Month one: Mid-2010 weight loss challenge

Gabberqueen, 3 glasses of wine is probably better than 3 glasses of Bailey's and milk like I had!

Sterla, your burgers sound delish! And I agree we shouldn't beat ourselves up about littel slips. These changes we are trying to make will take time and they also need to be realistic. A burger or glass of wine or whatever is ok a few times a week!

Mel, lol @ your tummy not sticking out, I had a similar thought yesterday after my shower! But then I went and ate too many crackers and dip at 10.30pm.....:rolleyes: Good on you for not having maccas and yay to your DH who whouldn't buy it for you!!

Yowie, congrats on the BFP! :D

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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 :)

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Maz, that's 3 more walks than I have done! You're going well!

Krys, congrats on losing CM's I'd rather lose cm's than weight, with cm's your physically smaller, rather than just weighing less, lol!! I agree that soccer is a great game for fitness. Honestly, I actually hate the game and have played about twice in my whole life, but DH plays and loves it, and he can keep fit playing one game and one or two training sessions a week!

AFM, I have done ok. I made better choices for lunch at the shop, though it could have been better. Fruit and veg intake isn't going so great, lol! And I'm eating wayyy too much carbs, but hey, at least it's not complete junk. I had some crackers and dip last night which I shouldn't have, and it was 10.30pm too. Plus three bailey's and skim milk. A little celebration for the fact that I have finished work now, and I wan't have to go back for at least 4yrs! I am gonna be a full time sahm!! Yayyyyy!

Mel the only reason I do it today was because I had to weigh and measure last saturday to get my measurements to Krys....can wait until Monday if that's what we're all doing.

:hug: to all of you. You sound liek you all want this so badly and that's what I think is cool about this. Motivation is catching and I believe in all of you. Making small changes is better than making none at all.

Lilias - Woo hoo on leaving work! I would love to do that. Am hoping to take next year off.

Mel - It doesn't really matter when you weigh in but if I have all of the new measurements by Mon then I will post together on Tuesday or Wednesday. I actually weigh in Saturday just because it suits. But it is nice to have everyones go up together I think :)

OMG OMG OMG. I just made the first step - I rang the local gym (well in town anyway haha) and booked an appointment for 4.30 today to be shown their stuff. Its $25 a week for membership (which is sorta pricey, but I allocate that money for personal stuff that DH and I want, and damn, I want to be fit!) so wish me luck!! Its my first time in a gym since i was about 12 going with my mum - and I know I'm soooo unfit and still have back and knee issues cos I'm so heavy - so eeeeeek!!!!! I'm a little scared....

Go Mel, go mel, go mel!!! I love going to the gym when I can afford it I will get a membership. It's great 'me' time. And I always feel good after going too!

Woo hoo Mel! That is awesome! Have fun and don't forget to bargain down their fees. Sometimes you can get them to waive the sign up fees.

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Making small changes is better than making none at all.

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:clap: Yes, that's what we all need to remember. Maybe we need to start making up a collection of motivational one-liners, lol.

Mel, I forgot to answer you about the gym stuff. That would be nice every now and then, but I don't really have the $$$ to go very often. Evenings would work, or weekends.
Oh, and about our walk/brunch tomorrow... silly me forgot it was Anzac Day, so we might have to make it the afternoon instead?

Go Mel!!! Woohoo :dance: :clap:

Good work Mel :) and you too Maz on the 3 walks!

Yesterday I did my pilates DVD (30 minutes). I really need to work out with DH best time for me to go to a class and whether or not I am happy to express one feed for DD for when I am there. Went over my calorie limit again yesterday. I thought I was doing ok but then once I put it in Calorie King I realised it was the hot milo and muesli bar I had for arvo tea that did it. I had already had a muesli bar for morning tea. I'm loving Carman's muesli bars, they are so yummy and all natural too, so good but just not two of them in one day it seems ;)

Today's been good - vegemite on toast and a cup of tea for breaky and just had a slice of homemade banana bread and a glass of water for morning tea.

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Mel, I forgot to answer you about the gym stuff. That would be nice every now and then, but I don't really have the $$$ to go very often. Evenings would work, or weekends.
Oh, and about our walk/brunch tomorrow... silly me forgot it was Anzac Day, so we might have to make it the afternoon instead?

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yeah tomorrow arvo should be fine - if its not raining!!!!

Oh and about the money - I'll ask about member's guest fees - you might get it super cheap if you are coming in with a member?

Krys - I don't know if I can bargain down their fees - its a special at the moment..

Go Mel!

I put some veggies and stuff into the SC this morning to make veg soup, then went out to the park for a picnic with DH and the kids and come home and OMG, that soup smells delish!!! I love my slow cooker and this cooler weather! And we have some yummy crusty rolls to have with it, just little ones so I can just have one and then some soup!
Plus I have been running sround with the kids for a few hours at the park and feeding some bird and ducks. I will probably do some serious cleaning later too! It feels good to be healthy and active! I must remember this when we're sitting down to something I shouldn't be eating! I did have one of the red mars bars (lower fat/smaller/lower sugar than normal ones) but they actually aren't too bad to have as a treat. It's actually been a week and a half since I''ve had any chocolate, which is my weakness, so yay me!! That's a record lately, lol!

weighed in today and im pretty happy with the results. especially since i had maccas last night. i enjoyed my usual friday night get together aswell.
so here to everyones 2nd week. i hope to be a little stronger this week and work really hard on my ABS hahahaha what abs? i should say work on my flab :lol:
so my goal this week- do lots of sit ups and continue with my walks also to still drink plenty of water. i dont like water much so this is a tuff one for me.

whats everyone elses goal this week??

Hi guys :)

Well I went to the gym yesterday, and signed up for their month's trial - get my personalised program done on Wed. I signed up with another friend (yay for support!) and we are going to go in tomorrow, I signed DS up for swimming lessons so he starts that on tuesday, and then the program on Wed. I will probably go in on friday as well. I love that they have child care available - just wish it wasn't just in the mornings!!!

Also going for a LONG walk with Sterla today (yay!) and going to carry DS on my back (cos he loves it - me not so much) and push DD1 in the pram :)

Weighed in this morning - lost 3.1kg :dance: However - I did have gastro TWICE in this last week and hardly ate so it would all be fluid that was lost. DH however lost 2kg and he didn't have gastro at all, so pretty proud of him :D

Have a good day everyone!!!

Woohoo - go Mel!!! :dance: That's awesome about the weight loss, and about the gym! I so wish I had the spare $$$ to join :(. Hopefully I can still come along every now and then though (if I can suck it up enough to leave DS at the child care, lol). Yup, we'll go for a looooong walk - you're going to get such a good work out with A on your back!

Shantelle: I hear ya on the tummy flab - that's my worst area - I would probably be a size or two smaller in clothes if it weren't for my fat tummy. I haven't really focused on my abs at all yet, so I think I might aim for that this week too.

AFM: Had a really good day food-wise yesterday. It was rainy and windy so I didn't go for a walk, but DH and I actually did my work out DVD in the evening, so all in all, a good day.
I had a friend round last night to catch up, and I didn't snack on anything while she was there - and it got me thinking, I eat a lot just when I'm bored. If my friend hadn't come, I probably would have just sat in front of the TV and snacked on a few things. But last night, cause I was busy chatting to my friend, I didn't feel the need to snack at all.
Oh, and I'm going for two walks today :) I'll go for a little walk this morning with DH and DS (like we always do :)), then a walk with Mel in the afternoon. I'm pumped for my weigh in tomorrow!

Wow Mel that's great! I was pumped over my 2.4 so 3.1 is WOW!! Just think even if it is water weight the better you eat and more you exercise this week the less likely you are to gain. GREAT job!! :hooray:

I am so proud of this week, I ate a few naughty things, but for every single one of those I am thinking - if i hadnt done that i could have dropped and extra x amount of weight.

Looking forward to dropping under that awful third figure again. Did it back in JAN but had to stop losing weight so i didnt outslim my wedding dress... gained 7kg in the process :cry:

The hardest thing for me is having gone from 8hr job on my feet all day, to although on my feet most of the day more relaxed and no working up of sweat. Now I am going from the rooms into the office and its going to be worse. Will have to make extra time for exercise and commit!

Good luck to everyone this week. I can't keep up during the week but know that I am reading and here! I look forward to seeing how much weight we can lose collectively :)

Hey ladies

Awesome results for Dragoncookie and Mel.

Wish I could say the same - I have lost cms but no weight (but might be retaining fluid as AF is just around the corner) but still I am happy with that, especially as I haven't done any real exercise this week. Have resolved to squeeze some in this week and as today looks much nicer than yesterday I might even do some gardening.

I hope everyone has a fantastic long weekend!

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Hi all,

Woohooo, go Mel, you are doing sooo well!!! And a great job to your DH as well!

Sterla, your going great as well with all of that exercise! That's one of my goals this week, more purposeful exercise!

dragoncookie, great job too, I'm jealous!!
A suggestion for you if your going into the office at work now, maybe do music and movement with the kids and get creative, do things like fitness (like aerobics) with them or some yoga. I used to when I was in charge of a group and they loved it! Even just boogying to some Wiggles or something is good fitness. And it will take just half an hour out of your time. It will break up the monotony of office work too.

AFM, well, I have a day and a half on my own with the monkeys. DH is 'celebrating' ANZAC day and is out in the city with a heap of friends. (He was in the Navy and it's one of the only days he goes out for religiously!) And it's rainy here too, so no walking for me today. But I do want to do some major cleaning and/or painting today in preparation of moving in a few weeks. Plus I brought a yoga DVD to do with the kids which is actually a kids DVD, but I want to get them in on this too, to let them see me getting fit and doing exercise too!
I just weighed myself and I have lost 1kg!! YAY me! LOL. Considering my efforts have been pretty poor really! Eating snacks after dinner. No exercise. Too much food in general. Not enough fruit and veg....I'm surprised I've lost anything at all!

So for next week: I will eat more fruit and veggies. I will purposefully exercise at least 3 times next week. I won't eat after dinner. I will have smaller portions.

OMG Mel I am so jealous!!! I wish we could afford for me to go :( but then I wouldnt know what ot do with the kids either (no child care at mine)
hmmm slow cookers...nioce. I love mine to pieces.
I bought burito wraps from coles this week...2 packs for $5. J man and I have this insteadof bread and I find one is really filling.
I will be weighing myself tomorrow because I know that if I do it now I'll think I can eat naughty stuff :redface:
thank you all for being such positive influences on me. You guys keep me motivated and focussed.
hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend.

well i have done better than i thought.
my wt is only 2kg but im sooo happy with that :D
and very happy with my measurments.

go mel :D:D thats fab.

i think my netball and digging about 10 tonne of dirt helped.. hubby reckons he did it all but he sat in the bob cat while i spread it all out lol

Thanks for the congrats ladies :D. CONGRATULATES on the weight and cms lost. Sounds like everyone is going really well :loveshower:.
I lost 3.2kg and a total of 14cm. I don't think I will continue taking cm after this week, it could get very depressing :lol:.
The doctor said its okay for me to lose weight as long as its only done by healthy eating and exercise. We have changed our diet this week and the difference is amazing dh has lost 2.5kg. Its amazing what cutting out big macs, bacon & cheese zinger burgers, butter, choccy, & just crap and eating healthy can make so much difference. I should have done it years ago :wall:.

Yay on the weight loss Mel, lilias, kawazuki & dragoncookie! :clap:

I've only lost 100grams this week, still yet to do my cm's so maybe there is a decent change there. Ate pretty well yesterday and have got lamb shank, fennel and vegie soup going in the slow cooker for tonights dinner. Hoping to do a walk today or some work in the garden for my exercise today.

Yowie - that is unreal that both of you had a great loss this week. J man has decided to jump on the wagon too....Im hoping his 10pm feeds will stop because it make sme want to go and chow down.

Kaw hon well done...2kg is fantastic!!!!

ELuned - hon Ive more then likely put weight on...but hey...think of it this way, we are tuning into our bodies and getting them healthy :)

I WILL NOT CAVE!!!!! :ROFL: I WILL NOT MEASURE!!!!
* maz scurries of to find measuring tape *

Wow - great losses girls! Are we weighing in Sundays or Mondays? I haven't eaten yet today.. we've all had a lazy morning, so I might go weigh myself. Can't remember what I was wearing last week tho LOL.

Hi guys! Everyone is going so well it is awesome! I did a pilates DVD yesterday which was good as it is very low impact and all about core strength and stretching so is good to do the day after soccer. I haven't done it in a little while though so it was pretty hard. Going for a 5km jog this afternoon if the fine weather holds out. If it doesn't I am going to jump on the exercise bike with a book and spend half an hour or so there.
Just went out for a (skinny) coffee and resisted a muffin. Had just a little lemon bikkie which turned out to be divine and just the right amount too. I have to remind myself that food tastes worse not better the more I eat.

