Another apology tonight and a solution has been found that isn't perfect but at least it's a solution. We'll go 60 kilometres one way for an 8-ball comp. & then 60kms back same day and then 40kms in the other direction for the 8-ball GF. The GF was meant to have been changed to another day but has only been delayed an hour. There's a lot more to this but that will do as an explanation(part). I'll drive.
We're over it for now. Next year it will be very different.
I just thought I would have a quick look to see if anyone's about but it looks not. We're off to bed early as we have some sleep to catch up on. I think we both feel exhausted.
Sat our YS(who lives 2&1/2 hrs away) and a friend are staying the night with us so they may come along to the GF. Who knows? 'Night, Cate

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Went to the vein specialist and had one more treatment. Walked for a couple of hours afterwards. Tried on lots of bathers and just couldn't buy any as I couldn't get past the look of my legs. Too much cellulite for them to be exposed to the public!
I haven't eaten much today but what I did eat was very healthy.
I'm tired tonight and there doesn't seem to be anyone around anyway so will say good-night, cheers, Cate

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Lost 36kgs 2007(Cohen's),now maintaining.
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I slept for 10hrs! I didn't weigh this morning as our OS turned up while we were still in bed dozing. I'll weigh tomorrow.
It's so quiet in here at the moment.
I'll come back tonight to see if there's any action but usually the week-ends are worse.
Cheers, Cate

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Lost 36kgs 2007(Cohen's),now maintaining.
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Well....the only thing happening in this part of the forum is bloody spam! Hate that!
We had a very busy day today getting wood. We got 3 loads. It's really good exercise. I love being outdoors and it was a beautiful day.
Our YS rang about his OS trip. He can get 15% off the tours if he pays in the next week so I think he'll be able to do that. What fun! He plans on being away a year from next May. We'll see him tomorrow and Sunday so will hear some more. I've offered to do his banking while he's away. I did that for his brother and organised a telecard so he could ring home and not pay for it.
I'll head off for a bit of a look around other forums and come back to see if anyone is here before giving up for the week-end. Cheers, Cate

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Lost 36kgs 2007(Cohen's),now maintaining.
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hi,

just thought i would have a nosey around, you were kind enough to answer my postings. how are you doing reaching your goal weight? i just discovered my scales are dead so no weight update yet for me..
Do you know any one who has lost a huge amount? i know they say that the deit helps tone the skin and muscle but after 4 kids and an extra 50kgs i wonder and worry just how much will tone. i am naughty and am walking once a day and doing some tone up exercises i am hoping the two combined will help.
good luck for the weekend..

Chelle

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Hi Chelle, I know of lots of people who have lost more than that and look great and really toned. I am maintaining within my goal-weight range and lost 36kgs over a year ago. Just remember that you are on a very restricted program(few calories) and exercise can make you hungry and may tempt you to deviate from the program. I'm amazed at how well my skin has firmed & I'm an old gal of 55! I have been playing around in this forum reading in other threads. It can be very entertaining, especially reading Mal's posts! Very witty. Thanks for your visit Cheele and your best wishes for the week-end, cheers, Cate

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Lost 36kgs 2007(Cohen's),now maintaining.
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What a big week-end! 8-ball, 8-ball, 8-ball! Our YS & a friend won the state doubles, our OS & my LH's team lost the GF & then today the 3 of them played a practise match against one another for the Nationals and I was the driver/coffee maker, lunch buyer etc. I'm stonkered!
I enjoyed the week-end but have not had much sleep. Today I felt like I had a massive hangover, without having any alcohol at all.
It was lovely spending the two days with my family of men.
I am going to check out movies etc as I have decided to have the 2 older grandkids for a day & a night while my LH is in Melb this week. I so love my family. Having grown-up "kids" in some ways is harder but in others better. Grand-kids are sheer joy!
Cheers, Cate.

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Lost 36kgs 2007(Cohen's),now maintaining.
"Nothing tastes as good as slim feels".Mmm?No!Not even French Champagne!!

Scales were less than expected but I must knock off a few kgs before Summer & get down to my lowest weight.
Yoghurt & fruit for breakfast & have drunk 1 litre of water already & had 2 crackers.
Eggs & salad for lunch, fish & vegies for dinner tonight. Crackers only today, no extra carb's(bread, rice etc) & no dark chocolate after dinner.
It's a beautiful day today. A lovely Spring day. I have been spring cleaning, including my LH's golf clubs. He's off to Melb tomorrow to play golf & is working today so I've cleaned his clubs for him. He'll be pleasantly surprised when he gets home from work to find them clean.
I think I've got a good deal as I don't have to cook!(or go off to work!)
I almost forgot to say-
yesterday I really felt like eating junk food which is really weird these days so I did. For "lunch" I had a packet of Salt & Vinegar crisps, a small fudge & an icecream in a cone. Absolutely no goodness at all! Basically I skipped real food, suffered no guilt, actually enjoyed all of it, saw it as a one-off & then got home & got back to healthy eating again. I think it was a good thing that I did it because I have no urge to do it again because I don't want to be fat again & it does not fit in with my long-term aim which is to be really healthy & as fit as I can.
I am amazed at the diet of many young people I know. I see them skip meals, including breakfast, all the time & then eat crisps, chocolate bars, drink coke or pre-mixes including coke. I would hate to think what they will be like when they are my age if they keep it up. Scary thought.
I'm listening to Martha Wainwright at the moment. She has a wonderful voice. Aaahh to be able to sing like that. She's such a natural.
I had better get moving again.I'll go for a walk I think as it's so nice. I was about to hop on the exercise bike but that would be a bit silly on a sunny day such as this. Cheers, Cate.

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Lost 36kgs 2007(Cohen's),now maintaining.
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Cate,
you sound like you had a great weekend. You have such a great outlook. sticky issue with kids. Junk food is everywhere and the choices are many. responsibility rests on many shoulders. I will leave it there otherwise it turns into an essay not a posting..he he he.. My daughter is not being very co operative at present this morning so i shall wish you well and post later.

Chelle

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Hi Chelle, I did have a good week-end even though it was very tiring. What was really good about it for me is that it was very sociable and I got to see my 2 sons and my husband all together for the whole week-end. Nice. My LH ended up having a Fathers Week-end rather than just Fathers' Day! Our YS & his young friend took out a State title so that was a bonus even though we couldn't stay to watch as we had to drive the opposite way to an 8-ball grand final on Saturday night in which my LH & OS were playing. Was not happy about that. My LH is the captain of the team so had to be there right from the start. I arranged for another 8-ball player to drop our son & his friend off where my LH & OS were playing later. This other guy played off in the final with a young friend of ours against our YS & his mate which was a bit funny. It's a big family though & we all get on pretty well. We know so many people from all over Australia through 8-ball. I love that! Later that night our YS told one of the organisers what he thought of him. I had just ignored them for the evening or I think I would have told them too. The guy who had really upset us spent the evening being very nice to my husband.
Chelle, how old is your daughter? I never wanted girls and was really grateful that I had 2 boys but I must say I am really enjoying having a grand-daughter. She is just so cute but oh so strong-willed! I adore her and am enjoying the girlie things like playing with a doll that I bought that gets left here for when she visits.
I have had another good day. I have thoroughly cleaned my LH's golf clubs & bag, prepared all the goodies for Pho Bo(will provide my recipe for anyone if they want it) tonight, went for a walk, done lots of housework, enjoyed a delicious, healthy lunch, finished off Martin Flanagan's book, "In Sunshine & In Shadow"(wonderful!) and pottered about. I feel so relaxed and happy.
I might not be back tonight. I'll spend time watching tv with my LH as he's off to Melb tomorrow. It's only for 1 night but I'll miss him. That's why I think I'll have 2 of the GK's up for the night. I know, I'm an old sook! Cheers, Cate

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Lost 36kgs 2007(Cohen's),now maintaining.
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I didn't hear from my DIL about having the gk's for the night so didn't ask again. Either my son forgot to tell her(most likely) or they both forgot.
Instead I headed off in my trackies & Nike runners to our local town. I visited a woman along the way who's partner died a couple of months ago. I helped her briefly with a fence and then headed off. I went for quite a large walk & then visited a friend who has just had a shoulder reconstruction. She & her husband both really want & need to lose weight but he, in particular, is at the down stage & having trouble getting motivated to do something positive. I am carefully trying to encourage them. I asked her if she wants me to call in on the way next time so that she can come walking with me & she is very keen. She has decided to use the time off work & put it to good use & to try & lose some weight.
It would help them immensely if they could just feel good about themselves & going for a walk together would be a great start. They have recently given up smoking which is great.
My LH is in Melb. & I have enjoyed my day/evening. I went shopping for some more fruit & vegies & the makings of another Pho. My husband loves it as much, if not more, than I do & it's such a healthy way to eat. I had some for my dinner tonight, followed by fresh fruit salad & yoghurt. I am just polishing off a huge pot of herbal tea. I mix peppermint, oolong & senna pods & at the moment I am also adding a raspberry leaf mix.
I love peppermint tea. It's my favourite & oolong I add because it's meant to be very good for you.
I walked a lot today & feel so good because of it. I'm going to ring around tomorrow to see about some group exercise. I wish we had belly dancing classes nearby or Pilates or aquarobics(but that would require bathers-ugh!). My veins are disappearing after last week's treatment but the tops of my legs are so flabby. My sister says her legs turn to big muscle so easily if she exercises too much. She's so small but her legs are large in proportion(she says- I've never noticed this as she's so slim) Hopefully walking will trim them down without muscling them up too much! Any suggestions gratefully received.
No-one's about so will head back to the "idiot box".
Cheers, Cate

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Lost 36kgs 2007(Cohen's),now maintaining.
"Nothing tastes as good as slim feels".Mmm?No!Not even French Champagne!!

Oh I really don't like sleeping on my own. Only one night away but I missed my lovely husband. What a sook! It took me ages to go to sleep & I stayed up until 11. I wasn't nervous at all though.
I have had a really good day. My OGS(oldest grand-son) rang to see if he could come up as mum was going visiting someone with young kids and he preferred to come up here for the afternoon. He arrived after lunch & we went for a big walk around our 50 acre block.
After a while though he felt ill & went for a lay down & didn't surface for 2 hours. He felt nauseous when he woke up & I rang his dad to pick him up on his way home from work. The poor little thing went back to bed until dad picked him up. Apparently he has been like this for a few days. It must be a virus I think. I wasn't at all hungry which is very unusual and was fairly quiet. I had asked him if he wanted to go see a movie tomorrow & he said "not really." This is not normal. I hope he's better soon.
My LH is not home until about 11pm tonight.
I made a huge Pho today and also a huge fruit salad. I've done lots of house-work and also walked for about an hour. I am exercising for about an hour every day at the moment and I'm sure that's why I am feeling so positive.
I'll come back later as it's time to have some dinner. I think I'll have a chicken salad. It's been a beautiful sunny day. I just love Spring! Cheers, Cate

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Lost 36kgs 2007(Cohen's),now maintaining.
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having lots of fun reading your posts and using my code breaking skills but i am yet to discover what PHO is? i too walked alot today, we live across the road of a very large park and sports oval. It was a public (natural Bush) golf course that went belly up and after many years of being a fire hazard the council have cleaned it up layed raised gravel pathways and added the new sports pavillion and ovals . it recently added some equipment a bit like a mini circiut, some weight and cardio's. they are good fun and its a great walk....
i have been good and have lost 3.5kgs at weigh in on tuesday. size 14 bridesmaid dress here i come...

Daughter #1 has her birthday picnic on sunday so i have many many temptations, but am writing this instead.

I am trying to read your old posts and catch up on your journey.
My husband works a fly in fly out roster and i find it harder to sleep when he is gone, the bed is empty and noticabley colder, some nights i sleep on the couch just so i dont go to my empty room... tv to keep me company... oh, i am sad..

My kids have been ill too, my daughter seems to have come down with a second dose and has been asleep since i came home, she missed dinner completely tonight. i just hope that i dont catch it, it seems awful.

I have 2 boys J -13, N -10 and 2 girls K -7 (nxt wk) and A- 11 months.

anyway i thank you for listening to me, wish you another good day.

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Hi Chelle, That's funny! Pho is a Vietnamese soup that we both love. I make Pho Bo which is beef soup. I just searched the computer for the recipe & was going to copy & post it but it must not be saved on my laptop. I'll type it up sometime soon and post it for anyone that's interested.
I have learned a lot of abbreviations and most were a mystery to me when I first started in the forum. TOM was a mystery for a long time until I asked someone.
LH is my lovely husband.
OS is older son.(27)
YS is younger son(25)
GK's are the grandkids- OGS(older grand-son) is 9, only GD(grand-daughter) is 2, YGS is 9mths(AKA the grandbaby).
Abbreviations are fun and it's good for our brains to try to work them out. I laugh out loud sometimes at some of them!
I didn't like DH for darling husband because DH for me has other connotations and mine is a LH (lovely husband).
I don't know how you cope with your husband flying in & out. It must be hard. I think I would be spending most nights on the couch as well! My LH is a wonderful hot water bottle.(no double meaning meant here!)
Today is not so nice but I feel good again(still) My LH has gone off to work and I have processed the huge soup and done the dishes. I skimmed the fat off the top and picked out most of the peppercorns & star anise and have frozen 6 fairly large containers & 1 HUGE one. This would feed all of the family including both sons, DIL, us & the GK's plus extras. I decided to do this as then I have one ready for Christmas as I've been promising one for a while. Now it's done.
I rode my bike again last night after getting an email from my sister. She says light & fast is the way to go so as not to muscle up the legs too much. So very little tension & ride fairly fast. That's good because that's what I prefer to do. I'll get on it again this afternoon but will go for a walk in a minute, before lunch to get the paper and mail. It's a very steep walk down & then back uphill. It gets the heart-rate going and is a battle to get back up without stopping to catch my breath.
My LH's trip was marred a bit by the doddering old geezer who organised the trip. There was a long list of irritating traits that are way too numerous to mention or list. Needless to say he won't be going away with him ever again. He isn't usually critical of people but hardly drew breath telling me about him. He enjoyed the golf though as it was on one of the newer sand-belt courses in Melb & was very ritzy.
OK- time to get moving again. Cheers for now, Cate

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Lost 36kgs 2007(Cohen's),now maintaining.
"Nothing tastes as good as slim feels".Mmm?No!Not even French Champagne!!