*vacuums the cobwebs*

*picks up 21 newspapers off the front lawn*

*throws out the moldy bread*

*wonders if you're on permanent holiday*

*hopes you don't ask what page your diary fell back to*

Thank you!!

Funnily enough, I do feel rested. I didn't expect to. Though the trip was demanding in its own ways, mostly those were different ways to the ones I'm used to here.

Thanks Colin. Overall, I have been very happy with the weight loss and the way it makes me feel. I guess an upside of eating badly on holiday, which I have just finished doing, is that it has reminded me how nasty that feels. I am very keen to get back to my pre-holiday weight now - it was such a short time ago that I am very aware of how much more I enjoyed being lighter. (I just gained 4.6 kg / 10 lb in 3 weeks.) That's not a bad thing to know. I recall that I had reached a stage where I knew I should keep losing weight because I care about being lighter for my health, but I couldn't much notice the increasing impact. Changing it back in a hurry I can certainly notice!!

There will be pics - a bit of sorting required first though.

Thank you!! Those newspapers were totally blocking me from getting in the door!!

Welcome back Feli!! It's nice to see you had a great time!! And I'm sure those nasty few pounds will be gone in no time!! Hope you get a lot done this week, I know how it is when you return from vacation. Lots to do. Well, can't wait to see those pics soon. Take Care!
Kim

Hey you Ive been missing youIm trying to get back into the swing of things...I need to refocus on weight loss and get my butt moving...I wanted to drop in and say hi and Im lookin forward to pics

In short. I have gained a heap of weight very fast. (4.6 kg/ 10 lb). I'm not terribly upset about that, though it was a surprise to me that it was so much. However, I know how to lose it and I've found that being back where I know how to straightforwardly shop well and eat well has allowed me to easily slip back into my pre-trip patterns. I thought that would happen, but after the excesses of the time away, I did feel a little nervous about how I'd feel once I got back and how much of a struggle it would be. I don't think that being able to get back on track easily means it doesn't matter that I ate badly while I was away though. I'm not wasting any time on regrets, but on a future holiday I think I'd try a bit harder to keep up the good food and exercise. I still don't have tried and true plan for how to make that happen though!! I just think that eating better and moving better are an instant reward in themselves I guess - generally better controlled eating means I feel physically better. I valued the holiday heaps, but I am really excited about being able to eat my usual food again - I'm loving that!


Hello! Yes, I thought I pretty well got on top of things here before I left, but it seems issues have been accumulating regardless, and this house needs a better scrub than it got previously. (Unlike my diary where the on-line help has been wonderful!!)
Hello again! I have a bunch of catching up to do. I need to pop over to your diary and catch up.




And now I'm falling asleep sitting up - so I will have to finish this later and catch up with other people's stories tomorrow.

Hey girlly I took a cpl months off sinc ei start this new job and put on abt 10 lbs myself - it happens and we are still here - and we will do somethign abt it!!!

That sounds like a wonderful perspective--best wishes,and I'm sure the weight is mostly bloat and stored glycogen, anyway! Welcome back!

What a good, positive attitude!! Proves you are no quitter. Glad you are back and that you had a good time!!

Hey its great to see you back and with a terrific attitude to boot!

I hope you enjoyed your vacation! I know how it is to let the healthy ideas slip while on vacation. Good Luck getting back on track. I bet it will day a few days...but it will feel good again! Have a good and healthy day!

I did come on here several days ago to just respond to people and say that I have not abandoned this diary! I wrote, and I hit “Go Advanced” and the whole thing froze and disappeared. Pretty much the same problem I had with trying to post in here while I was away!! I really handle that badly I'm afraid. Today I have cut and pasted this post into a safer place while I work on it.

However I am not giving up on anything, including this diary! Just trying to fit a lot in at present and trying, who knows how far I'll get with it, but I'm trying to not just slip back into the routines I had before I went away. Some were good, some included good things, but overall I felt like there was a wrongness in them. The trip made me thoughtful, though I didn't exactly take time to think about my usual life. When I walked back in my front door and saw the explosion that was our computer room I was convinced that I should use the altered perspective from my time away to make some improvements. I don't know how well I've done!! This morning at 5 minutes before I was due to drive him to school, my son told me that he couldn't find any school uniform shorts or shirts and asked if I knew where they were. Of course they were actually inside the washing machine, wet and half washed. I haven't been back to work yet either. Work I have not restarted yet and WLF I have not restarted yet, but evidently I am not yet sitting calmly on top of my life, in the place I'd like to be. Perhaps my life is just not a sufficiently still place for that seat to even exist.

