I hear what you're saying Ani and I totally agree with it. I guess I'm just hoping to get a bit of a kick start by cutting out carbs for a little while. I figure that I'll re-introduce carbs eventually but perhaps only for breakfast and lunch and stick with no carbs for dinner.

It's all very experimental at this stage, I'm doing lots of reading about it and am determined to make sure that I am still eating good, healthy, balanced meals.

My wisdom tooth is still really sore. I had to leave work early yesterday I was in so much pain :( and it woke me up at 4am I was in so much pain. Have taken a fist full of painkillers and it's died down to a dull ache so at least I can work for my 3 1/2 hours this morning.

I really want to go to the gym as I've only been 3 times so far this week but I'll just wait and see how I feel when I finish work. If I'm still feeling miserable I'm not going!


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Julia I can't bear toothache - it's just the worst pain…

Amy that's some workout! Ellipticals scare me too, and I am very impressed that you can get such a good workout on one.

I'm off to the chiropractor shortly. If I move my head more than 20º to the left, I feel like I am being stabbed in the shoulder blade - can't be good.

Speaking of 'not good' I am having a serious conflict with my closest friend. We've been talking about going to New Zealand for a holiday, and I agreed that at the end of September I might be able to go. So she went and booked and PAID for the beginning of September without checking with me first.

There is no way I can go then. Aside from anything else I cannot save that much, on my income, in such a short time. Also, my housemate - who is willing to look after my cats for me - will be away for September, so I would have to pay to have them boarded.

I had also stressed to her that I wanted to see my mum, so I would take a separate flight (on the way back from NZ) to central NSW to spend a week with mum… Not possible on such short notice because I can't afford to save up for the extra.

So I am now stuck with having to pay for a ticket I can't use, and her not speaking to me because I can't go when she booked it. I'm pretty annoyed with her for doing it without asking me first (she earns around $180K/year and has a lot more financial freedom than me).

But how can anyone expect me to save the necessary $3K+ in FOUR pays when I am on a low income and don't have a credit card? I could do it if I didn't pay my rent, or eat…

AND

I am on a deadline to get my next book to the publisher - and I really cannot afford the distraction or the drama!

oh ani that sucks.... flights can be resheculded though cant they??? why is it such a big deal for her to go a month earlier??? i would just flat out tell her you cant go till the end of the month... :( surely it wont matter for her will it??

Julia - sorry your teefies are still hurting :( Will you be having the tooth out?

Ani - what a nightmare! No matter how much someone earns, bad manners is just bad manners. I dont think I have ever booked even a theatre ticket without ringing my friend to re-confirm dates etc

How's your neck feeling?

So I got up at 6.30am today to head to the gym. I did an hour pilates class and then went to gym #2 (the one the boss pays for) to hit the treadmill for 30mins and use their showers (at my gym its all BYO but at the other one they provide toiletries etc).

Going to head to the shops soon and prep my food for next week.

Tmro I think I may need to go into work.

Ani, that is a frustrating situation to be in! I hope it can be sorted out without affecting the friendship too much.

Well folks! It's official!! I am booked in to jump out of a plane at 14,000ft in fifteen days!!! The weight limit is apparently not carved in stone...the real requirement is to be able to pull your legs up for the landing! Having said that, I am still planning to be as close to 90kg by then! I wasn't intending to do it this so soon, but the 14,000ft jumps are only available for a week at the end of July and I wanted to see if I could make one of those jumps rather than the standard 10,000 or 12,000ft jumps.

Eeekkk...what have I done!!! :lol:

yayyyy Lindor how awesome. we want pics

Wow Lindor. Amazing. I am chicken poop when it comes to things like that. Feel the fear and do it anyway, hah! More like feel the fear & run a mile - hey that's a thought, I'd get more exercise then!

I am usually chicken poop at these kind of things too. But for some reason, I feel I need to do this? I am sick of just existing and not living...every day is just a routine for me. It's time for me to live a little!

Before coming here, I was 'living' in a small town where I literally hid away from everyone and everything. I was fat, boring and convinced people were mocking me and every thing I did. Everything I did was also with others in mind - "What will people think if I did that?" Stupid...but I think that is what is called small town mentality???

Anyway, here is a whole new world for me. Here, is where I don't care what people think. Here, is where I do what I want to do!

