Month one: Mid-2010 weight loss challenge

[Sterla]

Good idea Kim

Favourite snacks: fruit! Especially grapes and bananas that are quick and easy to eat. Also helps to curb sugar cravings

Favourite breakfast: Mine is pretty boring - just a couple of vita brits with milk. Or fresh bread with a sugar free fruit spread.

Favourite lunch: Don't do it very often - but an omelette (can be egg white only to be healthier) with capsicum, onion, mushroom, tomato (whatever you want) added. Yum!

[Arimeh]

Well I didn't get around to exercising last night, was too buggered, and now have a tummy bug, so having my first meal of the day - cup of tea and vegemite on toast. It will probably come straight back out.. but you gotta start somewhere...

Nai - ouch! I think you are excused

What are your favourite snacks ATM? Umm watermelon after a hot walk - love that stuff! Also sweet chilli rice crackers.. yummooooo....

What is your favourite brekkie? Weetbix is what I have. I have been having 3 (need to cut it down to 2) but I only have boiling water on there, and a splash of milk - but I do have a teaspoon of sugar (and all together its about 200 calories, which is fine for breakfast)

What is (are) your favourite lunch(es)? Mountain bread wraps!!! Love them. Even DS requests them now.

[~Kim~]

Oops, forgot to put mine in.
Great suggestions girls

Snacks: atm I'm into;
popcorn
watermelon
Naturally tasti muesli bars
Ricecakes with salsa

Brekkie is usually:
Porridge with 1/2 banana (I share with DD)
Sustain with 1/2 banana
I also love oats soaked overnight in water and then add Gippsland yoghurt and grated apple just before eating.....hmmm might have that tomorrow.

Lunch:
saos with tomato
Grilled lite Jarlsberg with turkey and either tomato or cranberry sauce on toast

Mel that brekkie sounds fine to me.
Sterla omlettes, I love them too....eggies on the list.

[Arimeh]

Omelettes are great - but definitely go with the egg whites, egg yolk is pretty high in calories.

Oh and watch the banana and grape intake too - they are pretty high in natural sugar, so are two of the highest fruits in regards to calories. If I want a banana I split it with one of the kids, so I don't have a whole one by myself

[Sterla]

Oh and watch the banana and grape intake too - they are pretty high in natural sugar, so are two of the highest fruits in regards to calories. If I want a banana I split it with one of the kids, so I don't have a whole one by myself

Aww, no fair... I love them! Well, I did split my banana with DS this morning over breakfast, and haven't had too many grapes today - so not too much damage done.

Kim, the grilled jarlsberg sounds YUM!!!! Might have to try that one myself!

[Liz]

hey girls... not much going on here I'm afraid. Food wise I've been HOPELESS. Made myself a sandwich just now so trying to get on the right track. Went to Zumba on Tues which was good.. once we've got the moves down better it'll be a really good workout. Am going to push myself harder on the treadmill and weights tonight.

Re bananas.. I remember when DH did the tony ferguson diet it said to eat slightly under-ripe bananas.. as the more ripe they are the more sugar/calories is in them.

Something interesting that I heard about melons:

Melons are very easy to digest. This is due to their high liquid content - they are all 90% or more water. So melons digest almost immediately. They require virtually no digestive action by the stomach and pass through the digestive system very quickly; however, this can only happen if the stomach is empty. If melon is eaten with other foods that require more complex digestive action in the stomach, it can no longer pass through quickly and gets "stuck". Even though the melon is already broken down sufficiently to pass quickly through the stomach, in effect, it gets trapped there as it must wait for the other foods to be properly digested. As the melon sits and waits in the stomach, it begins to ferment, leading to bloating, gas and other digestive issues.

Due to this fact, it is important to remember the following rule for all types of melons in order to promote healthy digestion:

"Eat them alone or leave them alone."

This does not mean that you need to be alone when you eat melons, he-hel!! What it does mean is that all types of melons should be eaten at least an hour away from any other food - including other fruits. It is acceptable to eat different types of melons together, as all melons digest very quickly.

I heard my SIL say this not long ago.. and looked it up

[Jaycee]

Nai, you poor thing, hope it's not too ouchy!

