Hey leeny, good to hear that you're in a positive frame of mind, and good luck with the weigh-in tomorrow.

I'm not allowed to walk up and down hills at the moment - apparently hills and stairs are bad for my achilles … so I try and stick to flat walks and gentle slopes. My spider bite is healing - I still have days (like yesterday) where I feel really unwell for no apparent reason, and I think that might be the residual effects of the bite.

Wouldn't wish it on anyone, hey!

I'd be a bit perturbed about the glued-up mailbox too. Do you have any clue about who might be doing it? It sounds like either really bored kids, or someone with a grudge. Have you thought about calling the police?

Anyway, gotta run. I thought I might do my supermarket shopping while the Melbourne Cup is on - no queue :-))

Blurk!!! Too much Melbourne Cup luncheon food!!!!

Another non-event was today!!!

I just feel so flat, no motivation, nothing!

If I am going to make this challenge work I need to be in it from tomorrow! Friday is going to be another 'off' day as I am out for lunch and dinner then day too!

For someone who has no social life at all I seem to manage to keep myself busy and feasting on junk!!!

Thankyou everyone for you support and kind words. I need it right now and you are all helping! :)

Ani, especially thankyou for you offer! :hug:

My body feels like it has given up for this week...my mind wants to push on though! So here is hoping the mind over rules the body!!!

Day Two was reasonably on track for me; walked for an hour, ate 1770 calories, and drank 2.2 litres of water. Could have done a little better there, but I'll try and make it happen today.

Day Three is going to be much the same for me, except I am planning to do some situps as well as my usual routine.

Lindor, in relation to your weight-loss, try not to look too far ahead. I know it's hard - but remember you said at the beginning of this challenge, that you were going to have bad days yesterday and Friday. I reckon you should just let them happen, and just make your goals for *today*. We have to incorporate those times into our everyday lives … and you'll still be having 'blurk' days when you're 62kg.

But that's all they are - days that challenge you; they're NOT an indicator of failure.

:-)
Ani

Hi Ladies

Don't know if you guys remember me but I posted a while back, fell off the wagon and am now back on board.

I've taken the plunge and hired 2 personal trainers, one for a Tuesday and one for a Thursday. Started with them 2 weeks ago and can feel the difference already. I think it's good for me to be accountable to someone other than myself and shock horror, I'm actually enjoying going to the gym every day :fr:

Hi ladies
Sounds like everyones got heaps on at the moment. I've been really busy doing nothing exciting! I haven't had time to come on here and keep up with you all.
Can someone please explaine this 21 day challenge to me. I would like to join in if I could.
I'm feeling a bit blue today. Seems no matter how much effort I put in I can't seem to budge any of this lard I'm lugging around with me. Sometimes I wish someone would staple my mouth shut so nothing can get in there!!
I feel like most of my problems revolve around my weight issues. I'm lonely and crave adult company, but I'm afraid to approach people incase they judge me by the way I look. Rather not put myself out there and risk getting hurt than make new friends. Do any of you find its harder to make good friends the older you get? I lost my best friend 5 months ago to cancer and I miss her terribly, and my other bestie lives 400k's away and is moving to Qld next year. i should stop moaning and get off my butt and get something done.
Thanks for listening to me whinge.
Tomorrow will be a brighter day! If I keep telling myself that then maybe it just might be true.:)

Barb
XXX

Hi all

Welcome back Little Kiwi...long time no hear. It is soooo easy to "fall off the wagon" but it takes a better person to get back on:carrot:

Barb....you don't sound like you are having a good time of it at the moment. Lindor has a great avator...I love my computer because my friends live in it....too true. We are all friends even though we have never seen each other so you are very welcome to "winge" to your friends. Keep on posting here....i know i have had some hiccups all year and the support the other ladies have given me and listened to me winging has definitely helped:hug:

Lindor....you know it is only a slight hiccup and you also know you can lose weight. You have proven that to us over the year...you need to believe in yourself again that you can do this...and winge to us as well. We all understand only too well and will support you any way we can.

Ani....your challenge is powering on...good on ya.

Me....been to WW this morning and .....3kg loss.....yeah yeah...maybe i am on the right track again. I hope so as i have detoured badly of late. I feel like i am in some sort of control again. My challenge. Great ...been for walks every day this week and even did some step ups. Pulled some muscle in my calf though so maybe too much too soon. will swim today instead maybe with the arms...it all counts i suppose. Food great, water great...even in a better mood. Its funny when i feel in control i am a better person. Anyone else?

