Diet and Weight Loss General Support #11

Ok, down 500g in a week. I know a loss, but it has me feeling down. I would say that I have been 90% good with food, not great with exercise, but hey, not worse than usual. I so struggle with the concept of how 1 slice of bday cake and one icecream over the weekend can stuff things up so much.

I so want this effing weight off, I know if I knuckle down I can do it, but then I worry for the future, life is not perfect is has hurdles and I don't want it to come screaming back on due to the odd treat.

Well got me some exercise this evening. 4 songs on Just Dance II (so pretty sweaty stuff), 16 minutes of yoga on the Wii (stretching) and 5 minutes of step. Would have done more, but the kids kept on getting out of bed (something I am fed up with). Might not seem like a lot, but more than having my bum on the couch for that time.

I'm down as well. I'm not happy because its not much but the scales said 89.1, so under 90kg 2 weeks in a row :o. Kinda awesome. Its not much like I said only 400gm this week, and unlike you Astrid, I've not been eating well but I've been exercising well.... so I guess if we put the both together we would be on target!!!! I have a lot more to go in the next 5 weeks.....

Today marks 4wks on my weight loss journey to the new heathier and hotter me :) and i have lost a total of 4.7kgs :) pretty happy with myself but would of been happier to reach my first mini weight loss goal of 5kgs so i can reward myself ;) hahahahaha
Went to a kids party yesterday with absolutely yummy yummy food, and tried really really hard to restrain myself, but was guilty of a few crackers and a piece of birthday cake :redface:

I have a question...... AF is due any day now, do we tend to put on weight at AF time?

Astrid, 500g is awesome! It's half a kilo!!Well done hun, I will celebrate it for you if you're not so chuffed with yourself! And remember, slow and steady is actually better for you long term in regards to losing weight. Health professionals reccommend no more than a 500g-1kg loss per week if you want it to be long term.
And well done to you for doing exercise, even though you weren't into it!

Christy, ditto what I said to Astrid! 400g is great!

hj1981, go you!! You're doing really well! As for gaining weight around AF, alot of women do. THe fluctations in hormones makes alot of women retain fluid, so you gain 'weight' as well as often getting bigger around you waist/tummy because of it. I often find my boobs get swollen and feel really heavy too. Hormones too I guess! So you will either find you might not lose weight this week, you might actually gain a bit, or your loss won't be very big. But the week after, it will likely be a pretty big one.

AFM, I'm not going so great. No loss this week (though no gain either, so that's one good thing I guess!) but I am still not in my zone. Trying really hard to regroup, but DH is doing nothing to help me, and I'm struggling with AF coming in the next few days too, which makes me crave sugar, bloat and just feel really crappy in general. Tomorrow is a new day and I am going to start again though. DH is back at work, although night shifts again, so another thing I struggle with, lol. I just can't win! I am going to try new strategies to cope though....we'll see how they go!

Well done on all the losses - whatever they may be! Any loss, or even just staying stable and not gaining is still something! :)

3LM: Sorry you're not feeling motivated. I know how much that sucks... The best thing I've found when I don't feel in the zone is to make myself exercise. I may be forcing myself to being with, but by the end of a good walk or bike ride I feel good, usually :).

Thanks Heaps 3LM that makes alot of sense, and it is a big relief to read that. i noticed my stomach was looking a bit bigger/bloated. And it's really good to hear that it is normal and that i may not lose and weight or may even gain some this week! If you hadn't of said what you did i would of had a downer and got dissapointed in myself! but now i know what to expect i can prepare for it :) hope though i do have a big loss the week after ;)
I feel your pain with lack of motivation and the sugar cravings! At AF time i hate getting out of bed let alone doing exercise! and my gosh i crave chocolate REALLY bad (am guilty of having had 2 bars of chocolate already :redface: although i try and justify that one bar was white chocolate and that had less calories and fat in it)
Does it work for you if first thing in the morning you just get up and do some exercise straight away? Thats what i do, as soon as i get out of bed i jump on the exercise bike straight away! than the kids get breakfast LOL or i set them up with it first than jump on the bike while they eat, I find if i don't do something straight away than i struggle to do something later. Either way yep tomorrow is a new day so start of positive (try to) and fingers crossed it's a better day :)

Not doing so great this week. Sick kids, worrying about possible flooding (should be right now), celebrations over the weekend, money issues...... it's all come to a head and I'm not training enough and my eating is not as fantastic as it should be. Weigh in tomorrow and I will no doubt have gained. Fingers crossed I can pull my finger out and get back into it.

And I'm back. Been such a slacker this year. Managed to lost 1.5kg a few weeks ago, then promptly got gastro, then put 1.6kg back on the following week!!! I lost 14kg last year but those bad habits still come back... realise that i NEED to be in here keeping myself focussed. So this is my sub, hope to BBL for persies later!! hope you're all doing well & looking forward to catching up :)

1.3kg gain this week.

Time to suck it up, act like a adult, eat well, train hard, and lose some weight, because I still have such a long way to go. I cannot afford to act like this now.

hj1981, I can't really exercise first thing in the morning. My kids are up around 5/5.30am, and I can't exercise with them. We don't have an exercise bike or treamill or anything I go for walks out on a track not far from my house. I can take two of them if I have to, and have one in a carrier and one in the pram, but I can't take all 3 because they walk too slowly and couldn't walk the whole track and back home. It usually takes me about an hour to do the whole thing, so with the kids it would be forever!! So I have to just wati til DH is home and I can go without them. It is great me time too, to just be in the silence alone with my thoughts, or have some music blaring to drown out my thoughts, lol!

Niadalla, back on the horse hun. Would AF be due, maybe? Could explain a gain.

AFM, I weighed myself this morning. 93.1kg. Not too bad considering I have been eating pretty terribly, and haven't exercised for about 5days. And AF is here too! So in those terms, it's pretty damn good, lol! But I have to pull my finger out. Hopefully now AF has shown up, I might be able to regroup properly without the hormones giving me cravings and mood swings!

At work so keeping this quick ;)

Doing Yoga on the Wii when I wake up now, about 20 minutes. I know, not huge fat burning cardio stuff, but my body needs to become flexible, it is quite stiff these days. If there is time of a morning I will try to fit in some cardio, even if it is just running around the yard for 10 minutes, or in my case stumbing around the yard trying not to trip on the dog.

Losing so far this week. So aim to keep that up ;)

It's hard, hey? - keeping motivated. It's really good coming to this thread and seeing how everyone else is going. We're not alone ion this.

It's Cup Day here, so DH only had to work till 11am. He came home and we went for a nice long walk with the kids. Bought some salad sandwiches for lunch and stopped at a park for DS to have a play. It's so nice having DH here to exercise with me - much more interesting. We were talking and he is really keen to lose weight too - he thinks he needs to lose about 10-13kg. I wish that was all I had to lose! Having him on board with me is going to make a big difference I think :).

3LM - i think the "me" time would make the wait until DH gets home all the more worth it :) and even more enjoyable hahahahaha


Does anyone else hate doing any form of exercise when AF is around? i hate it and AF is here and im using every excuse in the book not to do anything! bad i know!

Sterla - i would make it more easier if DH came on board too :) my DH has, but he has turned into a Natzi, makes me feel really really bad for even thinking of something bad LOL

Boo to AF! I'm so thankful she hasn't reared her ugly head yet. DS was 11 months old when AF returned - DD is about to turn 10 months... I'm hoping AF stays away as long as possible! I remember hating to do exercise when I had AF.

Sterla's AF........... STAY AWAY :)

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Sterla's AF........... STAY AWAY :)

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Amen to that!

2 kg loss since jan:clap:
6.5 cm off abs
2.5 off waist
2.5 off hips
1 cm each thigh
1 cm each arm



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JBM :clap: great work there.

Plodding along here. Doing very well, then the weekend hits with kids birthday parties etc. Can't blame anyone but myself, as I could have swapped the chips for veggie sticks *sigh*. Lets hope it does not wipe out the losses I had till Thursday morning.
Ooh, some good news. The local (well only) juice/smoothie bar has a juice that is pretty much the same as renew juice. So if I am out and about, I can grab something that is within the plan as a free food and tastes pretty good.
Now to get some exercise in today. There is the usual cleaning to do and I might fire up the Wii and get the girls doing just dance with me.

Ankle is feeling better so hoping to walk tomorrow, weather permitting then I am back :)
Sorry have been MIA.


Sent from my iPhone, more than likely while I should be doing something else!

Hi ladies. Haven't been doing well but I think I'm back in the game again now.
10km fun run today. Finished in 1hr 36 (yep, I'm slow but I'm also very big) and I wasn't last for once! WOOP!

Hoping that now I have my training mojo back, I can follow it up with my eating mojo and start really kicking some weight loss backside.

I am buggered, so am off to bed. Will pop back in sometime in the next few days and catch up.

Hi all! Not a great weekend as busy, sick kids etc. All excuses but keep under control kind of! Back to walking to school and gym today whilst DD2 in kinder. I would much rather come home and jump in bed for the 2hours tho, lol. Here's to a good week for all. xx

Niadalla - good on you for doing a fun run and not coming last ;)

Mak - know to well the desire for a nap over exercise.

Ok, 1.5kg down this week :happydance: All of it, of course, in the first 3 days of the week, which means at least no gain for the not so perfect weekend ;)
Will start the yoga again tomorrow, was going to today, but Miss 3 had me up all night and then stayed up from 5:30.

astrid: great job with the loss

mak: it's a new week so start again. dont look back

naidalla: great job. who cares if you are last anway. you did it. great job. keep up the good work

zarava: good you feeling better. good luck this week

afm: well i am beginning my own 12 week challenge today. raining typical so no walk !!! gr
but been eating good food

im going to go my local gym and see if i can do some classes ?? it wont be raining inside .. lol


cht soon

yah for everybody who has done amazing things, from weight loss, to getting their mojo back :)

:hug: to those who stumbled or hit a brick wall, today is a new day :)

I'm doing ok, I think I've lost weight this week, I forgot to jump on the scales last week, will do it this week. I feel thinner and I've been told by one of my mates that he can see my collarbones again and my boobs had gotten smaller (how come gay boys spot things like this more than straight boys do????). I got two weight loss compliments on Friday, one was my niece who hasn't seen me in over a year and she was blown away by how much I'd lost (I was in jeans 2 sizes smaller than what she'd last seen me in), then had a girlfriend stay for the weekend, who was going "wow you've lost weight since I saw you last", which was at a retreat in Bali in Sept (she was also our yoga instructor, so saw me in yoga pants twice a day with my arse in the air)

JBM - Well done, that is awesome work :clap:

zarava - have you managed to get a walk in? It's been raining heaps here!

naidalla - Well done you! i bet there was nothing "fun" about that run though hahahaha, but awesome work! very proud of you

Astrid - 1.5kgs!!!!!!!!!!!!! jealous here! that is fantastic, keep it up

Sopdet - LOL your right, the gay guys are always more observant arn't they! and they are always the nicest and most encouraging too. Sounds like you too are doing fantastic.

AFM - Well this was AF week and i only lost 400grams but i guess a loss is a loss and i have reached my first mini weight loss goal (5kgs) i have lost a total of 5.1kgs in 5 weeks :) so im pretty happy! just wondering though when will it be noticeable?!

Well I bit the bullet and joined the gym near work today. I'm just too exhausted in the afternoons to walk home. Would rather go to the gym at lunchtime and do a workout. At least I'll have a gym buddy with one of the girls at work who goes too.

I go in and get the first part of my assessment/program on Thursday lunchtime.

Have reiterated to them that I'm joining to get fit for a volcano climb in Oct/Nov, that I'm not fussed about weight loss. That way I know that the fitness component will be focussed on, instead of weightloss. I know that as I get fitter, the cms fall off and my body fat % goes down.

That's awesome Sopdet!

I weighed myself this morning... I've now lost 8kg since I started! Another 4-5kg and I'll be the lightest I've been since before I had DS! I've been keeping up with the walking and cycling... and I've got my hands on a Zumba DVD to do at home. From what I've tried so far, I think the Zumba DVD will give me a really good workout - should work a lot of new muscles :D. I'm not kidding myself that I look any good doing it - but it's a bit of fun!

sopdet: men will be men ... lol ... non gay men would notice smaller boobs though .. lol... good job . keep up the good work

sterla : wow 8 kilos !!!! great job !!! pass on your hints to us that are still fat ?? aka me !! lol

hj1981: 400g is a loss and 5 kilos is fantasitic !!. i have only lost 2 kg on the scales but the cm's are moving so who cares what the scales say if your clothes fit ??!! . good luck and keep up the good work. bummer for nasty af.

hi to everyone else

AFM: well i am starting day 3 of my 12 week challenge
did a 40 min walk this morn
i am not having any milk products or bread at all.
taking calcium while brest feeding. the milk products seem to make me and bub both unhappy ??

Lol! Believe me, I am still fat! I still have 30-odd kilos to go! I don't quite know what my trick is... a lot of exercise (lots of walks pushing both kids in the pram, going on our exercise bike most nights, the occasional workout DVD), and cutting out all junk food (except dark chocolate). I think the main thing is just not throwing it all in if you have a bad day. That has been my problem in the past - I'm now trying to just look at the long term goal. Oh, and the fact that my chubby 10 month old DD still feeds like a newborn probably helps!

I had mum's group this morning and got quite a few comments about my weight loss :D. Love it when people notice all your hard work!

Woots for all the losses this week :)


I've lost 1kg, should be more but I know I'm on pre-AF bloat at the moment. Pants that fitted me on the weekend are tight around the belly at the moment. Sometimes being a woman sucks.

Went to the gym after work, easing myself in, 10 mins on the bike & 10 mins on the treadmill. Got my first fitness assessment tomorrow to start working on my plan.

Just wanted to pop in and say I am reading and so inspired by you chicks! :clap: Ya'll rock!! So many losses!!

AFM - terribly unmotivated, have gained bak the weight I lost (not much admittedly anyway) but a bit more as well. (1.5kgs) SO frustrated but my motivation level is zero right now. I am really focused on eating well for the whole family but haven't been exercising enough which is the clincher for me to make any headway. I need to get my butt into serious gear but have a head cold right now so it feels like one thing after another right now.
Anyway just wanted to pop in and say hi and how proud I am of you all! :D

Congratulations on your losses ladies! Fantastic numbers!

Sorry I haven't been in for a while. I've been in a bit of a slump and just not felt like talking about it. I'm finally coming out the other side.
So last week, I had a 1.3kg gain. I was pretty devastated, but decided by the weekend to just get over it and have a crack again so that's what I've been doing.
i've trained hard everyday since. My body is aching all over. My loss yesterday morning was 300 grams and I was happy enough with just a loss (although I expected a much bigger one).
I did my measurements yesterday and I have no idea how, but I've lost 38cms in 4 weeks - 16cms from my waist apparently! I'm thinking I must have measured wrong because I've only lost 1kg in that time. I guess I'll see the next time I measure myself.
I hopped on the scales this morning, and I'm down 1kg from yesterday. Now I know that cannot be right, but I'm determined to make sure the 1kg loss stays off until next Wednesday.
I'm about to print myself of a big bunch of signs for near the cupboard and the fridge. I'm going to stick one over my computer screen to make myself drink more water and get up and do some exercise. It's now or never that I finally get back into the swing of things and start losing my big numbers again. I want to lose 8kgs over the next 8 weeks which is totally doable.

I will make sure I pop back in often over the next 8 weeks. I'm going to need all of the support and inspiration I can get.
xx

So, I weighed myself this morning... I have now lost 9.2kg and I am well on my way to my goal of having lost 10kg in 2 months! I'm feeling good and have been getting quite a few comments, so all my hard work is obviously doing something!

I had my first proper bad food over the weekend - first time in a couple of months. First it was pizza that some friends shouted us for helping them move house. Then we had chicken burger and chips a few nights later. I've always been a bit worried that if I had one bad thing like that it might trip me up and I'd go back to my old ways, but so far so good - I'm still on track physically and mentally.

I've been going for lots of long walks - pushing my two kidlets around sure makes me work up a sweat! I'm still cycling most nights too.

I won't lie - I've had some weak moments, but overall I'm in a really good headspace :D.

Sterla - AMAZING results!! WOW! You should be very proud! You sound like you've got it all under control which is fantastic!!

Sorry I haven't been in for a while. Very busy with lots of things happening at the moment.
I FINALLY had my first decent weigh in for 2012. I dropped 2.1kgs last week. THANK GOODNESS!! I'd been stuck around the same 1-2kg mark since Christmas and it's just so nice to see it move finally. I've worked hard with my training and have been making better choices, but I still have alot of work to do when it comes to the food side of things.

Off to netball training tonight. It's super humid and it should rain pretty much as soon as we arrive.... the joys.

I hope you've all been going well.
xx

Yah girls for the losses. I've not stood on the scales this week at all, picked them up off the floor last weekend to mop the floors and haven't put it back down, but I've gotten into fresh-out-of-the-dryer jeans without needing to suck in my gut to do them up (last week had to suck in my belly to do them up, 3 weeks ago I had to lie down to do them up, 6 weeks ago they wouldn't even go fully up to even attempt to put them on)

I posted this in another thread but I think it is relevant to us all, I know it was a total wake-up to me ....

Last night I got a great reminder of how men view our bodies completely differently to how we view our own. Sent my gorgeous man a photo of me in underwear (one of the shots I took last week so I can monitor my fitness/weightloss and how my body changes as I train for my holiday), while I can see all the lumps, bumps and where needs to be toned, he just raved about how gorgous, yummy and desirable I looked. I think I need to start looking at my body through his eyes.

Well, I have lost a kilo since last month....how I have no idea! I have been doing pretty abysmally with eating and pretty much only incidental exercise, not planning propper walks or anything. So, while it's a yay for me, considering no effort has gone into losing a kilo, I really do have to get back on the bandwagon....

Sorry been a bit slack with this thread.

Sterla - way to go with losing that much weight!
Naidalla - great loss for the week.
Sopdet - yeah on the jeans.
3LM - good loss, take that one despite how you achieved it.

Up and down here. Extremes really, I am either very good or very bad. I need to find that balance of weightloss and social. I know some people mean well by suggesting social walks over cafe's etc, but often a lot of the social stuff is not in my control. Try telling the CWA to hold their meeting as a walk ;) I know I can prep for short ones by eating before hand, it is the longer sessions that are harder to manage. (not sure if I am making sense, I have the kids in my ears at the moment).

Aiming to reach my goal pledge for the 1MKC. Of course I have stacks more to lose, but I need to reach that goal first, then set-up the next one.

3 lil monkeys: good job with loss
astrid : its so hard , why is it we can do good or bad but not average. lol... this is me too. keep trying

afm: well a little late but i finally reached my feb goal weight.... now i need to set some new goals ..... moving forward :clap:

JBM: Woo hoo on finally reaching your Feb goal :clap:

Must be in a pondering mode at the moment. Contemplating can we/I really get the support we need from in brief messages. I notice with the 1MKC, it all small status updates, so all you really get it a small amount of advice, which is often not what you need, as they don't know the background story. Here at least, we get to know what is going on with each other over time and there is at least the space to write more info. I suppose I can see the appeal of things like Jenny Craig where there is that one on one support. Part of me would really love that one on one. For the chance to say "hey this is my life right now, how do I improve my/my families eating and exercise" Mmmmm, maybe I am realising that I need some one on one for my life situation.

Losing again. No official weigh in this morning, due to being up half the night with sick child. So will do so tomorrow.