Hi guys
Well I have well and truly lost the plot:mad:
I dare not even tell you what I have been eating(or maybe I should say not eating)!It seems I am great one day and the next well just terrible. I have come too far to just let things slide now. I don't seem to have the motivation I had and am finding every excuse under the sun to eat wrong.
Tommorrow is another day and it is Monday so the start of the new diet. I have convinced the fat husband to join me and maybe that may help my motivation. Maybe I won't have to cook all that yummy food I just seem to be not able to resist at the moment.
Hope everyone else is on track...this is the last time I am dieting and telling you all of my failures. Next post will be a loss:carrot:

Hang in there Leeny :hug:

You have come so far...you will make it all the way!!

I am also back on the wagon tomorrow. Exam pressures are over. No more excuses for me!!! :mad:

Lets make this the one! You and me, and anyone else who feels they have come off the wagon, we will get back on it tomorrow and we will fight this 'til the end!!!

We are all in it together ok ;)

I was reading over some of my old posts today...I found inspiration in seeing how far I have come. Reading over my first post here, reminded me of how unhappy I was 25kgs ago. I am a different person now...and I can't wait to be that new person when I lose the last 25kgs.

Maybe a read over your initial posts will help re-inspire you again too??

Right there with you Leeny - stay strong :hug:

87kgs today - officially back to halfway :)

Good luck everyone else ;)

Keep up the good work everyone. WE can do it.

I fell off the wagon again too but have climbed back on board. The key is to get straight back on ... don't wait until next Monday, don't eat even more because you've already slipped up ... just jump back up on the wagon!

Yesterday in Christchurch it was about 2 degrees all day, freezing cold and it snowed most of the day. My gym cancelled all classes but did remain open. Despite the fact that I had been dreaming about my duvet all day, I figured that I had no excuse not to go.

I did 40 minutes cardio and felt GREAT afterwards! Back again tonight - no excuses. I'll go to the supermarket too and stock up on some tasty food.

I've realised that I need to start incorporating weights into my workouts so I'm going to draw up a programme to do 2x a week in addition to the cardio. That'll be a struggle but I've just got to make myself do it.

Keep it up ladies, we can do this!!

Hi everyone, hope everyones doing better than me. Its not so much that Ive fallen off the wagon, more that my social life keeps interfering with healthy eating. I have made it to the gym twice in a row, that a plus I suppose. Last week I had actually made it down to 71kg - all my clothes felt loose. But that was short lived and now I feel Ive gained sone back. Im heading out to pick up dh from the airport in a few minutes, hes a prawn fisherman and hes been away for 2 months. So yippee! it will be great to have him home. Must go now, catch you soon.

Hey ladies
Thanks for the support once again. I am determined to lose this last 15kg or so. It is now Wednesday and so far this week....great. I have walked up my bloody hills with my friend twice this week already and intend to go again tonight. Even though I still hate it I can see and feel the difference in my fitness so that must be a good thing in itself.
I have had so many stresses in my life that I just seem to turn to food every time. I suppose that makes me feel nice(even if it is only for an instant). My youngest son is awaiting some medical tests that we find out the result on 19th. If they are positive....****...bad news. I am trying to stay focused on the diet but that overwhelming feeling just seems to be there all the time. My dear ol hubby is still battling cancer but at the moment he is well but not in remission so that pisses me off as well and to top it all off I have a disabled son that is so demanding I feel that sometimes there is not enough time left for me.
Well sorry guys for burdening you...I didn't think I was going to write that. Maybe I need to clear my head sometimes. So as you can see I have many excuses not to be on the diet but I do know that gives me back some power over my life when I have some control. So I am trying so hard to get back to the right mindset. I need to keep posting and reading all your successes...that gives me inspiration. Thanks guys...xxxleeny:hug:

health issues
 

hi all..
well i guess weight loss isnt one of the big problems anymore..
I didnt sleep at all the night before last because i was in horrendous pain...at 3am, i was still howling so bad that DH bundled me into the car and headed for the hospital. They took 10 goes (yes, you read right) to get the needle into a vein and took some blood..then gave me some morphine to deal with the pain.
5 hours later i was sent home after saying i wasnt in pain - well at the time it was true. Slept half the day away and went to the Dr yesturday who read my bloodtests page and said i have to have an operation to get infected gallstones removed..explained the procedures and sent me out the door with some morphine like tablets to help with the pain.
Friday i have a scan and then next week i head back to the Dr..
My liver is stuffing up because it sits on top of my gallbladder and it seems the gb is trying to infect all my close - by organs..

Hope everyone else is healthier..

t/c

Married an Angel - sorry you have been soooo unwell. Look after your immediate health before worrying about your weight loss. Although, I wonder if you'll lose a few stone if they remove the gallstones? :lol:

Sorry, not a good time for my pathetic jokes...I just couldn't resist :devil:

I hope this is sorted out quickly and as comfortably as possible for you. :hug:



Leeny - you have always amazed me at how you have managed to push on with all the other stuff happening in your life. You are a person with such determination. You say we inspire you? YOU inspire me!!! Hang in there...we are all right behind you. :hug:



Rach - If I had a social life I'd be a complete failure at this weight-loss thing!! It is the fact that I don't go out much, and that where I live there are no McDonalds, KFC and the likes that has helped me come this far. I am too easily tempted by the bad stuff! Keep fighting ;)



Little Kiwi - you have the attitude and the strength to make it through this - I KNOW IT ;)

Keep up with the gym visits...it all helps. I need to get myself motivated into exercise again too.



Kathy - How'd you go on Tuesday?? :hug: I had my fingers crossed for you all day.

I am still waiting for my results :mad: I just want to know now, good or bad!



I'm having a pretty good week so far. I have realised that I struggle on my fortnight of early shifts at work. Sitting at home in the cold in the evenings only leads me to want to eat for warmth and boredom relief. I also eat my evening meal later in the evening on that fortnight.

On my fortnight of late shifts however, I eat my evening meal in my tea break...5:30pm and when I get home from work at about 10pm, I shower and slowly prepare myself for bed. Eating does not enter my mind.

I found a pair of size 16 jeans in my cupboard today...jeans that I wore to boarding school back when I was about 14/15 years old! I had to try them on...at the moment I can't quite do them up and it is a slight struggle getting them up over the hips, but I have set them aside - I HAVE A NEW GOAL!! I WILL get into those jeans! :dizzy:

Alright, I must go. I am working this evening so won't make chat this week I am afraid. I hope that those that do have fun.

Keep fighting ladies!!! ;)

update..again
 

Hey ladies..
Well..i went for my ultrasound yesturday and it was confirmed that i have 4-5 large gallstones and tons of little ones that arent really a bother. I went to my GP later that day and she was like blase about me going for surgery and i had to push for an appointment with a surgeon because i was just so tired of being in pain.
But you know..i havent really been in horrid pain since eating yucky food anyway..and apparently they pass on their own if you're good healthwise. So, i will go to the surgeon anyway, and ask for his opinion, but keep eating super healthy again..like vegetarian healthy - and hopefully he'll have the 'lets wait and see' approach as well..but send me off to surgery if i have another gallstone attack for seemingly no reason.
I just dont want to be like..oh..well since im fine..screw the Dr's..since if it happens again and my records show i just didnt bother showing up again - they're going to ask a ton more questions, and be half as likely to help me.
Does that make sense?

Down 2kgs!!

85kgs :)

congrats lindor.
I hope you're celebrating :carrot: :carrot:

:hug:

:D ;) :p

Originally Posted by MaRrIeD_aN_aNgEl:
congrats lindor.
I hope you're celebrating :carrot: :carrot:

Nope, not celebrating...yet! :lol:

That happens at goal! ;)

How are you going with things???

Oh..
I woke up with the grandest of migraines thismorning since my body has gone in shock from the lack of processed sugar.
We went shopping yesturday and i got some sorbet..i know its really high in the sugar im trying to stay away from..i guess i just had a brain fart. I was craving it really bad, and ive cut back so hard on the bad fats that icecream is out.
Right now im trying so hard to stay on the straight and narrow..because i dont fancy the idea of more needles and surgery and all the rest.
I have to go back to the endocrynologyst soon as well, which will suck, because i have to get blood taken then as well..
Ah well..cant wait til its over.

Hi gals, not been posting lately, sorry!!! But I'm on my way downunder today!!! I'm so excited!!! I land in Melbourne tomorrow night and then spend a week there, travel down to tassie for two days, across to Adelaide for 5 days then to Sydney for 2 then home to England. Woo hoo!

I am hoping not to gain any weight in Oz, but I have a feeling it might happen!

Wooohooo!! Enjoy your trip!!!

