2009 Body Transformation Challenge, Week 1

[Amity]

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!

Sending everyone willpower vibes!

[krysalyss]

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.

[*Ali*]

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.

[blackduckies]

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.

[~shazz~]

i have been so so norty today but after reading this thread already i am set to get into to it now good luck every one

[Lulu]

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!

[Lea79]

Well I've found it hard to get motivated today after a celebratory night last night - had to make the most of it after not being UTD anymore and it being the day before the challenge! I've had plenty of water, vitamins and some ham. I better get some salad into me I say. Still haven't built up much of an appetite yet. Will have a boxing session on the wii later on. Today is rest day before night shift tonight. Anyway, I'm biting the bullet and posting the most terrible before shot I can find in the challenge gallery, I hope I see more of you do it too as I think it will be more incentive

[*Nikki*]

Happy new year everyone

I got my stat's in yesterday afternoon... so so ashamed of myself for letting my weight get so bad

I know its a bad start for me but we had a bbq breaky this morning, so i plan to get stuck into it all tomorrow... First and last slip up i swear

[Mum0809]

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! Best of luck with the challenge and weight loss.

I am very motivated today. I normally have trouble with motivation after the first week, then go back to old habits. Not this time but. I got lots of lovely ladies to keep me motivated . So far I done the leg magic. I also ate half the amount I normally eat for breaky and lunch. Dh and I are going to go for a walk with Ds and our dog after 5pm when it cools down abit. I will also do boxing and stepping on the wii.

[AngelPunks]

Just added a photo to the gallery - also have my own weight loss gallery from last year's challenge & a mid-year-ish-08 photo here - https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...ry.php?cat=719

[Lea79]

wow Punkin you have done amazingly well in one year! I hope I can be as strong as you.

[AngelPunks]

wow Punkin you have done amazingly well in one year! I hope I can be as strong as you.

amazing what the stress of a marriage breakdown will do for you ........

now I just want to get down to my goal weight and tone my body

[~mamaspice~]

Have any of you tried the new Weight watchers potato bakes? They're not bad. And only 1 point or 78 calories they're a good little treat. I'm someone who snacks a lot so I usually find that low fat goodies like this are good to have in the fridge/pantry because you don't feel like you're missing out. I've bought myself some skinny cow ice blocks too so I can have one after dinner. I always crave something sweet after dinner.

Hey Cookiemonster, yep I've been on the calorie king website before. It's good isn't it!

[~mamaspice~]

PS: PUNKIN you've done sooo well so far!

[Indadhanu]

I bravely/stupidly (lol) put my pics up as well. they are bare belly and *GASP* bare thighs... i can hide my belly and thighs nicely under clothes, so they needed to come off to really see how I look.

Not very nice might i add (though my bum isn't too bad )