Aussie Determination

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Yum Yum

8:25 am
22 May 15
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Will give it a go this weekend. I do my own counting between 5:2 book and Alan Borushek’s book ‘Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter I bought from Dymocks for under $10. Because it is based on Australian brand products it is very handy to work out pretty much an exact cal content. It also has a section for fast food, restaurant, and some prepared food from big Supermarkets. Been around a while and this is the 2015 version.

Probably teaching my grandmother to suck eggs but some may not know about it 🙂 YY xx

Yum Yum

8:30 am
22 May 15
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Managed to turn the page again!!

Very funny Lotus, wondering about Whiffing in the pool and the cats retirement home …..

Countrygal

9:00 am
22 May 15
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Hi team, well GG and I have made an executive decision regarding our reunion. We would like to see what you all think of Sydney next June, staying at the beautiful Darling Harbour? There is plenty to do in the area, including bars and restaurants as well as accomodation which we can try for a group booking. We thought Sydney was fair as it is central to us all. We envisage maybe third week of June 2016 arriving Thursday and leaving Sunday, being three nights which hopefully shouldn’t brake the bank. 🙂 If we can get confirmed numbers by April/May of next year, GG will handle the bookings as she knows the area. 🙂 So team, does this suit you all….something to think about, gives us all a mid year holiday, not too hot and tiring with shopping eating and drinking with lots of laughs 🙂 xxxxx

go gal

10:18 am
22 May 15
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HI TEAM….. Have been researching since speaking to CG tonight. Darling Harbour is also 5min walk to the Casino. There is a rail and shuttle bus service from KINGFORD SMITH AIRPORT to Darling Harbour about $15 to $20 for one way transport to the hotel. There are 2 hotels that would suit us they are both on the waterfront… check out these …….
IBIS DARLING HARBOUR and IBIS KING STREET WHARF.. the cost for 3 nights in 2016 are $420 – $460 for a standard double room (of course tariffs may change next year) so these prices are what is up for May 2016, both these premises have a bar and resturant on site. Darling Harbour is very close to the CBD which is within walking distance if you need MYERS and DJ’S ,ZARA which are all on PITT STREET MALL ,there are plenty of resturants with so many international eateries to tickle your taste buds , close to China Town and Sydney’s PADDY’S MARKET. There is also light rail. It is a very central spot. I have stayed at many of the motels in the area including the IBIS Darling Harbour and it is very comfy. I feel that these to premises would be ideal to our budget. So Team thinking caps on…. IT WILL BE AN AMAZING GET TOGETHER FOR US ALL….. I am just a tad EXCITED ……GO GALxxxxx

Countrygal

10:32 am
22 May 15
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GG, sounds wonderful, you have been busy since we spoke. I’ll be there! With bells on 🙂 looking forward to the teams replies 🙂 xxxxx

Lotus123

12:17 pm
22 May 15
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Oooh how exciting!! I would so love to show you around shops and haunts in Sydney 🙂
For accomodation try airbnb (www.airbnb.com) prices are way cheaper than hotels…

suejen

12:42 pm
22 May 15
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Sounds like an absolute blast but I’ll have to start saving now as we’re going for possibly 2-3 months to the USA from Feb 2016 to visit our new grandchild in San Fran. I turn 65 late Feb so no work commitments to worry about after that so planning for our first longer visit. If I can get the money together this year I’ll be set. I would so love to meet you all & Sydney sounds ideal!!! Yeah just a tad excited GG – bit early aren’t we! suejen XX

Countrygal

12:54 pm
22 May 15
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Suejen, I’m 65 two days before Xmas, and I’m excited! I know what fun we had in Melbourne, and trying to be fair and trying to find somewhere central in Australia for everyone so money wont be too much. I think the hotel we like is around $420 for three nights which is reasonable, but golly, going to the USA will pull on the purse strings, but how fabulous for you to be with family that long. 🙂 Thanks for the suggestion Lotus, thats our treasure’s dept 🙂 xxx

Uptightoutasight

1:44 pm
22 May 15
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Hi all, weigh in day and after the 2 fasts this week I am still 200 grams above my lowest weight after going away. Disappointing as my husband has gone lost way more but next week should be better.

