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Quacka, great job. Keep going, good for you. I managed to put in another FD on Sunday in between social engagements. Keeping under 60kg so I’m very pleased.
Cinque, yes, I was wondering about LJ. She uses the forum as a personal food diary to keep herself accountable so I’m hoping she’s doing OK.
GDSA, lost posts are frustrating.
Morning all
Well, I don’t know where that came from, but I was up a kilo this week at my weigh in. I’ve been keeping pretty consistent with my eating, no binges, no excessive sugar or starchy carbs. It’s a weird one. Our bodies can be so frustrating sometimes when they randomly decide to pile on weight for no reason.
Good Morning Everyone
Thanks Neil and thin! I’m on my second FD for the week and still feeling very positive although there was no jogging this morning lol. I did go to the gym though so I’ve done some exercise for today.
Neil, don’t worry about that 1kg. I’m guessing it’s just water weight – sometimes we hold on to a little extra water depending on foods we have eaten. You said you have been feeling a bit stuffy, it could just be your body responding to that. Yes, our bodies are sometimes strange, inconsistent and inexplicable. Next week I bet you lose more than you expect!
Thin, you are always an inspiration with your dedication to fasting and how you don’t let anything get in the way of it. Under 60kg is great!
G’day please don’t let those lost posts stop you from posting. I understand how frustrating it is though. Hope to hear from you soon.
Hi to everyone else reading and not posting. Remember it’s ok to just say a quick hi if you like. Hope you are all ok xx
Hi everyone
I can’t believe how quickly time flies, even when not working. I am determined to fill my days with productive tasks and do all those things I moan about not getting time for. This entails deep cleaning in the back of cupboards etc, decluttering, exercise and lots of cooking of healthy meals. My weigh loss is back on track and heading nicely in the right direction
I have an interview tomorrow that I am quite hopeful about. It came via a connection which makes sense. I read articles every day saying that you can apply for 100 jobs but 80% of the time you will find another job via someone you know. Fingers crossed!
Bali sounds absolutely divine Lindsay and yay for your cozzie fitting so nicely
I hear you Neil, sometimes there is no rhyme or reason for the scales misbehaving but as you know if you stick to it the results will come
Your day out in the winery sounds beautiful Thin. I too am terrified of sharks so rarely swim in the ocean – and even then only in the shallows. My niece has taken up ocean swimming racing in the past 18 months and my heart is in my mouth each time she is racing. Ugh
Quacka you are going to be fit, slim and fabulous for your holiday. Yay!!
I hope your legs are feeling better Cinque
Sorry for your lost posts G’day, it is SO frustrating
Ok I need to do some interview prep so will say bye for now and let you know how it goes tomorrow
Hi Everyone
Thanks Anzac xx Hope your interview goes well for you today. I’m thinking of you
76.9 kg this morning after FD yesterday. That’s 3kg gone since I restarted so I’m very happy. I’m hoping tomorrow is a bit further down as last week I was 400g lighter on the day after the day after FD lol (so FD Wednesday, lightest on Friday)
Just going to keep going.
Have a great weekend everyone xx
Quacka, it’s so highly motivating to see the weight falling away. Well done. Thanks for your kind words. I will never forget how all consuming and depressing it was to be overweight and that’s what keeps me motivated never to return to those days.
Anzac, I hope that interview went well. Of course it did. Who wouldn’t want you? We had a laugh yesterday. DD had applied for a volunteer job in Bhutan with a charity castrating macaques. She has plenty of castration experience, a wildlife background and experience volunteering in a vet capacity in Africa, India and NW Australia. The charity did at least have the decency to reply but specified that applicants must have experience in castrating macaques! Good luck with that. Amusing that they want a vet to work for several months with no pay, airfares, or any help whatsoever, operate in very challenging conditions, yet think they’ll find one with experience castrating a specific breed of monkey!
Good morning everyone from me and my delicious coffee.
Thin, oh dear, op shops can make it hard to donate.
Hooray for fitting in fast days between social events. And for keeping your healthy weight as a priority. So key.
My mind is boggling at DD’s lack of macaque castration expertise for that volunteer job. Partly wondering what was so particular about castrating macaques, but also… do they really have 6 months work of castrating macaques??? How does that work? Do randy macaques wander streets causing trouble there?
Anyway, I really really hope you are more successful in your job application/interview Anzac. I am lighting a candle to keep my good wishes flowing to you. You are so right that it is personal connections that get you the jobs that fit best and more likely to get when someone you know is involved somewhere along the line.
My legs are fine now thankyou!
Gday, what on earth happened to your posts? I really hope you don’t give up. Maybe copy and paste for a few times and then hopefully everything will behave properly again? Lots of good wishes anyway.
Quacka, so lovely to see you working hard and successfully. So lovely to end the summer healthier and fitter and looking particularly gorgeous, and comfortable, in your clothes.
Neil, I hope it was hayfever and just a brief attack, or that you have some good meds. Ooh yum those pears and plums!
I bet that kilo blip will be a quick one. Hooray for avoiding those extra carbs, you are surely on track.
Hello Lindsay, Cali, LJoyce, Turn and anyone else reading. I’m off to light that candle. Cheers all.
Thought I had better show my face after stalking you all for so long.
Lovely to hear all your news, and I’m so glad I’m not the only one not managing to lose any weight at present. I’m not sure my head is really in the correct space at the moment, my father is back in hospital in the UK, and after finally getting a diagnosis from the Drs. of a cancerous tumor entering the kidney, enduring lots of intravenous medication/antibiotics and a blood transfusion, he has at last regained his appetite, his humour and some of his strength. Enough for him to be sitting in the chair when my mother visited him yesterday, the first time since she can’t remember when! Only to have a fall getting back into bed and now he is booked in for surgery tomorrow to pin his hip! Bugger. He’s feeling very sorry for himself, I think his pride is more damaged than anything else.
Our house build has been put back a month due to a few minor tweaks with the architect and engineer reports, but the first timbers went up yesterday, yay! We have signed off on the final kitchen plans and they have a three week lead time, so as we are away from house-sitting again through May, we won’t be having it shifted on to the site until we return in June. It seems such a long time away but I know how quickly that time will fly by. We are currently back in Christchurch sitting our friends’ house, dogs, cat, goldfish, chickens, sheep and cows! At least we have free rein of the orchard apples and pears, so like you Neil I shall be busy with those next week.
Hopefully I’ll get through our busy social events over the next three /four days and start concentrating a bit harder on getting my weight down again. I’ve only put on a couple of kilos, but it’s just so easy for them to grow into more?!
I have added a picture of the latest house to be delivered on site, it’s the same shape and size as ours but ours will be a slighter different color steel and wood.
https://imgur.com/a/kdA9NUU
Speak again soon, keep well everyone, Turn.
Cinque, I’m sorry I missed the post about your legs. But glad they are OK now.
Macaques, well it will be a population control initiative, either numbers out of control or spreading disease or similar. Clearly, the charity isn’t run by vets or they’d understand that a vet’s training enables them to apply their knowledge and experience of one species to problem-solve complex issues with another. And that’s one reason vets volunteer – to gain that experience. I expect they hire a team of locals to catch the macaques. That’s what happened when DD was volunteering with a UK vet charity to help eradicate rabies in India. Here’s a fun video she made of it if you have 90 seconds to spare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSaHtlBUDLM
Turn, what a treat to hear from you. Sorry to read about your dad. Tricky when you’re so far away. That tiny house is so cool. I wish I could see inside although, since your previous post on the topic, I have looked at many of them. Tesla have some very innovative solutions to transport, delivery, set-up and so on. They’re like flat packs being opened up and assembled.
Sorry, all a bit off topic, eh?
Hi friends
Thanks for the good wishes but the interview (and job) was cancelled late Wednesday afternoon. Apparently the business pushed back on the project team about hiring any more resources. Poor Mr A came home from grocery shopping to find me having a total blubbery meltdown on the couch with Maxx sitting on my feet looking very anxious
But new light at the end of the tunnel, yesterday the only other BA on the project rang to say they are pushing back as they simply cannot meet the deadlines without more resources. We had a Teams chat and she was so lovely and positive and said she is going to push hard before I find something else (ha) as ‘good people are hard to find, even in a tough market’. So that was really lovely to hear and I have regained my positivity. Sort of
I am so sorry to hear about your Dad Turn, and it must be so hard being on the other side of the world. I hope his hip surgery goes well and he is back to feeling better again soon. Good luck with the house build too
Given the tough market with so many unemployed Macaque castrationers (new word), I’m not surprised your DD could not get a look-in for the volunteer job Thin. Seriously though, what a joke. I wish them luck
A calendar reminder just popped up to say it is LJ’s birthday. If that is correct Happy Birthday LJ if you are reading
Haha Cinque, I now have a vision of randy Macaques wandering the streets of Bhutan 🙂
I am down from a high of 96.1 post holiday to 93 so chip chip chipping away. I want to get back into the 80’s asap so will grit my teeth (so that I can’t get food through them) and get there
take care all
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10:55 pm
24 Feb 25