Moths and spiders??? Pfffft!! Try a fat, slimy tree frog that p*sses all over the place when you go to pick it up!!!

Yes, my cat had left the lovely green critter on my bed just for me!!!

I won't begin to tell you what lovely surprises my dog has left on the bed for me, but (and I hope I don't jinx it now) I haven't had to wash my sheets at 3am for some time now!!!

How dumb am I??? It has only just registered with me who (or should I say 'what') AF - Aunt Flow - is! How am I going to do my job now??? I am going to see AF - Atrial Fibrillation - and just crack up!!!

Ani, should we send an Ambulance your way if we don't see you tomorrow??? Or maybe just someone who knows how to give a good massage?

'Night ladies

Well I suppose I cant complain about a lowly little moth when compared to huntsmen and tree frogs!! Hahah...I will tell you of a night I got attacked by THREE bugs in my bed. The first was a cicada that divebombed my head when I was reading in bed, only to find a small cockroach (the only one Ive ever seen in our house) scuttle across the doona, then wake up (after having dreams I was swiping something from my face) with spider legs all over my chest (where the body went, I dont know...). I swear I couldnt sleep properly after that night for a long time! Since then, Ive had DH (darling husband for the normal people!) spray the house every couple of months. We are having an ant problem at the moment and have found a couple of baby huntsmen around (wheres momma?!?). Ugh. I HATE bugs!

Maybe I should come up with another abbreviation for my period so that it doesnt affect your work Lindor! Let me know any suggestions...

Ani, how are you feeling?? Im feeling a bit better, still a bit sore, but manageable without drugs. However, I am far from being done with the house - spring cleaning is such a long process here....

Well, nothing new to report really - just cleaning and hopefully wasting away the fat stores! Have a great day girls - have a bbq to go to today (ugh) - wish me luck!

Britt
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Well, aside from my arms and back feeling a bit sore, I appear to have survived the Jungle adventure – and I'm now contemplating doing my own lawn today. I'll see how I feel when I have had my morning coffee :-)

Lindor, I'm a bit like Britt – bugphobic. So if I had found a tree frog in my bed, I would have lost 5kg on the spot! Eew!!! But I giggled at the image I had in my head. It reminded me of the day my cat brought a (not yet dead) rat into the house, and leapt onto the dining room table with it. Charming…

Anyway, I've been thinking about our 21-day challenge. Since I already walk every day, I feel like I would be cheating if I made my own challenge about walking.

So I am going to make myself a new challenge: As well as walking I am going to add in the following:

• Situps three days a week
• Swimming three days a week.

I'm not a very good swimmer, but even if I go to the pool and start off with five laps, then build it up - that has got to be a good thing. I hope.

Alright - must go and try and do something constructive with my day. I hope you all have a good one.

:-)
Ani

Just a bit sore????

Ani, you must be getting fitter then??


We have to love the gifts our cats bring in don't we?? I have had many lizards brought inside! My cat catches them, brings them in and then lets them go - INSIDE!!!

How he manages it I don't know because he is strictly an indoor cat and has a small enclosure that he has access to outside to do his business. But these dumb lizards get into the enclosure!! And to think the idea of the enclosure was to prevent the cat being able to catch wildlife!

The frog, by the way, and to make matters worse, came from the toilet!!!!



I've decided my 21 day challenge is going to be 500 step-ups (in front of the TV) a day. OK so I am starting small...gives me something to work on for the next 21 day challenge

Well, I am going to annoy the neighbours and I am going to get out there and start my lawn mower...9:30 on a Sunday morning? Is that evil? Do I really care!?!?

Ok, so I didn't exactly start at 9:30am in the end. I am a master at procrastination!! I got me a new ticker for the 21 day challenge and I reset everything else to show my new start from last week. I feel fresh and new

Anyway the lawn is all done now, front and back - even though I did the back last week and didn't really need it again this week

You know back at the end of last year, early this year, after mowing the I'd just die in a heap on the lounge room floor from exhaustion. Now...well I am sitting here and feeling good for it!! I feel I could almost do it again...or not

When I stopped the lawn mower I realised the neighbours had turned the stereo on at full volume...maybe I did manage to annoy them after all!!



I was just fiddling with the BMI calculator, as I do occassionally. I am actually in the 'overweight' range now - meaning I am no longer considered 'obese'

Better yet...in 14kg time, I will make it into the 'normal' range!!! And that figure seems easier to work with that 20+kg!

Yup, I think I am motivated again

I am SO happy to see you on fire Lindor … you go girl.

I just went and whipper snipped my back yard, emptied out a pond, made a 'shade house' for another one, and weeded a garden bed. I think I'm sick!

After lunch I'm gonna do domestics for an hour, and then that's IT! Slothful afternoon for me so I can prepare for our 21-day challenge :-).

