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I used, 1/2 punnet fresh blueberries, 1/2 cup frozen raspberries, handful baby spinach, 1 grated zucchini, tsp honey, 1cup milk (I meant to buy some almond milk to use, but forgot, so it was just cows milk) It was ok, and I will do it again, it just wasn't a amazingly delicious as I thought it would be, lol!
Hi all,
Im on a healthy lifestyle drive at the moment too. Slow and steady
My green smoothie of choice is 1-2 cups baby spinach, 2 oranges, 2 frozen bananas and a dash of milk. The oranges make most of the liquid. I add frozen mango too when we have it. Delish. The key is definitely the frozen fruit.
Eww I probably wouldn't like that either!!!! LOL Mine is the one off the quirky cooking blog so has lots of stuff in it - but mainly the cacao makes it all chocolate like and delicious!!!!!!:
good golly miss molly - I just cut 15 mins off a walk. 5.16km just took me 41 mins, one month ago exactly it took me 56 mins & I was doing a c25k session during it so was running for some of it. Today I was walking home from work, and I didn't get sore at all or struggling for breath, and the whole time my HRM was sitting in "fat burn" range.
Excuse me while I just fall over in shock.
Well done Sopdet!!!
I have flu and too tired to exercise. Does shagging sparky four times last night count as exercise?
LOL, it wasn't disgusting. But not as good as I wanted it to be! I had avocado to put into it too, but forgot! I will try again tomorrow. What do you use? But I don't have cacao, and won't be able to get it here. Can I buy it online? Would cocoa suffice to make it chocolatey?
Hell yes!!!:
I have a spinach smoothie too, but not as pure as most of you I would assume. Go easy hun, you've been really unwell.
Wow Sopdet! That's awesome. You'll be hopping up that volcano :D
pp how are you going with the detox?
MM :hug: baby steps hun
Astrid, you've reminded me. Must get some lettuce in before it gets too hot.
AFM slowly going. Still doing well, eating less and better and exercising most days. Down another 900gm this week.
Really good thanks Kim. Its easier than I thought actually!
Sure does Divvy. You can even download an app that gives you a total of calories your burnt ;)
I weighed in on Saturday and I lost another 1.4kg so down 3.4kg in total so far :)
Had a bad day Monday lunch but shook that off and got straight back on the proper eating Monday night.
I must admit I was hoping to be able to notice the weight loss but I can't. A little bit disheartening but hopefully I'll start noticing it soon.
On the upside I am really enjoying WW. The food is really nice and not at all feeling like I'm on a diet or under massive restrictions. I went out of coffee & cake with a g/f so that was nice.
WE CAN DO IT :cheer:
official 12wbt weigh-in today - 400g down from Sunday
WTG Sopdet!!
Having annual leave next week, so using that to kick start my health, as I will have time to organise things, get a bit of rest in, do some exercise, prepare food etc.
soptdet: good job. lots of little amounts makes one big amount. keep it up
afm: well i forgot to do my measure today so will see if i can do it over the next few days. but i am down to 82.5 kg. loss of 7.5 kilo since jan ....slow but steady. im also walking 5 days a week min 30 mins :-)
Quick one here and flat out - weighed in at 400 grams up yesterday after a week and then back down 300g today - that'll teach me not to weigh in every day!
Doing ok exercise wise - am doing something every day because it is such a habit now, it's not a question of will I exercise but what will I do today! Yay! Food is my huge downfall right now though, not eating crazy terrible but enough to hold me back. Frustrating myself.
Away for the weekend so won't be back til next week probably! Have a great weekend all!
I've got weigh in tomorrow. Not expecting much of a loss becasue although I've been keeping within a few points of my allocated total I haven't been making the healthy choices. Not the best week but back on the wagon fully tomorrow. Only one way to shift this weight and it's not eating naughty foods.
I'm dying for a vodka cruiser but I'm going out for dinner tomorrow night so I need every single free point for that so water it is for me - my reward will be looking hot this summer :D
Good luck
Tomorrow Dan! Maybe keep some vodka and soda for emergencies :rofl: I always have some here and I just add a tiny splash of light cranberry juice if I want a low cal drinky poos!
:cheer: I lost 1.4kg. So far I've lost 4.8kg and reached my 5% goal today :D
Just to just keep it going!!! Dinner out tonight is going to be a killer - Thai. No treats at all for the rest of the week.
How is everyone going?
That is fantastic!!! :leap: :leap: Go YOU!!!!!!!! :cheer::
All ok here, I'm off the paleo whole 30 challenge though, and we've decided to go back to how we were when we first started - just healthy food and exercise, no worrying about calorie counting or paleo because I just get too obsessed with food, and I don't want to live like that. We have picked up some hints and tips from paleo life though - we'll keep eating zoodles instead of noodles and pasta, and we'll keep eating cauliflower rice instead of rice - mainly because we really like it, and it doesn't leave us feeling all heavy and yuck in the belly once we've finished eating.
Weekly weigh in day tomorrow!
Hi everyone,
Mind if I join in? Going to Fiji in 40 days so really want to knock off 5kg by then. I need some accountability!!
Woooo Dan :clap: That is awesome babe!!
Mel - so glad you are doing what suits you hun! You guys have made such amazing progress how can you go wrong eating healthy??
Ausgirl - Of course you can! Welcome hun!! xoxo
:hello: to everyone else! Hope you have all had a great weekend! Quick one here as usual, back from the country - had SUCH a great time, hung out in our Seachange town today - cannot wait to move!! Ate oookkkkkk over the weekend, had a bit of chocolate today and junky dinner but nothing too ridik. My problem now though is my shin splints. :( SO painful and I literally want to cry at the thought of not running for 6-8 weeks. :'( Going to see a physio on Wednesday to confirm and find out what I can and can't do but am pretty devo'd - I also know I will stack on heaps of weight if I stop althogether so am wondering what is easy that I can do, cross trainer might be too much impact - Pump classes maybe? Swimming is ok but time consuming so I just don't know - am thinking I will have to buy an el cheapo exercise bike.
Ok off to have a bath - working tomorrow - have a great week ya'll!
Wow Dan! Well done! Hope you enjoyed the Thai anyway.
Mel, sometimes you have to do what feels right. :hug:
JBM, you are going so well. I agree, slow and steady.
Tan you poor love :hug: Hope the physio can help you.
Astrid, enjoy your week off. Hope you do get some R&R.
AFM another kilo down today. That makes it 4.6 since I started recording. However I got to my heaviest ever just after H was born and that is now 16-17 kgs ago. I am as light as I was pre DS. Really pleased.
I don't know what's going on with my ticker - never done one before, why is it putting a long line all the way across? Shouldn't it have small bits as I enter each new weight?
Okay I may have worked it out, lets see.
Sorry about that girls - all fixed. Feeling positive this morning, healthy breakfast, healthy lunch packed and planning for exercise this pm. Go ladies!!!
Just did my measurements and photos. Omg. 77.2 it's weird, but 77.anything freaks me. 78 isn't good, 76 is overweight, but 77 freaks me! Had to get Pip to take the photo. Oh yay....
Ok, that was almost 2 weeks ago.
I'm down to 74.8 this morning, and and wearing a pearl necklace I couldn't fit around my neck a little while ago. Face and chins are diminishing! Now for the belly...
sent from the Hellmouth.
I'm still here, been so lazy with the crappy weather& was going to walk today but DD1 is sick :( I'm buggered.
BBL for personals.
Sent from my iPhone, more than likely while I should be doing something else!
I've lost, not 100% too sure how much yet since Wednesday is weigh-in day.
I did do a lot of exercise over the weekend, Saturday: Centennial Park, the 4.1km loop, once running (ran 3.5km of it), once walking. Sunday: a brisk walk along Avalon Beach & then an hour long yoga class. Monday: laps of an oval (week 2, day 1 of the C25km) plus some exercises. That on top of all the walking we did.
I'm scaring myself contemplating a 4km fun run the same day as I fly to Hawaii ..........
I've just signed up for the fun run series, 4km run next weekend, still undecided about race 2, 8km run for race 3.
Go Sopdet!!! Start with the 4km and next time aim for the 8km. Wouldn't want to carry an injury to your holiday ;)
Not sure what is going on this week. I am feeling really sluggish and am always starving. I mean straight after I have finished my dinner I'm starving. I'm eating all day long and can't satisfy my hunger. I am drinking 1.5 - 2 litres of water. I'm varying my diet. I am making sure I mainly eat filling and healthy foods and eating nearly my entire points allowance (i have a 40 point allowance due to b/f). Any ideas ladies?
Liv, maybe you're just adjusting? Although sluggish suggests exercise isn't right? How much sleep are you getting?
Sopdet greet weekend! Yay on the fun run!
