Losing Weight in the Land of Chocolate and Cheese!

A:iamwithstupid: EEEEEEEEK I didn't even think of that. Selfish!

It was really only those stupid snacks in the afternoon that were a problem - the rest is pretty much what I would have been having before anyhow. And the creamy pasta was a crappy instant pasta thing that was only 211Cal anyhow... so don't you go imagining some incredible carbonara with masses of bacon and cheese! :)

Today is the first day I've felt okay... it still took a while before I felt a bit better (the mornings are still not so good, but oatmeal at the moment is my saviour, and even though I really don't want it, I eat it and then feel much better)... so I'm hoping that is a trend. I know it probably seems that I haven't been feeling well for such a short time, but it feels like ETERNITY! Can't imagine what it would be like to wait until 7 months..... EW!
 
ADON'T BE SILLY.....I WAS TAKING THE PISS!

Please keep posting as normal. I just thought your food sounded amazing. I'm secretly pleased that the creamy pasta was a crappy packet thing though tee hee!!!

To be honest my pregnancy wasn't that bad. I kinda got use to it. i really did get into a puking routine lol. I would get people feeling sorry for me all the time but i was like 'hey, shit happens' I still managed to work full time and didn't have a single day off cos of it (i went in late twice) right up til i was 8 months.
 
I like how threads on this forum are about life and not just about losing weight. Big hug to you and baby decision maker.


by the way on the news the other day, there was an item that said that the children of overweight mothers during pregnancy will be overweight too. So it pays to keep yourself slim during this nine months.


Now i think i know why i am naturally fatter than my sister. I guess my mum was stuffing herself with things during her pregnancy with me and not with my sister.


Anyhow, take care Joh. :)
 
AHi gals - just a REALLLLLY quick one - about to go fetch my in-laws from the station - I haven't disappeared, but have visitors, so don't worry! I'll be back in a bit! :)
 
AHelloooo!!! I feel like I've been away for an eternity!

So my in-laws came, they saw, they got excited about Beanie... and they both had a major flu. One has had it for two weeks, the other only just started to get sick... Which we didn't know about until they came... which is kind of a drama for me... so I'm eating lots of fruit and having lots of vit.c and zinc (though I have to be careful) and trying to keep warm and rest.

BUT, this afternoon, I have another friend coming until Wednesday night... It's nice to see her, but we aren't actually very close and I really could do with some down time... I know it's weird, but when I don't have a proper 'go to the office' job, it's hard to escape sometimes.

FOOD
I have been eating totally fine again! Apetite is back. If only I had the energy to be cooking good food.... We've been eating out a LOT because of the visitors, and everyone has been eating fondue and cheese everything and chocolate everything and schnitzel and chips and... yup. But I've been good, getting lots of veggies and lean meat and salads. I did have a creme brulee at some point, but that's really it. Oh, and a scoop of chocolate ice-cream... hmm. I always used to say that ice-cream was never really a weak spot for me, but seems it is.

WEIGHT
Well I am ACTUALLY nine weeks preggers now. My man took my weeks picture this morning and I was like 'WOAH look at my gut!' - it looks all jiggly and just like I'm packing on the fat... BUT then I weighed myself and I've only put on 0.2kg in the past week. So s'all good. Dunc says that he's really noticing that I've popped a bit... :) So, here's my photo from one month ago, and here I am today:

http://weight-loss.fitness.com/image/id/304150/width/350/height/522
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Hope all your weekends have been fabulous!
 
AAwee..I love your bump!!! Glad your appetite is back!! Hope you get some me time soon...you are going to have to learn today no to non essential visitors!! You don't have much time left with just you and the hubby...enjoy this time...and slow down for the last time ever!! Haha
 
AWow, look at that cute bump of yours AND check out those boobs!!!!! That's quite a rack you have there :)
So pleased that you can eay again and OMG check out how healthy you are being. That really is impressive, most people would use being pregnant as an excuse to not worry about what they were eating.
WELL DONE YOU!!!

