Humm we are just measuring (using inches) whatever bits we wish to keep a check on. I do the body bits and arm and leg. Mel also does calves. Some people I have met do necks and shoulders etc. Measure whatever you want to see progress in. We weigh in on our scale. Mine is in kg. To get to pounds just multiply by 2.2. It's near enough. We do this at the end of the month.

Oh yeah, you and I know that it is not cold. And all I do is put a jumper on for about an hour in the morning until it warms up to shorts and t shirt weather again. But for the native Queenslander out there anything that gets below 20C is freezing and you then need to wrap up the kids till they look like the michelin man with a red face and get out the fireplaces.

When I got home from shopping I found a message on the machine telling me the new chair was going to be delivered!!! I called and said ok I'll be here. They were very late and when I saw it I thought "this doesn't look like the right chair". We got upstairs and there are features missing on it, namely the tilt and recline!! The poor kid gets on the phone and we spend an hour trying to find out what is going on.......the chair company sent the wrong chair!!!
So of course I got out of it, kissed it goodbye and off it went!!! Had dinner with the kids and I'm ready for bed!!

Read all your posts but cannot think what to say! I just feel brain dead! OH YES~ I will serve the food! Meals on wheels!! Fastest waitress in town!!!
I need a shower and sleep. It was a long day and a disappointing one and I still feel a little week with those 3 loo days. I spent some time outside and I think I over did it. Too many hours sitting up. I took no meds today to see if the tummy will go back to "normal"! Sweet dreams Chicklettes and see you all tomorrow! Hope you all have a great weekend too!

Hi ladies,
I'm sorry but I'm taking a selfish day today. For some reason I can't really determine, today was just one big LONG day of constant cravings to smoke. I'm on day 10 but even with the Zyban helping, the psychological and habit addictions are hard to kick. Was talking to my sister today and said that for the last 32 years I have done an activity (smoking) 30 to 40 times a day. Cripes, there is NOTHING in your life that you do that much (even going to the loo if you drink all your allocated water doesn't add up to 30 times in a day ) - I figured I have gained back about 1-1/2 to 2 hours a day by not smoking - problem is that I don't know what to do with that time yet So I have spent the better part of the evening on the quit smoking website, reading a bunch of articles and lurking on the posts on the forum.

I AM going to beat this thing because I don't want to go through it again. But I may be doing more lurking than posting the next few days as I get my head on straight. Will be thinking of you all - please start by having a good weekend...

right well ill start my weigh in then so weight
start day 1st march
252llb /237/227.5
upper arm... 14/14/14
bust...48/47/47
waist..43/41/39.5
hips...51/50/49.5
upper thigh...25/25/24.5
so thats that i only started on the first of march so thats all ive got
kirsty

Weight=174 +1lb
neck=15" same
shoulders=44.75 +.75
bust=44.5 -.5
waist=43 +.5
hips=46 +1.5
up.arm=12.5 same
f.arm=9.75 -.5
thigh=19.5= -.5
calf=13.5 same
Now that the good/bad news is over with! I am up 1 from April 1st but down 2 from Monday. Because I was 176 then! The Dr is Weds. so I will see if I can stay off the pills. we shall see. I am not as disappointed as I thought. The #'s are not that bad.

Happy~ I think you need time toi relax and lurking and games or whatever is better right now than other peoples problems!!! Stress is tough with the kicking habit routine! Hang in ther and we love you! Take as much time as you need!

Linus~ Welcome to the wights and measures part of the group! I am terribly sorry but my mind is not working and I forget what you posted!
I'm in the EDIT mode and cannot see it! LOLOL

Shad~ Yes we both posted last month. I have mine in a book too! LOL
I still cannot believe I only lost 2 of the gained pounds after feeling so crappy! Where is the justice in the world!!

Hope all of you are having a great weekend. I got up early and left messages on everyones ans. machine about the chair. Hope someone listens and returns the calls! Today I am putting it all behind me till Monday. Not wasting a weekend worrying. Got to think of eyes and stress. Don't want the pills anymore so I better behave! Adios friends!

Happy, take your time. You are recovering from an addiction and that time gap is what everyone finds a problem when they first stop. At some stage probably quite shortly, you will find that your sense of smell begins to get better. Unfortunately you notice the bad smells quicker. That's when you get to find out how bad a dirty ashtray actually smells. You can not rush the process. All I can suggest is that you keep away from smokey places for the next couple of weeks, and when the 'WTF do I do now' happens go do a spot of flylady. That means that you will have some spare time in the weekends to go to the butterfly house with DH or pop down to the Buckingham Fountain and photograph its beautiful colours!!!

Linus, welcome to the weigh-in on this thread. It sems that if I do my sums and work out the loss/gain up there, we have rid this earth of 9.5lbs of lard this month. Most of it Linus' Congratulations to linus for being the winning loser of the month! You get to wear the Princess crown for the month Linus!!

Went out to dinner last night. My friend Chris and husband Tim (another Chris - not Japanese Chris) experimented with Thai food. These two are the ultimate hosts. One thing for sure, you are never going to go hungry in their house. Tim is ex-chef. His idea of a fat free meal for 4 would fit on the dining table at Buck House with room for 50 people and there would be left overs for the week. He comes second only to my Mother in terms of catering for the 8th Army at each meal. Anyway, I tried hard not to overeat, and stuck my butt to my seat and refused to go back for seconds. So glad they put the dishes on the counter top, and not on the table else I may still be eating.

