I don't like those energy bars. They seem so convienient when you don't have time to make a real meal or snack, but then the convienience sucks you up and the next thing you know you've eaten 800 cal. I try to not keep them in the house.

My quick snack is a bowl of high fiber cereal with FF milk. Even if you eat two or three it has such low fat and high protein and fiber that it's all good.

Good idea.

Yes, I stopped keeping them in the house coz I will tend to eat it ALL if it's there, just so I can stop thinking about it!

My dad came home from a huge hiking trip (90km in 4 days ) and there were leftovers... coulda stopped... feel so silly now, but I CONSCIOUSLY did it ALL!!!!

Anyway, gonna have a guilt free weekend now!

Ciao!

Oh goodness, Anke. You've been going through a rather tough time. And though you're over the hump, I will say a few words.

It seems we have both been having difficulties with work. Thankfully, I started my vacation today; I'm hoping for all the problems to blow over when I return next Friday. My view on jobs is that the company pays you for a service you render to them. You do the service; they compensate you for the time. My job isn't too enjoyable-- I work in an Accounting Office, so I'm surrounded by the minutia of running a company and incompetency. For the most part, it chaps my ass. But there are certain aspects that I have forced myself to realize suit me very well. My schedule is amazing, especially for a college student. I worked all 6:00 to 3:00s this summer, so I had all my evenings. It is very detail-oriented and methodical, and that is a wonderful fit for my personality. In the end, you just have to remind yourself why you are there and try to find certain things which make it livable, no matter how small they may be. Otherwise the stress will overwhelm you. I also tell myself that it isn't my career-- it's merely a job. After graduate school I will move onto what I enjoy doing. This is to get me through college; it's merely a task I have to accomplish. You've just got to change the attitude.

I've also had problems with binging, due to my period. And stress from work. I've been in such a miserable mood that all I do is pick and pick and pick and pick at food. The other night I munched on handfuls of flavored pretzels, grapes, strawberries, cereal... I even had chocolate. But this morning, I woke up and it was like a snap had occurred. I am focused again, and ready to tackle exercise and am clamping down on my food choices. Fluctuations are natural. If everything were according to plan, we would fester even in our happiness. Though they are frustrating, sorrowful and arduous times give us goals to aspire for and can give us the opportunity to access and refocus. In short, we learn, we overcome, and we're stronger for it. So build up that resolve and get back on the wagon!

Hehe, just what I needed to hear, Deeds, thanks!

Accomplishments since April:

-I have lost 13.8kg/30lbs in 19 weeks, or almost 5 months (maybe more depending on tonight's weigh in results...)

CM's lost:
9cm/3.5in around my butt
10.5cm/4.1in around my breasts
6cm/2.3in right under my breasts
11cm/4.3in around my hips
10.5cm/4.1in around the thinnest part of my waist
8cm/3.1in around both my thighs

-I have made body weight exercises a 3x weekly routine.
-I belly dance twice a week.
-I drink at least 2 litres water per day.
-I make sure, or at least try to get my 5-a-day fruit and veg in.
-I make sure, or at least try to get my 25g of fibre a day in.

MUST DO MORE EXERCISE NOW, that's what will help me maintain!!!

When I made the above post, I thought I had lost 26 pounds... just weighed (weekly weigh in) and

I have lost 30 pounds!!!



I love counting in kgs and lbs... a while ago I celebrated 10kg and 20lbs round the same time... now I celebrate 30lbs... and probably next week I'll celebrate 15kg!!!

I AM GETTING SOMEWHERE! I am so glad I have kept track on this forum... I don't think the accomplishment would seem quite as awesome without it. Also don't think I coulda done it without you guys!

Thanks to everyone.

I am happy... freakishly happy...

CHEEEEEEEEEEAAAA!!!! .........AHHHHHHH......I'm GOING CRAZY!!! THAT's AMAZING!!!!....you goooooo girl!!!

DECIDED. COMMIT.SUCCEED!......you are a perfect EXAMPLE!!! HAPPY FOR YOU!!!

WOO!!
That's awesome Anke! I knew you'd do well!

Congrats!

<3 Annie

Thanks guys

Now today is one of THOSE days....

I have procrastinated my work all week, and today it is all due. Will let you know if I survived the day later!

So mad at myself! Anyone had problems with procrastination AND overcome them??? HELP!!!???

Anyway, nothing to do RIGHT NOW but to do the work as fast and best as I can! Sigh, wish me luck

Wow Anke, look at you losing 30 pounds... amazing!! I wish I was as consistent as you in my weight loss...

I am the world's best procrastinator... imagine today I am supposed to write at least 4000 words of my dissertation and do the whole statistical analysis and still, it is 11 am and I am in my PJs, reading weight loss journals!
I can lose whole entire days just reading stupid stuff on the net, trying to find that one magazine I had 7 months ago, walking through town and looking into shop windows...
The only good thing is that when I am in panic mode I do do my work (and I am fast), and I think that is how/why I managed to get through the last 4 years of high school, 5 years of medical school and now 1 year of postgraduate medicine without ever failing a single exam or paper. Sometimes I think: imagine if writing the whole entire thing in 2 days gave me a B... what could I have done if I had taken the time to write the thing in the 3 weeks allocated...
But in the end it is about having a good time along the way and I can seriously say, I have almost always had good times. I never locked myself away for weeks or even months to do something and I am not a perfectionist, if something is only half good... that still sounds good to me!

I am looking forward to not being a student anymore and start work because then I will finally be a productive member of society.

Oh, also... congrats on 30 pounds... that is just amazing!
Love, Camy

Thanks Camy!

Ye, I managed highschool really well in that way... but it doesn't seem to work so well when it comes to certain types of work I think

When the panic is there I either do the work... or burst into tears and run away making silly excuses... it's a fine line which I will do each time!

I DO however also work fast.... if I actually did the work whn it was assigned... I could procrastinate AFTER it's done

Ye, I've always wondered if I would have achieved more by now had I applied myself in the allotted times I was given over the years... then again, procrastination (I can surf net ALL day... actually I DO that at work, which is why I'm not working )

Anyway, I have also had good times. No regrets, just lessons learned!

So it seems the universe is smiling upon me... it has rendered my boss into a blubbering mess about her upcoming divorce case... she took the day off, so everything that was due today is now due tomorrow.

Hehe, my first instinct: onto the forums!!!

BUT I DO see the error in this... and as soon as I've read all of these updates I'll jump back into work... really, I will

Hi Anke, stopping by and saying hi!

My homegirl got her MA in Third World Development in S.A., she lived near Durban in the ghetto. An unfortunate twist of fate brought her back here, but we've been having fun and hanging out since she returned.

Congratulations on the 30 pounds!!!!!!!!! That's 105,000 calories!!!!!!!!!

Keep it up!

Hey, that's pretty cool!

Hehe, ghetto. We don't call it that here We call it townships/location... the gangsta slang is loxion!

And I'm in the VERY suburban areas...

Thanks for stopping by!

She came back and said "Shame" like, all the time! It was cute!

Anyone ever get bored of this weightloss thing?? maybe I've just been obsessing on the forums too much

I'll be excited again tomorrow. On the other hand, it feels pretty good that it does not have to be the be all and end all of my day anymore... I mean, I'm just sticking to my plan, and focussing other energies on getting things done in my work and personal life.

I'm aspiring to become a professional belly dancer... but I will have to set up a dedicated practise schedule... I think I'll do that now (seeing as I'm at work, and I never do my work anyway, may as well get things done, right!)

Anyway, another day... another way... to do things better and better!!!