Welcome back 3LM! Great to hear you had a fab time. I'm cheering for you to get back into it now you're home - how does your week look?

Mildez - oh darn that just bites doesn't it. I have fingers crossed for you that it's just mostly fluid & you'll be back down in no time. I LOVE your improvement on pushups, that's awesome! I haven't been doing them, so boy I feel a bit sheepish now. Doesn't matter what you started on, given you're still doing them, you'll overtake slackers like me! I'm sure the sit-ups will go the same way too.

livvy - lol lardy arse, love that phrase. Very karmic that the ginger nut was gone teheheh

SB - it has been a dodgy week hasn't it. I'm so sorry you haven't lost. Have you got a plan B? What do you do if it's not working? Can you research a bit more about the meds to see how likely it is they're having an effect? Have you got a food diary or been tracking to see if you really are eating too much? My DH who has just started trying to lose again has a similiar issue being on meds that are notorious for appetite increase/weight gain. He feels like he is so legitimately hungry, but I worry on his behalf that it's the meds. I've been encouraging him to snack on really low cal things so hopefully that will help offset the meds, however, we've set up a plan whereby he'll seek more help - maybe medical, maybe a food coach - if he doesn't succeed with his first strategy. I think you definitely need to try find a way to outsmart all this pesky stuff. As for the "enuff hours in the day" ... yeah well that's a simple one, there never is! Ultimately everything IS a compromise... spend 5 mins doing this or that? But if you prioritise your body/health over the house & all the other crappy stuff - it isn't easy - but you'll be glad you did it. And your kids will love having that healthy active mummy enjoying things with them more than they'll remember that patch in your life where the house was a bit grottier/crazier than usual because you were busy exercising & getting fit! It's a tough gig tho.

AFM, going ok this week, AF here so that might play havoc. My DH is going well & while his back had gotten sorer than usual it's settled down quickly, so yay, that's a karmic reward! I think he gets scared of making it worse (it's always sore) and so holds back from doing stuff when he needs to do more, not less. I'm looking forward to his b'day this week and feel pretty motivated to eat well. He's feeling really good about what he's doing, much more determined and no longer feeling like a victim (of illness & injury). I'm loving seeing this new attitude... and I so hope he gets some good loss this week, would be a nice reward. I'm also working my little buttzilla off trying to get down to goal weight asap.... aarrrgh so busy, I can't wait to drop my exercise back a bit time-wise! Am gonna cycle tomorrow (sometime - DS is dropping his day nap EEK!), zumba thurs... dunno what yet on Fri. Up & at 'em...

Hope everyone else is going well.