Hi all. Fit I’m not into saints but do love your quote – lord make me chaste, but not yet. I’m rather like that with my FD at the moment. I’ve got to admit to feeling more than a bit stressed at times so that has been my excuse for not getting back on the horse. This morning I put on a T shirt and then did a OMG as I saw my reflection in the mirror. I had to resort to a less clingy look.
SJ those fires in WA are just too frightening. Yes my heart goes out to the poor animals that have no way of escaping.
PH I too am a huge tennis fan. I think Roger Federer is a class act. Our youngsters could lean a thing or two from his behaviour. I recently read his biography where he says that he too behaved like a brat in his youth. That was uniil his mother laid down the law and told him to behave like a gentleman or she’d stop him playing alltogether.
Jade I must admit to skipping the maths side of Elevate. I don’t like maths. I Had useless teachers in my youth that only ever gave me negative feedback. You know how the mind works. Once you’ve told yourself you can’t do something it’s very difficult to change.
XX Doggy

HI all CG I too woke up at 5.15am and couldn’t get back to sleep no way. So came down the lounge & lay down on the couch. Eventually nodded off much much later so no idea how much sleep I got & didn’t sleep in at all. Nana nap coming up. Very very hot & sticky last night & I’ve got some itchy skin condition that doesn’t like the heat. Went to dr’s yesterday & have a cortisone cream for a while…see how we go.
Oh Up that’s no good. I had a couple of falls last year & we just don’t bounce back like we used to hey?! Hope it settles down very quickly for you. But boy you sure plan WHO to have your falls around don’t you. And after that…fish and chips…who cares!!
Noots what a great loss for you so early in the year. You must have resisted the nibbles etc very well. Great stuff!
Barb I agree we do have to be careful about not losing too much. It doesn’t look elegant when we do! I’ve got a way to go before I need to worry about that one.
Gee Jade set for a month of utter penance eh but…..starting it off with wine & pizza. Now THAT sort of penance I can do!!
Doggie your comment about hopeless at maths brought back a memory for me. First of my dad who was my teacher for years 5&6 & his comment on my report card was usually something like Great work Sue. Just pick up your maths a little! Then for yr 10 once again I had the school principal who was a lovely lovely guy. AT the end of the year after so much extra explanations/diagrams etc & I passed with a 50 I think it was. He said to me quietly Now Sue you’re not planning on doing maths next year ARE YOU?????
Gotta agree with you re clingy t-shirts too Dawg. They find all the bits don’t they. The best comment I heard about that was from Sue Perkins – did you watch the Great British Bake-off? She’s very funny & the 2 hosts of the show were talking about the weight they’d put on with trying all the food. She said Mmm what I wonder is what do we do with the back boobies!! Usually called love handles I guess…..but not much to love about them!

Well onto another hot day & do hope the fire is contained today before it gets to Harvey. 121 homes confirmed now but no deaths thank goodness. Yarloop has basically been written off the map & it was a very historical place so that’s all but gone. Have a good day one and all & enjoy some planned portion controlled treats – the joys of 5:2. sj XXXX

Hi again. It’s too B hot for even a nana nap at the moment. Sorry Up I meant to commiserate re your fall at the dog park. You may remember I too had a fall a while ago. I Tripped over a mat and measured my length on the floor. I hope your aches and pains dissapear real fast. I used to take two Panadol every four hours for the first few days just to get over the worst of it.
Yes SJ, having good or bad teachers can make such a difference to a school kids life. I had a great English teacher who told me I was good at English. Of course I believed her and I always did very well in that department. I guess that’s where my love of reading comes from.
Well the family have just left and we now have Lewis for 12 days. I’m so glad for them as we’ve had a wonderful spell of great weather. Lovely and hot during the day but cool enough to sleep comfortably at night. Erika has made a great fuss of Pepper and he’s going to miss all that extra attention.
XX Dawg
🐔🐥🐣🐤🐓 this is for CGs chooks having a wash!

Who said ” The road to hell is paved with good intentions”. I can’t remember but thqtw how I am today. I was going to let Lewis read to me, then I was going to read to him. Then we were going to do some school stuff that’s needing attention. None of the above has happened as its too darn hot. ( song there somewhere ?) I’ve plonked him in front of the TV and I’m sitting doing nothing other than read and type. Now I’ve poured him a lemonade and I’m having a vino. Oh well there is always tomorrow.
Tonight we are having fridge surprise. All those bits of leftovers that have been lurking in the fridge over the past few days. Hubby bought us some oh so yummy Tassie smoked salmon so that will go down well too. I guess I’ll call the dish a la Margaret. SJ I don’t think anyone from the Great British Bake Off will be after my recipe. Did you see the Aussei version ? I enjoyed that too.
🌨🌧☔️💧☂💦☔️ my version of a rain dance.

Help!!!! I’ve just had 1/2 bottle o red wine n getting the munchies n wanna drink more too!!!
Started day great , did 12000 steps in work now feel I’m gonna blow it all. Had 10- 15 candies n 2 packets of popcorn. Feelin all hot n bothered cos I’m hyper thyroid too . Got air con on and desperately waitin for hubby to come home to stop me!!!

If you’re watching the cricket their sky looks a bit like ours right now…very smoky even though the fires are about 180km away. Sj xx

Hi All!
Bit of a theme here, I think! Broken sleep, lack of energy, alcohol taken….could there be a link??!! 😉 I shared a bottle of red with OH last night and had quite a restless night. I know that when it’s hot here (it does happen, sometimes!!) I find myself very lethargic and listless with little enthusiasm for anything other than sitting on the couch eating ice-cream….not a good plan.
SJ – my dad also taught me for the last two years of primary school but in those days there were no such things as report cards; however I know I got my love of singing and interest in history from him. I hope the fires are under control by now and that weather conditions are more favourable. Take care xx
WB – what you’re going through is very common; the non FDs can be harder because once you relax and start eating or drinking it can be hard to stop. I have used MFP to keep a tally throughout the day and it can help to show just how many cals you are consuming and so give you the strength to call a halt. Don’t stress out though, because a fast or two will get you back on track.
Dawg – sorry to hear you’ve been floored by the heat too but as CG says; you have been flat out with all the visitors lately so no shame in putting the feet up now and taking a well-earned rest.
CG – so glad you’ve got your mojo back. You are never down for long; you’re just unstoppable! 🙂 Hope your Wild Turkey did the trick and that you had a lovely restful night. Xxxx
It’s cool and calm today and dry so far, so I think I’ll try and get out for another walk today….good for me and the mutt! It also keps me out of the kitchen for a while – that’s one of the drawbacks to open plan living….you’re always in the kitchen!! Have a great weekend everyone!!

Yes Fit and I still have that report card! One of the few things from my childhood that survived so many moves. We had to draw a picture for the cover and mine is a little village of toadstools flowers etc. Each page was copied on the good old roneo gestedner copier (remember…turn the handle for each copy)? Just a very simple version of what they get these days! But I treasure mine and more so because it was my dad too. Xx

So annoying, lost my long post and it took me back to page 1 of this group and asked me to log in. I had advice for you WB but never mind. 31 here too today.

Good afternoon all. Been MIA so long can’t remember when I last posted so will go forward from here.
Did remember that UP had a fall ..hope you are improving.
CG can just picture you being caught out by your fencing man. Such a vivid picture too. Love it.
And while I have been MIA you lost your mojo and got it back, well done.
SJ that fire is certainly causing some problems. Hopefully they will be able to get it under control soon before it does too much more damage.

I had the most wonderful day yesterday with all of my daughters friends.
🎾🎾🎾The tennis was great and all the kids played well on the grass outside the tennis court with croquet, t ball etc.. So lovely to see. So lucky to have the local tennis court so close.Catering for 15 young healthy adults and 6 kids and 3 toddlers for dinner was a bit of a challenge but all went well thanks to the old BBQ rissoles, sausages, corn and pleanty of salads. Everyone enjoyed it and have said we must do it again next time they all come. My D has decided that sleeping in a tent in the back yard is the best place to be at the moment leaving her house to all her visitors. Very sensible if you ask me. 🎪⛺️🏕🌌🌌🎪 beautiful day for them all at the beach today 🏖🏖🏖 then they are all off to a blueberry farm to pick blueberrys and feed the ducks this afternoon. We decided it was better for us to have a rest day and boy is it good to just lay around and do thing much. The young just have so much energy can still remember the time when we were the same.

Must admit to going completely overboard with drinkies and nibbles though.🍾🍷🍹🍫🧀🍑🍒 And absolutely guilt free……Think this will have to be a three fast day week to make up for all of the frivolities.

Had the best Skype from our oldest son in Canada to say they will be coming out for 9 wonderful weeks through June, July, August. This year is ahaping up better and better 🍼🍼. ✈️✈️✈️⛵️⛵️🚕🚗. LOVING LIFE.

My wish for all of you is have improved sleeping, improved family relations where desired, safety from fire and flood and damaging weather, good health and most of what you wish for in the new year. Can’t have it all I guess.. That would be just too much to hope for. 🛌🛌👨‍👩‍👦‍👦👨‍👩‍👦‍👦👩‍❤️‍👩🍀🍀☔️✨🌛⛅️⚾️🎼🍾🎉🎉⛱💞💞

Now to come back down to earth and get prepared for FD tomorrow and the pool. 💜💜💜

Hahaha PH after the discussion of doing some cleaning or sorting for 20 minutes, I thought I would start with my sewing room. I started at 1pm yesterday and am still going!!! I don’t know whether I will find anything anymore but gee it looks good. Doesn’t it make you feel great 😄😄 whose idea was it again?

Hi all. It’s good to see you back to your usual self CG. I too was watching the cricket last night and wondered if there’d ever get to bat in those smoky conditions. I’m glad to see that India is here for a series of ODIs. For our honorary Aussies that stands for One Day Internationlas which is a 50 over version of cricket. It probably makes as much sense to you as Grid Iron does to us!
WB I find after a few glasses of wine I also get peckish and am looking for the nibbles. That would be the Insulin we get from the sugar. I’m not always successful at avoiding the temptation. Mind you with Xmas and New Year over, we have less rubbish food in the house. I plan to keep it that way.
So team tomorrow I’m going to start 5:2 ing again. I’ve boiled some eggs and have the necessary in the way of protein and salads. I’m ALMOST looking forward to it. It will be interesting to see how easy or otherwise it will be to get back into the habit.
This morning while out walking we met up with neighbours who are our age. Both of them look quite haggard and old. Why you ask.? Because they have a fixation about not putting on any weight and they are too thin and look gaunt. A happy medium is my desired outcome. So 6-7 kilos less for me and I will be A1 OK.
XX Doggy

Everyone seems to have caught the cleaning bug…hasn’t found me yet..maybe next week.
GG what. Terrible trip to Syd.. thanks for the research.. is it that soon? My time does fly. I’ll have to start making some more bookings for our tassie trip. All arrangements in place for the WTF reunion except the Opal card. Now will know to purchase one at the airport when we fly in from Launceston thank you for that.

In case our newby’s don’t know about the WTF reunion I’ll fill you in a little. CG and GG and I’m not sure who else got together last year for the inaugural Aussie Determination reunion. When they started organising something for this year I decided to go on Wed/Thurs/Fri instead of the full week. And of course the reunion was then aptly named the WTF reunion..possibly not referring to the days in the week..😀😀😀
Those of us who are able to make it are going to Darling Harbour in Sydney in February..I’m not sure exactly who is coming as memory not wonderful. ✈️🚗🚂🚄

Sounds like you are on a roll today CG. See what I mean about my memory..

Wow you go girls. A reunion lasting 6 days!!!!! Sounds like you have met your soul buddies. Wonderful to see.