I really need to drink more water though. Off to get a big glass!

Well girls, I've had s **** week emotionally and have done no exercise. :( I eat when I am stressed so thats no good either. :(

I did weigh myself and have lost 1Kg but havent measured yet. I think that 1Kg loss might just be luck but I'll take it and hope this week is better.

I also havent been popping into the thread very much so I will make more of an effort with that this week as you are all so motivating and doing so well.

Keep up the great work eveyone :)

ETA- Krysalss- do we PM you the results?

when are we weighing? I won't be able to till tuesday this week, I don't have scales at home and the gym is closed tomorrow.

I have had a crappy last half of the week. Emotional eating and lots of dinners at friends places... will have to get back into it next week!

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the gym is closed tomorrow

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Aah man... feel like I haven't been in aages! LOL. So straight back to zumba on Tuesday I guess? I wanna do treadmill & weights. Maybe we should go for a powerwalk tomorrow or something.

Wow you girls! That is just phenomenal!!! I'm so pleased for you all.
And it was just because.... It was because you wanted to make a change!

Even I've lost 1.3kg and a few cm in each spot so I'm pretty happy with that.

Onwards and upwards!!

To those who have asked you weigh in on which day you choose - I first weighed on a Saturday so I weigh in Saturday.

Congrats on the great losses to everyone! Yowie I have a friend who has lost 10kg while pregnant through all healthy eating as LO growing didnt like junk!

eeek.... off to another training session with my SIL... lets hope I can walk after this one :lol:

Go Sibbie! :)

Well, just got back from a lovely walk with Mel and another friend (and our kids). Was really nice - a good walk there :).
Also, I've now had my arm gently twisted and am joining a gym (big, big thanks to Mel ;)). We're going tomorrow morning, so should be good!

I measured myself earlier in the day, and am quite happy with my cms lost. Now, just to weigh myself tomorrow morning!

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Also, I've now had my arm gently twisted and am joining a gym (big, big thanks to Mel ;)).

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Haha!! You're welcome ;)

It was an awesome walk.. the first time we went up the steep slope sorta knocked me for 6 - got a stitch afterwards.. haha!!! But it was fine the other times :) Was an awesome walk :) Lets see what hell awaits us tomorrow.. hehe ;)

Having baked vegies for dinner and a low fat pasta dish thingy. I boiled the vegies for 15 minutes and now baking in oven for bout half an hour - hope that works out ok... hehe

lost 800grams so pretty happy with that. hey, is there an easy way to update your ticker? or do you have to re-do it from scratch each week? and do we just pm krysalis our current weight?

If you just click on your ticker it should take you to where you can log in and update your details :)

Weighed in this morning and am quite happy with my weight loss - 2.5kg lost in the past week!

Off to the gym this morning! :dance:

well i woke up feeling crappy this am i have a massive migraine and feel sick lets see if i feel any better during th day, doubt there will be any exercise here today.

Congrats to everyone on the weight loss and cms lost. just a quick one im back off to bed now

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If you just click on your ticker it should take you to where you can log in and update your details :)

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you know your ment to take the link from your signature off on BB dont you?

ive lost 1kg and 5cm...im in :o. wonder if it will be any better this week with trying a bit more.

going to my parents place to do their garden while they are away and then a big bike ride tomorrow

well done everyone on the last week...god its been hard and we've all done well

Hi Fellow Challengers!

Well done on all the great results for this week so far! All your posts about the exercise you've been doing have really inspired me. Ditto the honest posts about where you've slipped off your diet plan, but haven't given up on the 12 Week Challenge.

I've lost 900g and 2cm. Not a lot, but enough to spur me on. My diet wasn't the greatest and I didn't exercise everyday. So this week I'll start calorie counting and will try to exercise everyday (even if it's just Wii Fit Plus!) I also haven't been drinking enough water, so will try to drink at least 2L a day.

Good luck for Week 2 everyone! You can do it!

Well I did my measurements and have lost 3.5cm :dance: but even better I have been measuring my thighs, calves and upper arms as well and I lost 5cm off each thigh!!!! Yay for walking :)

Here's for an awesome week 2 ladies :)