It totally sounds better that way doesnt it lol

Got back from the dentist and I have THREE more sessions to fix my old lady gummies . . . I cant believe how much it costs to "maintain" me these days . . . another reason to be slimmer - less doctors and rubbish as things seem to work better . . .

I bit the bullet and hopped on the scales this morning. I'm not even going to tell what they said, I'm so disgusted.

I see you're all on a christmas challenge, my goal is to be under 100 by then, but at the rate I'm going I'll be closer to 150! No, I shouldn't be like that should I! Just pick myself up and dust myself off and try again for the 300th time!!!

Is there a fairy out there that has magic melting dust!!!

Here you go Barb!! A little whoosh fairy for you :)

http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...opay/fairy.jpg

I know its hard when the scales are going in the wrong direction :( All I can say is what I have been telling myself . . . its better if you get on the scales and know what you are dealing with - and know that you never have to see that number again if you decide now. Set a realistic goal for the Chrissie Challenge (I actually think mine is too optimistic . . . so all I want to do is to keep losing SOMETHING every week, I am not fussed if I dont lose the 18) and then go for it!

I need to get rid of at least 25kg that I found mysteriously this past 18 months, Its been hard to deal with that, but I can say that ANY amount of weight lost feels good :) Bit by bit we will all get there.

Barb, you've been through a lot recently, don't be so hard on yourself! :hug:

Have you set yourself any goals?

I have discovered (rediscovered!!) that with this dieting thing, one good day can roll into another just as easily as one bad day can roll into another! I feel if I can make it through one day doing the right thing I am motivated enough to do it the next day. And I think I have noticed that with others here recently when reading over the posts?

Unfortunately, I still haven't managed to stay on my feet if there is a little hiccup in my day! And these are the issues we need to train ourselves on!

My big jump is on Sunday!! Not sure how I am feeling about it yet...but I definately still want to do it!

Last week was pretty poor with my eating habits! I had to get through a freezer full of frozen left-overs, and with that I found myself lost in the afternoons without my cooking, and very prone to snacking!

But back into it this week, and I WANT to be good this week so I can enjoy my jump on Sunday. I don't think I'll make 90kg, but if I can just be good this week I'll take that as worth rewarding!

Anyway, must run! Good to see we all seem to be doing ok! :)

Woo Lindor how exciting! I'll look forward to hearing all about your big jump :D

Barb I'm so sorry to hear you sounding so discouraged :hug: as Danni says though, at least you know exactly where you're at and can set yourself some goals and go from there.

As for me, I'm very sorry but this is about to be a BLATANT showing off post. I weighed in last night and was gobsmacked to find that I'm down 2.4kg from last Monday :eek:

:cheer3::cheer2::cheer3::cheer2:
:carrot::carrot::cb::cb::broc::broc:

Had a good session at the gym last night, managed to increase my weights on a couple of exercises and did 40 minutes cardio. Tonight I'm going to do spin.


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oh my goodness Julia that is so AWESOME :carrot":carrot::carrot:

Yay Julia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Totally off topic - I've just dropped my car off at the garage - Transmission problem - I have a terrible feeling it's going to be eyewateringly expensive. Urgh.

wow julia well done that sure is worth a few of these guys .... having a party for you .:cheer3::carrot: :cheer2: :cb::cheer3::broc: :cheer2:
:carrot::cb::broc: well done girl.


gen new kitties sound like fun. :)

lila i hope the car repairs arent tooo damn painful

Danni i love that you loose in pounds and gain in kilos.... lol .. but at the same token .... there are more pounds to fess up to.. so... does it work.... lol... lets see 100 and something or 200 and something.... LMAO ...


Ani back to tryed and true good luck this week


lindor ... omg not long to go till your flying.... woooohoooo... i hope there will be piccys. :)


as for me not much to report just plodding along. did the jillian wii game saturday and 90 minutes of swimming ith little miss yesterday plan on dusting off the elliptical again later.. :) on today. :)

Oh wow Lindor that has come along so soon!!!! So exciting!!

Congrats Julia!!! I both hate and love that low carb works so well. lol It gets you used to those kinds of losses that no other 'diet' can provide darn it.

I have stuck to my plan for a whole 6 days now . . . and it hasnt been hard bcos it hasnt been an 'official' plan. My issue is like Lindor's . . . when I have a blip I rarely just move on. But life is full of ups and downs and eats will not always be 'perfect' so I need to continue to learn on that front.

Rang for my 2nd biopsy results. receptionist said they came back abnormal but couldnt tell me anything more. They dnt have access to the full thing, only what Dr writes to tell patient. App in a week and a half but they put me on cancellation list so if an app comes up before i can have it. will keep posted.

myt kilo thast disappeared while sick has come back grrrrr. so dash peeved off haha

Oh Von sorry to hear that :( . . . hopefully the fact that they are not rushing you in there means that its not too serious. Hugs,x

Oh Vonnie, I hope you can get in to see the DR earlier (but I suppose if it was really bad they would get you in straight away).

My weigh in is tomorrow & I think I will gain too. I am blaming TOM.

Spoke to the mechanic, it's a minumum $300 repair (plus labour). I was expecting thousands, so that's not too bad.

lila my hubby a mechanic and will help you if you ever need - just depends where you live! hehehe ONLY WEIGH IN ONCE A WEEK or you will screw with your mind

gen - i wish i could look after lots of kitty cats, i want another one a ginger one but will wait until it is rescue time again.... i wish i had known that my neighbours were getting rid of their two in the same litter as duchess as i dont know what they did with them.... i dont want to know but one of them was REALLY nasty

ani - write everything down - that is such a good tried and true thing that i had started again, lasted til sunday..... will start again

julia - wow wow wow your body did just need a kick start, so when do you start introducing food other than protein?

me - eating terribly but exercising wonderfully

Oh Vonni that sucks. As the others say, it surely can't be anything too serious or they'd rush you in but still, horrible to have to wait. Hang in there mate :hug:

Lila boo hiss for car needing fixing! I hate having to deal with mechanics, it makes me feel so open to being ripped off when I know nothing about cars!

Kel I get to start re-introducing carbs next week but just in the form of fruit and other veggies. I'm looking forward to having a nice crispy apple!

I did spin at the gym last night and that was pretty good. The instructor that took the class is a bodybuilder and I had to try hard not to stare at her arms, they're amazingly muscular and very impressive!

Weights tonight followed by some cardio. My energy levels seem to have gotten back to normal so I'll try for a longer run.


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Kel -thank you so much for your kind offer - but I'm outside of Syndey so it's a little bit too far of a drive to get to Brisbane!

Julia, you sound like you are doing great.

It's weigh in day today & I am 108.5 - which is exactly the same as last week. I'm ok with that. I checked my measurements this morning & in 3 weeks I've lost an inch off my waist & an inch off my thighs - so that's excellent news. Anyway, going to the gym for the first time in 15 years is a way better acheivement than weight off the scales.

Yes Lila going to the gym is great!!! :)

I feel like a whale today. Nothing has really changed apart from being PMSy . . . grrrrr

Will just keep eating the eats and moving my bits and suck it up until this passes. TOM has a way of playing head games with me.

Yeah I reakon that's awesome that you're going to the gym again Lila :carrot:

I'm so happy, it's payday tomorrow and my beautitian place just sent me an email offering a full body massage for $45! I've booked myself in for Monday after work :D

A full body massage sounds awesome Julia - my chiropractor told me the other day that my muscles are so tight she thinks a massage would have me screaming in pain :dizzy:!

Lindor I'm getting nervous on your behalf for Sunday's great leap forward :D - can't wait to hear how it goes.

One more shift and then it's my weekend! I'm working 12.30 - 9pm today, and then start at 6.30am on Sunday morning, so it's a 'short' weekend for me.

All is going well for my weight loss this week. Sticking mostly to the plan, and just trying to make good choices.

Vonni I'm worried about you. Do you have any more news?

just back from doctor. Results are in. There are folicullar and cellular changes in the nodules that are abnormal (in other words not just overgrowm thyroid tissue) however currently benign.

I do have to have follow up ultrasounds and biopsies every 3 - 6 mths though as it can be a precurser to cancer.

Thyroid cancer is rare but this is a "caution" sign. The Doc said usually they follow it for 5 years and if nothing then usually every 12 mths a checkup however if i ever feel "not right" they will check it sooner than scheduled.

She has had a patient that in 2 years got cancer and got all "the doc said it was fine" so she stressed to me that it isnt really fine, but its not bad lol.

Thanks for all the well wishes guys. It helps to know someone out there rootin for me. :D

So diet change, give up smoking, dont drink so thats no prob, and reduce stress are my instructions HAHA. Though the doc thinks my diet isnt really that bad. and i told her the truth of what i eat. So she thinks weight may be stress related. Have taken iron studies and b12 availability tests cause she reckons if yr tired n stressed the body holds onto weight as a safety thing. If anything in bloods odd she'll try correct it then maybe my weight might start to slide fingers crossed.

Anywho better run and get dinner. Fish for tea tonight and salad yummmm

just back from doctor. Results are in. There are folicullar and cellular changes in the nodules that are abnormal (in other words not just overgrowm thyroid tissue) however currently benign.

I do have to have follow up ultrasounds and biopsies every 3 - 6 mths though as it can be a precurser to cancer.

Thyroid cancer is rare but this is a "caution" sign. The Doc said usually they follow it for 5 years and if nothing then usually every 12 mths a checkup however if i ever feel "not right" they will check it sooner than scheduled.

She has had a patient that in 2 years got cancer and got all "the doc said it was fine" so she stressed to me that it isnt really fine, but its not bad lol.

Thanks for all the well wishes guys. It helps to know someone out there rootin for me. :D

So diet change, give up smoking, dont drink so thats no prob, and reduce stress are my instructions HAHA. Though the doc thinks my diet isnt really that bad. and i told her the truth of what i eat. So she thinks weight may be stress related. Have taken iron studies and b12 availability tests cause she reckons if yr tired n stressed the body holds onto weight as a safety thing. If anything in bloods odd she'll try correct it then maybe my weight might start to slide fingers crossed.

Anywho better run and get dinner. Fish for tea tonight and salad yummmm

stupid computer

Thanks for letting us know Von. Hugs sweety, x

oh vonni that is a relief! and now you have huge health scare reason to lose weight and reduce your stress

just quickly coz i have to go to bed
i got benji to measure me and since july 12 (and today is july 23) while eating all meals and those extra ones that everyone always says you got to have
i have lost 2 cm off my big fat belly!

woohoo kel thats awesome. i am to scared to bloody measure. Maybe when we get together we can have a measure and workout day lmao

Vonni it must be a huge relief to have had that discussion with the doctor and to know exactly where you stand.

Congrats on the 2cm Kel! :carrot:

I had a day out of the office yesterday and was at a training course which finished at 2:30 so got to have the afternoon off to get stuff done which was great.

Gym tonight - weights circuit and some cardio.


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Well, I had my monthly weigh in class and lost 2.2lbs (1kg) since last month, so that's good. They don't care if you lose, as long as you don't gain.

hey girlys .. been a busy week with the kids getting back to school.. ect.. but a good week ..
i faced a few demons and am taking some steps in thr right direction ..
i rang the special immunistaion clinic about Leah she had bad reactions to all her needles and has never had mmr at all or her 4 year olds.. and with her starting school next term.. i felt it was time to get this sorted.. so i went straight to the speicalists.. which is a team of pedatrictions immunologists and allergy testing.. im hoping they can come up withn a safe plan for her .. or maybe they can run some bloods and see if she has enough immunity from the shots she has had to not have to suffer from the tripple one again.... i just have to wait and see .


anyway.. weigh in day today im down 800 grams.. so 106.4 :) im very pleased with that indeed .. anyway gotta run .. im running thr playgroup this term and have organised a whole heap of activites for the kiddys :) today is music day :)... hmmm where are my earplugs.. LOL

Congrats on all the great results lovelies!! :)

before i forget - have a AWESOME time on sunday Lindor!!!!!
i am so excited for you!!

Danni, thanks for the beautiful fairy!

Lindor, god luck with your big jump on Sunday.

Vonni, at least now you know now what your dealing with. My best friend has the same thing and she's doing Jenny Craig to deal with the weight issues. I hope it all goes well for you.

Julia, well done, keep it up girl!!!

Lila, you've got heaps of courage going to the gym after 15 years. I'm proud of you.

Amy, your on fire!

Sorry if I've missed anyone but I'm soooo tired. Haven't weighed in this week so have no idea what the scales say but my belly tells me its not good!

What if my tandem master jumper is old and has a heart attack when we jump?

What if he is suicidal?? Or homocidal???

Those questions actually stemmed from a dream last night!! :lol:

Seriously, I am cool about this jump! The more I think about it the more I want to do it...and now! But half the fun of these kind of adventures I think, is the anticipation of actually doing it! After tomorrow...it'll be over! Then what will I have to look forward too? I'll have to think about that...my life is not going to stop there! :lol:

Tomorrow I have also tagged for a weigh-in. I have been relatively good this week, so hoping for something good there. Although, last week and the week before weren't so good.

Vonni, it's good news! At least you know where you stand now, and you know what needs to be done! Happy for you mate :)

Most of us seem to be doing well at the moment, that is great! And I think it was the Christmas Challenge that has inspired us! Well done to who ever it was who suggested that!

Alright, I got a walk to do!

I'll try to drop in (pardon the pun!) tomorrow at some point!

woohoo lindor i bet u cant wait. do do drop in and let us know how u went... and WE WANT PICS. :D

Good luck Lindor!!!!! :) Cant wait to hear all about it!!!!!

Popping in to report my weigh-in at 91.2kg! That's down 2.1kg since July 9 (two and a half weeks ago).

I am happy :)

:carrot::carrot: thats alwesome lindor. how did u do it?

wow well dont lindor you got very close to the 90 you wanted for the jump go and enjoy it..:congrat:. wooohoooo its going to be amazing to be up in the clouds :cloud9:and flying down :df: :) ....

Congrats Lindor!!! :)

Woooooohoooooo!!!!!!!!

What a ride!!!

Jump was absolutely awesome!! Very invigorating!! I loved every second of it!!

And my tandem master jumper was...nice...very nice! :lol:

Apparently, he brought Cathy Freeman in on a jump here not all that long ago too!!

I did get a DVD done, but it needs to be fiddled with or something and then they will mail it outr to me...will try to get pics from that when I get it!

I am spewingly jealous Lindor! Can't wait for the pics!
I hope every one had a great weekend. I did - but I wish it was like Lindors!

How fab Lindor!!! :)