12WBT February 2013 #2

**peanutter** · March 24th, 2013, 09:19 AM

Well done! And fair enough, with the pacing of yourself, hun.

All improvements which are sustainable over time are good

**peanutter** · March 29th, 2013, 05:24 PM

Ugh. Feel so sick.

Had coffee and a traditional hot cross bun for brekky, and a small serve of fish'n'chips with the extended family for lunch, and the ears of DH's Lindt bunny.

Feel. So. Sick. Can't stomach the thought of any food for dinner.

**BrightSparkles** · March 30th, 2013, 08:35 PM

Ugh. Feel so sick.

Had coffee and a traditional hot cross bun for brekky, and a small serve of fish'n'chips with the extended family for lunch, and the ears of DH's Lindt bunny.

Feel. So. Sick. Can't stomach the thought of any food for dinner.

I get you on this one. I ha maybe 10 of the kids hot chips and I felt terrible.
I don't have scales but I feel like I've done ok, will see what the measurements say tomorrow.
I'm struggling to stay away from the chocolates. It's taking everything I have.

**peanutter** · March 30th, 2013, 09:36 PM

Busted again today. Had pizza for dinner. Didn't even want it, no idea why I ate it. Probably going to feel sick again tonight.

Tomorrow is a new day. Gonna behave myself now!

I want this. I'm going well with the eating otherwise (crapola with the exercise, just no time for anything, working crazy hours plus personal stuff taking all my waking hours and energy) so I need to stick with the eating.

**PollyA** · March 31st, 2013, 07:39 AM

You can do it peanutter! Think if the next milestone you want to achieve and visualise it when you're deciding what to eat. That is working for me over Easter! Eyes on the next goal!

**peanutter** · March 31st, 2013, 08:35 AM

Thanks, Polly!

I need to get some light hummus and tzaziki and capsicum and celery and carrots etc so when DH gets a dinner together I know I shouldn't be eating, I can snack on something healthy while I make a proper dinner ...

I would never have eaten the pizza yesterday if there was something healthy and tasty available ...

The hot cross bun was intentional - I'd told myself I could have one over Easter, and that's the only one I had. The fish'n'chips wasn't on purpose, I'm pretty sure I'd run past my parents that I'd like the fish to be grilled, and that they were going to have salad there, but I didn't check back in, or bring stuff for myself, so there are things I could have done to have avoided the situation. And at the end of the day, I didn't have to eat it. I made the decision that I'd rather eat a serving rather than getting into why I wasn't, and going hungry until I got home. We have lunch there every Sunday, and I can normally have some roast meat and boiled veggies and just leave the roast potatoes and other veggies in the juices, etc... And I just treat it as my "treat meal" for the week (as there's peas and corn etc, so it normally sits around 550-600 cal).

So that's today! I'm going to have to have an especially small serve today to make up for Friday and Saturday.

I suspect there was a bit of emotional eating going on there too ... Not an excuse. Just an observation.

How's everyone else going?

**Sopdet** · March 31st, 2013, 10:24 AM

did a sneak weigh in yesterday before my 2nd SS of the weekend and I'm down 3kgs. NFI if that will still be the same after last night's social outing which was to TGI Fridays complete with ****tails (at least I stayed away from the milky ones, but the fairy floss one was pure sugar).

**Astrid** · March 31st, 2013, 10:31 AM

Seriously contemplating this. Just hard to justify when weigh it up had free meal plans and exercise plans. I do admit I need help with the emotional and motivational side of things. Is 12wbt good in that area? Honestly I am fed up with yoyoing.

**PumpkinZulu** · March 31st, 2013, 10:53 AM

Astrid, I yoyoed my entire adult life and most of my teens. I love the 12wbt, the support I feel is really good. Plus, I felt like paying that $200 helped me commit more, as did the preseason and warmup parts, so I wasn't just jumping straight in. I've lost 24kg so far and am 16.2kg below my pre pregnancy weight

It really has altered my life significantly.

**Beach Mama** · March 31st, 2013, 11:35 AM

Astrid I am the same( as you know from the chat thread) so sick of the up and down so signing up for the next round because my mental part plus healthy ideas needs help! Especially lunches fur work and snacks.

PZ that's amazing!!!! So good to hear great stories about it!

**beansbeans!** · March 31st, 2013, 12:40 PM

Seriously contemplating this. Just hard to justify when weigh it up had free meal plans and exercise plans. I do admit I need help with the emotional and motivational side of things. Is 12wbt good in that area? Honestly I am fed up with yoyoing.

I needed heaps of enocuragement with the emotional and motivational side too. I had a heap of stuff to sort out in my head, make it time to be about me and etc. wbt helped with that so much. The weekly videos, the preseason tasks and the weekly videos really help you get in the right mindset. Probably the biggest and most helpful part for me was this. I agree with pz that paying the money out put a heap of encouragement to get going and stay going. Now I dont want to waste the money and am determined to make it to my long term goal too

**Astrid** · April 1st, 2013, 07:24 PM

Ok, I 've done it. I have signed up. Just don't tell DH

Now to just work my way around the website.

**Beach Mama** · April 1st, 2013, 07:25 PM

Hooray!!! I am waiting for my next payday in a fortnight!!!

**peanutter** · April 1st, 2013, 07:26 PM

Good job, ladies

**~Gee_Whizzy~** · April 2nd, 2013, 05:22 PM

Congrats ladies!

**Astrid** · April 2nd, 2013, 08:20 PM

Ok, a few questions (sorry if they have been asked in the previous thread, it is a lot to trawl through)

Do you need to buy anything? Pedometer, HRM?? Any of her books and DVD's?
Don't want to spend unless I need to. Also don't want to waste Round 2, all because I should have spent a few $$ on something that really helps.

I wont be going to a gym. Will be working out at home. I do have the Wii with EA Active, Zumba and Just Dance (which really does get a sweat up). I have been going to Zumba, but probably need to redirect the money from that to 12WBT payment.

I suppose though I do have some time to save up or find bargains. Was surprised to see it does not kick off till mid May, I want to make the most of the lead up time though!

**Beach Mama** · April 2nd, 2013, 08:25 PM

Somewhere on the site it tells you what need hun will see if I can find it, exercise is broken up into indoor/outdoor/gym and DVDs I think. Then you need hand weights and a few other things that are helpful but not optional. might have been in the faq section.

I'm sure someone doing it will pop in but in the meantime have a search on the info pages.
I think good kitchen scales would be handy as well as weighing in scales.

**The[cookie]Doctor** · April 2nd, 2013, 08:30 PM

Ok, a few questions (sorry if they have been asked in the previous thread, it is a lot to trawl through)

Do you need to buy anything? Pedometer, HRM?? Any of her books and DVD's?
Don't want to spend unless I need to. Also don't want to waste Round 2, all because I should have spent a few $$ on something that really helps.

I wont be going to a gym. Will be working out at home. I do have the Wii with EA Active, Zumba and Just Dance (which really does get a sweat up). I have been going to Zumba, but probably need to redirect the money from that to 12WBT payment.

I suppose though I do have some time to save up or find bargains. Was surprised to see it does not kick off till mid May, I want to make the most of the lead up time though!

This round was the first round she introduced videos for the daily workouts, so theoretically you should be fine without the additional purchase of DVD's etc. Helpful if you have a large computer screen or perhaps apple TV. But, it doesn't hurt to change it up a bit or vary it so if you have a bit of money to splash one of the three sets is worth $30, not sure about the newer set (think they are called the project dvd's).

You could buy the books if you see them cheap - they just offer a few different meals with the same calorie distributions but it means you have more variety if you want to continue this way of eating later on (without the program). We juggle our own menu per our budget and family eating fussiness so the books come in handy for some different meals.

HRM is not essential - but the goal is 1200 in 500 out so if you want to know exactly what you are achieving and if you need to push harder I would definitely recommend investing in one. Some people find they focus too much on the numbers, some people it really drives and motivates them to push harder. I love mine.

A step, mat, hand weights, possibly even a bar bell wouldn't hurt - but i dont do the at home program so maybe wait and see what you think you would find useful. A skipping rope is a good idea as it gets the heart rate up. Get some music on your phone or i-device, a tabata app to mix it up a bit, myfitnesspal - start using it now, to see how mcuh you ARE eating even if you dont adjust now, and a mapmyrun or runkeeper type app for outdoor walks etc. couch25km if it interests you.

A pair of digital kitchen scales is a MUST.
A popcorn machine (i dont have one, but many people use them) for healthy airpopped popcorn as a "naughty" healthy snack alternative.
A good sports bra.
Good runner or cross trainer shoes (unless mainly running CROSS TRAINERS are the more appropriate as they have better support for the action you use).
Comfortable active gear - bigW sell the Mish brand.
Lots of freezer containers for pre-preparing meals or sandwich seal bags for the things that can be snap frozen.