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cinderelly said:
We all need breaks or slow down periods my dear - and I think it is especially taxing when dragging a family and children in tow :D:D:D
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Well I can relate to the “dragging a family...in tow.” LOL. When I read that and thought of you with your littlest one it reminded me strongly of when mine was about 2 and I would try to cook dinner every night with her hanging on to one knee! It is a heap easier these days. I am certainly at the stage of wanting a rest period and a speed up period again, right now!! Sometimes they go together. I am always a bit inclined to expect to much from school holidays. :D Fingers crossed.

be_gone_soon said:
I wa sreading through your measements and I think you are doing wonderful. I mean they are going down!! Have a great day!!:)
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thanks. Yes. They are going down. I think this batch of measuring was sparked by my idea that my trousers weren't fitting as well now as when I got them. Which is fine by me. :D Also because it was a while since I'd tried to measure. Unless it's a big chunk of time I just get totally put off by the idea that my measuring error could be bigger than my measurement change! But I really have no complaints.

maleficent said:
you've got a nice little hourglass curvy shape to you :) very nice :D
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:eek: LOL. * runs to check mirror *

I guess. Kinda. A bit. Would be, if you leave the top and bottom figures alone and take the super tight sucked in stomach measurement and deduct another 10 cms for future hoped for losses!

Thanks anyway! :D
 
Monday

Breakfast 11:00 2 weetbix,. 1C lowfat soy milk. 1/3 C tinned peaches. 1 slice wholemeal toast with plum and cinnamon jam. Boiled egg. 1 C coffee with 40 ml Hilo milk.

I still love that breakfast!! I love that jam with the cinnamon in it too! I haven't had any tomato juice for a while, though. *Goes to shift juice into fridge door*

Lunch: 2:30 2 slices wholemeal toast with 100gm tin of light tuna with sundried tomato and basil.

Snack: 4:00 1 persimmon. 1 coffee with milk.

Dinner: 7:45 130 gm grilled lean lamb steaks. Medium microwaved potato. 2 grilled mushrooms. Giant plate of salad veges with 1 dessertspoon of light french onion dip. Broccoli, celery, cucumber, snow peas, mushroom, carrot, capsicum. 12 dates. Big mug of green tea.

My first big plate of salad since last... Tuesday I guess. I just tried to check up and I didn't even post Wednesday's food and can't remember it properly. I had tuna on toast again I think – maybe I ate salad. Anyway, it was absolutely great to munch on all those crisp, subtly sweet veges again. I just bought more today and even shopping for them is a little exciting.

Twelve dates. Oh, I used to eat 2! And I thought they were self limiting to about 5-6, because they are so sweet. I am clearly not over the awkwardness of having eaten foods I don't normally for the last few days and have upped my tolerance too much. Five hours later and I still feel too full, and like that was too much sugar!! (A much more tolerable binge than what I would eat in the old days though.)
 
Great Job on the measurements, your losing inches and that's fantastic! I agree with Mal, you must have a very nice curvy shape, how pretty!!! I just love coming to your diary to read all the great food you put on your menu, it gives me better ideas for myself, so I thank you for that! I also think it's great how you spend time walking with your hubby and dog and spending good quality with them. That's a HUGE PLUS in my book. Keep up the good work, your on the path to reduction that's for sure!!! Have a nice day today!!! :)
Kim
 
Thanks Miss LadyBug. I appreciate your encouragement.


Exercise: 35 min local walk.

I just realized that I didn't post exercise tonight. But I did get that routine walk in that I am trying to get set on. I do think walking is the thing I will be able to keep going with indefinitely so I'm pleased with it from that point of view, despite it not being anything startling. Also it was great to get outside after a quiet day, and get moving!! My newish shoes seem to have settled down a bit too, they're definitely more comfy than they were, despite being near perfect to start out with.
 
Have you posted before and after pics on here? I can't find them, and I thought you had mentioned them a few pages back, maybe I'm thinking of something else.
 
Just droppin in to say hey :):):) I really look forward to my walks and something is missing int he am if I dont have time for them which has been lately...but im goin on one this morning - finally have the time in the schedule :D:D:D
 
Miss Ladybug, and mal.

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LOL!

Thank you.

Cerella. I love my walks too. I have had the no-time problem as well, which is why I am really trying now to find a way to settle the walking into a solid habit that isn't so easily shunted aside.


Tuesday

Breakfast 10:00 2 weetbix,. 1C lowfat soy milk. 1/3 C tinned peaches. 1 slice wholemeal toast with plum and cinnamon jam. Boiled egg. 1 C coffee with 40 ml Hilo milk.

Lunch: 2:45 2 slices wholemeal toast with 100gm tin of light tuna with sundried tomato and basil.

Dinner: 7:45 Spaghetti: ¾ C spiral pasta. 140 gm lean beef mince, onion, EVO oil.(1/2-1 tbspn), tinned tomato with basil and garlic. Giant plate of salad veges with 1 dessertspoon of light french onion dip. Broccoli, celery, cucumber, mushroom, carrot, capsicum, zucchini. 6 fresh dates. 1 diet apricot yoghurt. 1 C green tea.

Exercise: 45 minutes. Standard local walk.
 
its great you're focusing on forming habit. i have no doubts you'll do it. i will have to do the same thing. i am thinking of a routine, now i only have to follow it lol. and that is somehow the hardest part.

great food you got there :)

Lena
 
lena410 said:
its great you're focusing on forming habit. i have no doubts you'll do it. i will have to do the same thing. i am thinking of a routine, now i only have to follow it lol. and that is somehow the hardest part.
great food you got there :)

Lena
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Thanks. I did mess up the walk again today, but if I keep thinking about it and writing about it, I do believe it will get big enough in my brain to make sure it's hard to miss. I hope you sort out a routine to suit you for the next little while. The tapes might be fun. I know I used to really enjoy the ones I had here. I returned the ones I used the most because I felt I'd moved on, but they certainly filled a need.

Whileywoo said:
he difference is amazing! You've done so well and you look so much younger!

There was a tear i tell you. :rotflmao:
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Thanks Whileywoo. I enjoyed your before pictures, too.

Wednesday

Breakfast 10:00 2 weetbix,. 1C lowfat soy milk. 1/3 C tinned peaches. 1 slice wholemeal toast with plum and cinnamon jam. Boiled egg. 1 C coffee with 40 ml Hilo milk.

Lunch: 3:30 Toasted sandwich: 2 slices wholemeal bread with about 50 gm hard low fat cheese, tomato, mushroom, black olives. 1 big navel orange. Coffee with milk.

Dinner: 8:15 Cannelloni (370 cals): 4 tubes, ~ 65 gm ricotta cheese, spinach, egg white, tinned tomato, EVO oil, ~ 15 gm parmesan. Microwaved carrots and broccoli . 1 small banana. 1 C green tea.

I haven't made those before. They were really yummy. (I think partly cos they had nutmeg in them. I haven't had any pasta which included that for quite a long time. This was a kind of low pasta, low flour way to get a similar flavour to the vegetable fettuccine or vegetable lasagna I used to eat ages ago. I don't know if I ever made it at home. I have an idea they might be harder to adapt, but perhaps that's not true.

11:00 pm Green tea.

Exercise: Nope. :eek: . Obviously my walk isn't stuck in my mind at the level I need yet, because I spent a while on the computer with my husband planning details of the holiday we're going on and when I looked around, it was pitch black outside. I have to say I was glad to get some decisions made so pleasantly and with some company though. I'm making some progress with the holiday duties list.
 
Nutmeg in pasta dishes gives it such a nice kick - you don't need a lot -barely a pinch but it makes a world of difference -anything I use ricotta with, I always add a bit of nutmeg for that added yummmm :D

are you planing something great for you holiday? can i come? :D
 
Meet you in New Zealand? It's not quite as far as Perth. We're going to stop in Sydney for 3 days on the way. That was the bit we looked into today.

I have to warn you though - we're bringing the kids! I did relief teaching at my daughter's primary school this year and was chatting a bit about holidays in New Zealand with people who'd been there. They were very enthusiastic about it and sure about how much I'd love it - until they realized we were taking the children. Then they blanched!! :D
 
Hi Mechelle. I'm glad you have a bit more time for us for the moment at least. It must be awkward being in-between all your plans - especially as they had become so advanced. I really hated that thing of needing to have the house constantly ready for possible viewing too. Though maybe that's not part of your deal. Anyway, I hope you're back to feeling chipper and lighter really fast!!
 
Hi Felici!

1st time by your diary! Thought I'd say HI!! *waves*

i'm impressed, looks like your kicking butt and taking names! Keep up the good work!
 
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