THANK YOU LADIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boy, its been a long day, I'm so tired. We got home late. I haven't done too well today, I didn't eat juck but I ate way too much. Everyone seems to be going well, Congrats.
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THANK YOU LADIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boy, its been a long day, I'm so tired. We got home late. I haven't done too well today, I didn't eat juck but I ate way too much. Everyone seems to be going well, Congrats.
Hi ladies - am joining in on this great challenge and hoping to work on completing my weight loss journey. I used to weigh 146 kg, i am currently 94kg and aiming to get down to 73 kg which would be half my body weight. I WAS down to 79kg for my wedding last october but with blisfull honeymoon phase,stopping smoking and christmas blowouts have put back on 15 kg in less than 3 months :redface: I have also used TTC as a bit of an excuse, feel a bit paranoid about v.low calorie diet when TTC, but realise at 94kg i am still so overweight it will prolly have worse affect on TTC chances than the diet if i am sensible about it, so no more excuses!!!!!!! Only just found out about this challenge today, but i did weigh in at 94kg on new years day.....
tk1999 - nice to see you here (we are TTC 1-6mths buds!) Congrats on the carrot choice- i actually find carrots a great snack, crunchy and a bit sweet- well done!!
Lilias - dont worry about the one hour walk time - i actually quite like that first walk of a new exercise regime, i think of it as my "baseline" time i am setting so i almost WANT it to be bad - it is so exciting to see the time improving and usually quite quickly! I hear you both on the emotional eating thing and the portion sizes. Portion size is a huge one and you honestly get used to eating way less and it can be done very slowly. For example when i weighed 146 kg i would eat TWO FOOT LONG SUBWAYS EASILY!!:redface: Now i will have a six inch and if i want something with it just a piece of fruit. I also have my phases on and off using lite'n'easy dinners and i was SOOO hungry at the start but got to a point where i sometimes struggled to finish it.....
Laranna - YUM, love a choc paddle pop, i love it best with a banana paddle pop chaser unfortunately!!! But still a paddle pop is a good lower cal snack - cant remember as i dont really count cals, but 120-ish cals?? I also like just having water icypoles in the freezer sometimes, something yummy and bright looking like the lifesaver icypoles and they feel like a real treat i think around 50 cals? Also re running i believe the couch to 5 km is a great program. I have done running and went from barely being able to walk up and down my street to running a 10 km fun run non stop - this prolly took me 6 months or more but what a great feeling....i would love to run again but have a few hesitations re injuries and also personal phobias of pounding the pavements while TTC even though i know its unfounded i have a mental block on it and think i will stick to walking for the mo.- still i did find for me that nothing dropped the weight like running. The effects on mental health were awesome too. I would just measure a 5km course from your home, time yourself walking it a few times the first week and then each time just try to jog small sections with walk breaks and build it up till you can do it non stop, you will be surprised how quickly you can do it!!!
Also, re when sick or anytime when having take away its more the choice you make - i reckon subway is the best. Also to keep a couple of frozen diet dinners in the freezer and some of those steam fresh vegies that you chuck in the micowave and buy a bbq chook (skin off) or grilled piece of fish to go with it.....
HPsmum - congrats on the BFP!!!, i will interested to see how you go as i am worried how i will deal with weight control when UTD (currently TTC #1). I thought of seeing a dietician for advice on this.
je$$84 - i am quite anti shakes and pills but just personal opinion/experience. Weight loss is such an individual thing its a matter of working out what suits you, your lifestyle, motivation style and personality. For me the shake and pill thing seems unnatural and also a shake to me is depriving me of food. I am not a believer in consuming many if any calories in liquid form. I have one small juice most mornings and other than that drink diet coke or water.
