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oooooooooo good work Niyah and hahahah don't do me please!!! :p Lovely lingerie always makes us woman feel sexy, don't they?

Good for you that TOM is here...that means you'll drop by leaps and bounds next week? For once in my life I hope that TOM will come and go soon so that I can see BIG BIG drops ... :)

Hmm, strangely and should I say thankfully that my cup size remains the same except the straps have to be adjusted. So I guess, I'll be changing into smaller sized lingerie in about say a month's time perhaps?
 
Niyah- That is great news re the size 14's. That feeling you get when you look in the mirror & can actually say "That looks good" (pinch me, pinch me) & think that you do really look good is such a great feeling it's hard to find the words to describe it. Your husband sounds as sweet as mine. What was the blouse like that he bought you? You can tell us.....I can't imagine what one my LH would buy would be like. I'm pleased that you are able to smile still even though you have had such a tough week. Cheers, Cate.
 
Thanks FlaMie! I've sort shrunk in the cup size from the top downwards. The bottom part of the bra sort of still holds everything in the place, but the top part is empty! And I have had to adjust all the straps. Anyway, I will move to the smaller ones pretty soon.

Cate - very filmy and see-through! A bit surprising, really, as he expects me to wear it to school. Anyway, it has a black cami under it and looks OK. It's actually a little on the large side, though only a 16, and silly me tore all the tickets off before putting it on. I've got it on today! I think I'll be able to do a couple of slight adjustments so I can keep wearing it as I drop. It's very "girly" and that's the kind of look he likes me to wear! I think he still looks at me as the 19 year old girl he married all those years ago.

Another busy weekend over... a working bee all day Saturday at the school (that was my "room tidy" day), and then yesterday was cooking a fair bit doing more biscuits and slices. Never ending! I'm having lots of fun though.
 
Niyah 01 said:
Cate - very filmy and see-through! A bit surprising, really, as he expects me to wear it to school. Anyway, it has a black cami under it and looks OK. It's actually a little on the large side, though only a 16, and silly me tore all the tickets off before putting it on. I've got it on today! I think I'll be able to do a couple of slight adjustments so I can keep wearing it as I drop. It's very "girly" and that's the kind of look he likes me to wear! I think he still looks at me as the 19 year old girl he married all those years ago.
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How sweet! xo Cate
 
I will be SO glad when the slice and biscuit making comes to an end!

Fete planning meeting tonight. Poor old P & F Secretary very down as she's had a lot of people pike out on helping this year. I know people will rise to the occasion on the day, but it's very nerve wracking for the people organising it all.

I seem to have yet another list of jobs to follow up and do.
 
Wow, so busy at the moment.

Same weight as last week. Rats! This coming week I'm going to tighten up and get organised.

Just too tired to care today - not a lot of sleep last night. We had a "registration visit" at school today - long story, but boy a hard week and not much rest.

This weekend I am SLEEPING. Then after that, I am going to try and make sure I'm doing everything I need to do properly.

:sleeping:
 
Hi Niyah :)

I must say, I love your attitude about not losing this week! Most people would just give up or complain, but you stay strong! Way to go!

I noticed something about school..are you a teacher? :)
 
yes yes Niyah...sleep well sleep those fats away...:) Hard work during the week but at least try to catch some sleep over the weekend. Looking forward to your next big loss.
 
No, not a teacher, just the "GDB" - General Dog's Body. Husband is principal, I do finance and admin, and anything else that nobody else can be found to do (an awful lot of stuff!). Organise quite a lot of functions, drive the bus sometimes, yard duty and anything and everything.

Well, not a good weekend. So busy, so tired. No food much, not eaten carefully enough. I'm just going to hang in there this coming week. It's the last week of our term, totally horrible time coming up with rush to finish reports and so on. Kids go Wednesday thankfully - then I have to cater for staff Thursday, then I'm OFF!!!! Two and a half weeks! I'm just going to get through the next few days however I can, then get properly back into the rules over holidays.

Too many late nights happening. I'm pretty exhausted, husband is too.

I have audit questions still waiting, better get on with it. Will be away end of next week, will post as I can but have to get VERY busy for now!

Grand-daughter's birthday today. She had party yesterday, and I've got her this afternoon whilst mum & dad are busy. Such fun giving her her presents! She's watching a video whilst I work - loves sitting in my office doing this. I just have to ignore the "Dora Explorer" prattle in the background!

