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I guess that's a bonus to not being a big drinker, don't have to worry about the calories. Though I do look forward to being able to have a more than a sip without planning feed times.
Don't know how you girls are coping in the heat wave, it's been really muggy here and it's horrible. Laranna you did well doing some gardening in it, I was inside struggling to get the ironing done:rolleyes:
Yay, my cross trainer arrives today, can't wait!
I was going to ask how people are going in the heatwave. I have adoped a "grin and bear it" attitude and I've been continuing my walks regardless. I find that I sweat a lot more but that isn't so bad because when I'm jogging it actually keeps me semi-cool. The only downfall is by the time I'm an hour into my walk my bottle of water is warm - bleh.
I don't leave the house until about 8ish and by the time I get home it's just on nightfall. It's still really hot but without the blistering sun it is bearable.
Captain - yeah the weather's been yuk here, but I did the gardening at 7:30pm (yay for daylight saving) and it wasn't tooo bad, much better than the middle of the day. You'll LOVE the cross trainer! I have one and it's great, easy to use, low impact and you can get a really good workout all over.
I'm about to head out for a walk before it gets too hot (38 degrees today!), need to return some books to the library.
Amy
I have been walking first thing, at about 6am. And on Mondays and Weds my training is mostly in airconditioning......but it is hard........having done 12 months of exercise, I reckon winter is heaps easier, even the rain is better than the heat, for me.
Yes its a bit quiet in here again. i have tried posting 2-3 times this weekend but my posts disappear when i try to post them iykwim. My computer is also running slow so it makes it harder too iykwim.
I am still doing really well with the eating and just so so with the exercising but i am feeling really good and so many ppl are commenting on my shrinking middle lol. I tend to carry weight around my middle and had a pretty nasty muffin top but its shrunk SO much already.
AmandaJ- glad you enjoyed the "notatoes" its become a favourite of mine just wish DH felt the same.
I too missed Biggest Loser but i will be watching it from now on i find it very inspirational and cant wait to follow their journey whilst i'm on my own.
I just walked into the kitchen at work and one of my colleagues said "Amy, you've lost weight!"
I couldn't keep the grin off my face :D
While I haven't lost heaps in kilos - I have toned up SO much - I feel fantastic!!
That's great Amy! It's always the best feeling when other people start to notice. It becomes more real then! Good work :)
I only managed a 40 minute walk this morning, coz it was raining. I wasn't satisfied when I got home, so I'll be going again this afternoon!
WTG Amy! My sister called me yesterday, after just having been at a market with her for 4 hours, and told me I looked like I was losing weight and looked good, but it sounded a little forced (like mum had told her to say it), but nonetheless, it was said! :) I love it when ppl I haven't seen for ages say it! But then I wonder, just how big was I?
I can notice now when I lie on my side, that there is a "valley"(for lack of a better word right now) at my waist, where before it wasn't. iykwim. Also I'm losing the muffin top! It's still there, but not as prominent! :) YAY!
Still, I need a way to curb the sweets :(
Oh me too! I am usually a bit of a TV snob, LOL, and don't watch much Channel 10, but I remember through last years Biggest Loser how I had just started my journey, and they really kept me motivated!:
I too missed Biggest Loser but i will be watching it from now on i find it very inspirational and cant wait to follow their journey whilst i'm on my own.
Good work Amy, that is a great compliment! I hope it has really made your day hun ;)
Rhianon, well done on the 40 minute walk. I hope you were able to get one in this afternoon too!
I had a good day, had barramundi and noodle salad for lunch as DP and I took his niece out to lunch for her 18th birthday. I felt good that the barra was grilled. Got home and went for a jog/walk. In the rain! It was pouring but the rain on my face and my clothes saturated made me feel so alive. I forgot how wonderful nature really was.
OMGoodness i have been so good for so long and was craving choccy so i had some of my DD's rocky road her nanna made her and now i feel so bler and feel like i need to be sick. Maybe i had too much but i think its from my body telling me i need to stick to the healthy food iykwim. I think this week i will have a good loss as although i havent felt like i've been fantastic with exercising i am eating so different to what i was b4 and now AF has gone away i feel great.
Yesterday i caught my reflection and OMGoodness i have collar bones again :) Not really prominent but i could see them. Sounds silly but it made me feel fantastic :)
I watched BL today for inspiration - it sure as hell worked. Made me realise that my measly 13 odd kilos are nothing to be beated by. Those people are really hutsy to face up to such huge weight loss hurdles :clap:
I went for the first of m,y couch to 5km runs today - OMG it is so much worse than Contours, even when I push myself I don't hurt so bad afterwards LOL!!
I've just got back from the gym - feeling FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now I'm going to eat something light for dinner because I'm not really hungry but I should eat!
queenbee- got my extra walk in. 80 min walk making my total walk for today 2hrs! Ah, so satisfying!
Hi girls,
I'm back!! We had a good time in Adelaide, though the heat was really bad! It was 45 degrees the day we flew in and didn't go below 40 during the day or 30 at night! SO so sooooo hot!! I feel for you girl who live there! I was glad to get home, even though it was still 33 degrees here! But a whole 10 degrees cooler! I didn't watch what I ate at all, but we did lots of walking and swimming. I haven't put on or lost, so yay!! But I am going to seriously commit myself now. I saw some of the photos that were taken from the wedding we went to and omgoodness, I'm so FAT! And frumpy, ugh!! Rather depressing, but it has given me new resolve!
Congrats to all of you with such wonderful results, you guys are doing sooo well!
Well done Kel, glad you didn't put on any. That is just great. Wow, 45 degrees, how hot is that! Glad I am not down there.
I have to cut back on alcohol, I have two glasses every night :rolleyes: and although I am losing on WW, I just think I could lose more if I only drank a couple of times per week. I normally just fill up my glass halfway but I worked out it was 200ml every time! So that is 400ml per night and I didn't realise! That is like 7 points a night! That is 49 points per week!
I havent eaten great today but not really bad either iykwim just coulda been better.
Biggest loser made me cry last night too :redface:
Looking forward to weigh in tomo where as normally i'm scared lol.
GL everyone
I'm planning on a HUGE walk tonight. My hamstring seems to have sorted itself out - the fish oil helped immensely.
I went for a gorgeous walk last night - there was a lightning storm off in the distance and I spent the whole time looking at the sky - amazing!!!
Another big walk/jog tonight and super psyched for weigh in tomorrow!!!
Isn't that a wonderful feeling?!:
Looking forward to weigh in tomo where as normally i'm scared lol.
Girls, results should be pm'd or emailed to me today please........and then I will compile them and post the results tomorrow..........thank you!
Kel, you did pick a shocker of a time to be in Adelaide.......hottest temps on record we have had! I am over it to be honest! Cannot wait for Sunday when it drops to 25`!
I am going on a high ropes course on Sunday. I have been before. It is AMAZING. Here is a photo from last time.....
I am fully back at personal training this week, and it is SO good to be back into it, and back into the routine, which looks like this:
Monday 6am Cardio/Weights
Tues 7pm Cardio (2 hrs!)
Weds 6am Weights
Thurs 8pm Run
Sat 8pm Run
Sun 8am Walk/climb
Hope everyones figures are good..........
This weight loss thing is SLOW. A loss is a loss though right?? Just a little bit disheartening when you work your butt off and not get a lot in return.
Weight loss this week was 300g with 4cm lost overall.
AmySarah - If you hang in there, I'll hang with you. I feel like I'm working so hard, but have nothing to show for it. I've actually got a gain this week, I think I'm really going to have to be more careful with what I'm eating.
