Great job girls. Everyone is doing so well. I wish my body didn't have the love affair its having with 85kgs that its having at the moment, but it will move eventually. I'm getting back to the gym tomorrow, and I'm going to start working hard again. Doing weights and cardio. Get those muscles hard, and the flab gone. Maybe then I'll start losing again.

Mind you, while bending over the bath tonite washing DD's hair, my jeans fell down, so thats not a bad thing. Good thing it was just DD, DH and myself here tho. Teach me to take my belt off...lol.

Cya's Tuesday night

Kathy, I am sending vibes to your scales encouraging them that they can continue to live a happy life by showing you a figure less than 85kgs!! :lol:

Good luck, and don't give up (even though you have shown no signs of doing so). I keep expecting to reach a period when I stay level for some weeks too, I actually fear that time because I know it will be a time when I will become quite despondent and probably consider giving up :sorry:

And well done Angel!!! Isn't wonderful to watch the kgs fall? Keep that 5kgs in mind and make it your next short term goal. I keep mental short term goals of about 5/10kgs all the time - I am currently aiming for 92kgs, that'll make me 20kgs lighter than when I started! Your sounding very positive too :carrot:

I've had quite a busy few days both physically and mentally! My routine has been mucked about a bit but that will come back to order come the new week. I have had to really hit the books hard with my study and I managed to get two assignments done. Unfortunately I am not much of a self-motivator when it comes to home study so I have had to really push myself. Over the last few days, my study time has overlapped with my cycling times so I continued with the study and put off the cycling. On a good note though, I still managed to do my two cycles a day, although most often my morning cycle would be at about 1am :lol:

Saturday was a huge day physically. I spent two hours mowing the lawn - front and back yards, including the verges!! I then did a bit of slashing around the edges before the heat of the day got the better of me. I also did my 45mins of cycling. I felt pooped...but it felt good. And I slept well!!! :lol:

I am really hoping my efforts are going to be reflected in tomorrows weigh-in.

I've waffled enough!!! :o

Good luck everyone with your weigh-in tomorrow ;)

Well I am in shock...almost worried :?:

I am down 3kgs this week, can't help but worry that that is unhealthy? Nothing has changed in the way I am doing things - this week is the same as every other week.

I suppose if I try to justify it - when I am at a half kg I round it up to the nearest whole kg and last week I was actually 95.5kg. I feel well...I feel good.

Am I going down too quickly??? :?:

Hi guys
Long time no chat. The computer decided to die...been off for a few days now. DH got it back on track but the sad news is that we lost everything. It took me ages to even find this site again as it has been so long since I first found it...where it was who could remember. Here I am again though and had a good long read about all your successes.

All are doing well. Lindor you have overcome the compulsiveness and now know that you do have self control...you good girl.:hug: That is one of the hurdles we must overcome if we are to be successful in our weight loss journey. 3kg is amazing.:dizzy: All your hard work and determination has paid off. It is definitely not too much to lose...remember your body will only do what it wants to..sometimes to our advantage and well others not. Your weight loss will continue Kathy you will see.

Me well..this week..another 2kgs down...:carrot: I still am not back to my 83kg I started at the beginning of my posts but at least I am on the downhill slide again.

Still walking with the neighbour and now go about an hour. Food wise been great this week and only snuck one chip of the sons and today 2 sugar coated peanuts...oh the guilt:D
I will try to get on the chat tommorrow now I am back and running...it seemed like my throat was cut without the computer and you guys to chat to.
What ever did we do before computer days:?: ...probably more exercise eh
leeny;)

Wow Lindor and Leeny, you guys are doing so well. 3kgs and 2kgs, is fantastic. Congratulations.

I know what my problem is at the moment, I haven't been exercising, for nearly a month now, and I'm really feeling it. On the upside, I have "normal persons" blood sugar levels, except for first thing in the morning, darn Dawn Phenonemum (sp?). That I feel good about, so this diet is worth it. I am so tempted to cheat this weekend and scoff myself full of chocolate, so I'll have to decided whats more important, my health or a few moments of chocolate joy.

I'm fighting some bug at the moment, with regular moments of dizzy spells and nausea, not good for exercising. But I'll head to the gym tomorrow and get back into it, its about time I did something. Catch you in chat in 38 minutes.

