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sterla tacos are very low cal... I am a walking calorie counter girls so please just ask :rofl: I make them with refried beans instead of mince meat (being vego) but it woudl be about the same anyway... go easy on the cheese and I use natural yogurt instead of sour cream YUMMMO infact I sugested to DH earlier that we have them for dinner YAY
Sorry I arrived late! I said I was in, and I am!
I have a goal - June 30 is my deadline to reach MY goal weight... I'm on Weight Watchers and I've lost 9. 7kg (with 4.9kg to go!) since NY (I participated in the NY body transformation challenge!). 7wks to go!!!
Somedays I lose motivation, others just self control and somedays :( both...
Trillian, I tried sending you a PM but it wouldn't let me. I've sent you an email with my measurements - hope it worked :).
We just had chilli con carne for dinner and it was yummo!!!
I'm not sure how it was on the health radar but we both had lots of rice and less of the mince/kidney beans/sauce. I just used and old el paso jar then added a a can of kidney beans. It was soooo delish and considering it was basically mince and kidney beans i figure it can't have been toooo terrible!!
We did an extra block tonight (our walk) and boy it felt good. Gosh I am shocking with inclines, so unfit. You know though, I had a such a good pace and rhythm (breathing) going and then DF made me laugh and I was poooped!
Anyway else pushing 20kg when they're walking?
we also got some bottled water today so i can get back on the wagon with that. the headaches are killing me, making me really tired, but at least i am not detoxing from daily caffeine dose in the form of Mother energy drinks like my DF :lol:
OK - I've sent my measurements through to Trillian ... I am planning on getting a WII / fit with my k-rudd money if/when it comes!
Didn't see this thread until this evening ... ahh well ... funnily enough I had already started a water challenge! I have a couple of 750ml tupperware drink bottles and aim for 2 of them / day. Exercise is the hardest for me, we have so many hills around here ... but will aim for lunchtime walks @ work!
:welcome: Kazbah, Sterla and Scone and anybody else i have missed.
Great weightloss to date Scone :clap:
I lose motivation and self control on some days too. The fat demon inside of me keeps calling out to me to be naughty and i cave in some days and i feel sooooooo guilty afterwards :wall:. Why can't we all be naturally skinny?
My DH is one of those naturally skinny people. He can eat anything and everything and is still stick thin. When we went on our cruise last year he gained like 5kg in 2 weeks and he was over the moon. I gained 4kg during that time and have only just been able to shed it. I have PCOS, so the weight sticks and is really hard to lose.
Cookie - the water will definitely aid with you headaches. I was popping pain killers everyday to curb the headaches but since starting to drink at least 2L per day, the headaches have vanished.
Went to the gym last night, did 25 mins of 12% incline walking at 5.4kph, then weights and some more cardio. I burned 450 calories just on the cardio alone. Incline walking sucks, i agree. I could feel the beads of sweat building up on my scalp and then dripping. I was knackered but it felt good.
Does anybody else enjoy eating? I tell DH that i actually enjoy eating and the tastes of food and get a high from it. He doesn't understand. He tells me that he only eats as a necessity of living. I guess that is the difference of being fat and thin. Does anybody else feel the way i do?
I'm so excited- picking up my Wii and wii fit this arvo, and DH has promised he will set it up for me after the kids have gone to bed tonight- woohoo. I also do 2-3 workouts a weeks with an outdoor group personal training group which I love, some days he works us so hard I think I am going to be sick, but I keep going back so it must be a good thing. This is the longest I have stuck to an excercise program ever, I have been going for 4 months now, and even though it costs me over $100 a month- I dont mind because I am doing it and I see the benefits. I do a cardio session, and Kickboxing session every week, and a toning session every other week.
I think my goal to work on over the next week is to increase my motivation, I have been starting to slacken off a bit, so it is time to refocus with calorie counting, writing down what I eat and, and getting my eye back on my final goal!
I had a bad day too chrissy well not too bad food wise just exercise wise. Back into it today!! Hehe
Im with cherished sterla, i dont think tacos are too bad for you! Yummy too. Now i feel like tacos for dinner lol
Wow sconeonamission great loss to date! That goal is completely reachable! Keep at it!! I think secretly we all give in every now and then...;)
Chilli con carne i havent had that for YEARS cookie, was a bit of a mexican night with a couple of you ladies last night hehe good job with squeezing an extra block in, every little bit counts! Yay for bottled water too, get to drinking! What was causing the headaches?
Welcome kazbah, i think i want a wii, they're so fun haha
Turkish i enjoy food, i love to experiment with cooking too, i just went onto taste website and printed a whole heap of low carb low fat recipies that actually look yummy!
