2009 Body Transformation Challenge, Week 2

Blah I gained 200g this week, however I lost 3cm off my waist. Hopefully, next week I see a bigger decrease on the scales.

Took my before photos this morning and almost died. I didn't think I looked the way I do! It was definitely good motivation to keep going. I'm going to keep them private for now, but I think I'll print them out along with a photo of me when I was at my goal weight a couple years ago and stick them up together on the wall in front of my elliptical trainer so I can stare at them when I'm running and motivate myself!

Laranna - I felt the same way with my before shots - I didn't think I looked that bad!!! It's amazing how you're brain can trick you when you're looking in the mirror. Mine are also filed away somewhere private but I am looking forward to posting them in here with my "after" shots when I am at my goal weight!

Laranna, I have taken shots too :rolleyes: and seriously the photos when I started were bl**dy disgusting, I never realised I was so fat!! So glad 2.8kgs of that is GONE! Won't be seeing that again, EVER. Still very motivated to keep going. Nothing is changing my mind this time. I'm 3.5 weeks in on WW and I am determined.

Amy, yeah don't be too hard on yourself. You'll probably lose double next week. Didn't you lose heaps last week anyway? Like over 2kilos? I can't remember. This week will be different for you, keep going :dance:

Hoody, well done on the 1.8kg loss! Yeah!

Nik, good work on 0.8kg loss, a loss is a loss and they say losing a kilo a week is really healthy anyway.

Ali, where are you? What was your loss?

Mum, which low fat ice cream do you have? I have the PETERS 97% FAT FREE one, only 1.5points for a scoop and so yummy!

Amber, congrats on the loss too!

Blackduckies, I have cheap scales from Bunnings, I don't like them much, I really like the glass ones. Might have to pay a visit to BIGW!

Tk, I forgot to wish you a HAPPY BFP! Congrats, I wish you a really healthy and happy pregnancy :clap:

I forgot to mention, I lost 3.5cms off bust, hips and waist area :clap:

My scales are broken again, dh is going to look into it, but for now, I don't have anything to go by. I went to the local chemist (walked) and it said I put ON weight! So, I don't want to submit that figure. Hopefully dh will have the scales fixed tonight, then I can submit that figure. iykwim.

I lost another 0.7 kilos. So 1.8 down.... gettnig there!

I lost this week, yay!! On the scales and cm's! Not alot, but it's better than putting on especially since I'm not exercising to be putting on muscle. I was really expecting to have put on after having a pretty bad week, and hardly any exercise.
To make it worse I have had half a bucket of chips, half a maccas frozen coke and an icecream :( silly woman. We went to the pools and I mindlessly ate the chips not even thinking about what I was doing. I know what I was doing with the coke and icecream though...must change those bad habbits! I'm going to have a tuna salad for dinner and that's it, and do some sit ups and squats, etc (waaay too hot for a walk tonight, plus kidlets will be asleep in about half an hour. Lets see if I can keep the weight off I lost....
Congrats to those of you who have lost too, and to those of you who are putting in the effort! Let's keep going!

I lost 400gm this week, which isnt too bad, because all up that is 1.6kgs in 2 weeks, so I am within my average of 600gm per week. I have to keep telling myself that so long as I keep averaging 600gm pw I will reach my goal in the 12 months I have set myself to do it. However, I did loose like 6 cms off my waist this week and another 2.5cm off my bust, so all my good eating and excercise are paying off

Doing really well with the calorie counting, and finding that I am not really feeling too hungry through the day. Dinner is my biggest challenge as I used to having much bigger portions at dinner time, so I am trying really hard to measure my portions carefully.
I also bought today some choc billabongs today- they are only 80 calories, and I always save 100 calories for an after dinner treat/ dessert for after the kids have gone to bed. I figured that I can satisfy my sweet/ choc cravings while still staying in my calories.

Amy- I agree with the others, 6 small meals is better than just 3. My dietician suggested 300 cal breakfast/ 100 cal morning tea/ 300 cal lunch/ 100 cal arvo tea/ 300 cal dinner/ 100 cal dessert. I have found by eating this way I am satisfied throughout the entire day and never feel hungry.

TK- Congrats on the BFP, what an awesome way to start 2009.

Bindy- You are doing super well, you love WW don't you? I can see you as a future WW group leader, you seem to really know your stuff.

