Hi all

I cut back the carbs last week to see what happens no more weet bix for brekky had banana protein smoothies instead stood on scales 1kg down from Friday what that’s amazing.

So my goal was to hit 20kg by this week. I lost 18kg. Did I fail HELL NO. I am happy really.

I don’t normally stand on scales Tuesday, but am off to cairns in the morning and wanted to know exactly where I was beforehand. Will have a healthish week away.

Just a note in where we live talk about all over the country and all over the world

HI Bali – 18kg loss!! Definitely NOT a failure! Have a great time in Cairns 🙂
Wow GG – you certainly don’t have a dull life…. hope it’s all resolved safely and quickly. So glad you and your hubby safe.
Welcome, makeitso. I’m a bit like you. I did 5:2 for several months last year and was very happy to lose 7kg. Then I got sloppy about fast days, kept postponing them or skipping them. Finally ended putting back on almost all the weight over long summer in France and then complete blow-out over Christmas. Pulled myself together after the new year and after a rocky start, I’m now on my way. So far have lost just over 3kg and am very happy that I can do this with the great help and support of everyone on this thread. MFP is an app (My fitness pal) that you can download for free and track the calories and exercise you use each day. It’s an eye-opener to see just how many calories are in foods that you might have thought were healthy!

Add yourself in if you’re missing! Doggy you’re not here yet. Anyone else I missed?

FOXY-Albany WA
SUEJEN- Sue Margaret River WA
YUM YUM-Perth WA
CG GAYLE- Sth Gippsland VIC
BALI- Geelong Vic
FATBLASTER-KANTIYA- Morang Vic
UP-Brisbane QLD
GYPSY- Zelda Halifax QLD
MAKEITSO – Rose Brisbane QLD
GO GAL -Janeen- Forster NSW
FITTORETIRE – near Dublin Ireland (Honarary Aussi! family in Sydney)
LEO THE LION – Rachael Collinsvale TAS

HI Folks weigh-in day today for me. Down 1/2 a kilo. Was hoping for more simply because I have been lower in the last week but never mind it’s all fat kicked to the kerb. Have now lost 10cm off my bust, 4 cm off my waist, and TWO cm off my hips. Unlike you CG I’m fast losing my bust but my hips (and thighs worse!) are hard to budge but they are moving. Have to tell myself that………over and over.
FD Wed & Fri this week for me due to an event tonight. Will try not to eat too many canapes or drink too many glasses of wine, but it will be flowing freely. However I really do want to see that 75 number on my scales again this week.
Have a fun day fasting or not you fabulous team. Kick some more weight to the kerb and be rid of it for good. And don’t worry about those zigzags on your graph – totally normal and I’m sure the trend is still heading downwards. suejen

Boy Gogal you sure live in a fun area!! Sounds like the wild west really.

Oo! Well done Foxy and all you cookies! The recipe thread IS worthy of notice and we have so much fun on here it’s not surprising the mighty Mike has heard the cackles and squawks! (I’ll be pulling my head in a tad, tho, only just realized our comments go to the public forum as well! ). I’ll admit my Ulysses (motorbike) club’s motto is “Grow Old Disgracefully”, but not necessarily on an international scale!

Thank god, Go Gal’s got gunslingers and cops on her doorstep ‘n’ CG does the Godiver in public pools! I don’t feel so bad about my drunken ravings!
Fit, yes, ‘chirpy crickets’ are happy little characters in my world! You do well to stay cheerful in feezing conditions! the cosy fire would be nice tho. It’s good we are getting a sense of each other’s reality, Suejen. (but it is maybe wise to remember we are on a world stage and not be too specific. You think?).

Hi Leo! Glad you came back. You are certainly a determinator! And in the right place for recognition of your efforts! our children are our life’s greatest challenge and they define our mettle, one way or another. You are doing the right thing by using your own instincts. And whatever lack of communication your little man may appear to have, he feels it when he is loved! Be sure of that. And highly likely he has an extraordinary talent of some kind, the focus of autistic kids is far from being understood, but they are amazing when they find their ‘thing’. I had some experience with this as a school nurse.
Its not easy, but even small breakthrough’s are so worth it! I salute you! And don’t doubt you will do well on 5:2. I can’t think of anything more likely to give you a personal boost than ‘kicking those kilo’s to the curb’ as Suejen sez. Good luck!

As for my weekend on the tires ‘n’ turps, I’m convinced giggling is a bonafide exercise! I am staying steady at 85Kgs! I cannot believe I actually lost 8 kgs and never felt a thing! Pain-wise that is. I feel great. am seriously considering going on long range biking trek and even getting back into a tent! (other than my clothes!) Cheers all! Gyps

I feel I have missed a day hre with these threads – arghhh

Doitin Paradise is from the Gold Coast – Natch haha
(originally Melbourne)

Ok, office catering is dangerous for fast days. Fast Day officially broken – with cheese!!