The good news is that my weight has dropped fast since I came home. When I posted last Tuesday, it was 74.6 kg (164 lb) and after one week it was 72.2 kg (159 lb) – a loss of 2.4 kg (5 lb). I haven't done anything radical there – just my same old (wonderful!!) food, lots of walking fast in the shops and in the house and not much proper exercise, and a couple of meals that were a bit off plan since I was away from home. This may be the fastest loss I've had since I started here. I think it's a combination of some of the weight not being real fat (I actually lost about about 1 ½ kg in the first 36 hours or so), and perhaps that changed metabolism thing that's often talked about on here. Absolutely we are still here!!

It looks like you were on the money about at least half the weight, I hope the rest doesn't take too long to go.

Thank you!!

I have been aiming at being the right weight for my whole adult life, but that's included some long times when I was putting it off for a while. I never thought I would not eventually do it, but that was not enough to make it happen. I still have a question mark in my mind about the time out I gave myself on the trip. I know I will stay ok - I am back on track, and at the time I felt it would work out because I figured I would switch straight back when I returned. I wasn't and am not, feeling complacent about it though. I seriously think that any delay in getting back on track once I was here would have been a whole other story.

Thanks Cannon, I'm glad to be here and I appreciated knowing that you were still thinking about me while I was gone too!

Thanks Brandy. I do love the change in the way I feel about ... pretty much everything ... that comes from eating well and keeping my body active!


Well I am going to leave again now. I read a lot more at WLF than I post right now. One issue has been that I used to come on-line after dinner. Mostly this week I was unintentionally falling asleep after dinner and waking in the middle of the night sometime, and coming back out to finish the day's business while half asleep before I went back to the right bed. Without a clear evening in front of me I am a bit reluctant to start retyping in other people's diaries – I know if I start a back log during the day I will easily lose a day!


Oh but before I finish, I have to say that this morning I am going to go watch my daughter sing in front of our Prime Minister! It's because he's visiting the local member as part of the current Federal election campaign, and he's not on the same side of politics as me, but I find it a bit of thrill anyway. She will sing as part of the school choir and also sing the duet she performed earlier at the Burswood Concert. This happened last year too, and that time a close up of her face was on the TV news, though that time there was only the full choir singing. I would be petrified if it was me, but when she found out about it yesterday, she was grinning madly - she loves to perform.

Oh you should be so proud of your daughter!!And I am glad to see you on here even if you aren't here much like before!!

that is too cool... and way to go for her for not having stage fright -that's wonderful

I am proud!

And I am still getting heaps from this site and lovely posters like you, even if I am not here much at the moment.

Well it did definitely have a very cool side to it. I got burned for saying whatwas happening in advance of the facts, which I got a little wrong, but it was still fun. This time the children did all their singing before he actuallycame in and they didn't do the duets (which would have been wrong for the environment I think), but he did pose with them and shake all their hands.

It was kind of funny that the kids are a bit blase, being so young, and having been to the same place to do the same thing before. When they were asked in the bus afterwards about whether anything exciting happened they said all started talking at once about how Michelle was there - from Big Brother - and talked to them and gave them hugs! (Michelle is a bit of a fan of the PM and wanted to give him a rose - but couldn't get in.) The girl got a hug. Then they talked about Mr Howard - he "said my name right the first time", , "hurt my hand", "squashed my fingers really hard", "looks like a koala! ... But he does!" "I couldn't ask him the question my mum told me to ask him", and my girl said "He said to me, 'I think that's everyone...'" demonstrating him looking around as he shook her hand. I always wondered what those handpressing people found to say as they worked the lines.

I just have photos of her standing near Michelle and standing near the PM though - cos it was all pretty crowded so the shot I wanted was impossible. Whether I agree with them or not I find people like that interesting to see and hear in the flesh. Some of the reasons they got where they are are very clear when you see them in person. Their impact certainly doesn't come across as strongly as in those little blips they usually show on TV.



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My girl is on the end, on the right, with her hair in plaits.



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VERY strangely, I almost forgot to say that I lost weight again - another 2 lb in the last two days. I still haven't done anything different to what I did for ages last term while my weight plateaued! I am NOT complaining though, not, Not, NOT!! I just wish this would last all the way to my goal weight.

My new weight is 71.3 kg (157 lb).