Diet and Weight Loss General Support #10

Tanstar hun today is a new day and you know what 1 night of KFC wont kill you, your in the right frame of mind at home so don't feel bad about 1 slip up.

Last night we had salad & cold meat for dinner, i eat more salad than meat and didn't snack after dinner :dance:

Not sure about dinner tonight, we MIGHT be going to DP's cousins for a swim and dinner for her DS's birthday which could even involve pizza but you know what, i don't mind i will stop myself at 2 slices and be done.. happy knowing i could have eaten a half a pizza or more and i didn't ;)
If not then i might make some rice with broccoline, zucchini, capsicum, peas, corn & carrots then do some chicken breast or something :)

It's going to be warm here today so giving the girls a play outside soon then inside to do some housework (as vigorously as i can) and then relax.

I think that is important not to beat yourself up if you have a blow out/'bad' meal as that tends to make me give up. Not to the extent of enabling the less healthy habits but to acknowledge why it happens and remember that if you do that occasionally you are more likely to stick to your overall plan ITMS.
So trying really hard to meal plan and shop accordingly.
3LM - I have bought a few bags of pre cut salads for lunch - coleslaw and green. My plan is to have them with tuna and chicken on 3 of the days this week. The chicken I will cook with dinner the night before. Other than that lunch is also soup, omelette/scrambled egg, beans/sardines on toast. Dinners are meat and vege/salad for all of us, souvlaki, fahitas, chicken skewers, salmon baked and spag bol. I adjust the carb content for each person so will have one wrap/small serve of pasta or none with the other ingredients whereas DH and the kids will have some bread or potato depending on the meal. Trying hard to make a concious effort with not focussing on the food too much, trying to shut off that switch I guess. I also have bought the WW's pots of fruit as snacks, ridiculously expensive but an easy go to at work, where I tend to eat nothign much until lunch and am then ravenous at the end of the day.
Not much help with breaky - I have either porridge or Vitabrits most mornings. Perhaps you could try avocado on toast/eggs as an option? Or some yoghurt with fruit?
Keep at it! We are off to spend the morning at the pool - we were all exhausted afterwards last time so must be some exercise value in it. I braved my bathers in public and realised how much I have missed out on by hiding with my extra kgs. So this is it.

ETA - ZF - love your post, couldn't agree more!

Hi girls :hello: can I jump in here? I was looking at that 1 million Kg thread but it looks like most girls on there are doing that with FCS. So I might post in here to keep me motivated :D I've got a pretty long road ahead of me. Whist I've had success in the past this weight hasn't budged for 12 months now. I still have 7 kg's of baby weight to loose plus I'd like to loose another 6 so that's 13 all up. I am concentrating more so on my % body fat and will get down to about 20%. I've given myself to Sep this year so I should have plenty of time to reach my goal. Exercise wise I'm also taking it slowly. I have got lots of physio to do yet to get my knee strong after an operation in November. I'm only just starting to take baby steps without walking crutches :hooray: I'm going to start some upper body weights in my home gym and some core strength pilates moves and do some slow walking on the treadmill when my knee allows it. So I'll need to concentrate on diet more than anything. I am starting to introduce the GAPS diet which I'm doing to cure eczema and it just happens to be low carb so that should help move the weight anyway. I guess my ultimate goal is to be strong and have muscles and reduce my body fat and as a result I will be loosing weight too. Today is my starting day and I'm in good spirits. Not sure how I'll be feeling by the end of the day though? I am seeing the physio today and I haven't done the exercises that he asked as I was too sore.... I think he'll give me a hard time :( The last few months have been really depressing and need to get out of this rut!!! It's now or never!

Well ladies, I've lost 5 kilos in 2 days... I'm just running around like a mad idiot right now and barely eating... But I've been drinking a tonne of water and an Apple or Orange juice every day. I know its not the ideal thing to do but there are just not enough hours in the day.

How is everyone else going ?

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Lysndan - :hug: hun everything must be so full on right now, i know it's hard but PLEASE take care of yourself and remember that 5kg is more than likely going to pop back on when you do start eating properly again (not in a bad way) so if you can just slowly increase what & how you eat until your back to a normal diet.
I hope your ghoing ok though hun and getting some YOU time to relax somewhere in the day, even if it is just 5-10min to give yourself a break. :hug:

Welcome Cherished1 - of course you can join in, everyone is very helpful and supportive.

Girls i need some ideas for breakfast, i don't eat eggs and basically have either cereal or toast - any other suggestions at all, i'm not a fan of porridge - love fresh fruit.

Thanks for the welcome ZF :D Smoothies and fresh juices are great for breakfast, you can pack them full of so many nutrients and you get all the good stuff in a drink, especially great if you are on the go. I'll be having eggs and 1 slice sprouted grain bread for my breakfast as of tomorrow :) Plus my meat stock soupy thing or stew when I make it :) Even mashed up banana and avo is yummy with some puffed amaranth or millet mixed in with it and some LSA, you could have a blob of that on the side with some pancakes.

Ok so we ARE going to DP's cousins tonight BUT i will be good, will have a beer or wine (yum) and limit any YUCKY foods that are there, if we have Pizza I WILL STOP AT 2 SLICES if we have BBQ I WILL FILL UP ON SALADS, LIMIT BREAD & LIMIT OILY MEAT!
We will be taking the girls swimming so i will get plenty of exercise swimming them to the middle of the dam and then back again, great for my leg muscles and if i have the energy will leave the girls with DP and see if i can swim a lap of the damn freestyle... eeek!

I can still enjoy the finer things in life, i just need to balance it out over the rest of the day - rice cakes with salad for lunch and a banana before we leave.

tanstar:-- i joined the million challenge thing also, you've got some good goals. good luck to you. meal planning is prob a good idea but not always easy.

zavara:-- good luck at the party tonight, good to have some goals ahead of time. good luck to you

cherished: -- sounds like you've got some good fod ideas.

lysndan:-- WOW 5 kg in 2 days !!!. great work. dunno about the diet thing but if it works who cares..lol. i have been hardly eating also but i hae a BAD tooth ache and thats why.. good drinking heaps of water also. good luck

mak: -- hi yo you


hi to all i forgot :

hope you are doing well in your goals

AFM: well kids back to school today and it is so quiet at home with just me and bub :-) .....

i have been good with eating. got bad toothache . wisdom tooth !!. on antibiotics as of today due to swelling ... it's not been good. can only eat mushy fod and drinking heaps of water also. been having eggs every day and feeling good. looks like i am down about 200g which is a move in the right direction

will start going for some walks as soon as i feel better

chat soon

ZF: bakes beans on toast it will fill u up.

had a shocking few days but the only bad thing i have had is a packet mac and cheese last night cause i got home late from work and DH had tea at a friends and mum had fed the kids. our fridge and freezer died so all my meat and everythign is at my mums and forgot to get some when i picked the kids up so had nothing good to eat in the little fridge.

only got like 20min in at the gym this morning but still went thought it was better then nothing. was ment to have a full on day running around but i dont think i am going to beable to get nana to her appt or to work this arvo because its flooding.

Ok so I've stopped having diet coke (yay me) but this morning i'm now weighing 3kg up (where I was only 2.5kg) at the start of this year! Rather than waiting for my official weigh in on sat, I'm going to pick up my game for the remainder of this week. I am quite simply eating too much, so as much as I said I'd focus on eating healthily, I think I need to just track my calories for a few days. Am walking tonight, will do weights & a run tomorrow and cycle Friday.

Hello commitment, let's be friends :)

Hope everyone else has a great hump day (wicked weds tan?? You can do it!!!)

