4 mugs today....ITis very hard to drink from a mug left handed and even harder to do it with a cast ont heright hand...gonna have to get better iwth the left hand!!!!

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G'Day I live down under in sunny Queensland, found your discussion by accident after seeing the green tea on Oprah show we only just got it . lol Queensland 1 hour and 20 yrs behind the rest of the world. anyway I hope you dont mind an Aussie chick joining in . I have had my 3 cups of green tea today I use the loose tea as the leaves sink anyway and its cheaper that way I am a qualified fitness instructor but suffer from arthritis in the feet I had surgery last year and was in a wheelchair for 6 months thats when I put on the weight ,all around the middle .now its time to get rid of it but thought some support from you happy sounding bunch would be great have a great day and keep supping Hugs anniex

Welcome! How funny is it that I read your post with an Aussie accent in my head? I guess it was the Keith Urban video I just watched! By the way, your lovely homeland certainly turns out some of the most gorgeous men on the planet....like Julian McMahon, Hugh Jackman, and of course the adorable Keith Urban.

OOOh, I got carried away there! We ARE a happy bunch here! Glad to hear you are out of the wheelchair and getting fit again. Do post often and keep in touch!

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Oh, I was so busy with my thoughts of Julian McMahon, I forgot to post that I had my tea quota for today....and I'm only 1 pound away from my "10 pounds in 6 weeks" goal. I have until Feb.8 to get to 224 and I think I'll make it. Love the green tea! I tried Tazo's Lotus along with a plain green tea for my double cup tonight. Yum!

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After bragging about how it was hardly a challenge for me to drink green tea...I went all day with NONE! In fact, all I had to drink was 4.5C of soda (that's one 16 oz, 1 small fast-food soda w/ice and 1 can of diet rootbeer) I'm going to drink a cup of water in a few minutes, but any more than that I'll be up in the middle of the night.

It was one of THOSE days at work. <sigh>

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LOL Maxi, I was reading Annie's post with an Aussie accent in my head too!!!

G'day Annie!!!! Welcome to our happy bunch, glad to have you with us!!!!! (maybe it's the green tea that's making us so giddy.) LOL @ "Queensland is 1 hr and 20 years behind the rest of the world." HEy, at least you GET Oprah!!!! Isn't she GREAT!!?? I just luv her!!!!

Guess what???? Guess what???? I weighed in at an even 138 this morning, WOOOHOOOOO!!!! I almost fell off the scale!!!! :jumpgreen How cool is that???? I would say my 8 month long stall truly IS broken!!!! And I REALLY think it's the TEA!!!! YipEEEEEEE!!!!!!

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Ooohh Barb, CONGRATULATIONS! You have been such a trooper!! If I had an 8-month long stall I would probably shoot myself (just kidding!) Go Green Tea!

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5'1" ~ 59 years old
Highest weight: 165
Atkins 7/10/2004
160/126/125
RE-DO, January 2008:
167/162/135

Well, Alida, this WOL is firmly engrained in my head now and no matter what the scale says, that's my lifestyle...........for LIFE!!!! So whatever happens on the scale, it is what it is, ya know? I didn't exercise all that well during that stall either (just going to Curves 3Xper week and not much more). So I had some accountability with it. Doing the Green Tea has spurred me on to do more exercise and work at this a little harder. I just wasn't ready to work that hard during that stall and the scale reflected it. It's a whole package deal, yanno?

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I think green tea also gives me more energy or it could be the low carb,I am not sure but i know I am more active now than I have been in quite some time.
I love my green tea and drink it often to. I heard once that it helps flush out body fat but i am not sure if that is really true or not, just something I heard once a long time ago.

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Sunny, that's GREAT!!!! I am lovin' it too!!!!!! On my second "double" for the day.

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Drinking 3 cups in the morning did keep me "escaping" to the bathroom all morning! I like green tea, but it tastes so good to me now...MMMMMM!

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Hello ladies I am new here. I have been reading your forum on the green tea challenge. My name is Cathy i have just turned 40 and i have 3 children and a great husband.I am from australia and i hate to say it but we are a little bit slow sometimes as we just had the oprah episode on the perricone promise 2 days ago on thursday jan 27 05. So are there still some of you on the green tea challenge?. I have put on alot of weight over the last 3 yrs due to illness as well as pain medication and antidepressants so it is impossible to loose weight. Up until 3 yrs ago i had never had a weight problem and now i hardly eat and get very little exercise. I drink alot of water have a skim milk milo first thing in the morning and am lucky to eat a sandwich all day. My medications make me nausiated all day. My doctors and dietician have both told me that my weight gain is due to medications, lack of exercise and too little food. They say if i eat more i will loose the weight instead of my body re-burning my fat to save my body from starving. This is why i have the weight gain plus i had a hysterectomy 5 yrs ago and unfortunately going through menapause early due to the hysterectomy. My body needs to lift my metabalism so when i saw the oprah episode about the green tea burning up fat i was over the moon. I then found your green tea challenge and am already drinking 2 litres a day. I put 6 tea bags into 2 litres of hot water and cool it down and drink the whole bottle over 24 hours.I had to give up drinking coffee when i first started taking my pain medication as the 2 don't mix and i was vommiting every morning. As i am not a
big tea drinker i have found a way to make it into iced tea by adding alot of lemon juice and it is lovely and cold for the hot summer we are in now. Australians are not big drinkers of iced tea. We see in america on some of your tv shows that they often pour iced tea to drink. I know no one here in aussie that drinks iced tea but now i am an addict for iced green tea with lemon juice. I hope it works. May i ask some of you to reply to me as i am interested in your results. Are many of you having any luck with it? Nice to meet you all and thankyou. Cathy

cathy.. i dont weigh myself ..so i dont know if it works... but i DO feel better drinking it.. i dont seem to retain water as usual.. and i just FEEL good drinking it.. i have gotten my coffee addiction under control with it too.. i used to drink tons of coffee ALL day LONG.. and now i am lucky to finish a cup or two..
i drink about 7-8 cups on average.. yummy stuff!

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Hi Ladies cathyp here again. I just read my post and i can't spell lose. I said loose instead. Sorry about the spelling. I usually blame the meds, or the hormones for my mistakes. When my kids were young i used to blame them. My brain does not work as good as it used to now that i am stuck at home and no longer work. Seems i lack adult worldly conversations. I only have conversations with teenagers these days and you know how they can be. Some days i think my brains gone on strike. It will be nice to talk to you lot even though i am on the other side of the world. Cathy xxx

heykim. I too hold alot of water retention mainly due to sitting on my butt most days. Hopefully it will have the same effect on me just to not be so puffed up would be good. And to the lady from queensland hello i am only over the boarder in nsw near lismore. Isn't it hot at the moment? its really humid here at the moment so the iced tea is nice.