Diet and Weight Loss General Support #10

Food ideas, theses are both snacks and lunch in my house, I just have more or less according to the meal.

Tuna/salmon/sardines and onion on toast/ryvitas with a little salsa on top
boiled eggs (also great to have on hand for a rush-out-the-door breaky)
ham/low fat cottage cheese/avocado/tomato on rice thins
chicken or baked bean cheesy melt
tin of flavoured tuna

snacks

about 12 almonds and 4 dried apricots
yogurt with chopped strawberries/kiwi fruit (though sometimes has a fair bit of carbs depending on the brand)
homemade or low fat store brought hummus/tzatziki with corn thins or rice crackers or vege sticks
carrot/capsicum sticks with cottage cheese, celery sticks with peanut butter (and sultanas if you like them!)
fruit smoothie using frozen berries, yogurt and skim milk
glass of vanilla bliss soy milk

Have lots of water too Tan. I always have a glass of water before I eat a meal (or snack). If I'm still hungry, I have a cup of tea or decaf coffee.

HTH hunny!

Struggling alot tonight. Stupidly I didn't have lunch because by the time I realised I hadn't eaten, it was 4.30 and I just wan't that hungry. Now I have had dinner and I could eat another serving of it! Mostly I just want chocolate or some sort of sweets- cake, biscuits....ANYTHING!!!! I think AF is due soon too, I usually crave sweets for a week or so before :rolleyes: Plus I'm just a little stressed about getting everything done for when we go away on Thursday. We are leaving at about 5am, so I want it all done by tomorrow, but it's hard when the kids are bored and the baby is a clingon! I still have stuff to wash which I want to take, and I just want the house to be sparkiling when we go too, so I can come home to a clean house. Plus DH is on night shifts. I am terrible when he's on nights, I get really lonely and bored and I also don't get alot of sleep so i'm tired and grumpy too. So stress is making me want to eat too....

This is my new favourite lunch. Its just devine. I never knew what a chick pea was until this. You can add your own variations to it but this is what I happen to have and it tasted devine.

Approx half a small carrot grated
Tuna chunks in spring water (can use a 95gram tin of greenseas but I only use half)
Some red and green capsicum
Some red onion
Approx 100 grams of chick peas
Some Thai seasoning
Another other lettuce/celery etc you may wish to have

For the serve which I made its just over 240 cals. Big serve and is tastes so yummy. I've had it 2 lunches in a row now.

Sterla that is fantastic that people are noticing.

3LM the nights are hard aren't they? I have major sugar cravings which I blame on the BF. No AF back for me yet.

SJ do look after yourself. Yep your right you need to get better before you worry about the exercise.

Tanstar I too am going to Ban myself so I can focus more on my exercise as I spend way to much time on here. Will look forward to hearing how your going when we both come back.

Well I fell off the wagon and got back on. I weighed myself today and I am down to 76.1kilos and that was after breakfast with super full boobs. Surely they weigh a kilo each lol. I'm so excited. I wanted to be 75kilso for my sisters wedding in October and the rate I am going I'll be quite abit less then that. 72kilos was my Christmas goal but the way I am going I will have no trouble achieving that. So that brings my total loss to 10.8kilos. I signed up to Michelle Bridges 12week BT so I'm really hoping to loose another 8kilos minimum doing that which should be achieveable if I stick to the program. That will basically get me back to my goal weigh. I will be banning myself at some stage as I want this so much I want to have as much time and energy as I can muster to put into the program and whilst I have access to this site I will keep coming back and wasting alot of time. Everything suffers such the housework, my sleep (as I can't pry myself away ) etc

Cycle o'clock for me. Have been feeling better at last & trying to knock off an hour of exercise each day... Darn rain means tonight it's an hour on the bike. Hope to bbl for persies.

Its silly but I know if I post what I'm doing in here, I won't slack off lol.

Haha! Not silly at all.

I will be getting on the bike once my dad and sister go home.

Still not banned heehee but OMG fell totally off the wagon today. BAD. damn wicked Wednesday at school gets me every time, plus I baked brownies and there were leftovers. Eeerrrrk. I am also bloated and craving chocolate because I am one week off AF notoriously bad time and I always get SO bloated and feel like I have gained 4 kgs. At least i know the pattern but far out - anyone know if there is any way to stop the bloat with AF???

