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Turkish - Thanks for sharing your story. I used to be really thin when I was in an active job. It led to bad eating and I piled on the weight when I left. Then lost it all when I went to Indonesia for 6 months, then put some on then lots on when I got pg. Up and down since then. I totally understand what you have been through. So tough.
Black duckies - more the merrier!
Cookie - Awesome loss - well done!
My day today has been ok
Steps: Around 10,000 plus 30mins bike ride with DS (add 16kgs)
Bfast: Wholemeal toast with baked beans and a little bit of cheese
Mtea: 1/2 coffee with soy milk
Lunch: wholemeal toast with avocado and miso soup
Atea: peppermint tea
Dinner: tom yum soup plus pad thai (but didn't eat too much of the noodles)
Other: peppermint tea, aero choc bar, 5 bikkies plus light dip and olives.
Take care all.
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Great loss cookie!! Keep it up
Heya blackduckies; you're not tooooo late hehe 3 weeks is nothing! Welcome aboard! Goodluck!
:hello: Big HELLO to everyone else lurking! I hope everyone is out working out, too busy to post!
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Welcome Pam. We are all a very friendly bunch and offer each other support and advice through this journey.
I went to the gym last night and jogged for 33 minutes straight! I was so proud of my achievement as the most i could ever do was about 28 mins. i dedicated the last 3 minutes to you guys. So thanks for your support and the kickup the bum!
CM - that is fantastic weightloss. As the figures on the scales move down it is great motivation. Keep on doing what you have been doing.
Amy - my problem areas are my hips and thighs. being of Mediterranean descent we are "hippy" women. i have no boobs whatsoever and never had. So i am top skinny but have a heavier bottom - which DH sometimes refers to me as JLo. The PT told me that walking is the best excercise for weightloss. Do as much as you can, but remember not to hold on to the sides of the treadmill. I used to walk at an incline of about 5% at 6kph whilst holding onto the treadmill and the PT told me that i was only doing half a workout by holding on. She said to reduce the speed and not hold and gradually build up the speed. Now i can walk at an incline of 12% at 5.5kph and not hold on. Incline walking is also great for weightloss. Geez, you have PT friends and not asking for help? :rolleyes: I'd be at them ALL the time. You will notice faster weightloss with a written program. i love doing ab work too. i do a class twice a week, but the thing is other people are complaining about how sore they are and i'm there thinking, why aren't i sore? I must not being it properly??? If you can do sets of 20 situps, then well done. I can't even get up without holding onto my thighs for support. I am so unfit. i love being able to feel the soreness in your body from the workout you did, i esp. love the ab soreness. I have an apron belly from my pregnancies which i'd love to get rid of but it doesn't seem to budge.
Sas - i was a chubby kid too and unfortunately my son is too. He doesn't like to excercise at all. He gets teased at school for not being athletic, as i was as a kid.
Maintaining it will be difficult, as they say, losing it is easy, maintaining it is difficult. It really is a life long battle of the bulge. I have either skinny photos or really fat photos of me. People at work couldn't believe how skinny i was when i took in my skinny photos once (whilst i was 80kgs at the time). I'd love to just remain skinny..
Krys - having a sedentary job doesn't help, i hear you. You've eaten really well yesterday. Good on you.
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I went to the gym last night did 25 minutes walking a 5km then 10 minutes on the cross trainer (that thing kills my legs almost gave up at 5mins but pushed though!) Back on the treadmill and 4.5km to cool down my legs then did the sit up machine thing. With the sit up machine thing (thats it technical name btw hehe) you're not fully lying down but kind of on an angle then you HAVE to use your abs to sit up, i find if i do them on the floor i tend to use my arms to yank my head up then i sit up lol or i wedge my feet under something and use my legs to lift me up lol this machine doesnt let you cheat!! The people i know that are PTs arent close friends IYKWIM like we dont talk that often so i felt rude just ringing them randomly for PT advice lol totally agree with the feeling after doing ab workout i just feel like its tightening and i feel like im getting somewhere haha
State of origin tonight so not sure if we will make it to the gym!
Currently munching on some cornflakes for brekky. Good or bad? Hhmmm
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