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Miss K, pre-season task 6 was released late last night and I just watched the video. The plan is 1200 calories for women and 1800 for men. So, if your DH is just in it for the weight loss and you're going to have access to the meal and exercise plans through your membership then that should work just as well.
Hi girls,
I've done it! I'm all geared up!!! Have new sneakers (that actually fit!), exercise clothes, a step, looking to hire/buy a second hand treadmill for those days that I just can't get out for a walk.
Next I'm off to find a heart rate monitor. From what I'm gathering the Polar FT7 seems to be the go.... anyone got one or used one? Eluned??? My exercize WBT guru??? Help!!!! :)
I've got a Polar FT60. Absolutely love it! :) they aren't reallllly necessary but I like to know stats and numbers so I got one. At the start of last round Michelle set up a special deal so you could get a discounted HRM, but keep an eye out all round because if there are sales on elsewhere you may get one cheaper still. Or do what I did and get one for free by cashing in Qantas reward points :)
Im really interested and have a sked a couple of questions before but can anyone answer a couple more for me? :)
1. How much exercise is onvolved....like will I be able to do it justice with a non sleeping 1 year old and very little IRL support?
2. The food, Im a very plain and simple eater. Could I work with that.
Dont sound very dedicated do I? I am, just cautious :)
Lily Dust, the exercise and meals plans are all set out. The exercise is 6 days a week of about one hour a session but do what fits in with you. Break up the sessions into smaller sessions. Once a week is a super session where you do about 2 hours of exercise.
The food plans are all set breakfast lunch and dinner. But there is a whole database of other meals that you can swap and choose according to your tastes, as long as they all fit into the calorie quota.
This is very interesting, i need motivation and this could be something that would work for me, I started last week just doing it myself and with the gym but i have alot of weigh to lose 50kg+ but have set my self a 20kg goal as its not so daunting. Maybe the 12 weeks with all the support that goes with it will be what i need. Will talk to DH when he gets home.
For those of you who have completed it already, how much does the food cost? We have a $200 per week food shopping budget, and we do eat fairly well, but I guess I'm just wondering if there are specific things you need to buy, or whether it is 'normalish' foods to get.
Yep normal foods. You should definitely get the weekly shop in under $200. Lots of fresh produce and the plans are set out to use similar ingredients each week so there is no wastage.
PacRakMG, last week we were given a list of pantry items that we should have available, so I bought most of that this week and it cost me about $40 extra. Obviously, I wont have to buy all of that every week as it will last a while and will just have to re-stock as needed. So I'm thinking the first shop may be more than you usually spend, but it should even out after that. I expect most of my shopping this weekend (ready for week 1) will be fresh fruit/veg, fish and lean meats. I'll be doing all my fruit/veg/fish shopping at the market which is 30min away, but I think will be well worth the trip with the savings I will make there.
I think I'm ready. I've just ordered a couple of exercise DVD's online for those days I can't get out (so I have no excuses) and my heart rate monitor arrived the other day. I've also done 2 days of the C25K running program this week to start preparing myself for the shock of all that exercise coming up!
Madham, did you end up joining? I noticed you're in VIC. The end of round finale party and exercise class with Michelle is in Melbourne on May 14th...that could be something to look forward to if you join, and I'm thinking a huge source of inspiration to keep going after that - that's why I'm planning on going!
I have been exercising while I've been on holidays, attempted to go for a run/jog/stumble the other morning but forgot how humid Cairns is during cyclone season so went to the gym instead.
Had a mud wrap today to start breaking up the fatty deposits in my body & detoxing :)
I was bad yesterday and ate things I haven't eaten in a while (like mash potato), so once I'm back home in a few days I'll be back on the healthy foods, well healthier foods, am trying to eat as healthy as possible, for instance tonight's desert was a fruit platter instead of mudcake (which i really wanted).
Yep, I've been all about the small changes. Thinking more before I shovel food in! Doing some exercise, reducing my portion sizes. I still have a couple of tasks to finish.
Really looking forward to Thursday when we get our Week 1 plans :)
Megan, I can't wait either! This week for me has been about learning to count calories (loving myfitnesspal.com) and fitting in more exercise! Since last Wed I've managed to burn 2320 calories according to my heart rate monitor! WoooHooo! :) I've been much better with my food, not brilliant, but I'm learning. My copy of the crunch time cookbook arrived today so I'm going to make some dinner from that for the next few days before the program starts!
Bring it on!!!! :)
Well done on all those burnt calories Doodlebug!! :D
I went looking everywhere for that book on the weekend and couldn't find it! Guess I will have to get it online too!
I bought a couple of exercise dvd's online last night. I remember the days when you could buy those anywhere, but I had so much trouble finding them.
It took me ages to get a copy of the dvd's too, I've only got 2 of them, the shredder one and tight, toned & terrific.
I had to order the book from borders, even book depository was out of stock!!! Borders had free shipping though!
Have you done it before? This is my first time, kind of excited and a whole lot of nervous! Did my measurements today.... not great, haven't done the photo yet.... might do that in the morning.
No, I haven't done it before so it's all new to me!
My DVD's are on order. I hope they don't take too long to get here. I bought the one that you didn't! lol and there was a Jillian Michaels one on special for about $13 so I grabbed that one as well.
Went back to the gym yesterday. It's so much easier running on a treadmill, but I feel like maybe I'm just not a runner! lol I feel so awkward!! I did half an hour of cardio before I had to go and pick DS up and only burnt 250 calories. How much exercise have you been doing to reach over 2000??
Be interesting to hear what the other MB dvd is like, the tight, toned and terrific is good but the super shredder really makes me work! Especially arms and abs! I've heard the Jillian Michaels ones are good as well.
I don't think I've run since sports at high school and that was a loooong time ago! I'm rather busty (read - HUGE!) and breastfeeding so no sports bra is going to keep these girls under control! :) I'm happy with walking! hahaha! :)
Exercise, I'll tell you what I did for the week, I keep it all written down in a trusty litte book next to the computer!
Wed - Yoga - 311cal
Thurs - Walking (1hr) - 510 cal
Fri - walk (35mins) - 284 cal. TT&T dvd - 321cal
Sat - walk (37min) - 288cal
Sun - walk (38min) - 286 cal
Mon - walk (40min) - 320 cal
Tues - Circuit Shredder dvd - 351 cal
All up - 2671cal in the week.
My weekly exercise diary looks like this:
Wednesday - Yoga (possibly an am walk, 30-40mins)
Thursday - walk. 30-40mins
Friday - day off
Saturday - walk, 30-40mins, in the am by myself, walk during the day with the kids (1 in pram, 1 on bike, usually about 45mins)
Sunday - dvd (TT&T) (possibly an am walk, 30-40mins)
Monday - walk, 30-40mins
Tues - dvd (SS) (possibly an am walk, 30-40mins)
I have 3 planned walks, 2 planned dvd's and 1 planned yoga. The rest of the time I've been trying really hard to get up that little bit earlier and go for a walk by myself. I'm finding it really theraputic and some 'me' time before the rest of the family gets up. This means I have to get up and go around 5:30am though! Early but it's then or never!
That sounds really good Doodlebug! Be prepared to up the ante on the walking though ;)
My weekly plan looks like this...
Monday am jog, pm aikido
Tuesday am bike, pm weights
Wednesday am jog, pm pump class
Thursday am bike, pm body balance class
Friday swim
Saturday aikido but I want to eventually build up to cycling to training and home again which is a 22km round trip. That's my major milestone.
My plan might change depending on what Michelle sets out for the Lean & Strong. My morning sessions are going to have to be early too before kids and hubby get up.....sooooo hard to get out of bed at 5:30am though :/
Eluned.... How much more walking can a girl do????? It's just getting light when I leave and if I get home any later I'm never going to get the morning jobs done to get ds1 to school on time.... sigh.... I suppose that's just an excuse right???? LOL!! :)
I meant more like doing something more energetic :) like jogging or intervals (walk/run/walk/run). You can burn more cals walking though by wearing hand or ankle weights. Or instead of the walking do one of Mish's outdoor programs. Just for variety and to work your body differently. Only sayin' cos I started off with walking myself and found after a few weeks, my body just got used to it and I just plateaued so had to ramp it up a notch with more intensive workouts.
Aaahhhhh... that makes sense! There will be no jogging/running in my world! I'm very well endowed at the best of times but add breastfeeding into the mix and the birds had better watch out for black eyes, not just me! LOL! :)
Might add in an extra dvd to do early when it's dark then walk after I finish that.....
Can't wait for the mealplans and everything to come out!
I got on the scales this morning and I've lost 2kg this week! WoooHooo!! I'm absolutely stoked with that, especially as my period arrived yesterday and boy it's a doozy!!!
Both of your exercise plans look great! I sat down to do mine tonight after finally getting the timetable from the gym. There are hardly any classes on at the times I can make it due to mine or DH's work. I really wanted to give the boxing class a go, it's on twice per week and I can't get to either one! I suppose it doesn't help that I live in a small town so it's only a small gym!
I was hoping to set it for the next 12 weeks, but this is what I will try next week and see how it works for us
Mon - Jog/Bike 3pm (after work)
Tues - Body Pump 5.30pm
Wed - Rest day
Thur - Jog/Bike 7am
Fri - Yoga (DVD) or Pilates at the gym
Sat - Weights - yet to figure out what time of day to fit this in!
Sun - RPM 10am
I would love to do Pilates on Friday and Body Pump saturday mornings at the gym, but I take DS swimming Fri, and then to music on Sat at the same time they're on!
Every second thursday I have mothers group, so on the week that I don't have it I will go to Body Attack at 9.30. DH works nights, so he'll be home and I'm sure he wont mind getting up for an hour to look after DS while I'm gone.
I am really struggling a bit with trying to diarise everything. Now I have to squeeze the grocery shopping in there somewhere and that's a 2.5-3 hour event for me given the travelling. I think I just have to learn to be super duper organised. I'm just feeling a bit daunted by it all tonight.
Hi girls....I just signed up too!,, I am just figuring out all I have to do.... Am fitbec on the forum there... Yay for the challenge hey!
Thanks Megan and Eluned.
Oh My, I've lost weight, even with the horrible food and too much alcohol on the weekend, I still lost.
Can't wait for the plans etc being released today :)
Well, I've been through my menu and exercise plan. Bugger not having a printer at the moment. Would come in very handy for printing the shopping list and the recipes. Really looking forward to a couple of the meals. Both DH and I are going to give everything a go at least once. Sweet potato & roast capsicum pizza and the beef with mustard mushroom sauce. Yummm
:o just signed up and I am sooooo nervous :( and confused, Im really worried I wont be able to follow the exercise and Im gonna be hungry. I know Im a whinger but Im really worried about it! Cant find anywhere to add the breastfeeding thing??
Sorry, being a thread hog here but is anyone else having trouble getting the food??? We live in a small town and 1 supermarket and lets just say there was NO variety to get a lot of the fresh produce and the cold meat (turkey somethings) cost $30...does this sound right????
To get most of the fresh food and the fish I was able to go to a market about 40 minutes away, and I've just done the rest of the shop this morning. Some things I had trouble finding or just didn't get them at all. I'll substitute for something else if I need to when the time comes to cook the meal. I bought the turkey that is pre-packaged in the fridge section for about $5. That was for 200g and I will try and stretch that out for the week.
I would have had no hope getting half the food at my local supermarket, but luckily I have the option of driving 30-40min to a bigger one where I could get most things.
I think I am going to have to start growing herbs though... they're expensive in the supermarket and never seem to last long.
Has everyone done their fitness test? I did it this morning and as expected, I am definitely a beginner! It was hard finding somewhere to do my 1km test. My lovely DH ran it first with his GPS to measure the distance so I knew where the finish was. So, I have a new goal which is to get the 1km down to the intermediate level, under 8 minutes.
I feel ready now. Weighed, measured, shopped...just need to do the before photos.
Well official weight lost today is 3.1kg (from first weigh in on Monday). I was bad yesterday as I was feeling really sick (dizzy, having trouble walking in a straight line, clammy, nauseated etc) so I didn't exercise, just went for a 4.5km walk (didn't stroll, took under an hour to get there) to the markets, walked around there for a while and then caught a tram home. So at least I did some exercise.
So I'm about to go and grab breakfast, do a load of washing and then head to the gym (15 min walk each way).
wow that's amazing weightloss... i lost 0.3kg since sunday... i guess a loss is a loss LOL. i didnt get to gym yesterday, will go today though
That's awesome Sopdet!! Hope you're feeling better today.
MamaPan, a loss is a loss! Well done. You'll find some weeks are big losses, some are small, but they all count in the end. Just wait for accelerator days! :)
I lost 800grams since Friday. Didn't do any exercise yesterday as was up all night with a sick toddler and breastfeeding DD as well! I'm going to do a Pump class tonight, Balance tomorrow, and a big 2 hour Aikido training session on Friday night.
How has everyone else gone?
Oh man, i am o kicking myself that i didn't join! The food sounds really really yum! I will follow you guys and be cheering from the sidelines, and next time round i am 100% there!
:happyforyou: Sopdet!!! Well done, honey. Thats awesome!
Mamapan- great work too, well done!
Eluned- yah for you as well!
Im struggling a bit have added the extra BFing calories and reached the quota yesterday with very little exercise but I think my milk might be dwindling :(. Im not certain but have had 2 comments on how much smaller my boobs look :dunno: DD is not a happy camper but not sure if its teeth? I was so dizzy and blacking out yesterday.
I lost 1kg since Monday.
Lily Dust, make sure you drink LOTS of water. I found last round that made all the difference to my supply. I'm finding I need to drink 2.5 litres of water a day plus extra during exercise. Try not to be alarmed about your boobs shrinking. Mine did the same last round and it was more due to overall weight loss than a drop in supply. There's a lot of fatty tissue around our boobs :) well done on the weight loss.
Well done to everyone on their great losses so far!
I have surprised myself and am actually enjoying the exercise. Struggling a bit with the dinners. Breakfast and lunch are fine. Hopefully it will get better when I have a few weeks worth of recipes and I am can change things around a bit.
Lost 2kg since Sunday, so very happy with that!
I have an added challenge coming up. We have decided to sell our house and buy something bigger and plan to have it on the market in 3 weeks, so it's going to be busy around here! The 12wbt will still be taking priority, but I don't think I'll be having much online time. :(
Megan, woohoo!!! 2kg is AWESOME :) Well done. Have you checked out the recipe index on the 12wbt site? It's under the More link right up the top in the blue bar. You could just swap the meals around by choosing something else with a similar calorie value. Good stuff on the house. We need to do the same, we're just procrastinating about putting our house on the market.
Did everyone see the Live feed tonight?
Eluned, thanks for reminding me about the recipe index! I completely forgot it was there!! I have just written my shopping list and am replacing 2 of the meals with lasagne that I am going to cook tomorrow and freeze until I need it. Will be nice to have a couple of nights where I don't have to cook. For lunches, I am just going to make up my own wraps sticking to the calories set for that day. I'm trying to keep the grocery bill down by not buying lots of little bits and pieces.
Had a big day in the garden (the work has begun to get this place on the market!) and burnt 1500 calories in just over 3 hours. I took the HRM off after that, but still worked for another 2 hours. Had my MIL up here to look after DS so we could get heaps done, so I had to take advantage of it while I could. Off to RPM in the morning, so will be interested to see how much that burns!
How did everyone go on Week 2? I lost 1.1kg, so am up to 3.1kg lost now. Happy with that, it's been a crazy week. I can't get the amount of calories burned that Michelle wants because I would be at the gym 1.5-2 hours a day and I just don't have that spare at the moment. I'm sure I'll burn about a billion calories on the weekend finishing off the yard ready to go on the market. Photos are being taken on Tuesday so there's lots to do.
Did everyone try the red curry that was on the menu plan? Yum. my favourite by far and apparently would have been DH's favourite if it had some kind of meat in it!
Hi girls,
How are you all going with the program? I'm still loving it! I'm eating healthy breaky and lunch, not necesarily on the plan coz that doesn't fit with my life at the moment, but still within the calories and doing most of the dinners, yummmm!!!! Yup, I've had requests to make the red curry one again, same with the chicken and mustard sauce and the lasagne!
Week 3 for me and I lost 1.4kg, for me that's 5kg total since 1 week pre-challenge started! Yay!!!!! :) I still have 14kg to go but it's a whole lot better than having 19kg to lose!!! After I lose the next 5kg I'll be into single digits! :) :) :)
Anyway, hope you're all having a good week and had a great weigh in yesterday!
I've lost 4kgs. last couple of weeks have been bad, not for food, doing that ok, but was out for a week due to surgery and then this last week sleep has not been my friend, like I've gone for runs at 2am to try to sleep. But a loss is a loss.
I'm trying to be as strict as I can with the food, which is always interesting on dates.