Fanny Adams

Thanks everyone for the kind words about the red dress. I didn't wear it though (saving it for my birthday next month). We had a fantabulous time - danced our asses off, played on the roulette tables, let strangers try to chat us up and then did the runner, hehehe. I wore the outfit I had bought at the same boutique a couple of months back and, even if I do say so myself, I think it looked smokin'! Zelli took lots of photos on her camera, so when I get copies of those, I'll post one of my AngelBaby and I, but in the mean time, this is the one she snapped of me on my phone camera: PS: My drink of choice is almost always scotch and water in a big glass. I can't do bubbles, so coke and/or soda are out, fruit juices have way too many calories to go drinking a bunch of them and neat liquor (like martinis, etc) gets me sloshed way too quick. I can nurse a scotch in a pint glass of water with lots of ice for an hour or two and get in 2 or 3 over the course of an evening, without blowing the diet or getting messy quickly. It also helps that it continually rehydrates me as I'm drinking, so is great for minimising hangovers.

I'll be joining you lushes tonight. My daughter and her girlfriends have booked a room at the 5 star casino/hotel in town and we're all going to leave the husbands/boyfriends at home, party our asses off, get seriously trashed, fall into a heap in the hotel at some ungodly hour, then crawl home to our other halves at some stage tomorrow, probably feeling very seedy and sorry for ourselves :confused: I love this plan! :drool:

LOVE the mushrooms!!

It's my AngelBaby's birthday today (she's 28!!) and last night I had a "surprise shopping party" for her. It was at a local fancy boutique, where you can book the shop for the night, invite about 8-12 people, they put on champagne and strawberries, give everyone a 10% discount, plus the host gets 10% of the total sales as an additional discount and everyone gets a free gift if they purchase something. The stuff in this boutique is absolutely gorgeous - clothing in all sizes and styles, fabulous jewellery, handbags, purses and hats... I could buy everything on their floor! The gifts were amazing too - mostly earrings that were retailing at around $30 a pair, and each one chosen specially by the staff to match what the person bought... I bought my daughter some exquisite shoes (she's going to take a photo with her phone and send it to me soon - I'll post it when she does); and bought myself a hot new dress! This is the first dress I've worn (except for my daughter's wedding 7 years ago) in over 20 years!! Excuse the messy hair and unflattering face pic but I love the dress...

Okay folks, how about 2pm Saturday 29th August at my house? We could have tea/coffee and band-friendly munchies and say hi to each other... Or we could pick neutral ground out somewhere. I live in South Lake, just off the Kwinana Freeway, so very easy to get to. What do you all think?

Hi Tegan. Are you north or south of the river? I'm south, but willing to travel. To all our other Perth bandsters, let's get our act together and make this happen!

Oooh! That's coming up soon!! (It's also my 2nd granddaughter's birthday). Good luck for the day! Don't worry, in no time at all, you'll be looking back on the day and saying "That's the best thing I ever did for myself!" I know I do!

Hehe - trying to disguise your nature with that handle, eh? Mine was a character name in an online adventure game that I used to play (Ultima Online). I was sitting in front of the computer, trying desperately to come up with a new name (I'm really bad at thinking of names!) and remarked to a friend "Damn, I can think of sweet FA!", (meaning "f**k all"). He instantly recommended that I name my character Fanny Adams, which is polite slang here in Aus for "f**k all". The name rang a bell and I looked up the meaning - apparently the original Fanny Adams was a little girl who was murdered in the woods in the late 1800's. This fit in beautifully with the story line of the game, so Fanny Adams was born. I've had that user name in every online forum for the last 7 years now, and I answer to "Fanny" in real life, as easily as I do to my actual name (Sue).

Hi again, everyone. Sorry I was MIA over the weekend. I had the grandkids with me and we were busy! Unfortunately, that included being busy making chocolate crackles and caramel/nut/popcorn, so I didn't hit my goal this morning and have a major weigh-in with my trainer tonight Oh well... it was FUN making them!!

Thanks for posting those, Lellow I'm still heading in for the same on December 7th and getting nervous now. It helped seeing the wonderful effect it can have!

Way to go, Beth!! I'm desperate to get below 80kg - been hovering between 83 and 81 for months and closest I have come is in my ticker. Was back to 80.8 this morning but got my ToM today so I'll be bloated for the next 5 days. I always show a good 1-2kg drop on the day that I finish, though, so I'm REALLY looking forward to seeing the scale next Monday!

Oh boy... I just found a FaceBook page for the Applecross Senior High School's 30th Anniversary Reunion of the Class of '79. OMG... Thirty... count them... 30 years since I graduated high school! I thought the 20 year mark was bad enough, but 30?? :w00t: Mind you, I am SO going to this one!! I did go to the 20th Reunion and I remember being so embarrassed as I was one of the only ones, it seemed, that had blown up like a balloon since high school. I would have weighed in at around 100-105kg (220-230lb) at the time and that was the biggest I'd ever been, so facing everyone was so hard. Of course, I eventually ate my way up to 125kg (275lb) years later, so it could actually have been worse but it seemed as bad as could be then. I can't wait to go strut my stuff in front of those who kept staring and whispering last time. It's in October, and although I won't be at goal (ps op is in Dec), I'll be close and hopefully only about 75kg (165lb), so they'll notice the difference even if they didn't see the full rise and fall of Fat Fanny. Ye gods and little fishes, what the HELL am I going to wear??? :sneaky:

Shhh, don't tell anyone but I am supposed to be working! :w00t:

What? You don't like the bling look? :w00t: Only when Liz lends it to me!! But we're like that *crosses fingers*, so I get the use pretty often... I love my huge handbags - can't stand the idea of a teensy weensy dolly bird one - who can carry anything in those? It's a coach, silly!! I'm still wondering wth coaches have to do with handbags and purses though... KC's got you covered!! *waves demurely* Yes, yes you must!

*whispers* I know - thanks for that!

I can't see how that would be practical! How on earth do you fit one of these into your pocket????

Hmph! If one must ask such a vulgar question, one should be advised that the process is qute refined. Her Majesty simply lies back and thinks of England and the deed is done!

I'm in Australia, Nanook, and we still use the English spellings for most things. It's quite odd really - if you look in an Australian dictionary, half the time it will list both the US and UK spellings and say that either is acceptable. However, amongst the older generations (of which, sadly, I am a member) using US spellings is very much frowned upon. It's also always great for a laugh to tease Americans about their spelling . It's almost as much fun as calling a Southerner a "Yank" and then pretending ignorance of the difference *whistles innocently* :smile2:

There you go again. There are only two o's in oops; yes, it was entirely necessary to capitalise NEVER; you have started not one but TWO sentences with "And"; and you'll touch the Queen at your own risk!! Be warned, the penalty is quite severe - you could be subjected to a very stern letter to the The Times and, believe me, you wouldn't want to risk that!!

I think it was passed on to him after Freddie Mercury died. :smile2:

What an improper question! One should know that one never reveals the contents of one's Queen's purse! The very idea!! :smile2: Just for your information, one should also know that one NEVER lays hands upon one's Queen - a lesson that, sadly, TWO of our Prime Ministers failed to learn...sigh... Still, while we might also be rude and ignorant colonials like our American cousins, AT LEAST WE CAN SPELL!! :wub:

Indeed I do!! That is because I speak and spell the Queen's English, unlike my American cousins across the water, who speak and spell AMERICAN, not English! So yeah, you had better duck and right quickly too, girlie!! *throws U's at you*

Well now, HH, for someone pointing out the grammatical deficiencies in someone else's posts, you certainly don't appear to be perfect in this regard. To begin with, an ellipsis has only 3 dots, not the 5 you have used. Secondly, the phrase "real soon now", whilst being popular American slang, is neither a correct use of the word "real" (it should be "really") nor does it require capitalisation of each word. This point also applies to the capitalisation of the second "very" in your last sentence. Finally, the correct spelling is "restructure" - the hyphen is unnecessary. :wub::smile2:

Hi new folks! The get together (which I called for at the start of this thread nearly two years ago) never quite happened... *sigh* I guess we were all just a bit too busy at the time. However, if anyone is game for it, I'm still interested. I'm working full time back in Perth now (was doing FIFO to the mines before, which is why I was rarely available), so should be able to make most times. In the meantime, if anyone wants to chat, drop me a line

Hi drawingmagic and welcome to the site. Congratulations on the 22kg! That's a great achievement. However, soups and chips only doesn't sound too healthy. By this stage, you should be comfortable eating most food types (in small quantities of course!) If you are still only on liquids, it sounds like you are too tight. Have you had a fill in your band since the operation? If so, how much and how many? The idea of the band is that you adjust the fill levels until you reach the "sweet spot". That's the point where the band is curbing your hunger but you are not too tight to eat healthy solid food. If you've had some fills, it might be worthwhile having some taken out (just as easily done as putting it in!). If you haven't had any fills at all, you could be one of the lucky ones who doesn't need to fill the band, but you will need to be careful with your eating patterns to get yourself into a "good place" with food choices. One of the issues with the band is that once you start having trouble keeping food down, you will irritate your stomach if you keep trying and only make things worse. You need to move very slowly from liquids to solids through several phases. You may also find that you are really tight in the mornings but not so much in the evenings. If that's the case, do liquids only in the morning, maybe mushies for lunch and try something a little more adventurous for dinner, making sure that you chew chew CHEW! If you try to eat something solid in the morning and it makes you throw up, switch straight to liquids for the rest of the day and try the gradual approach the next day. If you tell us a bit more about your history, we might be able to offer more targeted advice and food recommendations for different times/stages.