I'm 10kg overweight and don't know where to start

[kelebek]

you have taken the first step Tan, admitting that you need to loose weight. I don't think it matters if you have to loose 2 kg or 20 kg's by admitting that you need to you are on the way. I personally had about 30kg's and am down to about 26 kg according to the BMI thingy.
I have started Weight watchers but what I have really done is cut down on all the crap. I don't have butter on my sandwhichs for instance and have switched to low/skim fat milk/cheese/yoghurt (while keeping the full fat for DS of course). It is a major hassel as it is more expensive but in the end if spending more $$ will help me loose weight then it is something for me and it just has to be done. Have in season fruit around, it is tastier and it is just as quick to grab a pear or banana as it is to get biscuits. Clear the house of chocolate and get some hot chocolate drinking powder for that chocolate hit. I have discovered corn thins which are great when you want that chip crunch, they are tastier then rice cakes as well.

As with anything it it has to be 1 step at a time, try and get to the park every 2nd to 3rd day and build it up to more often, take baby steps with your food and you will start to see some results (oh doesn't that sound easy wish it was that easy)

[Nadine216]

Oh Hell hun, you and me both!!! I also have exactly 10 kg to lose, will be happy with 5kg, extatic with 13kg!!!! I'm 170cm (about 5.6") tall and currently weighs around 79kg .. naked in the morning ... after a wee My BMI is 27.5 *eeeeeek* and my height/weight thingy says I have to be 63kg, which for me I personally think is a bit to low seeing that I'm rather big-boned I would love to be no less than 65kg, no more than 70kg. And I want to fit into the same number on the bottom as I am on top .. that would be a 36. BTW I'm a pear Most of my curves are in my bootie

I also find it hard to motivate myself. I've joined the local Curves and like it, but have not noticed any change yet .. I've been curving for only two weeks go figure not change yet, but I wanted to SEE something already. I want my flat belly back

I'm eating like a hog. I have cereal and coffee for brekkie, coffee, coffee, coffee, cooked lunch (meat, starch, veggies) and quick meals for dinner (sausage & chips, bread, bread and more lovely bread ) and then, my favorite, late night snacks .. yummo. Ice-cream, hot milk, white chocolate, bread with peanutbutter and syrup, anyting sweet not being guarded.

I am disgusted with myself. I was so fit and trim before ds, have gotten my body back the way it was before dd, dare I say even better. And now I know what a HUGE job it is to get back into shape and the dicipline it takes to say NO to choccies and ice-cream and I just dont have energy to do that atm. I'm also on PND meds, so we are in exactly the same boat.

You are not alone ....

[Matryoshka]

Thanks for the replies!

This week has been a write off, myself and the boys have been sick.

Tomorrow we go food shopping though and my aim is stick to the list and totally skip the snack aisle. I'm going to start slowly and aim to go around the park 3 times next week.

Does anyone know, do i have to walk fast to burn fat? or will it still be of benefit if we stroll? because otherwise i'll have to take the double stroller, because my toddler walks pretty slow. Which might actually be a good idea because pushing both of them is about 20kg!

Nadine, i am similar, 165cm = 70kg. At my slimmest i was 50kg but i would be happy with 60kg... Considering i've had 2 kids and a hard year last year i'll be kind to myself Are you wanting to cut down on coffee? whenever i miss a cup i get irritable and a headache, as soon as i have coffee i feel better....

kelebek, thats great, do you use anything else instead of butter?

Turkish delight, i've looked at tony ferguson, i think i'd be too hungry on that... i think i just need to try to moderate what i'm eating. Thats fantastic about the 15kgs, youve done so well!

Okay so i'm going to do this!

[boobaloo]

tan - a few of us have become weight loss buddies, we start on monday and will be blogging progress, eating, excercise etc. come join us!!!

my blog thing is in my sig, so if you subscribe to it, we can all offer encourgement on there!!

[kelebek]

I don't have spreads on my bread anymore, ie vegimite/peanut butter etc... I tend to make tomotoe/cuecumber/extra light block cheese sandwhichs in an effort to fill me up more, I find that more satisfying then a vegimite sandwhich iykwim? so I either don't have anything or sometime will have hommus (hommus and tomato on toast is yummo for breakfast) or avocadoe (again great with tomato on toast ) or you can get extra light cream cheese I think it's like 5% fat or something so a lot less fat then anything else out there.


Umm with the walking, you said you were going to go 3 times a week maybe let your toddler walk 2 of the 3 in the first week and then only 1 the 2nd week, maybe you could build up doing a lap and then letting him play for a bit before heading home?


15kg's is a great effort TD. You are now my official inpsiration and I will keep it in mind everytime I doubt myself

[Nadine216]

This week's a miss for me too But I was not sick, just tired!!

Are you wanting to cut down on coffee?

Not really, I drink de-caff. It's just that each cup is one sugar and loads of whole milk hehehe, different from before when I only drank rooibostea without sugar or milk ... need to get back on that gravy train

To burn optimum fat you need to excercise at about 80%. That, for me, means that my heart rate should not go up more that 27 beats in 10 seconds. I'm 28 years old. So strolling might be good, but I'll go one day stroll, the next brisk ... something like that. They (whoever they are) say that you are walking "fast" enough when you can still carry a conversation, without sounding like a racehorse.

Goodluck for the week!!

[MantaRay]

Tan, I think the secret is baby-steps. Make one change at a time, and make it part of your routine before moving on the next thing. Maybe alternate a food change with an increase in exercise. And don't be hard on yourself when you slip up!

Boobaloo - you really don't look like you need to lose 20kg!