This is my boy about 18mths ago...

http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/Mistajpg.jpg

...he is a toy poodle :dizzy:

Oh my goodness!!!!!!!!!! Mista is gorgeousssssssssssssssssssssss! :)

wow lindor you got to fly!
that looks awesome - makes me think i do want to do it.... have always wanted to then i had jemima and dont want to leave her without a mummy.... a guy i used to work with went on a tandom jump and the shoot didnt open.... so i have been hesitant since then HOWEVER my Dad used to all the time when he was in the SAS so hmmmmm

danni - have you really lost more than 6 kilos in the last month?

Kel - yep!! :D

ok so now who is a rock star!!!!

It actually feels really slow . . . which is why I knew I was off the rails last week when it felt like I was making no progress - I know that my head is messed up from the super low carb days when I averaged like 2kg losses on most weeks and lost like 6kg the first week when I started and like 4 each of the next two weeks. BUT THAT IS NOT NORMAL!!!

Really trying to change how my head works around this stuff . . . I'll get there :)

Oh my god Lindor, that was AWESOME!!! Makes me want to do it too. And yeah, not a bad way to spend an afternoon, strapped to some hot dude!

That's really great that Mista's liver and kidneys are in good order. Here's hoping he's got a bit more life to live :hug:

After all the lollies yesterday, I went to the gym and did weights followed by 20 minutes jogging and 10 minutes walking so that went some way to making me feel a bit better about pigging out.

Thankfully all the lollies are gone now so I should have no problems with food today! Will go to the gym after work and do some cardio then having a friend over for dinner and I'm going to make us a lovely big chicken salad :D


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Oh, and Danni 6kg is a phenomonal effort. Keep reminding yourself of that!

:D

Lindor. I can't see your video and I really want to! It tells me an error occured please try again later. Good to hear about Mista. He's beautiful, I had a toy poodle when I was younger, hi's name was Scruffy and he lived up to it!!

Oh yeah I've lost 1.3kg this week. Yay for me!

I got it to work. WOW!!!!!!!

Wow Barb, 1.3kg is awesome! :carrot:

Lindor i finally got to watch it after much down time waiting for download (we have reached our monthly limit).

How awesome that must have felt. You have such a gorgeous smile. And mista is lovely. (ps yeah i agree the dude is hot)

has anyone heard from ani?

I'm here - I've been reading all your posts, but am on a really tight deadline for my next book so I don't have much time just at the moment.

Lindor I watched your jump video - how awesome! Were you scared?

How's Mista? I'm having a similar time with my cat Lucy - trying not to think about it too much, but I know it's not all that far away.

I'm thinking of you all, and will post when I get more time, but I won't be around much for the next four weeks because I HAVE to get this book finished.

Good to hear from you Ani!!!! :)

Ani! Good to see you!! :)

Barb, well done on the 1.3kg loss!!

Julia, great comeback after the lollies!

Sorry about the size of the video clip...it took me two whole days to workout how to convert it into a file that YouTube would accept! Somehow I managed it, but if I was asked to do it again it would probably take me two days again! :lol:

When I took the jump I was so sure I wasn't going to enjoy it because I'd be constantly worried about the chute not opening or something going wrong. Even in the plane I was concerned about that. But Ashley (the dude!!!) was calm and casual and that made me feel quite secure.

I was enjoying the freefall at nearly 200kms/hr so much I was disappointed when the chute opened! I find it hard to believe there is nearly five minutes of filming there, because it seemed to happen so much faster. It was like one minute I was flying through the air and the next I was walking back to the pavillion saying thankyou and goodbye to Ashley.


Mista is doing ok today. He remains quite dozy and gets cold too easily, but when he is awake he appears comfortable and content.

Ani, your comment about Lucy " - trying not to think about it too much, but I know it's not all that far away." is how I have felt about Mista since he was about 12yrs old!

The thing I find really hard just now is leaving him at home while I go to work for 9hrs a day. Everytime I pull up in my driveway after work I am gripped by the anxiety of possibly finding him passed away on the floor when I open my door.

It's a long weekend here this weekend - Picnic Day (I have no idea!!!) - and I have no plans! The last week has been too eventful...so I just want to relax and do nothing!

lol you know you could totally see this in the video . . . when the chute opens you were like - what? what? what!

cute!!

:D

Have a great long weeeeeeeeekend!

it looked so amazing - what an experience... do you think you would do it again??
that guy SERIOUSLY cute but funny looking with face flopping about - i love that in skydive photos floppy face heheheehehe

i am feeling skinnier but i dont know
will see what the scales say on monday and get benji to do my measurements tuesday or wednesday

i told my friend to join my gym and she did
now at least 2 times a week i have a work out buddy
i am sharing my personal trainer with her once a week
she has at least 60kg to lose - but she wants a quick fix..... as i have just crossed that path i hope i can help her
i told her we are both so stubborn we have to stop it and give in and do it properly

Kel, I don't think I'd do it again!

I KNOW I WILL!!

we want the book title when released ani so we can say we KNOW that lady author :D

stupid sneak peak at scales has me over it this morning
was UP 200-400grams.... i know weight fluctuates etc etc and i KNOW i should not have snuck a peak but grrr
however it means i will tweak what i was going to have for lunch and see what happens in the morning
all i can say is i am glad that the paper had an article on natural remedies for depression as it confirmed what i am now realising
that exercise and eating right does wonders for the mind

I am with you Kel. When I eat well and move I feel far less anxiety. I am not sure I will ever work out at a level to completely re shape my body and am ok with that. I like what it does for my
mind. Like an active meditation.

Hope everyone is having a good wkend.

I'm bored!!!!!!!!!!!!

me to......

hehehe ME THREE!!!
lindor - time must have stood still when you were jumping out of that plane, you must have felt so free
ani - what is the book about?
gen - how many kittens do you have now?
danni - active meditation is exactly what i mean

i am not looking forward to thinking i have put on weight but i am going to keep going coz i feel skinnier... and healthier.....
and i know that in 3 years time if i stick to this plan i will be 30kg lighter

Kel, I have 3 at the moment - I told the foster lady that's my upper limit, so she always gives me 3 now! I have 1 black and 2 ginger boys.

We are off to the shelter today for a weigh in and check up. I think they're about 1.8-1.9 lbs so they need a while longer. I'll keep them another 3 or 4 days but have to give back by Thurs night as I'm going to Aus on Friday.

Boo for it being Monday I really can't be bothered!

Today I've got an appointment to see an oral surgeon and find out if I need to have my wisdom teeth removed.

Then tonight I have an appointment at a recruitment evening for a company who I could possibly do some casual work for, ushering at concerts/sports events.

All I want to do right now is go back to bed!


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So, it'd be pretty cruel for me to brag about it being a public holiday here then? More so that today is 'Picnic Day'? :P

Hope your Monday turns out to be a good one :)

It's been a relatively good weekend. Although I have been worried about him, Mista has remains content and comfortable. A week ago I thought I was saying goodbye to him. A week ago when the vet asked me to make an appointment for the 10th I scoffed at her for her optimism - I really didn't think he'd make it that far.

Gen when you say 'Aus', you mean home?

Very cruel Lindor!! ;)

I feel like a house today. TOM-the-*******o arrived - better than the months when there was no sign though!

So am drinking a tonne of water and as a result am peeing like a racehorse today . . . tmi? :D

God you girls talk alot!!!

I hear ya Danni, I'm feeling the same as you at the moment! I was starting to worry a bit though. I was 8 days late this month and I'm NEVER late.

Gen are you just visiting or is your mum not doing very well?

I spent an hour at the place that I interviewed at this morning just to see if I would like the job and see if I fit. They'll let me know if I have it by the end of the week, I ge the feeling that they've already decided that its mine. i hope I can trust my gut on this one!!! Fingers crossed I'll be starting a new job in two weeks. YAY

Got my bits crossed for you Barb!!!! :)

Thanks Danni. mine are too makes it hard to type!!!

Why do I have a mental image of Danni with her fingers AND legs crossed at the moment?? :D

I'm all crossed up for you to Barb...good luck mate!

i am two days late but not surpised, i was actually going to be surprised if i got AF this month so we will wait and see - so i am going to blame TOM and muscle weighing heaps for my WEIGHT GAIN this week
not happy jan
104.1 today so i put ON i think 900grams sigh sigh sigh
but i am still feeling skinnier so i'll go with that
oh i would LOVE to adopt a ginger male cat .......

hehehheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I feel so chunky today Lindor that I dont know if I can cross ANY of my bits physically!

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I feel like a human sausage - like my skin is too tight for my body today - I hate this feeling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its not just TOM though - I should 'fess up - I ate waaaaaaaaaaaaay too much and had too many drinkies this past weekend so I feel like I have a complete food hangover today - feel very dehydrated . . . .

I have had prob 4 litres of water today and SILL feel thirsty. I know it will be gone tomorrow but geez its yukky today. All I wanna do is head to the gym and have a little walky on the dreadmill . . . I know that walking (cant imagine running today actually) helps get the blood moving and always makes me feel better.

Ugh.

Its been so long since I felt like this I really had forgotten how bad too much salty processed food makes me feel.

Kel - go with how you are feeling girl!! And adjust the eats if need be. The fact you are working out so much is GREAT!

hehe at everyone crossed.

It must be TOM for everyone. I am due to lol. last month i was late even though on the pill. so hopefully it was just stress of being sick.

Got a tooth pulled at lunchtime today. hurts so bad, but at least when it heals the pain will have seemed worth it. I havent been able to eat proper meals. i had a root canal started 4 years ago and the public dentist said they will finish it but so long on the wait list that by the time i got there it was to late to save it. i've been hanging on cause no root no pain, but 2 weeks ago the top piece snapped and rather than coming out it has been hanging on to the gum. every time i ate my tongue touched it and it hurt. so finally got into dentist today to pull it. was going to myself but good thing i didn't. even the dentist had a hard time pulling that section out. came out in 3 bits.

barb i so hope u get that job. DID you like it?

eeewwww to dental work
heheheeh to everyone's everything crossed
bah humbug to my weight gain - but got to definately tweak the eating

I love that we're all in synch lol

Everyone is PMSy and many of us are having teefy and gum issues.

Von that sounds very painful! No doubt will be much better now that its out. I am sposed to go back to my dentist in a few weeks and she may need to do a gum graft. Oh dear gawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwd.

Yeah I liked it Vonni, bit daunting though. its been 11 years since I've done any paid work! I'm volunteering at the moment and since mum died I've been sorting out all of their business stuff, but that's all done now, thank goodness!

Kel, weigh yourself tomorrow and see if there's a difference.

My bestie lives in Qld at the moment and she'll be visiting family in Vic in October. We're planning on meeting half way for a coffee! I'd love to be under the magic century mark by then. She's doing Jenny at the moment and has lost 6.1kg in 6 weeks.

Oh yeah, big hugs to all with tooth aches! Touch wood, I've never had a tooth ache so can't say I know how you feel!!! But I know exactly what Danni's saying, I have sausage fingers too!