Michelle Bridges 12WBT

Hey all, great work!

Doodlebug - that bike ride will get easier & easier each time you do it.

Pandora - You are still burning calories that you wouldn't otherwise do! Keep at it & maybe add some walking in??

My body is aching from all the muscles I haven't used for sooo long. It hurts to walk! I am down 1.4 kg from last weigh in, which I am happy about, hope to keep up those type of numbers. Gotta up my water intake - I am leaving a filled water bottle on my kitchen bench so I can sip it during the day. For some reason if it is right in my sight I'll drink no worries!

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As of today if my scales are correct Im actually down 800g. Which is not bad considering I havent been doing all the exercise I could be.

What dvd's do you guys recommend doing? Im trying to organise my schedule so I can do a few classes and I have a treadmill on layby so for now Im sort of stagnating.

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DVDLand have Mish's 3 DVDs for less than $40.

I've lost 600g but haven't been eating as well as I could/should.

Today is going to be a killer gym session even if I can't find my watch for my monitor. I've got today off work, so very shortly (after breakfast - yeh I know it is after 10am & I've not eaten breakfast - didn't wake up until 9, didn't get to sleep until 2) I'm going to get into my gym gear and go do a saturday workout.

Need to get my meditation / exercise / work routine happening again.

Omg, I am so so very hungry!!

Drink some water when you feel hungry.

I have the opposite problem, the main meals are enough for me, I rarely have the snacks. I had to push myself to have breakfast today, lunch will probably be a modification of Monday's lunch (have run out of turkey so just having the avo & sprouts). Tonight Pandora & I are having dinner together :)

I am hungry this arvo. I was super full from lunch but have just made myself a yummy Jarrah hot choc to get rid of the hunger!
Maybe give of those a try :)

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I am hungry this arvo. I was super full from lunch but have just made myself a yummy Jarrah hot choc to get rid of the hunger!
Maybe give of those a try :)

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those rock :)

Thanks for the tip enchanted! Will pick up some of those tomorrow.

I am hungry but fighting my way through it, it is mainly now when I am used to snacking..... I use the snacks b/c I have large gaps between mealtimes - like 6 hours

you can still have snacks, you're allowed 300 cals a day of snacks, maybe plan some for after dinner.

It's normal to feel hungry for the first 2-3 weeks, expect to.once your metabolism starts working more efficiently and your vlood sugar levels are a bit more balanced you won't feels as hungry.
If you want to a chromium supplement (a few brands make them, blackmores have one) can help.

Anyone struggle to hit high calorie workout today? I did an RPM class and only hit 370 cals. I did take it a little easy b/c I have had some issues with feeling dizzy if I push myself too hard. Do you think I should workout tomorrow?- I won't be able to do anything else today.

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you can still have snacks, you're allowed 300 cals a day of snacks, maybe plan some for after dinner.

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I tend to have my snacks between my meals during the day. I'll look at breaking them up a bit more. Most of the time I can cope at night. It is when I am bored or from habit. I have to say my ironing is up to date as I used that as a distraction not to eat!

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It's normal to feel hungry for the first 2-3 weeks, expect to.once your metabolism starts working more efficiently and your vlood sugar levels are a bit more balanced you won't feels as hungry.
If you want to a chromium supplement (a few brands make them, blackmores have one) can help.

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What does chromium do?

It helps balance blood sugar. The Blackmore one is called 'sugar balance' stops cravings etc

Thanks for that. I am going to try to push through them & if no good by next week will get some.

Just did my shopping for the week! Was a little more expensive than last week, but very excited to get cooking!

Me too kimmi! Are you following the meals every night? I am only cooking for myself so I just pick two or three meals, this week I am making the Thai pumpkin soup, the pork and the fish. Yummm, can't wait! I buy a salad for lunch so don't buy the full weeks worth of food. This week I got some snacks though so I don't get as hungry, I got a 6 pack of yoghurt and the jarrah hot chocolates, and a pack of skinny cow icecream.

Treat meal tonight! It's my birthday on Tuesday so we are having a family dinner :) I didn't get time to do the SSS, which is annoying me so badly! That with my birthday dinner I am not expecting great numbers this week, but hopefully it will still be an ok loss.

I'm doing that with the lunches making 2-3 for the week.
Dinners, some DH and the kids will have too (stir fry for example) other things he won't eat like soups.

The next two weeks will be hard budget wise. I will be going through the recipe index as well as the crunch time cookbook and finding things we have most of the ingredients for already and sticking to those.

same here, today was close on $250.
Have made my chicken for the week, yet to do the zucchini. Lovin' the broccoli soup, surprisingly! Have frozen it in tall tupperware tumblers to take to work during the week. Bought some snags for DH & DS1 to eat with the zucchini bake, and made them up a pasta with chicken, tomato & bean sauce with leftovers from last week.

Suspect lots of celery for snacks this week.

I've been reading lots of good feedback about the broccoli soup. I haven't made it yet, but this and a couple of other soups might be my life saver over the next 2 weeks. We're moving house in just under 2 weeks, and I'm struggling to get my head around planning, and preparing meals when I have a million other things to do. I've made a couple of things that have been easy, and I've cooked a few basic meals I usually make but just making sure I have the right portion and count calories (wow, was I eating too much at dinner time!).
Exercise is the one thing I have been doing well at. Surprisingly, I am in the intermediate group after beating my 1km time trial from round 1 by 2 minutes. I am loving the exercise, way more than I did last round. I think it's because I know I can push myself that much more now. Last round, I was scared to do the 1000 steps, now I can't wait to get down there to do it. So far, for this round I have lost 1.3kg.
If I can get through these 2 weeks without a gain, I will be happy and any loss will be a bonus.

Kazbah - $250 :o Was that including all the normal extras though!?!

I spent $127 today which included nappies and a few extras. I already had the chicken in the freezer and a few herbs here but I got everything else on the shopping list from the 12WBT.

Kazbah, do you go by the same name on the 12wbt forums?

2.25 kilos lost, whoop! Whoop!

Yah Pandora!!!!!!!!! And you were stressing so much!!!!!

I've lost 1 but I've not exercised in the last few days, flat on my back with a cold, even walking around the house makes me almost pass out.

i've only lost 100g so hopefully it's cms that i'm losing as i know this is what happened when i was seeing my pt a couple of yrs back i lost cms first then the weight

IM one of the girls I used to work with was the same. Inches dropped first then weight after a few weeks.

I've lost 10cm off my navel and 6cm each from my hips & waist, yay!

Bugger, I gained 800g... It was my bday yesterday and df baked me a cheesecake and we went out for Thai for dinner. A bit dissapointed as I followed the plan perfectly the entire rest of the week and trained every day. Ah well, there is always next week. I am thinking about swapping my gym membership back from df, I think I need to train harder as I am getting around 350 cals burnt using the DVDs.

Which DVD Appletree? I get around 350 from the cardio one but over 500 doing the super shredder one.

I'd say based on what you said that it's just having the meal on the day you had it thats caused the gain rather than you eating it at all, does that make sense?
I think there's a reason why weigh in day is positioned at the opposite end of the week to the treatmeal

Awesome work Pandora!

Sopdet - Good work still losing considering you are so unwell. I hope you feel better soon

Iona - A loss, is a loss & you are right - cms matter the most I reckon!

Appletree - Happy Birthday! Your dinner makes me crave Thai! (I love Thai). Good to see you know what your downfall was this week. I don't burn alot of calories either - I think max. has been 450cal at the personal trainer. Harder to burn more calories if you are fitter too. What training plan are you on? GL for next week.

AFM - I lost 1.4kg, so am happy with that.

The drugs are kicking in!!!!!!!!!!! I'm feeling human again.

appletree - you need to do what is best for you re your exercise, if taking over the gym membership is the way to go, then do it. I find that I don't push myself as hard as I could with the DVDs, whereas I do at the gym.

I'm contemplating joining the bootcamp near me, for Saturday sessions. Won't be able to do it until after the long weekend. If I get this temp assignment in the city (that I should find out about today or tomorrow), I will go back to walking the 4.5kms home every day, might even try doing a session at the gym in the mornings.

Saw on TV the other night one of the gym equipment places was having a sale, $1,500 for a treadmill & they were throwing in a bike for free. If I had the room in my place I was seriously considering it, if I didn't need a study/spare room I was going to turn the 2nd room into a gym, but I really don't want my uni stuff/desk in the louneroom & there isn't enough room in the bedroom for the desk since I have an extra cupboard just for my shoes :rofl:

Sopdet, do you know which gym equipment place has that deal? I'm thinking of buying a treadmill.

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Sopdet, do you know which gym equipment place has that deal? I'm thinking of buying a treadmill.

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Sorry, can't remember :(

830 calories burned today.
C25K week1 day1, plus tonight i did Just Dance on wii at my cousins place. I'm so glad I wore my HRM because I never would have thought I could burn that many calories dancing!

Great work pandora! I haven't done SSS yet, am hoping to get time tomorrow...

I'm not really liking any of this weeks foods, anyone else struggling?

appletree - yeah, I avoided alot of her foods from this week, but I have a coupld of low fat recipe books that have the calories already worked out & I just chose some from there & previous weeks foods that I liked.

I've been picking recipes off the last round's menus that I know I like. Doesn't help I've been sick and craving comfort food (ok comfort food for me is sourdough bread with free range leg ham or chicken noodle soup). I got to the gym once this week, it nearly killed me, 20 mins on the bike and the last 5 of that I was fighting throwing up, but I burnt 440 cals so am happy.

Need to do some study today and then will do a DVD.

I'm away next weekend so will have to make sure I get a lot of exercise in this week because I know I won't be following the food properly next weekend, am taking gym gear with me and will utilise the hotel gym and also go for a jog.

I didn't do SSS this weekend. Saturday was a crazy day & night for me, so I planned to do it Sunday but I only did one of MB's DVD's. Might have to do a 'double' session Tuesday

I made the Thai pumpkin soup tonight, tons of left overs for future meals, and it is very filling, I found it to be quite salty though, I probably didn't read the recipe too well though!

For SSS we did a 3 hr bushwalk with me carrying ds in the ergo. Ouch! There were some huge hills in there and my butt and legs ached!! I only burnt 650 cals though, I was hoping it would be more... Next time I will try for 750 :)

I made the pumpkin soup from crunch time and added coriander nutmeg and substituted sweet potato for some of the pumpkin and it's awesome!

Exercise is less successful though, im sleeping through my alarm and finding the first time I have to do a DVD is 11pm at night because DH won't turn off the tv and let me have the lounge room, ad we only have 1 DVD player.

Yay got in a DVD tonight, just. But I doubt Im going to be able to get up in the morning to run now.
Still, smashed out 555calories.

And on that, Im a bit confuzzled. I thought as I lose weight and exercise, Id be burning less calories each eorkout, but Im burning more doing the same DVD each time? How does that work?

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Yay got in a DVD tonight, just. But I doubt Im going to be able to get up in the morning to run now.
Still, smashed out 555calories.

And on that, Im a bit confuzzled. I thought as I lose weight and exercise, Id be burning less calories each eorkout, but Im burning more doing the same DVD each time? How does that work?

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Pandora, maybe ur pushing urself that xtra bit each time so raising ur heart rate to burn more

Not sure if everyone has joined to FB page, so just posting to see if anyone needs some support?