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What's that eerie silence? Oh, my kids have all gone to school for the first time in 2 months... But wait, I live behind the intermediate (middle) school... morning tea and lunchtime "school kid" noise is back with a vengeance! On the plus side, nobody has told me to turn the music down, or growled at me for grinding…

Check in for Sunday. After my walk this morning I finished the day with over 15,000 steps. That's the most I've done in quite some time! I had to go shopping for some smaller exercise pants this afternoon, bought two pairs in size L or an NZ 14 (US 10). Surprisingly I don't hate the photos I took in the fitting room - I…

xX_phoenixrising_Xx Weigh in Week 3 Weigh in day: Sunday PW 256.1 (116.2 kg) CW 255.2 (115.8 kg) Loss of 0.9 lb / 400 grams.

Walking on the beach is good for the soul. 🌻 Hubby braved the wait for the barbershop this morning (it's insane now that our shops are open again) meanwhile I went for a walk. Browns Bay is my favourite place in the world, I wouldn't even hazard a guess at how many kilometers I have walked in total along this beach in the…

A quick post - my local shops are right by the beach and I got there a little before they opened this morning. So killed 15 mins with a walk by the water. 🙂

@Cafelelia I think your hair looks fine! The roots only matter to those who are taller than you, and that's their problem, not yours! 😄 @sleepymom5 I got Asics Ziruss 3's.They're essentially Nimbus that get a different name for our top sports store here. I paid $160 I think with the 40% discount applied. They're so comfy…

Checking in for Blursday the somethingth? I think it might actually be Wednesday, that sounds right.... Today, I did not eat like an *kitten*, yay! No sneaky nibbles here or there that I didn't weigh or log. I don't think that was out of hand exactly, but enough that it could have become a problem. So my focus is to eat…

@Tonyw78x I am not a guy, but like Kris I have also been down this rabbit hole. I lost over 160 lbs and was still technically a little overweight when I was diagnosed as anorexic in 2016. The symptoms you describe were me to a T - my RHR was around 40 BPM, I got dizzy all the time, I still have flare ups from injuries I…

@tryingagain5 Happy birthday! I was trying to get the time difference right and not wish you greeting too early, but Google tells me it's after 3am there I think so now I'm late! It's almost 7.30pm on the 12th here, I do find it hard thinking "backwards" for the USA 🤣 I am glad you had a good day! I haven't really caught…

xX_PhoenixRising_Xx Weigh in week 2 PW: 256.8 (116.5 kg) CW: 256.1 (116.2 kg) - 0.7 lbs, (300 grams). I'll accept that, my muscles are sore from workouts in the past few days. I did the HIIT running on the treadmill (and I woke up without any extra nerve pain, or migraine hooray!) but then I did an hour of hard cardio…

A week in my life - my almost 17 year old wants to leave school now (1.5 years early) and start Uni in July with a bridging course. She has Aspergers and severe OCD and I don't really know what to do with that. I'm not sure she has thought through all the implications. Meanwhile, my 15 year old is actively trying to get…

@Freeglerock I love your allotment, I have vege gardens here but I can't seem to grow anything. And if I manage to, guaranteed a cat digs it up for me! To answer your question about exercise - I have never been a morning person, but I actually prefer to get into a morning exercise routine. Recently with lockdown I have…

@sleepymom5 Just assume I'm way ahead of the rest of the world. It's 10.25am Wednesday here. 🙃 @lenka1 Your labour was so fast, did you go into shock? My labour with my 15 y.o was 3 hours from first niggle to baby, we made it to hospital and he was born 20 mins later in a bathroom(!) and I definitely went into shock with…

When the weather turns colder, all you need is Cattitude...

