Diet & Weight loss general support #6

I'm back. Again. LOL. What happened? I was going so well then just stopped. Went straight back to crap eating and no exercise. I've gained back 2 kg as well, just like that. How depressing!

What do you all do about exercise when it's so hot? I can only exercise after school drop off and some days it's already hot by then. I have already had one massive migraine from exercising when it's too hot so I think that's why I'm hesitant to do it again. I have been (like, twice LOL) doing an aerobics session as soon as I get up but I don't always have time for that. I have a feeling I have to go back to the gym. I'm so angry at myself that I can't just stick at something!

WTG all the people here who have stuck to their weightloss!

Welcome to the new people! Am I new again? LOL.

Hi T4M!! Back on the bandwagon with you :D

I am 14.1kg down now and lost .8 in the last 2 weeks (I missed weeks weigh in). T4M I find swimming is the best in hot weather. Getting to the beach and running on the sand then jumping into the water is awesome. Even just doing laps at the local pool is great.

I'm doin' good! Haven't had ANY chocolate since Saturday. Still a bit freaked out by how much more careful I have to be (geez I had it easy when I was expressing). And my karmic reward was .4kg down on Monday & today... so hopefully that'll hold up. Plus HEAPS of walking... gotta get in early atm, it's too hot later in the day.

T4M - I'm with you, I've only just got back into it... and don't be angry at yourself, be proud of yourself for hopping right back on the wagon. You'll get there! It's hard organising exercise in the heat. What about walking? Is that ok?

Nai - ooh thanks for keeping me company too. We can all do it together. dunno if I can be bothered to go back into the Xmas weightloss thread... seems kinda silly when it's halfway thru. So think I'll just stay in here for now...

Ok off to make a yummy salad sandwich!

TIMETOMYSELF Welcome back! It sucks to gain weight hey. It's a good kick up the pants though. Sorry I can't help you about the heat thing. I love the heat, and love to sweat! Though it can get very hot up here on the goldy. If i'm planning an outside run, I'll wake up extra early if I know it's gonna be a scorcha. I'll get up around 5.30am, pack DS in the pram with some toast for breaky & leave by 6.30am, home by 7.30am before it's way too hot.

CHERISHED You would think that with all this exercise the weight would be falling off me, but it's not. I guess now i've had a child & now that i'm getting older it's just harder. I stopped teaching aerobics & personal training about 3.5 years ago & went from doing everything to doing NOTHING! I've really slowly got back into it to the level i'm at now, over the past 6months. I would say that I have built a fair bit of muscle back so that would be affecting the scales too. I build muscle very easily. You don't NEED exercise to lose weight, it can be done with food alone, it just helps, ALOT. I'm sure if you're having plenty of 'quality time' with your hubby :) that should be suffice. Just make sure you're hanging from the chandeleir lol

BELFIE Thanks for referring me to this thread ;) It took me so long to be able to jog. Even when I was teaching aerobics I was never a jogger. It's only been that past 6 months that I've built up to being able to jog outside for an hour. Before I was preg, I would walk jog for 30 mins 5 days a week but didn't seem to improve much. I guess I needed more. Boohoo on your weight gain. Your close up of the dairy factory would have definately impacted that one. It'll probably take your body a couple of months to re align. How long ago did you stop? 2kgs is nothing really, you can fluctuate that much in a week thanks to our silly hormones. But woohoo on the .4

NAI Woohoo on the .8 loss. That's excellent, considering you had a bad 2 weeks. I'd be stoked with that

AFM I've got my weigh in at 9.30am tomorrow. I always stay for the meeting too. WILL I MAKE MY GOAL WEIGHT????? C'mon 0.8kgs! I have had a good week, been sticking with my points, except for yesterday. I didn't keep track. I didn't eat any chocolate cake or anything, but did find myself hungrier than usual. I did train extra hard in the morning so that could be why. No exercise today... I normally have Friday's off, but am changing it to Wednesday's (taking DS to swimming lessons). My body is a little sore from the weights I did on Monday & Tuesday so it works out well.

I'll log in tomorrow to report the news... :pray: I get to 64kgs!

Very exciting news.... I went to my weight watchers weigh in & weighed 64.1kgs. My goal was 64 so the lady wrote down 64kgs so I can now do my 6 weeks maintenance. Yay! What a slog the last 6 weeks has been. I'm so thrilled to be there. I would love to get to 62 and am hoping I can get there in the next 6 weeks. I think it's very realistic, I just hope I can keep the motivation. That's why I need all your help!

I'm heading to Sydney for a week, which is always challenging as my MIL is not the most healthiest cook, so fingers crossed I can keep it up.

Way to go, Georgi! Well done! :clap:

BW

Hi girls,

I am back as well!!!

I have still been doing my WW and lost 800g today (2 weeks worth though as like Nai I didnt go last week).

8.8Kg down now! That is what DD weighs so that feels really good to now I have lost what it is to carry her around.

Everyones doing so well.

What is everyone doing o amp up their progress before Christmas? (6 weeks away)!!!!!

WTG Georgi!! Great to reach a milestone :). I hear you on the getting hot and sweatty - I don't really have a problem with that but I get SO SO red even just after 1 lap of my street. The first day I really got into the walking, I ended up with a massive migraine due to the heat and not drinking enough LOL (not funny, just laughing at myself). Oh and good for you on the jogging! Good luck at your MIL's!

Belfie (and others!) thanks for the encouraging words about getting back here rather than just throwing my hands up in defeat.

Welcome back Alibaby and Nai!

My problem with exercising is that I have a 2.5 yr old and a 6 yr old. My dh isn't home much through the week - he's a truck driver. When he is home, it's usually for tea and then we spend some time together before he leaves again. SO, I can't walk/jog early in the morning because of the 6 yr old (I could put ds in the pram but can't do anything about dd walking slow! She can't even ride next to me because we live on a hill). It's too hot after school drop off. I can't swim because the local pools don't have child care. The only thing I can do is go back to the gym. Not excited about spending the money but... I have been doing aerobics when I wake up in the mornings but I don't feel like that's enough. It is better than nothing though!

I weighed in this morning and I've lost 500 g. I think I've been floating around that same 500 g for a week though so I don't really consider it a loss. Good news is it's overcast here this morning! I hope it sticks around until after 9 so I can walk LOL.

time4myself that's a great loss, I think gym woudl be great, there is variety on what cardio you do and different classes etc, I have a home gym which I love but I miss the socila aspect of going to the gym now... I am even thinking about applying for a job there so that I can do it for free because i can't justify the money on a gym membership when I have one at home!

Alibaby that is jsut a wonderful loss, 8.8kg's! and isnt' it jsut great to be able to pick up that weight and feel how heavy it is and to know that you have lost that amount! well done

Georgi Congratulatoins hon I'm sure you'll be down to 62 in no time, you are obviously doing somethign right ;)

belfie my friend great to hear from you :) good on ya for not eating chocolate! see if you can go a whole week ;)

Nai I was heading to the beach today but it's clouded over, than thoguht about laps at he pool but decided to do pilates at home and a walk on the treadmill instead... Gosh I would love to be able to say I've lost 14kg! YOu've done so well, keep it up

AFM I'm so excited to have lost 4kg in the last week :dance: Looking forward to weigh in on Monday if I can keep up my momentum

just a quick reply. i am still here and still trying to lose some fat.
i have officially lost 4.2 kg now . woo hoo. this is so good for me as i gained 5 kg when i got sick in april this year. and hadn't really lost it since doing IVF first cycle.
so the thing is i want to lose 7 kg by christmas. so i have 2.8 kg to go.

then i can do another IVF/ICSI cycle in feb and gain it all back. not funny, but prob true.
at least if i lose it now i won't be 10 kg heavier.
lets think positive thought now.


good luck everyone.

JBM well done on your loss hon, I think the same about losing weight just so that I can put it on again when I get pregnant and I too use the logic that it's better to start lighter than end up 10kg's heavier than where I am now ;)

Ok a bit of a disappointing weigh in this morning, I've gained 500grams since yesterday :doh: Luckily I have a Tanita body composition monitor which tells me that my % body fat has gone down, muscle has gone up and my metabolisum has increased which are are wonderful things but my fulid was also well up so that will be where the extra 500grams has come from... Never the less it is not nice recording a gain of 100grams today :wall:

Cherished- that is great your body fat % has gone down. That is the main thing. You could have just had some fluid retention with all this heat.

JBM- :clap: Well done. That is a great goal to have and good motivation.

Well I have a big WOO HOO!!!!!

READY.........

I CAN RUN!!!!

I know, I know, so sad that that is actually a woo hoo, but it has been a while, like a good 2 years since I have been able to run without feeling like I am going to break the concrete I am running on because of my weight.

I have been doing some interval training on the treadmill so have been building up my fitnes and length of what i can run. I have been doing 5Km walk/run on the treadmill most nights watching tv.

Eating hasnt been the best but I am under my points for the week so far because of all the extra exercise.

I really hope my body doesnt fail me this week as I am really hoping to reach my 10Kg weight loss on Thursday. That means I need to lose a massive 1.2Kg this week! We will see!

GL for the week girls and guys :grouphug:

Good luck Ali!!

I only lost 0.2kg this week but that's still 14.3kg down. I think I'm slowing down as I get closer to a healthy weight. Only 1.7 to go until I'm in my healthy weight range.

Nai- that is fantastic!! You ahve done so well and shold be so proud of yourself. 200g is still a loss. And 200g closer to your goal!! :dance:

OK, so I'm back too!
After the six most intensely stressful works weeks for a while, things look to be slowing down a bit and I am getting back into it! I have still been cycling, but not much else, long hours have meant cutting out yoga and not making it to the pool very often.
Haven't gained in that time, which is good news. Feeling totally motivated again. Qld sunshine has been waking me up at 5am, so nothing for it but to get in the pool!

:clap: well done on the running Ali it's such a great feeling isn't it, I feel good just running for my 30 sec intervals than walking, not much running yet as I have bad knees so need to do it really slowly but I can't wait to be able to run more :D

Nai a loss is still a loss, hopefully you'll see a bigger loss next week

SnugBug it's boiling isn't it!!! it's gonna be cloudy tomorrow so hopefully not as hot? I've been loving the beach, can't wait to go again :p

AFM feeling a bit lazy so I just did hips, buns and thighs on the run while watching NCIS ;)

Weighed in this morning.. Nada. :doh: