2009 Mid year Body Transformation Challenge

[~StarBright~]

Yay!! This is going to be fun!! I kicked started today with a bowl of special K and a walk!! lol And i have roped in a buddy to walk twice a day with!! I am feeling better already!!

[Cherished]

YAY a BIG kick up the bum for me! woooohooooo I'm in girls! Would love to loose 10kg in the 12 weeks

I'll have to round up the girls on my weight loss thread and make sure they are in here... Hello Amy and Vixtar

And hello to all the other's in this thread!

[didispunk]

melkate... My friend trains the Rabbitohs in Sydney and said...

"Need to get your heart rate UP UP UP for 30min a day" Not just walking.. If you are going for a walk.. run 30 seconds walk 30 seconds.. etc..


And DRINK PLENTY OF WATER 8 glass's a day OR MORE, if you are working out HARD!

[The[cookie]Doctor]

Depends if you want fitness or weightloss.

If you want weightloss you need to keep your heartrate low enough that your body is still burning fats. Once you raise it when running etc, you begin to burn glycogen and carbs therefore not burning fats.

I can't remember the exact % of max heartrate but i am pretty sure that it needs to be
below 65% to burn fat
below 80% for fitness (aerobic exercise)
then 80-90% is to improve your anaerobic system (<1k races)
90-95% is for ATP system (sprints)
& to work out max HR is 220-your age

[didispunk]

All I know is that he works for FIA (fitness institute Australia)

You need muscle to burn calories, the more muscle you have the more calories you burn while doing nothing.. sitting etc.


So you want fitness and weightloss,

So by doing a total body workout which is,

Warm Up
Cadio
Strength training
Cool Down
Stretching


Either way you want to be stronger, fitter and leaner.. Which is getting your heart pumping to burn calories.

[ktgirl]

Morning ladies. Feeling really sore today after yesterdays boot camp. I can't wait until my muscles get kind of used to the exercise so I don't wake in pain the day after. Yesterday I was reasonably healthy. The only thing I wish I didn't eat was for lunch yesterday and it was leftovers from the night before but it had rice with it. Never mind it is all gone now. I am going out with my Mum today and we usually have lunch at a cafe while we are out so I will try and pick the healthiest meal on the menu and I will make my latte a skinny one

Better get going and have a shower before the twinnies get out of bed. Have a great day!

Don't forget to drink your water today!!

[Muppity]

Oh my aching legs....but gee it feels good.

[Turkish Delight]

Good morning weightloss buddies,

Last night, i got my lazy a*se to the gym for another gruesome workout.

Warm up for 5 mins
Jogged for 20 minutes
Tricep dips x 40
Bench press x 40
Jog for 3 mins
Bicep curl x 40
push up x 30
Jog for 3 mins
Lat pull down x 40
Situp x 60
Jog for 3 mins
Medicine ball twists x 80
Bridge x 1 mins
Jog for 3 mins
cool down x 5
stretch

I was knackered but felt good. Burned 370 calories from just the cardio. I had a diet yoghurt and an apple for dinner. Overall had a good diet and excercise day. I'm really afraid that the chocolate demons will come calling soon and will cave into my craving for sweets.

I'm really afraid of eating out. I don't know how much fat or calories there an in the food and might over indulge

[Cherished]

Well done Turkish Delight and EVERYONE who has been working out and eating well! btw Turkish Delight did the mods pay you to have that name for 'temptation' for the rest of us?

I have a gym at home with weights, pec deck, bench etc and a treadmill and a fit ball etc AND I only work 26 hours a week with no kids (ttc # 1) SO there are NO excuses for me!!!! So this is what I should look like doing star jumps and this is what I should look like doing sprints from one end of the house to the other

[sas85]

Bought scales and tape measure yesterday - pm'd stats this morning as didn't get the setup till last night and as will be checking stats in mornings not arvo thought had better do the same or I will have an 'extra' loss this week since always heavier in evenings - prob all that water!!! told DH I'm doing a challenge with my net buddies and he said he would do it too - he seemed to think he was pregnant too with his weight gain me thinks.

Don't know how I'm gonna go excercising today - am absolutely exhausted, 5 hrs sleep last night, think DD's starting to teethe, she was very oddly unsettled. Ah well, onwards and upwards. Gonna make a big pot of vegie soup today - (not that vile veggie soup from the veggie soup diet - vomit) I hate eating salad in cold weather so figure this will be good.

Great info on the heart-rate's by the way - DH has one of those monitors like they all wear on the biggest loser for the same reason so will strap it to my chest and make sure heartrate is "in the zone".

[Beautitude]

Is it too late to join?? This is exactly what i need at the moment. I just need to get my hands on a tape measure so can i email my measurements tomorrow morning??

[Cupcake]

Sounds good sas, you've actually motivated me to get my mums soup recipe, i hate eating salad in winter too! Might try and find a few different recipies, soup freezes well doesnt it?

Still time to squeeze in i think Isabel! So many ladies are in which personally i think in great!!

[didispunk]

I am lucky,

I dont know everything.. between him and my sis who is a personal trainer and PE teacher.. i think i am covered.

[Cherished]

how funny is your heart rate monitor test Turkish! I can also add a heart rate monitor to my list of tools? They are great if anyone is thinking of getting one?

Another thing I have is some kick ass scales which is actually a body composition monitor, it tells you what % of each limb and abdomen is fat, muscle and fluid and it tells you what your bodies age is based on your metabolic rate? I am 31 and it tells me I am 45!!! It also tells you stuff like bone density, mineral level and other stuff like What type of obesity you have, it sound strange but an example of this is some men who actually have a very small frame (bones/skeleton) and have got far too much muscle on them so they are classed as not being of optimal health iykwim. ANYWAY I have had this great BCM for 18 months and have not changed my body SO I?m looking forward to this kick in the bum

Isabel B I don't think it's too late... you have untill Tuesday to get your measurments to Trillian I think... Someone correct me if I'm wrong!

Hello everyone else can't wait to get to know you all

[Cherished]

Isabel I've been told to get your measurement to Trillian as soon as you can so that she has info to record for next Tuesday, (which will hopefully be a weight loss for all of us! ) YAY

[The[cookie]Doctor]

Isabel B I don't think it's too late... you have untill Tuesday to get your measurments to Trillian I think... Someone correct me if I'm wrong!

Your benchmark measurements should be in ASAP. Next Tuesday morning is when you send your first losses. At least this is my understanding.
So Isabel, Weight, Bust-Waist-Hips Measurements to Trillian (sherie @ bellybelly ....) ASAP

I forgot how much I enjoy eating healthy food. It is just so hard to stop eating the junk / I hate how expensive healthy food is. Fruit makes my jaw drop these days & Cereal, It's ridiculous!!

I've been having All Bran for breakfast and it's soo hard to finish that bowl (havent eaten much of breakfast since high school) But its the one meal i can portion control perfectly so i need to do it, besides my body is already adjusting to it as i am hungry again longer after breakfast each day.
Bought lots of fruit (apples, kiwis, oranges, bananas) last night and will try up my fruit intake again. Can't say im much of a fruit person in the non-summer seasons but I used to love my grannysmiths so hopefully my tastebuds will learnto love them again.

Been having Turkey and Salad sandwiches for lunch, and on Burgen Soylin bread. Sooo good and the burgen bread makes it all more filling. Then I have vitaweats and some rice cakes, bought some lite phily and have found the vitaweets a really easy and tasty snack, even just on their own.

Uh oh, little one has all of a sudden gone quiet better do a bum change and nap time methinks.

Oh. this water drinking thing is hard this time around. Too cold for chilled water

[cocobambino]

is it cheating to use shakes???

[Cherished]

Oh. this water drinking thing is hard this time around. Too cold for chilled water

I have a tip for anyone who is interested: During the colder months I get a 'glass' 1ltr bottle (the glass fruit juice ones are good) and I make up a yummy herbal tea, rosehip is great as it's so yummy... I also use pepermint, green tea, soak fennel seeds (great for fluid retention) squeeze a fresh lemon juice into it (whatever) when it cools down a little I poor it into the big 1lts bottle and it goes down so quickly and easily! The bonus to this is that you are carrying around a hot water bottle too... This is especially great for my work office as I sit it on my lap HTH's some of you

Turkish just saw your location!