The idea of Sydney in June sounds great and my sister lives there so great for me. My only problem is that I am always away in June so probably won’t make it unless by some luck the dates work out. I will be with you in spirit though! And I expect photos!

Anyway, nothing can upset me today. 12 months ago I had a melanoma removed and while all should be well there is always a slight chance it spread. I have had a spot that has been worrying me for quite a few weeks and yesterday managed to have it checked by a dermatologist and all is fine. 🙂
As you can no doubt imagine, I had visions of cancelling the rest of this trip and going home with my tail between my legs and even thinking, just when I seem to have my life/ weight where I want it, it is going to go pear shaped and I’ll lose weight without trying.

Well, no more though the reality of life means it is always a lottery.
I managed to stick with the fast despite being oh so tempted to celebrate and suddenly developing a hearty appetite!

Have a great day/night all!

suejen

2:45 pm
22 May 15
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Wow CG we are close as mine’s the 2oth Feb so we’re only 2 months apart!
We’re hoping for the USA to do house-sits & the like for quite a bit of it, or our DIL often gets cheaper accommodation with other mums in her group. So the fares are the main part but we should have enough frequent flyer points by then as we’ve been saving them up for quite a while. So all good. sj XX
UT so glad you got good news re your melanoma that’s wonderful and such a relief for you. Hugs your way. Don’t worry about your OH’s weight loss – they are all like that & it’s infuriating isn’t it!! My OH stops eating a bit of this & that (nothing much mind you) but still devours cake with every coffee..and still loses weight!!

Raven3

3:02 pm
22 May 15
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Hello all,

You are fast asleep I woud imagine. Stepped on the scale this morning after three weeks and have not lost anything. Used the measuring tape. Nothing. Some of my clothes feel better and I do feel as if it has shifted some but this is so demoralizing for me. I had a goal for my trip to San Francisco and I realize my goal is bigger thanks trip, that there will be more tr but I am finding myself going into a place of shame. This is for other people. Things don’t work for me. And I shoudnt enjoy my weekend because I haven’t earned it blah blah blah.
Of course I live with Mr Thin who eats whatever and is thin as a rail. I am not going to chuck it in, but wondering what I need to do. Ever since Breast cancer and the toxic drugs I was given afterwards, ( which I chose to take, at least for a time) I have been struggling to get the weight off. It doesn’t seem to want to shift. will try to have a more positive attitude, but sometimes I get tired of that. I have really worked at this. FD’s HIT, low carbs, completely rearranging my eating. Sorry to rant but I am sad today. Tears and all. Very frustrated.

milena

3:50 pm
22 May 15
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Hi Raven

I do hope someone comes on soon, I’ve read your post three times, sending cyber hugs, though I don’t post often on your thread.

I’m not best placed to give advice, but if it were me …….

I’d take a week off, armies retreat, have a l9ittle R&R, sort themselves and get back into the battle.

So,in your shoes, I’d take a week off. Go to cafes, museums, gardens, or to the cinema with a girlfriend, a comedy or chick flick or a horror, polteigeist is on a the mo. Take a drive, get the bike out, read a book I’ve been meaning to. Change pace.

And first I would have a large glass of decent wine, and plan what I am going to do when my week off is finished, make a plan, a really strict plan. so that I don’t flounder and then resent taking the week off. Then I’d put it away and not look at it for a week.

At the end of the week, I’s climb back on that horse, tuck my head into my chin, and ride into battle as if the devil himself was on my back.

That’s what I would do, hope it helps.

Raven3

4:54 pm
22 May 15
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milena,

Thank you for your kind post. I took myself on a walk and adjusted my thinking to remember that I have lost weight, I have not gained any of it back. I have reorganized my relationship to food. That, in and of iteself is a weight off and I will do best to let go of goals that are not reasonable or will only replicate failures from the past. Ha! I work this way with clients all the time. So I need to take my own advice today. Self comapssion. Acceptance of who I am, right here, and right now.

I did not expect any response for hours, so it was lovely to come home and see word so wisdom. I had thought the same thing. Maybe I need to have more fun and let this go for a week. Nothing crazy, just let it receded back a bit from my mind. And then, make the commitment again.

And I must share that while I was on my walk I as given another stark reminder. We have a woman in our neighborhood who definately suffers from an eating disorder. She is so thin that she looks as if she will keel over at any time. Many people see her in the neighborhood walking, walking, walking. At all hours of the day and evening. Walking, walking, walking. She never says hello, looks angry, so angry and unapproachable. Neighbors often won’t look her in the eye or give her a greeting. We know to keep our distance. The diet industry loves to give us the subtle or not so subtle messages that being thin will be the answer to feeling connected, approved of admired, in control, loved. . This woman who I give my silent greeting to as she walks by, wrapping her with some light as she deliberately looks away from me, represents at least for me how we can get rigidly stuck in one way. I do want to say that I understand that eating disorders are more and more understood as not a failure in thinking or early parenting but appear to have more to do with how the brain is wired. And I am certainly not judging this woman in any way. She is suffering and her isolation is defiantly intertwined. I am fortunate that I am able to have some sense of control and to make choices in what I do and how I think about it.

I absolutely love the chin tucked in imagery. ( I am very visual) Thank you for taking the time to respond. It really helped. Hope you all have a wonderful Saturday. I plan to have a very fun Friday evening.

R

milena

5:22 pm
22 May 15
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Hi Raven

Does put things in perspective, doesn’t it. A wee prayer for her tonight.

I’m going to taken my own advice too, been doing the Fadt Beach Diet for 5 weeks, to give myself a nudge along, this week has been so difficult, I feel I have done all I can, three fasts, plus two days at about 800 calories, and the needle hasn’t moved at all. Funny how 4 weeks of good losses count for nothing when you get stuck. This week isn’t even over. Already planned as few treats when the six weeks are up, but really fell out with myself last night, bloody scales!! But I’ve planned lunch out with a lovely friend and a visit to buy some jewellery – I buy and sell jewellery for a living, but going with a friend makes it a treat. Changed my perspective today.

How much have you lost and when is the treat.

I have a skinny OH, he has been doing 5:2 with me – sort of – he has lost 4 kilos without really trying and looks really trim!!!

Lotus123

8:29 pm
22 May 15
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Milena, Ravena – love your conversation guys… Stay in touch on this thread Ravena, even if you’re taking a break from fasting. Give yourself a big hug – it’s from all of us thinking of you! I remember CG went through an 8 week plateau, but eventually, the weight shifted.
P.S. I like your posts so much 🙂
Wear the clothes that now fit you better for affirmation. Also, I think it’s important not compare our losses with the men in our lives (or people under 25!) – their metabolism chugs along differently. And the plateau is R&R for our bodies, time for it to catch up before the next phase of losses…That said, we will all get to our goals, slow for some, more steadily for others…

JenMic

9:38 pm
22 May 15
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Hi

Sorry to have been MIA. Hope everyone is well and life is being kind to you. Reason I haven’t been on is that I have been on a binge due to being slightly unwell. Sinus – I don’t have the usual signals that it is coming on, no headache etc – just stiff neck & shoulders, tired (brain fog) and staving. It a sneaky little bugger but once I expose it for the horror that it is – I’m in control again. Soooooooooooooooooo back on the wagon and hit the 10kg loss this week. So a little lesson I learnt this week from a teacher who loves to study the brain and positive behaviour which she uses on the children – PHYSICALLY pat yourself on the back/shoulder everytime you do something good and congratulate yourself. This is a reinforcement that if done regular will change your outlook….. so I patting mYself big time! Off for a run..xoxo

Countrygal

11:58 pm
22 May 15
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Good morning team, Raven my heart brakes for you, please don’t get upset because of scales. It is very frustrating I know, we all have it, in fact most of us are sitting on a plateau now. Set your goals at only ONE K at a time, we all look at the top of the mountain but have to get to the base camp first! This IS a way of life, it’s long term…very healthy and not a fad. Be kind to yourself on NFDs and rigid on fast days. We know if nothing is moving in figures scales/tape measure, things are still happening inside. I often look at things that I DON’T have now as a congratulatiions to myself, or a large dinner plate (I used for my Son) and think, I used to eat all that! I know I am so much better off than I have been for years being in control (most of the time) with food choices and portions. Drugs may be a factor for you too, many years ago I was given a migraine tablet to “prevent” migranes, and slowly gained so much weight, the chemist said did I realise it was one of the major side effect! The rest of them went in the bin, they didn’t help me anyway? So many things factor in our lives as to why we are the way we are. Genes, attitude, food choices, drugs, food additives, the list goes on. Please know you are doing all you can to improve your loss, look back only to see how far you have come, and let that pride take over. I sat on 80k for THREE months, then 75k now going on TWO months! But I’m sticking with it, I know 5:2 is the blessing I have needed to take control of my eating pattern. 🙂 Raven we are all here for you, we all feel for you YOU ARE NOT ALONE, keep posting to share your feelings, it helps you, it helps us, none of us are immune to plateaus, just the way we handle them….xxxxxxx

Countrygal

12:01 am
23 May 15
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JenMic, welcome back, these thing are sent to try us aren’t they. Back on the horse, YOU CAN DO IT xxx

Countrygal

12:10 am
23 May 15
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Upt, such great news regarding the skin check, I’m constantly having BCC’s frozen or cut out, my skin is like a map of railway tracks with scars. 🙂 Not to worry, I keep saying, they just add to my peculiar type of beauty 🙂 I have been a sun lover most of my life, the beach as a kid/ teenager, then we had a swimming pool then a speed boat for skiing, we camped a lot, all very outdoorsy and now I’m always out in the garden…and I’m sure our sun is burning more now than ever before. You feel it sting just putting washing out on the line. I’m so please your news was good and the initial removal was successful. It’s a worry that stays and keeps you aware. Your right, life can be a lottery, but we take what we get and appreciate how so much better off we are than others no matter what our loads are . Take care xxxx

Tacofox

12:40 am
23 May 15
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Oh Raven, I am so sorry to hear about you feeling awful and sad. You are a beautiful and supportive person, it’s ok and normal to cry and feel awful, we all do from time to time.However, you must be resilient , think of the fact that your clothes fill different, your body shape is shifting ! Something is happening. I’m like you, at thee moment. Nothing is happening on the scales but something is happening to my body- it is a change. I know it is demoralising , but I have read through the posts and there are times – up to 3 months that people plateau! Then bang! It happens! The weight drops 🙂 it will come off! Xx

Dogsabie

1:41 am
23 May 15
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Greetings team. Oh Raven I so agree with what others have already told you. I’m of the opinion that if we make the diet too restrictive we are setting our selves up for failure. I gained weight from being prescribed antidepressants. I needed them as I was severely clinically depressed. I’ve been on the Atkins diet on and off for years. I lose weight quite quickly on it BUT it is too restrictive and I’ve given up after a few months. Guess what. The weight comes back on with an extra few kilos for spite. This way of eating is very different. It is doable. I too think you should give yourself a break and just reboot.
CG I too have sun damaged skin. My ancestry is Scandinavian and Scottish. I was born in the wrong hemisphere according to my dermatologist. I’ve been sunburnt more often than I’ve had hot dinners. My latest lesion is a solar keratosis on my cheek. Next week will no doubt mean having it frozen off.
Up I’m so pleased for you that the Melanoma has not reoccurred. Nasty things.
Enjoy the weekend team.

Uptightoutasight

1:59 am
23 May 15
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Raven, I feel for you because it is so demoralising when you try and don’t see results. It is so tempting to give up. All I am doing is marking time here in the U.S lately. I lost 8 kilos from November to March and only 2 kilos since, when i came over here. I had such plans for myself! I also had a plateau for a while until I got pretty strict but even now it is too hard so I am trying to stay the same weight at least until I get back to Aus. at the end of June. So still doing 5/ 2 religiously and trying to eat well the other days but it is still a struggle while travelling.

And then sometimes, like today, something good unexpectedly happens. While losing that 8 kilos was a lot, I still didn’t really drop a dress size which means that I was a 14 when I left. The extra 2 k’s I have lost since finally made the difference and the shift/sheath dresses I brought with me for summer are now too big, so I would be a 12 in Australia.

I bought some pants here a while back and got excited because they were an 8 which is ridiculous, but they are stretchy. I imagine in American sizing I would expect to be a 10 as a rule.

Well, today I went to a shopping outlet and bought 2 dresses that were medium in size but also a dress in Small and one in size 6!!! They were fitting sheath dresses. So I know that the sizing is probably a bit out but who cares? I am happy to settle for my 66k’s if I can do that.

Hang in there, everybody. It is worth it eventually!

Countrygal

2:01 am
23 May 15
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Doggy, I have solar keratosis all over, especially my hands, Dr wants me to use a chemo cream which strips the dead layers of skin back to new, but. Pharmacist frightened me about using it…so just keep going back for freezing. I have now bought the “freeze” dry ice spray over the counter, basically for warts but the same, with my Dr’s okay.
Like you, Scotts/Welsh ancestry so fair skin, but used to get a fantastic tan…back in the day…so paying the price now. Oh well, guess the “healthy tan” is another thing of the past 🙂 xxxxx

go gal

2:07 am
23 May 15
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Raven….. I feel for you. I hit a plateau for 7 weeks. As much as it ERKED me I was happy that I was never going to be 83kgs ever again. I don’t ever look back I am now 72.5 kgs and in Medium clothing. Please do not give up! …..you have done so well. This will continue to happen during our journey in this WOL. While we do not see that BLOODY NEEDLE move on that BLOODY SCALE…things are happening to our bodies on the inside…where it really matters. We are here for you and will not let you shoulder this time alone … keep posting your frustrations , each and everyone of us will gather around you in cyber space to support and encourage you every step of the way. You are beautiful and caring from what I read of your posts and you MUST know by GC FB and others that you are part of a very honest caring group. Stay with us DO NOT EVER THINK YOU ARE ALONE …… the broomsticks are at the ready to care for one of our own.HUGS….. GO GAL XXXXXXX

Countrygal

2:11 am
23 May 15
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Upt, how exciting, and 66k is a great healthy weight. Funny, we are never happy. I started at close to 100k and now at 75k sometimes 74.7k, and get cross at the scales STILL, but have trained myself to..oh well, still no gain! 🙂 and anything is better than when I started. I tend to think in terms as stabilising because we stabilised at our heaviest…mainly because our diet or eating habits were the same, as now, my 5:2 is the same, somehow I need to mix it up a bit, does that make sense? Unsure if 4:3 is the answer, I’ll try again this week, as it worked for me in the past doing it just for two weeks, and maybe eating UP TO my TDEE rather than well under, also unable to exercise or walk much, so it’s my intake only in control of my weight. Happy week end team 🙂 xxxx

Yum Yum

3:07 am
23 May 15
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The underlying theme to today’s posts seems to be saying that (a) male and female weight gain and losses are different (b) health issues play a big part (c) genetics, body shape is also a factor (d) age also plays a part.
Don’t mean to over simplify but all the above are largely out of our control so we shouldn’t beat ourselves up over these.
Some things we can control are food choices, lifestyle patterns and being more accepting of the things that make you, you.
It seems to me we have all made a great choice in following the 5:2 plan and how it pans out largely depends on the things that make us what we basically are. How our bodies respond even when we are strictly following the pattern is sometimes frustrating but apart from a zig or a zag now and then as a wake up for weight loss to start up, we have to go at a pace dictated by everything else.

Raven you are doing the very best you can and I am the first to say that I have days where I think ‘what’s the use’ but know that that is today, tomorrow is another day and a bit of a rave here bring upbeat responses that help pick me up and put me back on track. Even if it is the same track for a while longer! The best part of this 5:2 WOL is just by following the rules something just has to give sooner or later and that’s where patience kicks in.
Better to lose in a controlled manner than big losses that can’t be sustained.

Up, love the size 6 🙂 good to hear you are enjoying the experience, time enough when you get home to knuckle under.

The word Melanoma send a shiver through me. I nursed my sister 5 years ago for just three weeks before she died as a result of a Melanoma. Three weeks just wasn’t long enough. Look after yourselves all you fair skinned maidens out there. Bit paranoid about it myself.
YY xx

Countrygal

3:57 am
23 May 15
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Nice post yumyum xxx

Raven3

5:09 am
23 May 15
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Thanks so much for all your kind words and support. Much appreciated. It is so helpful to know that there are kind words somewhere for all of us when we need it. I have read all the posts, and wish I could respond to you all individually, but it has been quite a long day and I am about to hit the hay. Anyone else noticing Mercury Retrograde?
I hope you are all enjoying your Saturday. I am off to bed.

Raven3

5:11 am
23 May 15
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And I am not giving up. Just a bump. And GG you are right. If I keep my resolve and follow this WOL, and Milena! If I tuck my chin and keep myself ready for battle I will never be as heavy as I was ever again.
Night all

Tacofox

5:22 am
23 May 15
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Goodnight Raven, sweet dreams 🙂

go gal

5:24 am
23 May 15
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SLEEP WELL be warm and calm in your thoughts……. next time you see that poor thin lady…smile ….I think she needs one… hugs …..GO GAL

gypsybell

6:39 am
23 May 15
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Gedday all, ….cough, cough.. finally emerging from my dust cloud. At least the places one CAN’T see are now clean! (gremlin free ) I have red -backs and funnel webs, too, so the spider situation is relevant, and yes, CG, Sydney is sounding less hazardous ATM ! Hope I am able to join you. It’s one day at a time at this point. I have a plan to trim down more than my own lard in the coming months, so a lot of grim plodding afoot. Just have to re-distribute the mess outside back into them pristine cupboards now. Whittling down as I go. Bah! think I’m chasing my tail. Such a hoarder! Anyway time for a blow and a catch up.
My weigh in yesterday was uninspiring, 84.4 kgs with occasional flashes of the 83’s, but even though I know I’ve changed shape, I still have little recent evidence via tape measure. Agree with you CG, and sympathize, Raven, The thing even shows centimetres of increase sometimes! Must be how I hold my breath (or the mouth! grump!) But one thing gels for us all. WE ARE NOT GOING UP! AND IT IS SUCH A BONUS TO BE LOSING AT ALL ! 10 KGS IS PROOF IT DOES HAPPEN AND WILL AGAIN. Just keep the faith.

Sorry I only have time to skim through posts, soooo busy on here! I Must reassure you yummy and dawg, Up, Raven, Milena CG,GG, SJ and others I gave the horrors to! I am not into reptiles myself, it’s just a fact of life here. I had to come to terms with the ‘all creatures great and small’ theory. One can’t just keep culling species (apparently). Anyway, it’s me invading their territory, so I just encourage them to leave by disturbing the peace they are seeking, to rest up for the winter. Lot’s of loud music vibrations and broom bashing on walls, Smoke bombs in ceiling etc. If you know their habits it helps to put things in perspective. Snakes that climb (unless in a flood situation…. hohum…)are not (usually) poisonous. Ground dwelling ones are the venomous, and they go for dry hidy holes under stuff in a likely spot, or sunning in the open. Keeping the junk down and grass cut, plus food out for feral cats, discourages them. Pythons like hibernating on roof rafters in farm sheds, close to the warmth of sun on a tin roof in the winter. This doesn’t usually happen in the hot months (they’d cook)They retreat to the cool of the creek scrub. And it’s often a sign of a cold winter coming (rare) when they move in this early. So I’m looking forward to some cool weather.

Enough about domestic crap. I won’t keep harping on the boring aspects of life. It’s good to see you all supporting each other, whenever one of us get’s counselled by group therapy it helps us all, sometimes addressing stuff we didn’t want to put out there. We are sooo human! and real. even if I am not so focused, I’m here and I’m on your side! xx gyps

gypsybell

7:08 am
23 May 15
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Agree Raven! One of the things I wasn’t going to add to my ‘heavies’ (prophetically, out loud)) is definitely planet drag! MERCURY RETROGRADE is, in a nut shell, ‘delayed progress’! It is a period of ‘marking time’ and excellent for ‘taking stock’. Take the positive aspects and use it as a respite, know that it is a passing phase and prepare for the energy of Mars gathering. NEVER GIVE UP THE FIGHT, THE PLANETS ARE WITH YOU! and you can howl at the moon – or ride the comet! Your choice. Heh,heh, It pays to know yore ssssnakes, (and the antidotes) dearies. It’s ALL GOOD! love youse. xx gyps

gypsybell

7:22 am
23 May 15
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GG, Your cyber energy radiates healing. Consider Reiki distance healing techniques, you’re a natural.

Countrygal

7:45 am
23 May 15
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Thank you, you darling girl, still worry about your creatures and their place of abode. But golly you must be shoooing them out with the dust storm you are creating during your cleanup, not to mention the cals you are burning in the process. Enjoy it Gypsy and know it’s a long time before you have to tackle it again 🙂 all the best my friend xxx

milena

7:55 am
23 May 15
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Hi you lovely lovely witches coven – such power and kindness when one neeedsa little help.

Raven – powererful mantra ‘I will never be as heavy as I was ever again’. True grit.

I was feeling quite frustrated with my stuck needle, but not now – Ive tucked my chin in also. One more week of the Fast Beach Diet – still a beached whale who isnt going to wear a bikini any time soon, but stupid to be in the dumps cos this week isnt going to plan.

Hula hoop is going well – haven’t mastered it but getting used to the pain. Countered my bruises – 28. Better get the arnica out.

Said a wee prayer for the thin lady last night – puts it in all perspective, doesn’t it?? The angel on you shoulder must have thought seeing her would help you, Raven – not everyone’s angel is that clever.

go gal

8:03 am
23 May 15
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GYPS- you have picked me again…. I am a certified massage and reiki therapist.
Not good at times as I cannot center myself with the curve balls life sometimes throws, as with my OH’s condition. I often go down to the beach and take the shoes off to get my mojo back from the sand and surf. I have a mercury rising so when in retrograde …. yes…. a bit slow, however when all is fine……LETA RIP!!!……GO GALXXXXXX

Tacofox

8:37 am
23 May 15
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Gypsy , your post was so interesting. I think I agree with your pythons 🙂 it is going to be a cold winter! I don’t like winter, actually …I hate it.! It’s always dark, I feel sorry for the homeless and the animals 🙁

Countrygal

9:54 am
23 May 15
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Sorry GG and Gyps, answered the wrong post, that’ll teach me to read with out glasses, initials are very similar xxxx

Uptightoutasight

10:39 am
23 May 15
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Hi Gypsy, you didn’t freak me out! I have lived with snakes in the country for many years and have a healthy respect for them. We never got pythons, only the deadly kind!

However,I was pleased that my children were taught early on about them because only 2 and a half years ago my second son was bitten by a brown snake while out running. Fortunately, his brother was with him and between them did all the right things and we were very lucky to have a happy ending as they were out of mobile range and the ambulance couldn’t find him. This was literally xmas eve near the beach at Port Macquarie.

And yes, everyone, do get regular skin checks. I spent my youth with baby oil and sun as my best friends and am paying for it now. My cousin died only a few weeks before mine was diagnosed and I am always having the more minor skin cancers removed. Still, I hadn’t even noticed the spot that did turn out to be the real deal, it was found during a routine skin check and the ones I had noticed were nothing!

Anyway, enough of all this deadly talk, lets lighten up.

With 5/2 we will have less surface area for things to grow on and for snakes to catch!

gypsybell

10:44 am
23 May 15
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Dunno about that CG it all seems to be in place. You don’t make mistakes, just follow instincts. Sydney in June is mid winter. might need to borrow a decent coat! xxx

gypsybell

11:11 am
23 May 15
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UP, I hear you, Your boys were not so much Lucky as well prepared. Good on you! Snakes and the Oz tropics are synonymous. We adapt or perish. I had an old mate called Ram Chandra who helped me understand, rather than blindly fear our natural slithery fauna. Still creeps me out to encounter them, but I respect their right to exist. Such a mystical enigma, the snake. It signifies everything from wisdom, healing (on every ambulance emblem) to EVE and original sin! Live and let live. WE pray! and long may we shrink!

gypsybell

11:14 am
23 May 15
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Taco, not to worry, you carry sunshine, so just spread yourself around!

gypsybell

1:28 pm
23 May 15
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GG don’t know of your OH’s condition, but know your spirit has faced adversity with honour. It’s plain as day between the lines. If nothing else, I have learned to read between the lines. Nite, my friends , sleep well.

Countrygal

11:48 pm
23 May 15
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Good morning team Happy Sunday, it’s your day so enjoy it. Have your plan in place for tomorrows fast and ready for another week. We are all going through times of frustration but the positives out weigh the negatives so soldier on 🙂 Maybe our body is hanging on to what it has for warmth through winter, but we are still in control of our intake with portion control and senseable choices 🙂 Our fast is keeping us level and healthy and our NFD is our choice of controlled eating 🙂 Be proud of how far you have come team and know that the path ahead is still reachable, one step at a time xxx

Tacofox

12:24 am
24 May 15
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Good morning 🙂 thank you CG, I will boil some eggs in preparation for the fast! I struggled during my last fast and that was because I wasn’t organised. I am looking forward to my fast tomorrow as I have been enjoying buttered Vegemite toast for breakfast! Yum. Enjoy your weekend everyone. I will need to go back to respond individually to all of you for your kind words. Thank you 🙂

Dogsabie

12:30 am
24 May 15
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Hello team. Once again some interesting reading. Gypsy re your slithering serpents. Many decades ago when we fist enpmigrated to Australia I was hanging up the washing at the Clothes line. I happened to look down and there about a foot from where I was standing was a very large Goanna. All I could see was its scaly head. As far as I was concerned it was a large snake. I swear I took off like a high jumper till I was inside with the door shut. Next day at work I told my fellow nurses about it much to their glee. I’d never heard of such a creature. I’ve since had frequent encounters with the, and give them a wide berth.
CG I checked out Michale’s article re the ecigs. It was very interesting. He is a man of many interests.
Imi just finishing my mid morning cuppa and about to head to the kitchen to prepare some 5:2 meals for tomorrow and Thursday FDs. I’ve got some prawns thawing and it will probably be a Asain recipe with Shiitake mushrooms and rice noodles. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

go gal

1:22 am
24 May 15
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Morning Team!…. Hope you have some great plans for your Sunday.
GYPSY- My OH was diagnosed with Non Hodgkins Lymphoma 2yrs ago. He was missed diagnosed with an infection….. intelligence and experience told me otherwise, as I had badgered him for months after the swelling on the side of his neck appeared and increased in size. Our journey into the stark reality of this condition began.We locked ourselves away for a week feeling every emotion one does when confronted with the “C” word. With the incredible contacts of Drs that I had worked with over the course of my Nursing ,we were in very good hands with the surgeries that were needed. He is not in remission as we are doing the “WATCH AND WAIT” which is the desired treatment for his form of Lymphoma. If we were to go for chemo /radiotherapy it would have an adverse effect on him. We take each day as it comes, go to Sydney for followup every 6 mths which is now 12mths . There are tumours through his abdo and pelvis region that are tiny at this time not to cause any futher surgical intervention…..BUT…. who know?
Sorry Team to tell my tale… I hope you ok with this. We are strong and united as a couple. My OH is focused and very determined to fight Thank you for allowing me to share with you …….GO GAL xxxxxx

Uptightoutasight

1:29 am
24 May 15
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GG, good luck with your husband’s battle. My uncle had that many years ago now and managed to live to a ripe old age. My brother in law also has non hodgkin’s and has lived with it for many years now. Thinking of you. xx

Countrygal

1:37 am
24 May 15
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Love on wings to you both GG xxxx