So jealous Ali, maybe i need to leave hints all around the house for DP to get me a wii for chrissy or something, bday and anniversary both gone so chrissy is it hehe thats a huge work out plan you have, good job!! You should look at calorie king. Google it, i use it to count my calories i love it. COmpletely free too which is amazing for what it does!!
AFM Dinner last night consisted of lamb cutlets and vegies, not too bad i dont think? Didnt get our usual walk in tho, a poor lady was hit by a drunk driver? drink driver? (not sure which one is right) down the road from us, they had the street closed off for about 3 hours. 2 broken legs facial injuries and her poor dog died.
oh I only just saw this - is it too late to join?
no no i still think you have time, welcome belfie!!
Hi everyone. Well I have had a terrible two days of bad eating and no exercise. But to be fair on myself I had a massive deadline due and worked from 8am Wed morning to 8am Thursday morning - straight through! Then I slept! But I have recovered now and I am more than ready to get started. My goal for the next 3 weeks is to walk 15,000 steps a day or 10,000 plus an activity like soccer. And to stay away from all fried food.
I just have to remember how awesome I feel when I am eating right and how much better my brain works.
aamy = I just saw your post - that poor lady - that is soo awful :(
Aamy that's terrible :( I hope she recovers quickly. Cutlets! Soooo jealous of you! I never buy them because they are just so expensive. Love them though! Headaches are basically sugar withdrawals. The way simple carbs are broken down make your body want another hit so detoxing from them has the headache, tired, grumpy effect. Onto day three now so almost at the hump (least so I am told).
Turkish - jealous of your DH, I have had many friends like that and it really doesn't aid the confidence when you are feeling down about trying to lose it. And yes, I enjoy food, most of the time. However there are days i could go without if it wasn't a necessity!
Scone - Woohoooo FABULOUS loss so far keep up the great work!
Ali sounds like you are doing great, you must be so impressed! Have fun with the Wii and wiifit when you get it!
Belfie! Great to see you here! Not too late to join, just less time until first weigh in (so to speak). Get your weight and bust-waist-hips measurements off to Trill ASAP. Then email your first losses on Tuesday! Good luck!!
Krysalyss Sounds like you have a great plan in place! Good luck! How do you find the pedometers? I always buy them and forget about them :rofl: So not useful to me though I have considered it time and time again trying again and again.
AFM I think the grumpy tanty chucking toddler is the hardest part because it is grating on my nerves and then i want to binge on bad food... but I havent. And i won't!
Looking forward to jumping on the exercise bike at home today. And oh how I am loving food at the moment. I think the hardest thing for me is that I don't normally eat, so for me to lose weight i have to start eating properly but once I eat breakfast I am hungry ALL day long... ten seconds after I eat! *sigh*
I have that problem too Cookie. Im lucky if i can get 2 meals in a day. Most of the time im just not hungry. Which is why those shake diet don't work for me cause they make me too bloody full!
I was good this morning, i did 30 situps and 10 pushups. Would love to use my wii fit, but DS1 kept using the Wii as a vending machine and it eventually broke!
DP is a butcher so we get free meat, love it! Congrats on staying stong cookie!
TD - my dad's like that, he always complains that when Mum goes on a diet he loses weight! I guess that's cause they cut out their 3-squares of chocolate per night habit ...
OK, I'm a little worried about my measurements, they were horrid! So that's motivation enough for me! I think I'll do shakes for breakfast & lunch, and healthy meals for tea. I have a pile of shakes here, may as well use them. If anyone's a Fernwood member, their shakes are the best I've tasted! I also add other food flavourings to the shakes, like orange with chocolate etc.
Aamy, what a horrid thing, I hope she'll recover soon and the evil drunk driver is thrown in gaol for a while. Poor thing losing her dog. Makes me want to arrange another (rescued) dog for her to love.
CM - well done!
Yesterday I could smell tomato at work, it made me feel like toast with sliced tomato with a little salt & pepper ... that's healthy, right?
I have had the worst 2 days!
Wednesday - Had Master Js speech path appointment then went and got stuff for dinner as well as doughnuts and a choc shake!!!
Thursday - Spent the day with mum shopping had Chinese for lunch and a bottle of Coke!
I think I might have a shake for breakfast (DF did the optislim shake diet and lost 10kgs in 12 weeks!) revert to my old eating habit of Chicken Noodle soup!!! I lost a heap of weight when I was living at home and ate that for dinner every day!
I hate my exercise Bike it gives me the sorest butt!
Here is to me eating healthy!
Here Here re bikes and sore butts. Give me a treadmill anyday hehe.