Diet and Weight Loss General Support #11

Sterla that is awesome hun - my record is running 3 km non stop!! I want to get up to 5 and I think I might register for Run Melbourne to motivate myself to train!! Its in mid July. I think the thing is that if we do go out for dinner it's not about bating ourselves up, it's about knowing that this is a way we might eat for ONE meal and then go back to making good choices at other times. Im feeling like Im doing ok - really slow loss but I feel it coming off slowly and Ithink that is better than losing it really fast. I also have a relatively small amount to lose and really don't want to stack it all back on. Been ok over the weekend but so busy I haven't exercised plus I have some shocking jaw pain from I don't know what but it's killing me. Need to eat brekky and pop some Nurofen I think.

Have a great weekend ladies - off to Aldi to see if any snow gear is left!

Awesome sterla :)

3lm - walking home starts on Monday after work. Did a bit of wandering around yesterday, did nearly 9,000 steps which I'm happy about.

Frustrated that the injury stops me from skiing this season, don't even want to risk it. Last thing I need to do is take myself out of the fitness game for my hike because I wanted to ski this year. My boots are a snug fit so there is no way that I'll get them on until there is absolutely no swelling or mis-shapen bits on my ankle (which there are now)

Definitely not worth it Sop although I feel your pain! We are going tobogganing with the kids this year but Dh and I are desperate to get up and ski again as we haven't been since before DD was born.

I have jaw pain from tension and teeth and I pulled a back muscle earlier today so no run for me today, can hardly breathe and move. :( About to make some pumpkin soup for lunch/dinner and will track all day to make sure I don't blow out - was planning on a nice long run/walk today. I did the same muscle a few months ago and don't want to overstrain it and not be able to move for a week. Frustrating.

I walked 2kms home, so made it half way. I probably could have walked the rest of the way (I could see the traffic lights which mark the 1.3km mark), but I thought I best not risk it if I want to be able to walk for the rest of the week.

Bah - average day,no exercise for a few days and just made brownies to take to work tomorrow and ate more than I should have. Tomorrow will be an excellent food day, even if I won't get to exercise because I will be at work from before 8 to after 5:30 and then home and too tired to do anything, I may do my dvd if I have the energy :o doubtful.

Hope you are all well xoxox Back tomorrow night.

Tan don't beat yourself up too much hun. Tomorrow is a new day. Start afresh. Having a bad back really sucks. I know how frustrating it is, mine is very fragile and the simplest things can throw it out because my core is so weak. Which is partly why I need to lose weight and get fit! I also get jaw pain from grinding my teeth too. It causes me to get migraines sometimes as well. You can do things to relieve it. Exercises and mouthguards and stuff like that. Though I ahven't ever done anything about mine, I just live with it.

Sopdet, yay for walking 2k's! You will be back to walking your full route in no time I'm sure!

I have been going ok. Not great but not as well as I could be. I started the c25k again yesterday, though it was a pretty half hearted effort and I didn't do it properly. But it's a start! I have been eating alot the past few days because of really cold and rainy weather and we have been cooped up inside for days! Though I have been making good choices with food and focusing on if I'm hungry or not and I will drink something (water/tea/coffee/green tea) instead sometimes.....lets just say I have been rather well hydrated the past few days! So all in all, I have been doing fairly well I guess. Using some friends I have who are doing the same thing to stay motivated and focused. Reading blogs of people who have ad are doing what I want to/am as well.

So I'm just siting next to the wagon... After falling off it!

Gained 0.6kg on sun and haven't done all that well since. Plus got up to run #4 in c25k and hips flared up badly, boo. So tomoz, back on the wagon. My PT will weigh me next tues, so there's incentive to put in a good week till then!! And even if I can't run, there's other stuff I can do!

Belfie: Well, the important thing is that you're back on the wagon, and with minimal damage! ;)

3LM: You really sound like you're on you the right track. It takes a lot to retrain yourself and get out of those bad habits. I still struggle, but have learnt not to beat myself up as that was where I'd usually fall off the wagon. It's a lifestyle change, not a quick fix - so it takes a lot of mental preparation and practice to get it right. You'll get there hun :hug:.