I waited girls but no one in chat. its 8.15 and I see no one in there. See you soon.

:o I forgot!!! Sorry :o

I'm burning the candle at both ends at the moment - late nights and early mornings. Study to be completed and exam fast approaching. Work. Domestic life. Exercise.

I am tired (I actually fell asleep on the couch this evening too!!!). Something is bound to give soon. But, I don't want to give anything up, so I am really pushing myself.

I am hoping, come the end of the Easter Weekend, I'll be done with the study other than six weeks of revision before the exam in June. So things should start to lighten up a little from there.

So hopefully I will make next weeks chat...if I am given plenty of reminders :lol:

Sorry again Kathy :hug:

You ladies are all doing so well, quite an inspiration.

As expected, my conference was so full on that I didn't have any time to even think about exercising! Most of the food was pretty good but I did have a few naughties ;-)

Got back home on Saturday night and was so tired I went straight to bed and stayed there most of Sunday as well. Unfortunately all my good work last week has left me with an injured knee so I'm off to see a physio today to hopefully confirm that I can still work out.

Gotta keep moving!

Oh yeah ... another thing I've done for motivation is put an old photo of me in my diary. I was HOT!!! So now every time I open my training and nutrition diary, there is a gorgeous thin me smiling back at me. I miss her and I hope I get her back soon.

Hi guys
Sorry to hear you are still not well Kathy...keep lots of fluid going won't you...flush out all those badies. Remember you are worth eating healthy for and those darn easter eggs are usually yuk:devil: (i'm trying to convince myself as well)!!!

Lindor you certainly have your life full at the moment and dieting as well has got to be difficult. Keep up the good work won't you.

Little Kiwi you did well also. It is oh so tempting when all the "illegal" food is put in front of you....you did well and hope your knee improves soon.

Sorry Kathy about the chat on Tuesday. I remembered too late as I had a bad day that day. The neighbour I go walking with discovered her dad dead on the toilet that morning. She was in a mess understandably. We had to ring the police and the ambos etc. Her poor kids were devestated as well so I had a bit of a yuk day and promptly forgot about the chat. Definitely next week..I have made a mental note now.

My diet..still going great this week although I must confess I just ate a chockie chip cookie I was baking for the neighbour as I'm sure she will have lots of visitors. I made her date and walnut slice, banana cake and the bickies and I only ate 1 bickie...good girl. I have a goal I am working towards at the moment. My husband is best man in a wedding at the end of July and I have a great dress I have only worn once when I was skinnny and felt skinny. I am determined not to spend any more money on a wedding outfit when I have a perfectly good one sitting in the wardrobe so I must get to my goal of at least 70kg by then. I should be able to do it if I keep my eye on the prize as they say.
Keep
going
girls and keep posting..leeny

Just a quickie to wish everyone a happy and safe Easter :)

If you have some chocolate, enjoy it and don't punish yourself for it!! It is a time when we should feel happy eating it!! :dizzy:

Take care everyone :hug:

Hello all...hope the weekend is going well for everyone :)

Just dropping in with my weigh-in...I am sitting on 93kg this week. I am wondering if my scales made a mistake last week and my 3kg drop was wrong? Just find it odd that I can lose 3kg in one week and nothing the next when nothing has changed in my diet or exercise routine.

I have been good...not eaten one easter egg, despite been given plenty!!! I have smuggled them all home and hidden them at the very back of the fridge :lol:

And I did get my course finished!!!

So I am a happy lady!!!

Hoping all else are well :)

weigh in comes a day late..
 

I am sitting chat right now - I remembered!!! :lol: But I am alone :(



Angel, sorry things are not so good for you, hope they start to improve very soon. Well don't to on your control with the easter goodies!!! I have to say I have a stash hidden at the back of the fridge...but I have not yet been tempted. Doesn't it feel good to have control again?

And congrats on the good news of the pending new arrival...gotta love babies!!! Especially when they are someone elses :lol:

Well I'll hang about for a bit in chat, if nobody arrives then I shall head for the bike for half an hour :)

Well easter has been a bust for me, well and truely fell off the wagon. I cant wait for there to be no more chocolate in the house, its turned out to be reall hard for me to resist.

I'm changing my diet, still low carbing, but I'm going to up the carbs a bit. What I've been doing the past month wasn't making me lose weight, I had no energy what so ever, and haven't stepped foot inside the gym in ages.

