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wow .. ive been so slack that theres 3 pages of posts i missed !!!!!!!! oops !!
i'm stuck with weight loss.... lost 3 kg then no more for 2 weeks ???????????
any ideas...
i've cut out bread and nearly ALL dairy cause it's making me sick. but it been so HOT here i cant seem to get out and do any walks with baby cause i feel faint in the heat !!
it's so frustrating cause i actually want to exercise ??!!!
i did some weights at home and lunges too yesterday so i am trying to do something
Hi again!
Well Done Christy!! I love reaching mini milestones. Keeps you on a high for days!
JBM I had a bit of a plateau for 4-5 weeks recently, and it was mainly because I wasn't eating correctly and not exercising enough. I don't really follow the whole carbs thing, although I know I don't have alot. Not sure what else you could do though.. sorry. Good luck for this week!
Hi everyone else! I hope you're having a great week!
AFM, I weighed in yesterday and finally the scales had moved. I lost 2kgs which I was pretty happy with. I'm hoping to at least repeat that next week by making sure I'm sticking to my 1200 cals and getting out and training lots. Hard in this nearly 40 degree weather, but I have to just suck it up.
I did a PT session in town on Tuesday. Kettlebells... yuck! We had to do a series of 12kg kettlebell swings (20...18...16........2) followed by a 100 metre sprint as fast as possible after each set. Was tough! We then had to do dead lifts with 16kg kettlebells, as many as possible as long as it took. I got to 41 before I could do no more. Was feeling it yesterday but a bit better today. I also did a really intense boxing session on Monday, had yesterday off and have a session booked in tonight which should be interesting. Friday I'm planning a walk/jog 10kms and Saturday is a bootcamp session in the morning. I normally play tennis on Saturdays aswell, but the season just finished so I'll have to crank out a run before I head out Sat night, or do something on Sunday instead. Will be interesting.
Anyway, enough from me. Have an awesome week ladies!! Lots of 'down scales' vibes to you all.
Hey everyone! I should really be joining in here...
I have been on the weight-loss train (again) for just over three weeks now and am going okay. Have lost roughly 3kg. I have cut out all junk food except chocolate (but have swapped to dark chocolate), and have been doing lots of exercise. I get on the exercise bike every night after the kids are in bed... at first I could only do 10 minutes, but now I tend to do 30 minutes or more. I've also been going for lots of walks pushing both kids in the pram. I'm feeling good, still very motivated. I have a lot to lose still (at least 30kg), but I'm keeping my eye on the prize. I've found a few things to be good for keeping me motivated: one, my grandmother is coming here for Christmas (she lives in Denmark) and hasn't seen me since before I even fell pregnant with DD, so I want to surprise her by looking fabulous... and two, I want to be able to wear a nice dress and look good for DH's Christmas dinner instead of being the fat, frumpy wife that usually attends.
It's hard work fitting the exercise in around the kids, but I'm making it work. Then when DD is older and I'm okay with being away from her for longer periods I think I might join a gym. I'm excited about losing weight this time. I'm really looking forward to shopping for nice clothes and feeling good about myself again :).
nai: yeah i think that may be the cause, the plateau thing. so i did a 30 min walk this morn and really pushed myself. then i have just had a healthy mini pocket bread with salad for lunch. hoping i can break the cycle.
do you like PT ?. sounds like whatever you're doing is working. keep it up. congrats on your loss.
sterla: great job. yes it is hard fitting with kids but whatever you're doing is working so keep it up. good luck
AFM: did a 30 min walk this morning and healthy lunch. also trying to drink more water. i'm drinking heaps already but since i am breast feeding maybe i need EVEN more ??!!
Yeah... I don't think much is moving this week, btu I have slacked off the past 2 days of exercise... I find it impossible to work a 9 hour day and get home and then exercise... its too hard. I walk 1km to the bus in the morning and 1km home after work and that is about all I do.
I took my before pics last night. We have to take a before shot, full body length in our undies at the start of each round. I didn't cry... It wasn't as scary as that first one, but it's still nothing amazing.
I've shown a few people. I guess I'm trying to own what I've done, and make myself accountable to many people to continue and shed the kgs. It's scary to think about who will see it, but I do it for those who want to see it, who appreciate it and who will get some inspiration from it.
UM.... I just posted pics of myself in my underwear on my blog. And I'm 131kgs. :S I'm not sure if I will keep them up or not.
Maybe I should go and work out now...
JBM:I remember being insanely thirsty when I was newly breastfeeding (both times), and then adding exercise on top of that - you'd definitely be thirsty! Drinking heaps of water is supposed to be great for losing weight, I've been trying to drink a lot too.
christy: I don't think I would have any energy left at all after working 9 hours - but still, walking those couple of kilometres is better than nothing.
Niadalla: I had a quick look - and wow, the difference between that first shot and the second is amazing - well done! You should be proud of what you've achieved. I liked your FB page too btw :).
AFM: I have been continuing with my aim of getting lots of exercise in - I did a walk with a friend this morning (with all the kids in tow), and then did around 30 minutes on the bike tonight. It's so tricky doing the bike of an evening, because DD still wakes so constantly - so I often have to do my bike ride in a couple of goes (and go into settle DD all gross and sweaty).
Speaking of...
Away for the weekend before my b'day. Naughty foods will be consumed but we bought salad & chicken for tea, fruit and water bottles.
Eek wish me luck.
Sent from my iPhone, more than likely while I should be doing something else!
Ooooo can i please join?
I am almost finished week 3 of my journey to the new me :)
To date i have lost 2.9kgs, next weigh in is on Monday :)
I have taken out bread and pasta from my diet and only drink water, with 1 tea or coffee a day. Am eating alot more salads and really enjoying it.
I have been exercising, have been on my exercise bike, running, and doing push up and sit ups every day. However have somehow hurt my foot and can hardly walk on it, so i haven't been running :(
Im really worried about this weeks weigh in as i have been a bit naughty food wise, and with no running i am doubting any weight loss and extremely worried about a gain!
I go back to uni also on monday so i will be limited in time as to how much exercise i can do, that too is really worrying me.
Anyways would be good to join to have people kick me in the butt on days i feel like slacking off, this will keep me accountable :)
Nialdia you are doing amazing!!! Our friend has lost 60kg in the past year, he has worked but at the same time has said he couldn't have done it without a full mental shift... I saw your photos and think the change so far has been awesome!!! Well done!
Me, well still working hard. Its good :D
Welcome hj1981!
Congratulations on your loss so far! You sound like you are certainly on the right track.
This group has been great so far. Anything that keeps you accountable is a huge help in your weight loss journey. I love the fact that I have so many people watching my every move all the time. It means I have to deliver results. Good luck with your weigh in this week!
Thanks for your comments ladies. It was a big step putting those on, but I figure why the heck not. It's going to really give me the kick up the butt I need to shift the rest of this weight.''
Sterla, well done on the exercise. I don't know how you can stay on the bike.... the seats absolutely kill my backside after only a few minutes! I have done a spin class and my backside was sore for a good 4 days after. It was wacked!
Today - I'm SO SO SO sore. I did my 1km time trial yesterday and in 5 months I've taken 5 minutes off my time. I then did back to back bootcamp sessions. I am feeling it today!! haha
I might go for a nice casual walk later to try and get the muscles moving a little. Will see how I'm feeling.
Niadalla - thanks for the welcome :) and i have to say you are amazing, i had a look at your blog and you are doing so well, and i think your going to be an inspiration to many :) myself included :)
and woot woot on taking 5mins of your time trial!!!!!!!
I saw a physio yesterday (my neighbour is a physio) and i have sprained some tendons in my foot, so have been told to stay off it for few day, no biking for a couple of days and no running for a few weeks :( so my weigh in tomorrow is not looking good! and to make matters worse i had KFC for lunch today :( Somebody rouse on me now and tell me how stupid that was!
Today has been so hard to eat well - I spent the day making a double layer ganache filled mud cake for my brother's engagement dinner - so I have been handling and smelling chocolate all day. I taste tested much more than was necessary! I'm not going to beat myself up though - got to keep my eye on the long term goals.
I'm back walking home from work this week. Was slack last week, but have eaten healthy food all week.
well i havnt been in here for a little bit. i ended up going to the doc and had bad brincitis so been on 2 lots of anti b's. havnt done too bad with food but i havnt done any exercise for nearly 2 weeks. Im gettin back to the gym in the morning.
Sorry just a quick one ill be back on track from now.
Oh my gosh Sterla!!!! what control you have, i would of eaten the whole thing LOL
week and a total of 3.3kgs gone :) only 500grams this week but im happy with that :)
Well done everyone on the losses! Stressed out a bit here but trying to stick to the plan. Here's to a better week.
I have realised how much I use food as a crutch - bit confronting really. xxxxx
Sorry slack here, but did have a good excuse ;)
Got through to Thursday with a 800gram loss since Monday morning. but..............that was wiped by a 1.4kg gain. Oh well. What can I expect after Beat Box and many bottles of wine, then the recovery HJ's. Could be really bummed about it, but that type of thing is a rarity for me these days, so I am just copping it and moving on.
Not fully following the 1MKC menu this week. Still had a heap of veg left over from last week, plus our veggie patch is just groaning. So being inspired by week 4, plus looking back to the other weeks for ideas.
Yah for everybody's losses this week. For those that gained, oh well, this week is a clean slate.
2.1kg loss this week, should have been more but I have the same excuse as Astrid (minus the HJ) :rofl:
10kgs until I reach goal 1.
Good to see you still lost Sopdet!
Well a 500g loss in one day. So shows the gain was not all fat, I would say some of it was fluid.
Think I might go with weighing every day or two, just mainly so I can see the effect of what certain days have on me. It was good seeing last week that I was tracking for a reasonable loss beore the weekends shenanigans.
Hi all, congrats to all of you for losing weight, staying on track and motivated and eating well!
I have been doing really well the past few days. Eating healthily and exercising a little, mostly with incidental stuff, like doing squats while waiting for the kettle to boil, or doing heavy cleaning like sweeping the outdoors, gardening, and wiping walls down! But still it's more than I usually do. And making sure I drink plenty too. Today I went for a BIG walk to a friends house, about 45mins all up, puching my 3 1/2yr old int he pram and carrying my 13mth old in my mei tai! It was a challenge, and now I am buggered, but I am proud of my effort. I am really trying to be mindful of what I eat and do, and to do more simple incidental stuff, as well as the bigger things like walking, running or swimming.
Hi ladies!!
Congrats on your losses! Fantastic!! My weigh in day is Wednesdays, so fingers crossed the scales go down (although I'm not holding out much hope).
Today has been crazy. With all the standard kinder and childcare running around, groceries, dropping parts of for hubby and then picking the kids up, I managed a 4km walk followed by an hour bootcamp session. Burnt a crud load of cals which was awesome. I've got netball training tomorrow night which should be very interesting indeed after allt he hill runs we did today, but I've just got to suck it up and get on with it.
My only issue is my eating at the moment. I feel like it's pretty perfect most of the time, but I am having little slip-ups most days. It's nothing major, maybe a cupcake? But it seems to be enough to really stack no the weight. I know I haven't been drinking enough water so no doubt that's really affecting me aswell. I just struggled to really get on the straight and narrow after Christmas etc. It's nearly the end of Feb and I'm STILL struggling!! *smacks forehead*.
Anyway, I've vowed to myself today to keep it clean. I've got a committee meeting tonight which will be interesting... no doubt there'll be all the yucky stuff on the table, but I'll push through.
Fingers crossed for a loss on the scales tomorrow.
Getting back into the swing of things after a few days falling off the wagon, my weigh in today puts me at a total of 2kg lost and another 8kg or so to go.
Astrid i weigh myself everyday, i think it helps me, if it looks like i have put on weight or not losing any than i work extra harder the next day! i feel it helps keep me on track:
I'm so disappointed. Only 300 grams lost this week.
I've worked SO hard training wise and my eating has been the best it has all year and I Lose less than I did last week. I should be dropping huge numbers - 2kgs+ a week, but I'm not and it's starting to really do my head in.
I have a feeling I might have some water retention (I haven't been drinking anywhere near enough) and I also have DOMS pain from yesterday.