Hope everyone else is hanging in there.
 
Oh Niyah- Fast forward to Thursday night! It exhausts me just thinking of how busy your days must be. I don't envy you that. I don't know why there does not seem to be somewhere in between having virtually no spare time but with an income(you) and having loads of spare time and no income(me). Any job these days seems to be all-consuming. The trouble is we can remember what it was like with our parents & their generation & perhaps think that they might have had some sort of balance. Just a thought( because I have so much time to think-lol!) I hope you & your LH have a lovely holiday. Hide the new book!!! xo Cate
 
I've decided that you only get a "balanced job" if you work for a money-making organisation. If you work for one that only just breaks even (like a school) then unfortunately it means there's never any money to employ people to do a lot of the work.

I'm not even sure the public service is such a good place to be any more, from talking to someone who works there.

Sigh!

Well, never mind. Term 1 is definitely a shocker, Term 2 is usually a bit better, and Term 3 as well. Term 4 starts getting pretty busy again.

I'll just hang into the next two days till holidays and then try and get back on track. Boy am I counting down the hours. It hasn't helped that I've had some weird virus the past few days that is making everything ache, sore throat etc. A lot of the kids at school are coming down with vomitting, which fortunately I haven't, but everything has sure been hurting and I haven't been sleeping well.

I do envy my parents' lifestyle in some ways. Mum was a teacher, but somehow expectations were lower, she was always in government schools, and she still managed to just go a bit early every day to prepare, and still be home at a reasonable hour. Apart from marking at home, she didn't seem too overburdened by it all. Even when Dad was state manager for a machinery company, he just needed to go in on Saturday mornings sometimes, and stay back for an occasional meeting after hours, but always appeared to just work a good, honest day's work and then have a family life.

I'm determined to just try and reduce our mortgage as quickly as I can from working, and then see what happens after that. I definitely don't want to do this forever! However, I mostly work to support my husband, as he finds it difficult to cope with the everyday mountain of things on his own. I know just what he needs to keep going, so I try to make sure I'm giving attention to what he needs support-wise, otherwise he wouldn't be able to work effectively. And this is his passion, so I just go with that.

Having said all that, I still have to find a way to make this work if I want to get on top of my health, so I am determined to hang in there one way or another and just do the best I can. If it's not perfect, it's still an awful lot better than I was doing last year, that's for sure.

I will be away Friday which is my weigh day. Haven't decided whether to take scales with me, or just wait till I get back. Hmmm... might be better not to know this week!
 
Hi there Niyah. I was just reading earlier that, please forgive me to bring it up now, but u went down cup size in bra?? I have found the same- and i am struggling to find ones that actually fit- 14dd is ok, 12dd too small and 16dd too big and a d is not right. Im like GRRRRRR to the weight loss. BUT iv gone from E cup to dd and i think if i lose more weight (AND THAT IS THE PLAN....) i will lose either cup size and/or actual size. Hmmmm, iv been considering surgery to ultimately FIX the flaws that this diet has made within me..... iv got NOTHING at the top and no bra can be filled out there......does others suffer this unfortunate side effect of the diet???? Obviously i will wait til iv got to a stable point and after refeed and all the whole shabang but... its in the the back of mind- iv also got the extra skin that hasnt shrunk- i saw a surgeon for this and he said it wldnt shrink after sit ups and all the gym tightening processes. So i no i will need it (its the difference between 12 and 10 and makes clothes feel uncomfy as it doesnt sit right) - are u having any of these probs and anyone else going thru this ???? Im trying not to windge but i guess its a reality of this rapid weight loss- nothing is going to actually be PERFECT and barbie like so i guess if ppl talk about it and discuss personal experience others can feel comforted in the fact they arent alone-

CONGRATS on what u have achieved and i guess when our net gets back to normal speed (matt loves you tube and music...grrrr) i will look at ur entries from start to finish and get a gd look of where u have come from!! I get so much motivation from u guys. I know i stop and start and windge, but today i started FOR REAL and iv remained on track. Iv got a rough road ahead in the next few months with surgery, and interstate travel and drs and rah rah rah but i plan on sticking to it as much as one can during this time!!!!!! Keep up the gd work!!!!
 