Off to bed and will be back on the wagon tomorrow.

hi everyone!

just popping in to say woohoo 73 kg! lol. was my birthday on tuesday so had rather an indulgent day with three scones and two chocolate biscuits... also had rather a lot of brie and cream cheese spread on a sliver of bread this evening... whoops! oh well.. am feeling really positive about my body at the moment, it is looking pretty hot if i do say so myself lol!

hopefuly will get back to my good-girl eating with no cheese that is not cottage cheese etc lol (rest of day was good thought :D )when the weaher gets a bit warmer. i really struggle with wanting to eat when it's freezing and that is what it is here at the moment. has been snowing since sunday, today was the first day without snow - only hail, sleet and rain. also means we're stuck inside all day everyday... no walks or even play in the garden. but is meant to get better soon thank goodness!

sorry for not keeping up, opened the last thread to see was closed and then when took link to this one was already on page 3! but what i read on this page looks great, love to see the positive mindsets, particularly you mildez! i remember thinking how down you sounded when you joined and being really worried, but now you're sounding so in control and totally awesome! well done hun, and everyone else too! xx

sorry tanstar, i don't know what causes bloating, but have read that drinking plenty of fluids can help reduce it, oh and those fluids have to be water or juice, not soft drinks or caffeinated drinks if your a diet coke type girl sorry! :p

Tanstar pregnancy will stop AF coming but I don't think its the solution for weight loss or maintanence lol

Livvy awesome news. 73kilos thats excellent. I bet you look totally hot. Sounds like your loving the new you.

I weighed myself this morning seeing as Thursday is my official weigh in day 75.3. OMG I'm so excited. My goal for my sisters Wedding in October was to be 75kilos and I'm in shock I am almost there 6weeks out. So exciting. On a bad note I'm having some skin tingling and chest pain. I think I must be lacking something. Or else eating to much protein. I'm waiting on a phone call. I basically have no calcium except a calcium tablet. Anyway this Michelle Bridges program seems to be really helping. Its only preseason now but I am so motivated and recognising some really big downfalls with prior eating habits so I'm pretty excited about changing them and hopefully I'll easily be able to keep it up. Been under 70kilos seems very possible this year now. I haven't been under that since my Wedding 3yrs ago. Then I can kick DH theory that women let themselves go after they are married lol.

Hey everyone!!!

Belfie!! That makes perfect sense- thats what the thread is for lol And i know what you mean- if you write it in here your more likely to actually do it!! :)

Mildez.. You are making fantastic progress!!!! Thats excellent that your ahead of your goal!!! Not too sure if the tingling and chest pain is a good thing though :o.. are you seeing someone about it?? I hope your all good there!!!

Tanstar... lol I wouldnt recomend pregnancy for weightloss!!! :rofl: but other than that I dont know of anything else that will stop the AF problem. I will vouch for the bizarre way that drinking more water helps you not retain fluid!! The only reasoning I can think of is that drinming so much makes you pee alot more lol, but I am definately less fluidy since I have upped my water intake. Its all I drink now. Well that and my two coffee's a day! I have had the merina put in and I dont really get AF, but I think I still get the bloating and associated things, just without the bleeding!

livvy.. YAY on the 73kg!!!! I cant wait to be there!!!! Cheese is a downfall of mine too. I have started at least getting the light cheese which DH pointed out to me actually wasnt that much less than normal cheese- but hey, it's something!!!!

Hi 3LM... your probably not reading this as your off away with your family!! I hope your having fun!!! :)

Sterla.. That is so cool that people have noticed you have lost weight!!!! That must feel great!!! :)

Hi to all the lurkers or anyone I missed

AFM.. well the universe definately doesnt want me taking notice of numbers this week.. my bike computer thingy has stopped working lol I think its just the batteries not in properly as DS has pulled the cover off and lost it :wall: but i am taking it as another sign lol I know roughly that my half an hour is 230-250calories.. and as i usually do it while i watch telly its easy to keep track of how long i have been on for- so im feeling ok!!! I have actually been going longer these last two days, I have been on for an hour or so a day- as well as wii fitting (just my yoga/stretching routine about 20 minutes) and my wii dancing workout every day!!! I feel good!!! And i still havent weighed, but out of curiosity I think i will do it on monday- so one week instead of two and see how i went, and maybe just do it weekly! DH says I am looking good and he can notice a difference all over!! Thats good!! Except for the boobs!! I want to keep them!!!!! :rofl:

I have been eating well- until yesterday when i allowed myself to have a cheese burger.. didnt go the whol emeal, just the burger and it was as gross as I thought it would be!!! lol But sometimes you just need to remind yourself right!!! DH bought chips and chocolate AGAIN.. he went to grab my fave chocolate and I said NO WAIT, get one i dont love!! lol So he got the fruit and nut, i have had one little square!! Thats my night time treat!

Im a more of a day snacker though, at night i can go without and the lazy's usually take over, if i am comfy on the couch or something, even yummy bad food wont get me up lol and then i usually fall asleep lol! But for me its during the day, i could just snack all day!!!!

But now its crazy house tidy up time!!! Happy excercising everyone!!!! :)

yay mildez and starbright! i'm so glad you're both feeling so great!

starbright - am sure snacking through the day is fine provided you are snacking healthily and is for the simple reason that you're hungry rather than just bored or on auto-pilot. if you prefer to snack then maybe set your day around having 6-7 snacks every 2-3 hours rather than 3 meals as such. have read that that is great for the metabolism anyhow!

well as my little dance of joy for the day (well more like several days, if not week am so excited!) - i found (in a charity store for $18) a new pair of ralph lauren jeans that are size 12 that look like they were made for me! am so happy! i can't wait to wear them out! they're in the wash today even though it's raining so i can wear them asap! :D

:hello: everyone! Im still here - I think they forgot to ban me :rofl: I have had a crappy few days - ate too much at work, too much chocolate etc. and feeling bad for it but am going to plod away - I don't ever want to fall int he trap of just eating what I want whenever I want without thinking about it like I have in the past. The fact that I am conscious of everything that passes my lips is a big step!!

I think I might try and get some protein shakes for brekky or lunch, I think they might be a good way to cut carbs because all I want is toast in a hurry. Eggs are a fav but take a bit of time to organise! :rofl:

SB - Considering I put on 15kgs with Iz and 20 with JJ I am definitely not going to get pg haha! Sounds like you are doing well hun and that is funny about the numbers - just keep at it hun and I am sure you will get a wonderful reward when you weigh in in 2 weeks time!!

Livvy - Yay for size 12 jeans!!!!!! I wish!!! My stomach is still my trouble spot but I had a feel today and realised I still have some muscle separation :o so I think I need to go to a phsyio.

Bel - Sounds like you are ON FIRE! I want a bike haha! My treddy is so old and is outside and makes so much noise that i don't use it. Do you still have muscle separation in your stomach hun? I can't remember if you did or not!!

Mine was 6cms after birth with JJ :o Joys of a 10lber - anyway it's slowly closed up but it's still about 1-2 cms and over my belly button is about 2cms. Thinking I should go to get some exercise specifically for joining it back because I have realised what I am doing is probably making it worse :dunno:


Ok off to do kinder run! Talk soon chicks!

Just popping in to give:

A big hug to those who have come off the band wagon, "believe in yourself and your ability to get back on it".

A big WOOHOO to those who've progressed towards and surpassed their goals, "stay with the 'program', and congratulations for your achievements thus far".

The journey of losing weight is like a roller coaster ride, full of highs and lows. That fantastic feeling when you weigh (or measure) in and you've lost more than you had expected, or that kick in the guts when you've worked hard yet see a gain on the scales.

The best and most reassuring thing though is when you do reach your final goal, YOU did it...YOU achieved it. And no one can take that away from YOU! Most of all, YOU all deserve it :)!

Thanks ladybird - what a great post! :D

Finally some good weather! I took my new wheels out for a spin - the kidlets and I walked up to the supermarket. Most of it is uphill, so that was a pretty good workout! It was so nice getting outside. I really do miss walking, so I'm glad the next week is looking like fine weather :),

Weigh in day for me tomorrow.

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Weigh in day for me tomorrow.

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me too! Wishing us both good luck.

And.I.Will.Cycle.One.Hour.Tonight.

Ok bbl. Gotta go get kids ready for bed. But i'm committed now! :D

Thanks LB! You rock!!! :hug:

Ble - You go girl!

I have had a good day today - hardly any carbs yay but had a DC and about to have another with vodka in it :o I need it today! Went for a 1 hour walk earlier as well! Go me - weekend is here so I will go for a run tomorrow as well!

Tan - oooh boy I could do with a vodka too lol, except I think it would put me to sleep in 10 seconds flat hahah. Good on you for being good today, I saw your walk on FB, impressive! I meant to say earlier (blame busy week) that I think protein at your breakfast (and HAVING breakfast) could make a big difference to you, plus increasing the veg & protein. If you want sushi, get some more of the sashimi if you like it, increases your protein & reduces the rice a bit. Re the muscle seperation yes I still do have some, and thank you, you just reminded me I haven't done my exercises yet. I'm wondering if I need to go do something more too. I got some exercises from my physio earlier in the year (she was quite specific that I should be avoiding some of the traditional ab strengtheners), but I haven't done them nearly enuff :redface:... I do also have an umbilical hernia and I think there's something going on near my diaphragm too, it sticks out a bit funny, and there's a bit I can squish back when it's bulging. Sounds icky but doesn't hurt at all, but does give my tummy a slightly odd shape towards the end of the day :( meh. Babes on Board is in Ringwood & has a good post-baby physio run program to deal with such issues... I'm debating whether I try that or not.

LB - great post :D loved it fanks muchly!!! Meant to reply to you earlier re the blog, and I saw some activity on FB, does that mean you're back? *looks excited* I hope so. I meant to look at your blog but time just gets away... I agree it's tough when it's on another site :(. Somewhat selfishly I just like it when you come in here :).

Sterla - I'm sending good vibes for a great weigh-in tomoz! And woo hoo for the new wheels, you must be loving it.

Livvy - you are doing awesomely! And those jeans sound great! Are they dry yet????

SB - I'm so opposite to you, I weigh most days so it stops me freaking out about the fluctuations lol. Re the boobs, you can have some of mine :rofl: I have more than I want. You're going so well.

Mildez - way to go, that's fantastic reaching your Oct goal so soon, you must be so chuffed!

3LM - how are you going? Hope you're having a lovely time away.

SJ - how are you feeling now? Pesky rotten colds around at the moment, it's so frustrating isn't it!

AFM, have finally mostly kicked my cold, just getting residual sinus headaches meh... but have managed my hour (minimum) of exercise every day this week, yay. So I'm hoping for a good weigh-in tomorrow. So saying, I must have eaten something that didn't like me (I have wide-ranging dietary malabsorption issues which means I can upset my system pretty easily), cos tonight I was mega bloated (my waistline was up TEN centimetres, looked 6mth preggers I kid you not) soooo annoying & so uncomfortable. It's always my first symptom, so I've been chugging some probiotics and hoping my system will settle down before weigh-in tomorrow... cos my weight will usually be up as well when I'm like this. Fingers crossed. I did the most sloggy miserable feeble hour on the bike... really not in the zone at all, but hey, I did it. The stupid thing is that the skinnier I am, the more I hate my bloating tendency because it looks more & more obvious. But I'm reminding myself that I could be 11kg heavier and then I wouldn't notice the bloat as much cos i wasn't looking good ever anyway! At least my giant tum will go in a day or so rather than after months of hard work!

Crossing fingers for bub to have a huge morning feed, mumma to drop a #2 and then my weigh-in will be great! hahahahaha :rofl:

Belfie: Good on you for exercising when you didn't feel like it! Even if it was slower than usual, it's better than sitting on the couch :). Hope you get a great result with your weigh in!

Tanstar: Hope you get lots of opportunities for exercise this weekend!

AFM: Weigh in... and *drumroll please* I have lost 1.2kg and 2cm from my waist! Pretty happy with that :). I have a few difficult days coming up foodwise, as it's my MILs 50th birthday and she is staying with us. We're going out for tea tonight, then there's cake, then waffles for breakfast Sunday morning. I'll just be sure not to overindulge, and I'll make sure to get out for a few walks.

Woohoo sterla, that's fantastic! Good luck with your tricky days coming up, great you have a plan.

AFM, I'm happy as :dance:. Dropped another 0.6kg. Puts me on total 12kg lost and....

ONE KILO TO GO! Lordy I'm excited. My bmi is now 22.83. Also dropped 1cm off boobs (yay) & waist. Waistline is down to 82cm. Question is whether I'll get to 80cm with another kilo gone!

Loving those weigh in's sterla and belfie!!!! :D

Awesome work girls.....I'm very proud!

Would anyone be interested in having a progress chart (similar to what we use in belly threads? Example:

* insert date *
Leesa - 57.1 kgs - 1 kilo to go (or)
Leesa - 10 cms lost - 2 to go

Would that be too competitive / confronting / challenging? Or would it be useful to help stick to the program?

hi hi!

yup belfie, jeans are dry as of yesterday morning so wore them all yesterday and am wearing again today (would have swapped into my ck 13s but am fundamentally against risking all my clothes getting messy at once lol) and am planning/hoping to wear them tomorrow as have PIN and haven't seen all the mums there since was back at 81/80kg i think!

wow sterla and belfie! fab weigh ins! tan, you go ahead and have that vodka hun! am totally for a little relaxant every now and again provided it's not an every night thing - empty calories... but have a swig of wine when i feel i need it!

AFM - am self patting myself on the back, although am not sure i will continue to deserve it as we're off out to brunch today (am hoping i can be restrained and still choose something i enjoy) to celebrate my birthday :D was earlier in the week but we've all been super busy lol. BUT am super dooper proud as i hopped on the scales this morning

aaaaaaand

72kg! woohoo! BMI in the normal category! yeyah!! and believe you me, i don't use more than one exclamation mark lightly lol!

well done girls and keep up the excellent work!

Hey everyone!!!

Go Sterla, livvy and Belfie on your losses!!!! :clap: Well done!!!

Tanstar.. LoL.. i love vodka and cola too.. i thought i was weird!!! lol I havent had one for a while though- i may need to go the DC if i decide to have a few drinks one day!!!

Ladybird...Hi!! I am happy to have a chart thing, i think it would be good!!! Maybe we could list our fave/regular excercise there too!!!

Well I had a sneaky peak on he scales and bloody hell, still 81.5!!!! I put in such an effort this week!!! Ggrrrrr :wall: I know, at least it hasnt gone up (well it MAY have during the week sometime who knows!!!) but I had these grand ideas that I would hop on and maybe, just maybe be out of the dreaded 80's!!!! Oh well, i will keep going strong and see what next week brings!!!!!! :-)

ETA.... :rofl: I weighed myself this morning before I did No.2's (sorry tmi lol) and i just did one and I thought for a laugh i would see what i weigh now.. 81.1!!!!! LoL That was some heavy sh*!t!!!!!

hi girls

sorry i've been a bit MIA!!!
weighed in this morning and i've lost 0.7 this week. very happy with that as i'm aiming for 0.5 a week. yah!!!
so I've only lost a total of 1.2kg so far, and it sounds crazy but i can actually notice it! only 7kg to go :)
good luck everyone, hope you have a great day

Hi Ladies,

Can I join in please?

I put on a lot of weight after my last pregnancy. Then I started smoking and quit again and put on a further 9kgs or so. Now I'm...99 kgs. I'm feeling absolutely horrible about it.

My doctor has said that my blood pressure is through the roof and my cholesterol isn't looking too good either, so I really need to do this.

Welcome hannanat.... I think pregnancy has been the cause of most of us gaining these darn extra kilo's!!! Everyone in this thread is really understanding and supportive!! We can be a chatty bunch too!! I wish you all the best for losing the extra bits of you!! :-)

Ginger!! Well done on the loss!!! I agree that even a little bit is noticeable!! As I found even though I have only lost 4kg so far, in cms i am doing great and pants feel different on me and I feeli different!! I am still not where I was last christmas when I was originally trying to lose wieght, so I know I still have a bit to go, but feeling different already is helping!!!

Hi to everyone!!!

AFm I have become addicted to weighing again lol!! 81.1 this morning!!! I havent had much time for excercising today unfortunately, I did my stretches and as soon as I hoppe don the bike today DD woke up a bit sad. Then I had to get stuck into the house work!! (I also carried wood over to the house!! :) )But the house is nice and clean today.. so tomorrow I should get there!! I have put lunges into my daily stretching on the wii fit.. so i am doing 10 each side a day!! I am feeling it I tell ya!!!!

Gotta go- I am going to try and get on the bike tonight when the kids finaly go to sleep!!!!!

Bye for now!!
xoxox

Welcome hannanat, how is your week going so far?

It's been quiet in here this week. Well I'm doing my usual cycle thang, wanna put 45 mins in the bank. so that's me now, just warming up.

Leesa - I like the idea of a chart.

Hope to bbl post cycle :)

Wow, it really has been quiet in here.

Belfie: How exciting that you only have one kilo to go! That is awesome! Hope you had a good go on the bike last night :).

Livvy: Hope you had a great birthday!

SB: :rofl: Thanks for the giggle about your pre and post-poo weigh ins! That's why I always try and weigh in after a toilet trip!

Ginger: Awesome loss! Well done!

Hannanat: Welcome :). That was my starting weight too - not a nice place to be :(. But the lifestyle changes I've made have really made a difference and I'm now closer to 80's now. Good luck!

AFM: I had a slightly indulgent weekend. Went out for tea Saturday night for MIL's birthday. I had a vegetarian dish, so not too bad I don't think. We did have cheesecake for dessert, but just a small serving. Sunday morning we had waffles for breakfast, but once again I didn't over-indulge and had lots of fruit for toppings. Sunday night we did have some gourmet burgers... I just needed to eat some meat I think! It was such a yummy burger, but I'm thinking the mayo on it probably wasn't in line with eating well, lol. But I've been back to my healthy eating and exercising this week - went for a big walk yesterday, and had some very healthy chickpea and lentil burgers for tea. I won't get time for a walk today, so I'll be getting on the bike tonight.

Anyway, I better go as DD needs a sleep. Keep up the great work everyone! :D

Welcome hannanat.

So sorry I have been MIA. I have been obsessed with this Michelle Bridges program and ever since I join that 1.5weeks ago I've been living in those forums talking about diet and exercise. I love it. I've found the right diet for me finally. I was always a WW follower but since reading more about whats good for you WW seems so full of artificial sweetener and I wasn't getting my nutritional needs on it. So I am currently the lowest I have been since falling pregnant although I still have a few kilos to go before I am at my pre preg weight.

Ladybird I'd be happy to put my stats up but then I am really proud of how far I have come and if I was struggling I don't think I'd want to share. Since trying to loose weight when bub was 1month old I've lost 12.1kilos but well over 20 from my final pregnant weight but 4kilos was baby. Approx half of that time has been hard core and the other half I've been off the wagon. My goal was to loose another 9.6kilos bringing my weight to 65kilos but now I wonder if that is to thin. I'm 177-178cm and that weight would bring my BMI down to 20.7 apparently. Maybe I should think about 69ish kilos and work on my fitness and building some muscle.

SB I'm considering weighing more frequently also. Once a week isn't working the best for me as I figure I can be naughty for the first 3days without worryng and I end up going really hard with the effort for the remaining 4days.

Sterla way to go on the loose so far. Thats awesome news about jumping straight back on the wagon after the weekend.

Mildez: That's great that you've found something that works for you. And well done - 12kg+ lost is such a fantastic achievement!

AFM: Had the crappiest of crap mornings. In the past this would have resulted in me stuffing myself with junk food. Something in my mind must have changed though, cause now all I can think about is how yucky I'd feel if I did eat junk food. Instead I enjoyed a quiet cup of tea while the kids slept. I've come this far with my weight loss, I don't want to start going backwards.

Mildez - i must say I reckon 20.7 BMI is pretty low... but then I have a build where I just look too skinny at that low a BMI. I've been 19.63 (through ill-health) and I didn't look good. I guess it also depends on your build. What would your BMI be at 69? I'm another one who has to weigh more often, it keeps me motivated and helps me know how I'm tracking. I think if I just weighed once a week, I'd just go off the rails lol. And great to hear you're loving the michelle bridges program!

Sterla - ooooh well done! I know that feeling, isn't it great when you realise you're conquering that emotional eating?

AFM, well I had a mini weigh-in today (one of my sneaky ones) and I'm 0.2kg down...so only 0.8kg to go (and :shhh: but I'm in the 56's... wooo hoo!!!). Tbh I'm a bit nervous that I'll lose the 1kg, and my waist STILL won't be under 80cm (it's 82cm atm) and I won't be that happy with my weight... but we'll see I guess. I think I'm always going to have a thicker waist and for me to lose it entirely I'd have to get too skinny. Incidentally, Mildez, my BMI will be 22.43 at my goal weight. I have to say that i'm enjoying being a "slim" person :o, have had quite a few compliments recently which is nice. I'm working my butt off this week to shift the last kg... 90 mins exercise every day the last few days. And I'm counting down cos I wanna lose it by Sat 2nd of Sep (when our birthday month begins - all 4 of us from the 4th Sep through till 5th Oct - have to make sure I don't put on weight!!).

Hope everyone else is going well :)

Oh and I have a question (maybe Leesa?) I know there was talk earlier about whether folks "eat back" the extra calories burned when exercising, and I'd always wondered about that cos i thought if you didnt eat the recommended calories, you'd put your body at risk of putting your body into starvation mode... but I'm guessing not "eating back" would mean that your intake was still adequate.... hence no starvation mode. Is that right? I'm not tracking at the moment but I suspect that's what i'm doing unofficially IYKWIM given I'm eating quite well & exercising a lot.

Belfie - there are a few thoughts here...
I only ate back the calories if I felt hungry, which I could probably count one the amount of times on one hand. I can't justify eating if I'm not hungry ;).
Some people who choose not to eat back those calories burnt during exercise and who feel hungry later on, yet decide not to eat with the thought they will lose more weight, run big risk of entering starvation mode = body holds more in response.

Have I kinda answered your question? ;)

Belfie a weight of 69kilos for me gives me a BMI of 22. As of this morning my waist is 80cm (it was 79cm when I got measured for a bridesmaid dress last week) bust 95cm, hips 105 and thigh 63cm. My arms are 32cm. I really want to lose some weight from the thighs and arms especially. I'm an odd shape. Trim from the belly button upwards except the arms. I've lost 12kilos and only 1cm from my arms but 11cm from my waist. I just went for a walk/run came home exhausted after only 15mins then proceeded to rake the backyard and then mow it then chop 2days worth of fire wood. Burnt 519calories so I am stoked with that. This 12WBT recommends 500cals burnt daily 5days in the week, a day of rest and one power day of 1000cals burnt. Today is the first day I've done 500 all at once. Its always been in 2-3 increments as I'm so unfit. Yeah me!

THAts awesome on your sneakie weigh in. Your so close to your goal. That must be an incredible feeling.

Wow Mildez - that is an amazing amount of calories to burn. I think I've done a huge effort if I burn 500... much less 1000! Wow, how would you burn so much? Re the measurements, it's really interesting to see the differences I think. I'm quite a different shape and tend to be very top heavy, straight waist but with straightish hips & small(er) thighs - oh and I'm a shorty too, just 5'2". My measurements are bust 93cm, hips 90cm (top-heavy much!?), waist 82cm. I just measured my arms & legs cos I haven't done that before. I think my arms are 28cm and thighs are 48cm. I've lost 43cm off my measurements so far. 13cm off boobs, 19cm off waist (you can see how big my gut was!) and 11cm off my hips. I found that my problem areas had a really funny pattern of reducing. They'd stay the same for a bit... then suddenly drop a cm every week for maybe a month, then stay the same again for a bit. So hopefully your arms & thighs will start moving soon too :) I think you're doing such an amazing effort, well done.

AFM poor night tonight. I went to the osteo for a much needed tune-up, and the I cricked my back carrying my darling fatso daughter (probably that & a combination of post-treatment soreness) and have been sitting around with a heat pack. I was meant to be at zumba! wa! So i'm attempting to resist the urge to eat crap, as I was having a "hungry" day anyway! Arrgh.

Leesa - thanks for the info re eating, it's good to know. I think i'm not all that scientific about it all (still haven't found my HRM) but hey, the weight is coming off & i feel good so I guess that's all that matters :)

hi all!

sorry, have been a bit away with the fairies... thank you for the birthday wishes! and lol belfie with your HRM, the ongoing saga!

okay.. am kind of hiding under the table metaphorically when i say this... i had two pieces of ginger crunch and a shortbread biscuit today... so bad! ginger crunch is my fav thing in the world to make! and told myself was testing the shortbread to make sure was okay... noooo! and then can't be arsed doing any exercise this evening! have trying to tell myslef to give myself a break today as have been so good up til now with almost no lapses and i cleaned the house within an inch of it's life today for gran and her husband as they were coming for dinner (hence also having full tins of baking). and made focaccia by hand (with all three rounds of kneading). does anyone want to say that this counts lol? cos am really not sure but just am trying to make myself feel better by saying it does lol. should have/could have resisted that ginger crunch. can't believe was so weak!

but did get told last week that i was skinny and didn't need to loose any weight let alone 10kg, which was nice (although this person has never seen me in a bikini, they may have held their tongue otherwise!). but still... BAD BAD BAD LIVIA!

hi to everyone, hope you've all been busy loosing those kilos ;)

well just posting on here now has inspired me to do some work lol! just held a plank for 3 lots of 20seconds (for tum) and did 15 dips and 15 press ups (but with hands over one another and elbows out to the side to target triceps also). and now am feeling every so slightly more virtuous! yay can go to bed somewhat less guilty feeling! :D night all!

OMG I am so freakin' excited. Lost another 0.6kg this week.

I am ... get this.... 0.4kg from my goal! Also dropped 1cm from boobs, waist & hips.

And yeah, I was worrying about I wouldn't like my figure. But was checking myself out the mirror. Naw. I'm hot. And I am so excited. And so happy. I actually feel like crying right now I am so stoked & happy. Trust me guys, the reward for losing the weight is just the best feeling ever. I've got "me" back again. HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sterla - are you weighing today?

Livvy - woo hoo hun, well done for doing some work! How is today looking?

Hey all!! Sorry I have been MIA!!!