Fingers crossed next week is kinder to me.
Niadalla- your body is built to slow your weightloss. If you are doing all the right things then maybe mix it up a bit and keep at it. Are you hungry?
Google Fat Brake - some interesting ideas there. You are doing it - just sometimes progress is not as inspiring as we'd like. xxx
Niadalla,
It's weird but this is something that comes up over and over again on my lapband forum - for no explicable reason, weight loss suddenly stops or you plateau. It's the most demotivating thing ever and it's when a lot of people fall off the wagon.
Don't. It's something that just happens. Keep at it and in a few weeks, you will find it will start moving again.
Also make sure you're not eating wayyyy less than 1200 calories nett. if you are still plateaued in a few weeks, up the intake a bit.
(btw I needed to read this. Today, I couldn't fit into a dress I bought when my band was still working, and I thought I'd been so good this week with watching what I ate and exercise. Felt completely bummed. My scales say my weight hasn't changed but it was so disheartening not being able to zip up that dress! Now giving you some advice, Niadalla, it occurs to me I should take some of my own!)
Hi all!
I am doing ok, though last nght and this morning haven't been so great. One of my pit falls, and something I really need to put alot of effort into is when DH is on nightshifts. I tend to eat, because it's quiet, I'm bored or lonely, and I can enjoy eating something without anyone bothering me. But I tend to eat junk, and too much of it, besides the fact, I'm not usually hungry and I'm just eating because it's quiet, I'm lonely or bored and well, it's something to do, comfort ect...all of that emotion crap that enters into eating for me. And last night I was making the kids lunches and just eating food I didn't need (especially those 7 homemade chocolate chip piklets and 5 crackers with cheese...). Today is another thing I need to deal with, Thurdays being my 'day off' meaning all of my children go to day care or preschool so I have 6-7 hours of uninterrupted me time. And usually some of that time is spent eating something indulgent. This morning it was breaky out with my man. Which I don't mind, DJ and I rarely get time out alone, and if it were only this indulgence I've had this week, it would be ok, but since I had a terrible night last night, well, I should have not indulged today. I am all for balance and indulgence sometimes, but the reason why I am fat is because I indulge way too much! SO working on control and finding other ways to spend my alone time and different ways to indulge myself.
BUT on the positive side of things, I have exercised to being tired 2 out of 3 days and done alot more incidental stuff through out the day. I've also eaten really well and drank LOTS of water. I weighed myself yesterday morning after breaky (before afore mentioned blow out!) and I had lost 800g in 3 days, and that was after eating breakfast, and having drank about 500mls of water!! Though I seriously doubt it's still that much since my 'mishaps' lol! But I am not going to dwell on it all anymore and I will jsut get on with what I need to. I am going out to do some gardening today, so that will be my exercise today, a little bit of a rest for my achey, unused, old muscles, but still some activity.
Great loss there 3LM. :D The kid food and boredom can be a killer. I do love a bit of solo chocolate (in fact I just treated myself to 1 square of Lindt :shhh: )
Well, I am another 800grams down. So pretty much lost the girlie weekend gain, so should track well for a loss for Monday. Have a couple of BBQs to deal with, but I think I can handle those. Lots of salad, no bread, no alcohol, go for the better cuts of meat.
Still sucking at exercise. Should do some this arvo, but I am in desperate need of a nap.
Picked up a couple of work dresses today. One fits very well (and it should as it is just the different colour/pattern to one I have) and the other is just about there. A kilo or two and maybe a different bra to get the right line and it will be sweet ;) Gotta love a discount rack.
I had my monthly weigh in today - I have lost 5kg! :leap: A lot of hard work has gone into that mind you. Now it's just a matter of keeping up with it - that has been my problem in the past, but I'm determined to get it right this time.
Guess I should join in here... I've decided that once DD is 6 weeks (which is on Sunday ((!!)) ) I'm gonna get into gear and start attempting to fit into my work pants again :p
I currently don't know what I'm weighing, but would like to get to the point where I fit into my size 12 clothes again
*Edit*
I'm going to be using my Wii Fit Plus and the treadmill we've got seeing the poor thing gets neglected.
