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Tanstar.. CK works it out for me. My bike also tells me. The only trouble i had with the CK was finding the right thing to input the calories that the wii told me i lost. I just had to keep trial and error til i found the something that inputted the right amount of calories...
Intersting though mildez about different weight burning different calories... i dont know how to work that one out!!
SB I don't think the whole how much you weigh is neccessarily the factor in how much calories you burn. I know if you were very unfit and quite large you would have to burn alot more calories then a fitter smaller person would. Your heart would be working harder doing the same exercise but then again I remember a lady I went to the gym with (several years ago) been alot larger then me (probably 50kilos or more) and she would be on the cross trainer going flat out for ages. Probably atleast 30mins and didn't look like she was working up a sweat and here was skinny me (back then) I couldn't even handle 5mins of the thing without feeling like a bucket of jelly and been bright red in the face. I bet my 5mins burnt as many calories as her 30mins. Well it certainly felt that way. Leesa could probably explain better. I guess at the end of the day you can never be sure exactly how many calories you have burnt.
I forgot to mention I discovered two days ago I can talk on the phone and exercise on the wiifit. Probably a recipee for injury and not plesant to whom Im talking to but still I can do them both at once :D
Excercising (how sad, i dont even know if i have the spelling right there!!!!) has been fun today!!!! LOts of wii!!! (and lots of wee, lol i think my water intake is doing something there!!!) DD (who is one BTW) was so cute after i did the step thing on the wii fit, she was trying to step up and down on the board!!! Not so cute when she was trying to do at the same time as i was... but cute none the less!!! I am liking the influence i am having on the kids with excercising- DS thinks its great!! He loves to do the yoga with me!!!
And i have managed to do most of my excercise today without hopping on the bike!! I was finding it a bit boring being on there for so long, until this week i only did like 10 or 15 minutes at the most, but i am finding half an hour to an hour a day a bit tedious even while watching telly!!! So its been heaps of fun using the wii!!!
Not going so well on my push ups, i have stagnated at about 10. The first ones are getting easier, but i am really pushing to do any more. i will keep trying and i aim to improve on the ten by the last day!!
Mildez :clap: for multi tasking!!! I can yell at the kids to get off the board or please get out from under my feet- or stop trying to grab the controller.. lol but i dont think that counts!! lol
Some one was saying that they were a bit sad that no one noticed the 6kg they lost.. i just wanted to say :hug: and in a way i was hoping the opposite in a way.. i went from high 70's to mid 80's and i was hoping no one noticed my GAIN!!! Now i am getting closer to 80.. i am not noticing alot physically yet.. i think we have to push past those high 70's and get to mid to low 70's and then i think we will notice it!!! :hug:
Oh and i was also going to add to the "cold turkey" vs slowly cutting out bad food.... i kind of did a bit of both, i still had a few naughty things that personally i had to get out of the house so they were gone.. and i couldnt just throw them away, so i did eat them. But i am glad they are gone. If that pizza was still in my freezer, it would just be taunting me- that mac and cheese is still taunting me!!!!!! (and none of us would have had any dinner that night!!!) I know i could have thrown it away, but financially right now i cant justify throwing anything out. But i definately wont be buying any more to replace it!!! But if you do have a cuboard full of bad food, i would suggest slowly integrating more good food, and then maybe you wont want the bad food anymore!!
Hi to everyone!!! Leesa, i hope the flu hasnt got holf of you, you havent been in much!!!
Oh and beckoes.. lol i posted in your for sale thread.. KEEP the jeans!!! Great motivation for you to get back in them!!! I am sure you can do it!!! i want to see a pic of you in them!!!! I still have a pair of pre kids jeans i am keeping in hope!! I went through all my clothes a few months back and Dh saw me putting all my "{skinny" clothes in the vinnies pile and he looked slightly distraught.. he said "Does that mean you have given up ever being able to wear them again????" and at the time i pretty much had, but i kept a few things with the vein hope of "one day".. i am hoping that ONE DAY will come before summer coz i want to be able to wear swimmers again without wearing a shirt too!!!
Oh and DH also said could i please keep my boobs and my butt..:p :ROFL: lol i said i dont think i can tell my body where to loose the weight and where to keep it, but i will try lol, any tips on excercises i can do that will help there???
Well, off to do a bit on the bike.. the kids have crashed :doh: (coz it wont be for the night, they will get up!!!)
OOh livvy.. i hope the weaning is going ok.... here is a link to my weaning journey with DS!!! Seems like so long ago!! And weaning made him sleep all night within about a week!!! woohoo for us!!!
Bye for now!!!
Oh i forgot to add.. I am feeling a little hungry all day.. ok alot hungry!!!!!! Does it mean i can eat more if i excercise more... or will my tummy get used to not having so much food?????