Ah PH I think that’s priceless advice re the nice bum /nice face & so true!!! To have a nice bum I’d need to be 50 something kilos & that ain’t gonna happen! It’s funny with photos though I’ve been quite happy with how I look these days (yes do still want/need to lose more though) until OH posted 2 photos of me the other day & my immediate thought was Gee is my bum & my bust still that big??? I thought they were looking so much better? And they truly are but photos just bring it all home to us. Hey I’ll never be model thin & don’t want to be but I’d like to get to the stage where I can look at a photo & say Yep that’s fine with me. Wonder IF it will ever happen or are we just never satisfied?
Thanks GG re the public transport info for the reunion. I will need to have that sorted in my mind as my flight out is at something like 5.50am so it will be a darn early morning start for me & you might need to direct me here there & everywhere! And of course if I arrive around midday (think it is) it will actually already be 3pm for me so I’ll be flagging by the end of the night. I deliberately did it that way though so I had more time with you guys.
PH sounds like you had an absolutely wonderful day with everyone & that you’re soo going to enjoy having your D close!! You’ll well and truly make up for those years apart I reckon! Enjoy your down time today.
Doggie that wine really is the cause of increased appetites isn’t it BUT…….it’s just so hard to avoid! I’ll be watching your posted weights each week from now on to see how we’re doing. When do you leave for you holiday & where are you going – apologies if you’ve already said. Obviously haven’t been doing enough Elevate!!!

Well a nice lunch with a wine has been had under the patio & we’re going out to friends for dinner. Sounded pretty good just a BBQ with salad & then a fruit salad so ideal. suejen XXXX

Fit. Hope the family meeting is not too hard on you and all of your siblings. It is such a difficult time for family when it comes to this. 💞💞💞
Dawg. Best of luck tomorrow ..fasting after such a long time. I’m sure you will smash it!!

SJ. Sounds like your patio is a great outdoor space to eat. You certainly have a lot of nice wines out there too. I love eating outdoors and we regularly eat on our front verandah with the lovely view of the escarpment. Re photos 📸📹🎥..I have always made sure that I am taking the photos but now that I am getting quite a bit less of me then maybe I will feature in some of the family pics. In the one posted on the thread I am still in my PJ’s and gown having breakfast that my son took whilst he was over taking me by surprise. It is the on,y one I could find to send earlier on. Guess there will be some camera’s clicking at the reunion and I won’t be able to avoid them. When you are over 100kgs the camera is not nice to you any way the photo is taken. Maybe I am now just a mere 98kgs then it will all change. Hahaha. I’ll have to position myself behind all of you little people…does not stop me enjoying myself though…

Well time for me to get to the land of Nod. Nite all💤😴💤😴💩😴

Me too CG I thought I would have so much time on my hands, now I have a huge list of To Dos. I always got things done when I worked full time, now I have to write lists so I can remember to do the important things.
Love this Facebook list and all of the nice people I have met. Thank you for being part of my weight loss journey all of you. What great company I am in. 😍😍

Wow, this one day of posting and the our little group goes from page 208 to 210…….
Well, it has been a long couple of days…… And it just keeps getting longer.
I did power read some of the posts….
I am sorry to hear about the people who lost their lives in the fires. It’s a shame! Have they figured out a cause or is it something that occurs naturally? We do have fires here occasionally in my area but 9 out of 10 times, it caused by people being careless when we haven’t had any rain in months.
I think it I’d great that some of you come together for a reunion each year. It’s truly amazing how one little thing such as a diet or new way of life can form lasting friendships.
Someone was talking about a teacher who praised them and they became readers then another who the teacher put them down. I’m sorry, I did not catch who but when my youngest was in primary school, I volunteered in a classroom for children with special needs and became great friends with her. Everyday, the teacher told each of her students how great they were in one way or another. Today, the students are now reaching graduation and moving forward in their lives. One particular child has very bad home life, but everyday of year 5, Jen (the teacher) praised this child. He was in her class because of behavioral issues. Jen told him what a good boy he was, how nice he was and more. Today as he is finishing year 11, he has gotten out of the special needs program, is a honor student pursuing his teaching a career. All because of one teacher who told him what a good kid he was! The point is one should never dismiss the power of kind words! I just think some teachers don’t understand this concept!
One question…… Does the anyone count their broths, tea or coffee as part of their part of their recommend water intake? I’m still having trouble getting to my recommended intake values. Should I count these as part of it?
Well, on ward and up ward……..