imaninjadangit
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Do you drink dry or sweet wine?
I'm aiming for 59kg
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Good job on just getting that apple at the station! When you get used to going to a certain place and getting a certain thing it can be very hard to change your ways so good for you 
As for not that many commenting I think lots of people don't check in very often or they come on get support and then never come back! Or they just get tired of writing in their diary shortly after starting it. Also I think some people just comment in their own diaries and then never venture to other peoples which is completely fine unless they complain about no one supporting them even though they don't take the time to support other people.
I also hope you enjoy more wonderful time in your garden this summer! I feel like you will have plenty of time to check in more when its winter but I can understand why you are in the forum quite a bit. You keep trying to help people start along their weight loss, support them and get mutual support. It's a habit that is hard to start and I think you need support to keep doing it until you feel more comfortable.
Thank you for the support you give me as well I am totally excited for you to come back and proclaim you are 55kg! Bring lots and lots of healthy snacks so you can avoid that last minute weight gain.
As for not that many commenting I think lots of people don't check in very often or they come on get support and then never come back! Or they just get tired of writing in their diary shortly after starting it. Also I think some people just comment in their own diaries and then never venture to other peoples which is completely fine unless they complain about no one supporting them even though they don't take the time to support other people.
I also hope you enjoy more wonderful time in your garden this summer! I feel like you will have plenty of time to check in more when its winter but I can understand why you are in the forum quite a bit. You keep trying to help people start along their weight loss, support them and get mutual support. It's a habit that is hard to start and I think you need support to keep doing it until you feel more comfortable.
Thank you for the support you give me as well
I am totally excited for you to come back and proclaim you are 55kg! Bring lots and lots of healthy snacks so you can avoid that last minute weight gain.Injun.. i mean ninja... I mean Robyn, i prefer dry wine. However when i bought my last batch of cleanskins I decided to try something called soft white - mistake. Its a sweet thing. Its not bad but i only like sweet wines with dessert and those i love. But they are usually expensive and i no longer eat dessert and anyway it was only ever a very rare event to get to drink a dessert wine.
But i like chardonnay, reisling, sav blanc. Not so fussed on chablis. Although i am sure i would like everything if were a "good" wine and not the cheapest thing on the shelf which is what i usually drink.
In the Reds, i like merlot because its light and for our hot climate, heavier reds are hard to drink.
But really when push comes to shove i will drink anything short of ilghter fuel. lol
But i like chardonnay, reisling, sav blanc. Not so fussed on chablis. Although i am sure i would like everything if were a "good" wine and not the cheapest thing on the shelf which is what i usually drink.
In the Reds, i like merlot because its light and for our hot climate, heavier reds are hard to drink.
But really when push comes to shove i will drink anything short of ilghter fuel. lol
Yes me too.
I don't really know what you mean by the healthy snack comment. I generally try to avoid snacking though if i needed one, i'd have fruit. Though on my bike ride, i can't have fruit except when i am in town. I just have big meals and they keep me going. There's no petrol stations out there to tempt me or fast food joints. The risk comes when i get to a town with a raging appetite. Actually last time i started drinking glasses of creamy milk and spoonfuls of peanut butter until i could get to a big shop and then i bought a ton of lollies. I think i did ok after that until i got to Darwin and then i would buy two packets of caramel tim tams ( a yummy aussie chocolate biscuit), eat cakes in the cafes and i went to one restaurant where i only ordered dessert. But my goodness that was a really delicious dessert. I can't remember what it was though. Maybe creme brulee.
When i am in Darwin this time i will treat myself at the restaurants and cafes with yummy savoury foods that are potentially lower in calories. But not too much because i can't afford to eat out all the time. I love Darwin. Its a small city at the top of Australia and close to Indonesia. It has a beautiful tropical feel even more so than my own city. And because its a capital city it has a bit of sophistication with lovely art galleries and a good museum. There's a beautiful footpath along the cliffs next to the sea where i can go running once or twice a day. And down by the beach, they have some good night markets a couple of times a week where you can buy yummy asian foods. Most of those are pretty fatty though so i will have to be careful with them. In the evenings, all the tourists like to congregate on the beach to watch the famous Darwin sunsets.