Laranna- Blame it on fluid retention- I always do :D

I hope everyone is still going strong- I feel super motivated still, which for me is amazing. Something Lucy said really struck a cord for me the other day- something along the lines of "time will pass anyway.....". This really made me realise, that too many times I have started something and given up, and time has passed by and I have been in the same situation (or worse) but it 12 months on, and I am still unhappy about it.
Not this time, this time - I will keep at it, and after 12 months have passed (and I have turned 30) which is going to happen regardless, I am going to be fitter, healthier and happier!

Well done everyone
I have lost 2kg and 11.5cm yay! I am a slow starter so this is week one for me. The cm's might be a bit out becuase I swear my bust must change about 10cm before and after bf dd.

Going to be a challenging week this week had my step fathers birthday last night luckily it was hot and we had cold meats and salad. The lemon meringue pie for dessert worked in with my ww points for the day so not too bad (the chocolate eclair did not :rolleyes:). I have dinner with friends on friday night but if its still warm ill be happy with a salad. My friends wedding is saturday but im not going to worry to much about what I eat that night, im just going to enjoy it. So this weeks challenge for me is not to gain anything and exercise 4 times this week.

You girls are SO chatty! :) I think i might have to be a once-a-week poster...lol.

Well last week was terrible! I worked out with weights on Monday and went for a long (about 7km but half with a heavy heavy buggy and up huge hills) walk on Wednesday but i ate a lot of junk all week... :rolleyes: I lost NOTHING in weight but i did lose a few cm's off bust (meaningless, they go up and down with water) and hips (less meanngless) so it's not all gloom and doom, but i really feel more motivated to work hard and eat better this week! I lifted weight on Monday and walked about 6km yesterday. Today i'm going to walk to the sorting office to pick up some new running shoes which came in the post yesterday when i was out and i'm in 2 minds about jogging down to get them - need to plot and see how far it is... I'm DETERMINED to lift weight more this week too, since it's my #1 weightloss tool.

I just filled in the forms for a new GP surgery since we've moved house and seeing the "height/weight" bit for the practice nurse to fill out strengthened my resolve!

Bx

Ah well - I gained 600g (but given I weighed myself at the end rather than start of the day it is probably just food and fluid "gained"). Good thing is my measurements are static.

Considering I had a wedding to go to this past week as well as only having been to the gym once and eating silly stuff on at least 2 occasions I am happy with my "progress" LOL!

Next week - here I come!

I'm happy I've lost another 600grams so in total I've lost 1.5kg's which I think is great, I lost another 3cms all up and that makes 10cms total in over the two weeks.

For this week I need to get back to drinking more water again, I fell into old ways with drinking coke Zero this week, but I must admit not as much as normal.

hugs xoxo

queenbee - is the blue ribbon light vanilla icecream, it is so creamy, it's like eating full fat icecream. I worked it out to be 3 points for 2 big scoops... its really yum

Two things I learned last night...

1. NEVER eat processed, greasy food after two weeks of eating healthy - it upsets your tummy.
2. NEVER walk too far from a toilet once you have eaten said food - especially don't walk 5km from your house because your digestive system will inevitably want to get rid of said food - QUICK.

I don't think I have ever walked home so fast. In fact - I RAN up the hill. :redface:

Amy, what did you eat? Stay away from greasy food!

I was feeling bummed about not losing anything - so I had a moment of "I don't care what I eat tonight"... So I had TWO pieces of KFC chicken... :redface:

NEVER again!!!

Consider me cured of ever eating BAD food again!! It's totally not worth it!

Amy, ah well. It is only two pieces, no biggy really. Good luck for the rest of the week then!

Queenbee, I've just noticed how many cm's you've lost! Well done :clap:

thanks amber! yes nothing standing in my way this time. i guess i was just really ready within myself to lose it this year. have heaps of willpower. unsure where it is coming from? hehehe :lol:

Ahhhhhh had a shocker last week! Lost 200g :doh:

I have costochondritis and it flared up (is a part of my arthritis), so I wasn't able to exercise like I'd have liked :doh: But I lost cm's, I assume by eating healthy so whatever works lol

Shel said my waist is looking great, and I'm currently wearing size 10 pants... they fit fine around my thigh but they're not done up. I am currently between sizes (constantly pulling up size 12, can't quite do up size 10), wish they had a size 11!!!!!!