It's turning very cool in the mornings now. So I have had to dig out my sweatshirts for our walk down the road in the early hours. However it's not long after that, that I can go back to shorts and tees. Don'tcha just love winter down under. Later in June/July/August temps will go down under 10 at night, but they climb fairly rapidly to the 20's during the day. Oh bliss. Still hammock weather without the sunburn. You ought to hear the Aussies whinge!!!! Yesterday they were out buying blankets and heaters.

Okay, best get off here and finish fly ladying the kitchen. Yesterday I shifted the fridge and freezer and cleaned down behind and under them. Now I need to clean inside them and tidy up the kitchen again. Another job done. Such fun. One day it will all be done and then with a flick of the I will be able to get the to wave the wand and clear all the dust and b*llsh*t - better get out of here, I am dreaming.

Hang in there Happy. We (Mel, Teel, and I (and probably Roseblush)) are all over in the smokefree zone waiting for you to join us. Then we'll need to get Linus over the hill as well. Luv ya

not a bloody chance as i keep saying to the kids when they moan and say just think of all the money youd save and i say yes but you wouldnt be alive to enjoy it ill deal with one thing at a time i know its terrible and i can get stop smoking stuff from the doc but ive already beat my addiction to coca cola this year {i can even have it in the house without drinking it}and im dealing with the weight thing so the smoking will have to wait sorry girls but i do support happy all the way and someday soonish i will try honestly and then none of you will ever talk to me again and ill be divorced and my kids will have me commited but i will try
kirsty

Good morning Chicks! Gloomy weather and cool over here. Windows closed and the radiator on low! Miss Mel is turning blue The chair company never returned my call yesterday so I will be on them first thing Monday. Spent yesterday cleaning the bathroom. Tiles and all. Today will be spent sitting and trying to get over yesterday! OUCH!! Monday is the skin Dr but there is a problem with transport. Tuesday is shopping and Wednesday is the eye Dr. So if I go amongst the missing you'll know why!

Shad~My ex used to say "How many people are coming to dinner" in a shocked voice! The hardest thing for me was cooking for 2! Even Jen laughs. Glad the Thai food was good. Anything Like Chinese? I imagine it totally different. Good luck on the interview in case I forget. Maybe this one os the charm?!

Linus~ We all have to do it in our own time. I did many things before I could give them up. I was a 3 pack a day smoker by that time. I smoked for almost 30 years. We will love you anyway. Fags and all! If you come and visit me there are ashtrays out in the hall! I thought I was going to the looney hatch myself.

Happy~ Just sending love and good thoughts your way Hang in there.It DOES get better.

Well kids gotta go and eat breakfast. Just getting started and it's almost 8! Have a great Day/night and take care. Think I'll watch me some Hercule Poirot DVD's. That should keep me from raising my arms for a few hours! Adieu mon petits!

Shouldn't that be Adieu mes petites or even ma petite (since we are women)?? French is slipping but I'm pretty sure of the plural and genders.

Another lovely day in Paradise and I will be getting out into the yard as soon as I can finish in the kitchen and laundry. The cockatoos are back so it must be winter and it was cool this morning. They fly into the interior during the Summer and Autumn to feast on the Sunflower and corn and nut fields in the outback. It's a wonderful sight to see these huge flocks of cockies raiding a field of huge sunflowers. Don't know if the farmer thinks so tho'. They come back to feast on the honey flowers that begin to bloom here.

Food is slipping a bit now that I am home, however I have cleaned out the fridge and thrown out the bad bits and the scientific experiments and we ate the scraps for lunch yesterday. I've sorted and packed the bacon into small packs and stuck it in the freezer along with the homemade bread - so now if I pull out the packet I only have a proper portion to eat and not the whole damn loaf. Ditto for butter, cheese and all the stuff I love to eat in abundance. I'll train myself if it is the last thing I do!

So onto the day. Happy, I hope you do drop in daily. There's at least two of us here that have been through what you are going through and we know where you are at. Feel free to shout at us and rant and throw tantrums - although you better set up a camera so we can interact on that one. It will get better. It will get better

Okay Teel, if you can come up for air, let's know how the housework is going? And say hi to the Mum and Dad for me. You can tell Mum the plague of locusts is alive and well and living somewhere west of Dubbo. I saw it on the tv the other night. We've got mice plagues in far western Queensland, always open to suggestions as to how to eradicate the wee beasties.

Linus, one thing at a time is more than enough for the human mind to contend with so you just hang in there and try to cut down instead of out. The weight is more important because of your spine. Evenutally we can all stand in the fresh air as I am sure you will, but I wasn't putting any pressure on you to quit.

Gotta go. Be seeing you - Aroha

I really don't know any French. I took a guess! I must have heard it someplace! It was in the mind...along with the songs! Have a great day Miss Shad!

Thank you Mis Mel. Hope the rain goes away and you are able to get out and about to harass the porkers with the chair fiasco.

hey shad you encourage all you want and i promise one day i will stop just not right now and about the mice i saw steve irwin on tv with the plauges {we all think hes bonkers}and they couldnt get away from him fast enough send him and terri in and let them deal with it
kirsty

just to ps
i took german at school mel so it sounded damned good to me always better than aufederzain meine frua
kirsty

you know just while i think of it if chicken is so good for you why wrap it up in skin that tastes so good and yet is so fattening ???? its like wrapping bananas in chocolate peel mind you if they did id probably eat bananas sorry for sounding potty but i was eating chicken{yes i know its 12.31 am here but i was hungry and it was either chicken or ice cream and i dont like ice cream all that much}actually now i think about it i am potty goodnight

right im really potty now ROSE where are you how was your conference