Diet & Weight loss general support #6

[Mr Squidipa]

ginger yay for the 500gram loss

Nai hang in there dont give up you can do it

[luna moth]

Arghhhh - Krys, your cast sounds a bit disastrous! Maybe you should weigh in with it anyway, and then your loss after 5 days will be huge

Had a not-very-blown-out weekend, despite being at a music festival. We got chips while there but we didn't drink, didn't really eat that much, and danced quite a lot. We also drank heaps of water, which was definitely a good choice.
Today we did a $250 grocery shop! Biggest ever! We haven't been able to get there because we've been travelling, but we're well-stocked here now, which is good. I definitely eat better when there's a fridge full of fresh food.
Down side of the weekend - lungs full of dust. I had to run for a train this afternoon and have been finding breathing uncomfortable ever since. Does not augur well for my promise to ride to work every day for the next 2 weeks!

[krysalyss]

Snugg you are such an inspiration to us! And good idea on weighing with the cast - ha ha!
I told DH I should be fine once the cast is off on Thursday and will play soccer on Friday night. Just joking but he so wasn't impressed LOL. The music festival sounds awesome. I am sure I mostly kept thin through clubbing when I was younger - the dancing really works it all off!

Hope all the Monday weigh ins have a great result!

[Nai]

Krys - you have really been in the wars lately! I agree with Snug, weigh in with your cast on and then when it comes off.

Snug - well done on your weekend. Unfortunately mine wasn't quite as restrained - I did drink slightly too much on Saturday and ate junk. However I did start spring cleaning the house yesterday so that would have burnt some calories.

Thanks for your motivation Mr S!

I have a sore throat and have been up for the last 3 nights with DD2 screaming for 2 hours straight so I think my gym workout today will be pretty poor as I feel like death warmed up. I will go though as I do need to weigh in. I will let you know how I go. BTW - I must be really dumb as I tried to do the Calorie King website and I couldn't work it out

[Mr Squidipa]

i lost 2.5kg this week and 1.5cm from my waist

[BekZ]

Hi Ladies,

Here I am 11 weeks since giving birth to dd3 and I have to lose this horrible spare tyre that I have aquired. My weight loss goal is 10kgs. I have the will to do this but I am finding it hard to get out and exercise. I have every intention to get up early to exercise but when it comes time to get up I am exhausted due to lack of sleep. Plus those afternoon sweet munchies keep misterously finding their way into my hands.

Any tips are appreciated

[Nai]

Well I weighed in and I lost 0.6kg So I am 68.6kg - only another 0.6kg off my pre-preg weight, a total of 11.4kg lost so far!

[Mr Squidipa]

Hi Ladies,

Here I am 11 weeks since giving birth to dd3 and I have to lose this horrible spare tyre that I have aquired. My weight loss goal is 10kgs. I have the will to do this but I am finding it hard to get out and exercise. I have every intention to get up early to exercise but when it comes time to get up I am exhausted due to lack of sleep. Plus those afternoon sweet munchies keep misterously finding their way into my hands.

Any tips are appreciated

tips in brief

drink plenty of water to find out how much water your body needs divide you body weight by 30 and that is how many litres your body needs per day I learnt this recently from another thread
walk 50-60 mins a day or build up to that
change your diet around
dont eat after dinner
when you get all stressed out dont go the fridge go for a nice walk instead you will come back feeling so much better
when you know you are going to have alot of not so good food counteract that by going for a longer walk say and extra 20-30 mins at least you shoudl not put on weight in the morning
if/when you do fall of the rails just get back up and move on

I know it is xtra hard when you have a broken sleep but you will find that the energy levels will rise rember the 1st day is the hardest day

those are my tips all the best

[Cherished]

Krys I totally agree about the clubbing! It'st the only logical explanation because all the alcohol consumption would have been 'well' over 1200 cals lol

BekZ hello Mr.Suid our personal trainer has given you great advise good luck with your weight loss, I am aiming to loose about 10kg too (but more like 15 would be great)

SnugBug with all the working out you do I think you can have some chips once in a while. hehhehe

Everyone else well done on your weight losses (even with eating cupcakes Ginger) hehhee

AFM I was hiding in shame yesterday got on the scales and I was 72.4!!!!! which is only 400 grams lighter than when I originally started loosing weight! OMG talk about a kick in the bum. SO here I am fessing up about all those dinners out in the past week with family from Victoria... Hasn't done me any favors and I am totally disappointed with myself. Luckily I haven't given up (which many people would do in my situation). Expect to see some weight loss figures over the comming weeks.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Hey there everyone... i'm new to the weight loss thread but after bub #2 i have decided to bite the bullet and keep my weight loss journey going.

A bit of background: I have always been up and down with my weight, generally i was a FIT person with a big build and aslong as i played sport that was fine but as soon as i stop physical activity (no matter how well i eat) i gain large amounts of weight.
In Yr 12 i was about 120kg or more , at the end of year 12 i lost quite a bit of weight and managed to get back down to a size 14 but over the years have gone from 14 to 18 to 20 to 14 etc etc.

After DD1 i lost 25kg and got back down to around 90kg (obese based on BMI) then found out i was PG with DD2 i didn't put on as much weight with her but the hosp only weighed me around the middle of my PG and i was about 102kg.

TODAY:
Weight: 96.3kg (according to shopping centre scales)
Height: Roughly 5ft 10
BMI: 31 = obese

I guess i just want to give this a real go, i don't want to end up like my mum and not want to go swimming with my kids because i don't fit into bathers, have to be on medication for pre-diabetes.
I don't want to worry about that, i want to be fit and healthy and be around to watch my kids grow up.

Sorry this is so long, will read through and try and get to know everyone a bit.

GL with your journeys and for mine.
Guess i better go and buy myself some scales soon and figure out EXACTLY what i'm going to do to keep this weight off.... any hints?