:hug:lindor YES YOU CAN

I know how you feel Lindor, it's just a neverending battle isn't it? It's so easy to get discouraged but please don't give up on yourself.

I'm back to trying to be organised and counting calories today. For me, I'm slowly learning that unless I'm 100% organised then I don't achieve anything. I'm going to go to the gym tonight and that will get my week off to a good start.


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Well I did my first outdoor training session tonight. Went to the school over the road and did 5 mins jogging/5 mins walking for half an hour. Gosh, jogging is SO much harder when it's not on the treadmill!! I was absolutely stuffed at the end of that.

On track with food so far today. Just need to make sure to keep on top of it this evening.


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Sorry guys.

Just feeling really down at the moment.

Can't keep away because, no matter how much I want to just get on with life and not be constantly thinking about being fat and how to change it, I can't just give up.

Wish I had thought of that before I chucked in my junkmail round tonight. Guess I'll just have to push myself to go for a walk everyday now without the small financial benefit to motivate me.

Don't try to do too much too soon Lindor. I think you need to break it down into baby steps. Start with the basics and it may seem a little less overwhelming. You didn't gain the weight quickly and it's not going to come off quickly either. As much as I hate to say it, it's got to be a lifestyle change - not a quick fix. Bloody hard to do though.

And I'm glad that you're still posting!

I did well yesterday with my food and am aiming to do well today too.


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Where is everyone???

I had an awesome day with food yesterday, was well within my calorie allowance.

Went to the gym and did a spin class which was damn hard but I felt great afterwards.

Goals for today:

1) Make good decisions with what I eat.
2) Eat within my calorie allowance.
3) Go to the gym.


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I went for a jog yesterday :o

Yay Vonni that's awesome!

As for me and my goals yesterday ... fail, fail, fail :(

I skipped the gym and the fella ended up taking me out for dinner where I had a delicious noodle stir fry followed by half a dessert of deep fried banana and ice cream!

I'm doing better today though and WILL be going to the gym after work.


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ooooooo yummy. deep fried nana and ice cream did u have caramel sauce?

No caramel sauce, it had some kind of sweet syrup though. It was incredible ... no good for my fat a$$ though!!

Once again I failed to make it to the gym today.

Feeling a bit sad ... it's time I finally admit that I know what's going on, a friend of over 10 years is giving me "the fade".

We've seen less and less of eachother over the past few years but I've always made an effort to keep in touch. I've seen her twice in the last 6 months and it's becoming pretty obvious that she doesn't want to see me. Recently I phoned and left a message at her home, phoned a week later and she said she was busy and would call me back but never did and as a last ditch effort I sent her an email asking if she was free to catch up for coffee and nothing.

I know that there's nothing going on in her personal life that would prevent her from making time to see me (or even write a quick email and say hi) and she's not working (by choice - has taken 6 months holiday) so I know she's not busy with work.

So I'm a bit hurt by that. It's sad knowing that we've been friends for a long time and now she apparently doesn't want to know. Makes me feel like I'm not good enough.

Have any of you ladies experienced this? I'm a bit lost.

I have had a terrible week .. not really eaten much been very stressed out and lost 2.7 kilos ... .

and instead of being happy about it im worried that i need to take better care of myself.. this sort of loss for me is my average for about 2 months.. and i have lost this in an unhealthy manner.. i also have TOM.. and that makes me weigh heavier then i am.. so its even more of a concern..

I hope this number bites me in the bum next week when there is actually some more food in my system.. but atm im weighing 101.3 kilos.

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Julia :hug:

I have a 'friend' who supported me through my career change some four or five years ago. She only ever visited the town I was living in as part of her job and my training, but I frequently contacted her for advice etc. When I left WA and came here, my new job came with other people in the same room that I could ask for advice so my calls to her were less frequent, but I still called her reguarly from a friendship point of view.

A call would start with her saying something like "You must have ESP...I was just going to call you." And end with, "I'll call you in a few weeks."

A few weeks would come and go, so I'd call her again. And she'd answer with "Wow! I was just thinking about you!" And end with, "My turn to call next time!"

And again that call never came. And the routine continued to repeat in that manner.

The last time I called her I was having issues at work and wanted to vent. It was early December. She answered my call with "Have you got ESP??", it was then I thought, oh yeah, you've used that on me before. Anyway, I held back on my feelings, suddenly I didn't vent to her with my work issues, I actually wondered if maybe she was getting sick of me and that is why she hasn't ever called me. So I waffled on, untruthfully, about how great things are here, and enquired about her Christmas plans etc. The call ended with her saying, "I'll call you a few days before Christmas to see how you are doing." (She knew I was spending Christmas alone). Anyway, that call never came...still hasn't.


But, it is me who is feeling guilty! I am assuming she doesn't want to know me. But, how do I know something hasn't happened to her? I want to call her to know she is alright, but I don't want to be that annoying person who keeps calling her.


Julia, I can understand what you are feeling, but just be careful that there isn't something deeper going on in your friends life that she might struggling with and is probably thinking she doesn't want to burden you with. If you are there for her, maybe you need to confront her, face to face, with a "What's really going on?" talk. But you'll need to be brave and strong to do that, and be able to support and help her if there is something going on. Or, if there is nothing she wants to talk to you about, you might just have to accept that too.

I hope it works out for you mate.

And I know I will eventually call my friend to put my mind a rest if nothing more. But at the moment, I am clinging to the hope that she is ok, but just too busy to call me.


Cute kitty Vonni! And, where is Ani??? And everyone else for that matter?


I have had a really crappy couple of weeks and I am going to climb back into bed and try to get a few more ZZZzzzzz's.

here here. exhausted but here. doc took a zillion more tubes of blood from me the other day trying to get to the bottom of my fatigue. thyroid goin ok, but still waitin on list for removal. weight loss a zero

oh and PS. we dont need friends like that