Beautiful weather just now too ;)

Hi everyone,

Well I have been relatively good on the diet this last week and managed to lose 1kg:carrot: I must say it has been tough and a few indescretions I might add but overall not too bad so a kilo is a kilo I spose.

Great you lost another 2kg Lindor...you must look great by now and getting heaps of comments about your new bod eh!! How many dress sizes have you dropped now? I bet you feel a million times better and I know you must look better. You are doing just great. Congrats to you for all your hard work. Have you heard about your exam results as yet. My sister has just finished hers and is anxiously awaiting also.

Married an Angel...you are having a tough time at the moment. I can relate to the Gallstone story. A couple of years ago now I got attack after attack. At first I thought I was having a heart attack. The pain was so great I ended up in hospital on several occassions to get the morphine injection. I too had several large stones and had to have my whole gallbladder removed. The best advice I was told by a nurse actually was to keep coming back to the hospital and they will operate sooner if they see you often. So each time I had an attack I would go to the Emergency ward. I had Keyhole surgery and now have 4 small scars on my tummy. I have never looked back and thank goodness the pain is no longer. So keep your chin up....drink lots of water and defininetly no fatty foods. It all happened to me because I lost so much weight that the stones could actually escape through the bile duct. I could have had them for years but the fat surrounding the gallbladder and the ducts where stopping the stones trying to escape. So there is a downside to losing weight I suppose but better out than in. I hope you do not have too many attacks...I can sympathise you poor thing.:hug:

Hope the rest of the gang are doing well and keeping on the straight and narrow. I still have not heard of my sons medical test results so am still in stress land. Maybe by the end of the week.

Keep
on smiling....xxxxleeny

Hello all. Congrats on the weght lost lindor and Leeny. Mar.an angel; I hope you're feeling better soon. Ive been pretty quiet on here of late for 2 reasons--- hubby's back and we also changed internet provider this week so we've been stuffed around no end with that. With dh back Ive been finding it hard to stick to any food plan, so jusst trying to maintain for now.
For some reason my life seems to get busier when dh is home. Strange because theoretically I have less to do (especially with the kids) but always seem to have a million things oing on and not enough time. On that note I must go . Bye

I'm heading back to work soon, so won't be about for chat this week. Should be about for chat next week though.

I've been kinda busy this week so haven't done much posting. Hope everyone is well - great to hear from you Leeny and Rach ;)

I need to get myself back on track again, I've been rather slack with keeping in line with my weight loss. Not sure my weigh in is going to be positive on Monday.

Anyway, I gotta run.

Take care all :)

Sorry I havent been around lately girls, after my exams ended my brain sortof shut down. I have been extremely tired, and cant think to save my life. I haven't been exercising, nor have I been on my diet, I'm going to have to give myself a good talking to.

The good news is I passed all my courses for the last sememster, so onto the new ones next semesters. A heavier load, but for the next 4 weeks, I need to try and find a way to lose weight. Because I'm not. :(

Kathy! Good to hear from you...I was wondering where you had got to.

Well done on your success with you exams, you should be proud of yourself.

I am STILL waiting for my results!!!

I felt really tired and exhausted after my exam too, must be our bodies reacting to all the pressure we were under and finally realising that now we can relax some.

As for the dieting...you will get back on track. Now that the exam pressure is off, you will be able to concentrate on that. I am right there with you on that too ;)

Weigh-in tomorrow...I am not looking forward to mine :(

Keep up the good efforts girls!!

Sitting on 85kgs again this week! That is actually a relief...I honestly thought I was going to be up on last weeks weight!

Looks like my last 25kgs is going to be a real battle!! But...


I AM UP FOR IT!!!

Hey all
Sorry I haven't been on for a while...a bit down and not my usual self.:( The computer is not my favourite thing at the best of times so it has been a battle to get back into the land of the living this week.

Great to hear you have passed your exams Kathy and Lindor I am sure you will too. I can relate to those study days and the pressure before you get your results...just think you have done your best and that is all you can do. I suppose we should think like that about our dieting efforts. Some days are great and well others....

I have been well and truly off mine. I can't get my head around it at the moment but I am not beating myself up over it as "tommorrow is another day"...actually I was 100% good today and I do feel better for it. I wonder why I go off track as I feel terrible physically and mentally afterwards. I even managed a big walk along the beach with the dog and kids this morning. The weather is perfect for that so promised them again tommorrow...gets me out of the house, away from the fridge and the "poor sad me" mentality I have at the moment. My son got his medical tests results back and as suspected they are not good. So chocolate, cake, alcohol,,,,anything really was my friend for this week. Oh i did pop in for the chat on Friday but nobody else was about...

Tommorow I will be good....I hope too that you girls can be also.
xxxxleeny:hug:

Leeny!!!

Good to hear from you! :)

Sorry things have been rough on you for a bit...it really does throw a spanner into the works doesn't it?

Sorry too, that your sons tests did not come back with the positive results you were hoping for :(

You're right though...'tomorrow is another day' and we are all here to support you through as you have been, and still are, for us.

Hang in there Leeny :hug:


I went down just one kilo this week...slow, but in the right direction I guess. I am getting impatient! I want this over with NOW!! :lol:



So here we all are...a new day, a new week and a new month. Sounds like a good time to get re-focused. Get back on track and finally finish what we started to do! Come on girls...LETS DO IT!!!


I've read back over the start of this thread and tried to pick up where I started to fall apart. The big thing I have noticed with me...I stopped drinking lots of water. I think, with the cold weather, I felt less thirsty and my water intake just slowed right down. I've worked on fixing that these last few days and I feel better for it already! :)


Anyway, I must run. Have a good day everyone!!


Ohhh....by the way!!! I passed my course!!! Much better than I had ever expected too!! HAPPY HAPPY :)

Hi girls
Thanks Lindor once again for your support. I am pleased for you that you passed your exams...it must feel great and a great sense of relief also...Congrats to you:carrot: You also are doing well with the weight loss as well...down another kilo is definitely not to be sneezed at...you definitely have some will power and motivation...thats fantastic.
I on the other hand have none this week. I start the day off great with the right breakie....by lunch time its all over and then I continue on the downhill slide until I tell myself AGAIN "tommorrow is another day". Well tommorow I will be good. I actually have no kids at home tommorrow...one is spending a couple of days with the grandparents and the other is practicing for a play all day and half the night. So I intend to go for a great walk and maybe some relaxing...spend some time on me for a change. Since I will be in a more positive mood maybe the diet will follow...heres hoping. I am trying not to be too hard on myself at the moment and let things slide once in a while. I know I have come a long way since my fattest and never intend to get there again(I truly hated myself) I am just happy to maintain for a while even though I know I still have more weight to lose. I still am having my tummy tuck at the end of the year so I better get going with losing more weight as time just ticks by doesn't it???
Anyhow guys, hope all else is well and doing better on their diet than myself....keep smiling...xxxxleeny:hug:

Hi all, I'm glad to see some posting on this group, even though I've not been either.

Well the facts are I've put on weight, a few kilos, I've been really bad and totally off the old wagon. Actually it got away from me. But after my birthday on Sunday I'll be jumping right back on the wagon, and getting rid of this weight. Kyra is now on School holidays, so its going to be interesting trying to exercise with her hanging off me, but I've got 2 weeks holidays too, so I can go to the gym when dh comes home if I really want to, and I know I should, actually I have too.

I'm replanning my diet, with no carbs, more veges, and minimum meat. I'll let myself eat as many eggs as I like, but I'm reducing the red meat, cause I tend to binge on it. Sad hey. I'll also have to stop making cakes and biscuits for the family cause I eat them and they are all putting on weight too.

I'll be in the chat room tonite if anyone wants to join me.

So where are all you aussies at today?

Kathy :hug:

Good to see you posting again!!

I've had some up and down weeks too. I get the feeling that the wagon is soon going to be slipping away from me too :(

Had a bad week this week...I've been too easily tempted by sweets, chocolate cake and biscuits just to name a few things :mad:

Monday is a new start!

I've set up a 5kg race ticker in my signature...if anyone wants to join in a race to lose 5kgs feel free to race with me. The more competition I have the more determined I am! And with any luck it might motivate others too?

Hope you all have a good weekend! ;)

OK I'm in. Starting July 10, the day after my birthday, so I'm gonna carb overload tomorrow, I'll get back on the wagon. I think even if I lose 10kg's before November it will make a difference to the way I look and feel.

Anyone else? Come on girls.

I found my way back
 

Hi Girls:wave:
I have been off the wagon for months, but I have decided that I really need to get back on and what better way than with you lovely ladies to help me along:hug: .
I will have to read back and see what you have all been up to.
Me !!!!!!!!!!!! Well I have had a job promotion (so more stress).
Up’s and downs with teenage daughters.
But over all things have been pretty good.
I started exercising :wl: today something that I have not done in months (I am all ready aching).
It is really great to see you are all still here, Great work for keeping at it.
So I have given myself a good talking to :rollpin: and a kick in the pants :kickbutt: so here I go to the happer and fitter me.
Butter Ball No More

Butter Ball!!! Welcome back!

Congrats on the promotion! I have a job change on the cards soon too and the stress concerns me a little. But...I will deal with that when it comes :)

You haven't missed a heck of a lot with regard to weight loss. Seems we have all been struggling a tad :(

Will you join us in our 5kg race? It all starts on Monday. Basically we race to lose 5kgs and who ever wins can gloat and watch the rest of us struggle on :lol:

Just thought a little competition might motivate us a bit more?

Right! I need to get to bed. It is great to have you back on board Butter Ball and we look forward to hearing more from you ;)



Kathy! You have yourself a fantastic birthday too :hug:

Up, down, up, down, up....

Back up to 85kg this week :(

I have to stay strong for a proper length of time, not just for a week or two at a time!

Anyway, I am ready now! The 5kg race has begun! I am going for 80kgs, and I think 3 or 4 weeks is a nice healthy time frame to reach that. Any sooner and I'll be one happy lady!

Hope everyone else is well...and I hope a few more of you can join Kathy and myself in the race?

Take care all! :)

Hi all I will have to start my 5kg as of today tuesday 11th,so here's hoping we all do well

Hey all and a big welcome back Butter Ball.:carrot: I am pleased for your job promotion and well the weight loss will come also...it all just takes time doesn't it and we all get too impatient...I wish I had a magic wand and some of Kathys fairy dust to make us instantly thin:dizzy:
I will be in the 5kg loss as well...this was a great idea Lindor...the more the merrier...we might all get competitive and try and outdo each other....GREAT:) I will start mine on Thursday 13th as I will be officially weighing in again with my sister at the Diet Clinic we go to now(heres hoping this will do the trick)!!!so I will know exactly where I start. I know I am a few days behind everyone else but you wait I'll just zoom by you all and win:devil: :devil: (Heres hoping I lose just some to be honest).
I actually have been great for about the last 5 days...shock. I feel like I am on the right track again this week...the kids are back at school today so that makes things easier and back into some routine so I can concentrate on me and my right meals again.
Hope you had a great birthday Kathy and ate lots and drank heaps...
Keep up the great work everyone....xxxleeny

Leeny and Butter Ball...thanx for joining in the race. You hit the nail on the head Leeny - the more the merrier and hopefully the more competitive!!!



Just one thing to say, Leeny...

Although I'd love someone to wave that magic wand and make me instantly thin...I am glad it's a battle and I am glad we all took it on. By doing so we came here and met some really wonderful people, something that wouldn't have happened if it was as easy as a wave of a wand.

And I'd like to think the friendships will carry on long after we have all reached goal ;)

Lets keep moving forward ladies :carrot:

I am sure that we all feel the same way leeny about the friendships:hug: that we have made.Well I know for myself thats why I felt that I could come back to our little group,because all have been so supportive:grouphug: .
I had to eat at a meeting today so didn't really say fully :mad: on track but come home and had a good dinner so off I go again.:D

:wave: come on girls it's been two day and not a word from any one:listen: ????????
I have been doing ok:rolleyes: with the eating but am sooooooooooooooo tired :yawn: at night that I have done no walking:woops:.
Well I wish you all good luck :goodluck: and say good night.
butter ball no more (Karen):tired:

I'm about :)

Been off sick the last week...just the flu, but WOW did it knock me for six!!!

On the mend now, just feel exhausted more than anything else.

Diet-wise, I have been good I think. Kinda helped being sick and off my food too :p Will know for sure on Monday!

Hope all else are doing fine and staying warm!!

Down 2kgs this week - YAY!!!

3 to go in the 5kg race! How goes everyone else???

:carrot:

A new job is **** on the diet!!!

I reckon that 2kg I lost last week is back on and then add some more for good luck :(

It's sooo quiet here :(

Where is everyone????

Well I put 2 kgs on!!! and I was being strict with myself. But they are coming off now. So somehow I've managed to end up with 7kgs to lose. Sigh. I'm tired too, very tired lately. I want to head back to bed and have a nap, but have to make a phonecall in an hour with a job lead.

Back to school tonite. Sorry I haven't been about.