Mid Year Body Transformation Challenge weeks 5 and 6

thats was nice of him to give your DS a signed hat! I bet that will be his most cherished possesion for a long time hehe

How scary was your gym experience!! Very weird about te should pain during C/S i've not heard of that!! I've never hyperventilated thankfully! Cant imagine it would be any fun. Good job on the calorie burn tho!! We didnt get to the gym last night; had an electrician from work come over to look at my stove =( one of the hot plates blew up so by the time he looked at that and i cooked dinner i was too tired and went straight to bed! (8pm lol)

Im scared to look at the Australias Next Top Model thread i dont want to know who left; i havent seen last nights ep yet haha.

Amy - don't look at the Australia's next top model thread. I just posted!

bahaha i was planning on avoiding it until tomorrow!! Thanks for letting me know DEFINATELY not to look tho hehe

Hi guys, I have had an ok day yesterday and today. For today I reduced my workload on my personal profile so I have a lower fat and calorie limit. Although sometime work is really active other times I am on my computer the whole day. What do you all use as your fat/calorie intake target?

One thing I dont get with CalorieKing is the steps thing. If you do the steps program you need to put it into your daily profile down the bottom. But it doesn't count towards any of your normal exercise. I could put in 10K or 20K steps and my calorie intake would be the same? Yet if I weren't doing the step program and put in half and hour walk in would adjust my calorie intake accordingly. Weird?!?

Yesterday and today I have been feeling a bit down. Feeling not only fat but also deprived. A bad combination. Hopefully the whole week won't be this tough. I feel a little like I will never be thin again and am just treading water. But oh well. Just have to somehow keep going. Sometimes I feel like I have come a long way then something will make me think I have been deluding myself. One of the problems is that I have changed scales since last challenge so I can't really compare my weight to then. Everyone else sounds great though so I will suck up the positive vibes. See you all tomorrow!

Hey Krys. Don't about the steps bit on CK. Can you "contact them" and ask, maybe via email? Or check out the FAQ section? I do love the fact that it does take off your expenditure. Makes you feel good, doesn't it?
i'm on lite n easy so the fat and calorie are all worked out for me. But a 1200 cal diet is pretty low, so its good for weightloss. I would also stay below 20g of fat per day. Can you imagine that Posh is on only 900 cal per day??

Gotta go.. DD just tipped the dog food bowl all over our bedroom carpet for the dogs to eat:wall:

I think with the steps thing it says to "aim" for 10k steps a day so its just like the water counter so you know what youve done, i think its just like normal steps whereas going for a half hour walk is getting your heart rate up therefor burning calories? Maybe im wrong tho...ive had those days too krys!! Although i feel like ive been exercising more eating healthier and STILL not budging any weight; and ive got a lot to budge!! Its not like im only trying to lose 1kg or anything ggrr

My calorie thing on CK is 1880 per day or something.

Lol at your DD turkish

AFM well i put my car in yesterday to get a heap done to it, one thing was getting a tow bar put on. No more then 24 hours later and someone ran up my ass bending my tow bar and scratching my car...wtf!? lol

:doh: Oh Amy. What a bummer. I hope their car's insured and won't be a hassle in getting it repaired. i hate it when the other party delays stuff or their insurance company does for that matter. Geeezzzz.

One of our dogs is quite old, so DD was helping it eat by bringing the food it to her. Well the dog ate it and i had to scrub the carpet once it was all gone.

We are toilet training DD atm, so all day yesterday i was like "do you need to do wee wees or poo poos?" DD did it 4 times in her potty and i was waiting for the poos. I had gone on the net for 2 mins, when she did her poos on the rug :wall: and then got a tea towel from the drawer and wiped her bottom with it! Don'tcha love kids??

I have been going to the gym everyday as promised and not pigging out on crap. Just eating my lite n easy meals. I had weighed in at 66kgs on Monday and now i am back down to 64.0 - 64.5kgs.

On Wednesday night, i jogged for 33mins (my longest ever) and did weights. Last night, 1 walked at an incline of 12.5% for about 25 mins and then jogged for 5 mins. I was half way through my weight training, when i had this urged to eat Weet-bix. I promised myself that if i did a little more i would go home and have a bowl. I did some more training but then gave up towards the end as the weet-bix cravings were getting to me. I went home and had 2 weet-bix with skim milk, a multigrain toast and an orange. You should have seen me scoff down the weet-bix :D

i have this dress i want to buy, but will not buy it until i get to 63kgs. i have great little bulging biceps. They are so cute and i am so proud of them. I showed the PT at the gym and he was impressed too. DH finds them impressive too. I'll have to take a photo of them and show them to you gals.

Have a good one girls...

Turkish i rang my insurance company and gave them all the details and they are taking care of my car then claiming it back off the other ladies insurance; also found out i will be footing the bill for the hire car whilst my insurance company fixes my car but can email the receipts to my insurance company and they will try claim it on my behalf; just a hassle really!!

Good job on the jogging!! Im looking at the couch to 5k challenge thinkging i might give it a go!!

LMAO at your DD and the tea towel!! Lol! She sounds precious!!

I secretly weighed myself and was back down a kilo which relieved me a little hehe although had a big lunch at work yesterday and we are doing it again today so will see how we go; although after the huge lunch i only had a little cereal for dinner as i didnt feel like much else.

Trying not to go OTT on the working out as im currently in the dreaded TWW and hoping for the best!! The last few days (maybe 4) ive been having tightening feelings in my tummy, first they started off feeling like id done a massive sit up work out now they are more like hunger pains even tho im not hungry, not sure what thats about! But thats another thread, dont want to bore you all with those details hehe

Anyone have facebook? & want to add each other? :lol:

Amy - don't you love insurance companies and the run around they give you?? It seems all in control. Hope your car gets repaired quickly enough.

i have never been on FB. I don't have an account, otherwise i would have loved it to have you as a FB friend. I hardly have time for BB at home, that's why i'm on here during the day (at work).

The C25K challenge wasn't for me as it looked tough. It's taken me 18 months to run for half an hour (just). Goodluck if you do get to do it though, quite impressive!

Oh yes, don't overdo the excercise. I hope we get some BFP news from you soon. Tightening, slight cramping feelings are good ;)

:stickyvibesgirl::stickyvibesboy:

Yeah this is month 13 of TTC so sick of getting my hopes up for nothing!

The C25K Challenge does seem REALLY intense and dont really know how ill go but im willing to give it a shot lol!! Fingers crossed i dont pass out after the first week lol

My laptop is broken (pay extra for HP laptop and it breaks within 2 years?) so im on at work too lol

Hi Ammaki - I have facebook. Will pm you the details.
Going really well this week. Hope I have lost a little. Am off to soccer tonight! Woo hoo! Doing some cycling etc but not yet jogging. I think I will next week. Fingers crossed my shins are all good by then.
Glad to hear everyone is going well and feeling motivated!

My indoor netball is over for the season! :crying:2 week break then a new season starts hehe!

I added you to FB krys!!

you can find me under ashlea-jayne . i dont want to post my surname but it rhymes with jewel and my profile pics is me and two guys looking silly!

i need more time for exercise. Work hurts me so much that exercise is always the last thing on my mind and i need to keep doing it to ramp up the weightloss.

Hi ya girls.

i've joined a new gym which is open longer than the one i was at. Shuts at 10pm weekdays :) and is open til 8pm on weekends. Has a pool, spa, sauna and is brand spanking new! It has great workout classes and the machines are awesome and all so new. I am very excited. I guess this will add to my motivation levels.

Last night went to the gym. I promised myself that i would leave after a 30 min jog, but stayed and did half of my weight program too. Walked out of the gym and the smell of PIZZA mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I was going to call home and ask if the family would like to eat pizza, but i told myself "no" and got in the car and drove home. After some Special K and a piece of toast, we went to a friends house and they had eaten pizza! She had 2 slices left, i just had 1 slice of the vegetarian and she had the other. It was yummy.

Just went to the new gym for their open day and did a 30mins body attack class and some THT work.

have a bbq to go to this arvo... I'll try and be good.

Krys - i envy you on being able to cycle. I so cannot do it.

Hello to Amy and CM and the other girls too.

Have a good day ladies..

ok I've been MIA... I'm up late... DH is snoring and I can't sleep :wall:... I've nearly posted to give myself a big kick up the backside a number of times, but haven't QUITE got there... so no time like the present! I have to write my reasons to motivate myself when I come back here & see them in the cold hard chocolatey light of day!

1. I really really really want to get back to a normal BMI and have a healthy waistline to help myself avoid getting GD again next PG - I am pure apple shape - I know my risks for GD and Type II.
2. I start work again in a few months - and I want to fit into my old work clothes and look FAB (plus it will probably be harder to try and lose weight then too)
3. Just cos I can't do the things I used to do, is no reason not to do the things I CAN do!
4. Last time I was eating great & exercising I felt FANTASTIC
5. I want to be a good role model for my son - healthy, fit, fabulous.
6. I joined this to lose weight, not to wuss out & make excuses or feel sorry for myself!

So lots of reasons why skpping the chocolate and going for something healthier is a great idea!

See you all tomorrow :D c'mon me, I CAN DO IT!

Congrats to you all for sticking it out & setting a great example for folks like me! :clap:

Those are some EXCELLENT reasons to stay on the wagon belfie hehe

Thanks Ammaki!

Well my goals for today - go for a good walk outside. Have a blueberry smoothie for morning tea (stave off naughty temptations) and a yoghurt this afternoon. Oh and to remember that exercise IS more important than housework (or combining the two - even better :lol:). And now i'll go catch up on this thread!

ETA: extra thoughts from reading thread - use pedometer, track food (duh!) using my WW online that I couldn't bring myself to cancel cos I knew i was quitting if I did that!

Oh i spent most of Sunday doing housework, i think if you get into it it is actually a decent work out hhmm i think anyway lol i hope so! I do enough of it!

Yeah I hope so too re housework. I'm grocery shopping, maybe I should walk extra fast & do bicep curls with cans of tomato!

Quesiton - does CalorieKing do the same thing as WW online? And is it free? Am I a dufus that's been paying for something I didn't need to? :doh:

Hey Belfie welcome back. Every now and then we all need a kick up the big butt.

The self confidence which comes with the weightloss is fantastic. Today, i have one black mini dress (long sleeves) with opaque tights and tight knee high boots. I honestly have not felt this good for AGES. I am loving it. People in the office are talking about me and my dress. :leap: It is great motivation.

I am one hot chick mama today!

Re CK you enter all your details and goals in and it calculates a meal plan/ calorie intake per day for you and you enter the food you eat and exercise you do and it pretty much records your calorie intake etc, worth checking out, i use it! Its got most brands of foods even take away and how many calories per serve. Love it lol. Sometimes i check a food item before i eat it and see if its worth the work out haha

woohoo Turkish!!! We must have posted at the same time hehe. :dance: thats excellent!!!

Hi guys! Good to see al of your updates. I am doing well this week despite AF arriving. I have gone under or very close to all of my calorie/fat targets by Calorie King and reached 30 mins or more of exercise. Last night we even went to Sizzler and I was really good. Only went 2g over my fat target and none over my calorie target. Woo hoo! Not sure if I will see a loss as I have been sneaking peeks but it has to come sometime soon if I keep up the good work. Soccer tonight so that should be a good workout. See you all tomorrow for weigh-in - eek!

Keep up the good work Krys :clap:

I must admit i was very good over the weekend too. I didn't have any junk food. I made the family rice pudding and i had some Lite n Easy rice pudding in the freezer, so we all indulged in rice pudding together.

I agree, tomorrow weigh in eek!

I had a complete SHOCKER. Indulged in a little ice cream and had KFC for lunch Saturday, that was probably the worst of it tho other then that i was fine. Not really looking forward to tomorrow but i know ive lost since last week! Last week was a SHOCKER. Lol

Good job for those who are going well!!

hey, i wouldn't mind a large chips and some gravy now mmmmmmmmm.
Or a pizza mmmmmm

Naughty Amy. For putting these thoughts in my head now....

NOOOOOO DONT DO IT!! Do you have a new Avi? Looks good!

My hair has been real short for over a year now. It is actually shorter than my avi. Ta.

Mum made homemade bread. Had to have some, yummmm. It was hot too. I went to the gym and ran an extra 5 mins to make up for it. I don't think it did.

I am dreading tomorrow...

Nigh nigh girls

Hi girls. Played soccer tonight but wanted to play the whole game andnot sub. Guess that means I am a lot fitter than I used to be. when I started playing last year I lasted 5 minutes and almost passed out (seriously! - very embarrassing). But I had a major clash with a guy from the other team. His shin hit my calf so I have a massive haematoma there now - very attractive!
Anyway I am not supposed to be here but in bed. Bye!

well time for me to check back in (keeping myself honest). Did 30 mins "talking" pace on the exercise bike while chatting to sis on phone, plus 2 walks (one 30 mins, one 15 mins). Ate pretty good as well! Yay!

Thanks for all the encouragement - re CK, does it do calorie thingo for BFers? That's why I liked WW, cos it adjusted for BF'ing.

TD - sounds like you looked hot!

I wore some "re-born" jeans the other day and thought I looked FAB, but when I saw the pics from the occasion and I didn't like how I looked in them at all! On the day I thought they looked awesome! So either I have a flattering mirror or an unflattering camera :doh: oh well, bit more work to do *sigh* but Rome wasn't built in a day.

Hi girls, beeen MIA I posted a big long post during th week and one blink and it was gone:doh: it was late I felt like crying and I just thought forget about it, theres always to tomorrow.....well tomorrow, bought gastro (kids which lasted the whole week, DD is still a bit dodgeey..so I have'nt excerised but have had a small 400gram loss and some cms..;) and bestest of all I am pre preggie baby DD.:dance:

Go Belfie, it's great that you are sitting down and working on what is going wrong, you must be progressing ... most would fall in a heap and give up. (puts her hand up)

Turkish sounds hot...minidress etc:pgood on you I am so looking forward to people asking if I've lost weight gives good motivation..and excited to start wearing hot mama clothes again.

Kryss, ouch, ouch there is some places that hurt sooo much more than others and that would have to be up there on the most ouchiest!!! At least you looki like a sporty chick, the only bruises I have are from baby toes digging into my thighs????

Ammaki, I have had a hungrey Jacks blow out and a few lollies, don't beat yourself up, I'II dust off with you and get into this new week. I have ytold myself I am going to excerise for 30 mins each day (thanks special K ad!!)

Hi to the other girls, hope weighs in go well, good luck for a good week this week.

Hi girls.
BD - what a rough week you hae had! LOL on the sporty looking bruises. You are right actually as you can't see the bruise at all but I have a massive swelling right where some people have big calf muscles. Ha ha when compared to my other leg though!

I had a good loss this week - 1.3kg plus two cm off my bust and three off my tummy. Woo hoo! One cm went on my hips? But I dont know if I will ever lose there cos of my shape.
Hope you all had good losses too. xo

Good morning Lovely Ladies,

Did my weigh in this morning. I'm am sitting comfortably at 64kgs. So a loss of 500gms this week, mainly off my chest :wall: which i'm hoping is my back really. I have no boobs as it is.

Went to my new gym last night and jogged for 35mins at 8.2kph. Did some weights and came home at about 9.15pm. I really don't like the new gym as there aren't as many treadmills and had to wait to get on one. The weights area has a lot of men in there and me being a female on my own doing bench presses made me real uncomfortable. I told DH and he wasn't really impressed either. I decided that i would give the new gym a few more days and if it's not for me, i'll re-join at my other gym.

Belfie - well done for yesterday. It's best to work up the exercise levels, so you don't over do it and then burn yourself out. No Rome was not built in a day. It's taken me 18 months to get to where i am and i still have probably another 6 months to go. But i realise that i MUST make exercise a part of my life to maintain my figure, otherwise i'll go backwards again. I don't know about CK and bf, but like Amy said, i always check to see how many calories there are in a food if i am contemplating on eating it.

I love skinny caramel lattes from Gloria Jeans. I found out on CK that there are 177 calories in a regular size. So not worth it. I need to jog for 18mins to burn it off. NO WAY, never again will i have it!

Krys - i know exactly what you mean about the improvement in fitness levels. It feels great. I agree. Keep up the good work. Re: pr*ck that shin hit you :angry:

Well I am back into things after being quarantined so I weighed and measured yesterday - no losses but no gains which is good.

I ran 4km on the treadmill and did some weights so I feel much better for that. I have also started doing the Weight Watchers breastfeeding program as I think I need some guidance. I was just maintaining weight with what I was doing by myself. So hopefully the second half of this challenge will see me actually lose some weight!!

Well done on the running Nai. WOW!

have not read any posts ... Have been violently since yesterday arvo! Havent been able to keep anything down, lost 4kg over night, Trill is it ok if i email you my measurements tomorrow? Hope so! Am now munching on frosty fruit ice blocks as they give me some taste in my mouth and the coolness helps my throat. Completely lost my voice! Sucks.

Have a good day ladies!

Oh you poor thing Amy :comfort:

Take care of yourself. Drink lots of water. Get some hydrolite, so you replace lost vits and mins.

Hope you start to feel better soon.

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