SB - Hooray for all your exercise!! (You were close with the spelling ;) )Not sure about keeping bits in place - pretty sure it all goes from all over! haha! As for feeling hungry I am not sure when you started darls but I know for me the first week was hard and I felt really hungry and then it eased off after that initial week.
AFM today I did a 40 min good paced walk with the pram, then another walk for kinder pick up - not too far but it's a HUGE hill :rofl: and my cal intake has been awesome so I made brownies for dessert :rolleyes: I have been good and only had the equivalent of half a serving and can afford to have more but am pacing myself.
Someone on my FB mentioned good cals and bad cals because I had about 600 left for the day and one serve is about 200 cals and she said - oh but they are bad calories. Now I KNOW they are bad, I have been awesome all week (if I do say so myself ;) ) and am bloated and premenstrual and craving chocolate so made them but now am feeling bad. I say my self control is bad but it's actually really good - I will measure out one serve in a sec carefully and that will be it for tonight - I will not spoil all my hard work but the "bad calorie" comment has me worried now!
Going to go for a run tomorrow too - yays and I weighed myself today - day 5 of my blitz and have lost 700grams! Wooot!
i HAD to have something sweet today too....and i made Zucchini bread....sounds gross, but its so yum and i recon pretty healthy for a cake. i have had one small slice and i hit the spot, i froze the rest....i say enjoy the brownie, you deserve it....just dont eat the whole thing ;) well done on the loss.:
SB....maybe your right!!!! thanks :)
Well done tanstar!! Awesome effort on the excercise!!!
I started on monday with the lower food intake. So half a week. i was kind of ok the first few days, i was hungry, but i was ok. Now today i have been hungry, eaten my meal, and i am STILL HUNGRY!! Bu ti have been good!!!
I think the good calories/bad calories is that calories that have nutritional value are good, and bad ones are just like ones that dont (like brownies :p).. as far as how easy or hard "bad ones" are to loose.. not sure if there is anything there.. but i say (and i am bad) that if you feel like you deserve it, go for it. Maybe have a look online for a receipe of "lite" brownies or something fo rnext tme!! I found one for lite chocolate muffins that i am going to try!!! :-)
I started on Monday too hun and today was my worst day for hunger. I had poached eggs with ham on toast for lunch and seriously the SECOND I finished it I was hungry :o What the heck! Oh that makes sense about the good and bad - well it was a treat - I have put the rest away and that's it for today so I am happy with that and off for a nice long run tomorrow! Light brownies - off to google!
*sigh*
I have to join this thread because I need support. And help. I'm over 100kgs now (far out brussel sprout) and that would be ok if I were say... oooh 6 foot 7, but considering I'm about 14 inches under that height.... I need to get this off. I'm definitely not happy with the way that I look. I hate that I have fat rolls on my back that I can grab with my hand if I wanted to - more rolls than a bakery I say!!!
So I have my thermomix now, and its going to be soooo hard not to be tempted to whip up a custard but I am going to try and keep it on the healthy side of things. My main aim is to reduce the amount of food that I shove in my gob, I always seem to be hungry, even when I'm eating!! Not sure if thats the breastfeeding doing it, but gawd I pack away a lot these days.
So my thoughts are for now - switch sweet biscuits with rice crackers (bye bye tim tams and monte carlos!), have more soups for lunch (homemade chicken soup) and then for snacking, make my own hommus to have with the rice crackers. More fruit and vegies. More water (I'm shocking at drinking it). If I feel like nibbling on something, grab a stick of chewing gum. Try to walk up the street at least 3 times a week (which is 3 times a week more than I'm currently doing...)
So if anyone has any good, easy, quick lunch ideas and snack ideas - chuck them at me. I don't think our nightly meals are too bad, we do have pasta but only twice a week, and I limit my servings with that anyway.
So yay - here I am?
:) yay...sounds like you have it sorted...just putting it into practice. i *know* how to eat well and i *know* how much i should be eating...its just doing it...or not doing it as the case may be...and then actually moving my butt...i found that i only had tiny losses with just changing my diet but as soon as i started doing this '30 day shred' dvd every other day im starting to look and feel different. But you have to find something that fits in with your life and you will actually be able to do...with 4 chickens its probably easier to find something you can do as a family rather than finding 20minutes to yourself to jump around your lounge like a loony :):
i want to come and play with your thermomix!! sounds awesome! it makes icecream AND cooks chicken! wow
Welcome Mel!! You will find the girls here full of super ideas and motivation - as I said I only joined earlier this week and am using the My Fitness Pal website to track my calories - I did WW last year when I dropped my initial 5 kgs but it is a bit excy. I also find Calorie King a bit harder to use so MFP works for me but lots of the chicks here use it.
