2009 Body Transformation Challenge, Week 1

Well, had half a bad day yesterday, lol! I was really good until I went to mums house and she'd made up some mini lemon and passionfruit merangues (sp??) and mini custard cream fruit tarts YUM. Both my ABSOLUTE favourite things! My mouth is watering just thinking about them.... I had one merangue and 2 custard ones, and then had some of mums christmas choccies.....Sooo disappointed! I have absolutely no willpower. I did try not to eat them, then mum laid a guilt trip on me (unknowingly) about how she spent all morning making them up just for me. I haven't told her I'm trying to lose weight so it's not her fault. But I was good afterwards, which is a big step cause in the past I would have been of the opinion that I had already stuffed up and I may as well continue and start fresh tomorrow. I didn't exercise either. We had a bad afternoon, and DD didn't sleep and by the time I would have gone for a walk she would have gone to sleep in the pram and it was waaaay too late for her to have any kind of sleep by then or she wouldnt have gone to bed at a decent hour. So we didn't go. Does that make sense? LOL!
Aaaanyway! I have had some serious sugar cravings too, really trying hard to just ignore them. And whoever said they brush their teeth when hungry/craving, I do that too if a glass of water doesn't work and I'm getting desperate! It really works cause I think it kind of ruins the taste that you expect you'll be getting.
I will be posting some pics up too. I'm gonna be just a brave as the rest of you who have done it. Though it is REALLY daunting! I don't know if I'm brave enough to put up the ones in my underware though, maybe just the ones from christmas...we'll see how brave I get :)

I'm off to a better start with the food today - had a couple of weetbix with hot water and 1/4 cup hilo milk and just finished off some watermelon. Doing a grocery shop today so I'm not going to buy any junky snacks this week!

I agree with the sugar cravings, they are sooo hard to get past but I know once you do you quickly forget about it.

Starting to feel a bit better today as well, although still all stuffy and blocked up. DP gave me a wonderful back massage before I went to bed last night and I think it really helped me to sleep better :) Hopefully I will get in a nice walk this evening when the weather cools down.

Does anyone run? I have been thinking about running for a while and there is this program called couch to 5k which basically has you going from being a non-runner to being able to run 5kms non stop, in 9 weeks.

lilias, I figure that sooo many people have seen my body now, (babies,ops etc) it does'nt matter. Still it was a bit brave, and embrassing, and yes I need the inspiration ( a bit of name and shame type stuff). I did tick that non users could'nt get a look. The people on here are pretty openminded as a whole, you might as well see warts and all.
Also I think it's good for others to see that sometimes you may look okay in clothes but underneath, lies a whole nother world!!!!!

Well I had an alright day yesterday, I had my parents down from Hervey Bay visiting for christmas and they brought some nibbles, I only had a few chips and 6 natural confectionary lollies. We had a healthy lunch of cold chicken/ham and lots of different salads, but I still think I may have over eaten ie portion size. But on the upside I haven't had any coke for 3-4days and that's a huge thing as I absolutely love it, I've also been having my 2L of water for the past 2 days. I didn't get to exercise yesterday it was way to hot all day, not that that is an excuse but I really can't handle heat very well. I will be going out today as a cool change has come through and it's nice and overcast, so once DH gets home and can watch the kids I will be off.

Will try and get the courage to get DH to take some before pics.

hugs xoxo

:wall: Guests are still here, thought they were going this morning. Hard to be healthy when all the crap is coming out (alcohol, lollies, soft drink). I am feeling both stressed and depressed. Not a good mix for me and eating.

:hug: :hug: :hug: Astrid, its tough eating healthy when you have guests, I hope they leave soon for you ;) :hug:

I had a okay day yesterday, could have been better. I didn't end up going for walk cause dh went over his mates house and wasn't home when he said he would be. I was so mad he was late when he knew I had plans that I didn't want to go walking with him. Not that he even notice I was mad :rolleyes: or maybe he did and just didn't say anything.