Must away and ring my sister to gloat on my loss. She told me when i joined again..."not again..you know you can't do it"....I'll prove her wrong. Have a good day all..xxxleeny

Hey Little Kiwi, welcome back. It's great news about your personal trainers. How much weight do you want to lose?

Barb, you're more than welcome to join our challenge. This is Day 3 of a 21-Day challenge, and I would encourage you to jump right in and come along for the ride with us. It's very informal - we all set individual goals, and report in every day on our progress (whether it's good or not), and we try to encourage each other.

My goal is to get below 97kg by the end of this challenge - and I do a few things to try and make that happen. Lindor's is about doing step-ups (I think), leeny is all fired up with weight watchers … and we THINK Britt is making babies :-).

It's just another way to try and be accountable - it's not strict, and nobody gives you a cyber-slap if you have a bad day or three.

I agree with you that it's harder to meet friends as you get older. Sometimes though, you have to be really proactive about it. Do you have interests or hobbies where you could join a social group and get to know people? I don't know - I'm in my 40s and don't have a lot of friends, but have come to realise that I'm the only one who can do anything about that. Not that I do :-)

leeny - how impressed am I with your motivation and weight loss! You go girl!!! I'm really happy that you're sounding so fired up and positive. YAY!

:-)
Ani

Feeling really fat and ugly now!

Three awful days in a row!!! I hate this! I am sure my clothes feel tighter already. I am sure I look fatter! I am fatter!!!

Last night, laying in bed, I gave myself a huge tongue lashing. Used some very choice swear words, some mental slaps around the face and some mental kicks up the butt - actually reduced myself to tears!

But it may have worked! :lol:

Barb, Little Kiwi, I am officially starting a new challenge on Monday (figured considering tomorrow isn't going to be good, I may as well start a fresh week), feel free to join me from there if you want - Ani, you smart cookie for doing so well so far, feel free to extend to a 28 day challenge :p .

Between now and then I am going to really clean up my act. Friday is going to be a bad day! But I am not going to make it another day in which I hate myself because it is another day I screwed up my challenge! It is just going to be the 'indulgence day' between some good days - and I am going to enjoy it, guilt free!!!


21 day challenge:
20 minutes of step-ups a day (starting small, starting fresh again).
Good food, normal portion sizes.
No junk!
NO NUTS!!!
3 litres of water a day.

(off challenge)
I want at least one box packed a day! I have done nothing in that regard all week either!! And I wonder why I am feeling stressed about the move!!!!


I want back on the wagon!!!


Wait for me!!! :lol:

Lindor I too give myself verbal mental bashings in bed at night! Why do you do this to your self..........You know you can do better..........Why am i a failure..........stuff like that. I know I should focus on the positive things that I achieve but its very hard when the negative things outweigh the good stuff :(
Well I'm in. I'm happy to join you on the 21 day challenge. My goals........

30mins of excersice 5 days a week
eat better food
eat smaller portions
drink more than 2 litres of water a day
THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS
and hopefully get to 90kgs

I'm so glad I found you girls here. People dealing with similar issues as me, and having a hard time sticking to the programme :dizzy: Better luck this time. We can do it!

Hi ladies

Thank you all so much for welcoming me back ..... this website is so helpful in keeping me motivated and inspired.

Leeny, great work on a 3kg loss, way to go!! :bravo:

Lindor, it makes me sad to hear you sounding so down :( you've done amazingly well in the past and you will do again. I've learned that falling off the wagon is nothing to be ashamed of and getting back on is what it's all about. Chin up babe, you'll get there :bubbles:

I'm definitely going to join you all on your challenge. My long term goal is to get to 70kg which means a 27kg loss. Seems like a huge mountian to climb but if I don't try at all, I'm definitely not going to get anywhere.

My challenge will be to stick to my plan as outlined by my trainers:

Monday: 40 minutes cardio
Tuesday: 30 minute weight session with trainer and minimum 20 mins cardio
Wednesday: 40 minutes cardio
Thursday: 30 minute weight session with trainer and minimum 20 mins cardio
Friday/Saturday/Sunday: 60 minutes cardio any of these days

That's the minimum that I want to be doing. This week has been the first week doing it full-on and today is my 4th day in a row at the gym and I'm pleased to report that I'm feeling great :belly:

I think that what's made the biggest impact on me is the new man in my life. I've been seeing him for about 3 months now and in the biggest Bridget Jones moment of my life, he told me that he likes me just the way I am. :val2:

Having someone who loves me for me and who knows that my weight is not the be all and end all of who I am has boosted my self esteem and that in turn has given me the desire to change my habits for me and so that I can have a better quality of life now that I have someone to share it with.

