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The first week is the hardest :clap: well done everyone on a great first day!
Yawn.....I need to get a life :ROFL: was up until midnight working and normally i take that opportunity to have a little packet of chips or 3 ;) but not last night. I controlled it.
I have to buy more watermelon, apples and pears today so will be taking the 3 out of 4 for a walk to coles later. I'll have to take it slow but im going to try.
Yayyyy Sterla!!! Awesome effort!!!!! When are we walking next? ;)
So far so good today... but it still early....lol
Mel - how about Thursday? :)
dOES ANyone else have trouble with breakfast? For me its the hardest meal of the day as i have only eaten it sporadically, for so long, getting through a bowl of all bran is crazy. Then I try to add toast/yoghurt as well. Sooo fulll.
I've always eaten breakfast. Try to vary it a bit - cereal (vita brits is good), porridge, toast, yogurt, even eggs occasionally, and usually also with some fresh fruit, and lots of water :). Usually just a bowl of cereal and piece of fruit is enough, and you don't have to have heaps of cereal - however much you think you can fit is fine.
I can't do anything until I have had breakfast :lol: but maybe if you are struggling try something different. Banana smoothie, fruit & yoghurt, eggs, grilled tomato on toast, even grilled vegies are all options. You can even make some low-fat, low-sugar zucchini muffins which would be tasty.
Try to eat a little bit less at breaskfast eg, fruit and yoghurt and then have something more at morning tea if you find that it is too much and slowly work your way up to it.
well done everyone sounds like you are doing great, im using calorieking aswell and didnt even come close to my allocated calories....do you think its possible to "bank" them and use them one night a week as we have a social dinner every friday and i would like to still enjoy a meal?????
just a thought!
Dh has been supportive got me out for a walk yesterday for 40 mins and he came with me and the 2 kids in the pram was a nice family walk really... this seems to combine quality family time and exercise its great!!!
Nai- ditto on the having breakfast before doing anything else, im exactly the same
Maz- way to go! late night snacks are the hardest to resist.
sending everyone skiiny vibes:D
heres to day 2
I cant do breakfast :sick: BUT I got some shakes and im doing that for breakfast instead.
Sterla hon :DANCE: WTG!!!
Shantelle - :ROFL: skinny vibes...love it babe!!!
Can we make a deal in here though...seeing weigh in day is monday can we not mention how much weight ect we lose if we jump on the scales half way through the week? Its making me want to jump on and I really only want to get on once a week cause it plays with my head to much :(
Off to coles to try out my new bike tralier/pusher (minus the bike of course)
Too true Maz - I never jump on mid week, too depressing when nothing has been lost.
Sterla - Thursday.... I think Jahzara is coming out for a play date - wanna come to for that anyway? We can have an ABBA dancing session with the kids or something to burn calories.. lol
Just got back from a walk into town - went to the IGA, so thats about a 2km return trip. I AM BUGGERED. Carried DS on my back (so 16/17kg) and pushed the two girls in the pram. Absolutely covered with sweat - even DS complained that his top was wet when we got home. Yes son, thats cos your mum is horribly unfit and is fat to the max - so she sweats.
So that took me 45 mins- not too shabby. Kept repeating to myself - I'm not gunna die - keep going!
Am I too late to join in?
I will be honest, I don't have a heap of weight to lose but I have recently joined the gym and have managed to lose a few kgs just by doing that but I would like to lose a bit more and tone up, generally get back in shape after having my kids and improve my diet/eating habits and I think if I join in here, it will make me more accountable?
I've also got two weddings coming up and I would like to look hot(ish..haha) for those. Not often the hubby and I get a night out ;)
My DH has recently lost 25kg. I haven't seen him this fit and trim since we first met 12 years ago. I am sooooo proud of him. He is working hard and I kinda don't want to be left behind!
What do I need to do to join in? PM my weight and measurements to Krys?
Like I said, I'm already going to the gym. I try really hard to go 3 days a week but with the kids, sometimes that doesn't happen if DH isn't around. They do have a creche but it gets expensive if I have to keep using it. Generally Mondays I do cardio, a bit of weights, treadmill etc. Wednesday I do a Fat Burner class and Saturday mornings I do a Pump class. Thinking of ditching my Monday work outs on my own and swapping it for a Combat class cause I think that will give me a better work out, but I must admit I'm not much of a fan.
Things I need to do: Start eating proper meals instead of just randomly snacking. Especially breakfast. I find I don't eat a lot because I tell myself I'm too busy with the kids etc. I also need to start drinking a LOT more. I can go a whole day with one glass of juice or a cuppa. Really, really bad for you. I will also cut out the juice and switch to water with lemon/lime. I will try to cut out junk like chocolate etc but I don't eat a lot of it to start with really. Will also make more of an effort to ensure I'm getting to the gym regualarly. Even if I have to ask MIL to mind the kids for me for an hour or so :rolleyes:
I can't do anything until I eat breakfast either. We usually do porridge, weetbix or toast.
Last night I caved and had two bowls of icecream :redface: I blame my tooth and having only eaten soup yesterday.
So as soon as DD finishes feeding we are off for a walk to IGA to grab some more bread and milk. It's just over 3km round trip and I'll be pushing 28kg of pram, toddler and baby!
Maz, I avoid jumping on scales mid week as well. I'd rather see a decent loss once a week than piddly little losses daily (if there is a loss!).
I am not a breakfast person either. So I have been having a miget bit of cereal with no fat milk. Like only half a cup to start with with ym cup of tea then have an early morning tea. Dinner time is the hardest for me as I like to eat a huge dinner and stopping snacks is hard to just for something to do not as I am hungry.
Maz: Good idea - I usually try not to weigh myself more than once a week, definitely won't from now on :) I know what you mean about it playing with your head.
Mel: Sounds good for Thursday :) As long as you don't mind Oliver and I crashing ;).
Is there an icon for falling down and dying????
Mel - I did the same...walked a 4km round trip to so the shopping. I cant tighten the wheel on the front of the pram trailer so it kept stering rightways but OMG so much easier to push then the pram (and I thought the P and T was great)
Mario is hone and he told me he was hot and sweaty...nah kidding love :lol: you dont wanna know were the sweat is on mummy atm
Im itching to get my bike now so I can put them on the back and go for a wittle ride
oh and for those interested in a pram/bike trailer...I got mine for $100 of ebay plus $25 postage BRAND NEW!!!! It is friggen awesome!!! Heaps of 'boot' room kids are safe, there's a wet weather sheild for rainy bags, pockets inside for their stuff and their feet are protected int his little foot well thing.
I got so many comments and people pionting at us that I was gettinga complex...surely my butt isnt that big :lol: but then maybe they were pointing at the monkey's in the pram ;)
Girl, you're one of my closest friends down here - as if you could "crash" anything :shakehead::
Brekkie is my favourite meal of the day! My DH thinks I have a cereal fetish....I just like to be able to choose.
DC heaps of good suggestions, but you can also throw your all bran into a smoothie with yoghurt, banana and milk.
Mel lol at the wet top - DD has just started to learn about sweat...we have it by the bucket loads up here.
Maz, how'd the trailer go? ETA I've got that one! With the wheel, untighten it and then fiddle until you can get the screw right in the hole that's there (the wheel doesn't fit right to the top like it looks like it should). Once you can get it into the hole it goes all the way to the back of the bar and stops the understeer :D
Kell babe, feeling any better?
Mildez I hear ya on the big dinner and snacks thing. My DH weighs 2x what I weigh and sometimes i can eat as much as him.
Eluned, hope your tooth is feeling OK soon mate.
I'm another no breakfast, huge dinner girl, I really have to change that!
Yesterday was pretty good food wise, but today I went and saw my two nephews and they had made me home made pizzas for lunch, I couldn't say no! So will have to have a super healthy dinner now!
Well we haven't made it on our walk. I was getting the pram out of the car boot and DS got his finger caught in the pram as I was unfolding it :( have been to the doctors who thinks it may have a fracture so now just waiting for my mum to come watch DD while I get DS xrayed! Such a drama. Hopefully we will get out for a walk later this afternoon once everyones chilled! Thank goodness I've got dinner going in the slow cooker, at least I don't have to worry about that.
so fa today ive been really good but despeartely(sp?) trying to avoid sweet things so i just sniffed the nutella instead of eating it and im kinda thinking now was a bad idea to buy oreos over the weekend shop and never ate them now they just stare at me from the cupboard everytime i go in there.
Eluned- i hope your Ds is ok poor little thing.
Kim- i know what you mean about the sweat up here its ridonkulous.
maz- deal i dont jump on the scales any other day but weigh in day aswell but desperately fighting the urge to.
willow- your not too late pm krs your details shes away this week though but will add you to the list when she returns
well im off to think about my afternoon snack.....im thinking watermelon!!
Wow, this thread id moving soo fast!!!
I am feeling so much better today. I have had a good day but I'm so hungry, I think my body is trying to catch up on the day and a half of food it's missed!!! LOL!
I have had some porridge for breaky, a persimmon, some zucchini/veg slice with salad, half a piece of leb bread with vegemite and a coffee. And lots of water. Will be having some homemade lasagne and salad for dinner. So I'm doing well for today so far, but I have got some serious munchies. I am going to have to have some huge self restraint!!! Not that I have anything much in the house to eat! I will have some fruit and a cuppa tea.
Probably won't be doing any purposeful exercise, but DH and I have been sanding and removing some wall paper boardering in the kids room to paint before we move. I need to do some more serious cleanig too, so I think that's good enough exercise for today!
WTG to everyone who is dragging their kids around!! I will really get into the exercise side of things when I finish work and have time to get out and purposefully exercise. With organising moving and working at the moment, besides everything else I need to do...things are a bit hectic!
can't keep up with you girls!!!! well i posted on my facebook yesterday about the 12 week challange and all i got from my friends was negative talk :( they just keep saying if you lose that my weight there will be nothing of you!! and the comments of oh you don't need to lose weight.
Well if i didn't need to lose weight then why can't i fit in ANY of my old clothes i used to wear?? all i can Bl**** fit in is tights:wall: end of rant.
Just got back from an hour long walk pushing DS in the pram... Definitely a good work out - I am so hot and sweaty and red. Gross!
About to sit down to a nice piece of grilled steak and salad.
I'm finding my pants getting bigger on me around the belly and slightly around the backside.
My attempts to help decrease a little are going to include walking at least 10 000 steps a day (I have a pedometer to help with this) and doing the wii challenges. Am intending to also do remember to drink between 2 and 3 L of water a day - between 3 & 4 750ml Pump water bottles - I used to drink it easily. My other thing will be to try to remember to reduce my evening meal portions.
need to edit what I eat for breakfast (bacon & egg mcmuffin :redface:) don't usually have time to eat at home by the time I sort out DS in the morning before CC and I really really don't want to get up any earlier, especially as DS is still waking reasonably frequently o/night.
I've been sooo good all day, can't wait for dessert though - frozen low fat yoghurt (instead of ice cream)
I'm sure I worked off a lot of calories today yelling at DS... :think:
The weather is helping me steer clear of sweet treats tonight. There's nothing in the house, but the weather is far too wet and stormy to go to the supermarket. Will have to settle for a cup of tea, lol.
yummo i love frozen yogurt! i cleaned out my wardrobe today to distract myself from wanting to comfort eat. the good bit is there were some clothes in there that actually fit since i tried them oo last time. have also packed away my maternity wardrobe for next time.
Gabber Queen dont worry about people like that - people have in the past asked me how i can possible need to lose almost half my bodyweight - they might not be able to see it but it is all there!!
Crap day. Crap shift at work, didnt leave til 6:45 when it was p'ing down rain and have come home, exhausted, probably not going to jump on my wii. going straight to bed and i will make up for it it tomorrow.
well done to everyone else.
Hi Girls!
Hi Gabberqueen - just ignore those comments, when I did Weight Watchers 5 years ago I got the same comments, I learnt it was people who were just jealous of you lol - I used to get, if you lose any more weight there'll be nothing left of you, yeah right, once I lost 8 kgs I was right in the middle of my healthy weight range, if I wanted to I could've worked harder and lost even more but I was being realistic. Just ignore them, that just makes me more determined to lose it!! :)
Hi Natty - I did some cleaning to distract myself too and feeling good that I haven't eaten any crap today. I too have been walking every day for an hour, feels good to be trying doesn't it girls!
Hi Everyone else - remember stay strong, and every little bit counts, I'm aiming for 500 grams a week, that's a good amount to lose, you're likely to keep it off that way - but of course any extra is a bonus hee hee.
Gabber - I continulously get told I dont look like i weigh what I weigh when I tell them...I get its because your so tall and big boned...still makes me feel like crap and I hate lugging around all this lard!
Im contemplating going to kmart and picking up my bike tonight....their open until 12 :)
Thanks for the support guys, all the comments really got me down and i actually went off at them :o i never do that!
Well done everyone on the efforts so far, you are all such an inspiration! I've been doing ok, my food is better than usual but still needs refining. I managed a walk today, a brisk walk for 40 mins which is how long it takes to walk to my mum n dads. I would have walked home again but it was too dark. I have a walk date with a friend tomorrow and will hope on the Wii when masterchef is over :)
I need to do more exercise and sort my eating cos I have a wedding this weekend, so I feel I am in danger of falling off the wagon.
Keep up the hard work and inspiration everyone :)
Woo everyone! Day two is almost over :)
I am officially pooped. Today exercise wise: 45 min walk to bank for work (not heaps fast or anything, but enough to get my heart rate up!), 45 mins cleaning the office (definitely worked up a sweat mopping and vacuuming!) and an hour of Zumba at the gym... Liz & I unknowingly walked into the "masterclass" - it was go go go, they didn't even go thru the steps just straight into the dances! But it was fun, felt a bit silly but I think I'll go again..... maybe....
Food wise: usual breakfast for me - wholegrain weetbix and skim milk, lunch - tuna sandwich on rye and dinner was burrito's with lots of vegies and some beans in the meat mix, VERY yummy.
Fingers crossed all this work gets me a result!!!
Maz - You got me wanting to get back bike riding now.
Sounds like everyone is doing really well :).
I had a good day. Dh wanted pizza for dinner so I had a domino's biggest loser chicken, tomato & oregano pizza. I did 30 minutes exercise. I will hopefully do more later this week. I have both kids sick so they are very clingy and unsettled.
Good luck tomorrow guys :).
Good morning my lovelies
I ended up having a good day yesterday I went for a 45 min walk and did 30 mins of my new pilates DVD whichbis really good and then ate a healthy dinner.
I need to increase my water intake though.
It must be my turn to be sick today though, I feel like crapola, so there won't be much exercise today, but stleadt I don't feel like eating.
Keep up the good work everyone!
my bad today.... its raining. had the girls bag packed for creche i was all ready for gym, dressed etc. then saw it was raining. thought i will just wait til it settles down.. nope its still going. i just could not be bothered putting two kids in their car seats plus bags, then out of car seats etc when we get there walk through rain, be all wet for class. so not going.. :-(
today has been a good one.
had an apple and 3 pieces of cheese, lol for morning tea.
done 40 min on wii. the obstacle course is hillarious..
stupid remotes died so am having a rest thinking i may actually go for a jog outside or maybe walk to work :S but its the walk home at 6 pm thats the issue.
Wow! You ladies are all doing a fantastic job! I should have logged on yesterday and it might have inspired me a bit more...
I have not had a good start to the challenge as we have been busy painting and gardening and getting the house ready to sell, so until today I had done no scheduled excercise but a fair bit of physical work over the last 2 days. My diet was pretty crappy as well :redface:
I am not giving up though, I have started fresh today! Started the day with a 5km walk and then popped into woolies to stock up on lots of fresh fruit and veg and healthy snacks. I will have a go on the wii fit later and then we have another 5km walk tomorrow morning and then swimming on Friday so hopefully I will see some results this week even after my awful start :crossfingers:
Well done to all of you who have been having such a great week so far..I will be sure to log in daily to read your updates to keep me inspired :)
Hi everyone
Wow - what an inspiration you all are with your exercise! I haven't managed to fit any in since the weekend - slack I know. But I am doing very well sticking to my calorie king eating plan. I am having trouble eating all of the calories each day as well. But I am not stressing about it - I figure if I am not starving myself but eating 3 meals and 2 or 3 snacks a day why eat the extra calories if I am not hungry? That just doesn't make sense to me. I am trying to listen to my body more and only eat when I am actually hungry (not thirsty or bored or the clock tells me I should eat)...
Anyway, I will try to overcome the fatigue I have felt these last few days and get out do some exercise in the morning. I won't have any time during the day since I am running interviews all day tomorrow and probably won't finish until after 5 some time - too dark for walking then.
Take care all. I can't wait to see how well we have all done by the end of week 1 - almost halfway!
Whoo hoo day 3!!! Today was my last day of work for the week :) so it will be harder from here on in to resist snacking AND I am hosting my mothers group tomorrow and we always eat lots! On the plus side I have just been for and hour long walk with a friend - and even managed a hill or too! I HATE walking up hills so I was proud of myself. I measured my walk yesterday using shapemate and it was about 2.9km so that was good - I will have to leave home earlier so I can walk both ways. I can't get on to measure tonights walk but hope if was over 4km as we walked non stop for an hour!
Chez67 - good work on the eating plan - I might go and check out calorie king myself.
Happy Chick - well done for starting fresh - I think its the ability to do that that helps most in the long run. And i'm sure the work of getting the house ready has burned lots of calories :)
oops crying bubba - well done to all others :)
gotta go