I measured myself yesterday morning, because I was getting annoyed that my scales are on strike … well, it's the only reason I can think for why they won't move ;-). Anyway, I've lost a few centimetres everywhere since I started my weight loss, so that's a good sign.

I'm like you Lindor - have noticed that my stamina is already much improved. Can't wait till the next 5kg is gone. Great work, by the way!

:-)
Ani

Im so excited you two are all on board for the challenge! I sure am too!

Well, bbq didnt go quite as well as I planned however - I didnt eat TOO bad except for a bit of pasta salad and then...the worst part...I had cake! Not only cake, but pavlova as well! They were very small pieces, but still! I counted today as my junk meal day so at least I dont feel TOO awful about it! I reckon Ive burned more than a fair share of calories this weekend with all my cleaning! Oh, who am I kidding - Im gonna have to work damn hard to work the cake and pav off! Ugh!

Anyway, might just have a light, low-fat, low-carb dinner tonight, so I dont add fuel to the fire. Sister arrives tomorrow, so that might prove difficult walking with her here, but shes a bit of a fitness-nut, so might want to join me (and then pass me and arrive home an hour before I do, the little in-shape brat! > ) . We'll see I guess. Im still gonna do it no matter what tho, even if I go before she gets up in the morning.

Ok, off to finish (kinda) the house - I cant believe the amount of cobwebs that have accumulated in every corner of the house!

Have a good night!!! Tomorrow is Day 1!!

Oh and by the way LIndor, LOVE your little ticker! Might have to get me one of those!! Then I can at least move one ticker downward!

I cant wait to be in the "overweight" category and then in my healthy range! You are so close already! Im just getting to where you started from, so my journey is going to be a lot longer, but Ill get there...

21 day challenge hey. I'm back to school. I'm so busy at the moment having 1/2 an hour to exercise is a luxury. Unless I got up half an hour earlier... erk. Give me time I"ll think of something, but I'll go with no cheating for 21 days.

Go for it Kathy!!

I am finding this 21 day challenge thing very motivating!

Well 7 full days and my only slip up was 150g of Hazelnuts! I am pretty proud of that

I still feel detemined and I reckon I can hold up another week too!!

Weigh-in tomorrow! If I am still sitting on 84kg or my scales show something higher I think I will commit suicide!!!

I am really looking forward to starting this 21 day challenge too

BRING IT ON!!

Sounds good to me Kathy - you can totally do it! (I sounded like a California girl there - haha, well, I guess cause I am...)

Lindor, whoo-hoo on the 7 days! I reckon you will have lost some, but IF you didnt, dont commit suicide! We need you here to help keep US motivated!

Day 1 girls! It will definitely take some getting used to for me - I now have to plan my day around my walk....Carter and I will be setting off right after his morning nap today. Im so not a morning person (course having a baby changes that a bit...haha). BUT, I will succeed!

Let us know how you all do today - it takes 21 days to form a habit, so we're on our way to healthier bodies!

Have a great first day and we'll check in later!

Britt
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So I weighed in this morning...



Ani!!! If I was going for your goal, 3kg by Xmas, I can proudly say I have reached it!!!

Yup - three kilos down this morning

Boy was I glad to see that!!!

The trick is now to keep that off and hopefully lose some more.

I usually start off losing 2kg - 3kg a week for a few weeks before it slows down to almost a stop and then I get really despondent. But right now...I am still going for it!!!

11kgs until I am 'normal'!



I'll do my step-ups this evening to get my 21 day challenge underway!!

I'll report in again after that!

Heres to a good day and another good week!!!

Great to see so much energy in here this morning - THREE kilos Lindor… Woo Hoo!!! I have never lost that much in a week - that's fantastic.

Britt, you sound determined today too - so there are no excuses for me. I'm going to go for a walk early today (it's supposed to get to 29 degrees in Perth), and then do my situps. If I get a chance I also want to whipper snip my front lawn.

Good luck girls - we can do this!

:-)
Ani

Whoo-hoo Lindor! Thats brilliant!! I bet that was motivating!

Just about to hop on treadmill - a little late than wanted, but am going to do it regardless. I ALMOST talked myself out of it and then I knew I wouldnt be able to face you girls tomorrow if I didnt, so here I go - starting is the hardest part! And, I have a bit of good news too - I have period cramps!! Haha..ok, thats wierd, but I think Im about to start FINALLY! Baby, get ready to be conceived in a couple of weeks! Hehe..

Have a good night girls - might hop on after my walk, if not - see you all tomorrow for day 2!

Britt
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Day One has been good for me. I walked for an hour, bought a weight bench and did a set of exercises … but the situps were really tough. I only managed 20, and I already know my muscles will be sore tomorrow.

I was so enthused about getting on with Day One that I forgot to weigh in. I promise to do that tomorrow morning. I've drunk 2 litres of water too, and hope to get through some more before bedtime.

Britt, I'm pleased you didn't talk yourself out of it :-).

How did you go Lindor?