We all begin on these journeys for different reasons and we will all have different results but I think that the support we can give eachother will be a very positive thing.

Keep it up ladies!! :trampo:

Hi everyone,

I had a half-good day yesterday :-). I stuck to my calories, but I didn't exercise and I didn't quite get to 2 litres of water. And not all of my calories were what you might call *the best of choices*! Oh well, today's another day.

Lindor, I'm game to make it a 28-day challenge. It will be my birthday the day after it ends, so that will give me something 'extra' to motivate me to reach my goals.

Lindor and Barb, what's with all this verbal bashing you are doing to yourselves? Let me ask you something - would you be as cruel to someone else as you are being to yourselves? I don't think so - so why are you being so mean to YOU? That's torture - and it won't help you feel better about losing weight.

I know we are all our own biggest critic - and that's ONLY OK if we are also our own biggest cheer squad. You've got to start being kind to yourselves and believe in your strengths a little bit more.

It made me feel really sad to read both your posts this morning - I think you should be a little bit more gentle with yourselves, I honestly do.

Oi BRITT! Where are you? Surely it doesn't take this long to make a baby :-)

Little Kiwi, your motivation and enthusiasm sounds very infectious, and I hope I catch some of it.

I have to go to an Expo today and do some schmoozing. I'm going to the media launch this morning, and they always lay on TONS of free food for us. I had a think about how I'm going to manage the temptation of that, and decided I am going to have the biggest, healthiest breakfast in the world before I go. I don't know if it will work, but it was the best plan I could come up with.

I hope you all have a great day. I'll check in again this evening.

:-)
Ani

Hey Little Kiwi

I just re-read your post and realised that you and I weigh almost the same, and have the same goal. YAY!

I agree that it feels like a mountain to climb, but I decided (when I started out three months ago) that I would break it down into goals of 5kg at a time. That way it wouldn't overwhelm me.

I lost the first chunk of 5kg by the beginning of October, and am currently working on the goal of losing the next chunk by the end of this year.

Looking at your plan, it seems to me you are doing everything right.

For the first 3 months I didn't count calories - I just watched what I ate. It worked fine at first, but I stopped losing any weight during October, so I had to tweak it. And the only thing I could do was write down what I ate, and try and keep it to 1700 calories + an hour of exercise every day. That seems to be working for me at the moment.

:-)
Ani

Little Kiwi
Isn't it wonderful when you find someone that loves you just the way you are:love:. My hubby is exactly like that. No matter how often my weight goes up and down he still loves who I am. You sound really happy :D.

Ani

I must be making a great first impression! I'm not usually so negative. I don't know whats going on at the moment. Self sabbotage I guess. If I'm feeling a bit down it gives me an excuse to binge!!! So what day does this challenge end on? If we start on Monday does that make it 4th Dec?

Well I'm going back to page 1 of this thread and get to know you all a little better!

Barb, the great thing about the women in here is that nobody is going to judge you, or get a bad first impression. We're all here for the same reason - not only because we want to lose weight, but because we want the support of other people … people who understand what we're going through.

We all get frustrated, and stuff things up. We all have bad days/weeks/months – put weight back on, get mad at ourselves. All of those things. But we stay here because, even though its a roller coaster, we're still committed to making healthy changes to our lives.

I have a huge amount of respect and affection for all the women in here. Every single one of us has insecurities and things that we struggle with - but it doesn't make anyone worthy of a bad 'first impression'. It makes us human :-).

Im so happy :carrot:
I've been feeling pretty bad lately so when I went to Curves today I asked the instructor if she would measure me. My official weigh day isn't till the 19th..........Guess what????????? After only three weeks of busting a gut I've lost a whole 14.5cm's :D
I was starting to think that all the effort I was putting in wasn't worth it. The scales have only shifted by 200g. Boy was I wrong! :woohoo: I feel its all worthwhile now.
Starting measurements: Current measurements:
Bust 115 112
Waist 103 101
Abs 116 112
Hips 120 116
Thigh 70 68.5
Arm 36 36

Hey all

Hope we all had a great day. Heres also hoping that we are all off "the negative wagon" and back on the "i can do it" wagon.

Great news Barb on your cm loss...YAH:hug: Why do we all concentrate so much on those dreaded scales so much. We all do it and you have just proved to us that it is not all about the numbers we see on them but how you look and i might add how you feel. It made me smile to read your last post as you seemed so pleased with all your hard efforts....good for you.

ME....had another great day. Food excellent, water excellent and did not exceed my allocated points on WW. It is raining here at the moment so walking was out today but i managed 30mins on my minitramp with my sons iPod....what crap songs he has...he is nearly 17...you can imagine..he he.
I even surpried myself and made curried sausages and rice for the family and i ate a WW dinner instead. I took one look at it and said"is that it". It is now nearly 8.30pm and dinner was ages ago and i am not hungry in the slightest!!!

Anyhow must away, just dyed my hair(yes the grey roots)...turned 40 and they said Happy Birthday. My son just informed me it looks a bit pink so i think i must investigate...it is supposed to be blonde....eekk
Check in with you all tommorrow....keep on going girls...we will all make it this timexxxleeny

Progress at last!!!

I actually did 20mins of step-ups tonight!!! :carrot:

Haven't eaten the best...although, I think, better than recent days.

Water intake is still poor! I still blame that on work - 15C in my office at the moment!!! People are getting sick with it, I came home early this afternoon and couldn't make it back (I have no winter clothes that fit me anymore!!!). And I am so tempted to say I won't be back until the airconditioning is sorted!!! It's 40+C outside! Inside we are all rugged up like it is the middle of winter!!!


Anyway!

I have been very self absorbed lately and for that I am sorry - I have been very ignorant!!

Welcome back Little Kiwi, I have wondered how you have been getting on and it sounds like all is good...and with such a wonderful chap in your life too. Don't s'pose he has a brother does he??? :p

And Barb! The changes in your meassurements in just a few weeks is fantastic, very motivating. Keep it happening! And I look forward to starting a new challenge with you! We can run Ani into the ground together :lol:


Leeny...keep up the determination! Not far to go now ;)


Thankyou all for your kind words, and I am sorry I had to drag you all down with my misery! I am over it for now!!!

Positive days ahead!!!

Well ladies, it sounds like we're all getting into the right frame of mind!

Barb - great work girl! 14cm off is an awesome effort. It's seeing results like that that will keep you going.

Lindor - great to hear you sounding more positive. I agree with the above post that points out that you'd never speak so negatively about someone else so don't be so cruel to yourself!

As for me, I had a great workout with my trainer last night and am feeling sore today! That made it 4 days in a row that I've been at the gym and I haven't done that in years! After my weights session I did 20 minutes hard out on the bike and pushed myself there which was good.

Today I caught the bus to work rather than drive and plan on walking home (about 50 minutes) if the weather holds out.

A big challenge for me is alcohol. I'm trying to limit myself but last night 1 had 2 decent sized glasses of wine and man did I feel guilty! Managed to stay away from the chocolates though so that was good ;)

Keep it up ladies .... we can do it!! :cheer2: :trampo: :dust: :bike2: :lifter:

Nothing exciting to report for me this morning - food and exercise were fine, but I didn't drink enough water yesterday. I went to the Conscious Living Expo, which was a lot of fun - and where I sampled all kinds of "live to be 100" vitamins and potions :-). But I was very good about not sampling the food…

So Lindor and Barb are going to run me into the ground? How funny are you :-)) Come on then … get yourselves ready for the Monday start, and we'll have a go.

Barb, it's great that you got yourself measured. It's a timely reminder that scales are only one way of tracking progress. I measure myself every three weeks or so - and while my weight loss is slow compared to everyone else's, it's still coming off.

Little Kiwi I don't know what to suggest about drinking. I have a friend who lost 30kg while still managing to drink 1/2 a bottle of shiraz every night. She claimed that she researched it, and discovered that the grapes used in shiraz have less sugar - or there is less sugar in the processing … I can't remember. But what she did was compensate, either by doing extra exercise or cutting back a few food calories. It certainly worked for her.

Alright - must go and find something adventurous to do with my day.