So this week I'll get the food back on track and then back to the gym too. I feel terrible with myself cause I'm still paying for a gym membership that I haven't been using.

I watched the Biggest loser tonite, and thought, I have to do this for me, I have to lose weight, I have to get healthy. Whats keeping you girls going?

My first week was really good and I lost 1kg. Weeks 2-3 were not so great because I had a knee injury and a conference which involved catered meals all day every day. When I went back to the gym on Tuesday this week I wasn't feeling confident but I did it anyway and I'd lost another 1.2kg.

WOOHOO!!!

The best thing of all though is how good I'm feeling. My moods have improved, I'm feeling positive and I just feel more healthy without having junk in my system.

I'm not doing any specific diet plan and I'll eat something if I want it which is also good. In the weekend I had KFC ... not something I do often anyway but I really felt like a burger. They gave me 1 piece of chicken and fries free with the burger ... I didn't even touch the fries and I had maybe 1/4 of the piece of chicken and then gave the rest to my dog. Result: I didn't feel guilty about having KFC because I enjoyed what I ate and didn't overindulge.

God it's good to be changing my habits. Thank you ladies for sharing all your ups and downs, I find it really comforting and motivating to read about you all.

Hi guys
Well I haven't been on the computer for ages as I have been extra busy in the house. Since quitting my job I have made an effort to every day clean the house...I mean cupboards,walls and generally sorting out all my stuff that just seemed to be shoved into the cupboards because I had no time to organise. I have only one cupboard left in the whole house and gee I feel great. :carrot: I have thrown away, given away and we are having a massive garage sale next weekend...I think I will make about 1 million dollars the amount of stuff that I actually did not want. I think this purging has been good for me...its like a weight in itself lifted from me. I am a bit of a hoarder and so is DH (not a great combo). Even the kids had baby toys still in the toy box(they are 16 and 14)definitely not babies.

So diet wise I have been too busy to care about too many "illegal" goodies. I only snuck one tiny egg and felt so bad that I had to walk an extra half hour to compensate...tragic eh!

Great to hear you are finished your studies for the moment Lindor...I know how that feels...it will be worth it in the long run though...kinda like our diets.
Keep going Kathy..maybe your body was getting used to the lo-carb thing and starting to store so maybe adding some different food into your diet will help your metabolism and your weight will soon drop I'm sure.
Little Kiwi you are doing great as well...resisting eating all the KFC is no mean feat..you are strong..keep it up.
Married and angel...just think about what keeps you going...I was inspired by all your reasons you are losing weight...with that attitude you certainly will succeed. I hope I havn't missed anyone...keep going girls..we will make it:)

I am still walking daily with my friends and actually today got an eliptical(spelling?) and could only do about 10 mins and the sweat dripped. I am working towards a goal by the end of July to have lost another 10kg as we are going to a wedding....I will not look fat in the photos(again). I hate looking at the photos later where everybody else looks great and me..well...yuk..can anyone relate???

Enough rambling..time for bed...tired from too much cleaning. Oh sorry about our chat on Tues Lindor...we had visitors over Easter so thought it might be rude if I got on the computer instead of having a wine with them...ooppss:devil:

Keep going girls....leeny xxx

Oh..i can totally relate about the yucky pics thing. I really dont want that to be me anymore either.

We can do it. :D

Yay I found some other aussies. How are you all. My names Rachel and I came across 3 fat chicks whilst on another forum (for PCOS). Just what the dr ordered. I have been stalled with my weight loss for a while and I need to keep the momentum going. It would be great to be able to join in some chat and check in with you guys.
I'll tell you about myself. Im 38 have 3 kids. 6 year old twin dd and 3 year old ds. Im a SAHM, and most the time I feel like a single mum as my hubby's a fisherman and spends months away at a time. Its taken me 2 years to lose these 12kg, joining the gym was the catalyst , about 5kg came off thru excercise alone. Then 10 months ago I had a tummy tuck (2kg gone there). I think that improved my self image so much it spurred me on to lose another 5kg. Im a gym junkie now and would go everyday IF I could, but normally make it in 4 days. . Im going to Melbourne with some girlfriends in 2 weeks so Im aiming to lose another couple of kg by then. Hope I didnt bore you with my life story. Hope to catch you all soon

Hello people!!! And welcome to the Aussie Chicks thread Rachel!!

