Diet & Weight loss support #4

**Trillian** · May 23rd, 2008, 10:55 PM

Welcome to the Weight Loss Support thread.

Please remember this is for weight loss, any other general chit chat can be removed at the moderators discretion.

Goodluck to you all with achieving your goals.

Your previous thread can be found https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...pport-3-a.html

**alioops** · May 26th, 2008, 08:58 PM

OK, I am having trouble losing that last kilo. might help if i did some exercise. bit harder to exercise when i am sitting at a desk all day.

Lea79 · May 31st, 2008, 11:45 AM

Hello there,

I see this is a new thread so I might just start with my little story. I am about a size 18 to 20 and we are planning on TTC starting in December. By that time I want to have lost about 15 to 20 kilos and feel healthy, probably about a healthy size 14 to 16 to be realistic. I have about 6 months to achieve this so its time to get stuck into it. I dont want a quick fix and put the weight back on plus some, I want to do this the healthy way. I have been pretty much up and down in my weight over the years but have never been this big. I put on about 10 to 15 kilos when I met DP and never really got it all off permanently so this is the time to do it! I want to avoid the high risks being overweight in pregnancy brings such as PE and GD and want to avoid having to use an obstetrician for my care vs midwife. I am a student midwife and should be qualified by the years end. I see how much of a risk weight brings with pregnancy not to mention how hard it is to TTC. So I am really just trying to get started and see how other people are getting on with their weight loss too. Talk to you soon,

Leanne

Aphrodite · June 2nd, 2008, 02:26 PM

I guess I'll add my story to the end of Lea's. I've never been skinny but when I had my baby, Tyler, now aged 4, things got a little out of hand. I put on maybe 20 kilos during pregnancy and four years on its still there plus conciderably more. I want another baby, but I don't think I would handle it to well with my body in the state that it is. Not to mention the fact that I can't keep up with the kid I've got! It's clear to me that I really need to lose weight, and quickly as my biological clock is ticking.

**Sequoia** · June 9th, 2008, 10:34 PM

I'll jump on the introduction bandwagon too!

DS is 2 months old today and I have 8kgs of baby weight to lose. Simple as that.

I joined WW Online today and I have to say that I really like the format of how you enter your foods and your points balance is done for you. Especially liking the extra points because I am BF'ing!

SG
xo

**alioops** · June 11th, 2008, 11:52 AM

Well Ladies,

I have reached my GW!!!! Good luck to you all, and remember, losing it slowly is the best way because it is easier to keep it off. and as you get older it gets harder

**Oliver Baker** · July 20th, 2009, 10:42 AM

Hello there,

I see this is a new thread so I might just start with my little story. I am about a size 18 to 20 and we are planning on TTC starting in December. By that time I want to have lost about 15 to 20 kilos and feel healthy, probably about a healthy size 14 to 16 to be realistic. I have about 6 months to achieve this so its time to get stuck into it. I dont want a quick fix and put the weight back on plus some, I want to do this the healthy way. I have been pretty much up and down in my weight over the years but have never been this big. I put on about 10 to 15 kilos when I met DP and never really got it all off permanently so this is the time to do it! I want to avoid the high risks being overweight in pregnancy brings such as PE and GD and want to avoid having to use an obstetrician for my care vs midwife. I am a student midwife and should be qualified by the years end. I see how much of a risk weight brings with pregnancy not to mention how hard it is to TTC. So I am really just trying to get started and see how other people are getting on with their weight loss too. Talk to you soon,

Leanne

Hi Leanne.
I thought I would responded to your blog, because my sister had the same problem. She wanted to loose some unwanted wait before she fell pregnant. She ate well, and exercised regularly, but it didn't seem to be enough.
So she went and saw her naturopath and he suggested that she drink this shake called IsoWhey Complete. Its full of minerals and high in protein. Its great for your immune system and you can replace meals with it. She lost a lot of weight and achieved it doing it in a healthy way. It can also be taken whilst your pregnant! Its also really tasty, she was drinking the french vanilla, but has recently changed to the double chocolate (which I went out and bought directly after). Anyway, I recommend you give it a try, and I wish you all the best with your weight loss and your new baby

**Cherished** · July 20th, 2009, 11:01 AM

Oliver Baker I used to drink that and got sick of it. The same flavours over and over again.... Being vego I have heaps of whey powder but I have a fantastic no name brand which is a natural flavour so I can add it to anything without changing the taste, eg pasta, my breads, salad dressings I make, smoothies, I even sprinkle it over my avo on my organic spelt bread that I make

**Oliver Baker** · July 20th, 2009, 02:41 PM

Hi "cherished1"
Yum! that sounds really nice. I know what you mean about the taste being monotonous, but whats really nice is if you throw some berries and things into it as well and blend it all together and you can even poor it on your cereal. Im intrested in this no name one that your using, could you send me some info on it so I can look it up on the net. Like the producer or something??
thanx alot

**Neenee Jellybeanie** · July 24th, 2008, 02:59 AM

Hey everyone!

I've always been overweight pretty much, though not by much and I wasn't overly bothered. After I became pregnant I quit smoking and haven't started again, the combination of that plus a difficult pregnancy which meant I couldn't walk around my own house let alone exercise, plus being uber stressed . . . I put on a lot of weight

I want to be at a healthy weight, which apparently for my height is 55 - 65kgs, so that doesn't sound right at all for my build. I think 70 - 75kgs would suit me more. I have A LOT of weight to lose, I've lost 7kgs in the last 5 weeks which is great, and I'm aiming to lose another 8kgs by DDs birthday on the 9.9. I know they say to lose weight slowly, but I'm eating what feels comfortable (i'm not going hungry at all), I'm eating lots of protein AND still eating some junk food (choccie, anyone?

). So it seems to me that i'm being healthy and this is what my body wants to do, sort of thing.
I've started running!!

I suck but the other day I ran from one goal post to the other, around the perimetre . . . that's about 200m. It's a lot for me!

So yeah, I have about 30kgs to lose. I'm not gonna post my weight but I think the math is fairly easy (I'm a size 18 atm).

Turkish Delight - the running will get easier, I promise!! If you keep running 3 -5 times a week, running for longer each week, you'll probably be able to run 20 - 30 mins in 2 months or so.

Good luck!

clare076 · July 27th, 2008, 10:44 PM

hi girls,
I have 7 kgs to loose and will be doing it with the use of my trusty STGTBT recipe books and sheer will power (

)

Congratulations to everyone for you weight loss this far, I hope to share the journey with you all (although I hope the journey is a short one )

**Sequoia** · July 29th, 2008, 06:05 PM

Welcome clare!

How is everyone else going?

Latest update for me is 3.6kg lost over 7 weeks, am now 67.9kg, 65kg is my goal (pre-preg weight) but 63kg is my ultimate goal.

SG
xo

**Neenee Jellybeanie** · July 30th, 2008, 04:10 AM

I've hit a plateau after losing 7.5kgs in 6 weeks. I am stuck!! Nothing seems to be making any different so I guess i'll just have to wait it out. SIGH.

**BekZ** · July 30th, 2008, 11:28 AM

Hey Ladies,

It is time for me to get my butt into gear and loose some baby weight. DD2 is 8 months and I have done diddly to get into shape again. Mind you we have moved house and Loren is not a sleeper so I have been in a daze for a few months.

I am back to pre preg weight but not back to my original pre preg weight if that makes sense. I just can't get those last 7 kgs moving and my shape has altered so much this time round.

My first step to weight loss is giving up biscuits and sugar. From there I will cut out wheat and gluten. I have a treadmil but I am finding it hard to get on it without interuptions. I also have a preggie belly's dvd that I was supposed to use whilst pregnant but didn't of course. I watched it the other day and they seem to get moving so I will try and use this too.

Any tips and advice would be greatly appreciated

**Neenee Jellybeanie** · July 31st, 2008, 02:45 AM

I bought dumbells today! I'm hoping that'll get me off this plateau. Now I just need to figure out how to use em!

**JBM** · March 21st, 2009, 03:36 PM

lollies, doesn't sound good for weight loss, ha ha, but if it works hey why not do it.

i have come to a stand still and after loosing 2.5 kg gained about 300g in last 2 weeks. try to get back on track after AF has finished.

good luck to all

**Cherished** · March 22nd, 2009, 11:21 AM

Hi girls... I had a quick read of this thread yesterday but it didn't seem very active? Do you all touch base regularly? I did have a look on ebay at those lollipops

It reminds me of this diet book I picked up on sale a few years ago, it's called the Shangri-la diet where they recommend you drink sugar water or oil (or both) throughout the day to basically suppress your appetite... I found that the sugar water made my teeth sore and the oil made me shaky, dizzy, weak and feel like vomiting?

I just had a D&C on Friday and am now still TTC #1, before I fell pg I needed to loose 5kg and while I was pg i put on about 3 -3.5kg so I am going for an even 10kg weight loss (but I only started my ticker after I lost .5) Anyway in the past I lost about 7k one time and 9kg another time by counting calories (1200) per day which is totally easy once you learn how much everything is, and anyone who has done this would have found that you tend to eat the same food all the time anyway... You know the same items on your shopping list, cook the same meals at home etc... And it's not like you can't make new stuff, you just count it as you go and the important thing to remember is that it's not forever... Anyway I find it really easy to do but can see how some people can't be bothered. So that's what I am doing again and I would love to start exercising straight away but my stomach is sore from the op on Friday... But I can't wait to get back into it and see some results on the scales!

Good luck to you all, it seems you don't need it though as you are already getting results

I'm looking forward to you all holding me accountable for my declaration of weight loss and to sharing the journey with you all

**JBM** · March 28th, 2009, 04:28 PM

cherished :i go to a gym where they do measurements once a month and a weigh in each week, it helps me to be accountable to someone other than self.
abraham: not sure what yo asking, is it that you want to be fat ? or don't want to be ? sorry for confusion.

i've made a healthy chicken and veggie soup for tonight. should be good