Check in for Tuesday 5th. Didn't feel great yesterday so took the day off work and slept a bit, felt like a migraine but I got rid of the worst of it. I tried a Yoga routine for migraine relief in the evening - I couldn't have done it with a full blown migraine but it helped a bit with the symptoms I had at that point.…

Check in for Sunday - the weekend went far too quickly, it's 10pm here. :neutral: Food - tracked and okay, I deliberately went a little over because I was hungry and I've got the calories in my weekly budget. Exercise - 25 mins Spin, 15 Elliptical and 30 Yoga. I've been pretty tired today or I would have done a bit more.…

Hi everyone, quick intro. I'm Kristy, 41, from Auckland, New Zealand. Married for almost 18 years, we have 4 children aged 16, 15 and 11 (twins). For work I essentially translate Technical engineering mumble-jumble into whatever the end user needs to understand - I'm a Technical Writer working mostly in financial…

xX_phoenixrising_Xx Weigh in Week 1 Weigh in day: Sunday PW: 259 (117.5kg) CW: 256.8 (116.5kg) - 2.2 lbs / 1 kg. Finally a decent drop 😄

I want to take a moment to reflect on this. April wasn't a particularly good month and that started me thinking. My checkup with the doctor came back with nothing new, so that means I have to manage conditions and symptoms better. Roses I was consistent with exercise, even when I couldn't do much. I still did what I could.…

@CassieGetsFit2013 I'd like to give you a miracle answer to the FUPA - after being super morbidly obese, having had 4 kids including full term twins and then losing 160+ lbs and gaining half back, mine does not look stellar either. Nor my stomach for that matter! Unfortunately, I can say from a point of education and…

Check in for Monday - it's a public holiday here (ANZAC day observed) so a day off work. I went for a walk down to the beach, first time in 4.5 weeks since we've been in lockdown. Technically I live close enough to not break the rules by going there, but so many others out every time I've tried to go for a walk that I've…

xX_phoenixrising_Xx Weigh in Week 5 Weigh in Day: Sunday PW: 259.0 (117.5 kg) CW: 259.0 (117.5 kg) I'll take it. I stopped tracking a few days this week. After spending the whole week feeling dreadful I booked a phone appointment with my doctor on Friday pm, he sent me for blood tests and emailed me today (Sunday!) to say…

Checking in, I am definitely not feeling well. Latest theory is that my iron is low, it would explain all the symptoms I am getting. I was low in iron for years when I was vegetarian and I stopped eating most meat again about 6 months ago, but I was hopeful that the amount of vegetables and legumes etc that I eat would…

@Cafelelia that sounds stressful, I hope you can rest up and feel better soon. @CassieGetsFit2013 My weight has jumped up today because of sodium I think, +800 grams or almost 2 lbs. It's not a true gain, just a fluctuation. I track my weight daily so I look at the trend, and I'm consistent and accurate with my logging. I…

I went from 150kg down to 75kg, and it took me a long time to be able to see any changes. My brain always saw the fattest version of me even when I wasn't. The little changes that I could see were things like collarbones appearing, and clothes getting looser - pants falling down etc, but it took a long time to get an…

xX_PhoenixRising_Xx Weigh in Week 4 PW: 259.4 (117.7kg) CW: 259.0 (117.5 kg) Very very slow but sure. I always seem to see a lower weight earlier in the week, but I have been eating higher calories for a few days and increasing my sodium which I knew would show on the scales. Just a precaution because my BP was sitting…

Hey, I'm pre-voting weight right now... but that is unfortunately still much higher than I need/want to be. Carbs, however, are delicious. I know this, because when I was a young whipper-snapper just starting out on weight loss, I did what all the cool kids were doing and I went low carb. It was awesome, right until I…

Glad you guys liked Bazinga, he certainly has a cool personality. I got a photo of him today passed out looking comatose from my daughter feeding him too many treats. There were still treats sprinkled around him. So I did what anyone would do - I piled the treats right on top of him and he didn't even move lol. I don't…

You can't. But in my mother's case, she set an example and lost quite a bit of weight before having weight loss surgery. She never said a word to me after that about the elephant in the room (that would have been me...) However... it was watching what she went through after surgery and realising that I was heavier than she…

Got to balance out the puppy dog vibes in here and share some kitty cat love as well. Bazinga says he might sit on his backside most of the time but he also gets his lockdown workouts in!