Despite finishing my studies for a bit I actually feel I have had a huge week!

For the first time in over thirty consecutive days, I took a day off from cycling on Wednesday...and I think I will do that regularly every month. I just found myself feeling really tired and achy, but with the day off I did feel better and ready to take it on again the next day.

I don't know what sort of effect the cycling is having with regard to my weight loss, although I do feel it is helping a bit, I am actually enjoying it and it is making me feel good. Which, Kathy, I think is what is keeping me going with my fight. I feel so much more alive and full of energy. I feel more mentally alert too. My body feels good, hair feels softer, face is less pimply, my dry elbows have softened up too. My period is more 'comfortable' too. I used to get horrendous cramps - Panadine and Neurofen alternately every two hours for the first two days. Now, I find I only need a couple of doses of Panadine on day one.

Then of course, there are the obvious reasons to keep going, most of which Angel listed. I also remember the fear of having a heart attack...had many a restless nights sleep fearing that that night was going to be the night I had it. I would lay there with my hand on my chest counting my heart beats, panicking if I even imagined a change in it's beating. Now, I figure if I don't have that heart attack on my bike, then I am unlikely to have it while at rest - I don't know if that is fact or not, but in theory it sounds good :lol:

Angel - I hope Hubby gets home soon for you. I am a single person on this thread who spends most of my time at home alone. But don't feel sorry for me, I often wonder if I could cope with it any other way. I enjoy being alone, the peace and quiet, being able to do what I want without having to answer to anyone. And I actually think it helps with my dieting...I only have to think about the food I need rather than what others might need/want too.

Leeny - when are you coming to my place to clean it?? Well done for surviving Easter with just one small egg - it is a tough time isn't it??? I made it through too, with no chocolate!!! Although the temptation was well and truly there!!! My only problem not is I have a shelf in my fridge full of easter goodies to go with the part packet of Tim Tams that remain in my freezer. I am a hoarder too - can't bring myself to just through the bad stuff away.

Good luck with the garage sale too, they are good little money makers. I often think I should get all my crap together and have one myself.

Rachel - Again, welcome!! We only have a small group here at the moment, but would really love to see it grow, so spread the word! We try and have a regular chat session every Tuesday evening - 6pm WA time. We don't always make it, but we do try. Often it is fun chatting in real time with each other.

Well done with your weight loss to date! I think if I had a gym here, I'd be at it everyday too. But I have to make do with my exercise bike in front of the TV. If someone told me three months ago that I'd be exercising everyday now, I'd have laughed in their face. I am actually amazed that I am enjoying like I am.

Well, I have waffled on enough. I'll be trying for chat again on Tuesday, so hope to see some of us there. Fingers crossed to for Monday weigh-ins ;)

Take care all :)

Hi all, another aussie chick here, I am 29 with a 4 month old bub and at the moment am a SAHM. I have stacked on the weight although I have never been a normal size, lol
I just went and bought some new scales, hopefully I can bring those numbers down a bit.:)

Welcome Liamsmummy!!

Good to have you aboard too.

Good luck with your weight loss battle, we are all in it together and can help carry others through. Post as often as you like about whatever you like. We are quite open here...I find it keeps us focused.

As mentioned to Rachel, we try and have a chat time on Tuesday evenings - errr, 8pm for you I think (someone else will confirm that I am sure) - so please feel free to join us there too.

Keep at it and all the best :)

Welcome to the new girls who have joined us. Its nice to have new people to chat with along with us girls who have been here for lets see 18 pages now. lol...

I've had a bad bad bad bad bad week. I got the taste of sugar/carbs and my addiction set right back in. Sad, cause it took so long to take 2kgs off and now they are back.

I did eat well at dinner tonite tho, with a lovely mound of farmers market veges, much better than the stuff purchased at Coles or Woolies. I'm going to make an effort to get to the farmers markets more regularly. The food is cheaper and of course fresher, cause its the farmers who are selling their own produce.

Its also that time of the month this week, well it has been since last Sunday and today it seems to really get into the swing of things. Having a light pain free period was too good to be true I guess. Any way, tomorrow is a new day and time to get back on track.

I did a good thing tonight, lol
I was hungry (or wanting something sweet) and had one of those Kelloggs K time twists, strawberry and yoghurt flavour (127 calories and 1.1 gms fat) , yummy yummy pigs bummy, i'm so fussy and will not usually have anything with cooked or mushy fruit (fresh only) and yeah, so yummy, washing it down with my water, lol

Time to introduce myself!
 

Enough of this lurking and time to get involved!

I am 39 y.o., living in Sydney and have been working on losing weight for around the last 6 months or so. My diet still needs a lot of work but I have really got into the exercise and now do something almost every day.

I have not weighed myself for around 12 months so I really couldn't say what I weigh right now BUT I know from my clothes (and the postive comments I am starting to get) that I have lost weight - the clothes I wore 12 months ago just hang from me and make me look silly!

I love the idea of an online forum as encouragement and look forward to participating. Who knows, I might even weigh myself again and set a "proper" goal weight!

Welcome Girl from Oz!!!

Great to have you join our little gathering.

I can relate to the not wanting to step on the scales. It took getting on the scales in January to motivate me to lose weight.

I had not been on them in a very long time - I am talking many months too - and I was NOT happy with what I saw. I only got on them that time because I got back from a month long holiday that involved a bit of physical activity and I was in a living situation there that made it very hard to be a closet binge eater! I kinda thought I might have lost weight. I don't know what I was expecting as I had no idea what my initial weight was but I was disgusted with what I saw!!!

Since then I have been getting on the scales every week and I am pleased to say I have only gone down and not gone up in weight (a couple of weeks I have maintained the same weight).

Most of my motivation comes from this thread. Everyone is so determined, so honest and so supportive. We have our down times, but we carry each other through to fight another day. I hope you find the same qualities while you fight with us.

We have a weekly weigh-in every Monday, nobody HAS to do it but I actually look forward to it now. We also try to make it to the chat room every Tuesday night - 8pm your time I think. So feel free to join in there.

Wishing you all the luck in you battle :)

I am down another 1kg this week to 92kgs. I feel good and I am happy with that too.

Hope everyone else is doing well :)

Hi everyone and thanks for the greatwelcome. I have a question - I have never done the chat room thing so can someone shed some light on how it works? You never know if I get the kids really organised I may actually find I can join in.
On another note Im feeling great because I made it to the gym this morning. Its week 2 of school holidays here so its been hard to get there and I miss it!!
I did a spin class and afew weights and I have that exhausted , high kind of feeling which I love. Ive fallen off the wagon a bit but todays a new day.
Congrats Lindor on the weight loss - slow and steady wins the race. Id be so happy with another kg.
Must go , housework beckons aghhhh

Hi newbies...a big skinny welcome to you all. I haven't been on the computer for a few days and I got quite a nice surprise to see all you newbies...great:D
It is good to get inspiration from everyone else...we are all great of course..lol:dizzy:

I am back with avengence with my weight loss:carrot: :carrot: I have really "stuffed" around for about the last month. I just couldn't get my head around it...I think with quitting my job etc. etc. I just had to readjust to a new lifestyle and food was my comfort. Well no more...enough is enough as they say.

I am so sick of being on the "yo-yo" diet and am determined to finially suceed. I have lost over 50kg already you would think I could get my act together and lose this last 15kg. I will do it this time with all your help we will all succeed eh!!

Walking great, food great this week and I lost another 1.8kg this week. I have done a lot of gardening as well so I think that has helped. I find when I do a lot of varied exercise and use different muscles or cardio and when I really vary my food from week to week I have great losses. Maybe that will help you Kathy.

I am interested to hear about your Tummy tuck newbie as I was to have one done in March but had to postpone because of sickness. Please fill me in on the details as I will be having one in the next few months when my health improves and I lose some more weight. I can't wait and am looking forward to getting rid of all my excess "flab" as DH calls it. You can email me personally if you like or on here is fine. Thanks.

Enough rambling...keep on posting newbies(and of course us oldies now) you are great inspiration.xxxleeny:hug:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

...and anyone else who makes it too :carrot:

Goodnight all :)

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

Tomorrow is a new day......

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

..been MIA..
 

I've fallen off the wagon :(

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

No exercise and LOTS of bad food. Two days now :(


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

But it's hard when you feel so low :(

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

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

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

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

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

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

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