I started out at around 22DD in bra sizes, but I've had a few in 20DD, 20D, 18D etc etc. Some of those were pretty stretched, though. I'm still wearing those, as most of them are Triumph minimisers and they seem to pull in quite well.

I've got a whole lot in 14 and 12 that I bought last time I lost the weight, but they are still too small, so I'm just wearing the big ones and putting up with them being loose on top a bit. Seems silly to go and buy more 18's or 16's at this stage.

The breasts will sag a bit after losing weight, but that's also part of ageing. Just wear really good bras afterwards and see what happens.

Don't get too upset about the loose skin at this stage - wait a while and see what happens to it all. It depends a lot on age, on your skin's elasticity. Most of me doesn't look too bad, but I will always have a bulge of skin at the bottom of my tummy. I would need surgery to get rid of that, but honestly, after looking at fairly graphic photos of the results AFTER surgery I'm not too sure I would go through with it even if I had the money, which I don't. It might make the clothes look and fit a bit better, but I would be very embarrassed at the scarring afterwards. I don't heal from scars very well - they stay red and angry for years - so wouldn't risk it. Doesn't seem to matter what I do - use the right creams, buy the scar reducing gel patches etc.

I would just lose the weight, then concentrate on toning up afterwards if I were you. You sound like you are young enough to get away with a lot at this stage. I'm 49, so my skin is not as supple as it once was, but I'm pleased anyway that it's all not looking so bad as it might after losing quite a lot of weight.
 
Home today after some days away. Husband took the scales with us - I'd lost half a kilo last week, which I'm happy enough with considering how dreadful it was and how I didn't stick 100% to the diet.

Tomorrow, however, I'm going to stick to the diet 100%. I have no excuse - we are now on school holidays, and whilst I will be going in the work to do payroll and so on, I have the time now to get up when I please, plan my food and GO SHOPPING! The fridge is cleaned out ready to go.

Goal for tomorrow - cut down Coke Zero to one for the day, also coffee to one. Have been having 2 of each, which is far too much, and not enough water. However, have to watch the headache factor now, so will go about the reduction carefully. Definitely not planning on spending first part of holidays with a migraine!

I could not in the circumstances adhere to the diet too well over the weekend - we had a house of people, and all just very hard. My husband is a very sensible and encouraging person. When I despaired, he just said "Don't regard this as 'win' or 'lose'. Do your best, and then get back to it at home." He keeps me sane when I feel like I've "lost it".

This holiday is a much needed break, and I'm just glad we got through the heaviest term of the year relatively unscathed. Term 2 should be a fair bit easier for me - no big events till near end of term, so I have a couple of months of much plainer sailing. It will still be busy, of course, but manageable busy I hope.

I did run into a bit of questioning whilst away this week - the "yes, but I don't know anyone who has KEPT it off after doing Cohen's". Well, fortunately I do, and as I keep pointing out to the people who say this to me, it all depends whether you are just "on a diet to fix the problem", or whether you accept that you are going to make lifestyle choices for the long term and stick to them no matter how busy life gets. It's a pretty challenging thing to realise that we are responsible for our own destinies in the weight area. We may not be able to control our physical constitution, whether we put on weight easily or not, but we CAN control what we choose to do about it.
 
Well, I had a day being quite sick yesterday. Unsure whether it is part of a wog that is going around, or just a weirdo thing in my intestines, but sure in agony all afternoon.

I'm a bit cautious today about what I do because don't want ANY repetition of that!

Will see what the scales say tomorrow.
 
gee, take care Niyah. Stomach upset can be rather unpleasant and it makes one all weak, leaving little energy to do anything else.

I'm pretty sure you'd do well on the scales tmr...most people do, hmmm.

Anyway, do take care and will pop in again tomorrow. :)
 
Well, I feel pretty much back to normal today, which is good. Actually feel hungry too!

I had such a terrible day Wednesday with shocking cramps and pain, didn't want to eat anything much. That made up for the un-starry Easter I had food-wise, so the scales today were down 700g overall, which I'm pleased about. As everyone says, another 700g I never to have to lose again!

Yesterday and today I've been properly back into it. I must remember to keep up the water and be kind to my intestines which have suffered enough this week.

I've been battling audit questions yesterday and today, but once that's out of the way, I'm hoping life slows a little so I can get myself properly organised for Term 2 at school. I'm stocked with food here in the school kitchen so I can make myself whatever I need.

My kitchen is being worked on at home, so won't be able to do much there - just easier to eat at school! I'm getting a new sink put in, so a few things being ripped out and changed around over the next week.

Life just keeps teaching me that whatever happens, no matter how busy, how chaotic, you just have to keep going with the sensible choices. There's always something that can be done in whatever the situation. I am responsible for how I choose to react to the circumstances - that's been a pretty difficult one for me to accept in the past. Not any more!

My husband is very happy as long as the weight keeps going down somehow. I'm very chuffed because I now weigh less than him for the first time in three years! Doesn't really count yet because he's much taller than I am, and lean and mean, but looks good on the scales!

If my sons/in-law don't stop catching fish and crabs, I will be over-run with them soon! Luckily the crabs generally disappear rapidly, but I sure have a lot of fish to use up. It's just a matter of getting it out of the freezer ready to cook when I'm home. I'll have to drag out some of FlaMie's chilli recipes.

Hope you all have a great week! I'm hoping this next week, being 2nd week of holidays, is pretty cruisy for us.
 
Hey Niyah, glad you're feeling better :waving:.

Stomach upsets are usually good motivation to stick with Cohens. Glad you are having a relatively cruisy week. Well done on having the kitchen at school stock appropriately, that's half the battle.

Well done on the 700g. I think I need to invest in scales that do more than the nearest 1/2 kilo. Then at slow times I'll have the bigger picture.

Cheers for popping in on my diary.
 
Hi Niyah, Hope you are feeling 100% again. It must be stressful having renovations, especially as it's your kitchen. I love getting things done to my home but love it more when the workmen are gone. Your job also does sound very stressful & you have such a full-on life. I think I am happier being at home & am getting used to having less money. It is teaching me a greater respect for what I have and making me think twice before I spend anything which is not a bad thing in itself. I should have done that 30 years ago! Cheers for now, Cate.
 
Hi L-Jay and Cate

L-Jay - yes, good scales are definitely worth it, and save the stress of worrying about accuracy and so on. When I did this first time around, I waited for a sale at a big store and then bought a German brand. They are digital, but only weigh, don't do all the other fancy stuff. So they cost about the same as cheaper ones that do whiz-bang extra stuff, which I didn't really want anyway.

Cate - yes, the renovations get a bit stressful, but so was having water slop on floor and leak into cupboard, and having a deteriorating wooden bench around sink. It just had to get done sometime. My brother-in-law is doing it - he has cancer, and can't work full time, but likes to have projects he can do when he's feeling up to it. He can't work every day, however, as he has appointments, treatment etc some days. All pretty sad, but he's doing the best he can with whatever time left he has. I guesss some of Mr Rudd's money will go towards paying him for his time.

Well, craziest part of my job is I don't work for a full-time salary - it's largely a donation. Anyway, that said, I do it for the sake of my husband and goals he has, and he loves having me here. I do miss the time at home, though - as I got older, I planned to work less and be around for grandkids. At the moment I juggle lots of things, but if I ever talk about giving up, my husband gets VERY stressed out and reckons he'd have to find 2 people to replace me - and pay them - the the school can't afford it. So we go around in circles on that one.

I see g/kids whenever I can - they are right next door in our house - and bring g/daughter up here a lot to sit and play whilst I work, so it seems to work that she sees a lot of me.

I love being home most of the time if I can, however I ran into a problem years ago with panic attacks during a very stressful period of life. I actually became terrified of being home alone (we were living in the country and I also mostly didn't have a car then) so getting out of the house became my sanity to connect me to other people. All a long story. I have to find a balance between working and home time. I'm a lot better now, we live in a city and so on, so it's not such a scary idea now, but for the past 19 years I've just balanced between working some and staying home some.

So - life just continues on like this for the time being.

I'm busy doing stuff for our "autumn fete" at the moment. Always a job coming up with new ideas and then thinking of ways to get it done.

But - seriously - the bank statements are waiting to be done, so I'd better get off-line and get on with another day!

Food-wise, I'm right on track today and feeling good. I did a serious soul-search yesterday and debated joining/not joining. I can't stomach paying the $750 even though I'm feeling like I could do with the motivation, so I think I will stick to doing it myself just for now. At the end of the day, I HAVE to be responsible for me, so it will come to this anyway at some point.

Well, back to the desk - hope you all have a great week.
 
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