Belfie!!! WOW!!!! YOU go girl!!! I am so proud of you and so in awe!!! Well done!!! :clap: :clap: I would love to see some before and after pics!!!! :-)

Livvy.... *slap* ther you go- you have been punished!!! Hop back on the wagon!!! It must have felt great to be told you look good and skinny!!!!! I have vauge hazy memories of a time i was told i was TOO SKINNY!!!! LoL!!! I will be there again!! (well maybe not TOO SKINNY, but not large would be great!!!) I think its ok to re-adjust your final goal.. If you feel good and look good and are healthy, then there is no reason to be super skinny!! See how you feel and what works for you- maybe now you can concentrate on toning your body or something!! :-)

MIldez .. WOW :o 1000cals in on day!!! Even 500 sounds like a lot to ask everyday!! I am happy if I do 200-300 on the bike (thats between half an hour and a hour) and then my extra of the dance workout (around 200cal)- but usually i dont have the time to do both.... so if i manage the excercise vid- i only get the 200 cal on the bike. For me its not to so much the fitness, physically I can do it, its time management and child entertaining!!!! They love to climb on the bike with me and climb on the wii fit board(or me) in the middle of an excercise!! Good luck with it, and dont wear yourself out too much!!!! :-)

Leesa.. I reckon the "eating" back thing was a bit my problem.. i was hungry and I wasnt eating back!!! I wasnt snacking alot, just trying to stick to my meals. Which were healthy enough (for me!!) but over the last two weeks I have been having a museli bar in the morning between breakfast and lunch and another one in the afternoon. I am feeling less hungry and feeling better. I havent been doing the CK - this is the second week they recomnend not counting... but I would say I am having a slightly higher calorie intake than i was.

And this week I have been a bit slack on the excercise!! DH has been home- he has taken some time off work to look for another job closer to home, so I have been busy doing stuff for him like resume's etc and actaully getting out of the house daily :0!!!!!! A new thing for me!!! (one of the reasons he is looking for work thats not one and half hours drive away!! I can take him to work and have the car occassionally and maybe some kind of a life!!!!) I have managed half an hour here and there on the bike- but not my triple whammie of toning, cardio and bike!! DH has chopped down another tree that needs carrying so I wil get in and do some of that today!! I want to get myself a HRM and a steppycounter thingy.. where would I get one from???? A sports store maybe??

I have done a few litte weighs.. i got as low as 80.8... then yesterday i was back up to 81.4. Not weighing today coz I am in heavy pj pants etc and its a bit too chilly to strip down lol!!! Also I want to put in a big effort today and tomorrow- and i will do my next weigh in on Monday!!

Anyway- eating has been good- i made another trip into canberra AND I DIDNT GO TO MACCAS!!!!! I am sooo proud!!!! I did eat cake though, but another BB member who is trying to maintain weight made it- so i am sure she made it with lite milk at least!! Well DD is grumbly so I best be off!!

Hi to everyone!! Happy excercising!!!!! Healthy eating!!! :)

Weighed in this morning - 1kg lost, 2cms off my waist! Woot! I am getting closer and closer to having lost my first 10kg :D.

Sorry no personals - wriggly baby on me!

Belfie I'm so excited for you. Congratulations. It must be the best feeling looking hot. Can't wait until I get there or closer anyway. Maybe I'm past looking hot PMSL. Woow on been so close to your goal. So what happens when you reach it? Did you set yourself a reward, can you ease up at all to maintain or will you gain again? Its funny how we all come in such different shapes and sizes hey? I guess we would be very boring if we were all the same. Oh I would love to have small thighs. I don't think that will ever happen. The thinner I get the thinner my waist and chest will get and then I'd just look silly. Bust is 95cm but thats BF with a bra on so once I wean my chest will be very scrauny (and I do have decent size boobs) I think I'll set some new goals. Hopefully I can get my arms to under 30cm (they currently look fatty still) thighs under 60cm and hips 100cm or smaller. Mmmm don't know if that will happen.

Livvy can you tell me more about this holding a plank thing? How can I do that? I mean what do I need? Is it to help with strength and abdo? I am in real need of ideas for those areas. Cardio I'm all worked out but just need to figure out what to do for some strength. What a lovely comment to receive.

SB well done on resisting Macca's. Yes I honestly don't know how I could burn 1000cals in one day. With this program you suppose to do 1 session a week and then for another 5days just do 500cals burnt and 1day of rest. Its taking me approx 50mins to do 500cals and thats often not all at once. I'm doing 1hr of various things and averaging 550-600cals. On my bike I can do 300cals in 35minutes but I am so stuffed at the end of it.

Well today I'm of to a party with lovely food and I don't know how I am going to resist. Boo.