You might find that by tracking your food you will think about what you eat before you eat it and in that thinking, you might reconsider and change to something healthier. That is what i have been doing - I will look up something and realise it's not as good as I thought and will substitute for something else with lower calories but will fill me up for longer. Substituting is a good start and using low fat everything (although watch the sugar in things like yoghurt) and exercising is great as well obviously. I do 30 day shred if I can't get out to run/walk.
That's it for me for now!!! I am a bit the same in that our dinners are really healthy most nights, loads of steamed vegies and protein with pasta and rice a few nights a week. I know they aren't ideal but I figure if I stick to 3 healthy meals and 2 snacks I am doing way better than when I was eating my brekky - then the kids leftovers, then snacking for myself, then snacking with the kids etc and basically eating all day.
:clap: for the Thermomix too - can't wait to hear all about your yummy meals!
SB and Tanstar it must be the day for feeling hungry. I woke and tried that water and squeeze of lemon juice in it first up. OMG was I then hungry. I don't know if it can work that fast. I then had probably 3 serves of special K (very naughty I know). I ate a roast dinner last night so its not like I went to bed hungry. Have you tried drinking the water before your meal to see if that helps fill you up? When I am hungry I have Weight watchers jelly in the fridge and just have a spoon or two to help fill the empty spot. Or else a cup of tea if I am already around my calorie count for the hour of the day.
I had a good day with exercise. I went for a walk with a few intervals of jogging it only took 20mins as DH sent an SMS to run home as DD was crying and was due for a feed. I did 61mins on the wiifit which burnt 280cals. And I brought the Zumba for Wii but only did 5mins of it. My naughty treat was one medium bite of a shop brought cake without the icing. Funnily enough I didn't want more although it was tasty. I guess my desire to loose weight is just to strong to ruin my hard work lol.
So I was feeling very disheartened that no one had commented on my weight loss and I still am lol but, DH came home and saw me dancing with DD (the zumba) and asked if I had eaten the whole time he was away as he thought I could not have lost so much weight in the week. Mmmm I lost a little over a kilo whilst he was away (but all up I'm up to 7kilos lost but thats over 2.5months) He then said I better not loose much more and seemed really upset when I said realistically I'd like to loose another 15kilos but will be happy with 10 for now. So he said if I lost that much the neighbours would be jumping the fence whilst he was away working. I would have laughed it of if he wasn't serious. Was actually almost having a go at me about it. So leesa your so right he wants me to be fat. Obviously makes him feel better about himself if Im not looking my best. Makes me want to look as good as I can. Maybe if his worried about someone jumping the fence he might actually want to bonk me for a change (vent alert) his lidido is lower then mine and I wonder if that is playing on his mind. His worried Ill go looking else where (Im not like that what so ever) its often a source of our arguments the fact he rejects me. Mmm I am definately not going to get any support from him. Love you to bits DH but honestly I could headbutt him.
Welcome Mrs Nerd Burger (love the name :p)
:hug: Mildez I have no advice but it would be hard to not have the support xox You know we are all here for you and your DH needs to realise the reasons you are doing this are for your health and wellbeing, as well as feeling good about yourself- not to jump the fence for a quickie with the neighbour ;)
Oh Mildez :hug: I will head butt your DH for you!!! It sounds like he is feeling a bit insecure. Just keep reassuring him that your doing it for YOU and HIM.. not for the neighbours!!! It will be hard to keep going without his support, but you have us!!! :hug:
Welcome Mrs Nerd Burger (queen of hilarious names :p) Good on you for taking the steps to make change!!!!!! Breast feeding definatley makes you hungrier!!! And you do actually burn calories JUST from feeding, so woo hoo- there is some excercise your already doing ;) I have to admit, i dont actually KNOW what a thermo-mix is, but i see that a few people have gotten one recently and they seem to be really happy that they have, so they must be magic!! I also recomend looking at an online calorie counter thingy ( i use calorie king) to just get a general idea of what your eating and what it all adds up to, i was disgusted when i looked up a large cheeseburger meal (which i was having one weekly on my trips into town- and when i lived in canberra sometimes three times a week) it added up to the amount of calories almost that i am now eating in a whole day!!!! And that was without excercising!!!!! No wonder i was gaining weight!!!! I like your "swapping" ideas (like the ad, become a swapper!!) small changes can make a huge difference- and its a great example to set for the chickens!!!! :)
Man i am still hungry!!!!! I hope this week goes quick and my tummy adjusts to not being full of crap all the time soon!!!!!
Starbright - how much protein have u been eating hun? That will make u feel fuller for longer.
Tanstar - I loved reading your advice to Mel about mfp - as I was reading it I was actually wondering if it was my post & was thinking 'when did I log on and type that'. I'm glad u like mfp as much as I do!
