I have just started my second 12 week challenge. Did one at the start of the year and lost 7kg. Took a month off and put on a couple, now back on to shift a bit more. 12 weeks is a good goal time for me and my goal is to lose 6kg in that time. I have changed my ticker so it reflects the start of this one not the last one as I know that it is non-negotiable to go above my current starting weight. I have a bit of a longer goal - down to 65kg by my birthday in March next year. I weighed in last week at 76kg and at the start of my first 12 week challenge just after xmas last year was 84kg.
My best motivators were to find diet goals that were easy to implement - I cut out buying junk food for work because I would eat whole packets of biscuits in one afternoon - and go a bit easier on the other stuff (eg. saying no takeaway is not realistic for me). My best exercise tip is to find a team sport that you like. I love indoor soccer and now play twice a week and practice on my own, I also ride my bike to work to cut down my environmental impact. I defintely can't see myself going back to the weight I was.
So good luck for your journey! You deserve to succeed in this because having a healthy body will allow you to do so much more. One of the most motivating things I have heard for weight loss (from Lucy I think) is that time will keep ticking by whether you lose weight or not. Xmas and birthdays will come around again and it is your choice to be the same as you are now or a lighter version. So even if it happens slower than you expect, the only thing you need to worry about is to keep up your end of the bargain and time will do its part too.
Hi Didi! Well done on such a great result, and so quickly as well! You are so right about having someone to answer to each week-that is why I have posted on here. I would go to the WW meetings each week too, but I am really trying hard not to add extra things into a already hectic schedule with kinder! I decided for me that that time would be better spent walking, plus the local meeting is full of lovely elderly ladies, who are all nice, but not easy to relate to! Does your ww meeting have other young mums in it?
Plus, I have that much WW paraphenalia sitting in my cupboards, it is not funny!!
Krys- Yeah, I used to play indoor mixed netball with my husband, and would LOVE to be fit enough to do that again. Plus, it was such a great thing to do together, and it was great fun spurring each other on!! Well done on such excellent results! And well done for getting back to it again. Your goals sound great. I cannot remember how many times I have told myself that by my next birthday I will weigh whatever, and then it just passes by, and I am heavier than ever...that is about to change.
I was above 108kg about a year ago before I got pregnant, and managed to get down to 93kg before we concieved ds, and I made a pact with myself that I would never, ever put that weight back on and be above 100 again. And at least at the moment I am only 3kg above my pre pregnancy weight. (DS is 5 weeks old).
Well, I splurged today and bought myself a Tefal Electric Steam cooker and a humungous stock pot! I made an enormous batch of the yummiest vege soup I have ever tasted (I just made up the recipe- and i have to say that it is delicious, and nothing in it but vegies and pasta! and a wee bit of sweet chilli sauce!). I have frozen the soup in lunch sized containers, and plan on having this for lunch each day with a slice of soy and linseed bread!
My food for today:
Brekky: Oats and skim milk (with a teaspoon of sugar).
Lunch: Salad Sandwich, muligrain, no spreads, and a sprinkle of grated cheese.
Dinner: Plateload of steamed vegies (courtesy of my new steamer!) and 150g of steamed chicken (my steamer again!), with a little sweet chilli sauce.
Snacks......not so good...I got up from having a nap with DS, and had 4 custard cream biscuits! Well, at least there are no more left, and I cannot do that again tommorrow! I have bought mini packs of vive light biccys to have as a treat. Because I did that, I am going to skip the ww/nestle choc mousse I was going to have for dessert with strawberries!
Exercise: DH and I and the kids set off on a walk, but it was bitterly cold and raining, so we turned back. I am going to get walking this week though when DD is at kinder. I plan on trying to walk for around 2 hours each day, as there are beautiful walking tracks and parks near her kinder and creche.
OKay, so that was day one down, and apart from the walk that was ruined by the rain, and the custard creams, it wasn't too bad...........
Last edited by Hosanna; April 26th, 2009 at 06:25 PM.
I forgot to say that for this 12 week challenge I got a pedometer which is something I didn't do before. It is really good at reminding me to keep my legs moving even if I am just in front of the tv or on the phone. Would love to hear all of your updates as you are going through your journey. I find it so motivating to hear other peoples stories.
Thanks Krys, yeah I find it very, very inspiring to hear of other peoples stories, that why i am loving the biggest loser at the moment, the transformations are amazing, i think that Tiffany is such an inspiration, and i hope she wins!
Didi- I never thought of going to the night ww meeting lol. Prob cos I have had an evening job for the past few years, but that is a good idea, there might be some more people my age there, and as you say, it would be great to have "me" time. I will find out I think!
Was driving home from dropping dd off at creche, and stopped to get petrol and had the biggest craving for chocolate (i am a serious chocholic, i am talking a red tulip easter bunny or family block a day kind of addict......!), but I kept thinking that i need to make myself accountable for my eating and i also imagined getting to go away for the weekend with dh at the end of this, and I RESISTED and left the chocolate on the shelf!! Yay. I think I often eat chocolate just for the sake of eating it, not really even tasting it half the time. Unconscious eating! This is just a little thing I know, but I keep telling myself that by resisting each time, it takes me one step closer to where I want to be....and the only way I am going to get there is by NOT eating all that junk. As simple as that really.
Last edited by Hosanna; April 27th, 2009 at 01:35 PM.
Great job hosanna!! I told myself Jan 15th this year. I was not going to put ANYTHING naughty in my mouth at all.. and nearly 4 months later I can still cay that.
There is a brillian webtsite that tells me from now till June 29th.. how long I have left till I reach my goal. Then i break it down how much i need to loose a week then even down to a day.. so i can keep on track.
I feel better then ever now being down 16kg.. in such a short time.
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You are so right about having someone to answer to each week-that is why I have posted on here. I would go to the WW meetings each week too, but I am really trying hard not to add extra things into a already hectic schedule with kinder! I decided for me that that time would be better spent walking, plus the local meeting is full of lovely elderly ladies, who are all nice, but not easy to relate to! Does your ww meeting have other young mums in it?
). I have frozen the soup in lunch sized containers, and plan on having this for lunch each day with a slice of soy and linseed bread!
not so good...I got up from having a nap with DS, and had 4 custard cream biscuits! Well, at least there are no more left, and I cannot do that again tommorrow! I have bought mini packs of vive light biccys to have as a treat. Because I did that, I am going to skip the ww/nestle choc mousse I was going to have for dessert with strawberries!
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