I did my 'weight check' on the Wii Fit and it said I was 82kgs. So my first aim is to lose 5 kgs in 2 months. I know it seems like a long goal for such a small weight loss but I've got to factor in so much stuff.
Sorry ladies i've been MIA, we went away last weekend and then this week we had my b'day and things and we've been flat out.
I've enjoyed a week of relaxing some lovely food and little exercise so it's no shock to me i MAY have put on weight (although i'm yet to actually check)
The other night i somehow hurt my ankle so there will be no walking from me today outside of mowing our lawns and going to let the chickens in & out, but i'm not at all angry with myself even though i didn't reach my goal of 90kg by my b'day i am not far off, i had a great enjoyable week for my b'day and with my family and from tomorrow i am back into it all again.
BBL for personals.
Sterla - awesome stuff :clap:
DD- Welcome - that is a pretty good goal.
ZF - Happy Birthday (belated, sorry I missed it). Ouchie about the ankle. I think sometimes it is not a problem to have a week which is not perfect (I think a Bday is a good reason), just so long it is not every week ;)
Going to be hard this week, pretty tight on cash till Wed and DH has to take $250 with him to go away for work on Mon. So as much as I want to follow the 1MKC menu this week (it looks pretty good). I am going to struggle to afford it. Plus I am doing the big veg harvest today, so will get onto the 1MKC recipe site and see what I can find to do with it all ;)
DH has still been losing and surprisingly has embraced it. For someone who a few months ago was saying we just have to worry about the girls and not ourselves, it is good to see the turn around. He took a cake to work yesterday (Nigella Chocolate Guinness cake) and he did not have a slice, despite the groans of pleasure coming from his co-workers. Will be interesting to see how he goes away with work, some of the meals are supplied, the rest is his choice, plus he is catching up with gaming boys (just imagine the alcohol he will be consuming).
*Sigh* I go down, I go up. I know was not 100% yesterday due to kids being home and the heat. Silly me went out in the garden and I got too hungry. Add to that the kids constantly asking for food. It is so much easier to keep control at work, all I can eat it what I take. Might need to treat everyday like a work day and organise all my food that morning.
Time to rev up the juicer and get juicing I think. Much better to have juice than snack on the kids popcorn.
Ankles still sore, got it strapped now though and will ice it today after some housework :wall:
Hope everyone is well.
Well, after my little celebration post the other day, I have gone down hill! Eating is not terrible, but still say too much, and not the right stuff (I just had two choc chip pancakes, and a huge glass of wine all after 8.30pm) DH has been on nights and I have had a terrible few nights with the kids, which is a big trigger for my eating, being tired ansd stressed out. But I need to do other things instead of eat. I haven't exercised since the other day either. The only thing I'm doing well is drinking plenty of water. One good thing I guess. I am going to get back on the horse though. I don't expect to have lost any weight this week though, after doing so well early in the week...:( I feel like a see-saw.
Understand that seesaw feeling 3LM. I started all guns blazing, did really well and now doing crap (to put it bluntly).
This heat is a killer (I know excuse), but gee when I am just not coping, a cold icecream does go down very well. I just want this damn heat to go away!
Have heaps of leftover BBQ stuff here. Some will have to go straight to the chooks, like the potato salad and I am debating the coleslaw due to its dressing. Do have a heap of garden salad and meat. The girls can have the sausages and I will stick to the steak. So that works well and saves me a heap of prep for the next day or two, so means I can fit in more exercise. Have been finding the lunch prep of a morning has been eating into any exercise time.
Oh, DH is away for 3 nights, so that means I can exercise with the Wii of an evening. He says it is not a problem when he is home, but I don't want to be doing awful dance moves with Just Dance in front of others :redface:
Howdy all! Trying to get back on the straight and narrow here too. I went a bit mad yesterday and did heaps of exercise so feeling virtuous there. Food has been pretty good too. So so so sick of feeling like I am doing well but not seeing the numbers move too much.
Here's to some cooler weather so we can all get the scales moving!
Didn't have the best day with eating - cob loaf dip is too yummy to pass up though!!! I did 40 minutes on the bike tonight, so hopefully not too much damage has been done.