Well, I'm plodding along ok. I went walking again yesterday, I took a different route though and it was a bit harder, felt good though. Eating is going ok, still not great, but better at least. I need to drink more water, eat more fruit and veggies and less bread and carby stuff. I eat waaayyy too many carb loaded foods like bread, crackers, muffins....stuff like that. I'm REALLY craving junk tonight, some choccy or icecream would go down a treat tonight! Oh, Oh....or some butterscotch pudding and icecream...mmmmm *drrroooooooooollllllllllll* Ok gotta stop that! Maybe a bit of choccy milk, skim milk of course! And just a teaspoon of choccy powder.
boy oh boy oh boy.... I havent been doing well the last couple of days Going to make the time to get to the gym tomorrow with the kids, I feel so angry at myself, I'm just so weak when it comes to junk food at least I've managed to stay away from the maltesers, thats an achievementfor me
Good luck everyone else & well done to those ofyou being so strong!!!!!
Danielle, I have been having up and down days. But I want this to be a lasting change, so I am just taking it as I can. It is going to take me time to change my habbits, because I have had these bad habbits for SOOO long! But I am walking every second day, and next week I will start to go every day that I can manage with DH's shifts and work and stuff. Hopefully at least 4-5 times a week. Because it is only walking I think I need to do it at least that often to see some sort of result. When (if!) I manage to start running I will do it less often. DH suggested I go swimming, which I do enjoy, but that will cost $$ not much but still....and it would take longer cause I have to go to the pools, change, swim, shower, change and drive home. All up probably and 1 1/2hrs. When a walk takes me 30-45ish mins depending on where I walk.
Other than that, I have been struggling a bit with healthy eating. Had cake yesterday, and something else I shouldn't have, but can't think what it was now....and then just too much food too. I am an emotional eater, and when I feel crappy I eat, and yesterday wasn't a good day! So I ate and ate, alllll day must use some self control! And find other things to do when stressed out....hmmmm, but what with two toddlers? On the upside, I have lost 1.4kgs this week! Yay!!!! Still keeping my goal of being under 80kg by new years. But I have to stay focussed!
Lilas -Congrats on the loss - BUT if you are an emotional eater, you need to get rid of that junk out of your house totally so you can't get your hands on it when you are feeling emotional.
You might only have 'a little slice of cake' or whatever, but you'd be suprised how many calories are in that slice of cake.
To be losing weight, you should consume around 1300 calories per day - one slice of cake is about 500 cal on it's own - walking fast (puffing) will burn about 200 cal for 30 mins.
I am not trying to be mean to you, but trying to get you in the headspace that you need to be in before you are really ready to lose weight.
I really do recommend the calorie king site using their food diaries for a good few weeks to really get an honest idea of just what you are consuming and what you need to change.
It certainly opened my eyes!
Ausgirl, thanks for that advice. I know what you are saying. I don't have junk in my house. I would be absolutely huge if I did! And I have used calorie King before which did work, but honestly, now with 2 toddlers and working I just don't really have time to do it all. And realistically, I don't really want to be doing it long term, I want to learn to do it automatically, and just rely on my knowledge that this food is healthy or whatever. The junk I do eat is usually at work, or I (or dh) go and buy it.
I am trying to make this a lasting change so I am taking teeny tiny baby steps! I know to others it might sound like I'm not doing so well, but trust me this is an improvement from my usual! I actually only had one small slice of cake, rather than two huge ones which I would have done before. I am eating proportionate servings rather than double the amount I am supposed to. I am walking 30-45mins 3x a week rather than nothing at all. I am trying to do it in small managable bits. Increase it all slowly so it is a bit easier to make a lasting transition.
I used to do all of this as my normal life before I had kids, I was a healthy weight, so I can do it, but its been a long time since I have had good habbits, so I'm trying slowly. In the past I have done it all in one go, food exercise and I failed, just gone back to my bad habbits and it just hasn't been managable for me, so maybe if I do it in baby steps, it will work....
Well you are losing, so that is the main thing! Keep going, and yes, I get the baby steps - with me if I don't rule out everything for the first few months, I seem to get nowhere. Everyone is different though hey?
Still exercising every day, just walking but I have been 4 times this week already. And two of those days I have pushed DD in the pram too, aaallllll the way up the hill! OMG, I was sooo puffed out after it! But I feel good going out now, even on the few days that it's been quite hot!
I haven't been eating well at all! It was mine and DH's anniversary the other day so there was lunch out that day and a few drinks, then it was DH's bday, so cake and a big bday dinner for him, then an early chrissy lunch for work cause some of my workmates are going away until next year, so not healthy stuff then.....I haven't been buying junk to eat at home though, which is an improvement and I've been watching my portions, so no huge meals, and no eating after about 7.30pm for me. Seems to be making a difference so that is a good thing.
Still having issues with eating fruit and veggies, though the water thing is going well, I'm drinking at least 1 1/2 ltrs of water, on top of other things like tea/green tea, milk, the occaisional juice or softdrink. I will get on top of the earting again today, no more cake in the house and we will be doing the grocery shopping tonight, so I will get more fruit!
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Going to make the time to get to the gym tomorrow with the kids, I feel so angry at myself, I'm just so weak when it comes to junk food 
at least I've managed to stay away from the maltesers, thats an achievementfor me 
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