Tan: Hope you got that DVD in :).

Sopdet: That's great you're back into walking. Hope you're foot was okay afterwards.

AFM: Eleven days till the big 10km race! I'm kinda looking forward to it. I'm hoping to attempt a 9km run this week or next, but other than that I'll just keep doing what I usually do. Managed a 7km run this morning, though somewhere along the way my toe nail started digging into the next toe. It was mildly annoying while I was running, but then when I got home and took my shoe off there was blood everywhere. Needless to say I have since cut my toe nails!

Still here slowly working on things at home but am getting abck into things now, have a friend giving me some tips on some things i can do with my wrist injury (which i see the specialist about on Friday :dance:)
HotI has a carrier she has offered me to use for DD2 so we can try walking with DD2 on my back rather than pushing the pram, that should be a workout & a half.

I am planning on walking Mondays & Friday's at this stage, will work out some exercises for at home and am thinking might do a couple of laps of the property twice a week too.

Eating is going OK, lots of fruit, veg & water.. will weigh myself on saturday and see if there has been any shift... am hoping so, off to walk the girls to the dam to check for yabbies... brr it's cold out there.

Owwwwccchies Sterla you poor thing! I am registering for the 5km Run Melbourne run, can't wait, it's 38 days away so good motivation to get training!!

ZF - Sounds like you are doing well hun!!!

Belfie :hug:Good luck with your PT babe.

Will be back tomorrow for more detailed personals sorry am wrecked. TERRIBLE day food wise and again no exercise. :( Not getting disheartened though, am registering for Run Melb and am going to do a Pump class with my gf tomorrow night and for a walk with the kids in the morning. I really hate work days - always eat badly and no exercise even though my days are super active with walking and moving around a lot at school.

Will be back in the morning. xoxoxo

I'm feeling the same today too Tan. I have had a terrible day today with food, no exercise and just a bad day all round. I will be back at it tomorrow. Kid free Thursday for me, means a sleep in, and I can do what ever I like for 6hours! I will at least go for a walk, but I hope to do day 2 of week 1 for the c25k programme.

Haha Belfie, great minds I tell ya....I was just about to start a post about chasing the wagon.

Sterla that toe looked awful! :hug: I've done that too though. Toes bleed like a buggar don't they?

Woohoo on the run planning Tan. All that activity you do each day at work means that you just aren't sitting on your bottom.

:hug:Kell. Sickness and weather are enough to corrupt most people. Tomorrow is another day.

ZA carrying a toddler is most definitely an extra workout.

AFM Eating hasn't been great but it hasn't been terrible either. Have been lunching like a lady (lol) and treated DH to takeaway (when you live 250km away from a tar road there aren't many takeaway options). I have still been at the gym though. Step yesterday, circuit today and chisel tomorrow. Will see if I feel like step again on Friday. Today's effort is hurting now so can't imagine I'll be jumping out of bed tomorrow lol. We did lots of core work and I'm pleased I can still keep up despite the fact my bub's only tiny. I did 38 situps in a minute so will see what I can manage next week.
I really should go more often because when I'm there I really feel great and want to eat healthily....shame it wears off within a couple of hours lol.

Kim I think you are amazing going to the gym with such a wee one! You go girl!!!! 250 km from a tar road :o far out you are remote!!! Are you near Alice or Darwin? Or maybe neither my brain might be thinking of someone else! :rofl:

Weigh in today - down to 66kgs! :clap: Was totally expecting a gain plus have had AF so am rapt considering my food choices have been shizen! Total loss is 1.4kgs so not huge over 3 weeks but slow and steady which Im hoping is a good thing. Off to do pump tonight, have had cereal and sushi today and will have fruit this arvo - always find it good to weigh in today because I don't have work ahead of me!

I started doing my dvd this morning but was too distracted by the kids but did about an hour of housework and vacuuming etc so figure that counts for summat.

Hope you are all well! Motivation for this week is 2454! <------- Here! I am telling myself this because other than a tiny shift in my clothing (and I mean tiny) I haven't noticed anything yet so am giving myself a break and more time because I get impatient and want it to happen overnight.

Woohoo to everybody :) You're all doing brilliantly!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I pulled a pair of woolen tights on yesterday that I didn't have the horrible sensation of them not fitting the whole way up my legs, you know the one, when you've pulled on a pair of tights and they don't quite fit you so the crotch is lower than yours, they're tight around the thighs and you know that if you don't put a pair of control pants on over the top they might just start to fall down. Well yesterday they went the whole way up and I didn't need to wear control tops to wear them, just normal undies over the top.

I'm looking forward (and a bit scared) to my yoga tonight ..... I'm wondering what I've gotten myself in for. From the website

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Anti-Gravity Yoga is a cross between Yoga, Pilates, suspension training, calisthenics, gymnastics, stretching & lengthening your whole spine & body further with less strain. You monitor your own resistance, decompressing tight joints, relieving pressure while aligning your vertebra. Participants are suspended less than a metre above the ground in a silk hammock. All your movements are performed using the hammock.

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Just quickly, wil BBL buy my SIL does that Sopdet - she loves it.From the photos it looks awesome!!

Sopdet that sounds freaking awesome! Let us know how you go! I'm off to Pump - haven't done it in a few years so am going light weights to begin with :rofl:

I am walking home ATM after a 9.6km run! Bbl for personals.

I hurt more than normal yoga (and have some interesting bruising coming up). I think I overdid it a bit with my ankle and there were a few positions that I couldn't do because of the ankle.

Might give it a couple of weeks and then do a block of 4 classes.

Ran 3.3kms non-stop! (Not even close to your 9 Sterla!!!) but still chuffed!!! Am feeling confident I can build up to the 5 kms by mid July! I felt I could have kept going today too but the last 1 km is uphill! :rofl:

Keep up the great work everyone.
Had my appt with the surgeon today about my wrist, didn't go as planned and need to see another specialist about it so more waiting, waiting, waiting.
HotI has this cool backpack carrier frame thingo that i am going to use and walk with DD2, it gets her up nice and high, feels quite comfy and will make me work without having to hold onto the pram :)

Another gorgeous BBer is going to give me some exercise to do at home that wont affect my wrist and will give me some new things to try outside of the 'farm workout' which this weekend will include shovelling the chicken shed out and maybe a walk to the dam to check the yabby nets.

Am catching up with an old work friend for lunch tomorrow, might be at Max Brennar :redface: but you only live once and honestly who could pass up gorgeous waffles and a white hot choc :p will come home sunday and work it off in the yard and on the exercise bike :)

O am doing pretty dismally at the moment. Hubby is home for the next few days though so I will be abck at it tomorrow, plus I can definately exercise with DH home.

Well I've been reading... Back on the wagon since wed night, exercising well & eating well - so now I'm getting a cold and feel like crap! Arrrgh! Am going to do c25k but more slowly - just 2 runs a week as
my hips aren't coping with 3.

Sopdet - far out it took me 6 goes to type that on my phone! That yoga sounds amazing!

Yay to everyone else - great to read how you're all going.

ZF - good on you for not letting the specialist delays stop you!

Thanks hun, i'm working on things, slowly.
We eat well, we exercise it's just a matter of fitting a bit more in and working on a few things for myself - i will get there, just not rushing it this time. :)

belfie - go on youtube and search for "anti-gravity yoga", the guy who designed it also trained Pink in her aerial stuff, I'll be working up to those moves, just not that far off the ground. The bottom of the hammock is about hip height, so you have to sort of jump and slide/throw yourself backwards into it, which was hard when I couldn't push off with both feet.

They also do pole pilates (which is pilates moves on a stripper pole) and the teacher has just started designing pole dancing type moves with the hammocks.

Might have to build up to both of these. My focus right now is getting ready for my holiday and the hike involved on it.