School isn't back yet thank goodness!!! I have been a shocker here too - nothing too bad but just grazing all day and picking at kids unfinished muffins and food - plus i made choc oat slice for MG and a meet up with a friend and ended up eating more than I should have!! I have been exercising every day though and last night I ate a golden daytime and burnt it off by running :rofl: I have plateaued again - 1.2 kgs ain't going to cut it so I really need to do something drastic like cutting out carbs I think. I thought what I was eating was ok, clearly isn't.

Bel - I am cutting DC as well - it will be a very occasional treat not an every day drink, plus Im going to cut my coffee for my anxiety - not sure how I will go but will start by having one a day for a week and then change over to tea. If I cut it completely I end up with headaches that are AWFUL! I can't read back to the previous page so will go do that now and sending you all lots of motivational vibes!!

Hump day was yesterday I think because of the public holiday - :rofl: We are having a bbq with friends over tomorrow going to make a few yummy salads and will snack on those instead of chips and bad stuff!

ZF how did you go at your DP's cousins the other night? Sounds like you had a good plan.

JBM ouch! wisdom teeth can be so painful! But on the bright side the mushy food might help with weight loss :D

Sas, I agree 20 mins in the gym is better than nothing! Is your street flooding? I'm on the sunny coast, losts of rain here too but no flooding for us.

belfie Well done giving up the aspartame :clap: That is some of the nastiest stuff on the planet! My postion sizes are too high so I'm simply eating too much too. I need to concentrate on that this week.

Tanstar I'm also trying to cut back carbs and trying to work on baking yummy treats that are more healthy. I have an almond meal bananna bread in the oven that is a couple of minutes off being ready YUM

AFM, I'm feeling somewhat disappointed with my efforts. I haven't been able to workout like I had hoped and my body is sore. I really need to pull my finger out with my food. Today will be a good day :)

Being quick, DD1 injured herself yesterday and is very sooky and also seems to (sorry TMI) have the runs, was up at 3am last night showering her and washing her sheets AND her blanket so have to get out and hang them out, get these kids dressed then go and pick something up for DP later in the day.

At the dinner i ended up having 3 slicves of pizza and some salad then a small slice of cheesecake afterwards BUT i am still impressed, normally even though i LOVE salad i would have ditched it all together and eaten say 4+ slices of pizza and THEN a huge slice of cheesecake plus whatever other dessert was there... so while i still ate badly i didn't go the whole hog, i enjoyed my night out and i don't feel too guilty about it.
I also had a glass of champagne but meh i'm ok with that.

Baked beans on toast i could do and the girls would prob like it too, i always think of baked beans as a bad thing :)

Well better go, got to stinky girls finishing their breakfast then am going to soak myself in a long hot shower to wake up and get with it.

:hug: ZF so hard babe with the kids but you did super well last night well done!!!!! :)

Quickie here - hit a rock just a while ago and got a flat tyre - had to wait an HOUR for RACV - was parked at 7-11 :o Small bag of chips down argghhh so cross with myself but will have a good rest of the day and work it off later on. Just annoys me that I can't go one day without eating rubbish.

I had salad yesterday and oh my goodness. So refreshing!!

I've maintained my 5kg loss. No.extra loss.

Off to the GP today before seeing my girl. Have a good day ladies. Xx will do persies when I get home.

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Hi everyone,

Well, the last few days have been so-so. Not great but not terrible with my eating. Still no exercise though. I have had a pretty terrible few days with the kids and DH on night shifts, plus the last two weeks, he had only had 2 days off in 15days, including a week long stint away from home (the first time in about 18mths that he's been away and the first time I have ever had the 3 kids on my own!). So I have been horrible tired and more than a little grumpy and emotional! Which makes me want to eat, so I'm kinda impressed that I resisted a huge blowout!

