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We leave to go away today, i would normally get Macca's on the way down there but i wont, if we leave around the right time we will be in Gippsland in time to have lunch, i will take one of my special K bars and a bottle of water with me and i might buy a cheese & crackers pack at the servo (it's a 2hr drive and quiet boring)
Am planning on going for a walk EVERY day with the girls while in gippy, maybe even twice a day if we pick the boys up from school etc and the weather is ok.
Don't have a lot of cash at the moment so thats GREAT incentive to stay at home and eat fruit etc rather than go out for coffee's etc and catch up with all my mates over crappy food.
Hoping to give the girls LOTS of plays at the big park and stuff aswell so i am REALLY looking forward to it.. not sure if my dad & sm have scales so will be interesting.
GL everyone, i will be doing the updates monday!
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morning team :cheer: :bluecheer: hope you are all having a great morning so far (I'm sure you'll all up exercising) lol not me though! I have a great night with bubs last nigh only getting up twice so I should have the energy to go for a walk with the pram a bit later. I started JC yesterday and it was great. way more food than what I have been eating and I really liked everything I ate so I'm really happy and think I am going to achieve my goal for sure :D I'm looking forward to weighing myself on Monday to see how much I have lost in only a few day, hopefully there is at least a couple hundred grams to record.
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I'm really getting into the swing of eating breakfast, usually crackers with hummous and sliced ham or something like that. Have not been to the gym at all this week so am not hopeful of any weight loss, but to make up for it I am wearing a dress that used to be a favourite of mine but I haven't fitted into in years. Thankfully it is back in fashion again considering I bought it in 1997! :D
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Have a nice trip ZF!
Today, off for another walk, yay! Beautiful day again out there for us Melbournians! Last night I went over the myfitnesspal calorie recommendation, but oh well. It was our movie night and we had half a bag of chips and some clinkers. But normally we devour an entire bag of chips, so yay, could've been worse. I was over by about 100 calories, so I'm not too fussed. I don't know if I've lost weight or not, but I wish I didn't think about it all the time. I tried on a pair of pants this morning that have never fit me and normally have never been able to get them up over my thighs, but this morning, I got them all the way up, but the button didn't do up by about a centremetre. So some progress there!! Have a great weekend everyone!
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Only 100 calories over your recommended level is great, remember you will still lose weight at that level! Well done on almost fitting the trousers too, personally I see clothing as a better indicator of how well you are doing than the scales as your clothes also reflect how toned you are becoming :D
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Thanks Traveller! I put on the pants, willing myself not to, knowing there would be disappointment because the scales haven't budged, so I was a nice surprise!
Back from my walk, did the 4kms in 45 minutes today, whoop! Now off to buy my beagle a decent collar and lead that she can't escape from so I can take my dogs walking too.
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YAY PRMG - well done on the pants and well done on the dresse Traveller.
Well we had a nice long trip down yesterday with 2 kids and a trailer wth LOTS of tracffic right before the burnley cos of some idiot didn't check the height restrictions, so we were banked up to the bolte bridge but we got through and stoped half way to feed Z and get A something to eat.
Got A a happy meal and left :dance: didn't buy anything for myself.
Am taking my lil bro's for a walk around the local market today then if the weather is ok will walk them to school of a mornng aswell as hopefully walking the girls to the park regularly.
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morning everyone :hello:
Traveller I remember many of a dinner being hummous, crackers and red wine back in my younger day lol and that was probably all I had in the fridge for breakfast many time too (bar the red wine) I never used to eat breakfast as a child and can't remember mum trying to make me either? But as an adult I started to eat it and now I am nearly chewing my arm off when I get out of bed and it's the 1st thing on my mind. Have to giggle about the dress being back in fashion, I swear if you keep everything one day you will wear it again! I remember walking past a shop a couple of years ago and seeing a dress exactly the same as one that was in our dress up box as a kid! It was my mums when she was a teenager lol Congrats on fitting into it again, it's one of the BEST feelings in the world :clap:
PacRak when I used to calorie count I averaged out eh calories at he end of the week and always came in pretty close to the mark so 100cals over one day is nothing to worry about. Do you take off cals for the exercise you do? You must almost be jogging covering 4km's in 45 mins well done.
ZF sounds like you are already having an active holiday and well done on maccas. I haven't eaten maccas for maybe 5 years with the exception of maybe 2 soft serves... But last week we were driving past and dh said "how about a soft serve" I was really surprised and said "YES" then we looked around and neither of us had any cash so missed out :o buggar hey lol
AFM well I had a pretty good day yesterday. My 2nd day alone with bub while dh was at work and it went well. I managed to go for a 25min walk around the botanical gardens which are 3 km's down the road. I walked relatively fast, not a dordal anyway. Bub was asleep when I got back so I kept going with some house work. Then during another nap I managed to have a spa HEAVEN as my body has been so sore lifting the little one and I put the massage chair onto my office chair and have been having that on whenever I sit down there (like now) so that is feeling great too. My food is going well, it was the best decision to do JC and not have to worry about cooking as such or what I'm going to eat plus I've lost 900 grams already YAY
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ZF - YAY for resisting Maccas!!!!! Well done! That drive sucks and I can imagine at that point, it was probably all you wanted, good on you!
