It's a long weekend here, and I have no concrete plans. I am going to clean the house, and if I have any energy left after that I will pack a few boxes. In fact if my back can hold up I would like to pack all my books this weekend (I have over 2000 books, so it isn't a small job). Once I get that done, I feel that the rest of the packing will be manageable
I've had an up and down week with my weight loss. I have to admit it's been hard to stay motivated when my mind is racing with moving things - sometimes I want to run around and get it done, while at other times I seem unable to move from my chair. Feeling a bit overwhelmed by the size of the task, and maybe still in a bit of denial that this is happening.
It's amazing - someone you've never even met can make a decision, and your life gets thrown into chaos. How does that happen?
And how do I hang on to my motivation to lose weight while every part of my life is being uprooted? These are the times I tend to reach for comfort food, something familiar, something emotionally comforting. Oh blurk!
Somewhere in all my chaos and confusion I have set myself the challenge of losing 2kg this month - and I really want to do it. But it's harder than I thought it would be; since finding out I had to move I have been craving takeaway food, chips, chocolate, cheese and crackers. It's utterly bizarre.
I haven't given in to those cravings, but they're bloody insistent!
I thought I was stronger than this. I thought I had travelled far enough along my weight loss journey that I should be able to keep it on track while everything else was in chaos… but the first sign of trouble and I'm thinking comfort food. I feel ridiculous.
Sorry for the rant - I didn't even know I was going to write all that stuff this morning. I think I will go for a walk now and try and get some perspective.
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Hi all!
So I never got back last night! I was too tired to make any sense at all!
Anyway...
...got my new scales yesterday! Jumped on them to see how they worked and I was up at 86.8kg!!!!!! Argh!!!! I jumped back on my old ones...they said 84.5kg!!! So for all this time I have been working on dodgy scales!!!!
Someone back there through the week mentioned testing your scales regularly, so I tried that...the new scales are spot on!
It is nice to know where I am really at...but bloody ****!!! How am I going to make my goal of being less than 70kg by the end of this month now????
I am still trying to work out the hydration and fat calculations. The scales tell me that my daily calorie intake should be something like 2230cals a day (I assume that is to maintain my current weight), that seems a little too high to me?? And they tell my my 'ideal' weight should be 58.7kg! Not sure that sounds right either???
Even if I just use these scales to get an accurate weight and use the other figures as a rough guide I am happy with them.
Ani! I feel for you having to go through the hassle of moving!! It is a very stressful time regardless of how experienced you are at it!! Take it at a steady pace...a few hours each day, one room at a time maybe? I kept procratinating with my packing and it really screwed me as the stress levels continued to rise as the time I had to get out shortened!!! If I wasn't so far away I'd be there helping you!!!
How goes the Purple Team as it comes to the end of week one??
And I wonder if Shell/Coles Express know what they are in for!! I was wondering how things were going with your complaint while I was away. We had a work car all week, actually with all the juggling of cars and people going back and forth, we had four different cars!!! We had to fuel up all four of them and I insisted that we used BP on them all even though we had cards for Shell and Caltex in the cars as well!
Britt! I agree with the rest of the gang. Take a break and stop putting all this pressure on yourself! AND DO NOT BLAME YOURSELF!!! If there is something wrong, let your doctor pick it up, stop speculating and worrying yourself! Got my fingers crossed for you anyway! Hang in there
Leeny, you need to stop stressing yourself out too. Sit down for a little while, catch your breath, and plan your days REALISTICALLY!
LittleKiwi, sorry to hear about your friends Mum. They are lucky to have you as a friend. Remember to look after your own emotions through this as well though.
Well done to all on your weight losses!! Am I the only one to have gained this week?
Ok, I got chores to do! I received a notice under my door yesterday from some point through the week informing me that I have an inspection on Tuesday!!! Damn I forgot I'd be getting those!!!
So I got a weekend of house work to do!! Thank heavens it's a long weekend!!!
Lindor, should I have laughed at your scale saga? Well I did .
I've had that happen where I've suddenly 'gained weight' because I got more accurate scales - but look on the bright side… you're not gonna get under 70kg by the end of the month unless you amputate something
Your week away sounds like it was better than you were anticipating. I want to know all the goss… ALL of it.
I bought a vacuum cleaner today to replace the one that died a few weeks ago. And of course I vacuumed every inch of the house - three weeks of no vacuuming, with 5 cats makes for a very dirty house. Normally I pay someone to do it because of my back, but he isn't due here for another week, and I couldn't stand it. Very. Stupid. Idea. I do not have words to describe how much pain my back is in at the moment.
I didn't walk today, but I have done 5 hours of domestics - so that's got to count for something!
And I have been very good with eating etc - so if I ignore my back I'm happy with how today has gone. But right now I'm off to find painkillers… and coffee!!
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Amputate something?? Great idea!!! I might amputate my hands!! That way it'd be somewhat difficult to prepare and eat food!!!
Been a crap day with food!!! Grrrr! I am getting so frustrated with this!!! I do try! But I just seem to get so hungry by the afternoon!
I had a look at Calorie King...they recommend a daily intake of ~1400cals! I do that and I am hungry all the time!
But I am going to give myself the challenge to follow the Calorie King diet plan for the next three weeks (as a starter)! Ummm...that'll be from Monday actually! I gotta go shopping!
They reckon I should be down 5kg by April 7 with moderate exercise...so that is my goal too!
I am so over this whole game!!!
Ani, feel free to pop my way with your brand new vacuum! My place could go a good clean!!! I just can't be bothered!!!
My week away wasn't all that spectacular. It was better than I anticipated because the training was more interesting than I thought and the trainer had a great sense of humour and a wonderful personality! I expected to be sitting in a room struggling to stay awake each day but, the days just seemed to fly by instead!
I managed to sneak in a little shopping and a haircut too!
But by the end of the week we were well and truly over it and just hanging out to come home!
That's it...no further goss
Hope the coffee and painkillers settle the back!
I need to go finish reading the book I started while away!
I stopped smoking today! I am already a happy non-smoker and I can't imagine anything making me smoke another one!
Ani, it's awfully hard not to treat emotional upheaval with food. The only way I can avoid overeating is not to buy things I'll binge eat. It's not really pleasant to binge on salad, or yoghurt, or fruit - so I just find something else to do instead. Even if I buy WW snack bars, I automatically grab 2 or 3, then think "I only need one".
I've been sitting here reading the banter between Lindor and Ani. You 2 crack me up.
Ani I feel for you having to move. It's blerk. I had to move when I was 35 weeks pregnant and a week afterwards went into prem labour. They stopped it but I had to do nothing for the next few weeks. Needless to say, the unpacking got put off, and i STILL have boxes of stuff a year later. I don't mind the packing bit, (new start, new life) but i HATE cleaning the old and then unpacking the new.
Hope you don't cave into the cravings, but if you do, don't panic. It's a minor glitch in your otherwise strong will. Just beat it down so it doesn't want to pop up again. I know you can do it
Lindor even though your old scales may be wrong at least you have still lost the same amount of weight. Just was a different starting weight than you thought. Don't despair. They prob thought to pay you back for the threat of road trains Umm, about you being hungry by afternoon... I've been eating green grapes, and my hunger has been staved off. Apparently apples help stop cravings, but I don't really like apples (week teeth).
Gen well done with the stop smoking. Thats the way to look at it. Not like a person trying to give up, but look at yourself as a NON SMOKER Tell yourself that everytime you feel like one "I am a non smoker, I feel and look great"
Oh shoot, I have to bolt. Gotta go get some plants before the nursery shuts. Have a great day everone.
Cheers
VONNI
Vonni, I missed you! How's your weight loss journey going this week? I just shake my head in wonder when I think about how many kids you have - I cannot even begin to imagine how your life would be.
Mind you, my Biggest Loser Purple team are like a bunch of kids. One of them is eating fairy floss, another is drinking Coke - and I just want to slap them and send them to their room!
Gen - woo hoo on being a non-smoker! You won't know yourself in a few months time, between shedding kilos and giving up the cigs. Thanks for the tips about healthy snacks.
Lindor I find that Calorie King overstates (sometimes) the amount of calories burned during exercise. It calculates my walk as being 365 calories - pfft! If only. It also tells me I should be eating 1532 calories a day… now what could I possibly eat that would give me that extra TWO calories ?
Alright, since tomorrow is weigh-in day for me I'd better behave myself and go for a walk. As I only lost 0.1kg last week I would like to think I can IMPROVE on that this week. Then when I come back I am going to pack some more boxes of books…
OK, for the next week I am gonna put here my daily diary lol (in abbreviated version so you all don't get bored). Yep it's hectic, but I love it and loathe it at the same time. Love the laughter and happiness (when the critters aren't fighting) and loathe the never enough time in a day or ability to clone myself for all the kids, especially when sport season comes around. I have to take it in weekly turns to watch their games.
Today - Baby woke 3am for feed (naughty at 10mths), changed, fed, back to sleep by 3.15. We have DH boys this w/end, so this is usually how Sat and Sunday go.
6.30am kids wake, have tv blaring and trucks roaring in rumpus room
6.45am I can no longer ignore them and get up, trip over a truck & turn tv down
7.am - Get all kids brekky, for a change they will all have the same cereal and juice.
7.30 Kids scratching at door to get out so get them dressed for play.
7.40 Put washing on have coffee
8am Baby wants breakfast
8.30 Hang washing do dishes make beds
9am baby bottle to sleep, vac and double mop floors, (yell at kids to stop pulling out the cats fur)
9.30 shower (5 min peace)
10am Get morning tea organised for kids
10.30 wash up
11 - visit plant nursery ALONE (not an often enough outing for me)
12 - back home organising lunch for the animals (2 legged)
12.30 give lunch to baby
1pm Younger kids in for rest baby to sleep.
potter around doing bits n pieces (today I scrubbed bin and kitchen benches)
2.30 kids up ready for afternoon tea
3pm tidy dishes sweep floor shoo kids outside
4pm start to peel veges for dinner
4.30pm bath the boys ready to go to their mums
5pm Stepkids go home, mine get returned
5-5.30 start dinner (if not already started)
6 - 6.30 All have dinner together
6.45 baby and 6yr old in bath
7pm dishes
7.30 bedtime for baby and 6 yr old, shower for teenager
8.pm quiet time till whenever I decide to go bed
9pm teen goes bed.
I've run out of breath now, but you get the picture lol. I need a holiday.......... ALONE
(OH YEAH P.S)
Somewhere after having dinner before it gets dark I try to go for a walk.
(P.P.S) Oh, as for weight loss this week, I've had a tim tam and a bowl of hot chips and a glass of coke (I hate coke usually) BUT I think I've lost some. Feeling a bit bloated today, but will weigh in tomorrow with the rest of you.
Oh. My. Vonni! You must have the stamina of a...a....an animal with lots of stamina! How on earth do you do that! Are your weekdays quieter or is the weekend the 'rest' day?
Ani - I love that you have so many books (even if you don't at the moment ) Who are your favourite authors? I love Jodi Picoult, Matthew Reiley and Feist. Off the top of my head anyway. I hope the cleaner-guy comes around and gives you a break.
Lindor - the scales are pretty flash ey? Mine think I should be eating astronomical amounts of food as well. Do you find yourself jumping on at every opportunity? I do - heehee, I seem to lose a kilo overnight, then by the end of the day, its back!
Augigi - GO you! Wow - you keep making me proud of you! The suit, and now the non-smoking-ness. Well done!
I'm parked at the computer for the night - session outlines to write, uni readings to be done. See you all tomorrow for the weigh in!
Thanks ladies It may be all in my head, but I swear it was easier to run today, after only 48hrs of no ciggies - and my resting HR has gone from 90 to 74 in 2 days... hmmm.
Trainer killed us this morning. Got home into shower and realized it's my birthday.. duh. I don't think I've actually forgotten my own birthday before.. heh. Getting old. Then again, I've been thinking I'm 32 for months, so at least I actually am now.
Lost 600g this week - getting rather annoyed at the 600-700g I've lost for the last 6 weeks, although I know logically it's a good amount to lose. Still - can't wait until my HR monitor arrives - it's getting harder and harder to get my HR into the zone I need it in on the treadmill. If I go fast enough to get my HR up, my legs can't keep going. Trainer has given me some arm stuff to see if that helps.. we shall see.
So... 32 today, a non-smoker, and 11.6kg lighter than I was 15 weeks ago - not bad for an old chook!!
Morning! I am down to 89kg!!! WooWoo! The shakes I am using seem to really work! I haven't felt deprived, or unwell, or anything! If anything, I think I may be treating my body better than before!
Well done Augigi...and pffft at being an old chook!
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Happy Birthday Gen!!! And congrats on the 700g loss! They say half to one kilo loss a week is nice and steady, so don't knock it!
Kylie congrats to you too! You are flying girl! But don't be fooled by big losses...you will probably soon slow down. But DON'T let that put you off! You are doing really well!
