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ok havent posted for a while cause not a lot to say. Been pretty good on the eating front, the only grains I have had have been sourdough bread and rice crackers. Not really having any major issues about eating either of those from time to time. Definitely been good on the sugar front, that little burst seems to have passed me by thank goodness Still havent done any exercise - too many excuses to list here but I have found in the past that motivation to change takes some time to come along, you know you want to change, want to do "something" but its hard to get started for some reason. So I've decided to keep in tune with the universe (yeah whacky!) and when the time is right, something will put a flame under my ass. Having said that, I checked out my arms in a sleeveless top yesterday and that is getting pretty close to a flame under my ass... gross, they looked like chicken skin at the top. Physio on the frozen shoulder starts today. Am going to have a serious chat with physio about what I can and cant do. I'm guessing pushups will be out but will see. I will say though that my weight has dropped to 52.9kg and body fat 21.3% this morning.... how the hell that works is beyond me... although I did have a bit of a half day tummy bug the other day. So with a few days of the challenge to go I could potentially get to my goal of 21bf.

I hear you! I need/want to do abs to but just cant get off my ass to do it. Hopeless.

yeah go easy on the shoulder and get some stretching in. Given I have a frozen shoulder which is extremely painful, I would say that half of my problem was probably not stretching it when I hurt it. alternating ice and heat I believe are supposed to be good.

freaking hell, just looked at those blisters. mean! Just as well basketball cancelled, I reckon those feet need a bit more healing time. ouuuuuuchhhhh

Dantes clearly you're putting me to shame in this challenge but thats ok. You're very good with your workouts. Could you send some motivation my way please.

Alethea you could try cod liver oil to get your Omega 3's. I think it might be cheaper than downing fish oil capsules. Although personally I just dont think i could take a slurp of any oil on its own. Hows that kitchen coming along?

I think you should be giving your wrist some proper healing time, but then you know your body better than i do, so just make sure you dont push too far ok.

thanks spezzy. I am feeling much better today thankfully. This morning I even decided to do some squats. Not a lot, but better than nothing. A little bell went off in my head after knowing that my shoulder has a potential end date in sight for getting better and it just made me think well I better do something. Squats are a start at least. Dreadful eating day yesterday but that goes without saying... pain = lots of comfort foods, well maybe not comfort foods, but definitely lots of crap, bread, lollies, booze.

cortisone shot = post injection flare = PAIN! Every little movement. I had forgotten that from the first injection. Mind you the first injection I had a local anaesthetic with it so the pain was much more delayed. Eeek not this time, straight in with the needle, no anaesthetic. I want to go and lie down and go to sleep now.

just reporting in that have seen specialist for my shoulder. He says it is adhesive capsulitis (aka frozen shoulder) so he has done another cortisone injection into a different area and wants me to get started on some serious physio in a weeks time - am definitely to take it easy for a week. He seems to think I will see a great deal of relief within 3 months. so this is all good news. Injection was PAINFUL. I saw stars.

Can I just add that my mood has lifted due to me being a supernerd. Had a win with an excel formula that was doing my head in, I couldnt get it to work, I just didnt really understand it, but then I researched it on the net and now I get it (well sort of) and it works exactly how it is supposed to in my spreadsheet. Love it! This really does make me nerdy!

I believe lack of sleep is doing me in. Yesterdays food intake was pretty good, but i did have lasagne for lunch. Interstingly I did not have sugar cravings after lunch, perhaps that is because I had carbs. Still no wine. I might have some tonight just to see if it will help me get some sleep No exercise, I've given in to this one. I'm not even gonna try, I just cant be bothered. My shoulder aches all the time lately, I'm not sleeping, and I'm really really really grumpy and pissed off with the world today.

oh yeah forgot to mention weight this morning: 53.5kg and 21.5bf. Good!

oh dear, poor you. Hope you feel much better soon!

Thanks D. Good day yesterday although I never looked for my pilates dvd in the end, and never did any exercise per se apart from housework, lots of washing and clipping the dogs and walking them. I'm not in the zone this month for abs clearly. However on the food front I was a legend yesterday. No booze, no crappy carbs apart from some rice crackers, which I 'm not entirely sure I want to count as crappy carbs as at least they are gluten free. I did have a slight headache most of the day yesterday which I put down to the gluten in the bread the day before. So yeah, this months challenge is all about food now and not exercise. I'm on the wrong forum really.

friday was good, no crappy carbs - assuming you dont count the fish and chips for dinner on friday night. But I dont count potatoes as crap carbs, like it or lump it they are a vegetable. saturday not quite so good, had some friends pop over for lunch, they bought some fresh bread sticks with them and we had a nice rotisserie chicken and salad stuff so I'm afraid to say I ate some bread, just one slab. I felt really tired after lunch and needed a nap... I'm sure it was the bread that did that. saturday night out for dinner with my partners aunt. 3 course dinner, I ate some rice. I dont like to be rude when someone has gone to a lot of trouble. I also broke my 1 week fast from alcohol and had a glass of wine with my dinner, however that was all, I refrained from pre dinner drinks. have to say I felt really full when I got home. Havent done the scales this morning, forgot and have now just had breakfast so that'll have to wait till tomorrow. so food front sort of ok, exercise front, still crap. did take the dogs for a walk in the rain yesterday. Plan to try and do some ab exercises today, in fact i might even see if I can find my pilates dvd and do that as thats a killer workout for the abs.

yeah with you there, never turn down free KFC. my favourite takeaway!

saw this last night. Fascinating movie. Didnt get half of it Felt exhausted at the end. one question.... the top was actually his wife's totem, not his own. Did he mention if he had a totem of his own to begin with, is that relevant??? I'd probably like to see the movie again to try and get a better understanding, I'm a bit dense I think.

oooh kitchen renovations... exciting. Just went through that earlier this year.... and now I have a lovely new kitchen. Trust me, the hell (and there will be hell... and mess) will all be worth it!

ok bud, weekend coming up and this is where you tend to fall over so I'm giving you the "talk". If you're going to eat bread, can you at least make sure its good bread, get a dense sourdough where the grains have been fermented or something. And as for the beer drinking, well I know you're a student and drinking is just what scarfies like to do but try and limit it. Lecture over. Have a great weekend. I'm alcohol free all weekend. It'll be bloody hard.

I truly believe that breakfast is THE most important meal of the day. If you eat the right food it sets you up nicely to ensure you dont want a mid morning snack. step away from the icecream!

Thanks Topher. It is the frequent posting that does help me actually. I need to be able to look back and say, errr, look, thats where I'm going wrong, or right!... I read through my March and April challenges yesterday and my april one was just such a hopeful positive one. And I was doing real hard core exercise back then. The exercise thing seems a bit far off for me at the moment with all my injuries but the food/booze situation I can totally control. And I totally nailed it yesterday I ate no crap, I ate NO lollies (even though they were there to tempt me in a big way), I drank NO alcohol. I drank a lot of water. I slept well last night, hell I even slept with my partner ALL night (you're probably thinking whaaaat, but he's a real bad snorer and we just dont sleep well together so he normally moves to the spare room at some point) So yesterday just feels like one big gigantic WIN. Mind over matter stuff. When we were at the movies (it was a work event and they supplied lollies) I really wanted to eat them, really really really! But I gave my bag to someone else and drank my water and just told myself I didnt. It was WILLPOWER. And I really feel that I can do it all again today! So thats my plan. One step at a time baby! Oh and by the way, the scales this morning - 53.5kg and 21.7bf. Thats pretty interesting isnt it!!!!

Dantes, you are of course right. and oh my complacency is my friend right now. If you read my first challenge log (waaayyy back in March or whenever it was) I was sooooo good and so motivated. What has happened I keep asking myself? Anyway I woke up this morning and thought right, no FRICKING CHOCOLATE/LOLLIES/SWEETS/CANDY-WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT!!!! I'm going cold turkey, enough is enough. I swear all that crap is sucking my motivation out the window. I'm also going for a week alcohol free, and I mean free, not a drop, nothing, no beer, no vodka, no wine (well unless its in my cooking but thats different) This morning I weighed myself and was 54.2 kg and 22.3 bf. What the... So yes, time to step up to the plate (how many more cliches/annoying phrases can I use in this post i wonder). Game on. (haha, there's another!)

you are so good at doing your exercises. I wish I could have some of your motivation.

food front is always a bit challenging after lunch. Breakfast I can do with my hands tied behind my back, no crappy carbs ever. Lunch yesterday was soup, with half a bread roll (white bread, bad!) and some beef nachos. After lunch I was doing work on a huge spreadsheet and was having trouble with uploading some of the data that had come out in HTML from another site and was stuffing up my system. I needed chocolate to get me through that. Good dinner, no veges though. Had wholegrain rice crackers with camenbert and hummus before though. Hmmmm no ab exercises. just couldnt be bothered. I am FAILING this challenge. My motivation seems to be completely lost. I can turn it around if I really want to, I just have to get with the programme. I have a million excuses I can insert here ->