Mel - Hun, though I don't frequent this thread as much lately you can always ask for my tough love on fb at anytime! I reckon you should take your measurements so u will be motivated to continue along your journey when u see the losses. Just a thought!
Mildez - big hugs hun. You've done brilliant to lose that weight in 2.5 mths!!!! All I can suggest re your dh (other than head butting him lol) is to reassure him of your love for him. I've had to do the same with my dh, but now he can't keep his hands off me (which can be annoying at times lol). Your goal of losing another ten kilos is great not only just for you, but your health overall. Stick with it :)!
No loss this morning... but no gain either!!!! Maybe the fun of the wii isnt doing as much as riding the bike??!!! Also i have had the biggest losses when i have done as Leesa suggested and excercised first and last thing... off to the bike i go!!!
Probably not much protein.. according to the CK for this week i averaged about 16% of food intake from protein. So what has protein.. meat, eggs????
And the nuts and seeds.. which a bit to exxie for last weeks shopping, but i will try to get them in th budget this week!!
Been reading but haven't had time for persies... mainly cos i've been too busy playing with my thermomix (oh and being up from 1-3am with little miss arrrgh).
Mrs NerdBurger - welcome fellow TXMer :)
Mildez - have to agree with whoever wanted to headbutt your DH. For goodness sake, a happy healthier fitter you is good for everyone. If he's that insecure he needs to think again!
AFM.... had a shocker of a week, last 2 days went a bit awol. I totally thought I wouldn't get a loss this week... but waddya know... another 0.4kg and....
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TEN KILOGRAMS LOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:happyforyou:
i'm on the home straight now, only 3kg to go. And that makes a total of 37cms lost. 11cm off boobs, 16cm off waist & 10cm off hips. And my waist is only 5cm away from that elusive 80cm.
So I'm all fired up again after a bad few days (couldn't cycle). Oh and Leesa, I have looked EVERYWHERE. Still can't find my HRM :( arrrgh. I have truly turned the house upside down.
Oh and a bit of indulgent shopping at the toy sale (finally bought some of the weight loss rewards that i've never bought lol). Bought myself EA active 2 (Wii) and Zumba (Wii). Haven't tried them yet, but can't wait!
Not happy Jan. I just lost my big post.
MNB for lunch my two most common ones are a toastie or vegie soup. With the toastie I have now been having wholemeal sandwhich slice bread with a thin slice of ham, lots of tomato, onion and pepper. I now don't have any butter on it what so ever and no salt or cheese. I use to happily eat 2-3 for lunch but now I have only one. I wouldn't say I walk away feeling full but it lasts several hours before I consider looking for a snack. I was surprised by taking away butter, cheese and salt there really was no difference in taste. The only thing I did notice was my toastie doesn't stick together like it would with the butter but its still delicious. And my other popular one is a large bowl of vegie soup I make myself. Its basically only water and I boil any vegie I have in it minus potato (so leek, zucchini, parsnip, turnip, lots of carrot, sometimes a little corn, onion also) then when its almost finished I add a tin of tomato soup. It lasts me almost a week and it filling. I also would love to know others lunch ideas. I think its better to have a bigger lunch and a smaller dinner but in our house its the opposite. With DH only having a sanga for lunch he likes a hearty meal for dinner. Last night I cooked loin chops, chips and pasta for DH and the kids and I had a piece of small minute steak in a stir fry with cascicum, carrot, green beans and onion. I run out of zucchini so used spinach which wasn't the best but anyway a healthier option then what DH had. Tonight DH wants a roast chicken so thats going to be easy to cook for me. I'll have a toss salad type dinner with chicken and I'll roast some vege for the rest of the family. I did start out just cutting out certain foods and swapping full cream for skim etc. I lost a few kilos this way, then DD went into hosital and when I started again I have been really strict.
I'm of to research breakfast cereals this morning and decide on something I like. I'm having special K but I think I can find something thats better for me then that. And today I'll really give my zumba game a crack and maybe try the shred DVD and I asked my sister if she wants to do some exercise so we are going to the park. I also have a whole house to clean and some wood to chop so I doubt I'll get it all done today. Will be back to report tonight.
Hmmm, the topic of 'wii' lol. Look, it's better than doing nothing, I'll always sprout that any activity is good activity, but there isn't any comparison with walk / jog / run intervals as a form of exercise (just as an example).:
But on the positive note I'm glad exercising before breakfast or after dinner has been working for ya :D!
Yay belfie :D!!!!
What a great milestone Hun, I'm so so happy for you!!! You rock Hun!
P.S - hope u find the hrm soon!!
Yup, meat (though limit red meat twice weekly), eggs, nuts, legumes plus the ole protein shake if you can get your hands on one?:
Sorry for being a thread hog this morning ladies!! I've been pretty busy last week as dh had a week off so we cram everything in family wise as we can! Just trying to make up for lost time lol!
Got on the scales this morning thinking there is no way I'd lost - but yipee - I have, albeit only a couple of hundred grams! BUT anything is better than a gain - 100g off 76kg!
Ok all the todays posts came through after I typed my post.
belfie well done on the 10kilos gone :D what an acievement. Do let me know what the EA active 2 is like. I saw it at target and it was drastically reduced but I didn't get it as I went their to get Zumba and couldn't justify leaving with both. Yeah on the loss this week if you were not expecting it ;)
SB I too think the wii isn't as good of a work out as other options but if its easier then getting outside keep it up. Its one thing I can do so thats why I get on the wii as opposed to walking. Are you weighing daily? If so you wont notice a loss like you will doing it weekly. Ive done both. Sometimes I need that obsession to keep me on the straight and narrow if you know what I mean. If I am struggling to keep going (and not scoff a whole batch of anzac cookies) if I would weigh daily and see a loss then it spurred me to keep going. I'm weighing about 2 weekly because I like to know Im doing the right thing although my official weigh in is Thursday (where I record and measure)
Woohoo Ausgirl. Love to readabout everyones losses
Hello to everyone else.
Leesa are you were you want to be weight/health wise now since having bub? I'm the alpaca on your FCS site lol
Leesa - Heehee at your post about MFP I just find it much easier to use and navigate that CK but I guess it essentially does the same thing!
Belfie - :happyforyou: That is awesome hun!!!! and think of all the deliciousness you can cook up now in your TMX!!!
SB - I found some exercise sheet things on Pinterest the other day - not sure if can post the link here can I? Pinterest don't sell anything so it might be ok - they are levelled charts that you can print out do at home -things like 30 jumping jacks, 10 push ups etc. I can post if anyone is interested and I think the Wii is better than nothing too but at the moment I need something that gets my HR up which is why the shred is working for me. xoxo I weigh in weekly but can't resist peeking in between :rolleyes:
Off to the farmers market at the Convent today - off to load up on scrummy fruit and vegies, hopefully the mandarine man will be there from Mildura. They. ARE. AMAZING.
Ok here they are - Leesa you can tell us what you think - I think it's a bit light on for each day but might be good as an "extra"
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 3
I cannot keep up in here!
Hi Mel - we can motivate each other in here and IRL.
Did my first weigh in and waist measurement. Pretty depressing numbers, looking forward to getting them down down down!
Got my thermomix yesterday, so am planning lots of easy, healthy meals.
Hopefully can come back for a proper post later when I'm not onu phone.
Hi guys,
going to have to be a quick one im sorry...
Welcome Mel! its great that there are so many of us in here now, we can all keep motivating each other!
hooray for all the loses, its great - i am really worried that i will not have a loss this week, i am acutely aware that i build muscle quickly (from experience) and i know that with the shred DVD i will be building muscle... i got the tape measure out today and i dont think that there is any change at all BUT i know that my jeans feel looser so i am not sure whats up with that.
I havent been on the scales since lat Sunday, i am really looking forward to weighing in tomorrow :pray: there is at least a small loss...
Mildez I am sorry that your DH is not as supportive. I have similar issues with libido here, but its mainly because of medication that DH started late last year, the change has been rather dramatic and tbh it can be very disheartening.... i think that is one of the reasons why this loss is for me, he doesnt care how i look (not in a nasty way) but it has made my resolve stronger...
SB you may not see losses each day, infact some days there will be tiny gains, the fact that you have seen losses each day is great, but it will slow down at some stage... Remember most scales weigh in 100 mg increments, so if you have lost 70grams you wont see that if that makes sense!
Nice to see you back in here Ausgirl and Leesa - i know you are no longer on a loss journey but your motivation is awesome (and so is your tough love ;))
I agree with the wii work outs not being as effective, i have 2 other 'games' and although its great that i am moving, its not doing the same as the shred DVD ... which i might add i have done 5 days in a row!!!!! So proud of myself and i feel GREAT afterwards.
Well tonight is movie and lollie night in our house... DH bought me licorice as he thinks that would be better for me that chocolate etc... reading the back, its so hard, i want some, but i am not sure if i can justify it, i mean i REALLY want a loss this week and that may just undo all the hard work i have done... i will admit there has been some bad days, but i am snacking less and generally making better choices
Sorry for the lack of personals... trying to educate DH as to WHY i dont need rice or noodles tonight with my dinner!!!
I hope you get a loss SJ!!! It can be hard when there is temptation!! Today we went into town and normally weekends means lounging around snacking (and doing wood!!- our excercise!!) and today DH went to go to woolies and he stopped and said "Its not fair if i go and buy heaps of munchy food is it????" so we didnt!! lol And so he came home and has made an apple and custard pie instead!!! I have put it into the CK and IF i have any- it will be the SMALLEST amount!!!!!!! Resist the lollies!! Can you make some pop corn instead?? Like with an air popper plain????
I am stoked so far with what i have already lost!! I am unsure if i want to keep weighing everyday or wait a week.. i would be gobsmacked if i had waited a week and then saw i had lost almost 3kg!! But then i dont know, it is nice motivation to see what works too, like noticing the day i had the biggest loss was doing the excercise first and last thing. So i think i will keep weighing daily for now!!
Well i have decided my Wii Fit is crap.. but the Wii Dance is worth it!! I did about an hour of the fit, mainly muscle toning and what they class as aerobics.. walking and doing the step thing and the hulla and boxing. It said i worked off 250calories.. it didnt feel right so i only entered it as 180.. then i did about half an hour or so with the dance one, doing cardio boxing and broke out in a sweat and was puffed and was really moving!!! It said i burned 200.. so i entered it as 200 coz it felt right!! lol But i def felt like i burned more with the second one even though the first one told me i had done more there.. (sorry ramble ramble ramble)- so i am thinking i will focus my excercise on the dance workout, and use the fit as a warm up and more of a toning and stretching thing, and i may not even add the calories burned- they can be my bonus ones too (while i am still getting used to CK i over estimate food and underestimate excercise JIC- some excercise i dont enter, but i add ALL FOOD!!)
And i managed to excercise with DH home lol He had a laugh at me doing the dance one (i would laugh at me too.. it would seriously be funny to see!!!) didnt think it was so funny when i came up to give him a cuddle all sweaty and smelly!!! lol He is still saying he doesnt want me as skinny as i was!! He likes my curves.. so i am going to get to 65 and see how i feel. After that i might consentrate on mainly toning and just not being as flab as i am now!!!! So only like 18kg to go!!! Woo Hoo!!!!
Ok, i have rambled enough!! I hope everyone is having a good weekend!!! :)
Okay ladies I'm back again...and again and again! This time I might have found the support I need from DH though, and I have motivation too, so here's hoping this is it!! DH is well into his changes, and is going great guns. He started about 3 weeks ago and has lost about 6kg :o He's fairly lucky in that weight tends to just drop off him, though he is doing tremendously with eating well. Despite me going a bit bananas with junk food and getting whatever I want to eat! But I have had that much **** lately that I just don't want it anymore. It makes me feel yuck and is just tasting yuck now too. So DH has 4 days off work, and I will be getting stuck into my healthy eating and exercising.
I weighed myself tonight (after having a packet of tubes and half a block of chocolate!) and I'm 91.4kg. Which was rather surprising I was expecting at least 94ish kg! So I haven't put on all of the 5kg I lost a few moths ago- yay! But still would like to get down to (ultimately) 65kg, though for now, 80 is the goal. I was 80 when I fell pg with DD 4 1/2yrs ago and I will start there. Last time I was 65kg, I was 20, so over a decade! I will measure myself too this time and use calorie king for a while again.
So goals for this week-
More water
No junk (chocolate, chips ect...)
More fruit and veg
No sugar in tea/coffee
No butter on toast/sandwiches
Walk at least 3 times a week
Now I have the propper support of DH, with him doing this with me, I feel better equipped to do it this time, rather than him saying he supports me, but not doing it with me. So he was still buying junk and eating it in front of me, but just not sharing! Like I am doing now, but he has proved to me he is on the warpath and is DOING it this time. He has ignored me and my junk habbits (he's got some will power that boy!) and has kept on eating healthy food, despite the choccy bickies in the cupboard. There is no more junk in the house though, so bring on tomorrow!! I'm psyched! (Let's see how long this enthusiasm lasts though! Day 3 of sugar withdrawals will not be fun!)
Good to see you back 3littlemonkeys. Just keep plodding along and you will get there. Some days are so much harder then others. Its great to hear you have your DH support. Woohoo on been just a smidge over 90. Wont take long at all to get under that.
SJ I'm praying you are rewarded by a good loss in the morning. FX. SJ how on earth do you do that shred DVD. **** I just tried it for the first time and only got about 10mins in before I thought I was having a heart attack. I had to stop. It was the push ups that killed me then I just couldn't recover doing the skips and jumping jacks over again. Oh well it was certainly a good but very short workout. I'll try do it most days but I think I will spend the first 1-2weeks just trying to get more then 10mins in. On the push up front I managed to do 5 so I can do 2more then I could on Monday.
SB lol at you looking funny dancing. You couldn't be as bad as me. I definately wont dance in front of DH. He has seen me on the wiifit but that is bad enough.
Well I'm abit disappointed with myself for been a pig at dinner tonight. Why couldn't I pig out at lunch instead. I started planning a salad and chicken mountain bread wrap which I ate then proceeded to eat a 2nd one. Ok that was not overly bad having 2 but I then polished off a medium serve of chocolate pudding with icecream then DD was full and I ate the last half of hers. Boo bl--dy hoo to me. So I then did 30mins on the wiifit and 10mins f the shred DVD and now I'm going to shower and have a much deserved sleep tonight. I also went for a walk with all 3kids which took 47mins although there were a few minute or two stops to get burrs out of DDs shoe. So I haven't had a bad day exercise but I ate way to much (I also had a piece of cake which was a food I cut out completely) Oh well I have until Thursday to be a little more careful before weigh in. Maybe I'll be close to 78kilos which will put me in a BMI of 25exactly.
Morning.... I resisted the lollies last night!!!! I went for a walk before dinner so I 'could' have sone but then figured it wasn't worth it.
I did have 3 biscuits though, but much better than them and stuffing my face with lollies :)
Waiting to weigh in.... Got to ummmm.... You know, get rid of tge extra bits first :P
Welcome back 3LM
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3LM - welcome back! Sounds like you're in a great headspace! I stop-started a few time before I really got going too. You can do it!
SJ - :rofl: good luck with getting rid of those extra bits!! And looking forward to hearing your weigh in!!
AFM, tried EA sports active 2 last night... After a 3k run. Lol oops, my legs were so dead! After talk about the wii games & how much they really do for your fitness, I'm really impressed by this one so far. It certainly challenged me heaps more than wii fit plus. I like the HRM built into it too (especially since I can't find mine ha!).
Happy healthy Sunday everyone!
Welcome 3LM!!!
Sj - Yay for resisting - I am weighing in tomorrow, I thought it was today so I have an extra day to make up for my naughties last night.
Bel - Sounds good hun! What kind of things are on it? I have the normal sport one that you get with your Wii and was doing the boxing for a while -actually really good low impact cardio!!
AFM - I blew out last night - DH went up to get dinner from Salsas and instead of refusing and making something here like an omelette which I should have done I had no self-control :rolleyes: Back on it today though and I weighed in this morning thinking my weigh in day was today but it's actually tomorrow and I have lost 800gms in 6 days! Freaking yay but need too keep it up!
Ok off to church and still in pjs oops! Talk soon!
Tanstar great news on the loss today.
SJ hope to read about your good loss also when you come back in. Well done on resisting the Lollies.
I'm excited. Of for a horse ride today. Haven't done that for a month so it will be nice to burn some cals trotting around the place on my old steed (his 24 so it wont be very physical) And I squeezed into 2 pairs of size 14jeans. I'm so excited. I still have about 3-4kilos I guess to loose before they are comfortable they are squeezing the fat up so I have a muffin top but OMG I can do them up. I've been wearing a combination of 14/16 for a while but now it appears all my 14s fit even if they are exceptionally tight. I'm finally at the goal I planned on been at back in June which was to fit into my 14's. Now just need to make them comfortable and then plan my next goal of a 12.
i have popcorn sometimes. i get the bag of actuall unpoped kernals...not the microwave stuff. in a big bowl with a lid....or cling wrap on the top and put it in the microwave for three minutes. sometimes i put cinnamon on it.
Arrgh...seriously DH!!! And that 'D' doesn't stand for Dear today.
He's been going really well with eating healthily for the last few weeks. I didn't join him because it was him falling off the wagon all the time and me following him, so I waited to see how he would go. 3 weeks later to now I thought 'well he's really serious and going so well, I will join hima nd we can support each other'. Today was my first day at it. I'm struggling a bit already because I am T I R E D! Beyond tired. And that makes me lazy and not want to make healthy food or have any resolve to say no. But I thought with DH, together we would be ok today. Yeah, right. Guess what he asked me this morning...?? 'You want Thai for dinner?' then he says to me 'I'm going to the shop later and getting some junk food. I'm having a junk day'. Of course. Why wouldn't he? He knows that I was goign to start today. He knows how hard this is and has been for me and how much I have and do want to lose weight and get myself under control. I have spoken to him in great depth about it all. It's not like he doesn't know. Then he does this. My enthusiasm has gone out the window. I'm tired, grumpy, premenstral and just want to crawl into bed and not come out. Day one- fail.
Hi everyone!!
Welcome 3monkeys!!! Sorry about your Dh.. mine has uncanny timing with things too. I swear its not on purpose, its just crazy!! Mine isnt as serious though, my biggest bad timing thing is he always knows when i have JUST cleaned the bathroom- and then he shaves his head. Doesnt matter if i have left it a week, two weeks or what. He always shaves his head the day after!!! Its not fair though that your DH KNEW you were going to start today :hug: that is a huge slap in the face!!! Maybe you need to just not worry about him. Do what YOU need to do. I know it will be tempting to have him eating junk infront of you, but maybe if he see's your serious and your not going to budge, he might wake up to himself!!! All the best xxoo
Sj!! Well done on resisting!!!! :clap:
Mildez.. I am jealous!! I love horse riding but i havent done it for years!!!!!!! Keep up the good work on fitting into those jeans!!!! I am a bit sad actually- i finally got a pair of jeans i really like that fit comfortably.. and when i loose weight i wont be able to wear them :( I only paid $6 at an op shop for them, so i cant really complain lol, but i like them!! lol I do have plenty of pants to try and fit back into anyway!!
Today i have had a bit of "day off" excercise wise.. i got a massive sleep in today which i really needed!!!!! I have been up way too late with the kids during the week- and its hard the nights DH is away coz i have to get up to them both (he usually deals with DS when he is home) usually DS is fine, but when daddy isnt home he is abit more likely to be unsettled, and the two of them are fantastic at tag teaming!!! One goes to sleep- the other one wakes... pretty much all night!!!
So.. my day didnt really start til about 1 lol... I had toast for "brunch" a combo of lunch and breakie!!! (with only 2/3 of the calories!!!) and some popcorn, but i dont think i am going to make it to the wii today. I did do some wood, but not much!! I might get on the bike when the kids are asleep tonight if they go to sleep early enough. But i am not stressing if i dont today!! I had a 100gram loss, which adds to a massive total for the week which i am really happy about!! And hey they say Sunday is a day of rest right!!! :-)
I hope everyone else had a good weekend!!
*nicely slaps everyone who ate naughty!!!!!!* ;)
Hi guys,
Sorry i didnt get back in earlier, very busy day and a baby that is going through what i assume is a growth spurt so have been feeding every 2 hours... over night last night too, so i hope she doesnt need it again tonight as i am one tired mumma!
Well i weighed in this morning and had a 700gram loss. I am happy, but to be totally honest i am a bit disappointed, i dont really know why, each day my jeans feel looser (i must wash them though to see what happens then) and i feel better, but i think with everyone else pulling big losses i was expecting a bit more... but then i guess the recommended loss is 500 grams a week, so i did more than that.... gaaahhhh i am just rambling now.
I also have lost some more off my waist which is great and i think that i am loosing the weight on areas that i didnt measure, my wrists are thinner (watch keeps slipping down) and HELLLLLOOOO clavicles :) long time no see!!!!
We went to PIL's today and we had pies for lunch - i just couldnt to it... so i lied and said that i had already eaten and went without... as soon as i githome i had an apple and some nuts... Not great, but i just couldnt bear to eat a pie!
I was telling DH about how someone ?who, was saying that when your tummy rumbles its your body eating the fat, we then went on to talk about BF and dieting and how that i had to not starve myself as i need to producemilk, but it also consumed calories too... and he said soo, your stomach rummbles and eats your fat and you make milk and your boobs eat your fat :rofl: (you may have had to have been there!)
Anyway, thats it from me, just done the shred DVD and going to have a cup of tea (decaf) then off to bed... butfirst to update my ticker :)
Thanks to all for your support, those that had a great week... well done and keep it up... those that fell done (i can put my had up here) tomorrow is another day, keep going, one foot in front of the other and we WILL loose this together :grouphug:
A few thoughts after reading your post. Firstly, totally agree with what you said about the recommended loss per week. I sometimes feel like the turtle in here... averaging 0.45kg per week... plodding on. Folks have come in & out, losing bigger numbers, but then sometimes dropping off the radar. But hang on, i've lost 10kg now. Slow & steady is a GREAT way to do this, you will be there before you know it (but I know that impatient feeling too). Try not to worry about others with big losses... focus on what YOU want to do!:
Secondly - TIRED mumma. So much harder to eat well & focus when you're tired. Thirdly - you're tired, you're BF'ing, you're trying to eat well. I'll be quite honest here, if it was me, I'd eat the darn pie. You need food in you to do what you want to do. If you're eating well all day, one meat pie won't knock you out of the ball park. I reckon I've had junky takeaway about once a week. I have fewer chips & try to have a salad... but honestly eating super perfectly when you're busy with young kids & tired.... DOES NOT HAPPEN! DO you have a pattern? I had a big fortnightly pattern even when i exercised & ate well for the whole fortnight... one week bigger loss.... next week smaller loss/same/or even a gain. You might be really surprised with the number next week, you never know.
And finally - woo hoo, great loss SJ! :hooray:
awwww thanks Belfie :heartbeat: