Month one: Mid-2010 weight loss challenge

Well I am excited about today. I am about to have a boiled egg on fresh bread and a nice skinny cappuccino from a cafe - I loooove coffee! For lunch I am going to have a salad with olives and light dressing. Dinner I am not sure about yet but I have a soccer game tonight which I am really looking forward to. I will also have some fruit snacks during the day as we have so many perfect passionfruits at the moment.

For snacks - my favourites are definitely fruit. Even when I don't feel a whole lot like eating it I always feel great after. I also really like peppermint tea.

good work ladies..
GO MAZ love the bike..

well i have been doing my Wii Fit again.
actually had breaky today that si my downfall i dont eat breakfast.
so i had weetbix, i know not the best but the better choice out of weetbix or crunchy nuit cornflakes.

got teh dentist today so wont eb able to eat for a few hours lol

Mmmmk just a quick one this morning, have to go to work soon!

I had a terrible day food & exercise wise yesterday - ended up snacking on bad stuff (had a biccy, a juice, and ice cream :redface: and a chocolate :redface:) and missed the gym because we ended up being invited to my Mum's place for tea! So today I am hoping will be a bit better, I am doing my yoga class tonight and that is a pretty good workout. I've also got word that I am going to another one of my SIL's "training sessions" this weekend..... :o let's hope I can walk after it this time rofl.

I am so proud of how well everyone is doing! Keep up the good work :D

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I was bad BAD BAD last night, I had pizza for dinner - only a few pieces but pizza none-the-less.

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Me too. Pizza wasn't even great. I was jonesing for garlic really bad as i am so run down and garlic makes me feel better but I can only tolerate it on pizza, that was my excuse. TBH I don't mind slipping up or designating payday as treat day - at the end of the week on the scales I can say to myself 'and it would have be so much better if I hadn't have done / had of done XYZ'. I have already lost 1.8kg this week so I have been focusing on what I am doing right to keep me going, rather than all the bad things that just defeat me.

But I know that doesn't work for everyone. Just like me giving it all up at once would be a major fail because i would end up binging on it all when I gave in - so ending up worse off.

Hi ladies, well I am off to a good start, so far so good! I am sipping on some yummy black tea with honey and lemon because we don't have milk, but this is sooo delish!I have been drinking my tea with a sugar and lots of skim milk. I had forgotten how much I like black tea and herbal teas. I will have to go and buy some :) I had banana on toast for breaky because we have run out of porridge and milk, lol. I think it's time to do some shopping!
I am going out today to have a massage and to have a wander at the shops. I will alos have a yummy coffee (low fat!) somewhere and my favourite berry yoghurt (also low fat!) for lunch. Good coffee is one of my weaknesses too Krys! But I will only have two coffees a day!
I also plan to go for a walk this arvo, hopefully I can manage to fit it in!

I thought I would jump start my weight loss with a Pre Packaged Weight Loss Meal for dinner each night :sick: ... ended up with chicken and chips from red rooster last night (no skin ) :redface:

The upside is I bought a wedding dress that is too small, for our wedding this year. I couldnt get the zip up, and I had a fitting last night and I could :dance:

I am so proud of myself! DH just came home from the bakery with the bread and my coffee and a danish for me. But I told him I couldn't eat the danish and so he happily ate it. I didn't even feel like it but have been known to eat to protect someone else's feelings. Not that DH is that precious LOL.

Good job Krys, I have trouble with that too, saying yes to make people feel good. I have to work on it! You should feel good!! :D

So should you. You sound like you are going great. It is nice to get back to appreciating plain flavours I think instead of stuff full of salt sugar and salt. I had forgotten what food like potatoes actually tasted like!
Enjoy your massage!

Welcome back Krys!

Yay on the bike Maz!

I made it to the gym last night but just did a bit of cycling and cross trainer as my finger is still all bandaged up and I can't do a lot of arm action stuff so it was all pretty gentle. I will be weighing in on Monday so need to keep it up over the weekend!!

Hi everyone :)

Bad on the exercise front here - hopefully I will be able to exercise a bit tonight after the kids have gone to bed - I was absolutely exhausted last night after being sick all day.