I agree with Tete. You need to take control and say no to people, the time will come when it will be too much for you. Put yourself first hun. Xxx
 
I agree with Tete & Kate too Joh. You & Dunc should really try to make the most of this special time that the 2 of you have together alone. Hey, I thought it was a bloke thing, not being able to say no! It's great that you have such a good mindset about eating healthily as you are doing the best thing for your beanie as well as yourself. You know that it's not the time to say "What the heck" and eat rubbish. WELL DONE YOU! You are so healthy & smart & you are going to be a really good, really healthy Mum with a little baby starting out in life with the best possible start. I have tried not to say anything about you worrying so much about your pregnancy being ectopic. In my 58 years on this planet I have only known one person who had an ectopic pregnancy & she was almost 40. You are only young & age is the biggest risk factor. Please don't worry so much. You're looking gorgeous & we are all loving the bump photos. Loved seeing the scan too! It's lovely to share all this with you Joh! xoxo Cate.

PS Do you think I should ask to move my diary over here? It gets a tad lonely over there!
 
A:) Ah, girls, THANKS for being so supportive, always! And of COURSE you are all right - and we totally are feeling it. That need to spend some time just us. But we agreed to these people coming ages ago, and they've come from Australia, so we can't very well go around and change our minds. But that's all the visitors we'll have for a while, PHEW! Actually, I have learnt how to say no very recently - I am really proud. A friend 'asked' to send her novel to me to edit for grammatical problems (she's originally french speaking)... and I said no. it was hard, and she was really grumpy, but she's being a shit-head lately so I'm okay if she doesn't want to hang out. Hahaha - me = bitch.

Went to the Lindt Factory today and bought a stash of factory seconds (which seem perfect to me!) ... have had two lindt balls... might need to hand them over to dunc to control ;)

Cate - YES! Move it over! You aren't actively Cohen's-ing anyway! And everyone over this side are so lovely and supportive!
 
Hi sweets! Done. My diary is now over here. I feel good about that. The moderator was so quick! I posted, flagged the message, asked if it was possible to move my diary in it's entirety over to here & "voila!" it happened almost in an instant. Talk about efficient! :) "lovely and supportive"- nice! Will catch up with you more often now. I had better save my home page to this section now. Much love, xo Cate
 
AAH our house is ours again. :) Sadly, my man has a work function thing tonight so won't be home until really really late... But I haven't had any me-time in forever, so I might watch a chick-flick or something equally as indulgent.

We;ve been house-hunting. It's FUN! At the moment, anyway. We have found our dream place - budget within reach - and have applied. If we get it, I will be FREAKING OUT! It is right on the lake with an incredible view, 3 bedrooms, one bedroom is in the loft with a bathtub (hells yeah), open kitchen, fireplace... the house itself is from 1790, so it is gorgeous... It's a bit cheaper, believe it or not, because it's about 9km out of the city in a lovely little village, but stilll close enough to everything. Check it out (these are just two of the twenty pics) http://weight-loss.fitness.com/image/id/305779/width/350/height/233
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/image/id/305780/width/350/height/233

FOOD
Did I tell you all I went to the Lindt factory?It was about a quarter of the price! Oh my. I've been good though, and have just had one a day out of the pack I bought. But... my friend kept eating hers and offering some to me... so yesterday I had two... But that wasn't really the problem with yesterday! It was everything!

Yesterday my food was not good. So seeing as I always tell you when I've had a good day, I'd better tell you about a bad one too. I was HUNGRY! And I went out for every meal with our visitors... who want to experience all the foods around here! They left at 4.30pm, at which time I gorged on a plate of nachos. Hm. Me and my private eating.
* WARNING - lots of food follows! *

Breakfast
- Small bowl porridge cooked in skim milk with dried cranberries
- 1 croissant with some cheese
- fresh orange juice
Morning tea
- decaf coffee with chocolate truffle
- half almond croissant
Lunch
- vegetable soup with a slice of rye bread (healthy! yay!)
- chocolate truffle
Afternoon binge
- big plate nachos (corn chips, hot salsa, cheese)
Dinner
- veggie quiche with green salad
- 2 ginger ales

umm... at least I didn't have dessert??? Hm.
 
AAwww, hello beanie :seeya:

And sod reading the rest of it, I caught glance of that fantastic house and almost wet my pants with excitement. What an amazing space!!!!! The bedroom- the ceiling, the pillars, the curves, the huge great big expanse of floor that you can do somersaiults around. You could probably fit a bouncy castle in there to sleep on :) The terrace and the veiws are stunning, and it will be an incredible space to start your little family :) I have everything crossed for you, I can see why you want it so badly. Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right, spose I should read the rest now.........