Arimeh, that bug really is doing the rounds, hope u feel better soon and the kids don't get it.

That's really interesting re the melon Liz.

Well, it's almost 1pm and I haven't eaten a thing today, still feeling a little off. I'm going to try a sandwich soon, gotta eat something!

I really gotta start eating breakfast, but it's really difficult, I have vertigo, which means I wake up dizzy and nauseaus (sp?) every morning, a little like morning sickness, and eating is the last thing I feel like doing!

My fav breakfast is a poached egg on toast.

Snacks, popcorn or a few crackers with light french onion dip.

Lunch, my fav is egg and lettuce sandwich, gotta watch that egg intake though!

Keep up the good work girls

[Laranna]

Nai - ouch!!! I hope it's not too bad and gets better quickly.

~kim~ DS is much better, he's totally forgotten about it now.

CF - thanks for that info on Shapemate! Looks great. I have been using Runkeeper on my iPhone which tracks my route through and when I save it it posts it to FB. I can log onto the Runkeeper website and it has all the stats - calories burned, average time, speed etc.

sterla - top effort on the walk!

Liz - what's Zumba like? I've only seen the ads on the cheesey morning tv programs. Wow about the melons! I never knew that, will remember that one for sure.

Mel - I hope your tummy bugs goes away very soon

AFM - had teeny amount of chinese leftovers for lunch. I then followed it up with a plum and have drunk stacks of water today. Also walked to and from playgroup, just under 3kms round trip pushing 28kg of pram, toddler and baby!

My eating sucks. I'm so weak with my food choices and I would fail the temptation challenges on Biggest Loser easily! Time to start recording my food in Calorie King I think.

My favourite breakfast is porridge with a drizzle of honey.
My favourite snacks are chocolate chocolate and chocolate...what, oh you mean healthy snacks? Hmm fruit I guess, bananas, plums, nectarines.
My favourite lunch is baked bean toasted sandwich or peanut butter sandwich. Should really get into the salady type sandwiches I suppose.

Those of you who make omelettes, how do you make yours? Do you just cook the egg in the pan, and then fold it over? do you cook the fillings first? I've never made one before.

[Alison1973]

Hi Girls - as I'm full bottle on Weight Watchers I go off saturated fat content for my food. My rule, everything in moderation and portion size is very important.

I have a wheat intolerance so can't eat anything with wheat in it or I'm in big trouble, although good way to lose weight, just not pleasant lol. I either have spelt bread or bake my own but I only eat bread with soup or for toast, I rarely make sandwiches as the spelt bread doesn't stay as fresh as normal bread for long as it doesn't have all the preservatives to keep it fresh.......if I bake my own I can as that will last up to 3 days fresh before having to freeze it, the pre-made stuff from the shops is usually already like cardboard when I get it so it's toast for me. I either have my wheat free muesli or toast with vegemite or honey for breakie and a cup of tea. I don't drink coffee and only have 2 cups of tea a day, decaff - habit formed while pregnant.

For lunch I just had pumpkin soup and a slice of bread with light margarine and some natural yoghurt. I'll have a piece of fruit for afternoon tea. I'm having chicken and rice for tea but I'll go for a nice long walk to counteract that. I'm not depriving myself of everything as if you do it makes it harder to maintain later - give yourself treats occasionally, eat well in between and exercise is the key, at least 30 mins a day. I eat light popcorn or snacks, or have a Freddo frog if I want choccy, which is usually every day ha ha. I also like my rice crackers and if you want a nice low fat dip Tzatiki is a good one, just not the whole container ha ha.

I couldn't resist this morning and weighed in, 300 grams down, pretty excited! It's not much but I'm aiming for 500 grams a week, 2 kgs a month and I'll be back to my pre pregnancy weight by the 12 weeks. That's the plan anyway! lol

Anyway girls, the main thing is we're trying so I think we're doing great, the first couple of weeks are the hardest because our bodies are going into shock. In a couple of weeks we'll be feeling so good and when we see the results start to show it will motivate us even more. Having this is helping me so much, I'm not doing perfect but close enough and it's a hell of a lot more than what I was doing this time last week which was making excuses!!!!

[leckert]

I snuck on this morning too Alison down .7kg but don't know if it's just a one off being that low

[Baby14]

Wow! I am loving all the great information you girls are sharing

Eluned - I am excited about that iPhone app, I am going to check it out soon.

Liz - that is really interesting about the melons, I am glad you shared it as I eat a lot of rockmelon and watermelon so will be sure to eat them alone now.

Sorry to hear about all you lovely ladies who have been sick this week, I hope you are all feeling better soon

I am feeling very proud of myself atm. After a shocking start to the week, I have given myself a good talking to and have done really well the last 2 days. We have walked 5kms the last 2 mornings and breakfast and snacks have been fruit, with salad sandwiches on multigrain bread for lunch and chicken and salad for dinner last night and it will be fish and salad tonight. I feel very positive at the moment and have mum & dad booked in to mind DS tomorrow so I can go for a swim.

I just have to be careful not to let DH sabotage my good work...he doesn't do it intentionally but is a terrible snacker and loves junk food...it doesn't help when he asks if I want some. I need to stay strong and say NO! Weekends are usually the worst for me for eating rubbish so I will be logging on regularly to stay motivated

We are doing a great job girls and we are all going to be 'yummy mummys' in no time!

[Baby14]

Oh Kim, I forgot about your question..

Favourite snacks (atm) fruit, although I think I need to watch the sugar I am consuming there. I bought some corn thins yesterday but am yet to try them, I got some extra light philly and thought that might be a good snack

Breakfast - Uncle Tobys Porridge with sultana, apple & honey but I think I might try to make my own. The satchets are just so easy but DS will be starting solids soon so I will need to make plain porridge and then maybe I can add sultanas and honey to mine. Does anyone make their own porridge? Any tips?

Lunch - salad sandwich but I put ham and cheese on at the moment as well so I think I will need to cut out the cheese, I used to add mayo as well but have stopped that this week

[maz]

IM to scared to look at peoples posts if i see a number I dont want to get on the scales cause I know I'll be deflatted if Ive put on weight or havent moved

oh nice to know about banana's and grapes Mel..now im really cause i love grapes.

And Melons..WHAT NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

had a bit of a walky today...wasnt sore afterwards but I know my body is out of shape because im tired now. im thinking im going to go and pick up my bike....i really really need to get it dont I.

OH and food wise.....im on a no carb one...no bread, rice, pasta, potatoe ect.

SNiff.......who had KFC...now my mouth is watering

[Jaycee]

Sorry Maz, that was me who had KFC
won't mention it again xxx

[Liz]

hehe - Maz - I think the melon thing will work in our favour tho. Cos if we snack on melon we know we can't eat for another hour! Plus I've also read that eating only melon for a day a week is very cleansing (I can just imagine what kind of cleansing it will be too haha)

[maz]

Sorry Maz, that was me who had KFC
won't mention it again xxx

hahahahah Im sitting here thinking J man will be leaving work soon and thinking I could always get him to drive past on his way home but I am controlling it....

do tell though

was it yummy

[MrsFabuloso]

Not doing so great again today! I had a day without the kids and DH and I have spent the day together. Out for lunch and to the movies. I chose a steak with salad for lunch but it came with chips which I ate about half of. Then I had some popcorn too, though not really that much. Some sort of stirfry for dinner I guess! I really need to get myself together!


What are your favourite snacks ATM? I am trying to have at least two peices of fruit. Fave fruit at the mo is persimmons. Other than that I am having a small handful od almonds, but I have to be careful to make sure I put the packet back into the cupboard or I pick at them and eat waaayyy too many!

What is your favourite brekkie? I am loving porridge in this cooler weather. Or banana on toast (no butter!).

What is (are) your favourite lunch(es)? I'm finding lunch tough, I usually eat lunch at work, whatever our cook makes (worked in a childcare centre, but my last day was yesterday!!). I might make some veggie soup to have for lunch for a while. I'm not a fan of sandwiches really, to make a healthy and yummy one takes sooo much effort! I like left overs so I will have to make extra dinner so I can have something yum!
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[Sopdet]

I'm about to re-read "Eat Right for your Blood Type" to work out a menu plan for the next few weeks.