:-)
Ani

Hey all

It seems we are all in a better mood today. Just a boring old day for me today...can't be bothered to do housework..thats boring....when i'm slothing around it is a temptation to eat badly so thought i better get on here and chat to you guys so that doesn't happen.

Food wise so far today....OK but having a baked leg of pork for tea so the crackling will be hard to resist. Just a small bit OK.

Just a quickie today...not in the mood for typing....keep going girls..xxleeny

Great to see that everyone's sounding a little more upbeat today!

Wow, PerthChick, 1/2 a bottle of shiraz a day :cheers: That would be lovely!! I certainly do love my wine and I'm not prepared to give it up completely. Tonight I'm catching up with a friend for drinks so I'm going to walk home from work which will take around 50 minutes and that way I won't feel guilty.

My trainers have given me Friday, Saturday and Sunday off and I just have to choose a day to do one burst of exercise but I'm scared that if I give myself that much time off I won't want to start again so I'm going to try do something tomorrow too and relax on Sunday.

Another thing I must try to stay away from this weekend is microwave popcorn .... the best stuff is the buttery one!

:cheer2: :twirly:

Hi everyone

Another good day for me yesterday - not perfect, but I walked for an hour and ate pretty well.

I don't have a lot planned for the weekend, aside from the usual domestics and garden chores. Since it's only 2 days until weigh-in I want to make sure I stick to my calories and get plenty of exercise. It would be very nice to lose SOME weight this week.

What do you all have planned?

:-)
Ani

Yesterday was crap...but I expected that!!!

Going to work on getting back into my dieting routine this weekend in preparation to starting the challenge on Monday.

Well done on week one of four Ani!! You are doing well!!

Well done to you too Little Kiwi! Don't push yourself to hard this weekend - I think these trainers know what they are doing and are issuing you good advice.



My weekend...think I'll be packing!!! Two weeks left!! :carrot:

Exciting...but emotional too :(

I'll be in and out of here. Enjoy your weekend all!

Another good day for me yesterday, except I didn't drink anywhere near enough water.

I've decided that my focus, for the next 21 days is going to be *stomach muscles*. I will keep on doing everything else I've learned, but I need to add in some toning on my tummy.

Since this challenge is due to finish on 4th December, my goals for then are:

1. Weigh under 96kg.

2. 30 situps every second day.

3. Walk 1080 minutes.

I am going for a walk this morning, but will probably just potter for the rest of the day.

How is everyone's weekend? How's the packing going Lindor?

:-)
Ani

Well done on sticking with it Ani!

And I am soooo over packing Ani!!! I have too much junk!!!

I have a cat that won't keep off the furniture I need to keep fur free so I can sell it!!! The same cat has put his claws through an air mattress I had inflated to check that is was still usable, with view to sell!!! I chased the same cat out of a box of clothes I had nicely folded, with view to sell!

I have a dog that spent the night puking on a large floor rug I was going to sell too!!!

I think my pets are rebelling!!!


But I have cleared two of three bedrooms, laundry, bathroom, huge storage cupboard (that now only contains the boxes of crap I am keeping). Half the kitchen cupboards are empty!

The floors are covered with junk!!! My old (blind) dog has fallen on his face so many times from walking into stuff or falling over it - the stress has begun for him!! The spare bedroom is full of crap for a garage sale next weekend! I am going to advertise the larger items this week and people can view/buy anytime...so strangers will be marching through my house again!!!

I am soooo tired! It is soooo hot!!!


Dietwise...

Not too good...but not too bad either! Full on as of tomorrow though!

By Dec 4
- under 80kg
- 20mins step-ups a day
- stick to my meal plan
- 3lt water a day
- NO NUTS!
- report here daily (unless I have problems when I move the PC to it's new home)


Alright...more boxes to pack!

I definitely exceeded my self imposed wine limit on Friday night but on the up side, I somehow resisted the late night urge for Burger King and when my friend asked me to go there with her I jumped straight into a taxi and went home!

Was reasonably good on Saturday and went to sleep in the afternoon rather than indulge my hungover desire for fried food. Didn't do any exercise on Sat or Sun but have stuck to what my trainers have outlined for me and I'm happy with that.

Back to the gym today!!

:ebike:

Weighing in at a bulging 83kg this morning, I am now totally disgusted with myself, but fully motivated to achieve this 21 day challenge!

