jaynewould

You're my hero. Sincerely, Girl Who Once Paid A Locksmith $250.

I see your point (and thanks for the heads-up on the back tattoo!), but honestly I'd be more worried about our joint finances, our dog, our house, and our massive collection of XBOX games (who gets which Call of Duty?), than I would be worried about a two-inch bit of ink on my hip reminding me that I had an awesome dude in…

I have a 15lb head start, now it's all just momentum! I figure if I got through Christmas, and New Years, and still lost weight, then I AM UNSTOPPABLE, lol :tongue:

I'm just going to join in on this big 'ol echo chamber and say, that was an awesome story! I need to think of something I really want so I can tape it to my card too. You're fabulous!

Gosh, you look so much younger! Well done :happy:

...Sooo, that's a no on the teardrop tattoo on my cheek? Fair enough then ;) (As an aside, I once met an accountant with an elaborate cherry blossom design over his entire back. Maybe he progressed onto sleeves and then became your boss? Or maybe there's a whole subculture of corporate types with body art. I'd like to…

Oh I hear you :) I spent high school at a private school (full of wannabe executives), and then a year and a half in business school (full of wannabe executives) before I dropped out and decided to become one of the non-executive masses. I reckon I'm okay with possibly being perceived as low-class :P No offense taken! I am…

Daisy Lowe. I want her curves, her hair, and her boyfriend. Not necessarily in that order.

I have a huge chunk of Christmas ham in the fridge. So far I've used it on pizza, for breakfast on an English muffin with spinach and a poached egg, and I've been making awesome grilled cheese sandwiches with sourdough bread, ham, spinach, tomato and just a few slivers of really good sharp cheddar.

I used to run through the inner suburbs of Sydney (all 180+ pounds of me; oh, spandex is not my friend). The only comments I remember were "wow, you're keen!" from people stumbling home from bars during my 6am run, and the occasional high-five. Most people are happy to see others out exercising :) And those who don't like…

I'm a uni student in Newcastle :)

More of a cold noodle salad than a leafy one, but still delish: - cold soba noodles - shredded cabbage - shredded carrot - bean sprouts Dressing (I mix it with a touch of hot water so it all blends together): - spoonful of peanut butter (the amount depends on how many calories I have to spare) - drizzle of kecap manis (a…

My little ticker says 68kg is my goal (13 and a bit to go!) but once I get there I'm aiming for 65kg, which is what I weighed in high school. I have my Year 12 rugby jersey hanging up on my closet door, just waiting for me :P

You can definitely eat whatever you like in small enough portions that you stay within your calorie allowance. However, you will find rather quickly that 1500 calories of fettucine alfredo and chocolate is a dismal amount of food :P And then you'll start noticing that if you swap the cream in your alfredo sauce for…

I do! It's way too hot here at the moment to go out during the day, so I wait until after dinner. I have a Kelpie and it's also much easier to walk him late at night since there's fewer bikes and skateboards for him to try to "round up." I reckon the best time to exercise is anytime that's convenient enough that you'll…

The thing with juice, too, is that you probably wouldn't sit down and eat four oranges or apples in one go - you'd start to feel full from all the fibre. But there's easily that much fruit in a glass of juice! So you're actually getting a lot of food - nutrients and vitamins, but also a lot of sugar - at once, just in a…

I really like low-fat chocolate icecream sticks (like Paddle Pops) or those individual cups of gelato you can get at the grocery store (Gelativo, yum). I have really sensitive teeth so it takes me a lot longer to eat delicious things if they're really cold :P Two or three serving of a Paddle Pop or Gelativo cup have about…

Oh, and in answer to your actual question of "can I be successful without a scale?": I bet you can, but in the first few weeks/months when the scale moves but you're not seeing big physical changes yet, the scale is a really good motivator to just keep going until you start losing inches and sizes :)

You can go off things like your measurements, or how your clothes fit, but they take a couple of weeks to show a noticeable change so you don't get immediate feedback like with the scale. Is there a publicly available scale you can use, like a coin-operated one that some bathrooms have, or at a pharmacy? Or even ask your…

Woooooo! I crossed the magical line into "not obese" a couple of days ago, how good is it?! Congrats, you look so different already, and you're only halfway to goal! I look forward to seeing your next round of before and afters :D

I grew up in a house where the vegetables had offended somebody and apparently deserved to be boiled to death. I didn't realise until I was 19 and tried proper Thai food that vegies that haven't been overcooked are much easier to deal with. I really like stirfries: I fill them with things I like (chicken/prawns/fish, soy…

Engineering student :)

The last time I lost these same pesky 15kg (before I went back to school and stacked it on again!) I worked as a hotel porter, which is lots of walking/lifting and weird hours. Obviously not as stressful as nursing! But I didn't add any extra exercise and I still lost weight at around 1kg a week (2lb). I did use a…

I'm in too, thanks! :D SW - 180 lbs (Sunday Jan 1) Week 1 - xxx lbs (Sunday Jan 8 ) Week 2 - xxx lbs (Sunday Jan 15) Week 3 - xxx lbs (Sunday Jan 22) Week 4 - xxx lbs (Sunday Jan 29) Total lost - xx lbs (Thursday Feb 1)

Someone more knowledgable than me will probably chime in soon, but in the meantime: - Plateaus happen, even really long plateaus :( It's still better than a gain though! - Do you record non-weight things, like your measurements, or your body fat percentage? Sometimes the scales don't show a change even though your body…

Fitting back into all my old clothes! I have a whole list of them that I'm ticking off as they fit again. Just looking in my closet helps now when I'm craving things I don't need to eat :P

My boyfriend emailed his parents a month before Christmas and specifically asked that they not give us candy, since we're both losing weight at the moment. We unwrapped a jar of chocolate coated coffee beans, a box of hot chocolate, the largest Toblerone I've ever seen and a giant box of turkish delight, along with two…

Clearly breathing is not a constant, as evidenced by all the reformed breathers in this very thread. You've just been brainwashed by Big Air and the powerful oxygen lobby. For shame.

I'm also super excited for the new Gary Taubes book, "Good Gases, Bad Gases: How Atmospheric Nitrogen Is Somehow Responsible For All Your Problems".

I read on the internet that air is full of toxic DHMO vapour so I stopped breathing about six months ago, and I haven't looked back. Do your research, people! What do you think every single cancer and heart disease patient has in common? That's right, BREATHING. The correlation is pretty obvious I should think.