Barb :hug:

Tough place to be and sad too. I can sense the disappointment you are feeling with this. As Ani suggested, is there any chance you can talk this through with hubby? Explain to him how important having children is to you?

If I recall you have two young children already right? So I am assuming you have had time off work to bring them up? If you have been out of work for so long is there any hurry to get back to it? Can you spend a little time to do a course or two that might also help rebuild your confidence? Maybe you could start with a part time job until you feel comfortable working again?

Lots of questions I know, and I am sorry. Just some ideas and suggestions to think about, you don't have to give answers for them.

And I also agree, don't give up on trying to lose weight, that is important to you too.

Stay strong Barb, I hope things start to straighten out for you soon. :hug:

Barb I feel for you! Especially when you got married it looked like a sure thing. Did he tell you yes to more children because he may have felt you would not be with him otherwise? Sounds like your husband just kept procrastinating. Did he say No NEVER or just No not now? How old is your youngest? Are you well during your pregancies and labours? Perhaps he is nervous about the affect it could have on you? Try talking to him (I know I'm sure you have heaps though). Above all be honest with him and yourself.

PS, I agree with Lindor.... Perhaps you could do a course to help ease into the workforce. You know, relearning the adult social skills we all seem to put away when we have kids lol. I went back to work in November just a couple shifts a week just to keep in touch with things, and now am planning a nursing career (start July).

And don't feel like you are stuck with doing dishes and making beds! Retail is great, not hard to learn and can be rewarding. What about even volunteering at your local police station or Doctors office for learning clerical skills? Or if you want to stick with children maybe at your local daycare centre or special education unit?

Whatever you do, keep your chin up and never give up hope on what you want in your life. Maybe after a while your DH will come round and decide the time is right some time down the track. Or you may even change your mind once you get another taste of the world other than home.

VONNI:)

Ani, I'm not sure what fibre has to do with it...? I'm planning on trialling it for atypical depression.

Hey Barb - thinking of you. I can't really offer anything, as a 19yo uni bum, I really dont think I'm qualified. But suffice to say that I am hoping for the best outcome, for you and DH.

Lindor - I just wanted to note that you made me feel really good when you said you had a good day. It seemed like some mongrel kept putting up roadblocks for you. Keep up the good days babe - and bring on the 80's!

I was up at 7 to do uni/AIESEC work for a couple of hours before a kickboxing class at the gym, before working from 11.30am-10pm. Still feeling good - productivity and exercise! Best get some extra study done tho!

Take care everyone

Kylie

Hey Kylie I just realised I didn't answer your question about books. Sorry! I love Jodi Picoult - I interviewed her once a few years ago. Have you read My Sister's Keeper? If you haven't, you MUST! My book collection is a mixed bag - from Kathy Reichs to Michael Connelly, and I'm currently hunting down books by European authors… as if I need more books :)

I think it's awesome that you're involved in AESIC. I admire people who put themselves out there and make a difference to this global village of ours! I've done work with a few really great organisations over the last ten years, and I love it. You get to meet some great people who actually care about the world and the people in it. And that's really refreshing because sometimes the world feels over-populated with self-involved 'it's all about me' types - and I have zero respect for that rubbish.

My Purple team weighed in tonight. Most people lost weight - yay us! One woman managed to GAIN 2kg - who knows how.

OK - must sleep. Got to have my kittens to the vet before the sun comes up tomorrow to get them sterilised and microchipped before we move house.

:)
Ani

Hi ladies

Sounds like most of you are still doing really well. Congratulations!

I wish I could say the same. I'm really low at the moment, have just had a day and a half off work with a cold and now that's on the way out I'm starting to feel really depressed.

I don't have anything to be depressed about, it's a chemical thing with me and at the moment my usual medication doesn't seem to be doing the trick. My dad is bi-polar and depression is rife in my family so it's something I do need to be watchful of. Back to the doctor for me I think.

So with the depression, I don't want to do anything - I'd love to just go home, get into bed and sleep for a week or so. Going to the gym is pretty unlikely as I've got no energy and no motivation.

I got rid of both of my personal trainers this morning, I just can't afford them so it's going to be totally up to me to work hard and at the moment that's not happening.

Sorry to be so negative but I just thought I should keep in touch on here.

Morning!

I've woken up this morning feeling totally icky!! It's TOM, but I have never felt this bad with it! I feel like a huge half deflated beach ball!!! Ugh!!!

Yesterday was another good day! Did my step-ups, even with my sore legs, and a few other exercises, I drank 2L of water and again, ate just under 1400cals! And I think I feel even more motivated than the day before!! Yay!

LittleKiwi! Sorry you are feeling a little down, I agree you need to get on top of this before it drags you down too far - go see that doctor! :p

When I started out on the weight loss thing I was not doing any exercise, in fact I think I lost the first 15kg on diet changes alone. Do you watch your calorie intake? Thinking maybe you could start with that for now until you feel a little better and able to push the exercise thing more? I'm not saying exercise is not important, but just maybe starting on the intake to get the ball rolling again? Then maybe you could push for an evening/morning walk later on.

Ani! I just love your subtilty :p

Go the purple team!! Even with the 2kg gain! Maybe she'll lose 4kg next week? I said 'maybe' ok! :lol:

I read Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult recently, I really enjoyed it, her way of writing is different and very capturing! I keep meaning to read more of her books - I should! I am into the psychological thrillers! Karin Slaughter, Tess Gerritsen for example - great page turners! A book has to catch me in the first few pages for me to be able to sit there and read it! :lol:

Kylie, thankyou for your encouragment! I was reading your post thinking '80's'? I am in the 80's what the heck is she on about? But I realise now I made the same mistake up there too! I WANT TO BREAK INTO THE 70's!!! What am I doing giving myself an extra 10kg to lose??? :lol:

Reading your day exhausts me! How do you manage study and gym before going off to work a 10.5hr shift! It is all I can do to get up in the morning to face a 7.6hr shift! :lol:

Alright enough dribble from me, I must move!

Have a good day all!!! :)

Hey Lindor, have you read anything of Alex Kava? If you like Tess, I think you'd like Alex too. I have to say that The Surgeon is one of the best books I've read.

We're obviously in for a great day in Perth. The radio is full of experts telling people to cancel appointments and stay home - they're also warning people that the trains are unreliable today because they have to slow them down (from the extreme heat). This is Day Three of 42ºC+, and I'm sick of it.

LittleKiwi I am glad to hear you're planning to go back to the doctor. Mental illness runs in my (birth) family too, and I believe it's important to jump on top of depression early. Are you living on your own at the moment?

Lindor how bloated can you possibly be? A half-deflated beach ball… that made me laugh! How's your exercise going?

OK - I'm off to shut the house up, close the curtains and turn the air-con on. Stuff exercising today … I think I'd melt if I tried to walk out there.

:)
Ani

Hey Barb, those Celebrity Slim ads are a bit misleading. Cat lost all that weight while she was on the show (and then training for the finale after she was eliminated). What the ads don't tell you is that if Cat can lose 5kg using Celebrity Slim stuff, the company is going to pay for $30,000 worth of surgery for her - tummy tucks etc.

Do you know what kind of work you'd like to do? Maybe your husband is feeling the pressure of not working at the moment - and a little time and perspective might change things for you both.

And where are you with your weight loss? It's great that you're still hanging out in here - I hope things get better for you soon :hug:

Ani

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Barb - that is hilarious :). I think there are nasty little gremlins in our computers, and they have really perverse senses of humour!

It's great that you're still going to the gym. Are you eating enough during the day? I sometimes get that same thing, where I get hungry late in the afternoon, and just can't seem to stop eating all night. Usually when I do that, it's because I haven't eaten enough for lunch, or haven't drunk enough water (or both).

Good luck with finding work - and with trying to find some balance with your life. And be gentle with yourself - you've had a pretty rough time of it lately.

:)
Ani

Gremlins in my washing machine too today!

I think I eat because I'm bored at night, sometimes its because I'm hungry but most of the time its boredom. I'll have to find something that keeps my hands busy!

I've decided not to go back to work till after the Christmas holidays, so between now and then I need to decide what I want to do and how to get there.

Did you hear back from that petrol company? I couldn't believe what happened! Some people are so rude.

That petrol company is trying to tell me their console operator was "only suggestive selling as he is trained to do" - so I've written to the Board of ColesMyer. Not that they'll give a toss, but I've told them I'm going to wage a one-woman campaign to let the world know that Coles Express service stations have a No Fat Chicks policy. They're not happy with me :)

LMAO. Thanks Barb for the chuckles you gave me while reading your post! Anis right, them gremlins must be invading :dizzy:

VONNI

Bring on the books. I don't have a favourite author, but I read heaps. I quite often buy cheap books by obscure authors from Big W and find they are really good. But I agree with Lindor, if the first few pages are crap, I don't bother. I need to be roped in, but once I'm there I'm hooked (I am often grunted at around 1am to turn light off)

I didn't know we had such a bunch of bookworms! I love it! I also love Jodi Picoult - My Sister's Keeper was the first I read. I don't even know how to say how much that book impressed me. My favourite book in the whole wide world ever is Magician, by Raymond E Feist. And the best part is it begins a trilogy.

I had the crappiest day at work yesterday, and it was all really petty - just useless rude scumbag customers. But I feel better this morning, so I guess I'll just wish that the fleas of a thousand camels infest their armpits and be done!

Also had to stay back late, so I missed the gym. I wont have time to go til tomorrow, but hey - nothing wrong with recovery!

Oh - I found out how much I've changed my thinking yesterday (and how much its still the same). I was feeling so crappy at work, and I didnt organise anything for dinner because I thought I was going home, so I nearly bought a custard filled pecan danish and a block of chocolate and had that for dinner. BUT I didnt. I had 2 tubs of no fat yoghurt and I 'binged' on about 6 'as healthy as I can find but sweet enough to feel like I'm doing damage' jam tartlets. Well, I felt better after, if a little sick! Why do we think that we have to eat ourselves silly to punish idiots for what they've done? I really dont get that. "I'm so mad at you, I'm going to eat a cake?" *shrug* I dont know!

Kylie

Still feeling a tad yuck, but a little less like that deflated beach ball :)

Kylie if you ever discover the reasons and solutions to comfort eating I think you'd be a multimillionaire!!! I am in a bit of a dilema just now as I need to go buy some bread, milk and fruit. I can only do that in the afternoon due to work. At the moment I am having issues at work and I know if I set foot in a shop all the wrong things are going to bound into my shopping basket! I have avoided that shop for two days now, but I can't keep putting that off!

Had another good day yesterday. 20 mins of step-ups and then some other exercises, just under the 1400cals again, and 2.5L of water!

And I am feeling really good about that! :)


Barb, you are sounding a little less lost? Has hubby said an outright 'no' to expanding the family, or is it the financial situation that concerns him? If that recovered a bit would the possibility of more children be an option then?

Have you considered part time voluntary work between now and Xmas? Work that can be done while the children are at school? I'm just thinking, like Vonni said, that maybe it will restore your confidence a little and edge your way back into the work force again.

Ani, I did a quick search for Alex Kava...I like the write ups on her books! But not so well known in Australia??? I order my books from one of two large and popular book clubs and neither of them have any titles of hers. I will look further!

Can I suggest Karin Slaughter for you if you have not already read hers? She is very much along the same lines as Tess Gerritsen too. I have also taken a liking to PJ Tracy, I read one of their (a mother and daughter team - who, incidently, manage to write together from opposite ends of the USA!) books late last year and was hooked immediately!

Damn I need to find more time to read! :lol:

It's raining just now, just an annoying drizzle, has been since yesterday afternoon, so a great time to be sitting back reading a good book, but instead, I have to go to work! :lol:

Have a good day all :)

OMG Lindor I can't believe how you have been lately. :carrot: It's so fantastic I'm jealous. Your step-ups, water and calorie intake have been so positive. I've gone the opposite.

I've fallen off the wagon a little ever since DH and I had a big blow up a couple weeks ago. I've lacked all motivation to exercise. I've been pretty good with the eating, just had an occassional lapse. But I've not ben drinking water and I know I should to stave off those annoying cravings. I can hear voices in my head...::gossip: ."Go on, just one, I know you want to!" It's been really hard to not give in. So this week I've had 2 pieces (only small) of cake, a cornetto and a softdrink. I won't have diet drinks, as I can't stand the after taste of artificial sweetner (or the thought its harmful).

I feel really horrible right now, depressed, bloated and frumpy. But I'm hoping to get up and dust myself off for a new week starting Monday. Just have to get back in the swing of things. Worrying about work too, I applied for promotion but I think another girl will get it and she really is not a very nice person. Speaks in a condensending manner and thinks her own poop smells like roses.:mad:

Anyhow, enough whinging from me. I must go get some washing on the line before it gets to hot to stand out in the sun. :flame:

Cheers
VONNI

Vonni how can we inspire you back onto that wagon? It's a little bit dangerous to say "I'll start again on Monday", because that gives you permission to be naughty for another four days.

Are you doing this because of the blowup with DH? Punishing yourself? Comforting yourself? Is that all resolved? Come on – you're worth looking after. After all, you spend endless hours looking after your kids, his kids, him, the house, the job… Vonni is worth some lovin' and nurturin' too you know!

I'm in a mood. And it isn't a pretty one. I think I've arrived at that point where moving house, business and menagerie… trying to run my business and not go broke… attempting to creatively write something for publication… looking after the badly misbehaving Purple team… and having a computer that has decided THIS is the time for the mother board to have a meltdown… just too many things going on, and I'm overwhelmed.

I know I need to make a list and just work through things one at a time. But the very thought of writing a list seems too much today.

It doesn't help that our hot weather is breaking new records either. And that during this 4-day heatwave I've averaged four or five hours of sleep a night.

Or that I'm having a day where I feel sad to be leaving this place.

Oh yuk!

I did walk this morning, I'm eating well, I did my weight/resistance exercises last night – and I'm hydrated. But I feel disgusting.

Lindor - I'm with Vonni… how good is it to see you so strong and determined.

:)
Ani

Ok, back from my work trip. Got to Melbourne and stayed with my folks, which was nice - if too short. My mum was amazed at how different and slimmer I look - which is nice, as it's hard for me to tell!

Got my fancy schmancy HR monitor in the mail - can't wait for training in the morning to try it out!!

I also LOVE reading - and all the authors you guys listed!! My latest fave is Mark Gimenez - his first book was called The Colour of Law, I think - great story. My favourite author is Lee Childs though - the most action packed books, and most impressive hero ever!

Just a quicky (just got home from work)! Don't worry Ani, I haven't fallen off at high speed. It's just the exercise train that went right on through my station without stopping. I prob shouldn't berate myself too much for eating the few things I did (though I wish I hadn't of) as I have been very strict the past few weeks. I just have to get on board again to drink water and walk.

Thanks for your concern.

Vonni :)

It's been raining now for more than 36hrs straight, and since yesterday afternoon and overnight it has been WAY more than just an annoying drizzle! Everything is so wet! And my dogs refuse to go outside to do their business!!! And cap that off with a huge leak in my roof! Don't get me wrong, I love rain (and I appreciate the importance of it), but not in this quantity. YUCK!!

Ani! I don't suppose you needed to hear about my weather when you are sweltering. I admit, I like how this rain has cooled us down - we are not getting much higher than 30C at the moment. I hope it cools down for you soon.

And I know how overwhelming moving can be, it really up ends everything. Hang in there, because you know in a few weeks this will be behind you.

Well done from sticking to your weight loss program through it all :hug:

Vonni, I hope you find your way back onto that wagon because Ani is so right! You are so worth it!!

Thanks to both you and Ani for your support and encouragement yesterday too :)

Yesterday was another good day for me, 20 mins of step-ups and a few extra exercises too. I drank 2.5L of water and again ate a little under 1400cals. Yay! :)

And I went into that shop after work! Unfortunately a small packet of nuts mysteriously appeared in my basket! Other than that, I got only what was on my list. But...them nuts remain unopened on my kitchen bench this morning :)

Hope you all have a good Friday :)

It has finally cooled down here - mostly because of that cyclone up north. And hasn't it done some damage!

I need to take my mind off moving for a couple of days. I have about 45 hours of work to do by Monday morning - and instead of getting myself into a state about it, I just need to pretend nothing else is going on in my life and get to work.

After that I will spend a full week packing and getting things organised… I've cut down my meetings and appointments to the bare minimum, so I can take the pressure off myself.

And I'm booked in for my flu jab on Tuesday. I'm the kind of person who can easily end up getting sick after a sustained bout of stress, so I'm trying to manage what I can.

In terms of my weight loss journey I look at it like this: at the moment I feel as if I am just 'going through the motions' - but that's a whole lot better than throwing in the towel. I'm not going to set any goals to lose weight for the next few weeks – what I will do is keep up my healthy eating, walking and weight/resistance stuff, because that is a promise I made to myself to continue with. After I've moved I will reassess things, and get back into it all.

Thanks for all your support girls - you've no idea how much you contribute to keeping me accountable.

Lindor, I am very proud of you that those nuts remained unopened overnight. Yay! I don't think there's anything wrong with having a treat from time to time, and I know that nuts are a big weakness for you. So that gave me a big smile this morning :)

OK - off to walk, and then chain myself to this computer. I'm sure I'll feel a lot better once I can cross this massive job off my 'To Do' list.

Have a great day everyone!

:)
Ani

Hi everyone

Yes i am still alive but only just. Just checking in to let you all know i am still here(although i must admit i haven't been here for the last 6 pages and quite frankly i have no time to catch up on the gos). I read this page and see we are all still here albeit tired, stressed, annoyed with the weather etc etc.

I really have no excuses apart from that i am extremely busy with Uni. Not enough hours in the day for me it seems. I still cannot quite get the hang of my life just yet(I'm sure i will) but at the moment i am on high speed. All my assignements are due in the next few weeks and i can assure you they are pretty hefty. Soooo saying all that i am still on track with the weight loss game. I am now down to 80.4kg and desperatly wanting to reach the 70s again. I must admit i just inhaled a Boost bar as i thought i needed the energy "boost"....my excuse and i'm sticking to it.

Anyhow...have to run, kids need help with their homework and i'm hogging the room. Will check in again soon and i sincerely apologise for missing you all and will catch up with everyones goss soonxxxx:hug:

Hi
 

Hi ya Perthchick, taking your adivce and just jumping in. My name is Mary living in Auckland NZ. Trying to find some one that weighs in kgs and walks slowly in km's lol. I am doing WW at home by myself, since I have done it so many times before. And really don't want to pay for someone telling me what I already know. Meanwhile, I will come back tomorrow, and get real. Feeling a little gulity sitting here with a beer in hand.:o But what the heck it's Friday, and it's been a hard long week. Will be back tomorrow when I am more on track, have a great nite people.

Hi girls - hasn't Leeny caught us all out!!

Yeah, I have been feeling really STRESSED and busy, and I just didn't have the energy to post. Stupid customers at work + uni work + AIESEC = me :bomb:

Anyway - Although I cannot believe it's Friday again, I am happy for 2 reasons. 1. I have my BodyBalance class on Friday nights (when I need it most!) and 2. It's a long weekend, so bf and I are going home to see our mums and friends. It's been months since we've been home, so I'm looking forward to it!

Hello Mary! Welcome to the thread! It is a relief to talk kilos and kms! the rest of the time, I feel like I should have a calculator next to my keyboard! Ani and the girls are really awesome, they will look after you! (I'll try too, but I'm not always the best person to ask! :^:

Anywho - study study study! I feel ya Leeny!!

Kylie

:welcome: To Mary! I'm sure you'll enjoy everyones company on your journey. I know I love em all to pieces.

Have one for me please?:D

Well Ani, I was naughty as you said I would be. I had KF:chicken: for lunch. I am telling myself that it's ok, as I only ate a handful of hot and spicy breast instead of it all, and a handful of chips instead of the whole lot. Well, that might have been ok, but I put it on a bread roll with a whole portion of butter and some gravy. Then proceeded to wash it down with solo :(

Now I am sitting here so MAD at myself and feeling oh so guilty like REALLY blerk. I am going to have a huge glass of water before bed to wash away my sins lol. I cooked pasta carbonara for tea tonight, but I felt so yuk after eating lunch that I had my pasta with no cream sauce and a bacon eye chopped up, capsicum slices and mushrooms. It was yum.

Working in morning so will start the weekend afresh with plenty of water in my bottle and will pack some grapes for lunch.

Kylie please don't burn yourself out girl. Take some time out for you still ok? We don't want to see you getting rundown. Good for you that you and BF are taking time out to see the family. Use the time wisely to relax. Let them come to wherever you're staying instead of you running around :)

Hi Leeny, glad to see you're back. Thought the aliens had come to get you. Mmmmm BOOST bars :hungry: I used to eat one every single day a few months back. Then got sick on them. But they are pretty yum hey? hehe Oh dear my bad even typing about it. How do you manage uni and family? I'm a bit scared when I start my study in July how I'll cope. The kids annoy the crap out of me now when I just want five minutes to sit in this mess I call a study.

Ani and Lindor? How are you two faring with the weather? Are you getting any effects from the cyclone? Hope all is well and you don't get too much.

Barb? BaRb? BARB? Where's Barb? :?: Maybe them gremlins broke outta her washing machine and computer then got her? BAAAAAARRRRRRBIEEEE? :stress:

Ok gotta run & have cuppa tea & shower. Kids sound like they're asleep. Yep I said SOUND. One talks in sleep, another clicks her throat and baby kicks her legs while asleep. Does not make a quiet household even at night. lol

Taataa all, sorry for the novel.
VONNI :comp:

Yay Mary - you made it here :). Welcome aboard! What plans have you got for your weight loss journey? I know you said you're doing at-home WW, do you exercise as well?

KFC? K.F.C? Ooh Vonni - lucky I'm not there, I'd take you for a five-hour walk for that :p But I won't say another word about it, because it sounds like you're giving yourself a verbal slap anyway!

Perth is pretty safe from the cyclone. We're getting a lot of wind, and it's really humid - but thankfully nothing. It's pretty vile up north though - I can only imagine winds of 275km/h. How frightening!

Hey Kylie, you'll probably be back from your weekend away by the time you read this, but I hope you have a great time with your family.'

Good to hear from you leeny. Great news about your continued weight loss too! YAY for you.

I've been good today - sofar anyway…

:)
Ani

Morning all!

The sun is really trying to shine here today, which is nice, but I can see that will make for an awfully hot and muggy day - yuck!

But, as someone said to me, we shouldn't complain considering those poor people who where in the path of Cyclone George. And now Cyclone Jacob heading in the same direction!! Poor buggers!

Cyclone George was some distance away from me but we copped a lot of rain it. Don't think we'll get much from Jacob though.

So, Ani, how are you holding up? I am pleased you are sticking with your weight loss program and not 'throwing in the towel'! I never saw you for a quitter! :p I guess you are going to be keeping yourself busy for the weekend? Just remember to have some time out too.

How did week two go with the Purple team??


Leeny, great to hear from you! But try to slow down, you are going to run yourself into the ground! Well done on the loss, are you still dieting or is it more that you don't have the time to eat now? :p Keep up the good work!

MaryL, welcome! I think I have seen your name here before? Looking forward to hearing more of you and learning of how you plan to attack this task! We got a great little team here and I know you will find them as helpful and supportive as I do.

Kylie! You need to slow down a little too! Relax over your long weekend ok!

How did your weight-loss program cope over this stressful week? Were you able to keep that on track? See, part of this journey is changing the way we deal with certain situations too. I know when things get too hard for me I tend to turn to food.

Enjoy your weekend away mate :)

Vonni, I am just so glad I do not have those fast food outlets like KFC, McDonalds, Pizza Hut and the likes where I live because I'd find them too convenient and I'd be there multiple times a day! When I was a way for that week I was in a town that had McDonalds, Subway, Eagle Boys Pizza etc. I had McDonalds every morning for breakfast, had lunch there for about three days, and dinner twice! Subway fed me lunch for the rest of the week and Eagle Boys provided me a couple of nice meals too! These places are too easy!

Don't beat yourself up over your KFC. It is in the past now...just move forward POSITIVELY! :p

And I hope Barb is doing ok too.



As for me yesterday...I ate just under 1400cals, drank 2.5L of water, did my 20mins of step ups and some other exercises too! And those nuts are still sitting on the kitchen bench unopened!!!! I just can't bring myself to eat them?? I have decided that if they are still there on Monday and I continue to be good this week and my weigh-in shows something positive, then I will reward myself with some of those nuts then :)

I have no plans for my weekend...as usual! :lol:

But after all this talk of books this week, I am thinking of a lazy couple of days on the couch with a good book!

Have a good one people :)

Lindor that is SO naughty! McDonalds for breakfast? YUK! And you did it for a week? But since it was just a novelty for you, I won't go on about it :p . However, if they ever build a Macca's in your town, I am seriously coming to blow it up!!!

I'm being sanctimonious because I've boycotted Maccas for 17 years (for political reasons), in fact Chicken Treat is the only fast food that tempts me at all. Shame I couldn't find a political reason to object to chocolate and chips :D

I had a good day yesterday too. I ate 1550 calories, drank 2 L of water, walked for 1.5 hours and did an upper body workout … yes, I WAS procrastinating instead of doing the amount of work I needed to do, but I'll pay for that today :). I only walked half an hour this morning, but that's all good.

So a weekend of work looms, and I am still procrastinating. Perhaps if I remind myself that I have to MOVE HOUSE in just 10 days, I might frighten myself into action!

Lindor I wish I could spend the weekend on the couch with a good book - sounds blissful to me!

:)
Ani

Ani, can I come too? I'll bring the lighter for you to light the fuse hehee

Oh dear Lindor, and I thought I lived in a "nothing here" town. You're lucky though in a fashion, cause yep it is too easy and cheaper than fresh foods. I love maccas bacon and egg muffins mmmm. The rest of the stuff I can pass on, and for years I always have felt yuk after eating any take away, or they stuff up my order somehow. Someone up there is telling me no no no. So you'd think I'd leave it alone.

We have Mcdonalds, KFC, Red Rooster, Eagle boys, dominoes, subway, noodle king. I wish we'd get a sizzler. This town is Take away city. No decent restaurants though which peeves me off. Only the pubs and RSL.

OK, well I not only fell off the wagon this week but it RAN OVER ME. I lef tmy morning tea in the frisge at home today and as I ony get 10 minutes there is NO time to go out of store to get something... stand in line to buy then get back to staff room. SOOOOO I got a kit kat.

Enough said
:shrug: Vonni

No way Vonni… I reckon the only reason you want to come and help me is so that when we light the fuse you can inhale the fumes of smouldering hamburgers :p You beHAVE!

Now stop beating yourself up over a teeny bloody Kitkat. I just went to the fridge and had one as well. It was yummy too - and since we're supposed to be supporting each other on this forum, I did it for you mate :D. Do you feel better now?

Come on - grab onto that wagon with your fingernails and hang on!

:hug: Awww thanks Ani.
:mcd: :crazy: :burger: I can smell them fumes already.

Bugger!!! lost my whole post. Now I have No time to write it again will be back later. Mary
7senuf where do you get all those funny things from?

Guess the gremlins are still with us? :p


I don't think there is any risk of a McDonalds store, or any other of those large chain fastfood stores for that matter, coming here. I believe they only establish themselves in towns with an all year 'round population of no less than 14,000 or something. Considering there is only about 5,000 here I think it will be a while!

I don't want to know where you live either Vonni because I might be too tempted to move there :lol:

And Vonni, I think you'll find Ani has chocolate nearly every day and still manages to lose weight!!! I think it comes down to moderation and control...two things I know I seriously need to work on if I want this job to be successful. Having said that...I still have an unopened packet of nuts on my kitchen bench :D

And how goes the work Ani? Are you getting on top of it? And good on you for sticking with the diet and exercise through all this disruption!

I was good again yesterday, 2.5L water, 20mins step ups, just under 1400cals! :)

Weigh in tomorrow! I want to be 12kg down after this week! :p

Ok, ok, back in the real world, any sort of drop will please me this week. In fact, just managing to stick with it this week has pleased me already, regardless of whether I lose anything or not! I'm happy :)

Alright, another hectic day turning pages on the couch for me :lol:

Work? Pfft! I took my kittens to the vet at 7am as they are both congested and coughing post-surgery - at least the consult AND the antibiotics were free.

Then I came home and it took 1.5 hours to get this bloody computer to turn on. It's going in for surgery on Tuesday… don't have a clue how long I will be without it either. Grrr!

Considering that I got up at 5.45am to start work, and all I have done is drive to and from the vet, drink far too much coffee, and swear like a trooper at my non-responsive computer, it's fair to say I'm in a mood. And now my tummy is churning, I have a foul headache, and I really just want to put my head in my hands and cry!

I can so tell that my body is carrying all the stress of moving house, trying to meet deadlines, having sick pets - and wondering how the **** I am supposed to pack up a house and business when I have prolapsed discs in my back.

Sorry - nobody needed to hear that little whinge!

No exercise for me today I'm afraid. If I get a chance I'll go for a walk later, but can't really see it happening. I'll try and be good with my eating, because I don't want to gain 50kg.

Hope everyone else is having a better day than me - and I also hope mine improves significantly!

:)
Ani

Ani, is there anyone you can get to help you with this move? If I was closer I'd be there in a flash. If I wasn't tied down with work and my pets I'd be there in a flash regardless of distance!

What about some of the Purple team...can you give them a bit of a workout lugging boxes and crap around for you? You've gone to a lot of effort to help them by creating this challenge, I don't think it is too much to ask them to help you as part of a team effort. Call it team bonding!!!

I am worried about you, I don't want to see you get crushed under the pressure and the stress of all this. :hug:

And what is going to happen when your computer goes in for treatment? Have you got a back up? Or are we going to be without you (and you without us) for the duration - how ever long that may be?

Hang in there Ani! This is going to happen, you can't stop it...and you WILL make it through :hug: