well i di almost 10,000 steps yesterday and i worked all day which is a sitting down job. i had only done 4500 steps when i got home about 5 pm so i just moved around heaps, watered garden, kept moving til i did 9600 for the day.
i can do it when i want to. now i just need to be extra good with food.
Well done, Tan, a loss is a loss and I'd claim it if I were you!
JBM, 9600 steps is fantastic, great job!
AFM, I did weigh yesterday and I was... 78.3kg!! Exactly the same as the past 2 weeks! Still, I'm a little surprised I didn't gain because I had a very slack week with little exercise and pretty crap eating. On a positive note, my big kids are back at school next week (sniff sniff) and I went to the gym yesterday - not to exercise! - but to book the creche for next week. So, I'm booked in for Tues, Wed, Thurs and Fri. OMG... I'll be buggered! Hope Miss P settles alright, she is a big mumma's girl already! My plan is to go to the gym Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri... which leaves Wed for the Babes in Arms movie sessions which I love! If I exercise I know I will also eat better so i don't waste all that effort.
So ladies, one more week of slack arse for me, then I'm into it in a big way! Hope you are all doing better than I am!
Morning!
Jumped on the scales again this morning and weighed 73.2kg so a "loss" of 800g. But not really cause the gain was from AF. It's amazing and annoying how much weight fluctuates with AF
Wow V that is a huge load of exercise! Make sure you don't get an injury hun. Yay for your 800g loss, I know what you mean about AF - I get SO bloated I always feel like I have stacked on weight but usually haven't - not a nice feeling though looking and feeling 6 mths pg!!
I drove down to Warrandyte this morning and had a nice walk along the river pushing 40kgs of kids. about 30 mins/3kms all up and am going to do my Jillian dvd once the kids go to bed shortly! Yay! The more I do the more I want to do, I forgot how good exercise makes you feel.
I weighed in at the same weight as last week. I was doing really well at the start of the week but didn't do much exercise towards the end and my eating was a bit out of whack too. Back on the bandwagon this week and aiming to lose at least 500g!
Well I've been rather unwell today so thought I'd weigh (just out of curiosity). I came in at 103.3 which is about 700g from yesterday....
I know it's all due to illness but hopefully it's still a little higher than usual as I have AF and typically gain about an extra 1kg. Just have to not put it back on when I can eat again!
We have visitors flying in tonight until Sunday so hopefully I can still eat reasonably and lose a little more.
72.8kg this morning.. another 'loss' of 400g since yesterday. I am hoping to drop the exta 800g by the end of this week and try and get down to 71kg by the end of the first week of February. I am pretty sure I could do the 1kg loss in a week!
I'd like to lose weight to gain weight -baby weight I had a missed miscarriage a week ago so I've decided to use the time before TTC again to try to lose 5kg.
I've done Weight Watchers before with good success but that was 6 years ago and put it all back on. I find it quite hard to resist certain foods, plus I have a VERY restricted diet anyway as I have PKU (phenylketonuria - Google it). Many of my replacement low protein foods are high in sugar and fat and I have to have a special drink each day which is loaded with sugar, so it's very hard to lose weight!
But I'm determined to try, if it will help the next baby be a sticky one!
Sorry I have been a bit MIA girls. My ticker is the same because it's my first weigh in tomorrow wish me luck! although there's not much I can do about it now lol!! So because meetings are on a Wed and last Wed was a public holiday I've gone 2 weeks on WW. I'm kind of not doing it properly though because the little booklet they give you for 'free' doesn't list the points values of many foods. They put all the fresh fruit and veggies in it that are zero points and also all the WW products that have the points on the box anyway Anyway, that's my little whinge. I think I'll just buy their points calculator and maybe an eating out guide to better estimate my points. Its hard to count them when I'm only sure of half of what I eat every day. I have been making much better choices though, way more salad and no chocolate aside from those diet mousse things so I'm hopeful of a loss. I'll come back tomorrow and let you know how I go.
Well, I weighed yesterday and I was 78.6kg... a gain of 300g! BUT I did go to the gym today. Almost killed me, has been a while since I exercised. Focussed on cardio and will worry about some light weights when the weight starts to go. Saw my old personal trainer who asked where I'd been and when I told him I had just had a baby his response, 'Really? You're looking pretty hot!'. Hmmm, might have to go see him again!!! Anyway, I know I'm overweight, but it was nice to receive a compliment anyway. Had a talk to him about what I should be doing to move the weight and he agrees I should focus on cardio for the next few weeks and watch what I eat. Portion control is a big issue for me, along with the after dinner sweet cravings.
Well, at least I have started doing something to make me feel better about myself. Gym again tomorrow! Oh, and the most important bit... Miss P was fine in the creche and fell asleep in her pram for them. Such a relief!
Yay! I am back down to 77kg! 900g loss this week My BMI is 26.0 and my next mini goal is to get to 75kg by the end of the month
Ngala - How'd you go with your weigh in now that AF is gone?
Nickle - The weight will start coming off if you focus on the cardio and also your food intake I wouldn't worry about your 300g gain too much. That's awesome that Miss P was happy and settled in the creche, one less thing for you to worry about
Tammie - Fingers crossed that the scales stay down for you!
JBM - How'd you go with weigh in?
