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That omelette recipe sounds yum Lucy :) I'm going to try it for lunch or breakfast this week.
Well, we went out for dinner last night and considering the menu was an "american 60's" style (ie hamburgers etc, I think I chose the "better" option - a lamb pie (didn't eat the pastry) with steamed veggies. However, on the way home we decided to indulge and got Gelare cookies and cream icecream...mmm....
eta: mmm yum that fried rice sounds yummo too rhiannon :)
WTG queenbee on the loss too!!
I just went for a follow up appointment with the dietician, I havent been for a couple of months, and I am really dissapointed that I am 600gm up on what I was since I last saw her. I am really frustrated because I am working my a$$ off and not seeing the results yet- however I will not dispare, I will just keep going.
She did do a body fat/ lean muscle test thing and I was horrified when I realised I have as much body fat as I do lean muscle (I guess that bone must be included in the muscles measurement), so bascially half of me is FAT!!! That is a greaet incentive to keep up with the excercise healthy eating.
So now she has told me it is time to start calorie counting- I am a bit freaked out by it, just because it is going to be a big shift in thinking for me, and it is going to challenge a lot of the misconceptions I have abut food & eating. But I need to do this, and hopefully by doing this now I will have ingrained healthy eating habits into my children so they too do not have to go through this when they are older.
Anyway wish me luck and will power this weekend, we have 2 birthday parties and a christening to go to (tip for myself, stay away from the snack table)
Ali, half of me is fat too!
I've been great with the exercise over the last couple of days, and BETTER but not SUPER with the eating. Will see how I go..
Thinking of you all!
Hello ladies
Best of luck to everyone this week. I haven't done too well the last few days :redface:. I am going to be good for the rest of a week starting right now. I've been so tired. I slept from 3 til 6.30pm this afternoon :o and Dh took ds out for the afternoon. Okay got to run ds is losing it. Good luck girls.
not as naughty as i thought i was going to be, but way over my points limit. Definately going for a BIG walk tomorrow! I looked at what was on offer, and kept thinking i know how many points thats and no don't eat it!
Rhianon, how do you find WW? I am on it too online. I really love it and find that I fill up really well through the day and still have points over (I have 20 points limit). I also earn points for walking everyday. There is a new thing online where you can select "filling foods". It is really good, keeps you fuller for longer. I try to stay away from empty points, they keep you satisfied in the short term but then you feel hungry in an hour again. Do you like the program? My sister lost 55kgs on it. It is the only thing that works for me because I can eat everything and still have a treat with points I have saved. More like healthy eating than a diet. I like counting points (some people hate it) because online, I just leave it up on my laptop and enter it through the day as I go. Very easy.
I think that FRIED RICE recipe is in the latest WW magazine this month too! Was going to make it as it interested me and then you posted it!!
Hope everyone else is having a good weekend :dance:
Can anyone tell me how bad alcohol is when you're watching calories????
I had an unexpected big night out last night and need to know how much I have to burn off today!!
I didn't mix it with softdrink - only Cranberry Juice..
standard glass of wine is 1.5 points on WW but not sure calorie wise.
Queenbee - I'm not officially on WW, but using my mil's old books. I have a 22 point limit right now, but only seem to eat between 18 and 20! It really makes you think what to eat and what not to eat! I lost 8kg on it last year, then hit a plateau and kinda stopped. I'm planning to lose heaps this time round and stick to it.
I did get the fried rice recipe from the WW mag, tried it out (the single serve one) and thought it was delicious and good in points enough to share!
I didn't get my walk in yet, but will this afternoon ! Hopefully I can drag dh for the walk too! When I went out yesterday he and his friend went for a walk with ds. Wont walk with me, but will walk with someone else!:wall:
Hmm it was a bit heavier than wine...
Vodka and Cranberry and Jager and Redbull :redface: (and lots of it :redface:)
Really not feeling up to any exercise today but I am one determined chick so I'm just going to do it even if it kills me!!!
Hate to break it to you, but it is BAD, lol!:
Can anyone tell me how bad alcohol is when you're watching calories????
The actual calories are not that bad, although the mixers are bad.
The problem is is that your body will always use the calories from alcohol first. So if you have had a big night, all of your energy needs are taken from the alcohol intake, and the calories that you have eaten in food go more or less straight to body fat as they are not burned off, as the body has plenty of alcohol to burn off first...........make sense?!
.....not to mention the fact that after you have had a few drinks you are more likely to lose your inhibitions and think "what the hell, a few more peanuts/chips/chocolates/kebabs won't hurt" LOL!!!
I'm falling off the wagon, went out and split wood, then came in and ate a packet of twisties, on top of the Mac Donalds brekky????p:wall: I feel really depressed at the moment. I just hope I can dust myslef off and start afresh tomorrow.
:redface: Oopsie - well I guess I can admit that I fell off the wagon for a night then!!
Last night ended up being quite random. I meant to only stay out for an hour for drinks but it turned into a 2am job! And because of the timing and me not going home for dinner, I didn't actually eat anything last night (and I only had a salad for lunch) so the alcohol went straight to my head. No peanuts/chips/kebabs in sight during my bender either!! I did dance HEAPS though.. so at least I can say I did some exercise last night!!
I'm feeling so sluggish and bleh today :(
Won't be doing it again in a hurry!!
Don't beat yourself up to much girls. We are still only in the second week and it can be so hard to change old habits. I had a bad night last night too, but I got up this morning determined to do better (despite having a bad day). I find that my slip ups are now further apart so I guess that's an improvement. We can do this!!!
Well I did great yesterday, and pretty good today until lunchtime... when I desperately tried to go past the Chocolate Box in Camberwell.. unsuccessfully...
But apart from that I'm congratulating myself for walking around the entire IKEA store in Richmond! Eeek!
And I'm going for a walk tonight too... so hopefully will be ok...
And I bought myself new bathers, looked in the mirror at the shop and thought, you know, this body ain't so bad, I'm actually pretty sexy, so just wait until I'm more healthy..... watch out men!
You, my lovely, are a goddamn goddess.:
this body ain't so bad, I'm actually pretty sexy
If you could bottle up your inate sense of self confidence and sell it, you'd be a squillionairre.
Talking of which, girls, How To Look Good Naked........a show which I adore and love and am addicted to.......I watch the UK one with Gok Wan, but the Aussie one on Channel 10 is really good too. Well worth a watch...you can watch it in full episodes on the internet....it'll make you realise how gorgeous we all are, tall or short, big or slim.........
After I have watched an episode I always make sure I do something for myself to remind myself of how gorgeous I am.......body lotion, plucking, sexy jammies, just SOMETHING, to nurture myself.......
A non-food reward. Usually at home. A bath with scented oils and candles. A shower with heels on (I got that one from Schaz, LOL!). Clean bed sheets and an oil burner. A face pack........a massage perhaps..........
Think about it, and post and let me know what you are going to do for YOURELF as a nurturing treat........
I'd buy a bottle.....I've always been in terribly short supply of it!:
Have had a bad day. I had friends over for lunch and made lasagne. Not the best choice of food to cook....Then they brought a decadent chocy cake...yum! And I made banana and blueberry muffins whaich I have eaten 3 of today. So a write off of a day, but tomorrow is another day and I will get right back up on that horse!
mine's not really something i did for myself, but i bought a new dress for the wedding i went to yesterday. I had to leave the function room to go to the ladies, and this guy watched me walk past. He had this look as if to say, damn! She looks good! Which felt awesome! (normally ppl dont look at me at all!) tonight we went to dinner, and some other guy was watching me was past too! Maybe i walk more confident, or feel i look good. But it upped my confidence!
Ladies, don't think you're not hot stuff coz you've got some weight to lose, coz you are! And don't just think it, believe it!
My wagon is back tomorrow, it's going to be hard to get back on, but it'll be worth it in the end!
Oh. My. God. :o
It was about 7.30pm last night and DH saw a McDonalds ad on the TV. Suddenly he was DYING for a chocolate Sunday. I caved and said "Yeah why not!" The catch was... we had to WALK to McDonalds to get said icecream. It didn't seem that far so I strapped on my pedometer and off we went.
8km's and 2 hours later we were home again!!!!!
It was a great walk and when we eventually got to McDonalds we felt so good about our walk that we didn't even want the icecream! We ended up getting a Nudie Juice instead.
I am absolutely exhausted today - I don't know how I will function but I am so proud of myself!!
I think I burned off that alcohol from Saturday night at least :p
Hey, girls using calorieking, is there someway that I can enter a recipe and have it calculate the calories for a portion?? I made banana and blueberry muffins and have no idea how to calculate the calorie content.
Hey everyone. i think I am doing really well with my exercise and eating and still feel motivated. But....I am having a really fat day today. :( Dont you just hate those.
I think I will have a nice, relaxing bath and then lather myself with a yummy body lotion.:
what you are going to do for YOURELF as a nurturing treat
Amy - awesome job on the walk! and doubly so for not getting the icecream. YAY :)
I had a pretty good day yesterday except I had too much softdrink (3 glasses!), but ate well otherwise and got on the Wii Fit for 36 minutes. It's going to be a lot cooler today so will get out for a walk later on today.
I've been going for walks, but have been really tired, I think I might be coming down with something as my ear feels blocked. I must admit that I have caved and had some soft drink (coke zero), but I'm not drinking as much as I normally would which I think is half my battle. I had a great moment on Friday DH brought home some doughnuts from DK for the boys and I really wanted one, it was on the plate and everything, but I thought no, I won't eat this otherwise I won't lose the weight I want so I put it back, I felt so good to be able to resist it.
hugs xoxo
well this morning I had for breakfast
goose liver pate on toast - 2 slices
when I got to work I had a coffee (I'd run out of milk at home)
I'm going shopping at lunchtime for some new runners & a few books so will get something healthy when I'm out.
I also have to book in a few treats for myself, need a brazillian and an eyebrow wax. Also need a haircut - I found a few split ends and it needs a treatment after the last colour I put in - so I'm going to get a trim & a treatment.
hi everyone
I have been so bad this week.. I dont even want to weigh in this week :redface:
Was just doing the grocery shopping and saw the WW magazine so I picked it up. Just had a browse through, and I think I might join up with their online tools. I was just looking around the recipe section of their website, and there is a recipe for tim tam sundaes... yum! They are 4 points, so I dont think its the sort of thing you would have every day, but you could save points and have it as a treat.
Off to drool over more WW recipes.....
Tell me more about the shower with heels on???? What do ya do with the shoes later??? Still sounds good though......either DH will think I'm completely nuts, verus just a little bit!!! or will really like the idea:redface:
Continued on from yesterday,what the hell is wrong with me:wall:I wanted to be good but the inner voice went on a rampage and took over the good me.....????? I think I might have blown this week.:o
I've been thinking the same as Amanda - it just doesn't seem worth eating junk!
I've realised this week how much work it actually takes to lose weight. Eating junk food just isn't worth the extra 30 minutes sweating in the sun to burn it off! I am loosly sticking to 1200 calories a day and I'm doing really well on it. The hardest part was overcoming the hunger.
I am a bit naughty though - I have subsituted one bad habit with another...
oh god who brought up that :D - LUCY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :p:
I posted about a while ago - I had a shower with a pair of my stilettos on and it made me feel FANTASTIC! totally sexy :D
As for the shoes ...... well they eventually got taken off my feet :redface: they dried out fine
After a bit of a bg weekend, but still being reasonably good- ie. turning down a piece of white choc mudcake and just trying to manage what I eat when I am away from home, I fully got back on the wagon today, I have started to count calories- I am on 1200, and i have realised (finally after all these years) that if you make the right food choices, it is actualley plenty of food and you can be quite satisfied on that many calories. For me the big thing is going to be about organisation- plannin out my meals and snacks to stop the impulse eating.
I had PT session #4 today, and imagine my horror after we had done our warm up and we had walked across to the other side of the park to see a street with a big hill on it, and hearing my trainer say he expected us to run (or power walk, you can choose to be a walker or runner) up and down it :o . However, I have to say by the end of it, I was actualley ENJOYING it :o who would have thought I would find running up and down a hill in public enjoyable. Who am I and what have I done with myself?
You girls are all amazing. I am feeling a little low with DH been away and TBH havent been doing much to help myself. I am finding it really hard to exercise though i am still resisting the junk. I don't think i am eating enough though TBH. I am just too dam lazy to cook for myself when DH isn't here iykwim. Well off to MIL's for tea and she knows i'm on this challenge so hopefully she has taken that into account for me. I might also see if she will watch my girls for a bit so i can at least go for a walk. I did go shopping this mo and bought some more salad stuff and the ingredients i need for sushi as i LOVE sushi and i thought it might be good to have for lunch or dinner in the coming days. I dont know how i have gone this last week with weight and cm's etc i dont think very well but i guess i wont know till i get on those scales on Wed.
Take care everyone
Hey Hoody - Just on the topic of sushi. I heard a scientist talking about it and saying that cold, cooked rice (and potatos) actually change how the metabolism works - making it metabolise fat before other energy sources. Sounds good to me!! I love sushi too.
I'm craving protein at the moment - so that is what I'm giving my body - NFI why it wants nothing but protein?????
Awww punks you're awesome... might have to buy me some stilettos LOL... gotta find a decent man though...
Thanks for the pick-up Lucy, you're fantastic! I do feel so much better about myself for doing all this!
And you girls, just reading this thread keeps me motivated. I SO wanted some chocolate tonight, but I'm going to settle for WATER!!! Bring it on girls! Bring it! (And we're all gonna look like those little cheerleaders by the time this is over - perhaps with a few extra years(more if I'm honest LOL) but WE WILL!)
babe - do it for yourself then :):
be the totally hawt goddess you are in the shower, with stilettos (just cheapos will do), gorgeous soap & candlelight :)
I just got back from an optional mid break weigh in with my personal trainer. (We have 6 weeks off over Christmas). I was CRAPPING myself to be honest, LOL!
But its all good. I put on 0.1kg only, my body fat has reduced, and my hydration levels and muscle have gone UP, which is good, so I am happy.
I am also on day 12 of no cigarettes and so I am feeling very proud of myself.
Girls, whilst I remember: I am AWAY over the next 10 days. I will still have access to the internet and my email etc, but we are holidaying at my IL's so my routine will be all over the place.
I am still planning on tallying all the results by Thursday though. But bear with me if there is a bit of a delay.
Please pm me your measurements and weigh in figures by Wedsnesday night.
Hi girls, you all sound like you are doing great!! Well done to all of you. I did my meal planning for the week this morning and DP and I did the shopping and had the best WW Prawn Fetta Penne (Rhianon, it is in this month's WW mag) - only 7 points!
Did I mention I love WW...oh and I love WW...I can eat a variety of things and have a treat too!
Anyway I'm on Day 3, Week 3 today. Hoping to lose another kilo by Wednesday :crossfingers: and some more cm's. Walked 4.5hrs this week already so still have 4 days of walking plenty.
Thinking of you all and hoping for a great weigh in on Wednesday for you all :clap:
OK so its late i'm tired but does this mean its good or bad for you? :redface::
Ok.. I am holding out the back of my hand and I expect a swift slap from all of you!!!!!!
It was my Mum's birthday last night and I ate a MAGNUM EGO for dessert!!! :redface: I don't EVER eat them - even when I am not watching my weight because I know how bad they are. How did this happen???? I will hang my head in shame today...
I went for an hour walk afterwards and powered up a hill without stopping on the way home - I know how it feels to suddenly feel "good" Ali!!
Today I am going to be incredibly strict on what I eat and I'm even going to go for a walk at lunch. It's supposed to be the hottest day on record here today (47) but I don't think it will get past 40. I guess I'll find out at lunch!!
Question for you all - what are your favourite workout songs?? I have found that listening to fast, upbeat music actually makes me walk faster because I pound the pavement to the beat. I would love some suggestions.. At the moment I'm listening to alot of Pink and Gwen Stefani.
Well i've been bad... very bad... This weekend was a HUGE disaster... DP got back from being away and we basically spent the weekend doing nothing and just enjoying our time together... No excercise at all... and a bit of junk but worst of all was the coke... I had been so good with NO coke at all and this weekend had to spoil it... Oh well tyhe best thing to do its pick myself up and dust myself off and try again... Its a new day and i have to start somewhere... You ladies give me more and more motivation to just keep trying... Its the not tyrying that got me here... Time to change things....
Everyone is doing so well... Keep it up ladies