OMG, I think I just realised what I am doing

Is Southern Hemispherites and Aussie Determination 2 different threads??

Please excuse – I am menopausal if it is – I cannot stop laughing. How embarassing.

DoitinParadise yep you need Aussie Determination to find the bunch of ladies you know! You must have wondered where we all were. Then just go to the last post to comment.

Oh Lotus I did the same as you yesterday. We had a picnic so I thought I’d make a fancy one like a platter, but I didn’t count the calories up till I got home. All salady stuff you know. MAJOR mistake! When I added up the cheese bits, meats etc & a few wines I could not believe that MFP was telling me 900 something calories. R U serious??!! I was estimating but it must have been a ballpark figure. Lucky I still had a loss today.

Leo welcome and all the best with your home schooling. My daughter home schools her 4 but you are to be truly admired for taking on such a daunting task. But with the progress he made with you in the classroom in a way it was an easy decision, wasn’t it (if u know what I mean)? The answer was staring you in the face. As a teacher I worked with autistic children for a year with non-verbal kids doing early integration in the home, so I do understand the real challenges that you face. Wishing for you a wonderful year of progress that will make the journey all worthwhile, step by baby step all the way.
Byee team suejen

UPDATED LIST FOR YOU ALL AS REQUESTED:
FOXY-Albany WA
SUEJEN- Sue Margaret River WA
YUM YUM – Perth WA
COUNTRYGAL GAYLE- Sth Gippsland VIC
BALI- Geelong Vic
FATBLASTER – KANTIYA- Morang Vic
UPTIGHT – Brisbane QLD
GYPSY – Zelda Halifax QLD
MAKEITSO – Rose Brisbane QLD
Doitin Paradise – Gold Coast QLD
GO GAL -Janeen Forster NSW
Lotus123 – Sydney NSW
LEO THE LION – Rachael Collinsvale TAS
FITTORETIRE – near Dublin Ireland (Honarary Aussie! family in Sydney)
BARATA – Wellington NZ – another honorary Aussie (two children, two grandies in Sydney)

Hiya, just adding my location to the list:

Fastina – Melbourne Victoria. 🙂

Morning all. :-
Dogsabie or Doggy. – Margaret , Binalong Bay, Tasmania.
Leo I know what you mean about lack of choice for schools in this state. When we immigrated here from South Africa almost 36 years ago now we were advised by the department of education to put out two kids into private schools. It came as I shock and I had to go back nursing full time in order to pay for it. Mind you it was a good way to meet people and it did not take long to become part of the community.
I didn’t post yesterday as I was super busy. I’d stuck to my TDEE well until after dinner but then got peckish and delved into some crisp bread with blue cheese. Needles to say I could not stop at just a couple! I’m going to try and do better today. That is what is so good about this WOL. It is very forgiving. Tomorrow is another FD. I’ve more or less got my meals planned.
Does anyone else feel cold on FDs ? I do. It’s not really an issue as I just need to put on a jumper but find it interesting.
Cheers all and keep on keeping on. By the way. Is Flemishcurves away or I’ll? Does anyone know?

Doggy- I get cold too on FDs (seems a normal reaction as a lot of people do too) its supposed to be due to less calories, which are actually an measure of heat, being generated by the body due to less intake of food. I have started keeping a jumoer at work, whch gives me odd looks from colleagues as I sit next to a window and in summer it is tropical near my desk 🙂
I saw Flemish’s post a couple of pages back, but this thread moves at a fast clip lol

Uptight that’s great. You were obviously more suited to that – it was a stretch for me & not much support either. Throw you in & do it – no team stuff. Junior primary was more my thing. Hey UT I was back to lowest weight ever too this morning – even after the do I went to last night & consumed wines & canapes. But I did eat very little for the rest of the day to try and compensate. Must have worked. Another FD today & Fri so should so me heading on down. You know the “Come on DOOOWN” phrase in all those win-the-money quiz shows. If my scales say that to me next time I’ll be happy!

Doggie I have to agree this WOL is very forgiving…and I love it!!

GG you needed 3 glasses to get over the gunslinging episode eh, fair enough! But you also bought a size 12 bikini – my goodness girl, only in my dreams!! I’ll probably end up a size 12 up top (the way it’s disappearing) but will be a 14 at best on the bottom half. But….you never know what this journey might bring me.

Have a great day everyone fasting or not. Oh one thing I did pick up from Michael’s latest email was a comment re fast days. He said that the crucial thing about intermittent fasting was to stick to protein and vegetables only on your fast days. Made me think about the little treats I try to sneak into my 500 cals & that I should wait until the next day, & look forward to them then. suejen

That’s shaping up as an impressive representation across the states and now nations. Nicely done Suejen. We might have to make you the secretary of our internal affairs! Haw, haw, We could be a ‘fraternity’! The sisters of SLIM!

