Aww, Gee…Lookit The Moon, Old Hoss…….

MOONLIGHT ON THE WATER
GLITTERS AS IT FLOWS
JUST GOIN’ WHERE IT OUGHTA’
IT RIPPLES AND IT GLOWS
GIVING US A GLIMMER OF BEAUTY IN THE NIGHT
OR FEAR IN OUR SOULS OF ITS DEMONS OUT OF SIGHT
OF TURBULENCE MAJESTIC WHEN SEAS ARE RUNNING HIGH
OF PEACE AND LOVING MOMENTS WHEN IT SOFTLY TRICKLES BY
‘TIS WOVEN IN THE FABIC OF EV’RY HEART ALIVE
WITHOUT MOONLIGHT ON THE WATER – HOW THEN SHALL I SURVIVE?……MCB (the gypsy)

For whom it may concern ……PS….friends are just fine in fair weather, but you only get half a dozen true blues – If ya lucky one of ’em will be weather proof . Best not to throw ‘em all out ‘cos the dishwater’s murky. Clip clop, old horse, we’ll all be right here, stuck in the mud, when you get back to the stables. ….um… I do eulogies for the damned and deserted, too, Ya don’t wanna risk that, mate…….Garn, I knooow yore peeking! Laugh and get over it. If you have a fault it’s loyalty, can’t help bad luck! Love to you. Gyps xxx

Gypsy that was a bootifull poem, did you write it?…..thankyou…..nighty night…early start tomorrow…lots of gardening to do before the heat and storms start in Perth…Don’t cha just love Summer…WE CAN DO THIS !

Andrew you are so right. A huge amount of love, support and giving has gone into the establishment and growth of Aussie Determination.

Today has been a hard day for us all. But remember who we are….we are AUSSIE DETERMINATION….we are about getting up, dusting ourselves off and just getting on with it.

Many of us on here have had much more to deal with in life than a few misunderstandings and harsh words said on a forum thread.

Please don’t leave any of my good and valued weight loss buddies and friends…..I want to keep on doing this with you. I want to have a well earned party in mid September, the 12 month mark and be wearing my size 10 dresses and sipping my bubbly with you all, knowing that it was YOU that helped get me to where I am.

THAT is my ultimate goal…..to reach it with all of you alongside me.

Hey, have been following your posts for some time & now had to register & say I absolutely love this thread & pls don’t change or give up – u r all inspirational ESP u countrygal!! Supporting u all, don’t leave go gal u r soo great..don’t b distracted from your ultimate goals

Good Morning everyone,

Thank god its finally stopped raining in Sydney.

Weighed in this morning at Curves and down 800gs so in 2 weeks I am now down 5.3kg.

Hope you all have a lovely day:)

Good morning all

I love the thread on this forum full of encouragement and advice.
I feel like I report in my triumphs and not so.
Please don’t let a few comments change this.

Please keep it going as it was.

Fasting today at home, will put roast lamb in slow cooker for tonight and make pumpkin soup in thermie for lunch. Will skip brekky today just have lunch a bit earlier.

Keep on keeping on.

Bali

Very sad that u r leaving GG as I so enjoy your posts, I hope u might reconsider as u have contributed so much to this thread. This wld normally b a fast day for me but I have done b2b tues & wed as I have people staying the next few nights. I have lost 5 kg & wld like to lose another 3. Good fasting & a good weekend

Hi all, started out FD with an hour of exercise and lemon/green tea. Boiled egg and green salad for lunch, miso soup and piece of fruit later. Thinking can of fish for dinner.

No more fooling around from me. So sorry if any of my comments fanned fires or hurt anyone’s feelings yesterday. I’m goin’ straight (truly…).

This is not a speakeasy or poet’s platform. Sorry if I turned it into one. The main event is more important than personalities. Don’t know about you, but my life depends on losing lard! There are soo many charlatans out there trying to make a buck off gullible, desperate obesity and not giving a damn about the truth of their claims or the people they fleece. Even weight watcher’s is more business than heart. This forum is free and trustable advice from caring people like CG and GG and others who made the hard yards through personal endeavour. They have enough generosity to share and encourage others to at least try! People who do their best work for nothing. They are not sue-able, nor shall they fade. In the dress shops and on scales,in the mirror and the wardrobe, WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM!

Hmmm, I may need to take a day or two off line to get my serious wrinkles in order….Difficult when I’m so damn happy with my personal loss! Yep, definitely taking a hike….Fekkin’ rabbit……

Have a good day all. Gypsy

Yes Fatbuster, you great little person you…..come back! WE, and personally I need your support, you and I had similar starting weights and weight to lose and have met some milestones together, so I’m really hoping you are OK and will soon be with us again xx

Gypsy…..don’t change a thing, love your interesting posts and insights!

CG…..you are a treasure and I value your constant support to us all, as well as your friendship.

WE CAN DO THIS 🙂

Countrygal,

Great tip on the cleansing wipes. It occurs to me that a couple in a plastic bag in my handbag for eating out occasions could be a great emergency repair kit. Not that I’m a messy eater or anything… 🙂

Hi All, I wasn’t well yesterday, must have posted too close to Andrew!! 🙂 so that was a FD for me. I didn’t think I could cope with b2b so Ill do one tomorrow instead of today. I did lose a little this week but haven’t got the stats with me. Hope all those who were fasting today did well.

Hehe….I use Calorie King to work out my calories on fast days…..both mine and hubbies combined calories today were 998! We both went a bit under today 🙂

Hello all.. Sorry to see that stuff has gone down here that has upset some people, i hope that all the regulars stay on.. GG esp, you have given a lot to the forum and i hope you feel like you can post here and know you are amongst friends.
Generally speaking, The problem with the net is that sometimes tone and intonnation dont come across as the sender intended, and i guess we all need to be mindful of that, but remember that ultimately we are all here cos we are doing 5:2, we are Aussies (not exclusively though) and we are determined.
I am not having big weight losses, but i am not giving up, and it is both encouraging and sometimes i have to admit, a little dishearteneing that i havent lost as much as some… But i am probably not as diligent, or commited or something.
I did the mon and thurs fast this week, so i might join in on weigh in day tommorow..
Tonights menu… Kangaroo on a bed of cauliflower rice and peas, with roast pumpkin and a mushroom sauce made with water and lite philly.
CG sometimes i wonder what they put in some of these cleaning products, but i am also glad we dont have to use quite as much elbow grease as in days gone by!
Take care everyone, and stay positive and determined 🙂

Oh dear, what’s going on here? I was checking back in for a question about the mushroom stroganoff and I find that there’s been turmoil. Can someone catch me up real quick? I hope peace returns to our cosy little hobbit house of a thread soon because I’d be very upset not to be able to come here anymore.

And to get back to the stroganoff. Has everyone made it with the dried porcini? Because I’m attempting it with Chinese dried black fungi and I’m wondering if anyone else has done that yet?

Hi everybody – back again from my sojourn up to Qld for the brother in laws funeral. weighed in this morning and put on 100gm which in the scope of things is nothing. But the measurements are down a bit which is good. I think it because i have been sitting for the past three days either driving or at family meetings etc. I feel like I am stuck in the sitting position. Stayed with a lady who was very very insistant in feeding me and how does one say no sometimes. Had to be very strong and made good choices. Am fasting today and so far so good.

One thing I dont understand is if the measurements are down how come the weight isnt down as well. where is all that fat hiding in the body to be able to keep the weight but lose the centimetres?

CG, I feel that putting a bit of irregularity in my days helps me. Sometimes I stay very low cal all week, some week are less rigid and others a bit more. I feel playing around with the calories you have each day makes sure your body doesn’t go into a routine and adapts. Having a very lowcal week every once in a while can’t really hurt, I think, as long as you don’t start eating so little it becomes unhealthy. But technically, the less calories you eat, the more you should lose. About the calories on FDs, I haven’t had a FD over 400kcal in ages so I don’t know if I have any good tips on that. My Mondays are usually under 200 and my Thursdays I am to stay around 350. I always think, the more kcal I save on FDs, the more I get to splurge on RDs. With some rough calculations, it seems you consumed less than 800kcal/day this week. I don’t think that’s a problem for a week or so but I’m not sure you’re getting all the nutrients you need on that. It’s not that you’ll go into starvation mode (I believe it’s simcoeluv who has a very extensive knowledge on these boards about the myth of starvation mode) but make sure you don’t fall into another extreme. We don’t want you to be unhealthy and lack the nutrients you need. Or get into an unhealthy frame of mind. I’ve been on that balance a few times, it’s always good to come back to the normal side. But yeah, every once in a while a low cal week can def kickstart some more weight loss, I think. Given that you might suffer some temporary water weight when you go back to your normal eating pattern. I don’t know if that answered your question, it’s quite late here lol

I don’t think I’ll be hitting a new low this week, as I weighed 63.4 this morning, I’d have to magically drop 1.7kg by tomorrow to get there. I guess stranger things have happened to my weight before. I hope my walking and cycling have paid off a bit.

anyway, need to get some sleep, I’m going to need my 8hrs to sleep off that extra weight I’m carrying around lol. See you on the other side, all!

Good morning all! YES I have finally broken that 74 kg plateau for good! 73.3 this morning after my walk and before breakfast, so I’m taking it 🙂

For all of you out there despairing because of a plateau or chasing that same kilo up and down……don’t lose heart, remember your AUSSIE DETERMINATION because this has taken me a MONTH to shift! Mainly my own doing…..5:2 is not failing me, I am failing it with too many treats on non-fast days, naughty Kerry!
So stats: Start Weight 83.6 Current Weight 73.3…..10.3 kg woo hoo!!

Forgot to put hubby’s stats: SW 8.6 CW 84.1…..so he’s lost 2.2 in one week!

Well done Robbie, Bali & CG…..you are all so encouraging and inspiring with your weight loss and your posts.

Great to hear from you FC…Flemmo….like CG says, we had a bit of a troubled time, and some members are having a break from AD, but we hope they will be back soon with us again because WE MISS THEM
Ruxton….back into it today is the best things…..and well done for fighting off the feeder….they are so hard to say no to sometimes aren’t they…..giving food is their way of comfort. Hope it wasn’t too sad for you all and that you were able to celebrate you BILs life xx

Robbie….thanks for the philly tip for the stroganoff….I would usually use sour cream, but followed recipe for yoghurt to keep cals down…..but that Philly light is really low in cals I think so will use that next time
Have a great day everyone 🙂