For sugar craving I have a weight watchers hot chocolate with a splenda (sweetener), and a little skim milk. It's yummy, fulling, and takes a while to finish.

I'm going to have to get some WW hot choc today! :)

My dh wont walk with me coz I don't walk as fast as him, but will go for a bike ride with ds and I, but I don't ride as fast (or as well! So clumsy!) as him.... So I guess it's on my own. :( If he did come with me tho, maybe he could lose some weight too and maybe push me to push myself more... Will have to work on him!

I had an ok day yesterday but caved last night, tired and ate 3 rows of Cadbury. :( Today I had toast for brekkie and a decaf with one sugar, then MIL came over with pies for lunch so today is out the window too.... not sure I can do this, I literally have no self control, I crave sugar and savory things like chips- have been eyeing them off all day. Dinner should be better - MIL is making a thai fish dish. I just wish I had the self control to do this properly but I don't think I do. :(

Yeah you do Tan, just don't do it all at once!

I started on the stepper today but I had to stop because I couldn't stand the sound of my knees and ankles cracking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am really into a good rythmn now, I have gotten up every morning put on my joggers and gone out the door for a walk, even this morning after being up in the night for a couple of hours with DD- usually I would have said I was too tired, but this morning I figured I am going to be tired anyway, so I may as well be tired and Healthy.
We went to my parents for dinner as well, I realised that alot of my bad eating habits stem from when I lived at home, because the second I walked in the door I was back into bad habits- checking out the contents of the fridge/ pantry. Luckily I realised what I was doing, and only had a small amount of left over chrissy cake- not to bad, there is lots of yummy things to eat there, so it could have been so much worse.

I think the thing for everyone to remember is that 1 bad meal/ day is just a bump in the road, it is remembering not to let that derail the whole process. My dietician told me that learning to eat well is just like learning to ride a bike, it takes time to learn to do it properly, sometimes we fall off, but the trick is to hop back on and keep going- and most importantly not beat yourself up over it.

Ohhh, Tan of course you have the willpower, but as Lulu said, just don't overwhelm yourself with everything at once. It's hard to kick addictions to sugar and the fact that you're just used to having what you want. I'm like that now too. But try to think on the positive side- at least you only had 3 rows of choc. Not the whole block! I would have :redface: Just do little bits at a time. And don't expect it to all be perfect all the time. It won't be. I eat when I'm stressed and upset, so I will indulge in a small chocolate or something, like a milkyway. Because if I don't I will eat and eat to try to fill the space, but if I have a small treat then I am satisfied. And I have also learnt that if I fall off the wagon, not to continue for the whole day. I will get back on and try to continue eating/exercising and not go all out on the junk! My will power is questionable at the moment too, but I know I can do it, I've done it before. It will just take a bit of time this time as I don't have alot of time to truely focus on myself like I did before.

WTG everyone on the awesome starts :)

Not so good at starting here :redface: Have been unwell (had 2 migraines in the last week that last for days) and therefore not really eating or exercising but today i am finally feeling better so i have been "good" with my eating and i am about to get on the Wii fit for a bit b4 DD wakes up. I have had lots of water. My challenge for today will be tonight. We are going out for dinner then i have my 5 and 9 yo nieces coming for a sleep over. Dinner wont be too bad i'll order healthily but once we are home and the kids are snacking etc i think i will struggle just have to stay motivated. Its not very nice to say but i am really looking forward to my Dh going away next week for 2wks so i can have more time to myself in the evenings once my girls are in bed to exercise etc and have less temptations around (he is a shocking eater).

Well hope you are all having good days. I will pop in after dinner and hopefully be very proud of myself lol.
Hoody

Tan, its HARD to cut back on all the stuff we used to eat! Don't be down on yourself :hug: One slip up isn't the end of the world, and its only day TWO of the challenge. Try just cutting out unhealthy food at one meal, thats easiest for me, one meal at a time, one snack at a time. It doesn't have to be one HUGE jump, one thing at a time, it all adds up in the end. :hug:

Besides, if this was supposed to be EASY it wouldn't be a CHALLENGE would it ;) Nor would we even need this thread, because we'd all be healthy and fit already :)

BTW, its not all smooth sailing for me. I spent half an hour staring in my fridge and pantry at everything I want to eat! In the end I had peanut butter toast, two Bertie Beetles and a glass of coke for lunch :doh: The toast I had planned on, the chocolate and coke not so much :(

I also have no will power when it comes to sweet things. So I decided not to buy the crap at shopping so it wasn't in the house for me to get at. That is also hard so most of the time i write up a shopping list and give it to DH to do. He only ever buys what's on the list and never impusle buys thankfully. So that's how i got around that one. Since then though i have had way more energy this pregnancy and havent gained a ton. I have actually lost 6kgs. Least that is 6kg less i have to loose afterwards!

Wow some of you ladies have been fantastic... I feel bad... So glad i joined up tho... Need some inspiration...

Have been naughty... i do fortnightly shopping so have to put up with the stuff i have here already... And we got chrisco and DP gets all the pantry fillers... down side to having a slender DP... Lucky ba$tard can eat anything and not put on weight...

Have been having breakie mid morning snack, lunch, arvo cuppa with fruit and dinner... 2 l of water since i started did have few sips of coke yesterday ... Its SOOO damn hot here been like 35 degrees... so havent done any walking... its a bit cooler now so will go for a walk once i'm done here as DD has just woken up from her nap.

Been having good dinners, last night was a palm sized heart-smart sized steak, (i was reading about portion sizes) and steamed veges (brocolli, beans, peas, carrots, corn, and i did have 2 small pieces of potato) it seemed like SOOO much food but the Low GI diet says i should have a minimum of 3 cups of veges with the meat... Luckily i'll eat just about every vege available...

Someone said something about the hot water and lemon... Thats part of the low GI diet i'm following... looking at some nice recipies and planing my meals so i can shop to a meal plan...

Well better go time for a walk. be good ladies...

Golly me I can't keep up.
The last two days I have been atrocious... i was hungover yesterday (bad girl i know) and the sugar cravings were shocking. I drank a truckload of water and resisted the sweet drinks but my eating wasn't fabulous. I did eat breakfast... then an omelette for lunch (when everyone else dragged their arses out of bed) and for DF and I made up some nachos to snack on and that ended up being dinner. Had lots of fruit...

Today however has been a rough day with alex, the cleaning and packing so we got pizza for lunch and the leftover pizza for dinner. Okay so not healthy but we limited ourselves which we have never been able to do before. Anyway, I'm back on the bandwagon tomorrrow with exercise, packing just takes it out of me. I have moved so much furniture around *sigh*

Anyway, sorry ladies I will try and keep up. You are all such a great motivation. Anyway, I am now off to post my cringeworthy photos.

Mwah, good luck to all!

Fanks ladies, just reading makes me feel better and determined to keep trying - baby steps I guess. Worse thing is that DH is going OS for 2 weeks next week. :( Not only is this the longest we have been apart for 11 years and I will miss him terribly but if I am home alone I don't cook because I can't be bothered cooking for just one person. Maybe I will make up a batch of healthy meals to freeze or something over the weekend. Vege lasagna or something will see me through. MIL came over and took Izzy for a long walk today and instead of going with her I stayed home and did housework - I should have gone too...arggh!

Tanstar- My DH leaves for Vietnam on the 8th for 2wks but unlike you i am looking forward to it. The way I look at it- i wont have him stuffing his face with junk around me, once my DD's are in bed i can jump on my wii fit without interruption. I wont cook either for myself when he's not here (he went for 2wks in Sept also so i know i wont) so i am going to buy enough weight watcher fzn meals to keep me going. I also have my 1st goal of losing 3 kg for when he returns so i know i will be disappointed in myself if i don't get there. Secretly i will miss him like crazy but i am trying to think of positives.

YAY for me i just did 45 mins on my wii fit doing step and boxing for the majority of it and prob 5-10mins on balance games. Its 37 degrees in Perth today so stinking hot so i worked up a decent sweat even with the aircon on.

Do other wii fit users do a body test daily? Because it encourages you to i do but then today it says i weigh .9kg heavier than yesterday so now i'm not going to do the body test at all unless its a wed morning so i can email lucy.

tk1999- how you going?

Hoody with the body test it needs to be done at the same time each day or it will be inaccurate.

Cookiemonster- its always within a couple of hrs of the other one as i only use it during DD2's nap time. Oh well maybe i had a big poo yesterday lol. :lol:

I've been bad :(

Ate healthy on NYE (we had a picnic) and then yesterday was a write off totally including the bottle of wine last night, today I've not eaten yet but am about to have some ham & salad.

I've made salad up in the fridge and will have that every day for lunch & dinner.

I'm upset, stressed and pretty miserable so my appetite has gone totally away again.

Go Hoody!

hi ladies
i was pretty bad today too:redface:, we went to Melb Zoo for the day and I ate a bit of junk, the plus I guess is that at least I was walking around all day, half of the time with DD in the ergo, so was carrying an extra 10kgs!

another idea for sweet cravings is the unibic sponge finger biccies that you can buy. When I did WW a few yrs back, I think they were only 0.5 point... they are nice with a cuppa so you can dip them in!

Going to the fruit and veg shop tomorrow so I can fill the fridge with yummy fruit.

I want a Wii Fit too! They sound like so much fun... I did hint on one for chrissy, but it didnt come.. Santa must have thought I'd been naughty:o

Well I went and did my walk, it was 40mins. I wore Julian in the carrier so that is about an extra 5.5/6kgs and I feel great and DH is making a chicken stir-fry for dinner so that is nice. I decided after my walk that one day I would do my walk with Julian in the carrier and the next day with him in the pram, just for varied weight resistance.

hugs xoxo

Hi girls, for those who are strruggling and/ or questioning if they can do it. We can!!!
I am ??? myself as well, it's hard making those changes but in a couple of weeks time it will get easier. It's a tough time of year, loads of goodies around the house and on sale when you go shopping. But if it does'nt happen now it only :wall:gets harder the heavier we get well that's what I am telling myself......take the baby steps and like the others have said get back up and brush ourselves off if you have a bad day. ;)

I definitely think we need to continue this after march ends - two weeks later it will be easter and i am a sucker for all the chocolate that gets reduced post easter, LOL!!!!!!!
I'm feeling very ashamed after now putting a picture up, but motivated to get back to pre-preg me to.

Hi Lucy,

Is it to late to join in. I have had computer problems and just got my PC fixed thank god.

Let me know and I will email you my measurements ASAP.

Thanks
Connie

Hey Connie Lucy posted earlier today saying it would be okay for others, just get them in ASAP ;)

wow, its so fantastic to see so many positive people here who are ready and rearing to go! I am really happy to see so many of you got up the courage to put up your pics in the gallery and also the positive comments so many of you have written. Cant wait to see the progress shots!

I've had a pretty good start. Eating wholegrain cereal for brekky, ham and salad wrap for lunch and a small portion of steak with loads of steamed veggies for dinner. Although I did buy a bottle of the pink jewel champas and having a glass atm, its low in cals so I'm using that excuse for a little indulgence lol. One thing I was pretty pround of is that Selena and I walked down to the nearby highschool today and played about a 40 min game of tennis, it half killed me as I was constantly running for the ball being so unco but it was a big step in the right direction for me. Selena is so patient with my incompetent eye hand coordination but I'm slowly....very slowly getting there....we really had fun! Been having 2 to 3 L water each day mainly due to the heat up here but things are pretty good so far! Looking forward to what I can do tomorrow...hmmm....

Hi there cookiemonster,

I have emailed lucy my measurements and weight.

Thanks for getting back to me.

Goodluck with the weightloss. I sure need it.

Connie

I was good for dinner

Salad (2 types of lettuce, spinach leaves, grape tomatoes, celery, mushrooms, egg)
2 small pieces of dry-fried lamb chops (organic)

im still yet to put a pic up...

Do heated arguments (and i mean heated, i thought i was going to lose my voice!) count as exersise?
I was so depressed yesterday. I thought i'd missed out on being included! I still stuck to my WW plan (at the time didnt know how many points!)and came in under! Today, i had 6 points to "spend", so i treated myself to the icecream in the freezes fil bought yesterday. Mil & i estimated it for 6 points and if im correct, it was only 4! (for those in the know about ww, i thought it exciting!) shame tho i didnt go for a walk today. Does shopping count as exersise? Coz mum & i (and my monkey) are going to dfo at the gold coast tomorrow!
Mum2squidgee- my order to santa was a wii fit too! However, i wasn't naughty, he was just broke. Lol
We have eye toy kinetic(the original) at pil's so ill just have to go round there and use it. Anyway, lights out for me, early start! Another good day over girls!

I had a good day today. We went shopping brought all healthy food, no juck. I did wii fit stepping and went for a walk.

I brought a pregnancy test while we were shopping. Did it tonight and got a :bfp:. :o I'm pregnant.

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I had a good day today. We went shopping brought all healthy food, no juck. I did wii fit stepping and went for a walk.

I brought a pregnancy test while we were shopping. Did it tonight and got a :bfp:. :o I'm pregnant.

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OMG OMG OMG!!! :hooray: Oh YAY!!! What a wonderful new year surprise Jo!! I am so happy for you!!!
However had you stopped TTC? The TTC line in your sig has been gone for a bit hasn't it?

(do you still want the template - sorry i didn't email sooner i forgot and seeing you post here just reminded me!)

Thank you cookiemonster. Yes we had stopped TTC. We weren't trying but weren't preventing it (as you can see). OMG I'm still in shock.

I would still love the template. I'm still going to do the challenge by healthy eating and some exercise. I won't cut food back too much as I'm still breastfeeding and now pregnant but everything that goes into my month will be healthy. My last pregnancy I put on 35kg, I'm not doing that this time.

Thank you.

WTG HPsMum on the :bfp: how exciting.

Well went out for tea and i was naughty. Wanted to be good but i was starving so ordered steak and chips but asked for a 1/2 serve of chips and 1/2 salad. The service was really bad and the food took forever to arrive and by then i wasn't that hungry so although i made a bad choice i didn't eat too much iykwim. Probably a 1/3 of my steak and 1/2 my chips but i did eat all my salad. Not sure what tomorrow will bring i'm hoping to be good. We are off to the zoo with my nieces who are visiting from QLD. I will take food with us so i wont be tempted to eat rubbish. At least there will be lots of walking involved and i'm bound to have dd2 in the sling and will end up pushing dd1 in the stroller :)

Well its almost 11pm so off to bed for me.

yay i lost 0.6 kilos this week (and have AF). i lost 4cms off tummy and 5cms off hips and 4cms off thigh! i walked a total of 5hrs last week. WW is so good and i saved up enough points so i had some wines and home-made pizza last night! i am so excited, week 2 here i come!

HP, congrats on having a :bfp: i am so excited for you!

good luck girls on your weight loss journeys!

Thanks Hoody and queenbee.

Queenbee - Congrats on the weight loss.

I hope everyone has a good day. We are off to my sisters today once dh and ds wake up.

congratulations hps mum!

This is going to sound bad, but although im following WW, I dont feel like im eating any different, so im feeling a bit down today. Shopping for a nice dress (with a migrane im trying to shake)to go to a wedding next weekend probably isn't going to help. Must drag myself out of bed and get started.