By LUCY ORMONDE
So… The Mamamia team has an apology to make.
Yesterday was Wednesday. And as any of our regular readers will know, Wednesday is the day for what we like to call Open Post. (Open post is the place where our staff and readers come together to catch up and talk about what’s happening in their respective worlds. It’s kind of like a virtual cafe, if you will).
Anyway, today is Thursday. Which is not Open Post day. But it’s going up a day today because, well, we forgot to put it up yesterday.
SORRY!
Moving on.
I’m feeling particularly zen this week. And that’s because I spent a few days of last week lying in THIS:
And wearing THIS:
On an adventure in the Daintree Rainforest.
I was lucky to be taken away by the kind folks at BT for a weekend of billabong swims, cocktails and life coaching.
Now, the words ‘finance’ mixed with ‘health’ would usually have me falling asleep at the dinner table. But the peeps who organised the trip were clever enough to mask the finance talk behind mojitos, scones and pimped out tree houses on the Mossman River.
And it was RAD. We swum with turtles. Turtles!
I’ve never been to Far North Queensland before and it really got me thinking about how incredible Australia is and how little I’ve all seen of it. I’m always quick to jump on a plane to Bali or Thailand when I’ve got a couple of weeks spare, but the truth is I’ve never even been to Perth or Tasmania.
My other take away from the trip-o-awesome was a little more serious. All the talk of finance forced me to have a good examine of my own and I realised just how reckless I’ve been as a 20-something.
I’m a live-pay-check-to-pay-check kinda gal – and that’s all very well when you’re 20 and working at JB Hi Fi. But when you’re a few years older and working full time? There comes a time when you need to stop spending all your extra cash on Country Road Spend and Save offers and look towards the future.
And that time is now.
Anyway, that’s it from me. Your turn now. How are things?
Top Comments
Im having a shit week and infact my last fee months have been quite crappy. Ive been hiding how down Ive been and having seriois relationship issues. Feeling very lost and alone.
But I want to write, I totally lost interest in MM due to the bitchiness of the site/comments. I have barely commented in the last year until now because Ive noticed a vast improvment in the site and quality of articles by a variety of writers. The comments are also much nicer all round/heartfelt and the bitchiness has subsided as well as the trolls. Well done MM on improving yoir site!
Hey LBF sorry to hear you're having a rough time. MM has improved vastly as they are now monitoring all the comments and the nasty ones don't get thru which is good.
i think there was always tonnes of support and kindness on here but the nastiness was a problem. I have had such great support, advice on here that has helped me so much. I know you will too. I hope it gets better for you really soon xxx
OMM: My weight. I hit 60kg on Monday, which is bad as that makes me officially overweight. I'm pretty upset, as I'm only 153cm and it really shows. At my lightest 4 years ago I was 51kg, which is what I'm aiming for.
I don't gain weight around my stomach, it's always around the butt and thighs. I've been slowly piling the weight on over the past 6 months and a lot of my dresses are too tight now. My parents have been on my case, telling me that i'm fat and I'm going to become obese which is harsh, but at least they're being truthful in telling me i need to lose weight.
I've decided that I'm not going to be 60kg for long! I immediately signed up fo uni gym memebership and have been going to classes pretty much everyday, along with my gymnastics classes and hockey. And cutting my food portions in half. I've learnt from past experience that doing the crash-dieting/starving yourself may work in the short term, but not the long term.
Exercise isn't an issue for me, my diet is, i need to work on changing it.
And I've decided to only weigh myself once a week, I don't want to get obsessive. My motivation is an Herve Leger dress, which I aspire to fit into.