Congrats on the new niece Barb, and while i'm talking to you have we missed your birthday or is it at the end of the month?
Amy you tap (as in with yr fingers) the part of the body several times before you dart the needle in, it apparently gears the brain to the tapping feeling so the needle doesnt really register in the brain as a pain. I find it helpful for the IM injections. and have even had them do it to me when i have had mine so i could experience it. and it works.
i have tried to read all i have missed.....
i even tried to post the other day
but bigpond hates my computer and there were issues
today i had "one of those days" but jemima was awesome and i know it could be worse (if i was the blaming type i would blame bigpond for telling me to stay home between 7 and 12 and then not showing up and i had things to do and etc etc) (then all my coke cans fell out of trolley in the carpark)(then jemima dropped her n ew fish twice when we were crossing the road) (then then then ) (luckily i actually thought it was ALL funny)
anyway anyhooooooooo
i have something serious
One thing to remember in life is that we all have choices. Even a descision to do nothing is a choice.
I pulled that from an article i checked a couple of weeks ago and have been thinking about it for ages.
then i go to a friends place - you know the type knows it all so makes you feel like a crap mother and makes you ask yourself the tough questions we all try and avoid.
anyway she just HAPPENED to go and see dr phil last week and he said that oprah invited him to come to her house as she wanted him to tell her friends why they were fat and what they should do etc etc
so he went
and he said
'YOU ARE FAT BECAUSE YOU CHOOSE TO BE"
i am so stupid
i have no medical reason for my weight gain
i am just continually choosing to be fat
(most people would probably think "oh i choose to be skinny" and i think that is the idea but not me)
it has clicked
at least for this week but i dont see what is going to change
I CHOOSE NOT TO BE FAT
basically everytime i open my mouth it is MY choice, what i buy is MY choice, i like to think of myself as slightly clever.... so why am i being so stupid making crap decisions
i dont want to be fat
so i am not going to be
barb - too cool you got the job and so nice your neice is named after your mum... lucky she has such a pretty name!
amy - dont you love it when your partner knows they stuffed up........ and i hope leah gets over her needle thing, my granddad is 70odd and still afraid of them and he is a tough used to be a cop, used to run a bar, used to be a farmer type..... whereas jemima loves watching me get blood tests and loves watching miami ink with the tattoo needles and we watch all saints together almost every day....
julia - i dont envy you with the toof extraction i am taking jemima for the first time to the dentist on monday - i think it will go fine....
You are an amazing mother Kel and an amazing woman. This is a great post.
We are the ones in the drivers seat! We make the decisions. So we just have to make different ones. I know we can all do it. I even believe I can do it. Finally I feel like I am ok taken bloody ages!
How the **** did I forget that I went from 122 to 72 in a year!
That was not a fluke. I chose every day to live my life rather than eat.
weigh in day 106.5... lol.. so still 100 grams up on a couple of weeks ago... lol.. im just gonna blame tom and go on my merry way...
Kel very good post.. you are right... we choose what to do and what not to do..
Danni... fine you went from that to that in a year but becuase you did it the crash diet way your body then gained back as quickly as it could when you got back to normal... that is how you can forget it..it didnt work in the long term just the short term.. be kind to your self and give your body a break.. let it go the slow and longterm rather then the quick and short term.. the results will speak for themselves..
Vonni my birthday was Wednesday, had a lovely day, got heaps of pressies and the day off from motherly duties! Hubby took me out for lunch, we had Indian, yum!
Kel, well said. Your so right.
I remember when I was working, before babies, thinking to myself "when I have more time for myself I'll do something about my weight." Now I'm going back to work after 11 years and I'm still a fatty! Yes I have lost heaps over that time, but I've gained it all back and then some. So now I'm looking forward to being at work again and hoping that I'll make better choices and finally do whats good for me.
I weighed in today and have gained 1.1kg this week. I over indulged Wednesday so this doesn't come as a surprise!
Last edited by barbegirl71; 08-14-2009 at 02:10 AM.
Danni. I lost 38kg in six months, I was 113 and got down to 75, my goal was 68 but I never made it there. I did manage to keep the weight off for two years but I let is slowly creep back on. I'm not quite back to my previous heaviest weight but if I keep going the way I have been it won't be too long before I'm there again. I'm not going to let this happed! There was no way that I could keep restricting myself the way I was and not feel deprived. My usual menu consisted of 1 egg and 75g veg for breakfast, 95g tuna and 110g salad for lunch, 110g red meat or 90g chicken and 110g veg or salad for dinner, two pieces of fruit and 5 vita wheats, no milk or cheese. I know if I go back to eating this way I'll lose the blubber again but I can't make myself do it again!
if it works why are we all changing what we are doing every week?
if it works why do we lose weight and then put it all back on?
ani - where are you??? what did you need to learn to help you stick to the lifestyle change?
oh i dont mean to sound like we are ALL doing something wrong - that is WRONG of me..... so please dont take it like that anyone
i just know FOR ME
i need to stop thinking cheese is evil and eat it when appropriate etc etc
i have to eat bread, and potato in moderation instead of what i do now
etc
Kel maybe you should stop eating out so much. Last week you said you had Maccas and Kfc. If you know your going to be out pack yourself a salad or something instead of eating take away. I don't want to sound like I'm preaching to you!!!
exactly barb
that was last week.... the "click" happened for me on tuesday
i have eaten awesomely since tuesday
and i had brodies last week tool... maccas twice and kfc once - the friend i saw on tuesday also informed me (coz remember she knows it all) this stuff is not real food, but for me that makes/made no difference
i did not and do not eat it for the nutritional value, i did not eat it coz it was food, i ate it coz i liked it, i ate it coz i was lazy
and you not preaching barb you right.... however all those times last week i did not realise i would still be out at lunchtime but should have pulled into subway or the shops that have a sushi bar, the CHOICES i made when i was at these places or out and about were stupid ones (except for the first trip to maccas when i got the chicken wrap instead of the quarter pounder)
taken bloody ages!