Here, is where I am me!

Woo Lindor that's awesome! I'm sure you'll absolutely love it and good on you for challenging yourself to do something so out of the ordinary. :carrot:

Ani I'm so sorry to hear what's happening with you and your friend. It seems totally unreasonable that she has done this to you and it's put you in an awful position. No chance she can find someone else to use the ticket?

I've had a quiet weekend, toof pain still pretty severe so I've been laying low. Diet seems to have been pretty good. I've tried to do all meals as low carb as possible and today I got a couple of books from the library so that I can learn more about it.

Here's hoping that my toof is feeling better tomorrow! I'm on antibiotics to try and kill the infection and have to wait till 3 August for my appointment to see an oral surgeon who will then assess if I need the wisdom teef excised. Eek!


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good luck with the tooth Julia :)

Toof's a little less sore today thank goodness. Hopefully it will be totally painless soon :D

I've been doing the low carb thing for a few days now but I'm considering today my Day 1. Breakfast was 1 rasher of chicken bacon, 1 chicken sausage, 1 egg and some onion and green pepper.

Gym tonight and I'll do weights and maybe 30 minutes cardio.


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hi guys. well being sick has its advantages i suppose. lost a kilo even though i am still eating haha. prob damn well put it all back on again though when better. Have read all posts just no energy to reply to all.

have a great day
Vonni xoxox

julia where did u get the chicken bacon? What did it taste like? that sounds weird lol

is there such a thing as chicken bacon?
i am over it
but i know i have to keep on going
today i am up 800grams
i dont understand it
i exercised everyday - i thought that alone would make me lose weight
i ate well everyday - the minimal treats i had should not have made me put on weight
not happy jan

The more I read about lap band complications - bands slipping, rupturing, infections etc, not to mention port problems, needing fills/unfills forever... I am leaning towards laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Makes your stomach smaller permanently (staples) and reduces the hormone ghrelin, which causes hunger. No followup maintenance needed (apart from usual checkups).

Only problem is - don't think my insurance pays for it as they call it 'experimental'. Will have to ask the surgeon when/if I get to that stage.

Sorry to hear that Kel. I'm afraid I don't have any words of wisdom but I can definitely sympathise because that's pretty much what happens to me all the time. It's VERY frustrating! I guess you've just got to keep on keeping on and it'll pay off in the end.

Gen, you've certainly got a lot to think about. Any kind of surgery is a BIG deal.

Chicken bacon is produced here by Tegel which is NZ's biggest chicken supplier. It takes very much like bacon but is made of chicken so contains less fat.

Lindor I am in awe - do you have to do anything to prepare? Are you doing a tandem jump or leaping out solo? I think it's a fantastic thing you're doing, and I can't wait to hear about it.

For $50 I can change the date of my trip to NZ - but of course my friend has refused to change her plans. So I am stuck with a plane ticket I hadn't planned on buying, and will now have to start saving to make a trip on my own that I hadn't planned on taking. Excellent!

I'm working late shift for two weeks in a row now - so I guess I'll have some kind of routine.

Gen keep researching. It's a big decision, so you should be really comfortable with it before deciding to go ahead and do anything.

This week's plan is to stick to my goals. I'll weigh-in tomorrow and see how I am tracking. If I can't get myself sorted by the end of this month I am going to join a local Weight Watchers.

Where in NZ is your ticket to Ani? I'm in Christchurch and you're more than welcome to come and visit me! I don't really have room to put you up but my mum's got a huge house with several spare beds if you want one :D

Ani what a mean freind.. you just cant rely on anyone these days :( .

Julia im happy your tooth is on the mend.


