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Was feezing cold and windblown by the time I got hom elast night, so I knida blew out my points a bit with a couple of cheese toasties with some hunks of roast beef atop. Yum, but 10 points 🙁

Okay, so I bought a Bonus Buddy.

I’ve read a couple of other places that 11,000 paces is about right for a continuous weight loss regime. I’ll try a day of “Andrew” exercise, and get back to everyone about how bad that is, and then I’ll up it if I can to 11,000 whilst I’m in Sydney.

I’d be interested in seeing how many steps a bonus point takes according to the pedometer.

I’m also staying with a vegetarian whilst in Sydney, so I’ll find some of the better places and eat there. Back to tracking!

Andrew

hi everyone, how’ve we all been? i don’t really have alot to say i think i’m having a bad year at the rate i’m going! i have been losing but very slowly (ie 2kgs in just over 1 month) which i know they say is the best way to go but its a little discouraging! i worked as a volunteer with st john’s at the footy last weekend and had to run the entire length of the mcg (we had a guy who had a cardiac arrest) and it opened my eyes to just how unfit i really am so i am making a conscious effort this week to up the exercise otherwise i’m never going to get to goal! (by the time we got there I thought they may’ve had to revive me!) anyways, you guys are going great guns by the sounds of it so keep up the good work!

I’m now down to a BMI of 27.2. For the hell of it, I worked out the next milestone BMIs for myself:

27 95.4
26 91.9 (note that at 94.6 I will have lost 20% of my starting mass!)
25 88.4

To hit a BMI of 23 (in theory the mid range, although I suspect that would make me a bit too scarily skinny) I would need to hit 81.3kg. (too light?).

Strangely, WW says my 25 BMI is 87kg. Perhaps I was having a short night when they measured me 🙂 (I’m assuming 188cm, but 1.87cm does hit 87 kg, in which case my BMIs would be 27 == 94.4; 26 == 90.9, and 25 == 87.4)

Out of a WW book, last night I made a risotto with bruschetta on the side. It tasted like cardboard.
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Help! I am starting to get really big sweet tooth urges. I’m not sure why it would start ~ 5 months into the program, but I am having great difficulty walking past, for eg, the lolly stand at the newsagency in the student union. I have managed to resist so far, but I can feel the will weakening.

Is it a function fo the colder weather? Any tips? I’m starting to sweat like a junkie needing their next hit whenever I walk past… large jaffas… TPTCTF… argh!

Can someone give a precis of the meeting on Monday night since I missed it? I am eager to hear the new low carbs thing as I think it might be the key to my own weight loss.

I really didn’t want to miss the meeting – despite ‘bad’ week last week due to too much takeaway and stress trying to get my penultimate masters presentation together. But we have had two lots of friends over from the states and much socialising has been happening. I have really been making sure I get a walk in almost everyday which is mitigating some of the damage I hope….

So what did everyone think about the ‘new’ program?

I am looking at the meat fest we called Steamboat bookclub had at my place in a whole new light. BY WW standards it was a correct protein heavy minimal carbs meal.

We learn about the wonders of WW catching up with the Atkins program, the Zone and South Beach diets. Finally, WW tells us that carbs are probably not our friends and they were wrong after all.

I for one will be interested in the new program.

Andrew

ps. I will most likely weigh more due to excessive breakfast consumption last week whilst in Sydney. Plus although I was good at lunch and dinner, I don’t think I can make up for two days of big breakfasts. But I have a secret plan. I’ll let you see it tonight.