Diet and Weight Loss General Support #9

[~StarBright~]

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 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 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!!!

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.. 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 (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?????

[Beach Mama]

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 and my cal intake has been awesome so I made brownies for dessert 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!

[beckoes]

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 and my cal intake has been awesome so I made brownies for dessert 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

[~StarBright~]

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 ).. 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!!! :-)

[Beach Mama]

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 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!

[Arimeh]

*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?

[beckoes]

*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

[Beach Mama]

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.

for the Thermomix too - can't wait to hear all about your yummy meals!

[Mildez]

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.

[Mildez]

Welcome Mrs Nerd Burger (love the name )

[Beach Mama]

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

[~StarBright~]

Oh Mildez 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!!!

Welcome Mrs Nerd Burger (queen of hilarious names ) 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!!!!!

[ladybird11]

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 !

[~StarBright~]

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!!!

[~StarBright~]

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!!

[belfie]

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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!

[Mildez]

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.

[ladybird11]

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!!!

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 !