Cherished1 - I rekon in the early days of having a baby, the best gift you can give yourself is to not have to fuss over cooking, but by eating healthy too, well done! I remember when DD was born, when she had her afternoon sleep, I'd set up my slow cooker, so I didn't have to hassle at arsenic hour! Well done for losing the 900g! Yep, my walk was FAST, but once I got into the rhythm, I just got into it and really enjoyed it.
Topped it off last night with a second walk, just under 2ks. I got my beagle properly fitted for a decent lead so took them for a walk last night, and it was bliss! She couldn't pull - if she pulls it makes her sit - and whenever she stopped the lead tugged her along quick smart. Yay! Might even be able to get them out with the pram! Today we walked around the Whittlesea Show for about an hour and a half, just a stroll really, but better than nothing.
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cherished1 - NO MACCA's in 5 yrs.. WTF?? :rofl:
I dont have it often but it's normally the 1 thing we get on the way down so i was VERY pleased, we are having Macca's tues night as my lil brothers get it EVERY tuesday.. so i will get a salad and maybe a mcchicken instead of big mac n chips etc.
PRMG - how was the show? any good?
Today we went to see my nan, went to the market and walked around but we fond it pretty boring so we went and met my brother and a friend at the park near the lake, so we had some chips .. i ate less than i normally would then we took all the kids (6 in total) around the lake to look at the ducks.
Tomorrow i will walk the boys to school then hoping to see a friend so will walk the girls to the park :)
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ZF - The show was great, but OMG the traffic!!!! Yesterday I had to go to Donnybrook Rd, not far from me, and I got caught in a traffic jam. So we went early this morning, got to the show at 9.30am and when we left the line of cars went all the way from Whittlesea to the outskirts of Mernda. Unbelievable.
Just back from a 4km walk with the dogs. Actually got DD to bed early (7.15!!!!!) so took off. I'm tired, but the motivation was there - weigh in tomorrow!!
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Well done on the walk and walking around the show.. oh and on M going down to bed early :dance:
Not sure if there are scales in the house but will hop on the wii fit and see what it says, is that ok with everyone? Then i will weigh myself the minute i get home next week and go from my normaly scales again... i have been good and have been walking so am hoping ast week wasn't just a fluke
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ZF, yeah Wii fit is ok! That's what I use every week. It is much more accurate than our other scales at home.
I really hope the weigh in tomorrow will be kind to me... Ahhhh I'm scared and excited and nervous. I've been really good at the beginning of the week, but today (and yesterday) I ate some chocolate cake at work :hide:. I did however enjoy it thoroughly! :redface:
Anyhoo, we'll see the result tomorrow!! Good Luck everyone!!!
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I had some chips for lunch with the kids then some choc biscuits before :redface: oh well though enjoyed them and i know it's not an every day thing... all in moderation.. i'm kinda on hols and enjoying life... :rofl: oh and dealing with 4 kids on my own.. :p
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I rekon its harder on the weekends, because generally routines are broken from what happens during the week.
Lunch for me was last nights leftover risotto, I had about six hot chips at the show and nothing else (pinched them from DD!!), and dinner tonight was a roast chook with vegies.
I used to weigh myself on the wii fit, dunno why I stopped really, because my scales aren't digital. Should go back, weigh myself on old scales tomorrow then the wii and see what the diff is.
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Hi guys :)
Umm, I dont really know what to write .. lol .. But I was 52kg before i was pregnant with my son, Then after he was born i weighed, 82kg. Before I fell pregnant with my daughter, I had gone back to 64kg, but gained it all back up to 86kg, which is what I'm at today.
Thing is i loose weight really easily, I lost the weight with my son in about 2 months just by just eating the correct amount of calories. And i only excercised about 2 times a week. But I eat out of boredom, and well, just for the sake of it. If I'm busy I dont eat anywhere near as much and never get hungry. Anyone else like this?
Just last month i went from 86 to 81 in a little under 2 weeks, but i put it back on again. Sigh ..
Anyway, thats my post over lol .. I'm looking forwars to getting to know all the people doing this challenge too :) xxxxx
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Welcome M2A - i have found i NEED to exercise BUT the thing for me is i actually NEED to eat a little more, i eat fairly wll but not enough calories to help my metabolism, last week i exercised (walks with the girls and kate) and i ate normally plus threw in a few well balanced snacks to bump up he calories and i lost 3.8kg :)
GL and i can't wait to see how you go
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oooh, i think i often make the mistake of eating too few calories thinking i'll lose weight faster. Even though I read otherwise, i just cant seem to get it through my head. lol
I'm a single mum of a 2 year old and a 4 month old, so i dont really get time to do actual excercise, but i do things like if i hang the washing out i'll put the basket a few metres from the line, and then i have to walk to it each time to hang something it :) ..
I cant get anough of bread and pasta. I eat plain bread rolls and i can eat 5 in one night .. lo
I'm breastfeeding too, so I want to be careful of that.. :)
Good luck to you too :) .. xx
