[LittleKiwi]

Yep Vonni if you're leaving Aussie then you'd def need a passport. Visas depend on where you're travelling to. I think I'd like to do a cruise one day, I'd love to cruise around the caribbean ...

I'm going great guns so far today. Woke up at 5:30am which is SO not like me. Rather than go back to sleep I got up and did some housework and made a lovely omelette with ham, tomato and avocado for breakky

Got to work early and popped into the supermarket where I bought some greek yoghurt and a big bag of muesli. I had 100g of yoghurt and 50g of muesli for morning tea and oh my goodness it was to die for!! Luckily we have a wee set of scales at work which are meant to be used to weigh letters to ensure correct postage and they're ideal for weighing food. I'll need to use them with my muesli, it's so delicious it would be way too easy to overdo it!

Lunchtime now and I've got ham and cheese toasties and an apple. Dinner tonight is salad and steak. Biggest challenge for me is not to snack at nighttime. Last night I told The Bloke that it was his job to make sure I didn't eat anything after dinner and I found that just by saying that I kept away from the kitchen so perhaps that's a good strategy to employ.

Hope everyone's well and still reading!

[7senuf]

s h i t Julia mine BUYS me choc and chips when i say no snacking. BUT you will be pleased to know that i got myself a bowl of cheezles last night and had a handful then went yuk and threw them in the bin woohooo. Havent had any chocolate for days either. And u know what? I don't even feel like any now. and the cheezle packet will be going in the bin today.

[LittleKiwi]

OMG stopping at just a few cheezles is practically impossible. Good on you!!

I went to the gym and did spin last night and man it was hard. I've lost a lot of fitness over the last couple of months and it's hard work getting it back. I did weights on Monday night and my pecs and triceps are still sore today. I used to train weights 3 x weekly and I really want to get back to that too.

Eating was good yesterday and I didn't do any snacking last night either

I'm on track so far today, had a nice serving of scrambled egg on toast for breakky, greek yoghurt & muesli for morning tea and I think I'm going to get some Vietnamese spring rolls for lunch as they're healthy and delicious.

Gym again tonight and I'm going to do weights and at least 30 minutes cardio.

[7senuf]

feel like crap look like crap and its not even tom till after the weekend. I'm having a bad day. I am cranky and so over everything. and I need to vent so sorry guys

[PerthChick]

I'm here too, not saying much because I'm going flat out writing my novel at the moment.

I handed in the manuscript on the other book about three weeks ago, and it's being launched in Melbourne in March. YAY!

And the most excellent news is that I go on almost a month's holiday next week. I cannot wait. It will be my first decent holiday in years. I'm off to NSW to see my mum, then going to Melbourne for a few days to stay with friends.

As for weight loss - haven't much to report, but I've been mostly careful with what I am eating. I am going to get right back into it when I come home from holidays.

Sorry for not posting much, but I'm around. And I am thinking of you all.

[LittleKiwi]

Ani congrats on the book launch that's very exciting! Your holiday will be a very well deserved break and I hope you have a great time

Vonni sorry to hear you were having a bad day. Hope today is better

I went to the gym last night and did weights followed by 20 minutes jogging and 20 minutes cycling. Ate well but was slightly over calorie allowance for the day.

Today I'm going to the movies after work so the big challenge will be not to eat naughty things like I usually do at the movies. After all, it just doesn't seem right to watch a movie without a big bucket of buttery salty popcorn! I've got some nuts and a wee bottle of diet coke so will take those.

I will have to be super careful with my food choices today as I'm not going to the gym.

[7senuf]

i pissed. another crap day so havin berr

[LittleKiwi]

How much did you drink Vonni? It's made you spell funny!

I'm gutted that I won't be able to go to the gym for quite a few days ... my ingrown toenail has come back so I had it cut out again this morning and my toe is now wrapped in a huge bandage. The most painful part was the $280 bill!

Sooooo no exercise and the weekend is here where I usually find it the hardest to stick to eating sensibly. I'll have to make an extra special effort to keep recording stuff on calorie king and hope that my toe gets better soon.

[barbegirl71]

Nothing really to report from here. Its been bloody hot though!

Down 600g from last week, so still need to drop 1.2 to ge back to where I was a couple of weeks ago. Still waiting for TOM to arrive, all the symptoms but thats it.

[7senuf]

OMG Julia like only 3 beers lol. One and I'm tipsy. I am not a drinker as a rule and usually only on a very hot day have a half a beer but it was VERY hot heeheee

[LittleKiwi]

Ha Ha Vonni that's classic!

Well done for the loss Barb that's great! Isn't it a pain when you're working hard to lose weight just to get back to where you were before. That's exactly what I'm doing at the moment. Grrrr

I had a pretty quiet weekend. Couldn't go to the gym or anything which was annoying because I only had 1 session to go to have done a perfect week worth of training.

Going to the podiatrist tonight and am hoping that she'll say I can go back to the gym soon.

Didn't record everything on Calorie King in the weekend but didn't do too badly with food. Here's hoping that I've lost a gram or two!

[LittleKiwi]

My toe is healing well but no gym for me for a few days as I've been sent to work in Nelson for 3 days. Always nice to get away to another city for a few days and have a change in scenery but it's a pain not being able to go to the gym.

I treated myself to a most delicious lunch today: greek salad and a roast red capsicum stuffed with brown rice and roast veggies. Yumbo.

Hope everyone is well

[7senuf]

sounds yum Julia, but you can skip the feta that no doubt would be in the greek salad, oh and the olives

[7senuf]

quiet

[LittleKiwi]

I rekon! Makes me sad