Phebee - Welcome! The more the merrier!
Kaz - Good luck for your weigh in today! I agree that if you're going to do WW properly and be successful at it you need to get the resources and have all the info you help you on your way. I haven't had any experience with WW but maybe it would be cheaper to access it online instead of buying the book?
Tanstar - I downloaded the Jillian workouts and am going to try for the first time today, I'm looking forward to it.
A few people asked me about Tae-bo but I must've skipped over it. Tae-bo is like combat boxing and kicking, high intensity cardio. It also has a focus on strengthening your core muscles and gives a pretty good all over body workout. I used to have it on video cassette but only have a dvd player now so downloaded a few different ones to do.
Telly!!! Where are you??? I'm cracking the whip, lol Come back!
nickle - great news about bub sleeping at the gym, that's fantastic! and at the compliment! I bet even though you feel overweight and out of shape you're probably looking better than lots of mums so soon after birth.
FW - YAY! 900g loss is awesome. Well done hun. That tae-bo sounds really full on!
AFM - I lost 2.6kg in the last two weeks I am happy with that, especially because I did have a few drinks a couple of times and I was a bit slack a few other days and wasn't counting my points at all after the first week cause I was only half doing it. Some of the other women who joined when I did hardly lost anything and seemed to have not tried because they couldn't count properly. We all bought our little calculators and the shopping guide and eating out guide I got look pretty good too. Yesterday I still had points to spare and again today I have some still left over but I don't want to eat for the sake of it. I'm sure I'll have a few blow out days this week and it will all even out in the end.
Looks like everyone is cruising along nicely... Don't worry if you have a small gain or stay the same, just keep persevering.. it WILL come off!!! (well thats what I tell myself lol)
After last weeks small gain I have lost 900g this week, so very happy with that.
My bike has been to the shop & had the gears fixed so were good to go... going for a 5k walk today (hope i survive its really hot here), then have a duathlon next weekend & maybe a 5k walk on the Sunday! (will see how well I survive the duathlon on Saturday first lol)..
Right... off to do some housework & boring stuff like that...
Well, on the recommendation of my sister and my PKU dietitian, I tried Calorie King over the weekend and while I was good, it was not. I'd recommend it for anyone without dietary restrictions or only one or two, but it's just too hard with PKU.
My low protein food and formula took up so many calories that I could basically only eat breakfast, salad for lunch and a light dinner and I'd be lucky to get a snack. I KNOW when I did WW in 2005, I could eat way more than that and it worked. I've still got the books so I'm going to start again with WW tomorrow.
So this is my plan: wake up, weigh in, record starting weight on here & make a 10% goal (that's probably all I'll have time for as I'll be starting TTC again soon) and record all my food, using my old WW books. I've got Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls filled with salad all ready to go for lunch tomorrow and plenty of fruit so should be alright I hope!
Monday: 1st weigh in: 77.9kg (surprised me cause on Friday I was 79.4kg, same scales. I guess CK did work, but that's far too quick a loss to be sustainable).
My BMI height/weight info suggests I should aim for 66kg overall, but I have a stocky build and a large ribcage, so I don't think that's realistic, At least not at the moment. I got down to 71kg last time I did WW so I'm going to aim for 70kg...
BUT because I want to TTC again soon, I'm going to aim for 75kg. If I get there before conceiving, I'll keep going until I conceive. If not, I'll stop where I got to until I've had the baby, then pick up where I left off. Sounds good in theory doesn't it? Lol
Hi Ladies!
Sorry I have been MIA for a little while - a lot as changed in my life over the last few weeks so just trying to get settled in to a new routine. But everything is in place now and running smoothly!!
Welcome to the newcomers!! I hope that you acheive the goals that you want.
I weighed myself this morning - 73kg. My weight is so up and down at the moment that it is frustrating me a bit. But I am trying to not focus on the weight and reduce my body fat percentage so yesterday with my trainer we did a check and I was at 25.something% so we are reducing that and not looking too much at what the scales say. I am in week 2 of my intensive 5times a week gym program so will be interesting to see if the classes help reduce body fat. I've also just started another TWW so I have to make sure that I am eating my way to a healthy pregnancy!! Remind me this one ladies when I have a diet crash!!
I had a missed miscarriage a week ago so I've decided to use the time before TTC again to try to lose 5kg.
Welcome phebee and Tammy!
wish me luck! although there's not much I can do about it now lol!! So because meetings are on a Wed and last Wed was a public holiday I've gone 2 weeks on WW. I'm kind of not doing it properly though because the little booklet they give you for 'free' doesn't list the points values of many foods. They put all the fresh fruit and veggies in it that are zero points and also all the WW products that have the points on the box anyway 
Anyway, that's my little whinge. I think I'll just buy their points calculator and maybe an eating out guide to better estimate my points. Its hard to count them when I'm only sure of half of what I eat every day. I have been making much better choices though, way more salad and no chocolate aside from those diet mousse things 
so I'm hopeful of a loss. I'll come back tomorrow and let you know how I go. 
Come back!
at the compliment! I bet even though you feel overweight and out of shape you're probably looking better than lots of mums so soon after birth.
so I have to make sure that I am eating my way to a healthy pregnancy!! Remind me this one ladies when I have a diet crash!!
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