Had a few celebratory wines last night so am loving my water this morning!! But threw in a coffee also... and 4 pieces of toast with peanut butter... oops... I must admit I woke up and had forgotten about the challenge I am going to be better for the rest of the day!!
tk, I have a coffee every morning and it is only 0.5points on WW (allowed 20 points per day) and I have it white with one sugar so it's not too bad at all! Yum, wish I had peanut butter on toast this morning, would have been really yummy!!
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Spice - jump on calorieking and calculate calorie intake for your weight and etc... it's much more accurate. I needed to consume 2000 calories a day while breastfeeding, not including if i was exercising. If anyone is calorie couting check it out because it is a really great way to know how much you should be consuming to lose weight
Not sure what I am going to do yet in terms of diet, think I might just go with making healthy choices. We had Maccas for the last time last night! I'm also going to try and walk at least 3 times a week as well as 2 group training sessions that I've been doing.
I have a fridge full of healthy food from my shop yesterday, now I have to remember to eat it - my biggest downfall is that I don't remember to eat, but I have made up a container of salad (2 types of lettuce leaves, spinach leaves, grape tomatoes, celery, cucumber, boiled egg and mushrooms) to grab some out for lunch & dinner, have also got some nice pieces of organic meat (beef & lamb). Had my first coffee for the morning - there is no way I'm going to drop the coffee but I will stop drinking it after 2pm.
Today's exercise is washing down the walls in preparation for painting tomorrow. I also have to give my bedroom a thorough clean & clear as my new bed arrives on Saturday morning & I'll have to get the old bed out of there before then. May even wash down the walls in there and repaint tomorrow. I have 2 days in which to get my place painted in anticipation of the arrival of a new bed and dining room table.
punkin, well done on the healthy food! protein is good to push you through, fills you up longer i reckon. i always make sure i include protein at lunch so i'm not hungry around 2 or 3pm and if i am, i have some fruit. ****...i get those afternoon sugar cravings!!!
I would be walking RIGHT NOW if Shel wasn't so bloody paranoid and wouldn't hide my keys just in case someone breaks in and tries to steal her car ANNOYING!
Bit of a slow start here this morning. I was going to go for a walk but by the time I got organised (about 8:30) it was waaaaay too hot. Instead I cranked the AC and put on some Nine Inch Nails and had a good old fashioned dance off with my 2 and a half year old DD. With finger poised over the mute button for when the swears come on though!
I don't really have a set plan for what to eat or not, I just try and eat the food I know my body needs. I don't eat meat so have to be pretty careful about getting my protein in!
It sounds like everyone is off to a great start!
Well I woke up with a headache (no grog, I think I'm just tired!) so went back to bed whilst my star of a Dad looked after the boys. Got up at 10:30 and had 2 weetbix, banana, coffee (white with 2, really need to stop that...)
It' now 1:05pm and I'm thinking about lunch... probably tuna sandwich with lots of salad. And water.
I went shopping yesterday and bought a heap of fruit, so there's lots of healthy snacks for me. Grapes, bananas, apples, etc.
Only issue for me is that I'm going away from tomorrow to Monday, and I won't be cooking on those days, so I have to exercise and then watch my snacks!
DH and I are doing this together. We have different diet problems but my diet goals arebroken into three week groups. For the first group (wk 1-3) my diet goals are to not eat junk food at work and to recognise when I am hungry and when I am full. Junk food at work is a killer for me as I have an office to myself and work on the computer all day. I can eat a whole packet of tim tams and not even remember which is scary. If I eat junk food I at least want to enjoy it! Maybe I would then realise it isn't that yummy after all.
Good luck everyone for the journey. I am sure we will have our ups and downs but if we can encourage each other to get back on the wagon we will sail through.
We got off to a great start today- DH suggested we all go walking to the park and have a play, which was cool as I have been going early in the morning (about 6ish) with one or both kids in the pram. This morning I slept in a bit, so it was nice to go out all together, and for DH to be the one doing the motivating (so far this week I have done 5x 45 min walks)
Diet wise I am following an eating plan from my dietician,which is 3 meals, 3 snacks- also following as much of a low GI diet as possible to help with staying fuller longer. My biggest thing is watching portion sizes as I tend to get carried away.
I have actualley been on my health kick since before christmas- when I saw a friend who had lost 15kgs and felt very jealous, so I decided right then in that moment to get on with it, not to wait till after chrissy/ new year- which for me is a big thing, I am always putting it off to later.
I have also started a diary in which I record daily excercise, food intake, water intake any thoughts/ feeling and just writing down general inspirational sayings and stuff. I like having it on paper so I can pick it up whenever I want to, instead of having to wait to get to the computer, and sometimes 'forgetting' what I have eaten.
Wishing everyone the BEST of luck, I am loving all the determination and motivation in here at the moment.
I am just going with healthy meals and snacks at the moment if that works ok, I will stick with it, if I have trouble then calorie counting it is. I have done my exercise today, 1 hour of wood splitting, keep my family warm this coming winter and good for my core strength and did'nt cost a cent. Still cool here in Vic Day one feeling good and confident as you would hope.
I only just got my stats in today, I used all my download and had to wait until today to get it all in.
The changes I'm making -
*Drink a mug of warm/hot water with lemon first thing in the morning. Highly recommend this one, its an excellent morning kick-start for your liver and cleanses your palate.
* cutting back from 2 sugars to 1 in my tea
*more water every day - will fill a water bottle each morning and work through it daily
* good snacks on hand, my fave is a handful of almonds and dried apricots in the arvo
* multigrain bread instead of white
*eat breakfast in the morning
*eat dinner with the family instead of running out the back with a cup of tea for a quiet moment whilst they eat
*chop up all vegies into straws the day I buy them. The kids are more likely to tuck in if its easy to grab a handful and it makes cooking up a quick stir fry easier at the end of the day.
*no more pigging out on chocolate at night when I get hungry after missing dinner!
WEAPONS at the ready for improving fitness -
Cans of soup for weights!
3 kg weights (not ready for them yet!)
Stepper machine
I have to try and find an excerise routine for at home - crunches, squats etc. I'd love a Wii, but will have to wait for that one!
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I am going to be better for the rest of the day!!
ANNOYING!
Day one feeling good and confident as you would hope.
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