hi girls!!! thank you so much all for the warm welcome
i am supposed to be doing some bookwork for my dh's business right now, so i don't have time for personals. just thought i'd quickly sneak in here for a look!
i'm really excited to join in here and get things started!
from what you girls have said, i've decided not to join ww online, but use some of the websites suggested and use the support in here. i would rather save my money and buy myself a new outfit or massage or something when i reach my goal
so do you guys report in with your weight on a particular day or how does it work? i have 10kgs to lose!!! which is quite a scarey thought
You choose the day that you report in on, My day is Sunday, you can weigh when ever you like though, some of the girls are doing daily weighs others weekly.
I have 10kg to loose too, but i am breaking it down into achievable goals... 10kg can seem just too daunting, so aim for a smaller amount by a set date and then move on from there if that makes sense...
"You're right. It is easier to pizza than run on the treadmill. It is easier to turn to ice cream rather than people for supporters. It is easier to say 'fcuk it, I give up' than say 'fcuk this, I can do it'. So you know what? I'm not going to sit here and tell you day after day you can do this. If you don't believe you can, then you can't. That's the honest truth. You need to do this for you. And if you don't want it enough, then you sure as hell won't achieve it. So take the easy way out and remain unhealthy and continue to gain weight because you can't realise you are the only one hurting yourself. I didn't say it would be easy. I said it would be worth it."
If you can imagine me saying this - handing out the tough love to those of you who want it - then here it is!
This was sent to me by a fellow BB and Fat Chic Slim girl who has almost reached her goal weight. And when I read it - it reminded me of things I've said to others in the past. I love it - but I know some people not in the right mindset will fire back at me with excuses on why they've 'dropped the ball'......I have it as a desktop backkground now....
Well done on the loss Tanstar ! So happy for you for such a magnificent loss hun!
Starbright - when it comes to measuring the waist I always go over the belly button - that way I know week to week where I'm measuring and I'm comparing 'apples to apples'.
Mildez - knowing how much you have to go is the challenge, right? I used to look at just breaking into the next kilogram. So if I was 65 - I'd be telling myself, I just want to see 64 on the scales....and I'd keep doing that each weigh in - baby steps. Looking back I can hardly believe only 14 wks ago I was 73 kilos....now i'm 58. You'll be doing the same thing too hun. Believe in yourself and don't get so wound up by looking at how much more you've gotta go, thats one main reason why people give up and undo their hard work.
Welcome to the group Ginger!!! Great to have you onboard hun!
i might make my weigh in day on a monday, as i weighed in this morning (after feeling disgusting from pigging out on fish n chips last night). does anyone else weigh in on a monday?
my weight this morning was 70.8kg. goal weight is 60kg.....
Just clocked up 30mins on the wiifit. Not much but thats all I could do with bub. I'm struggling to resist the urge to eat the cake in the kitchen. I think I'll go to bed instead soon. The wiifit says my BMI is now 25.02 woohoo. I think I have another 12kilos to get it to 22 which is where I would like to be.
Leesa did some squats. You made them look so easy. I managed 10 at the end of my wiifit time. Could have done a few more but bub was screaming.
Oh Belfie I bet you already did number 4
I am amazed how fast my calories rack up during the day. I have 9 calories to spare for today and DH pulled out a Tempation Fruit Magnum so I checked how many calories and it's 211! eek. Nothing more will be touching these lips tonight plus my tummy is sore after dinner although I don't think I ate that much.
Mildez you are good with the Wii fit today. I didn't get mine on today because my girls were fighting all day - sigh. I just jogged around the house for a while and am yet to do the squats.
Ginger, I weigh in on Monday so we can be weigh in buddies. I would love to be 70.8kg. That's my goal at the moment.
Leesa, I need that quote where I can see it to give me the kick up the bum I need. I can totally hear you saying that. I think I need to look at it kg by kg as well. Make it manageable.
Belfie your so good. Are you writing and cycling at the same time?
I'm doing so well resisting the stupid cake thats telling me to eat it. I'm not going to. Do you think salivating over it will actually burn calories? Surely that has to increase my metabolism right and make me loose even more weight? I'm not hungry I am just so craving cookies and cakes. Having my nightly cup of tea and I usually eat 4 or 5 cream bicks with it or a few pieces of cake. I miss that hehe but I miss my pretty waist line even more.
Tinsel Leesa's quote is good isn't it? It really is so true. Good idea about looking at it kilo by kilo. I don't do that but have been looking at small increments at a time. To start with I wanted to get to 85. That was easy. Then 80 which was ok a little harder and my current milestone is 78 which puts me in the healthy weight range just. Then its 75, then 72 (which was my pre preg weight) then 70, then 69.9 lol. Then it will be my wedding weight of 68 then I'll be happy been around 65-66. That would be my ideal weight. Arrr a kilo at a time right?
I guess I can do a little more on the wiifit. Better then nothing. I don't feel like going to bed yet and I don't feel like doing the shrink DVD or giving Zumba a go for might go do some steps, boxing, hoola hoops and skating. Nothing to drastic before bed. Maybe I can burn an extra 100cals before bed. Wish I had a tready or bike instead.
Mildez - yeah I was posting on my phone, sometimes it's a good distraction if my motivation is dropping lol.
And my other motivation.... last year I spent the last 3 weeks of my PG on crutches, the 3.5 months prior to that were off my feet as much as possible, minimal walking, no lifting (pelvic instability). Yeah cos that's doable with a nearly 2 yo! I was also injecting insulin for my GD, and suffering the most godawful constipation I've ever had in my entire life. All I can say is... if you can use your body, if you CAN exercise... DO IT! You never know when the ability or capacity to use your body might be taken away from you. I never realised how much I took my body for granted... fed it crap, blamed my dietary restrictions for my desire to have "treats" (aka more crap), sat it on the sofa... let it rust like an old disused bike. Never. Ever. Again.
It took me a few goes to get started this year. I still have to be careful with my pelvis/hips. I started with 5 min walks... that's all I could manage. But my other choice was to sit down, get fat(ter) & head full speed for type II diabetes. No thanks.
Every day that I can walk as I choose, that I can push myself, that I can treat my body with respect and use it the way it should be used - every day I am grateful for this.
FAIL... I sux tonight
I am so incredibly tired, miss A has woken me every 45min-2hours every night for the last few nights. I am exhausted and just pigged out on biscuits
I am going to bed, no exercise today but did do 10,000 steps and ate well until 8pm tonight.
Belfie I wish I could find the energy to work off the biscuits like you would...but I think I really have to sleep.
I am also wondering If Aurora is waking cos my milk is affected??????
I am buggered and off to bed but had to post and say SJ it is NOT a fail, you have a wee bub who is demanding and taking a lot out of you. Are you keeping up your fluids hun?? That can definitely affect your milk supply but I would say no it would not be the reason why she is waking. Your body will make milk even under extreme stress and even extreme malnutrition (awful as it is - think of women in Africa - they do still lactate even malnourished because their body takes what it needs from the mother to provide for the baby). 4 mths is a notorious time for babies waking up. It is a developmental time and I am pretty sure it is a wonder week. I know you feel terrible but I had no notion of not eating what I needed and felt like while I was mid night wake ups, particularly when things got really bad. I really hope you get some rest tonight hun xoxo
SJ i'll add you to my prayers tonight that you get a good night sleep and continue to do so. I had a shocker last week with my bub feasting from me every 1-2hours all night every night. It was exhasuting and little miss 4 sneaks in to our bed and hogs it. Not fun but I have had a great week this week. DD slept all night last night for the 2nd time in a week bless her cotton socks. I think its because my milk has dwindled with the new diet and exercise and she took 70mls of formula on top of me last night. She had me, formula then me again. She refused to have the bottle even with EBM in it but I thought she must have been starving as we were given a tin on unused formula from SIL and she scoffed the first bottle we offer her a few nights ago. She has only had 2 bottles apart from boobies and that was last night and her first one. Our DDs are very close in age (mine is 16.5weeks) M supply suddenly decreased but it picked back up very quickly. I think it must have just been shock to the system not to be fed 1/2 a whole cake and half a packet of cream biscuits just before bedtime. Thats what I crave the most is those sugary treats. Blame it all on the feeding.
Tanstar I think your right about 4months been a milestone for development. My bu has suddenly discovered she can do all these wonderful things like move her hands and grab things and then shove them into her mouth. Maybe she gets the whole feed me from her mother lol
Belfie yes I like distraction when exercising. I realised the other day I can chat on the phone and exercise on the wiifit and I can hold DD on the wiifit also. I haven't worked out how to exercise, BF and talk on the phone yet but.
Well I can proudly say I did another 30mins on the wiifit (not exciting exercise and I'm wasting alot of time on it) but still better then nothing. So I am not tired. It must be the exercise giving me more energy. I wish I could sleep but I feel like I could go jog around the block. Should sleep at DD will wake soon I bet and when I'm tired I wont be able to sleep.
hi there everyone! just popping in to say hello! have not fallen off the wagon, have just been really really busy!
but now have fundraiser over can focus fully on uni so will be away from here for a while longer. exercise wise i've been a bit slack over the weekend but threw myself back into it yesterday. in my defence lol have been running around like a mad thing all weekend getting things ready and then packing things up for the fundraiser (so much i forgot to eat on saturday and got to dinner time, counted up calories and realised i'd only eaten about 500), also has been snowing here (yes, really! snow!) so outside has been a no-go. but is beautiful (if freezing) today so have already been out for a good walk along with doing my intervals before breakfast.
well better get back to this work otherwise i'll fail... and that would be no good.
sammiejane - A might be having a growth spurt, i know my one used to suck me dry (not really but you know what i mean!) when he was growing. also she might be about to start doing some more things developmentally, like rolling or crawling (depending on where she is up to). so keep up your fluids and eat plenty of protein hun to keep your energy up and make sure she's getting everything she needs
ginger - welcome hun! 10kg might seem big at the moment, but once you get going you'll see just how easily you can achieve it!
starbright - waist measurements i guess it depends how wide your hips are. mine are and always have been super wide "childbearing" hips, so i measure just above the belly button where my narrowest point is (is very obvious as am a pear not an apple) so if i went on the belly button it would be between hip and waist measurement, so not my true waist. BUT if you have small hips (or an apple shape) then it might be a good place to look to get a clear picture.
belfie - yay for fab motivation hun! go you!
everyone else, hope you're going well and keeping well! have a great day!
havnt been posting so much but i have had a few pop ins to read! been trying to spend less time on my butt infront of the computer and more time doing 'stuff'
welcome ginger.
Hugs SJ....new day...try not to be hard on yourself, atleast your not doing that every day
sorry everyone else....personals might have to wait! but :wave:
Did my shred dvd saturday and then didnt do it yesterday cause DD2 is going through a wonder week and just wanted to be held, when she did finally sleep in the arvo i had too much house work to catch up on. so did it this morning. with my little Personal trainer (dd1) to help. felt good. harder actually because i thinkim actually learning how to do the excercises propery now
stil havnt measured or weighed myself. been a while. mainly cause im so hungry in the morning i just have breakfast as soon as i wake up and forget to weigh in. but il try to remember soon. i feel pretty good though so i happy
didnt meet all my weekly goals last week so i aim for better this week. more water every day. my diets ok. keep an eye on portion sizes...dont get carried away. and do my dvd more often. DD1s bithday monday...party on sunday...FIL coming down to stay friday to tuesday so we will be going out for meals and having big lunches so i will have to kick my will power into overdrive to not ruin my hard work....on the up side there will be lots of walkign around etc as we are going to stay in noosa rather than out here in the sticks
I'm devastated!!! I hopped on the scales this morning and i have GAINED A KILO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!
I even excercised yesterday!!!!! I did wii and the bike!!! WTF?????? I was under my calories for the day, i drank water i dont get it!!!!!!! I resisted all sorts of yummy things yesterday and i get rewarded with a gain!!!! Not FAIR!!! I would have been ok with no loss.. but not a gain!!!! Off to wallow in my own sorrows!! I have a dude here fixing our ensuite bathroom, so not game to do wii while he is here (there is embarressment and embarresment!!) but i will def ride while DD sleeps.. i must re lose this damn kilo and another one to boot!!!!!
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! So happy for you for such a magnificent loss hun!
Belfie - option 4SJ it is NOT a fail, you have a wee bub who is demanding and taking a lot out of you. Are you keeping up your fluids hun?? That can definitely affect your milk supply but I would say no it would not be the reason why she is waking. Your body will make milk even under extreme stress and even extreme malnutrition (awful as it is - think of women in Africa - they do still lactate even malnourished because their body takes what it needs from the mother to provide for the baby). 4 mths is a notorious time for babies waking up. It is a developmental time and I am pretty sure it is a wonder week. I know you feel terrible but I had no notion of not eating what I needed and felt like while I was mid night wake ups, particularly when things got really bad. I really hope you get some rest tonight hun xoxo
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