BB Challenge Week 4 & 5

hmmm thanks Kell :D I do love celery and PB, might have to try the philly.
Yes it's hot here, but I am so missing winter so might have to rustle up some soupy things.....

Been a bit naughty the last 2 nights with all the packing, dropping DD1 at her nans etc had Macca's on the way home from dropping her off then last night on the way to picking her up grabbed KFC... BUT that said with this packing i'm getting a decent work out and DD2 didn't want to settle yesterday so did 2 lots of walking the driveway and without DD1 here to slow me down i actually got a little puffed.. and sore cos my knees killing :redface:

Kim - could you make veggie pasties or something for lunch.. i love celery so second that idea... what about cutting up some carrot and celery and keeping in a container in the fridge for 'on the go' snacks?

Hi Lilias - good choice lovely! Good luck with your PG and definitely keep us posted on how you're going.

Hows everyone else going this week? I'm having a terrible week, I'm full of a horrible head cold so struggling to exercise and do anything but sit on the couch - my head feels like it's going to explode. I didn't get sick once last year and I was pregnant, I've had 2 illnesses in 5 weeks this year, grrrrr!

Thanks for those vegie ideas!!! That's a really good idea for a challenge too Kim, cause I find that I never eat enough vegies. Usually I have some with tea, but that's it.

Hope you're feeling better soon Alison - colds and weight loss certainly don't go hand in hand.

AFM: Went to combat class this morning which was good, and I think I'm going to the gym with Mel tonight, so busy day for me :) I didn't do anything yesterday though, so this makes up for it :) I'm still going okay - I keep sneaking in mid-week weigh ins, but have been pleasantly surprised.

Only a few more kilos to lose and I'm going to treat myself to a pedicure! :)

I am trying to increase my vegie intake too by having vegies on the side with most peas, soups (pea and ham is our favourite at the moment), also sticks of vegies with homemade hommus (carrot and capsicum generally, or with ricecrackers or saladas and semi dried tomatoes on top to make it a bit gourmet)

I never realised how easy it is to make hommus and how tasty it can be if you make it yourself. Basic recipe is 1 tin of drained chickpeas, 2 tbsp lemon juice, 2 tbsp tahini, 1/2 tsp cumin, 2 tsp olive oil, 1 crushed clove of garlic. Blend it all up and it's ready to eat. 1 serving is 4 tablespoons which is only 112kj!

We went for a walk to the park this morning and will probably go to the shops later so exercise quota for the day will be filled :)

Noticed in the shower this morning that my arms are actually starting to feel muscular! Woot! :dance:

Hi Girls - go Sterla, nothing like nice arms on a girl, I hate my arms, need to do some serious work on them!

I feel like I'm forever winning a losing battle here, I'm full of a head cold this week now so haven't done much exercise and now today AF arrived, my weigh in is going to be crap again, not to mention no wonder I've been craving chocolate this week! Grrrrrr. I need to get motivated but it's so hard when you can't exercise thanks to feeling crap. Have only been for 2 walks this week!

Weighed in and measured this morning. Only 1cm lost (off hips) :( but quite a bit of weight gone - 1.9kg! Have still been eating quite well, but didn't exercise as much as usual last week. Hoping to up the exercise again this next week. Was going to exercise yesterday, but DS was sick so I was couch-bound with DS sleeping on me for most of the day.

How is everyone else going? This thread is starting to get a bit quiet. Good luck for next week everyone - half way there for the 12 weeks!

Well done Sterla that's awesome! I weighed in this morning and I'm the same weight....expected it though as I've got AF and I've had a cold all week - still have it so I haven't done a lot of exercise. Hopefully with the "AF weight" it means I at least lost a little. Forgot to measure though before breakie so will do that tomorrow morning.

Hi guys!
Well I have given myself a bit of a week off. I was starting to get too stressed about everything (work deadlines, moving, eating etc). Still did quite a lot of exercise though but I know I ate more than I should. I am still going to weigh in on Monday but won't put too much pressure on myself. Keen to start again afresh from this week coming. Went for a jog yesterday but for something different I took my soccer ball. It was pretty fun - didn't get as much distance in for the time but worked some different muscles and the time went a lot faster. Today I am going to jump on the exercise bike and try to get some soccer practice in.
I might start posting my food to try and keep me on track. It is just too easy to let other people decide what I am going to eat (e.g. dinner) so I will have to step up a bit there to get some weight off.
Anyway I hope you guys are all going great.

Sterla - great job on the weight loss!
Alison - I have AF coming soon too. Such a pain!
Hi to all of the newcomers to the thread!!!

Hi ladies,

Well, just dropping in quickly to let you all know that I won't be around for a few weeks. We are moving tomorrow and the net gets disconnected tomorrow. It will take at least a week for us to get reconnected, if not more.

I am absolutely buggered and so need to rest but so can't! Just having a coffee to recharge now. We still have sooo mcuh to do! Moving is not fun with little kids. Mine have been in front of the electronic babysitter all day and I'm feeling like a horrible mummy! They are so bored and I'm over telling them to get out of the boxes, not to touch the freshly painted walls or the clothes and stuff waiting to go into the boxes, they're just annoying the $h!t out of each other plus I dont think Liam is 100% well....arrrggghhhh!!!! It's a 9hr drive to where we are moving, though we will do it over 2-3 days, so the last thing I need is a sick kid in the car!

Well, DH and I had a really good week or so til about Firday, when we seriously ran out of food in the house and we can't really buy more because of the move! So it's been a fair bit of not so healthy stuff, though we are trying to keep it half healthy since it will be about 4-5 days before we are settled enough to go out grocery shopping On the upside I have definately been doing enough exercise with all of the cleaning and packing and stuff!! I'm really trying to avoid weighing myself though cause I feel a bit down seeing it go up! Even though I know it should be, lol!

Ok, I really should go! Can't be sitting on my tooshy surfin the net while the hubby paints can I??!! Well, I think it will be a week or 3 util I 'see' you all so take care! And keep going I want to come back and hear all about your tips and tricks so I can keep motivation to lose my baby #3 weight!! And I just want to see you all meet your own goals too, cause I know how great that feels!

YOU CAN ALL DO IT!!!! :cheer:

Good luck with the moving Kel. I really feel your pain as we have moved way too often. Take care on the drive and hope you settle in quick.

WTG Sterla!!!

:hug: Allison, you've had a crappy couple of weeks.....

Good luck Kell! Hope the drive is as unawful as possible ;) Can't wait to hear how it is.....on another tangent i have been trying to find you on facebook....

Krys, i know what you mean. My DH is the worst influence! I do so well when he isn't there during the week. I think I'll class last week as a week off too....

AFM only 400gm this week, but hey, I knew that would happen. It's still a loss. I did manage to shrink some cms though, and that seem to be my pattern, weight one or two weeks and then cms and a slack loss.

I have a party coming up for a friend I haven't seen in a couple of years. Last time I saw her I was pretty big (just after DS was born), but I would still like to lose a bit more before the party. It is the week before the end of our challenge. So I am going to use that as motivation. Closer to the date I am going to take a day off and go dress shopping, then go out and have a great time. Here's to motivation!!!

*Totally off topic post ;)......

Thanks so much Krys and Kim. I am really looking forward to the change and I'm hoping the drive there is going to be as uneventful as it was when we went to visit a few months ago!

Kim, I tried to find you on FB too, but couldn't remember your sirname! Meant to ask DH if he has your hubby but keep forgetting. My name is Kellie Coleman Slade on FB if you would like to add me (anyone else feel free too! The more the merrier right ?:D) Though someone from BB had trouble finding me not long ago so I'm hoping my security isn't too secure, lol! I have several BB girls as friends though.

Hi everyone! Well I went onto calorieking this morning for the first time in ages. I am absolutely determined that I am going to control my eating better. I have put on some weight this week and some cms. I know some around my tummy will be due to AF which should come this week but I am really sick of looking pregnant! So kick up the bum for me.
Went for a jog this morning and instead of just jogging I tried doing some interval work - sprint for 300/100m then slow jog for recovery. Although it didn't improve my total time for the 5k it did make it mentally less painful as I could just concentrate on each bit and not the whole lot. And hopefully it will help at soccer where I struggle to recover from sprints.

B'fast of baked beans on un-buttered toast this morning and just a light sprinkle of grated parmesan. Then a medium size banana and a peppermint tea.

Hi all!

I don't know what happened this week. I use Calorie King and because I'm BFing it allowed me a generous 2000 calorie per day limit, which I have stayed under. I exercised for 30 minutes minimum every day except yesterday. I've been doing Wii Fit mostly, with a little walking (pushing 15kg DS1 in 13kg pram and 9kg DS2 in carrier), but was worried that I was starting to lose muscle, plus my body fat percentage on the scales is still outside the healthy range, even though I've now got a healthy BMI. So, I've started to use hand weights where I can on the Wii Fit and on Saturday I did a Boot Camp session for 1 hour.

For all my efforts, I lost only 100g and 0.5cm off my hips. But the scales said my body fat was 2 percentage points lower, so maybe I did build muscle?

Krysalyss - Your breakfast sounds yummy! Intervals are great for making the time pass quicker. I think that you also burn more calories doing intervals. The party and dress shopping is great motivation. You've got me thinking that maybe I need to set a new goal...

Alison - Don't worry, I'm sure you'll power ahead once you shake your blocked nose. It's hard to exercise when you feel yucky. No AF yet post baby here, but in the past my best weight loss weeks were always the ones right after AF, so :crossfingers: you have a great week weight-wise coming up :)

Lilias - Hope your move goes well and that you settle in quickly. I love that you have a long term goal of losing the baby weight for #3 :)

Kim - Ah, at least you see a pattern there with your results. Good work on the cms. I don't know what happened to me this week.

Sterla - That's great that you can actually 'see' results! Made me race to the mirror to look at my arms, but they look the same.

Good luck for this week everyone! Starting week 6, nearly halfway there!

Hi Girls - my cold is better thanks for all your well wishes....but now Amelia has it - was up with her for over an hour at 3.00 am this morning and it just took me over an hour to get her down for her morning nap! I'd just tought her to self settle a week ago too and now this and also she's now rolling all over the place - she rolled from back to tummy at 4 months and then just learnt tummy to back last week....so now she's rolling all over the cot and taking longer to go to sleep grrr! Anyway, such is life. Hoping for a better week exercise wise at least.......I had no change at all this week - but I do have AF so hopefully next week will look better.

Krysalyss - won't bother PM'ing you, my results both weight and cms are exactly the same as last week! grrrr