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

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. :(