There you go, I nominate: CG,for PRESIDENT: GG is the TREASURE: Suejen, SECRETARY! …pursuant to the approval of all HONOURABLE MEMBERS…..Naturally, DETERMINATION is our password.

So what is our MISSION STATEMENT? (our ideals and goals in togetherness?)

How alike are we, really? Do ‘birds of a feather flock together?’. (someone wanna do stats?) Agreed, we all came to this thread because we decided personally, that we were too fat and it was time to really dooo something about it. But is that the only common thread? I see; teachers, battlers, nurses and MOTHERS! All with a story pretty above average. There are no dilly(tantes) here. (only an..um…occasional loony bird?)pretty awesome bunch, I reckon. ‘n’ Sooo modest! CG, yes, I am having a ordinary day, too. Just a little stir on here and I’llget back to cleaning cupboards. xxx ……But I walked for nearly an hour this AM. haven’t done that in a very long time. We are achieving what I thought was impossible. I think we did it together. Pretty special, You think?

Sue are you referring to the email a couple of days ago with the Goan Curry recipe on the bottom? Or do you get another one? Couldn’t see the protein and veg bit spelled out for FD’s. It makes sense tho.

Am feeling the cold a bit more too girls, wonder what winter will do to us seeing it’s still pretty warm!

And that’s Lady Loony Bird to you Gyspy!!! 🙂

Thanks eveyone

I was wondering why I had not seen your names on the thread 🙂

Those other people must be thinking who is this!! Very funny.

Just for an update about me for all you AD’s, this is my fourth week and I am now 81.1 kilos. I have not gone back up to my 83.5 which I am V happy about. Still wish I could have lost some more by now but I do love my red wine on the weekends. It will happen as this is now my WOL!!

Have a great rest of the week xx

Heh, heh, now you’re all being facetious! (I see my job is done)One must always stir the pot…..Madam Pres, may I suggest “WE CAN DO IT AS LONG AS WE DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF!”. and yes, agree, it’s high time women stopped feeling guilty about putting their feet up. ‘Retirement’ doesn’t really exist for caregivers, does it? (I think I did a verse or two on the subject…lemme think on the matter… )

Lotus, Excellent! We’re on it! What a great bunch of losers!

yUM yUM, ya loon, (I rather thought I was the ratbag, but healthy competition is always a good thing!)so, M’lady, if yore worried about the cold come try my caravan (of course gypsies always have one!)in the back yard. It’s been fortyish degrees around here. Great for melting fat! Hang positive ladies. Fast day tomorrow.

YY (cackle).. Quite so, M’lady. Oie be ya servant, Oie be. Will ya be needin’ the rolls t’noit, M’lady? Or c’n I ‘ave the chauffeur? (fancy a roll meself, oie do… )So sorry yore feelin’ deliket, like…

Hiff you are referring to my Rollscanardly (rolls down one hill and canardly get up the other) aye shall be needin the chauffeur to PUSH, don’tcha know. So keep your bloomin hands orf…

Wow Gang!! My head is in a spin this morning reading all your posts, esp about the committee and titles of the AD group. I propose gypsy as PR officer – I reckon she sums up the mood and aspirations of everyone here and with her gift for words and verse, she can do all our publicity!
I’m not sure what you all mean by ‘cold’ over there. Temps here not much above freezing during the day and below it by night for the last two and a half months, so just have to grit out teeth and get on with fast days…no excuses!! 😉 As the saying goes; ‘the person who thinks he/she can succeed and the person who thinks he/she can’t, are usually both right’!
GoGal – so happy for you and your hubby, that’s great news. Long life, health and happiness to you both. 🙂
Suejen – congrats on your lowest weight, esp after all those treats, you sure know how to make this WOL work for you! I agree that protein and veg are the best options for FDs.
Weighed in this morn….lost half a kg. Not exactly setting the world on fire, but slow and steady will do nicely, thank you!! Have two French ladies coming to stay next week for a week. It will be very hard to either fast or eat sensibly, so I think I’ll try do an extra FD or two before they arrive. Wine will be the big problem, because they are used to drinking it every day. Wish me luck!

Gogal what wonderful news for you & Hubby. No wonder you could hardly wait to post it. FANTASTIC!!
Oh and thanks so much Gypsy for the position of Secretary of Internal Affairs!! Haha Everyone else sounds just right for their positions too, specially you as PR chief Gypsy.
Had a good FD today & now looking forward to my Chicken & Bacon Casserole from here:
http://www.52recipes.co.uk/2014/02/10/chicken-bacon-casserole/ It’s smelling very yummy and only 249 calories. There are lots of good recipes on there. Also had the Posh Chicken Kiev the other night (same site) & it was delish & easy too. I’m trying a new regime of a HB egg for breakfast & then another for lunch. I used to go right through till dinner, but I find this is easier to do. I still have to go back & read Michael’s comments re when to eat & what difference it makes.
Have a good night ladies and Madam President hope you WERE kind to yourself today?!
suejen