Ate some toast with honey before, and it seems to be ok....so far!!!!

Everyone else sounds like they are doing awesome.....

Geez we can talk can't we!

Krys - glad to see you back :)

Maz - woot :dance: about the bike!

Mel: Glad you're feeling better today (just think of all the weight you probably lost yesterday, lol)

Sounds like everyone is doing well :)

Pouring with rain here today, so no walk - so when DS has his sleep I'm going to do the work out DVD I have - that's 40 mins. I'm finding myself craving...something... today, not sure what it is. I'm thinking I might make myself a mini homemade pizza later, just make sure to top it with lots of vegies and only a little bit of cheese.

Oh sterla - I keep forgetting to say to you - if you wanted to come over and use my treadmill or exercise bike when its raining - its fine with me, and I can watch your DS for you while you do it (as long as you watch mine for me so I can do it too! haha!!)

Well I've fallen off the wagon ALREADY! I'm sick and craving hungry jacks! Oh well - a wedding tomorrow will start again on Sunday :)

ControlFreak - If you have HJs just try and minimise the damage. What is it you are actually craving? Have a happy meal (equivalent) with a diet soft drink and you won't do too much damage. The fries are worse than the burger and the mayo sauce burgers are worse than the tomato sauce burgers. I am a vegetarian but went to McD the other day. I got them to take off the meat and honestly the burger didn't taste much different - ha ha!

Mmmm hungry jacks.. yummo!!! Luckily all junk food is 25 minutes drive from me at the moment.. haha!

Stop talking about Hungry Jacks - you're making me hungry!!! LOL :p

Mel: Thanks for the offer - I may take you up on it, especially if we end up having days and days of rain (which will most likely happen over winter some time).

Sterla - well since you're close to HJ's - grab some for us for lunch and come out here and then after eating it we'll jump on the tready.. HAHAH

Lol

Sorry to disappoint - I am staying at home and doing my work out DVD now... I weighed myself this morning (:shakehead:) and I have been encouraged to stay on the wagon.

HJ's! *puts hands over ears* not listening :tmi:

Today is so far so good food wise. Yesterday I went way over my limits according to calorie king. No exercise yet, but thinking about putting on the pilates dvd while both kids are currently sleeping.

lol just what I was going to say....KFC, HJs :tmi:

Liz, that's very interesting about the melons. Will file that away.

WTG on the bike Maz....

Welcome back Krys

Bengal, funny you mention that. We're in temporary digs ATM and the easiest thing other than takeaway atm is frozen dinners. Yes they suck but today I went and got some basic equipment to make real food.

grrr this post has taken me fifteen thousand attempts I can't remember what I wanted to
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All the suggestions from yesterday's few q's definitely inspired me to buy some different stuff for snacking and lunch when I did the groceries today.

Food wise i have been quite good. Tomato on toast, muesli bar, salad with turkey for lunch, just had a pear and we're having homemade pizzas for dinner. All within my calorie limit.

I got 20 interrupted minutes on EA sportz, and just went for a hilly walk in the heat.
My weigh in is tomorrow, so better round out the week properly.

DH has only been eating what I give him and has been doing an hour workout every morning.....and yesterday a pair of pants I bought him a fortnight ago were falling down without a belt. He can't wait for tomorrow :rolleyes:

That's awesome Kim! I've been the same, inspired by what other people said they were eating, so this morning I had a poached egg on toast - very different from my usual cereal.

I also have discovered the yummiest and I'm fairly sure also fairly low calorie snack... corn thins with a thin spread of sweet chilli, parmesen and cashew dip (CopperPots I think). If you close your eyes you could just think you were eating some yummy chips or something! I'm filing that one away for when I'm feeling weak and want a treat :).

hi ladies, sounds like everyone is having the normal diet struggles :) we usually have take away oo fridays so i have told dh to get wrat he wants and im making a dinner for me that he doesn't like and i never get to eat it usually. its really easy too- a handful of fresh marinara mix a couple of baby bok choy and a small packet of those white squishy asian noodles stir fried with lemon juice and soy. yummo my mouth is watering :) he can have his maccas and i can munch away in peace without him complaining about ha doesn't like seafood blah blah lol. no exercise here today but i'll get the three of us out for a walk tomorrow. keep it up everyone reading what you are doing is motivating me. i want a really good number on monday!

kim - way to go for your DH!!!!!!

tonight's going to be interesting - BB meet up at a pub .... how healthy am I going to be? - particularly when I don't do salad;)

Thanks girls, I'll let him know :D

You can do it Leckert!!!
and hey if you have a slip...well we still have to have a life right? There are sometimes foods, not never foods

I sat down today and read the chapter on my blood type in the eat right for your blood type book and funny thing is, when I eat what I should be eating then my weight isn't really an issue.

So I'm making a list of what I should be eating and will spend tomorrow afternoon going through my recipe books and getting out simple, yummy menu ideas.

I spent quite a few years cooking for people who weren't my blood type and fitting in with their needs/wants and as a result I've put on weight. Now it is my time to eat what is best for me.

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Thanks girls, I'll let him know :D

You can do it Leckert!!!
and hey if you have a slip...well we still have to have a life right? There are sometimes foods, not never foods

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The problem is I'm likely to have more than I should (and then fall off the wagon a bit too much for this week's measurements/weigh in)

:tmi: re the Maca's and HJ's ... when the ads come on . I have to switch channels

I wanted to post that since Boxing Day I have lost 10 Kilo's, I weighed myself tonight. After work I was laying on the couch thinking "I feel a bit skinny ", I promptly hopped on the scales.

I would like to loose another 10 ... It's nice to know that the low fat eating works

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There are sometimes foods, not never foods

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Yeah, my plan is to cut back, not cut out. For instance... if I want to dunk biccies in my tea I'll just take one or two out of the tin, not sit with the biscuit tin and eat one after the other... have never counted how many i have.. but it is faaaar too many LOL. If I want chocolate I'll have one piece, not a few rows LOL. If nothing else, it's making me aware of how badly I do eat, and from there I'm just going to try and balance things out more.

And I'm consciously having a drink of water whenever I find myself hovering in the fridge looking for nothing in particular, or I grab a piece of fruit or something. Other than that, no real dieting going on here. Exercise has been minimal this week too :doh: oh well.

My DH is an idiot and told me the wrong nutritional content for my Nando's dinner :doh: :rofl:. He read the SAT fats instead of the normal fats out. It's okay though, I CKd it and it made me about 80cals over for today... which considering I only ate half the chips makes me technically 170 cals under....

My fave snacky food is Fruche - yummo!

:redface: I am so disappointed in myself. I stuffed myself with peanut m&m's tonight.

Even worse is that I have sat here for the last hour feeling so sick from eating so many, I didn't even really enjoy them but had some very upsetting news tonight and have realised that I am a really bad emotional eater :(

Oh well, off to bed and will start fresh tomorrow.

Well done Bengal on your weight loss, that's fantastic, you must feel really good about yourself :happyforyou:

I feel off the wagon guys :wall: i was doing so well but then i had THREE glasses of wine :o

Don't lose heart girls! Start a fresh today with a nice healthy breakfast :)

Bengal: Congrats on your weight loss! Well done!!! :clap:

Kim: That's an excellent point - I think it's when you restrict yourself from having certain foods that you start craving them even more.

AFM: Well, DH and I had burgers for tea last night - but they were gourmet burgers. So, so good, and according to the menu 95% fat free. DH got chips too, and I ate a few, but didn't go too overboard. I also had a small swig of his coke. So, not the healthiest tea, but I'm trying not to kick myself over it. One bad meal isn't going to change too much. This morning I've had a piece of toast and an apple and some water and feel nice and refreshed :).

When is everyone weighing in? I think I'm going to do Monday mornings.

Bengal that is awesome - well done you!!! :clap:

Happy Chick - I'm sorry to hear you got some bad news :hug:

Gabber - don't kick yourself too much, wine isn't TOOO bad considering... would be worse if you had a serve of maccas fries ;)

Sometimes foods sounds good to me.. lol... I got a packet of jelly beans in the pantry but haven't touched them... yet... hahahaha

My belly isn't sticking out past my boobs anymore, but that could be the two lots of gastro I've had this week!! HAHA!!!

I was so tempted to get maccas last night for dinner, but I had already cooked dinner (beef goulash with a small serving of rice) and DH wouldn't let me get maccas - good DH!!!

Had a few biscuits last night - probably more than I should have - but then got out the rice crackers instead and had those while watching "The Business of being born" with DH (he really liked it btw..)

Hoping to do some exercise today, cos I have really been slack since having gastro. Raining again today in tassie, so it'll have to be something indoors though.

Sterla - I was thinking, did you want to get together some nights and go to the gym (theogenes) and go for a swim or something and exercise that way? I'm sure they would be open at night... just something different at least!!! I can go after two of the kids are in bed, so after 7.30pm I'm pretty free :D Anyway, was just a thought.

Oh, and I thought we were all weighin in on monday mornings?

Had some toast today with avocado (mixed with vinegar, salt and pepper.. yummo!) so its started ok... even though I had some juice cos I had no cold water - eek!

Have a good weekend everyone!

Hi everyone. I've been going okay. I did have 2 sausage & egg McMuffins yesterday and 3 split ice cream last night :hide: but I stayed within my calories count.
On other note I'm pregnant got the :bfp: yesterday afternoon. :o :D. 3 under 3 I'm scared but happy. :dance:

I said it in your other thread - but congrats Yowie!!! :D

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tonight's going to be interesting - BB meet up at a pub .... how healthy am I going to be? - particularly when I don't do salad

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I think I saw pics on FB...looks like you guyshad a great time

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re the Maca's and HJ's ... when the ads come on . I have to switch channels

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Man they get to me to :(...WOW huge congrats at 10kg gone!!! that is awesome!!!

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I am so disappointed in myself. I stuffed myself with peanut m&m's tonight.

Even worse is that I have sat here for the last hour feeling so sick from eating so many,

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:comfort: yes I ate corn relish dip with chips :shakehead: I had a real down night

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On other note I'm pregnant got the :bfp: yesterday afternoon. 3 under 3 I'm scared but happy.

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OMG that is wonderful news~!!! :leap: huge congrats hon

weigh in..monday morning sounds ace although i doubt very much that i have lost anything :(..I think this last week Ive been testing myself and not really trying as hard as I should...although I have gone for 3 walks which is really big for me so atleast ive done some great exercise.

will try my best to be good this weekend....postiive vibes for us all :)

Oh wow, congratulations Yowie!!!

Hi Girls - I went out for dinner for a friends bday last night, had the baked snapper and salad but did have chippies as well - I had vegetable rice paper rolls for lunch though and I had no dessert while everyone ate mud cake in front of me. Luckily I have a wheat intolerance so I can't eat lots of things even if I wanted to. Just as well!

Oh and Yowie congrats! You're keener than me, everything thinks we're nuts for wanting to go for number two at the end of the year when Amelia is 12 months old lol. No dieting for you now then, just lots of healthy eating. How exciting!

Hi everyone. I weighed in today. No weight loss but some cms loss which I am really happy about. Soccer was good last night but I did feel puffed - probably cause I hadn't done any exercise apart form that this week. DH and DS came and watched and I think DH was amazed at how much work you have to do on the soccer field. So feeling pretty good. We went out for b'fast and I was pretty good. The dish I chose did have some cream cheese but not too much and the dish was so nice that it was worth it.

I never get enough time to do personals. But I noticed some girls feeling like they have fallen off the wagon. But don't worry about it. Just pick yourself up and keep going. Maybe when we stray from our goals and post what we ate that we regretted we could also post what we could have eaten that would have satisfied our cravings or a technique we can do to have eaten less of it.
For example if I had hot chips (which I looove but never feel are worth it) I could have had oven chips with a nice low fat dressing. Or I could have put some in a bowl so I can't keep picking at them.
What do you guys think? After all we are here not only for support but to learn how to eat heathily when there are so many unhealthy options out there being marketed to us, and our lives are so busy.