I just weighed myself and I'm 93.4kg, which is more than a kilo down from when I weighed myself about 3ish wks ago. It's not 100% accurate, since I've had breaky and 2 glasses of water, plus my boobies are full!! So I would likely be even less! So yay, without beign too strict or exercising, I have managed to lose a bit of weight! Mostly I have just been eating cerial for breaky, instead of buttery toast, and not eating unhealthy food, or as much/at all after dinner. And drinking lots of water. If I do have chocolate or something unhealthy I have a small serving, like a milky way instead of a whole block of chocolate!

DH has 3 days off now and his roster is more reasonable for the coming weeks so I should be able to sort my stuff out. I will also be trying to sort out a propper meal plan when the kids are back at preschool next week and I can think a thought through to the end! I have also signed up to the Special K personal plan thingo. It's pretty good! It will generate some meal plans and gives you tips and stuff for healthy weightloss. Haven't used it properly yet, but just having a browse through it looks good.

Sorry for no personals, there's too much to catch up on! But I have read all of your posts! Ok gotta go, baby is awake!

Hi... remember me :redface:. So, after posting in here a while back and losing weight I fell off the wagon in a big way... ended up putting it all on again and then some. But I'm back!

This time DH is on board with me, so I'm hoping we can motivate each other to keep going. Our plan of attack is to cut out all the junk we were eating, but allow ourselves one vice (soft drink for him, chocolate for me). I tried giving up everything last time, and it just doesn't work for me. We're also back to going on the exercise bike every night, and I'm going to try fitting in a few walks through the week also.

I'm pretty determined to do it this time. I will.

WB Sterla - we have all fallen off the wagon at some point hun so don't stress!! :hug:

DH has taken the kids to the hobby shop so off for a run for me! :clap: Love it when I am free'd up and it's not a PITA to go! - Pity its so hot out - Tomato Tan again! :rofl:

Will be bbl for personals.

Sorry been slack with this thread, quick reads, but no posting. When Little Miss Clingwrap is asleep I will take some proper time to read and reply

DP is on a diet too :)
Today I had to drive over an hr to pick something up for DP, had to get the girls lunch so they got macca's, I got a salad, water & mcchicken. Normally it would have been large big Mac meal with coke & a cheeseburger :redface:

Will do personals in the morn from comp :)


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Well I had a much better day yesterday and didn't snack after dinner even though I had a friend over and have her something. I just said I'd had a huge dinner and was really full. Feeling better about being back on track already. didn't end up tracking my snack calories but know I ate sooo much better. Am going to focus on making yummy juices. Off too ILs today - always a good test, but I'm feeling really motivated to enjoy small amounts of good food. How is everyone else planning to get thru the bbqs?

Oh and my DH has lost 3kg this year. Yay! When I asked him why did he think I'd been struggling to get my head in the game he said he thought it was because I felt like I'd done it before and it should be easy - and of course as we all know, it isnt easy!

Happy Australia day!!

Sorry another quick one, i will get to personals ASAP.

Just jumped on the scales fully clothed - 94.6kg - thats nearly 3kg down and only 4.6kg to go... I CAN DO THIS, I CAN, I CAN!

How are we all going ladies, time for some personals :)

Belfie - well done on reissting after dinner hun, it's so hard when you have other people to cater for.
I'm glad your Dh is along for the ride with you and able to give you a little insight from how he see's things... you can do this hun and YOU WILL.

Tanstar - how did your run go hun, hope you didn't get burnt to a crisp, i don't know how you have the energy to run... i can't wait until i am at a fitness level that would allow that kind of exercise again.

Sterla - WB hun, you can do it, so glad your DH is there with you aswell, it makes things so much easier.

3LM - oh hun it's so hard when you have kids to juggle and your OH isn't there all the time, DP works long hours so i totally get you there, but it would suck if he had to go away.
Keep your chin up, 1kg down is GREAT, it's still DOWN remember.

LysnDan - hun your doing such an amazing job with all your going through, keep yourself refreshed as much as you can and tackle weight later on... lots of water remember no matter what.. bug :hug:

Hmmmmm i'm sure there are more people to catch up on.

