I 'm back :-) (looooooooong post)

Welcome back Nathalie. Glad you enjoyed your holiday and hope you are
better soon. A friend of ours is due back from Cuba tomorrow, looking
forward to hearing about his holiday as well.

--
Brenda
209/173/150
NYNY goal 160

"Nathalie W" wrote in message
...
Well hello everyone!
Here I am again, after a long absence... I 've been back from Cuba since
two
weeks now, but life has been quite eventful since, and I wanted to read
all
the posts! So, 5000 posts later, I 'm here.
The trip to Cuba was fantastic. It 's a beautiful and interesting island
and
we really had a great time. We were very active too, hiking, exploring
caves, mountain-biking (NSV! first time I did this!), salsa-dancing... We
even climbed some pretty high mountains! Food-wise it was quite hard since
there were hardly any vegetables or fruits. I had to give up my vegetarian
lifestyle for a while and had chicken or fish every day. Otherwise it
would
have been rice and beans 3 times a day and I wouldn't have survived on
that.
Unfortunately everything they cook is fried in a lot of fat! Oh well I did
what probably everyone would have done in this situation: forget about the
diet but try to eat sensibly, indulging in the occasional dessert, not too
mention the absolutely delicious coctails!(mojito, daiquiri, cuba
libre...)
Fast forward to the flight home : due to overbookings I was promoted to
business class ( Yay!!) which was great for such a long flight. But...
somebody was so kind to "give" me his flu virus, so after a few hours at
home I was in bed, with a fever and a sore throat.
I actually felt better quite fast and probably overdid it a little a week
later when we had our Christmas choir concerts and I insisted to
participate. Result : relapse from the flu, much worse this time, with
bronchitis on top! So after 5 days in bed I 'm up for the first time
today,
and feeling a little better. The fever is gone and apart from a bad cough
and a general feeling of weakness I 'm OK.
Weightwise : I stayed the same during the trip, which I was very happy
with!
Then of course with this flu I lost quite some weight... I know, not the
best way to lose.
Anyway I 'm recording yesterday's weight since Fridays are my official WI
days: 220.9 or down 4.2.
Actually the scales read even 3 pounds lower today but that's not
'official'. Since I have only eaten a little soup and yoghurt for the last
days, and the antibiotics are playing havoc with my intestines, I believe
the weight will come back a little once I start eating normally again.)
Well, I 'm glad to be back, hope you ' re all doing fine. My good thoughts
go to Elaine and Brenda's hubbies, and to everyone struggling, and of
course
to Kate and her gallbladder :-) Congrats to all you losers and
maintainers,
and hello to all newbies.
( and special thanks to Kristin who sent me a mail asking if I was home
already. You' re a sweetie!)


--
Nathalie from Belgium
134.1/100.2/minigoal 99.9 Goal 68 Kg
295.6/220.9/minigoal 220.3/Goal 150 pounds
NYNY 227.3/220.9/214

Welcome welcome, Nathalie... I'm so happy you've returned! (and thanks for
your e-mail, sorry I didn't get a chance to reply to you personally yet!)

--

~Kristin O~
272/237.4/172

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"Nathalie W" wrote in message
...
Well hello everyone!
Here I am again, after a long absence... I 've been back from Cuba since
two
weeks now, but life has been quite eventful since, and I wanted to read
all
the posts! So, 5000 posts later, I 'm here.
The trip to Cuba was fantastic. It 's a beautiful and interesting island
and
we really had a great time. We were very active too, hiking, exploring
caves, mountain-biking (NSV! first time I did this!), salsa-dancing... We
even climbed some pretty high mountains! Food-wise it was quite hard since
there were hardly any vegetables or fruits. I had to give up my vegetarian
lifestyle for a while and had chicken or fish every day. Otherwise it
would
have been rice and beans 3 times a day and I wouldn't have survived on
that.
Unfortunately everything they cook is fried in a lot of fat! Oh well I did
what probably everyone would have done in this situation: forget about the
diet but try to eat sensibly, indulging in the occasional dessert, not too
mention the absolutely delicious coctails!(mojito, daiquiri, cuba
libre...)
Fast forward to the flight home : due to overbookings I was promoted to
business class ( Yay!!) which was great for such a long flight. But...
somebody was so kind to "give" me his flu virus, so after a few hours at
home I was in bed, with a fever and a sore throat.
I actually felt better quite fast and probably overdid it a little a week
later when we had our Christmas choir concerts and I insisted to
participate. Result : relapse from the flu, much worse this time, with
bronchitis on top! So after 5 days in bed I 'm up for the first time
today,
and feeling a little better. The fever is gone and apart from a bad cough
and a general feeling of weakness I 'm OK.
Weightwise : I stayed the same during the trip, which I was very happy
with!
Then of course with this flu I lost quite some weight... I know, not the
best way to lose.
Anyway I 'm recording yesterday's weight since Fridays are my official WI
days: 220.9 or down 4.2.
Actually the scales read even 3 pounds lower today but that's not
'official'. Since I have only eaten a little soup and yoghurt for the last
days, and the antibiotics are playing havoc with my intestines, I believe
the weight will come back a little once I start eating normally again.)
Well, I 'm glad to be back, hope you ' re all doing fine. My good thoughts
go to Elaine and Brenda's hubbies, and to everyone struggling, and of
course
to Kate and her gallbladder :-) Congrats to all you losers and
maintainers,
and hello to all newbies.
( and special thanks to Kristin who sent me a mail asking if I was home
already. You' re a sweetie!)


--
Nathalie from Belgium
134.1/100.2/minigoal 99.9 Goal 68 Kg
295.6/220.9/minigoal 220.3/Goal 150 pounds
NYNY 227.3/220.9/214

Welcome back Nathalie, I was wondering if you were having such a fantastic time
that you decided to extend your vacation. G Glad to hear you had a great time
and are once again recovering from the flu - sorry to hear you got ill at all.
And maintaining on vacation is quite an accomplishment. Good for you!

Good to have you back amongst us.

Joyce

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 11:31:59 +0100, "Nathalie W" wrote:

Well hello everyone!
Here I am again, after a long absence... I 've been back from Cuba since two
weeks now, but life has been quite eventful since, and I wanted to read all
the posts! So, 5000 posts later, I 'm here.
The trip to Cuba was fantastic. It 's a beautiful and interesting island and
we really had a great time. We were very active too, hiking, exploring
caves, mountain-biking (NSV! first time I did this!), salsa-dancing... We
even climbed some pretty high mountains! Food-wise it was quite hard since
there were hardly any vegetables or fruits. I had to give up my vegetarian
lifestyle for a while and had chicken or fish every day. Otherwise it would
have been rice and beans 3 times a day and I wouldn't have survived on that.
Unfortunately everything they cook is fried in a lot of fat! Oh well I did
what probably everyone would have done in this situation: forget about the
diet but try to eat sensibly, indulging in the occasional dessert, not too
mention the absolutely delicious coctails!(mojito, daiquiri, cuba libre...)
Fast forward to the flight home : due to overbookings I was promoted to
business class ( Yay!!) which was great for such a long flight. But...
somebody was so kind to "give" me his flu virus, so after a few hours at
home I was in bed, with a fever and a sore throat.
I actually felt better quite fast and probably overdid it a little a week
later when we had our Christmas choir concerts and I insisted to
participate. Result : relapse from the flu, much worse this time, with
bronchitis on top! So after 5 days in bed I 'm up for the first time today,
and feeling a little better. The fever is gone and apart from a bad cough
and a general feeling of weakness I 'm OK.
Weightwise : I stayed the same during the trip, which I was very happy with!
Then of course with this flu I lost quite some weight... I know, not the
best way to lose.
Anyway I 'm recording yesterday's weight since Fridays are my official WI
days: 220.9 or down 4.2.
Actually the scales read even 3 pounds lower today but that's not
'official'. Since I have only eaten a little soup and yoghurt for the last
days, and the antibiotics are playing havoc with my intestines, I believe
the weight will come back a little once I start eating normally again.)
Well, I 'm glad to be back, hope you ' re all doing fine. My good thoughts
go to Elaine and Brenda's hubbies, and to everyone struggling, and of course
to Kate and her gallbladder :-) Congrats to all you losers and maintainers,
and hello to all newbies.
( and special thanks to Kristin who sent me a mail asking if I was home
already. You' re a sweetie!)