I do a 40 min walk each morning, and we've got a lot of hills around here, so it's all up and down walking, try to move around lots through the day (I work with kids), I've even introduced dancing into our programming to try and get me more active - and it won't hurt them either. I try to get about half an hour on the wii fit of an evening, and my weight just goes up and down each day, but not down enough. I'd like to be able to walk of an evening too, just can't fit that one in around the family. I guess at some point it will get there, just wish it would hurry up and show an improvement. I need the encouragement.
Amy, alcohol is full of sugar, would it be one reason why you are not losing more weight? I have added up my wine points recently through the week and it is HEAPS! So I am only have one glass (150mL is standard) now and then! I know those pre-mix drinks are worse too. Beer is worse also but there are low carb ones. What do you drink? A loss is a loss though hun and I think you are doing great. Losing cm's is excellent too! Well done for a loss.
I lost nothing this week :( but did lost some cm's. This week will be better!
Hi girls, apologies for lack of personals, no excuses only laziness. Which probablly sums up my week!!!
This week we have had 40+ hot days, bushfires with a few klms of our house, know people who lost their homes and other who came oh soo close and I just feel really down and depressed. Maybe AF is going to rear her head (1st time since DD was born)?would'nt be helping how I feel.
I have'nt eaten anything really bad, but have'nt been as good as I should either, excerise was nilch until the end of the week where I had DH back on board to look after kids and cooler weather to get out in the evening. So some weight actually came off in the end, for a while it was'nt looking promising.......
DS starts kinder tomorrow, so on his 8.30am starts I will be putting the girls in the pram and taking advantage of the cooler start and being in town and a beautiful walking track around the wetlands and getting in an hour before I do anything else. Amazing how good that makes me feel, knowing that I am going to have something regular to do.
Crying and biggest loser definately can relate to that one, although these days loads of things make me cry:rolleyes: *****But also feel inspired****
Is it just me or do the girls look now where near as big as the weights the scales show? maybe they are tall or something?
Congrats to the girls doing great :clap: to those who are'nt doing as well as they would like, don't know the answer but I hope all of a sudden it falls into place and the weight starts coming off again, good luck. I know for me excerise is the key, it used to be I could lose weight by cutting back in the food dept, but now it is getting out and moving it??? Older I guess:redface:
Well, I'm actually pretty happy with the fact that I'm back at my lightest weight I have ben since the challenge!! Yay! I started back at work yesterday, only for 4hrs, but my goodness, I was buggered! Working with 20 3-5yr olds is HARD work! No wonder I got fat when I finished working! It wasn't pg that made me fat I got fat AFTER I had my DD!
So I haven't lost any this week, but I have lost 2cm somehow?? Cool bananas!
Bring on next week, I'm gonna put in lots of effort to lost some this coming week!
Mollycat, you can do it babe! I have only lost about 2kgs and about 5cm (I think!) in the whole time of the challenge. They say the slower you lose it the better, so look on the bright side...it should be for long term! And by doing so much exercise, you might be putting on lots of muscle and burning lots of fat- muscle weighs more than fat. You're doing well! And changing positively, no matter wether you lose weight or not. :)
I drank quite a bit on the weekend and nothing during the week.
I usually have either vodka with cranberry juice or midori with lemonade.
I have been eating reasonably well - still no going over 1200 calories a day but I probably could be eating better, fresher foods. In this heat I have found that fruit and yogurt are my favourites and I will happily have this for breakfast and lunch. Seeing as I go for a walk in the evenings my dinner is usually something light.
I probably could push myself harder on my walks (1 hour a day) and I could step up my light weights even more. I haven't lost motivation yet - I'm still determined - but it's so hard when I'm not seeing results. I think once I get under 70kgs (currently 71.2) I will be more motivated because it will feel so close. I'm just finding it impossible to budge that kilo!! Is it only going to get harder??
Mollycat I'm with you all the way babe!! We can do it together - I'll hold your hand :D
Good Luck today girls!
I quickly jumped on the scales this morning and looks like I've lost 200g but I haven't fed DS so my boobs are full and I need to go to the loo so hopefully I would have lost more after that :) Haven't done measurements yet.
DP & I are going out to dinner tonight and I'm really looking forward to it. We haven't been out since before DS was born so I'm going to enjoy everything I eat and not stress about eating bad. It's my night off! :)
Had a great pilates workout last night. The instructor had me doing advanced moves (I'm in a beginners class) so I'm definitely getting stronger again. I was in the advanced class before I got pregnant.
This morning I'm going to do a c25k (week 3) session on my cross trainer. I love doing my cross trainer because I can read at the same time and I'm reading Twilight atm. I get so engrossed in the book, the workout seems like nothing!
Amy - I don't think the midori is too bad but soft drink is loaded (you knew that right though I am sure), or do you have diet lemonade with it? I think it is great you had a loss though. I didn't :rolleyes: and I know it is better to lose it slowly. OMG though I know what you mean, I wish I could lose 1kg per week every week, then I would definately be motivated to the extreme!!!
Laranna - my niece has all the books on Twilight, she is so addicted and I have heard they are excellent! I saw the movie last week. Holy cr*p is is awesome, Edward Cullen is a bit hot right now. What a great flick!! Have you seen it? Enjoy dinner tonight and enjoy your splurge!
Amysarah- Dont be so hard on yourself hun. Maybe you dont actually need to lose alot iykwim (from memory we were similar weights). You may be tall you may naturally have a bigger build etc. If you are eating well and exercising you should be proud of yourself no matter what. Just think of the health benefits of what you are doing rather than the No. on the scales. Hey maybe you are turning all your fat into muscle. For me i am losing weight and CM's but i havent toned a lot as my exercise has really dwindled since DH has been home.
I have lost another KG this week making it a 5.3kg loss in the 5wks i am very proud of myself and am starting to see the difference. They say 6kg is a dress size and my clothes are all getting on the bigger side which is great but not when i dont have the money for a new wardrobe iykwim.
Hang in there every one who is disappointed in there weigh ins. Last week i showed a 100g loss this week 1kg. Our bodies change so much hormonally that sometimes wk by wk can make it really hard to tell whats going on. Like i said to Amy if you are doing the right things you should be proud of yourself no matter what.
I am proud of you all :hug:
I am actually quite short (164cm) and I have a tiny frame. Even though I am 71.2 (which for some is their idea weight) on my tiny frame it means I have to try and squeeze into a size 14 pair of jeans. Before I stacked on this weight I was a size 10 and very healthy (in terms of BMI) so that is what I'm aiming for.:
Maybe you dont actually need to lose alot iykwim (from memory we were similar weights). You may be tall you may naturally have a bigger build etc.
Oh ok hun i didnt mean to offend you in anyway just wanted to try and cheer you up a little. You are doing so well and putting in 110%. Do you mind me asking you your goal weight? I am similar height and started off at 74.2kg. I am now down to 68.9kg and my goal was to get to 64kg. I am still wearing my size 14's (and the odd bigger size12) though i am prob closer to a 12 now but i dont want to squeeze into a smaller size and then look bigger because of the bulging love handles etc. Wish i lived closer to you so i could tag along on your walks and exercise.
Oh I wasn't offended Hoody!!! Just clarifying!! LOL ;)
My goal weight is 60kgs. It sounds like we are very similar - we'll see if I can work my butt off to catch up to you as my starting weight was 74kg too!
We can do it together in spirit - you don't have very long to go at all!!!
Hi girls just popping in really quickly as I started back teaching today and I am EXHAUSTED. I am not submitting weight/ measure this week as AF started today and I am bloated and heavier and just feel generally gross.
I am getting really frustrated because even though I have lost heaps of cm's my weight is only fluctuating 2 kgs up and down (ie loose 2 gain 2, loose 2 gain 2) and it has been doing this for an entire 12 months now. It was great when I wasnt watching what I was eating and not doing any regular excercise because I wasnt gaining anything, but now I am putting in a HUGE amount of effort in watching what I eat as well as doing lots of excercise and still no change. I am going to make an appoinment with my GP and see if she can give me some tips to get my metabolism going- I am so determined to do it this year, so I am not going to let this get me down- just going to keep seeking out help untill I find something that works.
After not losing any last week I've lost 500g this week so in total I've lost 2.1kgs.
I've got a question does anyone know because I'm b/fing I've lost a certain amount of cm's on my bust and hips and haven't had a loss there for a few weeks. Do you think that it could be that my hips have to close a bit more from the birth and my boobs won't get smaller again until I stop b/fing?
Everyone is doing so well, please keep up the good work.... we are such a great support to one another.
hugs xoxo
Well I'd love to weigh in... but due to a basketball injury from Tuesday night I can no longer stand. I'm going to be on crutches for the foreseeable future. Which really sucks.
The only thing that's good about it all is that the pain medication that I'm on makes me nauseous, so I'm not eating much!
And I'm not game to take this knee out of the brace again... one palpitation by the surgeon and I was a mess! I have to go for an MRI in the next day or two (whenever I can get in) and go back to see the surgeon to see whether I've done my anterior cruciate ligament or just my patella and medial ligament... owwwww....
Good on you girls.. .keep it up!
Oh Divvy!!! That is awful! :redface:
oh divvy :hug: i really hope you get your MRI soon so you can start planning your recovery. That really sucks. Will you still be posting in here with us? We will miss you if not :(
Oh Divvy!! Big hugs and lots of healing vibes for you hun :hug:
I went for my best walk every last night! I was inspired by Biggest Loser and SYTYCD and I loaded up my iPod with dance tracks. I left at dark and there is this new road that just opened near my house - it's 2km long and no construction has commenced yet - so there were no cars or people!
I DANCED 2km down and 2km back up!!! I walked, jogged, jumped, and just generally grooved away the whole time. I was absolutely stuffed when I got back and I'm so sore today but it was seriously the best workout I've had in so long!!! I'm going again tonight!!
Does anyone have any good dance/workout songs they can recommend?
Divvy :hug: Healing vibes coming your way. Take it easy and rest that leg.
AmySarah - Great work
AFM - Something a little interesting - hopped on the wii-fit last night - did the island jog - which was great - took me 11 minutes - I never jog, my ankles won't usually let me, boy, did I feel tired after that one. Anyway, I did the body test and weighed myself, then I went to our scales in another room and weighed myself there. A difference of 1.4kg, so whether the floors are different, or one's not quite flat I don't know, but I think I like the wii-fit ones better LOL
Hoody - Well done on that loss
AmandaJ - You're doing great, sorry I can't answer that question for you.
Ali - I know how that feels, my weight seems to be yo-yo-ing as well.
Just reading through this thread everyone is doing so well. We've all made some important changes to our life.
Oh Divvy, ouch! :hug: Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Amy, I bet you had a great time. I really think music helps alot to get you moving and in good spirits. I love anything upbeat, particularly enjoying Pink atm.
Had a scrumptious dinner last night. Being a fine dining establishment, the food was divine and of course smallish portions but just enough! Also had 2 glasses of wine which was heaven! Have not had a drink since I found out I was pregnant! Mmmm it was lovely, the whole evening.
Back on the cross trainer this morning. I can now only do it when DS is sleeping as he's now crawling and tries to climb on the cross trainer while I'm on it and moving!!
Mollycat- I only use my wii to check my weight and i do it the same time each wed mo. My bathroom scales dont like me and i dont think they are accurate. I think as long as i use the same set at the same time of day thereading should be pretty accurate iykwim.
Well no 'real' exercise here today but a mountain of housework including moving all the furniture to vacuum under it then i mopped from top to bottom. I worked up a sweat and my heart rate too so must have done some good lol. DD1 is in DC tomo so i am gonna try and put DD2 in the creche at the gym and do a morning class.
Amy- you sound like you are really starting to enjoy your exercise....well done.
Laranna- Glad you had a lovely evening