Today i had some cereal for breaky (cheap version of sultana bran) with 1/2 banana then for lunch was some yoghurt, 1 slice rockmelon & a nectarine, this arvo i had a banana then now while cooking dinner have had 2 slices chicken loaf :wall: but for tea it's home made rissoles/burgers (diet mince, zucchini, carrot, apple, egg, onion - tiny bit of flower) but i browned them for a tiny bit in a TINY bit of butter now have them cooking in the oven on a rack covered with baking paper - so NO OIL and the fat runs AWAY FROM THE RISSOLE :) we are having that with salad :)

DP is really on board, he doesn't eat breakfast so i have gotten him to swap his morning MOTHER (:wall:) for some UP AND GO and he's taking fruit and his own lunch (sandwiches, cruskits etc)

I think we are doing well, i am hoping to definitely reach my goal before my birthday and then afterwards i will set another 5kg then another, then another and I WILL GET THERE :)

Thanks for all the support ladies ;)

Hi all!! Well I have had a pretty terrible day. Way too many biscuits, and not enough healthy food or water, and no exercise again. I have just been really lazy. All my fault, and I have been feeling just down and not in a good headspace all day, which I suppose is why I haven't eaten well. But tomorrow is a new day!

Sterla, welcome back lovely! I lost a bit of weight at the end of last year and have regained it and a little more too. Rather depressing, but hey, such is life. And it is so much easier having DH on board too! I do so much better whn I have my DH doing it with me. He encourages me and we eat the same stuff, yada yada. SO much easier!

ZF, losing weight is all about adjusting the usual stuff we do to be a bit healthier, so going to macca's and getting a better range of food is great!
Yay @ your loss too, you're goign great guns! It sounds like you and your DH are making some great positive changes.

Belfie, how did you go at the IL's? Yay for feeling better about yourself too, it always helps being in the right headspace and *thinking* you can. Right now for me it's a matter of fake it til I make it! Not in the entirely right space just yet. Hopefully it will come soon.

Hey there! You are all very inspiring! I also really appreciate that other people struggle to manage this as well. Trying to adjust to it being a permanent change too rather than quick fix....I have walked/jogged 3 x this week but no gym which is not great but kids not sleeping/work stress has gotten in the way. Having said that eating really well so that is a plus - also avoids me thinking I can have a treat but then overindulging! Will set my alarm for 5.30 and walk before work tomorrow.
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Sorry another quick one, i will get to personals ASAP.

Just jumped on the scales fully clothed - 94.6kg - thats nearly 3kg down and only 4.6kg to go... I CAN DO THIS, I CAN, I CAN!

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YOU can :) well done babe

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Aww thx hun :)


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ZF - wow great weight loss :clap:

Mak - how are your early morning walks going?

3LM - know those days very well, hope today and tomorrow are better days for you

Belfie - great loss for your DH. You are doing so well not eating just because friends are over. That can be a really killer I find

How is everyone else going?? (Sorry only went back a few posts)

AFM- got to admit I do struggle to spread myself across multiple support areas (this thread, FTS on FB, along with the Million kilo page). So please excuse me if sometime I don't do personals or miss someone.
Of course yesterday was a complete write off. Not too bad with food during the day, but the evening, well was bad. Very good food at the BBQ, some really great salads (so I went back for seconds of those) and fab desserts. Lots and lots of cream. Of course there was alcohol as well ;)

Something must be happening in me though, I did feel quite stuffed quite quickly. Last year I could have eaten a lot more, last night no way. Have been noticing it the past few months, that I really cannot eat the same quantity of food as in the past, so why am I putting on weight??? (well I have not weighed in a little while, but last weigh in I had.

Not going to beat myself up over yesterdays food (my tummy is punishing me enough ;) ), just really looking forward to the starting the Million Kilo challenge.

Astrid - I get side tracked with different things happening too :)

Keep up the great work everyone :)


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Astrid I know what you mean. I was starting to wonder if I was on everyones block list as I only had one person welcome me to this thread :redface: but hey BB isn't just about 'me' lol and it is hard to keep up especially when there's lots of posts. I am really keen to loose some weight though and I do really need the support of others on the same path so I'm going to jump over to another forum which is specifically for weight loss and can get the support I need.

Best of luck to everyone in the million kg challenge! :cheer:

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I was starting to wonder if I was on everyones block list as I only had one person welcome me to this thread

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:hug: This thread is a funny one at times, sometimes it's SO busy and we will go through a few pages within 24 hours and at other times people just pop in and out almost like a diary entry for themselves I guess. Are you using MFP there are some great motivational threads on there. xoxox


Astrid - I found that too last time, that all of a sudden I will full quicker, like my stomach had shrunk a bit and the feeling of hunger that I had ALL the time disappeared.

ZF - :clap: You go girl! Just goes to show all that work and making time to exercise, cutting junk DOES work!! :) Keep it up hun! I find it easy to exercise with this weather too - love summer!

3LM - Hang in there hun, and don't beat yourself up. Try and do at least ONE thing today, whether it is replace one meal with a healthy one, increase your water and exercise. That way you have something positive to focus on rather than all the stuff you didn't do ITMS?

Mak - Hope you find a way to gym it up today! I think a change overall is the way to go - I am still working on the healthy side for both me and kids and replacing habit food with better food! :D

Bel - I know what you mean about the been there done that!! It's not easy, just because we have done it before, and part of mine is being plain old lazy at times when I am really hungry and turn to my comfort foods instead of choosing healthy options. :rolleyes: Hope you had a good day yesterday and a better one today!


Hangover city today - don't even want to think about what I ate yesterday (and can't really remember ;)) but will be walking/running at some point today. I really find it I tell myself I AM going to do xyz it's better than, should I go for walk? Should I wait? etc. as then I can decide to not go, but this way I make the commitment that I have to go ITMS.

Here if you need us cherished1, I find it hard to do personals on my phone as once I start typing I can't go back and check other posts etc. bloody phones ;)


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sorry no personals today i have a clingy bubba stuck on me adn i wanted to get online b4 my internet dropped out.

No water in my st but my town is pretty floooded. it went down yest but it has started rainin heavy again last night so i think it will go back up again.
Since our fridge and freezer died i have been tryin to eat healthy but it is hard cause there is only so much i can fit in the little fridge and freezer until the big one gets fixed.

Had a bit of a blow out with some bickies last night. Damn DH was complaining about being hungry after tea and after he went off to study i had it stuck in my head so ate heaps :(

weighing myself every thurs at the mo. was doing it every few days so have to stop that lol

Went to the gym this morning got 25min in then came home and did another 10min on the bike at home. I have a bit of a tickle in my throat and feel a bit flemy so it felt like i could hardly breathe while tryin to exercise this morning.

Thanks Tanstar, I know what you mean, a couple years back the weight loss thread had been dead for months and I revived it by asking all of my BB friends who wanted to loose weight to please come and join me here, and it's been alive ever since :D I too am guilty of using it for a quick 'diary' post and it's great to have somewhere to keep you in check whilst on the weight loss path, however I give so much in support for others and personals that I kind of feel a bit let down if I am ignored in return iykwim. I do understand what it's like for everyone though, I mean life is busy and as I said it's not all about me! but I do choose to give my support to a forum/thread where the support is mutual. So I'm heading over to Calorie King, cause I know those calorie counters are one committed and supportive bunch! :D I have calorie counted a few times with great results in the past. Whilst I'm not being that strict this time I feel it's the way to go for me at the moment.

ZF I love to be able to check BB on my phone but it's a pain really, I make loads of typos and it takes ages to scroll through everything! So happy I've got a new laptop now :D

i haven't been good. have a sore infected tooth. wisodom too thats coming out next week. actually only one of them as i have another one thats a problem too but that needs surgery,

well anyway i can only eat soft food. so i have been naughty a bit

need to get back on track

grrrr

We're baaaccckkkk!!

JBM - Hope your tooth is feeling better hun xoxox How are you going with your little one?! Is he b'fed? I can't remember, don't stress too much about your diet right now just lots of veggies and fruit while you are sleep deprived and still recovering really!

Cherished - How are you going? How are you finding CK? I use MFP and am going back to tracking religiously - have been really slack but I need to keep doing it.

Sassy - How are you going hun?? Hope the water has subsided a bit - how scary. As for the blowout just keep at it - yay for your exercise though, sounds great hun and making it a habit is the best thing you can do.

ZF - how are you hun? Keeping cool with your poppets today? Bloomin' hot out there! I just hung out some washing and it's boiling! I have been sitting inside with the ac on though all day! :rofl:

Astrid - How are you hun? How are you going with everything? I blew out on Oz day AND yesterday but Im not going to beat myself up (we had Crust pizza for dinner and I inhaled 3 sides before I even realised it :o)

:hello: Sopdet and anyone else I have missed!

AFM - After a shocking few days (can we see a theme here :rofl: I am being good today! Went for a long run/walk this morning - up to week 5 of my C25K - and OMG - 5 and 6 min runs with only a 1 min walk in between :o I nearly died and I went before 9 and it was already so hot! I also made a yummy veggie packed fritatta which I am going to make again and take it to school for lunch. Uber yum and healthy. I added a bit of bacon which is probably a bit naughty but I figured the few bits in it were ok - it was also my breakfast AND lunch.

Heading for a healthy dinner - thinking some salmon and veggies, so hot I CBF making anything that will heat up the house too much.
Hope you are all having a great Saturday!! Talk soon!

wow - being accused of not being supportive. No-one owns a thread a thread like this, had no idea that you revived it Cherished and was not aware that we owed you specific thanks.

We all do what we can. Sometimes we give support, other times we take. All swings and roundabouts. Sometimes we give in one thread, but take in another. Are we meant to keep a score card of who gives us support and who we support in return?

JBM - wow that sounds ouchie!

Tanstar - good work with the running. Something I am not going to attempt at this moment.

AF. Doing well. Really looking for to starting the 1 Million Kilo challenge. Have been going over the meal plans, recipes and reading the forums (which are now open). Embracing it as much as I can and am even going to eat as many of the foods as I can (well maybe not mango and olives ;) Apparently it is quite balanced and unless you have an allergy, you are mean to eat what they put on the menu plan.

No traditional excise today, but lots of movement due to doing up the girls rooms. Half the house got a full on vaccum, then a go over with a carpet shampooer. Walls have been scrubbed, lots of things carried. So I think that makes for some pretty good physical activity.

Oh - I was super good. DH wanted Maccas. So I got the sweet chilli wrap with a salad!!! Yes, I passed up on having fries and did not miss them :happydance:

Astrid - I agree, my BB group has always been the same but I think we all know we are here for each other, are committed to our own goals and are supportive of each other's journeys. This is a general support thread after all.

Have you found the meal plans really light on?? Maybe I am so used to eating big meals and lots of carbs that when I had a look at the meal plan I thought I would be starving on it! Am going to try and print it off though as well as the My Special K one to give me ideas of what to eat even if I don't stick closely to it ITMS? I am a grazer in the arvos. Just had some Bhuja Nut Mix - omg big mistake as 1/4 cup was about 600 cals - there goes that old thing of better track BEFORE eating. :rolleyes: Yay for getting the girls room done! Sounds great - I am off to vacuum and tidy before mine come back from my mums. oxoxo

Not so far. I think with the vegetables you can pretty much eat what you need to at meals. I am used to lowish carb, have done so in the past and have always done well that way. The killer for me will be low fat, as I am not into low fat dairy, but I will do what I can for the challenge. Just means I will need to buy low fat milk, we get ours raw and it is quite high in fat.