Kel that sucks big time... but is TOm near??? maybe hormones are at play?? dont be discouraged... why not get on cal king and see if there was anything you can improve on.,. somtimes.. you can be eating more then you think...
I know you dont like it but if you just have a look at a few days maybe you cann see whats up... if nothing then blame it on hormaones.. dust off and keep going :)

Me dont ask..... lol.. TOM is well and truely making me pay... i gave up on sleep last night at 2 am... dint get a wink.. till about 5.30 and woke at 6....

feel like crap.... made something nasty and ate it and am sitting at 1645 cals and havent even had dinner yet....

grrr .. so my plan now is to go burn some junk off on the elliptical.. and hope i dont pass out from lack of sleep ... atm im feeling ok... later i will be very grumpy so better go work my *** off now.. ... lol...


lack of sleep as always is when i eat crap... like eating crap is gonna give me more energy........ wrong.. i have felt sick most of the day after eating it and am only just feeling good now... tee hee hee.... one day ill learn...... maybe.... hey at least im not gonna have anymore children.... so no more sleepless bull crap... :) thats bascially where i have put all this weight on...

ok better stop stalling and go work some of it off.. :)

TOM last week
so cant blame that
going with muscle growth until further notice

Smylie, if you are exercising regularly then it's GOT to be muscle mass.

I know I should have waited till Wednesday (my proper weigh in) but I hopped on the scales this morning & I've lost 1.3 kgs. Woohoo!!

ahhh bad food gone... 60 minutes on elliptical 19.1 km... :) ahh feel the burn... my whole body is buzzing.... ... so slightly faster then last time to .. as i did 9 in 30... woohoo me.. 0.5 kph faster

Amy, that's great.

For me exercise has always been the elephant in the room, something I just keep ignoring. I've always been a bit leerey about the gym. You know how it is, self concious about my body, paranoid that I am the biggest person there.

BS excuses, right?

OK no more excuses. The council pool & gym are just down the street. This week I'm going there & checking it out, as long as it isn't too expensive I'm signing up.

PROMISE.

lila - here's the thing EVERYONE at the gym thinks EVERYONE is looking at them - so EVERYONE is so worried about EVERYONE else that NOONE is actually caring what ANYONE else looks like!!
join the gym and join me on a six week get your moneys worth "challenge" kind of like a bootcamp....
i plan to go in the next couple of days and join for 6 weeks (very special deal fitness first has at the moment) i also will get 3 pt sessions included in the price, hopefully jemima likes the kidszone and benji can come home early on the days i cant send her to kids club as i intend to get there 5 days a week for my 6 week membership and reevaluate after that

amy - you rock!

Ani, I am jumping tandem. I don't want to be responsible for killing myself...that would be suicide! :lol: There is a 15min prep session proir to getting on the plane where they basically explain that you have cross your arms over your chest when you jump and that you have to raise your legs into a kind of sitting position for landing. Otherwise it is just a case of enjoying the ride!


I have to admit to struggling with my diet this last week.

Last week I did no cooking because my freezer was overflowing with leftovers! And I have noticed that without the distraction of cooking a meal every night leaves me open to boredom and snacking. I need to somehow space my cooking out a little more. When I cook, I cook portions for two - one portion for the evening meal, two half portions for lunches - this week I am going to try to alternate my cooking nights with an evening walk and have one of the half portions as another evening meal with a salad.

Why does a healthy lifestyle have to be so hard to work out!

Seriously eh! :)

Man its freezing tonight!

I have been doing ok, am really enjoying the gym(s) but still feel like my eating is all over the place. No real jumk (cos I dont have any in the house) but just feel like am putting away too much you know?

Oh well, can only focus on so many things at once. This week its more gym focus :)
Kel - you could def. be retaining water from all your workouts- have read smthg about that that if you start a new workout regime not to weigh in for a bit til it settles.

i joined the gym
i am going in the morning
i am going to sort this out
i am going to stick to the ONE thing for 6 weeks
i have to
i have to get under 100kg SOON
food rewards and food punishments are stupid (i give myself food for both)

danni - i like the retaining coz of work out
i will put that to gym people tomorrow - i am "afraid" i have no work out clothes that fit me!!! and the two shirts i KNOW fit me are in the wash at the inlaws house.!!! how embarrassing!!! i will hopefully find another or i guess i could go to kmart and buy another one..... that would be stupid when i have one and am going to lose weight

lindor - GOOD LUCK - that sounds so awesome - wow wow wow please do post pics if you can - the thought excites me but i dont know if i could do it!!

ani - whats the story with broccoli, mine is growing up but doesnt seem to be doing anything broccoli like?

gen - did i tell u that my ex-sisterinlaw had to go to hospital after she got her stomach band coz she almost choked on a cornchip?
and the first weeks after her op she ate prawns (i am not sure if she blended these up or not)
i dont think benji's boss is having any trouble with his though
have you spoken to people who ACTUALLY have it?

I weighed in last night and am sitting at 85.5 which is 400g down from last week. I've been up and down so much in the past few months I don't want to get my hopes up but maybe this is the start of a downward spiral???

One thing I'm finding very interesting about eating low carb is that it keeps me fuller for so much longer than on what I was eating before. I'm not feeling hungry at all and I'm actually not craving junk like I usually do.

I went to the gym last night and definitely had less energy than normal which is what the doctor told me to expect. I did weights then 10 minute run, 10 minute walk, 10 minute bike. No gym tonight as I'm going to get my hair cut after work.

Amy you're kicking butt on that elliptical girl! The most I can ever do is 20 minutes because my toes always go numb for some reason.


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lol Julia my toes go numb too.. all you have to do is stand so you are low for a little while you are on it and the feeling comes back .. i dont know why ellipticals do that .. but my old one did it too.. but this one id not as bad..


LIndor.... wohoooo .... you have great time .. an old friend of mine hubby went on a jump... he was told there was a 15 minute pre thing but his was an 90 minute pre thing... where they strpped him up in the shed to a harness until he got the landing right..... hehehehe

Lila im a memeber at a the gym at the local swimming pool , for pool and classes only so i swim and do my aqua there i can also do the aerobic classes but so far havent lol... and i pay 8.90 a week which is great becuase a casual swim is 6.50 and a casual aqua class is 10 .. and i can go as many times as i like .. which is generally that aqua class and 1 swim a week .

Kel, sis in law sounds like a dill - you are meant to be on clear fluids for 2 weeks postop, then pureed foods (ie. not shrimp!).

I haven't spoken personally to people, but have talked to/read a lot of people on forums. I am sure there are not that many complications (people with problems are more likely to go looking for a forum, I'm sure!), and my potential surgeon is excellent. Given my life situation though, I feel like the sleeve gastrectomy has less likelihood of postop complications and hassles - the risk is greater at surgery, but after that there's no foreign body, no restriction on the type of food you can eat (only the amount), no malabsorption, no risk of erosion/band slippage, and no fills/unfills to maintain over time.

Relieved tonight because I finished a bunch of assignments due this week. Dreading the next few weeks with tons of assignments, exams etc. Ugh. Can't wait for a month away when this term is done and I get to go home.

Kel your broccoli needs some potassium - give it a feed of something like Thrive for Flower and Fruit (not the all-purpose Thrive) or Sulphate of Potash every couple of weeks - because all flowering plants need potassium.

Julia thank you for the offer - when I get around to planning the NZ trip I will definitely keep it in mind. It will be a fair while away yet because I am saving to go and visit my mum at the moment. I haven't been home for four or five years, and it's my priority right now.

I've decided I am going to drive. I know it's a four-day road trip - but for any of you who have never driven across the Nullarbor it is one of the "must-do" things any Australian should put on their list. You can't get a sense of the vastness, the isolation or the sheer magnificence of the country any other way…

So I'll be going at the end of November - and I'm already feeling excited about it :dizzy:.

Going well with food and exercise at the moment. I haven't weighed in yet, but that's because I live with a housemate who hogs the bathroom and is usually in it when I get up in the morning.

But I'm sticking to my goals, and feeling a lot better about things at the moment.

WHY DOES LIFE THROW LEMONS?

My daughters ex decided he wasnt bringing their daughter back after weekend access and went to a solicitor for custody. posession is nine tenths of the law so he has her now until they go to mediation in SIX WEEKS. I dont agree with the way he did it. If he wanted to instigate proceedings he could have done so without taking her away. Its hard because he is working at 5am so my grandaughter either gets dragged out in the cold to HIS mothers or she sleeps there and she looks after her while he ayt work. I told him y/day i can care for her when i am not at work. andf I can go there early morning till she wakes and is warm enough to get her out.. Where is the fairness in that?

My daughter is beside herself with worry. she is staying here for a few days to try and sort stuff out. He wont even bring the baby to see her which is wrong wrong wrong.

anyhow i have had my vent. hopefully my weight wont pile on. how come with stress some people lose weight yet i gain in huge proportions?

Kel I havent forgotten you. as soon as i get well i will come visit i promise :)

Oh Von that sucks - why do people get rewarded for essentially kidnapping the child? Does your daughter have a solicitor? Can she try and get the hearing moved forward?

Oh no Von :( That is awful!

Oh Vonni that's terrible! I can't believe that he's not being prosecuted for kidnapping.

I'm on day 6 of low carb and am officially running out of food ideas! I'm sick of just eating meat and veges and am very bored with having such little variety. I'm trying really hard to stick with it though and am going to invest in some protein powder so that can at least take care of breakfast and snacks sometimes.

Gym tonight - weights and some light cardio.


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Vonni is your daughter allowed to have access over the next six weeks? I can't believe the 'law' allows a child to be placed in this situation - away from their mother - for such a long time. That's outrageous!

I weighed in this morning and I am 75.4kg - believe me that's a lot better than the last time I weighed in! So my next goal is to get below 75kg by the end of next week *sigh*.

At least I've stopped it before it got too out of hand.

Vonnie, it might be worth talking to a solicitor that specialises in family law.

I weighed myself today & have lost 1.5kgs this week. Yay me.

I also did the deed & joined the local gym. Tomorrows the fitness assesment. (cue scary music) Da da da dahhhhh.........

oh vonni that was anasty way to do things. why would he take the baby? he has had visitation obviously.. ..... what a prick.... its not fair at all ... your poor daughter must be a mess.. i know i would be. :(... big hugs to both you and her ... i bet you both need it. :(


i feel like i finally got my game on....

50 minutes and 16 km today on the elliptical
20 minutes and 6 km yesterday
60 minutes and 19kms on monday
and 30 minutes 9kms on friday .

food wise i could be better but im happy.. i always fix the exercise b4 the food i have been trying.. :) .

feeling great fingers xed for a loss this week ..

today i got a Cameron fun day which was fantastic .. Leah went to my inlaws.. ( cant remember getting a day just him and me )
i took cam to the shops where there is a place with video games ect.. called tunza fun... we played airhockey, water cannons ,skill tester, ect .. its was fabulous.. then i told him he could have what ever he wanted for lunch... he choose a death by chocolate cake ..... omg.... i tryed some ... yummmy .... my guess is 100cals a spoon... and i had a chicken ceaser foccacia that he ate a 3rd of ... ... then we walked around the shops found a bungey trampoline thing he went on ... and loved.. :) and then went to toys r us and got him a lego train.. ... all up a fabulous day....
Leah made cupcakes and jellewery at nannies house .. and ran to show us when we got back... both kids had a ball :)

lila - woo hoo you for joining a gym!!! it really helps kick start your fitness but losing 1.5kg in a week by yourself is awesome awesome awesome

amy - you should just hop on a bike and come and visit me!!!

vonni - i have met cameron and he must have had a good reason to think that it was in imogen's best interest to keep her - it really is not fair though - stevie does not deserve that stress, i hope that get everything sorted before imogen is old enough to know what is going on
are you feeling better?

ani - thanks for the brocolli tip, i will go to bunning tomorrow and get some and i am going to plant some cucumber as well so it should be ready for summer salads woohoo. not fair of your friend to book tickets can you change the date AND destination and not go with her at all? dont worry about her feelings coz she didnt worry about yours (i'm not usually the tit for tatt type but you have to look after yourself sometimes)

gen - yes my ex-sister-in-law was a dill and i dont think she stuck to anything properly coz she never got that skinny

me - joined the gym, had cardio yesterday and weights today, tomorrow boxing and friday bodystep, soup for dinner tonight coz benji is working late and i had noodles for lunch

danni - how are you going?

thanks for the thoughts guys. We have Imogen and stevie here back with us. Cam came around last night and they talked and agrees Immy with her is best. But it all came about over someone blabbing and saying stuff not true and because Immy had a bad nappy rash he and his family believed everything else that was said. As it is, Imogen has really sensitive skin and flares up if she so much as pees once then gets a change straight away and her face n chest n arms n legs. she has food allergies and some thigns are trial and error also.

Anyhiow. They are going to do mediation and it all looks like may be ok.

BUT no Kel I am worse and its hard to rest when I have had 11 people here for the past 2 days. I am so tempted to go to hospital just for a rest to get better.