Vonni! I am pooped just reading about your day!! Damn it I struggle to vacuum once a week!!!
One Tim Tam, a bowl of chips and a coke one day will not kill you! Besides, I reckon you need those energy boosts just to get through a day
Good luck on your weigh in today!
Ani, does the Purple Team have weekly weigh-ins today too??
Me? I am starting new today! I am not sure if I am up or down as I am now using 'honest' scales. So I am starting at 84.9kg today.
For the next three weeks I am going to see how Calorie Kings 1400cal/day works. I am also going to get stuck into drinking my water again and I am going to slowly re-introduce exercise into my life again.
I have been off the wagon too long! No more excuses! So move over everyone, I am jumping back on!
Vonnie I wanted to have a nanna nap after reading through your day's diary. Can't imagine how you would need exercise when your body is in constant motion
Woo hoo Kylie! You're sounding more positive and motivated that I have heard you in ages - you go girl!
Speaking of motivated… Gen, happy birthday. Good luck with keeping away from the cigs. I wouldn't be at all upset about regularly losing 0.6 - 0.8kg. Remember that with all the work you're doing you are most likely gaining some muscle there - and that will stand you in great stead when you've lost another 10kg and it's starting to get harder.
Lindor am I wrong in thinking you lost weight, even with those new scales? What exercises are you planning to do?
The Purple team are going to have a weigh-in tomorrow night. Being a long weekend, most of them couldn't get organised enough to weigh in today.
Yesterday I started a new weights program. I was telling a friend that I wanted to have arms and shoulders like Jillian from The Biggest Loser - and she wrote me a program on the spot. If you were to see my flabby arms now you would laugh at the idea, but I reckon you have to start somewhere.
I lost 1.4kg this week - very happy. Mind you, it was TOM last week, so some of this is fluid loss, but I'll take it anyway.
It's going to be 40ºC here in Perth for the next three days, so I had better go for my walk now before the mercury starts to rise.
Have a great week everyone - let's all work for another good result next Monday.
Ani
Last edited by PerthChick; 03-04-2007 at 06:29 PM.
G'morning all. Wow congratulations on everyones weight loss this week. Isn't it a fantastic feeling? I lost another kg give or take a couple hundred grams. As I said before my scales are the needle type so I really only notice exact kilos, but can judge the rest if I look close lol.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEN 32 OMG you'll need a walking stick next birthday Hope you have a wonderful day. And 48 hours being a non smoker great going . You'll prob start coughing in a few days and be short of breath, don't panic, it's your body getting rid of the toxins. It does pass but u may feel like crap (sorry to be a wet blanket). Just remember its temporary and will end up leading to a healthier NON SMOKING you.
Yes Kylie my weekdays are quieter with the kids at school and DH at work, I can pace myself. Still busy, but cut out the morn tea and lunch for a zillion people. I still manage somehow (Lord knows how) to work Thur and Sat and about to start study. Prob exist on 3 hours sleep a night lol.
Good going with the shakes. How do they taste? Are they chalky or smooth? Most I've tried are chalky like mylanta.
Ani --- PURPLE TEAM Hope your team does well. Yuk being 40 deg. How do you cope?
I've been sort of doing calorie king, but I like fitday better with the report variety. I can't seem to find them in calorie king. And fitday, I can put down caring for a baby in addition to normal lifestyle they ask about lol. Is that cheating
Ok, have a GREAT day all and once again YAYYYYY on all the fantastic results
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Ani, I was thinking maybe I had a loss too, but after the week I had I really can't justify it! I have two sets of scales that have some sort of conspiracy against me here! They are messing with my head!!!
So I am just going to settle with my 84.9kg as a new starting weight and look forward to a real loss next week!!
I am looking at getting back to my step ups today. You all have your regular walks or gym visits. Whereas I am here with near 40C every day and thunder storms most evenings and no gym to go to. So I've decided I'll stick to my step ups in my airconditioned (now it is fixed) lounge room!
I am also going to chuck in other little bits to help with toning - squats, sit ups etc.
And thankyou Ani for making me smile again this Monday morning!!! Down 1.4kg is fantastic!!!
You 2 crack me up.
Umm, about you being hungry by afternoon... I've been eating green grapes, and my hunger has been staved off. Apparently apples help stop cravings, but I don't really like apples (week teeth). 
Tell yourself that everytime you feel like one "I am a non smoker, I feel and look great" 
32 OMG you'll need a walking stick next birthday 