Good luck everyone, hope to see some great losses!

Hopefully will be able to keep up with the thread next week.

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have heaps of willpower. unsure where it is coming from?

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Me too! DH said I am a machine because it was 42 degrees here yesterday and I was still adament I was going for a walk in the heat. Rain Hail or Shine!!! I felt especially guilty after my KFC mishap so that pushed me even further. Even though I didn't show a loss last week - I am determined to have a big loss this week.

This thread is really motivating - thank you all so so much!!

Amy - oh no! At least you got a bit of run in the end ;) Anyhow, when I read your post it reminded me that after I had my lap, my body could not handle greasy, junky, crap food and went straight through me like you describe. It totally put me off everything greasy, spicy, fatty for a looooonngggg time, hence I lost 10kg at that time. Since you've recently had a lap, it might be that your bowel is still a bit sensitive, especially if there was endo found on it. That's what happened to me.

Having a rest day today as I'm so sore! Did my first run for the couch to 5k yesterday morning and then yesterday afternoon needed to go to the shops for some bread so walked an hour round trip. DP gave me a nice massage last night though :)

Thinking about leaving the aircon and walking to mums for a swim in the pool.

Well my goal for Week 3 is to crack the 3 digit mark. 1.2 kilos to go...

Exercise 4 times this week for at least 45 mins.

Drink more water.

Stop eating $hit. Seriously. I had 180gms of caramel chocolate today.... darn !

I'm joining the gym tomorrow.
I went out for dinner last night (to one of the top restaurants in BrisVegas) and didn't even make it through an entr?e - considering the rest of the party all had entr?e, main & desert!

i had a rubbish day today, totally over my points limit. sweated like a hog this morning when i went for a walk, but spoilt it by baking bickies

I had an ok day. Went to McDonalds and had a donut there but DS and DH ate some. I really wanted it and know if I deprive myself too much Iwill swing the other way. So ate it and enjoyed it but have eaten well the rest of the day. Wish I could transfer my motivation for this to work. Have sooo much work to do and so unmotivated. Took the day off exercise today as rode to and from work yesterday and have soccer tomorrow. Can't wait till the results are up from last week!

Day one of my returned sense of purpose was a good one - I walked to the station for my osteo appointment in the city (bought FIVE pairs of shoes for $200 while in the city :redface: ) and ate really well all day - nothing unnecessary or bad for me. Then DH dragged my butt out after dinner for a bike ride with the kids in tow (DH towed them in the bike trailer). And now I am going to top off the day by being in bed by 9.30pm - YAY!!

I'm bad - didn't eat all day - but then again wasn't feeling 100%
spent most of the day attempting to sleep - how come I can't sleep more than 30 mins to 1 hour at a time

I think im doing well i lost 2 pounds this week :dance: itsa start at blast whoo hoo lol

i thought i had posted but cant see my post ! ok do i pm lucy with my loss sorry if thats a dum question :redface:

hope every one is doing well to.

forgot to say havent lost any cm yet.

I walked 6km last night!! :dance: Most of it was up hill as well! I am feeling fitter because walking up hills takes nowhere near the same amount of effort as it did a month ago. I walked about 2km and then I was busting to go to the toilet so I went back home and then decided I hadn't walked enough - so I went back out again!! I walked all the way to my Mum's house and arrived shortly after dark.

I walked up one HUGE hill and the sunset was glorious!!! The endorphins must have kicked in (combined with the uplifting song I had playing on my iPod) because I haven't felt that HAPPY and SATISFIED and PROUD in weeks. It was a great moment - a great motivator to keep going.

Off to cheat a little and jump on the scales - I wonder if it did anything.... :shhh:

Amy, not good to weigh yourself all the time, your weight really can fluctuate each day. Well done for 6kms! Very proud of you, hope you ate really well too!

Things here are good with me, I have saved 30 points this week and weigh in for WW is tomorrow morning. Of course I would never use them today! I don't have to anyway but they are there if I want a treat. To tell you the truth, after almost 4 weeks on WW, I don't even feel like having anything fatty or sugary. I do enjoy a glass of wine or a nip of bicardi with diet cola at night now and again. And of course I love those lolly snakes (4 is 1 point). I don't even miss chocolate and I haven't eaten it now for 4 weeks.

Anyway, feeling fantastic and mighty motivated, my willpower is strong.

Hope everyone else is having a good week!

I've lost a bit of weight. I think I've hit a plateau with it all considering how much I've lost so far, today I'm off to join the gym - a girlfriend is wanting out of the last few months of her contract so I'll take that over for her

punkin, have a good time at the gym today! that is good that you are taking over someone's contract! enjoy :dance:

Didn't end up weighing myself - I want it to be a surprise for next Wednesday!

I'm up for another huge walk tonight - I'm actually really excited about it!!

Woohoo!

Well done all of you! We're doing so well! Keep it up!

I went for a walk/run with a friend, and then did stairs out the front of my house for about 10 mins... oh my aching butt....

it is always the first couple of weeks for me that is the hardest then it is no issue at all, i actually WANT to go every day now. enjoy ur walk tonight then :wiggle:

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I went for a walk/run with a friend, and then did stairs out the front of my house for about 10 mins... oh my aching butt....

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hmmm trying to work out the logistics of that one considering you've only got about 3 or 4 steps - but then again I'm sick atm and I'm flat out working out which way is up!

I got exercise yesterday crawling between my bed & the toilet! :sick:

I've had a bad few days :(. DH is a huge problem for me. When he's home I just eat crap with him. He tells me not to but still goes on to eat it in front of me. Not helping!! I put on 200g overnight, only 200g which is good and DH is back at work for a few days. I went for a huge walk with DS in the ergo and DD in the pram, so that was excellent that I got off my big butt and got moving. I feel great. And it has made me so much more productive for the day.

Ok, a strange request- I need foods that are high calorie and low fat. According to calorieking, I still have 400+ calories, 14g protein and 45g of carbs to eat. But only 2g fat.....so waht can I eat? And please don't say tuna! I have already had tuna for lunch and will have some tuna on crackers for a snack later. I don't even know if I could fit in more food! Or we're having chicken satay for dinner with rice and steamed veg, how could I make that higher calories without fattening it up too much?

i went for a 40min walk today, but when i first set off, i realised i forgot my sunglasses. They were hanging from my top, so when i walked back home i looked where i walked. Not there! They're not in the house. I've lost them! Not happy Jan! Its so hot today, i hope to go for another walk this afternoon when it's cooler. Hopefully persuade dh to come with us! Someone mentioned that they didnt weigh in this week, so as to surprise themselves next wk. Me too.

I'm feeling really guilty i have had a really bad day today. The worst I've had since starting this challenge. I know deep down its OK to have a slip up as long as i get back on the wagon but the guilt is horrible i just feel SO disappointed in myself :redface:

First i skipped breakfast and had a take away skinny latte at the shops. For lunch i had home made pizza with low fat chs and lots of vegies on it (not great but not too bad iykwim) By mid arvo i had a headache :doh: and realised i had nothing to drink all day except the latte. NO WATER and it was 42 degrees in Perth today. Then i picked DD1 up from DC and she was all grumpy and missing daddy like crazy so to treat her i took her McDonald's with a friend with the intention of having one of the salads but NO i caved and had a McChicken meal. I did share it with DD2 and i did get diet coke but still. Now I'm feeling all bler as I've had no junk and then this sudden over load but worse than that is the guilt. I feel so lazy today and i miss DH and don't know how I'm going to cope for another week alone with the girls. Although i have lost pretty much 4kg to date i cant see it, i don't feel it and no ones noticed.

Sorry girls for the yuk post but i guess it depicts my mood. I'm going to go play on the wii for a bit and hopefully some exercise will help me feel a bit brighter but if not off to bed and tomorrow is another day. I am going out with the IL's for breakfast so i know that will be challenging too *sigh*

Sorry for the long moody post but as it depicts how i am feeling.

:hug: Hoody, it's hard when you feel stressed and emotional. I'm a really big emotional eater too. You seem to have to opposite problem to me though- you do better with your DH around and I don't! My DH is my enabler, he just went down the shops and brought me a mars bar....which I should have said no to but of course I ate....Stupid woman!
Tomorrow will be a better day for you, I'm sure. Maybe just try to be more active with the girls or something, can you get a freind to come with you and go to the beach or pools maybe? I went to the pools with DH and my kids the other day and it's surprising how much exercise you really do. I ended up falling asleep with DS afterwards for 2 hrs!
Hope youf eel better tomorrow.