Overall guys i firmly belive that there is no real mystery to the mechanics of weight loss- it is an input versus output thing. If u burn more than you eat you lose weight-up to you if you eat better, exercise more or both. The mystery i believe is more in the psychology of weight loss and that is EXTREMELY complex. I really think we all know HOW to lose weight but unlocking the mystery as to WHY we don't do what we know is best for ourselves is the key. Do we not think we are worthy of such health and happiness?, do we believe we are putting our kids first and forgetting giving our kids a healthy and happy mum is one of the greatest gifts? (should point out i am not a mum, but try and encourage my mum friends that they need to be looked after too). Do we eat to console and congratulate rather than to sustain? Do we eat to protect ourselves? Most of us if we have a good look at it can identify some personal issues that should be given some thought and that if we can reframe some of the negative forces/feelings in our lives would better succeed with our weight loss.
Sorry i have been so long winded ladies, but this is a topic i am pretty passionate about as you can see! - i have done well with weight loss but still find it a constant battle - even though i have figured a lot of the head stuff out, living it on a daily basis is still a struggle. It is just so awesome to see all you lovely ladies supporting each other and i look forward to being a part of it all with you!!! (Promise not to post so long in future!!!):D
Up to you. On the one hand if you leave it, and then hit a plateau in a few months, you know you can go down to 1200 to get the weight moving again.:
Lucy, how do you set the figures in the profile... it is probably really obvious but I can't seem to find it. Also, can I ask your opinion - I thought 1500 was pretty ok - and I feel better when I come in under it... so should I just leave it?
Or, start as you mean to go on? Retrain your body?
Either way, to change your personal profile in CK:
1. Go to account settings along the top
2. Go to Personal Profile on the right
3. On Page 2 of your personal profile, you'll find the Calorie Target Recommendations, and lower down, Nutrient Targets. You can change any of these, then hit save.
HTH
Thanks Lucy... I found it. I will have a think about whether or not I will change it or leave it for a bit and change it later
I've been good all week (hehe starting thursday! :) so maybe not that long! ) so I decided to go and weigh myself to see how much I've lost before I weigh in properly wednesday.... I've put on just over a kilo... wth? Not a very motivating sight. Maybe I just wont eat...
NOOOOOOOO!:
so I decided to go and weigh myself to see how much I've lost before I weigh in properly wednesday....
Don't torture yourself!
Honestly,our weight fluctuates SO much daily, depending on so many things. Weighing yourself intermittently through the day or through the week is nothing but painful demotivating torture!
Weigh yourself once a week only, first thing, after you have done a wee/poo.
failed!! Ate almost a litre of chilli chocolate icecream over the day...a teaspoon here, a mouthfull there....Bugger! Thrown the rest away!!
Oh well...DD is just waking up so im going to go for a big walk now.
Hi girls, yes you can all talk heaps.
No to diet shakes!!!! Just put the weight back on. I don't think I know anyone who has kept the weight off long term.
I have been doing well, enjoying chopping my wood;)
BF question????:juggle::juggle::juggle:I have'nt felt hungry so feel like I am eating enough and drinking heaps, but feel like my supply is dropping off. I have to comp anyway, never had a good enough supply... I am baseing this on my boobs don't feel full at all at the moment and bubs is frustrated at the breast. Although she is only drinking the same in the bottle???? Maybe she can taste the difference (no sweetners in the milk:lol:)
Any thoughts appreciated. Pam :p
Have been a good girl today and yesterday. One of my main weaknesses is not making wise choices when i eat out which is quite often. Yesterday i had brunch with a girlfriend, i had muesli, fruit and yoghurt with skim milk and thats it! Normally i would have greasy fry up when being bad followed by cake. Today i had lunch out and had greek lamb salad followed by fruit salad with yoghurt - i really wanted to have a huge burger and chips followed by the mint choc ripple cake which looked SOOOO good - yay for me!!! Also took dogs for walk this morning....hope everyone having a good day!:D
I woke up this morning and almost curled back up under the covers again. I'd spent hours in the garden yesterday afternoon, and I was hurting all over, my back was so sore, my legs ached. I was really strong though, and somehow made myself get up, get dressed and off for a 20 minute walk. Every step hurt, but I'm so glad I did it.
I've also come to the conclusion that Wii fit just doesn't exist. I've now changed the name of it to Wii Fit - The Chase. I spent all morning, going from shop to shop, driving all over the place trying to find one. Even one shop, who boasts that they sell it the cheapest didn't have it in stock. I think I went through five different shops before giving up and deciding that I'd spent another 20 minutes walking from shop to shop to car to shop to car and back again. They all told me they weren't getting any more in until the end of January. Oh well, at least I managed to fit in a second walk, and I used the stairs from the car park not the lift - on the way up that was, (just couldn't face the stairs on the way down).
I also took one look at dinner tonight - my DS1 had cooked on the BBQ - it looked greasy, so I went and ate fruit instead. Just need to work on increasing my water intake now.
Everyone sounds like they are doing so well :clap:
Having an ok day. I dont feel like have done great with my eating but reflecting whilst sitting here its not as bad as i thought. For breakie i had some sustain cereal (the low GI one)With skim milk and a cup of tea- no sugar skim milk. For lunch i had a hard boiled egg and 2 pieces of wholemeal bread- NO BUTTER omg that was hard. Dinner is in the oven. Marinated chicken wingettes (i will only have 1 or 2) and i have a huge plate of salad. Havent really had any snacks today though i did have a cruiser when we had ppl pop in :redface: I really wanted another but stopped myself so at least i showed some will power. I have also had lots of water as i think its helping me to feel full and not to graze iykwim. I did 1/2 and hr on the wii fit doing boxing and step and will take our dog for a walk once it cools down and my dinner settles. I'm looking forward to weigh in wed but scared too. I'm worried if i dont see results i'll lose motivation.
Black duckies- I have no idea with regards to your BFing issues but been one to struggle with my supply when dd2 was younger i know how stressful it can be. Maybe just try feeding more often to up your supply (i'm sure you are already doing this though)
Henri- :clap: on the healthy choices
Sconeonamission- I was weighing myself daily on my wii fit but after it saying i was .9kg heavier i am refusing to do it until wed now. DH told me maybe i just needed to do a big poo ;) trying to make me feel better. I'm sure you are making progress. Remember its not all about the no its about your health :)
Well I have done really well so far and I have stuck to my meal plan - until today when I had two small bits of chocolate fudge :doh:.
My meal plan consists of the following:
Breakfast: 1 x Carb, 1 x Dairy, 1 x Fruit
Snack: 1 x Carb, 2 x Dairy, 1 x Fruit
Lunch: 2 x Carb, 1 x Vegetable, 1 x Meat, 1 x Fat
Snack: 1 x Dairy, 1 x Fruit
Dinner: 2 x Carb, 3 x Meat, 4 x Vegetable, 1 x Fat
Which goes a bit like this:
Breakfast: 1 and 1/2 weetix, 1/2 cup full cream milk and a banana
Snack: 5 water crackers, 40gm full fat cheese and 2 nectarines
Lunch: 2 slices wholemeal bread, 75gm Tuna, 1/2 cup of fresh salad, 1 tsp butter
Snack: 200gm diet yoghurt, 1 orange
Dinner: 2/3 cup basmati rice, 90gm chicken, 2 cups steamed vegies and 1 tsp olive oil
Herbs/spices/garlic are free to use as much as you like along with some other items for flavour.
This is about 1575 calories. I do not count I have it listed as above and then have a chart on my fridge of how much everything amounts to - although I almost know my favourite things by heart.
I have lost weight and toned well in record timing before using this method so I am happy with it :D
Blackduccies - I express full time and I have found that so long as I drink enough water and eat enough I do not drop in my supply due to this program, I am trying to increase my supply at the moment due to a long standing battle and I have found that I have increased in supply since starting this program. I have added two extra pumping sessions to my day though so that might be the answer. Hope you supply keeps up for you.
Deanne.
Hi all
Had a good day today - a road trip to Bendigo (4 hour return trip) with a stop at a bakery, McDonalds and a servo resulted in the following:
- small bowl of porrige for breakfast
- grain bread sandwitch with salad (no dressing), 1 slice of cheese and no butter for morning tea
- a McDonalds grilled chicken burger (no dressing) and a diet coke and about 1/2 a small fries for lunch
- about 1/2 a Go Natural nut bar and a low-fat banana slice for arvo tea
- about 100 g of grilled pork fillet, couscous and baby spinach with water for dinner
(Meanwhile, my mum at pies, ice cream, OJ, soft drink, chips, toasted cheese sandwitch - the works :()
I just kept thinking how eating that cream cake wouldn't get rid of my big butt, and that a Quarter Pounder (my usual McD's poison) would just make me feel like I had fallen off the wagon.
So yay!!!!
everyone is doing so well!
As for me, all I can say is, I have no will power :doh:
But tomorrow is a new day, so I will try extra hard.
Well, I thought I had a pretty bad day though according to Calorie King it wasn't as bad as I thought! Still over with calories- 2200 instead of 2000, but not as terrible as I thought. I thought I'd be WAY over! Made bad choices, with chocolate, chocolate ice cream, wine.....should have had more water too. I went over with fat and carbs though and way under for protein. And I didn't exercise either. So still not a great day. I WILL do better tomorrow!
I have noticed that the biggest wall that people are hitting has to do with willpower and I am wondering if as a group we may be able to come up with something to assist the ladies that are struggling in this department?
I am really tired at the moment but will brainstorm tomorrow, however in the meantime what does everyone else think? Any thoughts? Suggestions?
Maybe this could work well with exercise also as I know that it is also a bit hard at times to convince yourself to get up and just do it!
I just think that if we come up with something? An incentive. A group goal for the day/week? It may just help us all to succeed!
Just a thought anyway.
Deanne.
things going excellent here! my daughter's 1st birthday party was today (she turned 1 on 2 jan) and i didn't have anything! there were sausage rolls and everything! felt really good about it then went for an hour walk this afternoon and 200 sit ups (doing that exercise regime every day). get on scales this morning and lost another kilo! wtf?! yesterday was weigh in day and i had lost 0.6 but i wish the scales said the 1.6kgs yesterday! hehehe.
loving exercise too, it is giving me HEAPS of energy and i feel like i can do anything!!
hope everyone else is doing great! i am so motivated this time!!
p.s. never weigh myself daily! just couldn't help myself this morning...!!
Daintree Dream, that is an excellent idea! :clap:
Here's my thought - we have probably all lost weight before (problem is we have put it on again - that's why we're here :doh:) So how about we think back to what WORKED for us when we lost weight last time. I mean mentally, not things like "I straved myself for 2 weeks" LOL!!
For me, thinking about the end goal was what helped. I imagined how I would look and feel - positive visualisation, I guess. And I did that often enough that when I was faced with a bad choice (like the cakes at the bakery today) it was more appealing to be slim and healthy that it was to eat the cake.
Deanne - sounds like a great idea to me. Anything that can help me (or others) to stay focused sounds wonderful!
Queenbee - well done on resisting the temptation!
Well done ladies on all the good work so far :)
I think I did pretty ok today even though I had my sisters bday party where I made the cakes. I had one cupcake as a treat and a salad and bbq for lunch. Walked to and from the party so half an hour walk today. Still feeling a bit blergh from the tonsillitis but feel ready to start getting back into the exercise. Aiming to walk every day minimum of 30 minutes. Plus on Tuesday nights I go to a pilates class.
Have been entering my food diary in calorie king and it seems I am going ok with the amount of calories, the problem seems to be that I go over my fat limit and fall way short with the protein. Anyone got any ideas on how to reduce the fat intake and increase my protein?
Daintree Dream - great idea! For me losing weight last time had alot to do with a relationship breakup. That's not going to work this time! But I guess it was all about having fallen into a comfort zone and then having to go out there on my own again, so like RoryRory, for me my motivation is visualising the end result. I have some pictures on the fridge of myself at the weight I'd like to be. I've also written down on a piece of paper my weight loss/current weight and will tick it off as I go. This is also stuck up on the fridge.
hello all,
today was my proper first day, It was so hard, I think I was good, went for a walk with DH and the kids, had a nice dinner pork chop and potatoes and veg no gravy, then for dersert (only have it on a sunday) I had fruit and weight wathcers custard, made a mistake there your ment to make it up with water I used skimmed milk:doh:
Im guesing that Ive been eating so much it going to take me a while to eating less but Ill get there, I havent eaten bread today, just Rice cakes the thin ones with some spreadable cheese spread very thinly.
I think a good motivation is having an Item of clothing in the wardorbe you want to wear and think ILL fit in to that!! worked for me before :)
Deanne the brainstorming is a good idea.
When faced with a bad choice i just remind myself that "Thin (healthy) feels so much better than fat (unhealthy) tastes" Tends to do the trick.
I am struggling tonight. Its 11 pm and I'm starving. Just had a banana but it just didnt cut it i am hoping in a few days my body will adjust to eating less.
Can I still join? I gained about 5kg of the 15kg I lost last year :( I'm very happy with my shape and quite happy with my over all body but I'd like to lose weight for health reasons (as well as physical appearance reasons). But I don't want to focus on my weight, I want to make healthy lifestyle changes!
BBQ's can be a bugger: did you have sausages?? These always send the fat sky high, sadly.:
Anyone got any ideas on how to reduce the fat intake and increase my protein?
Otherwise, just cut out allthe butter/marg from toast/sandwhiches. Watch the cuts of meat you are using. And chocolate, sadly, sends the hit high too. LOL!
High protein and low fat meals, for me, centre around a lot of canned tuna in springwater, egg whites (ie egg white omlettes) and grilled lean cuts of meat.
Deeanne and Rory may have hit upon something here.:
I just think that if we come up with something? An incentive. A group goal for the day/week? It may just help us all to succeed!
What if everyone wrote and posted a short affirmation paragraph in a post? Written in FUTURE tense, around how wonderful it feels to have lost the weight, to be feeling so much fitter and healthier etc? How does it FEEL? What do you want to LOOK LIKE? How do you want other people to see you? What will you be able to do and wear and feel?
ie:
WDYT?:
It is January 2010. I am very proud to say that last year I lost over 30kg. I am now a slim size 12 and I feel like a sexy goddess. I am fitter than I have ever been and I have been really enjoying running. I am so proud of myself, and I know that my husband is proud of my achievements too. I love being able to wear anything I like and look good in it. I am so relieved not to be worrying over my weight. I am so glad I stayed motivated and lost the weight and got fit.
Hi all,
I am officially joining this thread with some fab news....
:dance: I lost 600 grams last week!!! :dance:
That puts me down to 72.2 (goal weight 60). I'm quite short so 60 is a "healthy" weight for me. My heaviest was 74.3 which was about 6 weeks ago - so I have lost quite a bit already!!!
I didn't even do very much as I was on holidays and pretty much read books the whole time! For some strange reason I have completely lost my appetite - I've only been eating two small meals a day which I know is NOT a good thing - but I think that's what did it! This week I will make sure I have three small meals a day with an apple or yogurt in between. I also plan on starting walking daily as of tomorrow.
WOO HOO for me and I look forward to following everyone else's journey!!
Morning all
Amy - Well done hun ;)
Oh God i went to my first Body step class this morning at 6:15.... i thought i was going to die afterthe first 15 mins... lol.... very hard but i feel great now :)... and going to be doing that once a week now.. along with other classes throughout the week
BOO!
Can i join?
I'll post my stats tomorrow (think i'm 81kg, but could be more by now! LOL) but i basically want to tone up and lose some kg's. My goal will be 75kg (BMI 22.9 for me), though i'm willing to be flexible depending on how i look and how my clothes feel as i get close to that. I plan to do plenty of resistance so hopefully i'll be building muscle rather than losing weight.
I'd had about 6 weeks off all exercise due to moving, illness and Christmas, bu so far i've gone out for two short runs and had one lifting session with my new (santa) weights. I'm really beginning my better eating (no calorie counting for me, just eating 5-9 portions of fruit and veg a day and watching my portion sizes, plus of course not eating all the rubbish i've been hoovering during the festive period) tomorrow and getting back into a stricter exercise swing this week. I'm looking at how i can get my exercise in - DP goes to the gym Monday, Tuesday, Friday and i have already found that though we can run together, i find it hard to go off and lift in any focussed way unless he's out.
I need to really make a plan for when and how i will be exercising! :)
Bx
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Its January 2010. The journey has been long and hard at times but worth every minute. I have achieved what i thought was impossible and feel healthier, fitter and somewhat LIGHTER. I feel good in my own skin and feel like i can achieve anything. I can now go shopping and know i can grab clothes from the racks and they'll fit without needing to check out the "FAT" section. I finally feel like my real self. People tell me what a HUGE transformation i have made and i cant be more happy about the goals i have reached... Heres to a happy 2010...
Well DS had the scales out today and told me he wanted to see "my numbers" lol... so i thought what the hell it'll be the last time i see them... :D So i did what i kept telling myself and other not to do and i weighted in... well to my shock it says i have lost 1.5 kgs... admitedly i am sick and havent been eating much and the fever and the sweating is probably the cause but it felt good to see some loss for a change. i sent in my stats on the tuesday so will keep sending them in on tueadays so hopefully tomorrow will show the same. DP hhas gone away for work for a week so will have to see how i go being alone... he donest like me walking around the streets a night when he isnt around... so will do mainly Wii Fit stuff this week and maybe get a few walks in at early arvo. The challange will be meals when its only me and DS i am cooking for... he hates veges and at the moment loves rice and pasta meals which i am trying to avoid. mite duck up to the shope for some frozen meals for me and that way i can make him his meals and not be tempted to eat it too... Usually when i have a sore throat i LOVE mashed potato but am trying hard to avoid the temptation.
Everyone sounds like there going well... I started a thread about recipes if anyone wants to share some nice ones... i desperatly need inspiration...
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...e-recipes.html
Well done Je$$.....that type of affirmation is perfect. You should print it out and have copies stuck to the fridge, the pantry etc..........
Bec, email me your stats? Or pm? And pm the ticker code if you want a ticker displayed?
As for me, I loaded my new iPod with some workout/running tracks and podcasts last week. So this morning got up at 5.30am and did intevals. The dance remix of "Take My Breath Away" is hilarious!
I also downloaded a BEEP/Shuttle fitness test........DH and I are going to measure our fitness monthly. We have a track at our back gate so we measured 20 metres with rocks. I managed to get to level 4:7, and DH only managed to get to 4:1 and he is slim and healthy, so that made me feel so prud of myself. (Trying not to be smug in front of him though, LOL!)
Back to work for me today, so foodwise will be fine (no time to snack) then I am walking this evening with my GF.
My affirmation:
Its January 2010. Who would have thought that over the past 4 years I have yo-yo’d with my weight but it is now stable and I am finally within my healthy range for my height! I never thought I would see a number in the 70’s kg range but now I am in the 60’s kg range! The health benefits of giving up smoking in November 2005 can finally fully be felt as I am not carrying around that extra weight… and better yet my PCOS has reversed – well at least the effects of it have – so now when TTC I won’t have as many issues – that is the biggest relief of all. I love being able to borrow/lend clothes with by best friend again – we haven’t done that since high school! I am glad that I finally found a way to balance a hectic life with a healthy life. My personal trainer deserves a big thank you as do the BB girls for helping me to get there but the biggest thank you goes to myself – you finally achieved that goal that was really getting to you – you usually succeed and this WAS one area that had been getting away from you. Congrats!
Well I have just gotten back from my first group personal training session (my free intro one) and OMG, it was a killer and one point I was sure I was going to vomitt and kill over. However I pushed on and while I am not sure I can say I enjoyed myself, I can say that I can see that it is going to work. This is the usually the point where I go, thanks for the free session, it is all too hard and I will just go back to what I was doing last time (ie nothing) HOWEVER, being that 2009 is MY year, I am just filling in and signing the paper work, and I will be going back on Weds morning for session number 2, I am committing myself to this, and it is going to cost me a lot of $$$ to do, but do you know what I have realised- I AM WORTH, I DO DESERVE IT & I CAN DO IT- so go me!!
I was very proud of myself over the weekend, had a lot of celebrations on for my birthday, and while I allowed myself a few treats I didnt go over board like I usually do, was very controlled, and I didnt feel like I was missing out- I guess I felt empowered.
One thing that did get me a little upset is that we went to my Mum and Dad's for dinner, and I had specifically requested no Bday cake, which they did not listen to and bought anyway- I was disapointed that they didn't honour my request and support me- however, I did realise I had the power, to say no, I had 1 tiny sliver, cut of the icing and then had no more.
So a question, are there any people who intentionally or not sabotage your weight loss?
Ali, I typed up a huge long reply to you but the puter spat the dummy and I lost it so I will PM you instead!
Lucy, thanks for those tips. Didn't have any sausages (hate them!) but just had some grilled bbq chicken no skin. I am thinking it is all the little things that add up, so going to cut out the butters, oils etc etc I think.
I think the affirmation thing is a brilliant idea! I'll have think about mine and come back later. Lucy, maybe we can post everyones affirmations with their tickers so they don't all get lost in thread?
Good idea. Although I would probably do a separate affirmation one. The ticker ones take FOREVER to load and edit as they are so graphic heavy.
Hiiii everyone. Okay, my week one has been a bomb LOL, well not entirely, but a lot of it has, anyway I have a bunch of bad-choice events out of the way now so am feeling better about it. I also had AF so was chocolate craving galore which was hell.
I LOVE the affirmation idea, in fact I just thiknk I will semi-copy the example Lucy wrote ;)
It is so inspiring to come in here everyday and see everyones triumphs or to read others console those who have briefly fallen off the wagon. This is definitely a good way to go about a transformation, there is no way I could do this without so much support.:
It is January 2010.
I have worked hard all year. & I am so excited to be here. I reflect on my 'fat' photos and no longer see them as hideous but see them as me that had a baby & then, eventually felt it was the 'right time' to turn her life around!
I am very proud to say that last year I lost over 30kg. I am now a slim size 12 and I feel like a sexy goddess. I love being able to wear anything I like and look good in it. I am so relieved not to be worrying over my weight. I am so glad I stayed motivated and lost the weight and got fit.
I am so thankful that my husband was there every step of the way to guide us both to satisfaction. And that seeing my son grow into an active little boy gave me even more inspiration to get here.
I am woman ;)
:hug:
Blackduckies I was having the same problem with my DS been really fussy at the boob for two days, it was on one of my walks that I worked out that I was most probably not eating enough to satisfy him as well as myself and with the extra exercising ect that I was burning more cals off. So yesterday I ate a bit more then the previous days and he didn't fuss at all, so maybe give that a try.
Well I've been doing well with my exercise have been doing between 40-50mins of walking each day, except yesterday, but we went 4wding and I was in and out of the car and walking with the video camera so I got some exercise at least. As I was saying to Blackduckies, I believe that I had cut down too much on my cals that he was getting fussy so I had to have more to eat, I've been having healthier options and he isn't fussy now.
I've got a question, Is it possible to lose cms and not weight?
hugs xoxo
Sure is Amanda, that's why on a weight loss journey it is recommended to measure cm's and weight so as not to get discouraged by the 'no-loss'.
Also if you are lighter muscle toning can cause you to put on weight - because muscle is heavier than fat!
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It is January 2010.
I started 2009 weighing just over 85 kilos but with hard work and persistence got down to my goal of 70 kilos. I was able to run, swim and ride a bike without feeling out of breath and my flexibility improved out of sight. All my clothes looked better, too!
Now that I am pregnant I am gaining weight in a healthy manner. I am well on track to weighing less when I am full-term than when I began my weight loss journey in January 2009.
Well I'm back....
Managed to avoid chocolate, in its entirety, for the whole four days! Woohoo!
I did have a few "oh $hit" moments, like 1/2 a donut (eeek), but mostly ate well. Didn't exercise much (read at all, apart from about an hour a day down the beach).
Goals this week (for the next 2 days LOL) Exercise at least 1/2 hour each day. Take the kids to the park. Get some "me-time", as I've been full time Mummying since Christmas and I'm beginning to get over it...
Drink more water!
All the best to everybody... will do more catching up tonight when kid-free!