Aw hun i am BFing too, i find that if i take the time to get DD1 a snack it's no extra effort to get myseld something aswell, start small, add in a snack once a day adn then go from there.. can you go for a walk, have found this to be a great way of getting exercise, keeping the kids entertaned and catching up with friends... i have been alking with Kate07 which has been GREAT.. oh and PRMG...
I would walk but Ayva screams in the pram .. Not straight away but any longer then say 10 mnutes and she cracks it .. Makes shopping very hard too .. anything really ..
I have gastro atm, so I dont even want to think about moving or eating .. lol .. my daughter just had the rotavirus vaccine and obviosly i didnt wash my hands well enough after a nappy change
Hehe. I checked the scales about four times, got on, got off, went to find my glasses, tried again. It's ranging around the 78 mark, a tad below, but they aren't digital, so I'll say 1kg.
M2A - Welcome to the thread and I hope you feel better soon. Gastro sucks.
I've lost 1.1kg's YAY!!! I hope it keep going at this rate for a while longer
well done to everyone for a great week just gone and for those recording not so great results keep going, the journey is an up and down one but the end results are worth it
Can i just get everyone to make sure they PM me their updates, don't mind if you post it here but just to make it a bit easier to find rather than trawling through all the replies.
I'm not on my own scales so i am not 100% sure but the Wii fit says i am 97kg even so that would be a loss of 2.5kg ??? that can't be right can it, over 6kg in 2 weeks? if it is i am so so happy..
Well done to everyone so far on their losses, keep up the BRILLIANT work.
Walked 2.6 K's today taking the kids to school, if the weather is nice will walk that again this arvo to pick them up.. also hoping to walk from here to the park with my bro and niece this morning sometime, am loving all this walking.
I've been MIA from this thread even though I should be here every day!!! This week hit a low point for me, ds has been super clingy and not sleeping during the day and won't take a bottle, plus dh has started a new job and is working stupid ours, today I got my second period from having ds2. Even though... these are only excuses on why I've been eating junk and not doing any exercise.
Well... it all came to a head yesterday and I paid the price We had booked for some family photos that were to be Christmas presents for the Nannas of me, dh and our 2 boys. The photos went up yesterday for the 'sneak peek' and I almost cried. I don't know what I fooled myeslf into thinking I look like but the camera sure doesn't lie The nicest photo of me and ds1 looks terrible. I have double chins, huge arms and look really unfit and unhealthy What a waste of money, and I only have myself to blame, I'm the one who didn't get up and go for that walk, I'm the one that went through the drive thru to buy the junk
It starts from NOW! I WILL track what I'm eating, I WILL do some form of exercise every day and I WILL lose some of this weight by Christmas.
Well done to all of you who have kept up the motivation and are losing weight, keep the good stories coming! You guys are great inspiration!
DB - hun.. use those photos as your motivation, don't look at them as a bad thing, look at them and think this is why i want to change.
I use my gross photos on FB and i look at them and they make me feel sick, i SHAMED myself and now i know i WANT to make it all work.
You CAN do this and we are 100% behind you, when DS wont settle grab out the pram, attach some toys and go for a walk.. your getting your exercise and kids are being entertained.
Ohh Doodlebug I know exactly what you're feeling! Last year we went to this big gala night and had professional pics taken... When they arrived in the mail I just broke down and cried I couldn't believe that was me in the pictures or my DP (he was Huuuuge back then, too. Triple chin..). I think it was the wakeup call we both needed. DP lost 20kg since then (don't you just hate how men lose weight sooo much easier! hehehe) and I have *struggled* to lose 14kg so far. I have kept it off for six months now! So that's a start! But because we've been on this journey for a while I don't lose weight fast anymore. (hence the snail in my ticker)... This week I lost 700g LOL But hey, a loss is a loss, right? So jump on the bandwagen, we can do it together!! It does take a while, but it'll be worth it! Promise
ZF: W O W !! Another great loss!! You must be doing something right! You go girl!
Cherished1 and PacRakMG: That's awsome!! Way to go! You guys rock!
AFM, like I already said, I lost 700g whoop whoop It ain't much, but with last week's loss I've lost 1kg in 2 weeks... That's good enough for me. It's going down, that's all that counts. So I reckon I not gonna lose 10kg by Christmas, but 5kg would be noice, too! Positive thoughts people. Positive thoughts.
Last edited by Raupe; November 8th, 2010 at 09:10 AM.
A teeny tiny loss this week (just 200g) but I am over the moon as I had a rubbish week and didn't get to the gym at all. I also went once to maccas and had a bottle of wine over a couple of nights, so it's great to know I can still do all that and not gain weight.
Wow ZF what an amazing weight loss again!! Well done
DB- You poor thing, its so confronting hey! Good on you for deciding to do something though.
Raupe- That is a really great job keeping it off for 6 months, and well done on the loss this week!
Cherished1- Woohoooooooo! Brilliant, i am so envious and wish i had worked harder!
PRMG- Well done mate! That is awesome!! I need to get some digital scales too, i have some old school ones which are really hard to read.
Traveller- i only wish i could say the same!
Well, i officially need to be named and shamed I had a terrible week away on holidays with DF and the kids. I can't say he is a bad influence, because i made a lot of the decisions myself and could have had better options, but a week of eating anything and everything and barely exercising has taken its toll:
Total To Date Last Week This Week
Weight loss -2kgs -3kgs +1kg
Oh well, this week should make up for it. I WILL be using myfitnesspal and sticking to it, and i WILL be back exercising every day, and next holiday i have well and truly learnt my lesson and won't make the same mistakes and undo all of my hard work so far!
So far today i have eaten well and did 2ks on the elliptical trainer, 5minutes on the step machine, 5k bike ride + 7x weight at 15x4 reps.
Appletree - no to naming and shaming!! Holidays are supposed to be enjoyed in every level and that includes food as far as I'm concerned! Hope you had a wonderful time
Traveller - Good stuff!
And....OMG
I just got back from a walk - I did 7.94kms according to runkeeper!! I remembered that I had to post letters today, and forgot when I was at the shops this morning and my car is now at the panel beaters. So I had to walk. Took me 1 1/2 hours but YAY, that feels good.
PRMG- wow! amazing walk today!! We had a great time thanks
Well, hooray! I actually kept under my cals for today I am allowing an additional 500 cals for BFing, and myfitnesspal has calculated 1310 cals daily based on my current weight, height and goal of 1kg loss per week, so i am allowed 1810 per day. Today i came in at: 1654!! Woohooo! Not only that but i stayed under the goals for fats, carbs and sodium which i have always really struggled with in the past. I did have a sugar blow out, but i think the target is way too low as i would exceed it with half a glass of skim milk + a banana each day...
Plus, my cardio workout came to almost 500 cals burnt today, and i also did a huge strength workout Yay
Even with my walk today I went over the cals. I treated myself to a white iced chocolate, a small one and its thrown me over. The only other things I've eaten today is my normal breakfast cereal, a salad roll for lunch and two sausages and salad for dinner. Oh, and a mango. Go figure. Not happy jan. In fact, feeling kinda miserable.
Oh bugger? Really? Thats all you ate and your still over? How far over did you go? Don't be miserable, i am sure you can even it out over the course of the week? Divide it by 7 and take it off each days total... hahaha, is that cheating?
And BTW... mmmmm.... was it gloria jeans? I LOVE those, but unfortunately had to give up dairy a it really aggravates DS's reflux.
Here's what i got for my cals today, i am stuffed and loved everything i ate:
Breakfast: Country grain toast with vegemite and butter
Morning tea: Apple + 2 rice cakes with vegemite and butter
Lunch: Ham, cheese, tomato cucumber on country grain bread
Afternoon tea: 2 serves of sweet and salty popcorn + lemon lime sorbet (this was my sugar blowout but we got stuck in a storm by the water so took shelter in a cafe and i treated DD and i to an ice-cream as it was still so hot!)
Dinner: Early dinner with DD (shhh!)- wholemeal mini pita pizza with cheese ham and corn, 2nd dinner with DH was steak with mustard sauce and tomato, cucumber, avocado, carrot, corn salad no dressing (didn't need it)
Dessert: Special K chocolatey bar, caramel flavour
Last edited by appletree; November 8th, 2010 at 06:44 PM.
ha, just had to share, i just weighed myself, last night i was 86 today im 81 .. Thanks gastro! ... All I've managed to stomach today is a bit of bread and some lemonade .. ugh ..
So what calories should i eat while breastfeeding? Everywhere tells me different, usually between 1300 & 2000, but 700calories is a lot of food! lol ..
I would say aim for 1700 when breastfeeding, but lower your calories once solid food takes over as a main source of nutrition for your son, (so down to maybe 1300 by the time he is a year old, then down to 1200 when you stop feeding whenever that may be). That's just a guess though based on what others have told me.
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.. Not straight away but any longer then say 10 mnutes and she cracks it .. Makes shopping very hard too .. anything really ..
I've lost 1.1kg's YAY!!! I hope it keep going at this rate for a while longer
What a waste of money, and I only have myself to blame, I'm the one who didn't get up and go for that walk, I'm the one that went through the drive thru to buy the junk
W O W !! Another great loss!! You must be doing something right! You go girl!
It ain't much, but with last week's loss I've lost 1kg in 2 weeks... That's good enough for me. It's going down, that's all that counts. So I reckon I not gonna lose 10kg by Christmas, but 5kg would be noice, too!
Positive thoughts people. Positive thoughts.
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