That looks like fun :)


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

How is everyone's long w/end going?
Yesterday we went to Max Brenner's for lunch and caught up with SIL as my friend bailed as she wasn't well :( BUT then we walked with the kids around highpoint for a bit and had yummy chicken and veg at MIL's for dinner.
This morning we went for breakfast and i had pancakes and a GIANT coffee but we walked back to the car and then went for a drive to see The Block and had to walk a bit there, then we got home and i mowed the front yard (quite quickly as my mower is broken and i wasn't sure how long it would last) and we cleaned out the chicken shed but we would normally use the quad with a trailer on the back.
The wuad wouldn't start so i had to push the wheel barrow down the hill then fill it twice and push it up the hill again to dump it both times.

I'm cleaning up this arvo so were putting some music on and dancing around like idiots and working up a sweat so hopefully we can knock of some of those calories.
Once the girls are in bed tonight i might even mop, then have 15min on the bike before a shower and bed.

I'm off to a private rave tonight - so dancing will be my exercise. Then I'm off to MBS tomorrow and lots of walking there.

Might stand on the scales when I get to my brother's place on the weekend and check out if I've actually lost any weight, or if I've just toned up and lost inches.

SO.Hung.Over. Even post GTM and drinking for 12 hours I wasn't this bad. Went to the footy last night, helped my sister move yesterday so got lots of incidental exercise in up and down stairs carrying stuff. Ate pretty badly last night and today though - not even thinking about it and today is a right off because I needed maccas this morning :rofl: NEEDED.

Public holiday tomorrow so am going for a run in the morning to work off this horrid food and alcohol.

Hope you are all well ZF - Max Brenners sounds delish! Sop have fun tonight hun!! xoxo

I ache all over. Had minimal sleep on a couch at some point during the night. Left there at 8:45 and it was foggy and 5 degrees.

Now to get showered and head to MBS to walk around for a few hours.

I'm ok but i think minimal sleep might have been the go for last night.
Watched DVD's on the couch til about 4am as the girls were sleeping in there and DD2 kept waking saying her belly was sore - then the girls were wide awake at 7am so i got up and swept the front step, and hung out washing it was soooo foggy & FREEZING!
I've also managed to tidy the spare room, change the girls sheets, get showered, make a cake (it's in the oven) & bring in the hose and move the mower.... that was all before 10am :)

Think the rest of the arvo will be a lazy day making sure the girls don't trash the joint while we wait for DP to get home and their surprise visitors this afternoon.

I am doing really well today. The weekend was VERY meh though! Back to it today, with DH on board. AGAIN! Hopefully for good now. He's put on more weight than he thought and was rather horrified with himself. Big plans for cleaning the house really well this arvo after lunch, and the baby is in bed. Feeling in the zone again, which is great because I lost it over the weekend! I forgot to weigh and measure this morning before breaky, so it will have to be in the morning.

Being lazy and just cut and pasted from my blog....

So my weight loss efforts have been pretty **** poor, until the last few days. Over the weekend, I had a huge blowout, food wise. Luckily enough for me, I haven't gained any of the weight I had lost, but also haven't lost any more after having a pretty good week before hand! I need to up the ante on the exercise front, as well as being more mindful and careful of what I'm eating.

I have done a fair amount of comfort eating, instead of focusing on eating for hunger. The Hubby has just had 4 night shifts, half a day off and 4 day shifts, which kills both of us, because we're both so tired and grizzly at each other. Little Dude and Bubbity Boo are sick, and have been for about 6 weeks on and off. We just can't seem to shake their illnesses. So, that means several very sleepless nights for me, and it's usually on the Hubby's night shifts, so I have to cope on my own with them. Which stresses me out, and makes me anxious at the thought of nights shifts at home alone with sick children. And that in turn, causes me to comfort/stress/boredom eat. Bleugh. I wish I dealt with stuff with something else, instead of food!

I have eaten well and feel pretty good, right now. In the zone. I would love to go out and for a run, but I have the three kids home, and no one else to look after them. When the Hubby works, generally I can't go out of the house to exercise. I can do some wii-fit exercise, which does get the heart rate up, but I don't particularly enjoy it. So I procrastinate, and put it off all day. Today I did run around with the ball with the kids at the park. And I walked about 30mins all up through the day, from here to there and around the place, though that is with an almost-4-year-old in tow. And he is slow. Painfully slow at times! I have lots of excuses and 'reasons' to get past. I still need to JUST DO IT!!!!!

All up at the end of this week, I have lost no weight, but 2cm overall. Go figure. Since I have barely exercised at all, I probably just measured differently to last fortnight....

As of last night, 11th June, I am 94.4kg, 2.6kg weight loss and a 2cm loss from my measurements.

Hi Guys,

Haven't posted on BB for sooo long. Been a big year. I am now a single mummy (since christmas) of 3 after 9 years of marriage..totally out of the blue...so NOW IT'S MY TIME!
My kids are 8, 3 and 15 months, and I run my own small business, but I have realised I need to put myself first as a priority, or nothing else is going to prosper as it should in my life.

So, heaviest I have been is 108kg. I got down to 87kg last year, and stayed at around 90kg until the last 4 weeks, but am now back at 95.4kg due to lots, and lots, and lots of comfort/exhaustion eating at night! I am a member at Fernwood, and had been going around 5 times a week until about a month ago as well, but it began to feel like I was running the kids lives around Gym sessions, so I need to get a better balance. Only been to Gym a couple of times in the last month.

I am planning on now just using the gym for weight training & body pump classes, and do my Cardio out walking/jogging (Just small intervals of jogging) with the kids. My 3 yr old (who is as tall as a 5 yr old!) got too heavy for me to push easily in my Phil and Ted's with my little one in there also, so I invested and bought a Croozer Bike Trailer/Jogger/Stroller in One...which is awesome!!!! Light as a feather!

I am doing Celebrity Slim for the first two weeks just to get me back in the zone, and then just plan on eating clean, fresh food and drinking lots of water. I know what I am meant to be eating...I just enjoy the bad stuff so much!

On Celebrity Slim I am doing a shake for brekky, small tin of tuna with some lettuce and a tiny amount cheese for a morning snack, shake for lunch, fruit salad and yoghurt for afternoon snack, Protein and steamed vegies for dinner (with LOTS of spices ;) ....and the plan suggests a third snack...but to be honest I am stuffed full...so I might just have a low fat hot choc as a treat??

I have also started doing Tracey Anderson's Perfect Design Series Workout DVDS at night..there are 3 DVDs in the series...I am just on number one....it is TOTALLY unlike any other workout I have done before...looks so simple....but is oh so hard...it kills! But, it is so fun, and better to chill out doing that after the kids go to bed, than eat CHOCOLATE!

Anyway, took some before photos in a bikini today :/ ..soo bad, but fantastic inspiration to keep going.

I am 163cm tall, so my long term goal is to get to 59kg....but I am giving myself 7-8 months to achieve this, or longer...one day at a time!!

Anyway, I will try and go through the posts in here, and read up!

welcome Faithful Mumma :)


3lm - what about running around the house, as in while the kids are asleep (or use the blackbox babysitter) run laps around the house. You're still nearby if they need you. Or you could do sprints the width of the yard.

I had a cardio workout on the weekend.

When I get to the family on the weekend I'm going to stand on the scales, I wonder if I've lost. Ran into my soul-sister on the weekend at MBS and she last saw me in Bali last year when we were on retreat together, she raved yesterday at how brilliant I'm looking. So I know i've lost weight since Sept last year.

Somehow I lost my subscription to this thread so wasn't seeing new posts... I think DD does it on my phone :doh:.

I've been up and down the past few days. Been in a bad mood and running on less sleep than I'm used to, then DH was home sick yesterday... I had a shocking day with food on Monday, but then went for a 7km run yesterday morning. Been good so far with food - just finished off some avocado and tomato on corn thins for morning tea - yum! I'm so tired today though, so I hope I have the willpower to resist eating too much of the dark chocolate I have in the cupboard.

Only 4 days till my big 10km race! I hope I can catch up on some sleep and get some energy back in the meantime, otherwise it's going to be a very tough 10km.

Sorry for lack of personals, will hopefully find time to BBL :).

Hello! I am back from the world of work! no loss from me this week, have been a bit like you sterla - feral mood post AF and craving all sorts of rubbish - not eating huge amounts of bad stuff but just too frequently if that makes sense. I have also done something to my thumb/hand - so sore and I can't push the pram when it's like this so will be going for a run tonight when DH gets home - only 1 mth to my 5km run! 4 days Sterla that is exciting!!

Welcome Faithfulmumma! Lots of motivation here - we can tend to get busy at times but someone will almost always pop in every few days.

Hooray Sopdet - that is great that people have noticed! How is your ankle feeling???

3LM - Although you probably don't know it you are in a good place, you KNOW what you need to do and want to do it. Making exercise a habit is so hard and that is what I struggle with. That is why I have stalled after 1.5kgs I need to be stricter with my chocolate and crap in take and up my exercise if I want to reach my goal. I just need to bluddy well do it!

No loss here as I mentioned but no gain either thank goodness. I can feel the slight shift under my boobs - its the first place the weight comes off, just that tyre/roll under there but the lower part of my tummy is still rolly polly and makes me look pg. It WILL go. Might see if I can hunt down those Tracy Anderson dvds. Am a bit bored by Jillian at the moment as much as I know it gets results and is quick but I would just rather get out and run than spend 30 mins in front of the telly.

Off to get this house clean - kids have been cherubs this morning while I had a bath and now a coffee and being so lazy. Stupid weather and hand are making mojo seriously disappear. :rolleyes:

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No loss here as I mentioned but no gain either thank goodness. I can feel the slight shift under my boobs - its the first place the weight comes off, just that tyre/roll under there but the lower part of my tummy is still rolly polly and makes me look pg. It WILL go. Might see if I can hunt down those Tracy Anderson dvds. Am a bit bored by Jillian at the moment as much as I know it gets results and is quick but I would just rather get out and run than spend 30 mins in front of the telly.

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The loss from there is very important. That "fat" area is a precursor indication of diabeties. Well that is what we've been taught at Uni.

I know I'm carrying a bit too much there at the moment. I've been given a diet from a dietician for people carrying diabeties markers (like this fat) so will have to get back into that.

Sterla - not long now hun, i'm sure you will do an amazing job, i'm looking forward to loosing some weight and maybe picking a walk to do next year (running is a bit ambitious for me to even think of now) - keep up the great work hun.

Tanstar - sometimes maintaining is better than loosing, expecially coming into winter with all the yummy comfort foods and such - not long til your run either - you girls are an inspiration.


Ohh i've posted a thread HERE, would love some input from all you lovely ladies if you get a chance.

Sopdet - hun your looking fabulous (as always) but it's nice when someone you havén't seen in a while can notice, your doing a great job and showed so much dedication even while injured.

AFM - I'm cleaning up my room today and will be tidying around the bike, am thinking i might even pop some little 'words of wisdom' up on the wall around it for some motivation and get back into using it (even though i have nothing to show how many k's or anything i'm doing).
Am thinking about getting a pedometer aswell for when HotI and i go for walks and seeing just how many mummy steps i take in a day - any ideas on where i can get a decent but cheapish one?

Hey!

Mel (Mrs Nerd Burger) has started a weight loss group on FB if anyone is interested. If you want to join, let me know and I'll add you.

MEEE!!!! I just commented on her status so hopefully will add me!

Sterla was your run today or must be tomorrow!??? Good luck hun!!

AFM quick one here - busy birthday party weekend for the squids but I ran FOUR kms! Non-stop - well that is a lie, I walked about 20 seconds in one bit because I had a shocking stitch but the rest I ran! :clap: SO chuffed with myself and feel like I will be ok for the 5ks in July!!!! Walked 1km home and then made brownies for dessert but only ate a small piece and just ate another piece :rolleyes: I seriously need to find a healthy chocolate recipe - is there such a thing?? I think there are some paleo ones around with coconut oil etc. might have to hunt them down. Just went through some photos from Christmas and I look shocking. My sister has always been bigger out of the 2 of us but she's been low-carb and working her butt off at the gym for months and for the first time that I can remember I was bigger than her at Christmas and that was a shock seeing it. I am determined but keep self sabotaging by doing things like making brownies. So frustrating.

Anyway no more sooking - need to go wrap some pressies!! Have a great Saturday girlies!