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Thanks for the good advice...I'm having more trouble cutting calories now I'm mobile! So far my weight has remained stable. I'm up and moving but frustrated at my lack of ability to get back to normal. Still have a boot and a crutch! I'm back to tracking after a short lapse...I think that helps...back to my nutritionist…

Hi there! Well I am vertical...sort of! I still need at least one crutch...the pain is not too bad but it is there! Today I drove and took myself out for lunch with my sister. It was wonderful! My weight hasn't really changed which I find amazing. I'm trying very hard to drop some weight to help with the healing process.…

Thank you to those who have responded to my write ups! Yes, I was suspicious that there are not many Aussies on board! Its a cold old time in southern Australia. The lady who used to write in from Tassie probably is frozen over as they are still having snow down to 100 metres! I have been glad of this forum while I am…

Hello all....thank for the support! Most of you seem like you are so far far away.....anyone from Australia out there? Where I live we are just coming out of a very cold miserable winter. I was fortunate that I broke my ankle while it was winter..... My hubby has been wonderful and my mum who is 83 has taken to cooking for…

Well today I get to walk or the first time in 8 and half weeks! Yay!!! Very excited to get going and very worried about how it will all go! Now my goal will be to get back to my walking and lose weight for my Christmas cruise. Good luck with your day everyone......

I really like your post, Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon.............. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison I live one hour north of Melbourne in Victoria Australia.

Thanks for the responses.......It amazes me that after 8 weeks of sitting and not much else, my weight has hardly altered! Obviously, I haven't walked or done any other exercises!!! At 62, I thought I would have stacked on weight while incapacitated.......but as far as I can tell its only about 1 kilo...just shows I guess…

May I join this group?........I've been battling my weight all my life...I'm now 62 and still struggling but added to all this I have spent the last 8 and half weeks with a badly broken ankle. I have been in a wheelchair and have just two days until I can put weight through my foot again. If my attempts to weigh while I…

I have only 5 days now until I can actually put eight on my foot! I'm so excited! I guess it will be difficult to begin with but at least I will be able to get around a bit more. I was doing ok with my weight I think but over the last few days I guess I'm getting really frustrated and I'm going back to old habits....I'm…

I weighed myself with the cam boot on! (and my clothes) I'm not sure how accurate it was but I haven't gained as much as I thought! Could it be true?...admittedly all my weight as on my right side but I was completely on the scales...I am very surprised!

Well, I had a really bad weekend! Our front door was more like a revolving door and everyone who came through it brought food! I find I have a little and then I just get carried away! I started again today! At the moment, my clothes still fit after five weeks with no weight bearing........but I am very worried about my…

Thank you...You are very fortunate to be able to put weight on your foot so soon! I am rather envious!! I have 22 days to go until I can put weight though my foot. That of course will be the same day I weigh myself for the first time in 3 months! I don't think I have ever gone that long since I was a kid! I am rather…

Wow that is great...I have been doing leg raisers and different stuff with my toes and ankles and as I am in a wheelchair I make sure I use my good leg to scoot me around. I haven't started physio yet but when I do I intend to do everything to ensure full capacity...three weeks and three days until I can walk! Yay!!!!!

I'm trying very hard to watch everything I eat. I have included more protein and I'm trying to do any sitting down type exercises that I can. I really don't want to find any extra weight when I'm able to weigh myself as I was struggling so much prior to the fall. I'm also going to do the 5:2 diet...first day of fasting…

Thank you...yes the article suggested above was an easy read and made sense...not sure about the huge increase in calories suggested but maybe I will up my protein. I am a vegetarian so I usually keep and eye on my intake of protein anyway. I may try a dietician after I can get around bit. At the moment I am dependent on…

Well the good news from the doc is that I can put weight on my foot in 4 weeks (from yesterday...so 3 weeks and 6 days now!)....not that I am counting...I started my 5:2 today but now I have visitors coming for dinner to cheer me up! I love my visitors to bits....but it means I'm probably not starting my 5:2 today! I'll…

Thanks.....I am a walker ...... not very speedy ....but always on the go so this is killing me! But i do know those who are much worse off...I have been looking at the 5|2 fasting diet...I may try that! (I cant get to the food too easily so it may work for me!)

Thank you everyone for the support. I have just been to my specialist today and have four more weeks in the wheelchair then I can put some weight on my foot. I have damaged my ligaments as well as needing 7 screws and a plate in my ankle! I am feeling pretty downcast knowing that my weight will sky-rocket, probably! I have…

Yeah!!! My weight is finally going down...not a lot but its down! Thanks for the support guys!

Yes thankyou.....I would love to be apart of a group to give me extra support.......I don't believe in WW or the other companies that make money from people's struggles.

Well after another week, a new granddaughter and a death of a family member I am till the same weight! In fact when I weigh on Wednesday I may well be heavier!!!! I just have so MUCH trouble staying motivated and on task....anyone in the same boat? Everyday is a battle to stay off the junk!

Yes I do have plenty to do..... I have a very big garden...2 and one half acres! We have chooks, cows, a dog and a cat! We have 8 grandchildren and my mum lives around the corner. Sadly, my overeating comes from a sweet tooth and a 50 year old conviction that I will fail when I diet!......I eat well for a few days then I…

Thank you for all the support guys! I didn't mention that I have just retired...I have taught for 42 years.........been principal of a very large primary school, along with a variety of other roles......and now I am home. Its harder when you are not so busy! Please keep up the support .......it really does help....I didn't…

Thanks Jean.....I will take that advice on board!

Hello... I live in Australia so that may explain the time! Thanks for the support...Ive actually had a really great day today so I'm feeling enthused!

is slimming world in Australia too?