The bitchyness is not bitchiness. You have had so many trips and visitors recently, plus a book to finish before D-Day, You haven't got hours to spend doing that for her. I am sure she will get over it. She is in the wrong for even asking you.

Mmmmm Lindt factory...................
 
AHi lovely! nice to see you :) Isn't it awesome... I really hope we get it! I can't believe that such a place is such a decent price... maybe the roof will fall down after a month or something ;) haha.

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TODAY
I have felt shite today. So lathargic and just plain UGH. And I sadly had a thousand little things I had to do... eye test, update drivers licence, pick up x-rays, get a med. cert. for my insurance (again), go to the chemist, pick up stuff from the post office, do the laundrey, go to my german lesson, stop by our town house to sign some documents... all while feeling like I just want to go to bed.

And I was hungry again. But I was too tired to make food. I picked up a nice healthy asian chicken salad on the way home and then remembered that I can't have those pre-prepared, pre-packaged salad thingies (this is on my doc's list of 'avoid', not just 'be wary of') so UGH. Everything I ate was instant and crappy. And of course I feel all the crappier for it.

Wish I had a live-in chef at times like this. Maybe Ruthie could send me over some of those glorious meals she makes.

My stomach is huge. With awful food, I think. Not with baby. I'm heading out to get some Weleda stretch-mark oil stuff tomorrow...

Hope you guys are all feeling energetic and enthusiastic!
 
AAww sweetie, sorry you have had a crappy day especially when you had lots to do. Don't you just hate it when life does that to you.

And OMG i would want that place just for the bath tub!!!!!! it looks stunning. I have everything crossed for you.

Hope you feel better soon hun.
 
Hope you're feeling less blah now Joh. Have a rest day if you can. Your life sounds too crazily busy atm & you need to slow right down & enjoy. Hope you get that lovely place! Fingers & toes crossed for you xoxo
 
Cycling is a great avenue for staying active as you know...I cycled for several years and didn't seem to lose any weight until I started a 15 minute resistant training on a total gym that I have 2-3 times a week, then the weight started to come off. My wife tells me I have "buns of steel" which makes my day of course. Good luck and keep on cycling.
 
AKate - I know, isn't the bath tub to die for? That was the kicker for me! Some people MUST have a dishwasher, or a balcony or whatever, I MUST have a bath. And this is one hell of a bath!
Cate - Definitely taking your sage advice, lovely, and resting up. Have done stuff all today and loved every minute of it. :)
KPerkes - Thanks for stopping by! Yes, I'm still cycling (when I'm not feeling completely exhausted) but it's more complicated now because of my ankle injury and other factors... I think swimming wil have to be the sport for me at the moment. Hm, yes, must get onto that.
Rainbow - No news! Have to wait until monday... Not sure if we'll get it though...

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Have had SUCH a nice day with Duncy doing NOTHING. Reconnecting, spending lots of time just being together and catching up and being all lovey-dovey. Nawww. I feel so much more sane now because of it. He's starting to really look after me, in funny ways - like always picking up something I drop, or always opening doors and letting me go through first, chopping up and peeling an apple for me when he thinks I haven't had enough to eat.... just always doing cute little things. He also wants to be allocated the job of rubbing the belly oil onto my boobs and belly each morning. haha. :) Nice one.

WEIGH DAY
Put on 1.2kg this week. Dunc was really happy with that but I'm not sure what I feel about it - I think its probably just from all the chocolate I've been eating, and isn't 'good' weight. But I'm not stressing.... I know it'll be hard for me when my BMI gets above 25 again! I know all that is IRRELEVANT at the moment, but it is just so hard to switch mind-set overnight when you've spend your whole ife trying to make those numbers go down.

FOOD TODAY
went out for breakfast and my pancakes weren't properly cooked so I could only have half of it - no raw batter for me. Probably not such a bad thing though :)
Breakfast
- banana pancake with maple syrup, skim hot chocolate
Lunch
- 1/2 tub cottage cheese
- 1/2 apple
- 1 piece milk chocolate
Dinner (YUM! I spend ages cooking and it was so yum!)
- roasted fennel-salt rubbed pork loin (just the loin, no crackling or anything) with apple mustard sauce, roast baby potato, pumpkin, red onion, carrot, steamed broccoli
- 1 cup baked custard (1cup skim milk, 1 egg, 1tsp sugar)
Snack
- 2 pieces chocolate (what idiot went to the Lindt factory? Bloody hell. Should never do that again)
 
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