Diet and Weight Loss General Support #10

[~StarBright~]

That is soooo awesome!!!!!! for you!!!!! You are reinspiring me!!!!!! Please so keep popping in- we need that motivation in here to know that the hard work DOES pay off!!!!

Go and enjoy your shopping trip!!! Buy a fab new outfit for DD's birthday!!! You deserve it!!!

[livvy]

wow belfie! way to go! that is just do fantastic! am so looking forward to getting there! 4kg to go til will be officially in the realms of my old weight (67-62 being my old normal, as have never been one to worry about a little natural up and down!) am sure am minutes away from my size 11 jeans now that am a comfy size 12! next step, size 10!

quick question - how do you propose to maintain your weight without continuing to loose and loose? will you give yourself more leeway with your foods or cut back a little on the exercise? have never considered this bit... the getting there is one thing but the staying there is totally another... does anyone have any thoughts on how to do this?

[belfie]

good question - I've looked up my calories, and to maintain it on MFP it says about 1750... but that doesn't factor in BF'ing. I figure I'll drop my exercise back to 30 mins a day (and not necessarily as high intensity) and just try to eat well. I was really cutting out chocolate & sugar the last month or so, so I'll let myself have them in moderation now. I'm a bit nervous about accidentally gaining back (especially when she weans)... so I'm still going to weigh in once a week to make sure I'm on track. I figure my healthy weight window is 54 - 56kg. If I start going up towards 56kg again I'll just crack down on the diet & exercise till i'm back in my healthy zone.

Interestingly this last kg or two really came off my belly. I compared a pic from a week ago and there's a big difference. Last week I had a little round pot. This week it's virtually gone .

[Sopdet]

I'm doing yoga twice a day and eating healthy freshly picked (and caught) organic food for a week, plus swimming. Wonder how much weight I'm going to shift.

[MrsFabuloso]

Im doing terribly. Will be back when I have refocussed

Belfie, congrats hum! You go girl!

[Sterla]

Same as above

[Sammiejane]

Ok, so looks like a few of us have dropped our bundle...
Let's do it together.

What are your goals ladies to get back on track?
Mine are;
No snacking after dinner other than fruit (I know it's higher carb, but I often need something after 2 BF after dinner)
Drink more water or jasmine tea
Exercise once a day, walk, xtrainer, swim or DVD
Weigh in tomorrow to set EOM goal
Track food as I'm better that way!

And just to say again, Belfie you ROCK!


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[Sterla]

There's too much junk in the house for me to start again today, but tomorrow, definitely! I'll weigh myself tomorrow morning and see what damage has been done. I know at least I'm not where I was when I started a couple of months ago, so that's something .

With me, I find I just can't have any 'bad' food in the house - if it's there I eat it. I need to tell DH this so he stops buying stuff. I'm quite happy to get back into walking, and I need to start doing the bike again, cause I've stopped since I got the pram and started walking instead. Doing both will be more beneficial though.

I'll be back tomorrow!

[lise]

Thanks for the welcome ladies!

I'm afraid I have to confess to having a crap first week in here Started with DH having surgery on his hand which is now in plaster/a sling and me over indulging in a little comfort eating to make up for having to do EVERYTHING around the house and for DS. Then we all got sick, nasty tummy bug which I still have. So on the one hand, the tummy bug has been good because I haven't over indulged (!!) but on the other hand, I haven't done any exercise cos I feel crap and I can't leave DS with DH anyway since DH can't look after him with one arm in a sling.

So my goals to get back on track:
*joining Fernwood again tomorrow, including one PT session per week and at least two other sessions at the gym, plus walking EVERY DAY
*food diary. I've never done Weight Watchers, but when I was at Fernwood before I had to stick to a certain number of portions from each food group - I found it worked well for me. I have to show my food coach the diary at the weekly weigh in.
*Keep the house free of bad foods. Including baking ingredients. If there is nothing 'yummy' in the house I have been known to make a cake just to eat the mixture :reface:

Question though - i'm still bfing DS, usually three times per day. What impact does this have on food intake?

belfie, CONGRATS on reaching your goal weight, fantastic effort

[MrsFabuloso]

Lise, I am bfing too, though my DS is only 7mths and is still feeding 2-3 hourly most of the time (day and night!). But according to Calorie King (a website to help with weightloss etc. I should have up to 2000 calories, which I am finding HEAPS! So maybe sInce your DS is only feeding 3 times a day, you could have a little less than that, maybe 1800 cal.


Ok, so back to it for me this week, I have to get control back!!

This weeks goals for me are-

Track my food again with CK.
NO MORE JUNK FOOD!!!!!!
Drink plenty of water.
Eat 2 serves of fruit and 3-4 serves of veg.
Walk 4-5 times this week.
Make up a simple monthly meal plan for dinners.

Short and simple for now. I will weigh and measure tomorrow. So not looking forward to it!

[belfie]

Question though - i'm still bfing DS, usually three times per day. What impact does this have on food intake?

belfie, CONGRATS on reaching your goal weight, fantastic effort

Thanks Lise! I'm BF'ing my DD usually 3 times a day too. Apparently CK adds about 500cal per day, and I found when she was younger, it felt like I definitely needed it. Now she feeds a bit less, I reckon I definitely would not need that 500 extra calories, and over the last few months I was definitely a lot more strict with my food intake (even though not actually counting calories). Reducing my calories didn't seem to impact my supply at all, and I felt fine within myself too. So I reckon go with how your feeling & how your weight loss is going. Allow for a bit extra in your food intake and see how that goes. Good luck with it.

Cheering you all on!!

[livvy]

hey there lise!

i hope this week goes better for you... that must be tough having no hands on support with your little one. my bub is about 6 months older than your but am also still breastfeeding, we've also all been sick with some horrible virus (the spots are just starting to fade... but i think i have laryngitis now!) so my exercise is only just starting up again over the last few days. also am admitting that i had excess bread today AND a teeny bowl of pudding.. ah well. hopefully one lapse won't kill me!

re your BFing question, since your bub is not exclusively BFing and is about 15months (i think?), i found in my case that by that point my eating was way in excess of what i was technically needing to BF. i was still giving 3-4 feeds during the day and letting him suck all night every night (4-7 times i think). i think i was more eating from habit rather than necessity if that makes sense to you, so was basically packing on the pounds... so to answer your question your giving 3 or so BFs a day would probably not give you much excuse to eat more than a non BFing mum.

BUT in saying that, i have not stopped BFing yet, so maybe i'll eat even less when i do. honey, just go with what you feel you need. let your hunger drive your eating rather than a "quota" of x,y and z aspects of a diet. have healthy options but don't let yourself get hungry. you're still providing food for your baby as well as yourself. i went started out with a goal of 1800-2000 calories per day (through an online food diary as have never ever calorie counted before) and then found that i actually only needed about 1500-1700 per day. some days would get to 1800, but some days would only get to 1100. it just depended on my needs on that day. i figure so long as i get all the nutrition i need and am doing it without using supplements or food replacements then how can it be incorrect? am all about the eating of fresh/real/homemade/home grown foods.

i hope that helps... good luck with your journey! it really is the best feeling to hear someone say "gosh you're looking great! well done you!", even if after a week or three you look in the mirror and see no change, you'll get there! don't let your self get discouraged or distracted. sadly there is no quick fix, but it is possible! you will get there! you will hear people say these things to you! you will look in the mirror and think "damn, i'm hot!" just give it time, patience and enjoyment in alternative "treats" like dry roasted almonds or fresh or tinned fruit with yoghurt.

[belfie]

I was just playing in CK, trying to work out what calories I should be on for maintenance... turns out that it's adding 600 calories for BFing! There's no way I'm burning that much BF'ing these days! I reckon my guestimate would be maybe 200cal worth. And if I was trying to lose weight, it would give me an extra 590 cal for BFing. Weird huh, here was I thinking it always just added 500cal... maybe it's a sliding scale based on your weight & stuff?

Anyway, hope everyone is going well this week.

[MrsFabuloso]

OK, so I think I have managed to refocus and get back into it properly. I weighed myself yesterday and I am back to 93kg. How bloody depressing. Although I know why. It's all my own fault. But it just all went back on sooo fast and took so much more effort and time to get that 5kg off in the first place. Ah well. These things happen I guess.

Belfie, it seems alot for bfing doesn't it? Though for me, I would probablyneed most of that since DS2 is feeding every 2-3hours round the clock. But surely the age of the baby would make a difference. Feeding a 2mth old is different to feeding a 10mth old is different to feeding a 18mth old! I have taken my 2000cal down a bit to 1900cal on CK. When I'm eating that much, it just seems like so much food. Some days I have to actually try to mindfully eat more because I wouldn't normally have so much!

[livvy]

3LM - hugs hun. 5kg... goodness me. well good to refocus! this time things will not slide back though will they!

still struggling for the energy to get in my exercise, but getting there. man this virus just seems to be going on and on and on. but i have the power! now just to implement it... :P

[Mildez]

Sorry I've been MIA. Now I'm doing the Michelle Bridges program I've been sticking to the forums on there and not coming back to BB much. After struggling with the platoe (spelling wrong I know) I am now finally at my lowest weight since having J (73kilos this morning) My aim was 65 but I think that is to thin now for my height and am aiming for 68 so yeah the last 5kilos is in sight. I'm finally excited about it again and gee thats a good feeling.

For those that are BF (I am my 5.5month old every 30mins-3hrs she is a real snacker but doesn't stay on long) the MB program says an extra 500cals on top of the 1200cals for women although it is suppose to be a rapid weight loss program not your recommended slower loss programs. I find I dont quite eat the 1700cals so far and I try and do exercise equating to 500burnt cals daily which is heaps. I don't always get there.

3LM isn't it horrible how long it takes to remove the kilos but how fast they go straight back on? I'm one that can gain 5kilos in a week by not watching what I eat. Its aweful stupid kilos and calories. And you dont lose 5 in a week either to make up for it. Great new focus plan.

Livy hope your feeling better today.

Hello to everyone else and welcome to the newbies

[Sopdet]

I am loving twice daily yoga and the food here. I know I've lost weight, I also know I've gotten thinner as was mentioned to me when I was standing by the pool this morning in a bikini.

I sat down with my yoga instructor today and we've gone over the local yoga studios to me at home and we've narrowed down my choice to two, which I will check out (both) when I get back and pick the one I like the vibe of.

I've eaten mainly vegetarian dishes while I've been here, 80% of the food consumed is grown on-site, the rest is sourced locally including the fish. I'm going to continue the organic vegetarian dishes when I get home, going to restrict my intake of red meat and increase my intake of local fish. I'm loving the way I am feeling at the moment. Not only physically but how I am in my mind, I've started to get the whole synergy between mind and body going.

Interesting fact I've learnt this week, that if you are fuelling your body correctly and your body is correctly consuming the food you are fuelling it with, you will poop after every meal. I'm now at that point.

[MrsFabuloso]

Mildez, yep, I can gain kg's like no tomorrow, but losing them...well that's a whole other story!
Congrats at being your lightest weight for a while!! My aim is to crack the 88kg mark, it's been about 3yrs since I've been any lighter than that!

Wow, sopdet, your holiday sounds great! I wish I could go to something like that....one day! Can't believe your body can poop after each meal, lol! When I am eating healthily, I don't even poop daily (LOL, wow, waaay TMI! Ahh, the things I disclose on BB!!)

I have done ok today. DH and I went for a big walk and I pushed DS2 in the pram. I will also go walking tomorrow. but the kids will have to come with me, so it won't be too strenuous! But it's better than doing nothing I guess! Still gotta work on my eating though.
BUT!! I got on the scales again this arvo (I know naughty me!) but I am soooo happy to say I have already lost 1.6 of those 5kg in about 4 days! It must have all been fluid retention or something, because although I have been eating better, I haven't been doing as well as I should be. I baked some bickies yesterday and ate about 4-5 yesterday and another 4 today! Though they're semi healthy, definately not as bad as store brought ones! Anyway, I have kiddies to wrangle into bed....