Afm, weighed in this morning, still 74.8. YAYAAA! Have found that just taking one bag to work with my workout gear in it works better for me, no excuse of lugging 3 bags around! (handbag, laptop, gear and sometimes lunch)
sent from the Hellmouth.
Dan it could simply be sugar cravings? Have you cut out much? I find if I do cut it right down that my cravings increase and I start thinking about chocolate before I have even finished dinner! As for feeling sluggish, how much exercise are you doing?? Is it digestion sluggish feelings? Peppermint tea might help. Are you doing meetings or just online - maybe you could ask on the forum or at meetings hun??
Sopdet - Good luck hun - super mega green but I hope you have fun! :dance:
Kaz that is awesome hun!! How many days are you going to the gym??
:hello: Everyone else, sorry I can't read back and have a shocking headache!! Food still a problem here, wish i could just STOP myself eating bad stuff :headwall: Exercise has stalled too because of my shin splints but am going to have to join the gym I think so I can get some bike and swimming in while my shin gets better.
Back later chicks!
Minimal loss this morning, but I did get the AF bloat overnight, to the point that my clothing options had to change & I now look pregnant. Oh well just makes me more determined to have an awesome loss next week :)
Tan - I'm scared about next weekend, but even if I do a repeat of this last weekend & jog slowly for most of it I will be happy that I achieved it and finished :) I proved to myself that I can run, ok it was really slow but I RAN!!!!!!!!!
Hi all!
Well I am finally back on the wagon properly! I tracked my cals and exercise with MFP, and I was eating DOUBLE my allocated amount, thinking I had been eating fairly well, and doing alot of exercise!
So this morning, I have weighed and measured (eeekkkk!!!) after not doing it for about 6weeks. I have put on more weight and CM's from my last official weigh in and measure which I wrote down weeks ago. Booohooo. But it is motivation. I have lost a kilo since I last weighed myself, but didn't take note of it (so about 3-ish weeks ago).
Today I have done really well. I did some weight bearing exercises from a magazine I found, lol. But it had my muscles working, which is the aim! It is windy as here today and is blowing a dust storm, so I am not going out to walk in that. I will do some wii fit tonight though.
3lm - if you've got an iphone you can get some good (and free) exercise apps, I've got a few for specific things (like cardio, legs, arms etc), I just mix them up in amongst the 12wbt exercises.
Hey everyone,
Just thought I'd pop in to see how you're all going (lol, most of you might not even remember me in this thread it's been THAT long!).
I see a lot of challenges being made, a lot of positive encouraging words to each other and most importantly - a lot of determination!
Quick question...How do you all 'monitor' your success? Is it a number on the scales? Do you measure with a tape? Do you just go on how you physically feel or what?
Work hard and play hard :D
xxx
I'm doing the Michelle Bridges 12wbt so my monitoring is a mixture of numbers on scales, measurements & fitness levels. We weigh every week & every 4 weeks do the fitness test. I think the measurements are done every 4 weeks too.
I just signed up for the 2012 Brooks Spring into Shape Series, first race is next weekend & I've taken a huge step and will be doing the 4km run. I don't care if the walkers pass me, I will do the run and finish the whole thing running.
WB hun! I use a few things, like when I plateued and have again a bit, I still go off how I feel, feeling sluggish this week from shin splints and not doing much exercise but last week was feeling great because I knew my body was changing even though the scales haven't moved!
Sop - I wish I was up for running I would do the 4 km with you = you will kick a@@ hun, the adrenaline will keep you motivated and you will do great!
You are going to kick a$$ on your run Sop!!! We'll all be here cheering you on.
I have weigh in again tomorrow morning. Not expecting as good as normal loss as today I've done nothing but boredom eat. Going to be interesting.
My goal next week is to introduce exercise. I have been doing the eating/points for a month and my supply is exactly the same so I'm confident I'll be able to start exercising without risking it dropping. Slow steps but I WILL GET THERE!!!
That's awesome Sopdet!!! :D
Tan, I know that feeling. I've been feeling quite sluggish the past few days, I don't have shin splints to blame though. I have to admit I'm not feeling quite as inspired atm, but I am doing my best to get out of my slump - I'm going running with a friend tomorrow, and I have entered an 8km fun run for Sunday. Getting out exercising in the fresh air ought to get me going again (I hope!).
Liv - go go go! :D
Ladybird - to answer your question, the numbers on the scale going down help, but fitting into clothes and liking what I see in the the mirror are probably the biggest senses of achievement - as well as being able to beat my times running, etc.