Thank you all so much for the warm welcome and congratulations to all of you on your achievements this week!

Well - I finally took the plunge! After I finished my workout at the gym this evening I stepped on the scales for the first time in over 12 months. Not a pretty number - but then I looked back to what I was last weighed and did a little bit of a happy dance inside!

You see, the last time I weighed I was 112kg and today I am 96kg. Still a long way to go but waaaaay better than 12 months ago!

So now for the next steps. I have set myself a short term goal to be less than 90kg by the end of May. I am not sure if that is realistic or not but I would like to see how I go. My key challenge will be with eating - exercise is going great but I struggle a bit with sticking to a program with my meals.

I look forward to be able to chat with you all!

Well done for getting on them scales Girl from Oz!!! Looks like you and I have a pretty similar battle on your hands. I started at 112kg in January and am now at 92

I don't think your short term goal is unreasonable either...I try to aim for a kg a week on average, and from what I understand that is a safe and healthy rate.

I understand the struggle with controlling food intake. I mentioned in a previous post that I believe we have a harder battle than a drinker giving up the drink and a smoker quitting. Their battle is to stop drinking and smoking altogether...they just need to find the will power to stay away from the bad stuff for good. For us dieters, we can't just stop eating for good. We still have to eat. We have to learn to control the amount we eat and what we eat. To me that is harder...but then I have never had to quit drinking or smoking I just think it'd be easier to abstain totally than to limit ourselves.

Anyway, I have my fingers crossed for you and hope you do well.

Leeny, as always it is good to hear from you. And even better to hear you are doing so well. I knew you'd get back on track! I am happy for you girl

Rach, well done on making it to the gym! Every little bit counts right! With the chat...just click on the chat link up the top of the page here, enter you name and enter the room. As easy as that! I see no reason for me not to be there tomorrow so hopefully I'll see you there

...and anyone else who makes it too

Goodnight all

Hi girls, hope your ANZAC day is good.
Worst thing I ever did was buy the new scales, can't stay off them.
I went away for the weekend and couldn't resist having fish and chips, so, back to the drawing board, but, I really enjoyed them, lol

Tomorrow is a new day......

Why is it we say things to punish ourselves, rather than say to ourselves "I know what I have to do, but today I am going to treat myself"?

Just because we are dieting does not mean we have to be cruel to ourselves. We just need to know what is right to eat and what is ok to have every now and then.

Don't be so hard on yourself Liamsmummy...besides fish has that good Omega 3 stuff right?

I'll be back here in an hour or two for a chat...hope to see some others there too

Thanks for the chats ladies. Remember we are changing chat to Friday nights, 8pm Eastern Standard time.

Had a ball in chat girls...can't wait for next time!!! Thanx all for coming

I'll work on the trivia night and will post the rules up here before the night

I've fallen off the wagon

I've let myself down, I thought I was stronger than I was.

No exercise and LOTS of bad food. Two days now


I need to see the full picture again, I need to focus!!! I need to get back up and fight on!!!

But it's hard when you feel so low

Lindor hunny..
One of my favourite phrazes from i cant remember where is.."this too shall pass"..remember that!

Hi guys
It was great catching up with you all on Tuesday and looking forward to next Friday. I suck at trivia games but it sounds like fun anyhows. Great so many new faces.

Lindor...you are being way too hard on yourself. You have consisently lost weight every week(maintained only a couple)..that was your body just catching up. You have done amazingly well and sometimes it is good for us to "splurge" just to learn that we can get back on track again. I bet all the bad food did not taste as good as you thought it would and not only that you are feeling guilty about it right? Just move forward and just think of it as an experience you had to have to move forward. You are a strong person and can lose your weight I know. After all this time chatting you are the one who has consistently lost her weight and I know I am speaking for us all...you are an inspiration. YOU CAN DO IT

Married an Angel...great to have you back again. You too can do it. I know how hard it is and remember you can do this for yourself and knowone else...that way you can be proud of yourself. I watched the Biggest Loser and thought they were all great and yes Fiona is beautiful. Watching that show helped me remember to stick to my diet so I too can be beautiful.

I am doing well and still losing. It is our wedding anniversary on Sunday and DH wants to go out to lunch. Nice thought but it is always hard when you're on a diet. Maybe a glass of wine will suffice. Its 18 years now so I think that needs celebrating.

Enough of the chat...time for dinner....the rest of fam are having lasagne...yum and I am having a stirfry...how good am I.

Be kind to yourselves....you can do it....xxxxleeny

Well I broke the 85kg barrier this week. After my binging the week before, I got back on the wagon, and dropped 2kgs, so that brought me down to 84.5kgs. Woohoo. I dragged myself to the gym on Tuesday morning, after a friend asked me to go with her, as she wanted to check it out. I did an hour of cardio that day. Didn't manage to get back till today, but I think I made up for it. I did 40 minutes of cardio and then did a 1 hour pump class. I am already sore. It really doesn't pay to take 4 weeks off from pump class. I want to build up my cardio to a point that i can run, I really like running, but dont feel comfortable doing it yet.

Oh and for doing a work out today, I won a 30 minute personal training session with the PT. I'll get a phone call from her next week to make a time. I'm going back tomorrow to see what else I can win. Hehe.

hi ladies and gents

i have been on here for ages and only just found out about this thread! i mainly hang out on the 20 somethings board. hope you don't mind if i just jump on in.

so glad to have some aussie vegemites to kick butt with

Hi everyone!
I am new to this thread and thought I would introduce myself.
I am a 24 year old single mother of two. I used to do a bit of modelling, but then fell pregnant. After I had my daughter I got a personal trainer (who cost me $105p/w for 90 minutes a week ) and I lost all my baby weight and had abs again!! My pregnancy the second time around was a result of a bad incident, which actually led me to lose weight during my pregnancy. At 6 months pregnant I weighed 61Kg (I was 64kg before I got pregnant and I'm 157cm). After I had my second daughter I was 66kg, and am currently sitting at 64kg. The problem is that even though I am the same weight I was before I was pregnant, none of my clothes fit me because all the weight is in my bum and thighs!! My target weight now is 56kgs, but I will be happy just to tone up and be able to wear bathers again!
I am following Jillian's winning by losing plan, and I love ithe exercise part of it. I absolutely love being in the gym. The hard part for me is eating enough calories a day. I have played around with the different circuts and everything, and am properly starting week one on monday after my oldest daughter goes to her first day of big kids school!!
Looking forward to meeting you all!!

Kiarii

Hi everyone, it was great chatting to you on tues night.I wish I could say it has spurred me on to great things but its been a bad week. I have been eating everything in sight it seems, and since the kids are home for schoolholidays, have hardly made it the gym. It was the twins b'days this weekend and they had 3 friends sleep over and I took them all to the circus. We all ate junk food for 2 days. Todays a new day and Im going to go hard doing Atkins induction until I leave for my Melb. trip on Fri. I will also aim for 4 days at the gym.
Lindor; we are all human, and none of us perfect. You are a real inspiration and I hope you are feeling better about yourself.
Leeny; I know what you mean about being hesitant to go out for lunch with dh while dieting. My week went awry after going for dinner and drinking wine, but whatever you do I hope it is a nice day for you . 18 years of marriage is awesome.
Kathyheg;It must be feeling great to have cracked the 85 kg mark.I can relate so well to the sore muscles after pump. I dont know how many times I have suffered thru days of pain. I think sitting on the toilet or walking down stairs being the real killers!
welcome daisy boo and kiarii, im new here too. its great to have found more aussies . I hope you can make it to the chatroom on Friday nights for some realtime talk.
Now Im back on track I feel so good again. Its only been a day and Im feeling stronger and more optimistic about reaching my goals. So keep pluggin away folks

Hi Girls,
thought i'd check in, i've only been at it a week and crashed miserably, I mean to the point of sitting on the couch, spoon and nuttella in hand.
Tomorrow is Monday, i'll start again, I have a cross trainer coming from DP's work (hopefully this week some time) so that it won't be so hard to "get into it".
Chat Friday night, i'll have to put it into the memory bank.
Have a good week, until then
Rebecca