rarely reply, or that I have my iPod blocking him out - he wakes, opens mouth, and dribbles sh!t from sun up to sun down.

He's going away for a month at the end of August - I can't wait!

Had a better day with food yesterday - not perfect. Better.

Today: less than 1800 calories, 2L of water, 10,000 steps on the pedometer.

He does have a daughter Vonni but that's from another relationship again. No kids with the ex wife so that's something. For 29 years old he's packed a bit in!

Ani the guy sounds like a right drongo! Try to remember, it could always be worse and at least he sounds better than some of your past housemates :dizzy:

Where's my workout partner Kel????? I wanna know if she cracked an hour on the cross trainer :D (I dont know if I could even do 10 on there)

I am really not having a good time with TOM at the moment and as a result am just staying off the scales. I went to pilates tonight and am all shaky but am glad I did it.

Tomorrow night I have an appointment just outside of the city which I am going to walk to if its not pouring with rain so that will be about 40mins of hoof time.

Von - are you feeling any better?

Ani - how did your day go?

Gen - how are you going with that thing strapped to your arm today?

Lindor - it may 'only' be 3kgs but you may have lost some cm's :) Compliments are lovely!

Julia - what did you do at the gym tonight?

ps. I too love that we are all Christmas Challengey :)

Is everyone doing some sort of "plan" food-wise?

I keep reading posts here about doing a fixed plan versus not . . . although I do write down what I will eat every day I dont count any specific calories etc. and not sure I wanna just yet. But I do know that would give me better results . . . but would they be more long term? Dunno . . .

okey pokey
i am hanging head in shame - i had choc cake today SO NOT IN THE PLAN
but i have not hit the cross trainer yet and i HAVE to coz i have made a commitment to myself i will go on every day this week
now - an hour is just crazy..... but i will attempt it - i did 45 mins yesterday - nothing on amy's 90min walk! crazy

but danni
you HAVE to plan what you are eating either in the morning or the night before
you HAVE to otherwise you eat crap
its that simple
and also it helps to motivate you to stay away from crap until your next meal coz your planned meal is so awesome... ok!

i have to go coz i have to make dinner
which is awesome
chicken, snowpea, pumpkin stirfry - cooked with lime juice, garlic, soy sauce, sweet chilli sauce, and some cashew nuts
and for the fun of it broccoli - believe it or not jem's FAVE food

gotta go hubby home in 5 maybe!! woo

Oooh dinner sounds YUM! I will be right there Kel!!! :D

I plan my meals out for the next day every night, including snacks etc and pack it all up and bring it to work, but I have never done the "maths" on what I am eating . . . is it too much . . . is it too little . . . yknow?

Here's today for example:

B - porridge made w/water and sugar free vanilla syrup (SF syrup from Gloria Jeans)
S - coffee w/teaspoon cream (a habit I picked up when I was doing low carb and that I cant/dont want to shake)
L - quinoa salad - quinoa, carrot, red and green capsicum, red cabbage, sun dried tomatoes and fetta w/ balsamic dressing - all raw veggies + coke zero
S - raw nuts 30g & granny smith
D - chicken "chilli" - chicken mince, mushrooms, onions, capsicums, canned tomatoes, some tomato paste w/ small tub of that fat free philly & maybe a salad - no oil in cooking

I just dunno. Why cant I just email my list to someone the night before and they can punch it into calorie king for me . . . hahahahahahaaaaaaaaa

Part of the reason I am hesitant about caloriekinging is that one of the things that makes me go off the rails is when I havent followed my day "perfectly" I just give up . . . a behaviour I am working on changing.

I love broc too!!!!!

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...roccoli-23.gif

49mins woo hoo

ani - i love your flatmate stories - can you write a book? i'll buy it

gen - keep the kitten call it duke

danni - i think benji has dibs on the left overs

Yay for 49 mins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow kel u been rockin.

Gen I agree.... keep the kitty :)

Dani whats quinoa? I think i read somethin about it in my healthy food guide mag. http://www.healthyfoodguide.com.au/

Ani u poor thing. keep the ipod volume up HIGH. but maybe you have found a weight loss buddy in yr wacko flatmate? Or is it going to sort of sabotage your efforts? Tell him a condition of living there is he keeps junk food out.

Went to Doc today. Have the flu and bronchitis. Gave me amoxil, prednisone, prodeine forte and ventolin. AND a medical cert for work for the rest of the week. Damn if i dnt work i dnt get paid, havent earnt enough sick days up.

When i took cert into work, the DON took one look at me asked what my doc put me on and rang hospital doctor. NExt thing u know i'm walkin outta there with tamiflu capsules. geez. lol.

But one good thing, i'm not eating much. everything tastes like crap. specially chocolate so maybe a good time to break that bad habit of mine thats holding me back.

Tomorrow
toast for brekky
salad for lunch
pasta for tea
try and drink a glass of water

Just came across this

Diet is a four-letter word: don’t go on a diet. Don’t tell anyone that you are on a diet. You’ll only get caught in the DIG cycle – deprivation, indulgence, guilt. If you think you can’t have something, you will want it more. Allow yourself to eat everything, but less of it and less often.

Vonnie I've just finished two weeks of Amoxicillan Duo Forte and a bunch of other crap for my bronchitis … still not 100%, but definitely much better than I was.

I should write a book about my housemates - it's all very entertaining :D. Tonight when I came home I told him I had to work on my book (which is the truth since this one is due at the publisher in seven weeks from now), and he has taken the hint and spent the night in his room.

My demented cat, on the other hand, has been running around the house like an utter lunatic, leaping on my desk and knocking everything over that he can see. He just leapt on me and stuck his claws in my leg, grabbed my glasses and is running around the house with them in his mouth!

What price peace in MY household?

Been pretty good with food again today and met most of my goals. Might try for an early night and try to cancel out some of my sleep debt :dizzy:

haha Ani can just picture yr cat

I did spin last night and it kicked my a$$! Damn it was hard. Made it thru the class though and was glad of that.

Macaroni cheese for dinner which probably wasn't the best choice but I'm down to the dregs in the freezer and pantry till payday tomorrow so that was my only option.

This morning I've woken up with the right side of my face all swollen and my wisdom teeth aching. I've got swollen glands and am kind of hoping that that's what's aggrivating my wisdoms as I can't afford to go to the dentist any time soon. My sister and her whole family have a bad case of strep throat so I may have caught that.

Other than that I'm feeling pretty good. Will still aim to go to the gym tonight.


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.... i have come to realise this time last year i was 121.7 kilos .... :) .. and im now 107.8 kilos... and i went through 10 tons of crap in the past year ... im feeling great im so proud i got through all that dribble and i managed to loose wieght is the past 1 thing has hit and i have gained and then stayed depressed for years afterr... this time... i stayed active and i pulled my *** out of the ditch ... even in the worst of it from nov to may i managed to drop 500 grams... ( 111.2-110.7)
nov till now has really been sh*t for me... lol
* my sister went nuts
*my girlfriend murdered an old lady on my street.. and my 8 yo son had nightmares ( and became withdrawn until she was arrested in march ) as he over heard me talking to police
* my dad was in a car accident
* my cousin died
* my mum went nuts
* my Nan died ..
and the crap has only just stopped an im 107.9...

sio im feeling great... im actually proud of my acheievemtn wheich up till now i have been sulking about and feeling like a failure... but going back i realise what i have achieved.... and it feels great ... knowing i can get through hard times wiothout gaining.. and i can occasioanally comfort eat and its not too bad... ... i havent had any sugnificant gain.. and im 100% above the water... im not depressed im happy and healthy and raring tio go...

99 by xmas there i come.... i have had my 3 nasty things 2 times for the year... i see no more curve balls coming my way... just lots of postive steps forwards... and downward... :)

Amy, that's a great achievement.. if you can lose weight through all that, you can do anything!!

I do want the kitten, but I really have to think about the animal - I don't know what will happen with my mum, and if/when/for how long I'll have to go back to Aus to look after her when she is dying. What am I gonna do with a cat for weeks on end? Also when I move home, she'd have to go into quarantine for a month etc... will have to decide within the next week. She went from running away when I got her and even looked at her, to now she greets me at the front door when I come home, stretching cos she was asleep, and slinking all around my legs, and laying next to me to sleep with her foot on my leg. **sob*

Vonni - do you have swine flu? Did they check bloods? Look after yourself and have a low tolerance for worsening symptoms.

Oh Amy that has been a horrid year for you for sure :( The fact that you have come out of that still hopeful and positive is wonderful. You rock!

On my virtual walk across Australia I reached the half-way point last week. I started this challenge last November - so it has taken me nine months to get to this point.

I have a big map of Australia in my office, and each week I move a coloured drawing pin to the point on the map where I 'am' - it's a great visual because it's a constant reminder of how far I have come. I am currently travelling from Ceduna to Port Augusta in South Australia.

Gen when you consider what's best for the kitten, only you can know that. You've given it a wonderful start in life, and made it feel really safe - and if you decide to have it re-homed it will be with the knowledge that you've given it a much better chance at life than it would otherwise have had. Not an easy decision!

Vonni are you feeling better? I'm with Gen - I read in the news this morning that most people being tested for flu in Oz are testing positive to swine flu - so it's worth checking out.

I am very determined to reach my goals today - starting to get my mojo back :).

asians are gorgous and mostly skinny
so my lunch of japenese today will be good for my diet
yep yep

I love Jap food!!!! Ugh I am almost done with the payment summaries at work. I think lots of staff are keen to get their tax returns in early so are stalking me to see where I am up to.

Am sposed to go to Melb later this month but all this talk of swine flu particularly in Vic has me reconsidering . . . .

Oh! I just realised I am 25.5% of the way towards my Christmas Challenge!

i have a new personal trainer
her name is jemima
today when we were going for our walk.....
'RUN MUMMMY"
RUN more MUMMY
RUN MUMMMMMMY RUN
then
hysterical laughing while i was running
the dogs loved it too
if she starts saying "faster faster" i'm just going to die!!!

more than a quarter on the way to your xmas challenge already!! danni you rock
spag bol tonight for us for dinner but for me it will be just bol i am avoiding carbs at night time kinda - but i never ever have much spaghetti anyway

I just got back from a long walk. A walk that I took for no other than I just wanted to get out of the house and go for a walk!!

Ordinarily on a Wednesday afternoon I'd be doing the pamphlet round, but I finished that yesterday.

While out on my walk I popped into the local Woolworths store and argued the cost of apples with the shift manager after I was charged too much for the apples I bought on Monday (bought Royal Gala, but was rung up for Pink Ladys at more than $2/kg more!). Pleased to say I got a full refund!

So, for someone who doesn't impulsively get up and exercise, I am feeling pretty chuffed with myself :D