May 19 Day 47 (on this site) + one month more
Measurements in inches
Neck - 12.5 unchanged since last measurements but i am not sure of that date.
wrist - 6 unchanged as above.
5 April................19 May
Bust - 37”/94cm........Bust - 35
waist - 29”/74cm ......Waist - 27
hips - 40”/102 .........Hips - 38
thigh - 23”/59..........thigh - 21.5
height 165cm
Weight 65.8kg .........Weight Today: 61.4kg
Down 800g That’s more like it. I am starting to understand more about what is going on here. I hadn’t done any exercise for days, so i figure my muscles are storing more and more glycogen and hadn’t been full capacity. But yesterday i did exert myself in the garden a bit so I must have used up some of that fuel. Also i still haven’t been to the loo for about 4 days now so that’s also adding to the weight. So it really goes to show that its not worth worrying about daily fluctuations when you know you are still sticking more or less to the plan. Certainly we don’t put on and lose fat that fast.
I thought it would be a good idea to do my measurements today since i won't be able to weigh myself during my trip but i will be able to measure myself. I"m taking a tape measure along lol.
7.00am coffee w 1/2 cup milk
8.30 am Breakfast
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup full cream milk
1/2 cup low fat milk
1/2 cup grapes
I’ve been out doing my irrigation. Still not done but getting there.
10am: 1 cup nescafe w 1/3 cup milk
12: Lunch
Rice, lentils, cabbage in indian spice
1/2 cup rice
1/2 cup cooked lentils
2 cups raw cabbage
2 cloves garlic
1 tsp mustard oil
1 tsp channa masala (premixed spices normally used for chickpeas)
I wasted almost 4 hours in town this arvo. God still so much to do. I'll never get it done. Especially not while i am sitting here drinking a glass of wine at 5.30 in the afternoon. I still haven't packed my bike, the house or my kit. I"ve finished hte irrigation. Cleaned up the pots. Done a few more windows and lourvres. Done a few other jobs as well as the jobs i had to do in town which included 30 minutes at the doctors getting a dissolving stitch taken out!!! How dumb was that. I didn't know it was a dissolving stitch and have been angsting about getting it taken out. All of that cockup was why i needed a coffee when i went to town. I was getting stressed and when i get stressed, i want to shove things in my mouth. At the cafe while waiting for my coffee, i had to stand in front of a counter fridge full of the most tantalising looking cakes. Faaaaaaaaaaaark Life is hard sometimes! Anyway as you can probably tell, i resisted. Tomorrow the plane i fly on charges extra for meals so i will have to make food for lunch, dinner and breakfast since because of a change of flight, i won't land in Darwin until the morning after. Its going to be an ordeal. I'm taking along an easy reading good book for the flight. I've started it already so i know i will enjoy it. Its a sailing book written by a yuppie woman going through a seachange. But as i have a sailing background, i like this sort of adventure and can relate. She's also Australian but unlike me when i sailed she and hubby have tons of money behind them.
3pm: cafe latte
5.30pm: glass white wine
Measurements in inches
Neck - 12.5 unchanged since last measurements but i am not sure of that date.
wrist - 6 unchanged as above.
5 April................19 May
Bust - 37”/94cm........Bust - 35
waist - 29”/74cm ......Waist - 27
hips - 40”/102 .........Hips - 38
thigh - 23”/59..........thigh - 21.5
height 165cm
Weight 65.8kg .........Weight Today: 61.4kg
Down 800g That’s more like it. I am starting to understand more about what is going on here. I hadn’t done any exercise for days, so i figure my muscles are storing more and more glycogen and hadn’t been full capacity. But yesterday i did exert myself in the garden a bit so I must have used up some of that fuel. Also i still haven’t been to the loo for about 4 days now so that’s also adding to the weight. So it really goes to show that its not worth worrying about daily fluctuations when you know you are still sticking more or less to the plan. Certainly we don’t put on and lose fat that fast.
I thought it would be a good idea to do my measurements today since i won't be able to weigh myself during my trip but i will be able to measure myself. I"m taking a tape measure along lol.
7.00am coffee w 1/2 cup milk
8.30 am Breakfast
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup full cream milk
1/2 cup low fat milk
1/2 cup grapes
I’ve been out doing my irrigation. Still not done but getting there.
10am: 1 cup nescafe w 1/3 cup milk
12: Lunch
Rice, lentils, cabbage in indian spice
1/2 cup rice
1/2 cup cooked lentils
2 cups raw cabbage
2 cloves garlic
1 tsp mustard oil
1 tsp channa masala (premixed spices normally used for chickpeas)
I wasted almost 4 hours in town this arvo. God still so much to do. I'll never get it done. Especially not while i am sitting here drinking a glass of wine at 5.30 in the afternoon. I still haven't packed my bike, the house or my kit. I"ve finished hte irrigation. Cleaned up the pots. Done a few more windows and lourvres. Done a few other jobs as well as the jobs i had to do in town which included 30 minutes at the doctors getting a dissolving stitch taken out!!! How dumb was that. I didn't know it was a dissolving stitch and have been angsting about getting it taken out. All of that cockup was why i needed a coffee when i went to town. I was getting stressed and when i get stressed, i want to shove things in my mouth. At the cafe while waiting for my coffee, i had to stand in front of a counter fridge full of the most tantalising looking cakes. Faaaaaaaaaaaark Life is hard sometimes! Anyway as you can probably tell, i resisted. Tomorrow the plane i fly on charges extra for meals so i will have to make food for lunch, dinner and breakfast since because of a change of flight, i won't land in Darwin until the morning after. Its going to be an ordeal. I'm taking along an easy reading good book for the flight. I've started it already so i know i will enjoy it. Its a sailing book written by a yuppie woman going through a seachange. But as i have a sailing background, i like this sort of adventure and can relate. She's also Australian but unlike me when i sailed she and hubby have tons of money behind them.
3pm: cafe latte
5.30pm: glass white wine
May 19 continued
7pminner
4 steamed dim sims and 1/2 cup pink fried rice (my own experimental recipe)
1/2 cup stewed green apples
Pink Fried Rice This was not bad. You can't really taste the beetroot. And it all looks quite pretty.
3 cloves garlic
2 tsp sesame oil ( i could have and should have used 4tsp sesame oil)
2 tsp soy sauce
1.75 cups cooked rice (im using up leftovers in the fridge, hence the odd amount)
1/2 beetroot, grated finely
few shallots (optional)
1/2 red onion, finely chopped
Heat oil in wok, add the garlic and the onions. Cook on low heat. When the onion is cooked, add in the beetroot and fry until you think its cooked, add in the soy sauce at any point during the fry. Add it when you think its a good idea Add the shallots and fry till they soften a little. Add in the rice and heat through thoroughly.
7pm
inner4 steamed dim sims and 1/2 cup pink fried rice (my own experimental recipe)
1/2 cup stewed green apples
Pink Fried Rice This was not bad. You can't really taste the beetroot. And it all looks quite pretty.
3 cloves garlic
2 tsp sesame oil ( i could have and should have used 4tsp sesame oil)
2 tsp soy sauce
1.75 cups cooked rice (im using up leftovers in the fridge, hence the odd amount)
1/2 beetroot, grated finely
few shallots (optional)
1/2 red onion, finely chopped
Heat oil in wok, add the garlic and the onions. Cook on low heat. When the onion is cooked, add in the beetroot and fry until you think its cooked, add in the soy sauce at any point during the fry. Add it when you think its a good idea
Add the shallots and fry till they soften a little. Add in the rice and heat through thoroughly.Tomorrow for travelling on the plane, i'm taking some food from the fridge that needs eatin up. As mentioned the plane won't provide food. I will need at least 3 meals. Things i'm taking:
Boiled eggs in a sandwich hopefully
Pink fried rice
4 steamed dim sims
Some grapes and pomegranate
4 mandarines for when i need to eat from boredom.
This way i won't have to buy food along the way and can save lots of money.
*sigh* I am so disorganised.
This is the least organised i have ever been at the start of a trip.
Maybe its becuase of all the extra jobs i had to in addition to my procrastination.
I really am so bloody stupid. But at the same time, I've had enough for today and don't want to try to pack up in the dark.
So i wlil go to bed around 10pm and get up at 4am. If i can find my alarm clock.
It won't be surprising if i leave some important thing at home.
However, i have at least got all my travelling kit out on the floor ready to throw in the bags and have had it out for weeks now.
Though only tonight i found my bike shorts and hat. I still haven't packed up my bike.
I might not have time to do it in the morning and might have to do it at the airport.
I deserve lots of tuts tuts and absolutely no sympathy.
But i won't object if you all remain silent.
Boiled eggs in a sandwich hopefully
Pink fried rice
4 steamed dim sims
Some grapes and pomegranate
4 mandarines for when i need to eat from boredom.
This way i won't have to buy food along the way and can save lots of money.
*sigh* I am so disorganised.
This is the least organised i have ever been at the start of a trip. Maybe its becuase of all the extra jobs i had to in addition to my procrastination.
I really am so bloody stupid.
But at the same time, I've had enough for today and don't want to try to pack up in the dark. So i wlil go to bed around 10pm and get up at 4am. If i can find my alarm clock.
It won't be surprising if i leave some important thing at home.
However, i have at least got all my travelling kit out on the floor ready to throw in the bags and have had it out for weeks now.
Though only tonight i found my bike shorts and hat. I still haven't packed up my bike.
I might not have time to do it in the morning and might have to do it at the airport.
I deserve lots of tuts tuts and absolutely no sympathy.
But i won't object if you all remain silent.
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imaninjadangit
New member
Too bad! You're getting no tut guts from me!
I hope you have a wonderful flight! You will be sorely missed.
"Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est."
I hope you have a wonderful flight! You will be sorely missed.
"Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est."
decisionmaker
New member
GOOOOOOOD LUCK!!!! Have fun! 
Ah, so annoyed that today is the first day I've visited your diary, and you're off already! I am looking forward to your return and to lots of inspiration that you will provide me!
Have fun!
x Joh
Ah, so annoyed that today is the first day I've visited your diary, and you're off already! I am looking forward to your return and to lots of inspiration that you will provide me!
Have fun!
x Joh
Sunflower2
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Have an AMAZING time <3 Will miss your posts xx
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ItalianGirl
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Have an AMAZING journey.
*hug*
We will miss you, honey.
Come back soon <3
*hug*
We will miss you, honey.
Come back soon <3
For some reason I think that you are taking all the food with you in a big bag although that is obviously impossible lol I forgot about the towns that are along the way so I wondered why you would get so hungry so I suggested bringing more snacks to avoid being hungry. You are probably on the plane already!
I look forward to your return Can't wait to read all the exciting things you saw and i hope you have an awesomely wonderful and delicious yet slimming trip! Those aussie chocolate biscuits sounds sooo good!
I look forward to your return
Can't wait to read all the exciting things you saw and i hope you have an awesomely wonderful and delicious yet slimming trip! Those aussie chocolate biscuits sounds sooo good!Thank you all for your good wishes. So nice to pop in and see this. I found a free net in Darwin so i'm here checking up on a few things and figured i'd stop in and say g'day!
Well, dietwise, i am doing ok. Not cheating on bad things though i have been tempted often here in Darwin by yummy things in front of my eyes, and i did have a piece of pizza at the airport in Cairns where i spent half a day!! I got really bored. That's my excuse! In general i've been eating more than usual i guess. I've been eating market foods. They have a lot of good asian foods here so yesterday for breakfast i had green paw paw and prawn salad and a big berry fruit juice. Lunch was excellent yumcha at a chinese restaurants. IT was hard to stop eating there. Last night i cooked broccoli and mushrooms which was good. But that is not all i've eaten.
Today i just had vietnamese spring rolls with prawn and salad at another markets and wanted to spend lots of money on clothes but i bought a new silk dress and can lighten my load by throwing out some other thigns i had. My baggage is so heavy. I think i have too much gear again. *sigh*
I will go to antoher market tonight and probably eat some more asian food there. Although i am spending so much on food, i figure i might as well becauuse most of what i will eat on teh raod will be same old same old.
Last night i did a big shop and decided to buy a bag of almonds. I thought they might weigh less than more tuna. So lunch will be a pita bread and 50g of almonds if i can work out what that is in spoons or something. But there's 8 serves in the packet. I will have to restrain myself.
So i love it here in Darwin adn look forward to coming back. I think i am heading out tomorrow.
I think i found the cheapest backpackers in town. $21 for a fan room and $24 for aircon so that's good. I was going to stay in a camping ground but they wanted $30!!! what a ripoff. So i've been cycling around a lot so i am getting my exercise and burning a few calories.
Its funny writing to you from this big office gear shop.
Anyway, take care all and i don't know when i will get back again. Internet is usuallyu quite pricey and i need to take care of my budget.
Have fun and be here when get back. IT will be great to hear about all the stones and pounds and kilos you've all lost and see lots of pics of you all in bikinis or similar. cheerio.
Well, dietwise, i am doing ok. Not cheating on bad things though i have been tempted often here in Darwin by yummy things in front of my eyes, and i did have a piece of pizza at the airport in Cairns where i spent half a day!! I got really bored. That's my excuse! In general i've been eating more than usual i guess. I've been eating market foods. They have a lot of good asian foods here so yesterday for breakfast i had green paw paw and prawn salad and a big berry fruit juice. Lunch was excellent yumcha at a chinese restaurants. IT was hard to stop eating there. Last night i cooked broccoli and mushrooms which was good. But that is not all i've eaten.
Today i just had vietnamese spring rolls with prawn and salad at another markets and wanted to spend lots of money on clothes but i bought a new silk dress and can lighten my load by throwing out some other thigns i had. My baggage is so heavy. I think i have too much gear again. *sigh*
I will go to antoher market tonight and probably eat some more asian food there. Although i am spending so much on food, i figure i might as well becauuse most of what i will eat on teh raod will be same old same old.
Last night i did a big shop and decided to buy a bag of almonds. I thought they might weigh less than more tuna. So lunch will be a pita bread and 50g of almonds if i can work out what that is in spoons or something. But there's 8 serves in the packet. I will have to restrain myself.
So i love it here in Darwin adn look forward to coming back. I think i am heading out tomorrow.
I think i found the cheapest backpackers in town. $21 for a fan room and $24 for aircon so that's good. I was going to stay in a camping ground but they wanted $30!!! what a ripoff. So i've been cycling around a lot so i am getting my exercise and burning a few calories.
Its funny writing to you from this big office gear shop.
Anyway, take care all and i don't know when i will get back again. Internet is usuallyu quite pricey and i need to take care of my budget.
Have fun and be here when get back. IT will be great to hear about all the stones and pounds and kilos you've all lost and see lots of pics of you all in bikinis or similar. cheerio.
C
caffeinehigh
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Fair thee well, Forty.
We miss you already.
Be safe. Have fun. <3
We miss you already.
Be safe. Have fun. <3
Sunflower2
New member
All that food sounds lovely take lots of pictures xx
take lots of pictures xx
overtherainbow
New member
I will miss you while your gone Have fun and keep on track with your amazing weight loss x
Have fun and keep on track with your amazing weight loss xChecking in from Katherine, Northern Territory
Hi all, thanks to those new ones who've stopped in.
I"m taking pictures sunflower. YOu should see my dinner tonight. It was a fantastic feast. And i got on "film" so to speak. Here's what i had:
First course
rocket salad - no dressing with a half baguette
Second course
1 medium potato boiled then finished off fried in olive oil in the pan
1spoon olive oil
Stir fried 6 banana prawns, 3 mushrooms and 1 carrots in garlic and olive oil.
(not an asian stir fry by any means, more of a saute)
Third course
Fruit salad and a cup of yoghurt
1 large apple
1 orange
hand ful of big grapes
6 big cherries
Phew what a lot of fresh yummy food. I over did a bit but it was hard in teh supermarket seeing all those sweet and creamy delicious things after a week of spaghetti and parmesan cheese with the odd can of tuna.
I am not enjoying my oats for breakfast without my apple so i bought some sultanas to make it sweeter.
I am loving cooking on my little campfires.
Biking is hard. I have too much stuff and a headwind.
I jumped on the scale in teh chemist this afternoon. I was about 64kg so even though its an afternooon weigh-in, i think i haven't lost any weight anyway cause i've been feeding up big all the time.
My favourite meal on the road is spaghetti with garlic, dried oregano, olive oil and parmesan cheese.
But this shop today, i bought some soup mix and soupy bean mix so i that might get me some more variety.
I hope you are all going well.
Oh yesterday i went to a beautiful waterfall. Mostly i camp by rivers full of crocodiles. I haven't seen much wildlife, one dingo, some flocks of black cockatoos, some big storks, only dead wallabies. But all is well.
See you later and take care. Don't eat too much lol.
Hi all, thanks to those new ones who've stopped in.
I"m taking pictures sunflower. YOu should see my dinner tonight. It was a fantastic feast. And i got on "film" so to speak. Here's what i had:
First course
rocket salad - no dressing with a half baguette
Second course
1 medium potato boiled then finished off fried in olive oil in the pan
1spoon olive oil
Stir fried 6 banana prawns, 3 mushrooms and 1 carrots in garlic and olive oil.
(not an asian stir fry by any means, more of a saute)
Third course
Fruit salad and a cup of yoghurt
1 large apple
1 orange
hand ful of big grapes
6 big cherries
Phew what a lot of fresh yummy food. I over did a bit but it was hard in teh supermarket seeing all those sweet and creamy delicious things after a week of spaghetti and parmesan cheese with the odd can of tuna.
I am not enjoying my oats for breakfast without my apple so i bought some sultanas to make it sweeter.
I am loving cooking on my little campfires.
Biking is hard. I have too much stuff and a headwind.
I jumped on the scale in teh chemist this afternoon. I was about 64kg so even though its an afternooon weigh-in, i think i haven't lost any weight anyway cause i've been feeding up big all the time.
My favourite meal on the road is spaghetti with garlic, dried oregano, olive oil and parmesan cheese.
But this shop today, i bought some soup mix and soupy bean mix so i that might get me some more variety.
I hope you are all going well.
Oh yesterday i went to a beautiful waterfall. Mostly i camp by rivers full of crocodiles. I haven't seen much wildlife, one dingo, some flocks of black cockatoos, some big storks, only dead wallabies. But all is well.
See you later and take care. Don't eat too much lol.
imaninjadangit
New member
I miss you! It sounds like you're having an amazing time. Take care and come back to us all safe and sound.
"Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est."
"Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est."
decisionmaker
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EWWW Head winds. I'd rather climb a mountain than have a huge headwind! Which is really saying a lot... We had evil headwinds for about 4 weeks straight all across the north sea... GROSS.
So how far are you averaging for each day? And where are you? Are you camping, or hostel/hotelling it?
Sounds like you're doing really well, and don't worry too much about the weight on your big tour. Just be healthy, and you're probably putting on a bit of muscle there too! Good on ya! xx
I'd rather climb a mountain than have a huge headwind! Which is really saying a lot... We had evil headwinds for about 4 weeks straight all across the north sea... GROSS. So how far are you averaging for each day? And where are you? Are you camping, or hostel/hotelling it?
Sounds like you're doing really well, and don't worry too much about the weight on your big tour. Just be healthy, and you're probably putting on a bit of muscle there too! Good on ya! xx