83kgs has undone what I managed last challenge :(

I WANT OUT OF THE 80's


Little Kiwi...one or two days of 'over exceeding' is barely noticable so long as it doesn't extend to one or two weeks like I have let myself do! You will be fine!!


Right...must move, work and then more packing this evening! I thought I did the bulk of it when I put the house on the market - how can cupboards hold soooooo much junk!!!!

Day one is underway (weigh???)! Good luck ladies!

Woo hoo! Another kilo gone…

Today I am going to walk, do situps generally try and behave myself.

How's the packing going Lindor? I understand how frustrating it is. A couple of years ago I moved four times in three months - and was known to throw the odd tantrum by the end of it. That was when I was trying to find somewhere to live after a relationship breakdown. I left my cats with my ex until I found something more permanent, so they wouldn't have to go through it all - but it was really stressful - so you have my full sympathy.

Good luck with this week everyone.

:-)
Ani

Lindor I didn't see your post when I wrote mine. I wish I was a *bulging* 83kg :-P

Come on now – I know how stubborn and bolshie you can be. I'm tempted to name my bathroom scales after you sometimes :-))). The 70's are calling you, and I have NO doubt you'll respond to the challenge.

Lindor, you really do need to stop being so hard on yourself! You're doing great and we all slip from time to time. With all your packing, I'm sure you've got quite enough to concentrate on anyway!

Ani, well done on your 1kg loss! I'm scared about what the scales will say tonight but que cera cera .....

My biggest problem on the weekend was that I wasn't eating small and often like I do during the week and my water intake yesterday was low. It's so much easier to keep it all on track when I have the structure of work and breaks etc.

:twirly:

Not too bad a day today :)

Did my step-ups!
Ate reasonably well!
A tad short on the water, but better than recent days!

AND NO NUTS!!! :)


I have keys to my new place now, so I can start hauling some of my crap over there now. It'll start to look like I am making progress now.

Ani, I don't know that the Lindor chocolate company would be too impressed in having scales named after their chocolates!!! :lol:

Right...a few more boxes before bed.

An OK day for me - I may have had 100 calories too many, but I walked for an hour, and did 30 situps. And it has been so hot here that I think I'm onto my 6th bottle of water. It's still disgustingly warm at almost 10.30pm - I've got the fan going madly … I suspect we're in for a long, hot summer!

I think I've got some hideous ear/nose/throat thing. Hopefully it will be gone in the morning, because I feel blurk tonight.

Lindor did you really name yourself after an upmarket chocolate? Oh well, it's much nicer than Freddo :-))).

Right - bed!!!

Ani

Lindor from Lindt are the best chocolates ever!

Despite doing pretty well with my food and water during the last week and also exercising like a mad thing, I didn't lose any weight :?:

At least it stayed the same and I didn't have a gain I guess :bubbles: It's weird because I feel smaller but the scales aren't showing any change :shrug:

Went to the gym last night and did 40 minutes cardio - 20 mins on the treadmill with 5 x 2min intervals of jogging then 20 mins on the cycle. 100 sit ups finished me off.

Have my session with my trainer tonight so will talk to him about the lack of weight loss.

Little Kiwi, I wonder if your scales refusing to budge could have anything to do with not drinking enough water - especially if you had a few wines. Aside from alcohol dehydrating you, when you don't drink enough water your body will hang onto what's there.

As weird as it sounds, even if you drink 2 litres of water a day, you'll have a better chance of losing weight.

My throat still hurts, but I'll try not to complain too much. It's going to be another hot day in Perth, so I'd better go for my walk in a minute - or it'll be too unpleasant to go.

Where are Britt, leeny, Barb and Kathy? Are you lurking girls?

Anyway - hope you all have a great day. I'll check in again tonight.

:-)
Ani

Hey all

Sorry i have been slack lately and not posted but as glad you are all still here and fighting "the battle".

Laugh...i did so for ages Ani. I knew Lindor was named after the chockies...i think she told us in the very beginning but when you said "freddo"..you crack me up.Maybe you should be "snickers"!! On my scales one of my children stuck a sticker that says..."na na you're fat"...charming eh but it keeps me motivated at times.

Lindor...you are not a bulging 83kg...i wish i was that again. You are putting your body, mind and soul into something else and dieting is always hard at the best of times so "you can only do your best" and if sometimes you come unglued well....so be it!

Ani...another kilo...you are doing great. You have set yourself great goals and achieveable ones so you will suceed i know.

Littlekiwi...all that exercise just makes me tired. Do you enjoy it or is it a task? I have been tempted to join a gym and get a trained but i know from past hystory it is a 5 minute game with me and i fizz out...hate the exercise thing

Me...still going great. I am not sure whether i have lost much though as my scales so far are not reflecting that(yes i had a sneaky weigh today). WW is tommorrow so i will report in. I feel like i am eating too much on their plan as when i lost most of my weight i wasn't no where near scoffing down the desserts, bread, rice etc. I feel my body will love those sorts of carbs and keep them as it is definitely not used to it. I haven't eaten rice, pasta or bread for 3 years but gee i like it now. Funny how one can quickly revert to old tastebuds again.:dizzy:

Thats me, going for a swim. My pool looks soooo inviting. It is hot here too girls. Was going to walk..too hot...swimming sounds better eh?
Keep going all....i'll let you know of my progress tommorrow after WW.
xxxxleeny(no i am not a chocolate...i may look like a big fat caramello bear thought)...

Hi ladies

Gosh Ani, I wish it was water. I already drink 2-3 litres of water a day and I think i'd start to leak if I drank any more! :fr: I don't drink hot drinks so I start the day with a cold glass of water, drink around 8 big glasses a day at work, a 750ml bottle at the gym and at least one more 750ml bottle in the evening!

Leeny, I do enjoy the exercise, the biggest thing for me has always been getting to the gym in the first place. Once I'm there I enjoy it but I find it easy to convince myself not to go. That's part of the reason I'm now seeing one trainer on a Tuesday and another on a Thursday. For one thing, it's expensive and would be a total waste of money if I didn't work hard on the other days as well and it's good for me to be held accountable to someone else apart from just myself.

I'll have a word to my trainer tonight about my lack of weight loss .... perhaps I'm just superbly muscular :lol: :exercise: :wl:

psst … leeny! Maybe we shouldn't call me snickers, because they are full of nuts - and we all know how much Lindor loves nuts. She might bite me :-).

Your kids are bad putting that sticker on your scales - either that or they have a perverse sense of humour.

I just went for my walk and now I'm hot and sweaty. A swim sounds like an awesome idea.

Little Kiwi, good luck with your trainer tonight - I'm sure they'll be able to give you some wise tips. Some weeks, no matter how good you are, the scales simply don't budge. It's good to remember that scales are just ONE measure of how our weight loss is going. They are important, no doubt, but they can't separate water/muscle/fat … or factor in hot weather, TOM or last night's really salty dinner :-)

WOW! I need to get on here a whole lot more. You girls sound like you've been busy!
So yesterday was day 1 of my 21 day challenge and I managed to stick pretty well to what I planned, although I did eat a sausage that I shouldn't have!!
Apparentely my scales are stuffed!!! They have showed the same weight for the last three days ( i know I shouldn't be jumping on them so much but I just can't help it)! At least I'm not putting any weight on.
So my plan is to get out of the 90's by the end of this challenge. i know its doable if I can just keep motivated and remind myuself that its all worth it in the long run.
I had 3 litres of water, did 50mins of cardio/strength training and was pretty careful with food, so far so good. Keep it up! :D
My dh informed me that he has no job on Friday and I've been waiting for the depression and bingeing to start.........funny..........nothing! Must be the feel good endorphins from the exercise! Another reason to keep it up.
Better get moving, got to go to the gym in an hour and need to eat my halthy salad and tuna!!
BYE
Barb

Just a quickie tonight...sorry.

I am buggered!

I ate ok today! Not done any step-ups and drunk even less water!!!!


I have strangers walking through my house again! But sold a heap of furniture within a couple of hours of advertising it!!!!

My house resembles a war zone!!!

I am sooooo over this!!!

Good news...I have keys to my new place!!!


Well done girls for sticking with it!

Did someone mention Snickers up there???? MMMMmmmmmmm!!! :lol:

I'm off to pack a bit more before bed!

Hello all

My trainer damn near killed me last night!! :wl: It was a really hard session but I felt good afterwards. I was so glad that I'd done my 20 mins cardio before I met with him as I was truly stuffed by the end of our session.

He said not to worry too much about the fact that my weight isn't going down. I guess with all this exercise I'm building muscle while losing fat so that'll make a difference.

Eating's been pretty good and I've packed a nice healthy lunch for today.

Keep it up ladies!! :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: