Pre-Xmas 12 week challenge - all welcome!

Well I was pretty good today. Even though I had a piece of homemade cake I reduced the amount of butter in it to half and only had one piece (so yay still have one for tomorrow). The cals in it was still a bit of a killer from the sugar but went for a ride today and did aerobics so am still well down on my total. Feeling great today. Am seeing some old friends next week and would love to just lose one more kilo before then. It is so much harder now to get those bigger losses though.
Anyway enough rambling. See you all later!

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Ok, there it goes - sorry :lol:

Nadine - you are a crack up! If someone has worked that hard to get a great body then I think by all means it is ok to stop and appreciate it ;)

Krysalyss - cake yummmmm. Excellent work on the exercise today, well done.

TheBear - how good are you taking bub out for a walk early in the morning. A sleep in (or just some solid sleep) would be heaven for me. I was up every 2 hours last night.

How is everyone doing?

ok - well I weighed in at 76.1 yesterday... mostly due to the gastro I had monday night. So I'll try now to keep the weight off and just eat smaller meals to let my smaller tummy adjust to it. I'm still not uber hungry and will do some light walking today to help keep my exercise up. I'll do my measurements again soon, but I am noticing that things aren't as tight on me as they were a few weeks ago so that is always a good thing!

Original weight - 78kg, current weight - 76.1, and 11.1 to go!

Nai :hooray: size 10 for your reunion!!!!! WOOOHOOO how great you must feel well done :clap: There is a 15 year reunion for my class next Oct and I will either have a bub (hopefully) or be pregnant so either way heavy I think... It could be a good excuse but I will see what's happening before I RSVP that I will attend, but I would love to go and wow them like you are getting to do :dance:

Nadine you've got the right idea taking it out in gym class :D Oh and I am also facinated with what people can do with their bodies!!! especially those martial arts dudes who can almost 'fly' iykwim... just amazing!

Krys I've told you before and i will tell you again my lovely... You work out so hard and are so super dooper awsome that you deserve a piece of cake hehehhe :p

ryatha you're doing great hon, keep up the good work and taking the measurments may show a loss regardless of gastro ;)

AFM I was jumping up and down this morning as I saw a flicker of 68 but then settled for a 69.1kg WOOOHOOO I've lost 3.3kg's so far YAY

well measurements are a smidgen smaller, only about 7 cm lost in total, but I am feeling like I have more energy and don't want to eat as much. I also have a hypnosis tape that DH and I are going to listen to tonight in bed before we go to sleep - it is about 'thinking yourself skinny' We'll see how it goes.

oh oh oh just remembered...I also did 16 points on the wii fit today... pretty impressed with myself and no snacking between meals :dance: I'm getting there!

Cherished1 - well done on the 3.3 lost - that is great!

BLAH!! Sleep has not improved and this morning I had to give BOTH my kids a bath, because dd had a little accident and ds ... well he shyted all over the place and then grabed his "boyhood" and swatted the rest of the place with shyt. *sigh*

I'm not as motivated :( as I was, I even skipped yesterday's class because I could not keep my eyes open. I had a sleep and felt better, but it's back too feeling cruddy today. BUT I promised myself that tomorrow I'm going to work that class and give my 150%, if I can wake up before class starts :P

I am desperatly trying not to cheat on the eating front. I am definatly eating less, but when I'm tired, my willpower is not that strong. I snacked a jam and cheese sandwich last night :( at 21:00 :( Not my best performance

DH regressing into a light depression is not helping. Him not dieting anymore and not exercising with me is also not helping - still his neck acting up, says he :rolleyes: but he is lazy and needs to get his mindset right again.

Anyway, I'll get over it and do it on my own, with support of you guys ;)

Great job everyone!!

Cherished - great loss! That is so awesome! And thanks for the lovely words :)
Ryatha - 7cm is great! Good work!
Nadine - Don't worry about skipping. I really think part of this journey has been me learning to listen to my body more about what it needs. If it needs sleep then its needs sleep. Plus sleep is important for keeping all of your body mechanisms (including metabolism) working well. I try to have at least 2 early nights a week and think of it as helping my weight loss mission.

Hi guys. After a week of laziness & 20 hours in the car in 2 days to pick DH up, eating macca's & kababs I've somehow lost another 2 kgs! Go me.
Getting back into it now. Currently weaning DS down to 1 feed a day atm too :( So a bit of tiredness & stress, but hoping it eventually leads to more sleep.

Sounds like you guys are going great! Go us!!

ok, measurements...

waist 82
hips 91

Well done bjrose!!

I just came back from the gym and did 5km in 29:32 - I just SMASHED my goal of 30min woohoo! And while I was there I sneakily jumped on the scales to see 66.9 so I am heading off to my reunion feeling a bit awesome ;) However if I celebrate too much Monday might not look so good :shakehead:

DH came & joined us for pilate's this morning. Made it interesting. Made it easier for us too...trying to show him its easier for us than it is, lol.
He was a bit stuffed...considering he's a shearer! Straight out for a smoke after :rolleyes: I think the body got too much oxygen!

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:lol: Oh that is so my DH too. Smoke just before going in and again straight after.

I feel much better today. I got a wee bit of lay in this morning and had a totally AWESOME class. I went alone. One of our shops got robbed yesterday :( at gunpoint! DH was still busy with the police and all that this morning. So I went alone and man oh man, he almost killed me. BUT I loved it. I loved that I did not have to rest so long between our rounds and that I had the fan too myself :lol:

Oh yeah ... and my dresses fit me :dance: that's my pre-pg dresses. And I'm wearing a skirt today .. with heels.

I'm weighing in tomorrow and also doing my measurements.

Goodluck for the weekend ya all!!

Just back from the gym and my weekly weigh-in...no significant change this week, still 148kg!

Even though I've not lost any weight over the last couple of weeks, I'm feeling better and actually enjoying the gym sessions. My PT is still focusing heavily on weights rather than cardio, and I have a feeling that it is a little counter productive, but time will tell.

In the past I've always found that I put on muscle mass very easily, and the weight sessions seem to be encouraging this to happen again - I'm up to 80 reps on the leg press machine with 390kg of weight now, and tbh I could do more, but there isn't anywhere else to hang the weights! My goal is to lose weight this time, not just lose fat - so I'm hoping that it works out.
Sustained cardio is a different story, so I'm trying to do more work on that outside of the PT sessions.

Diet wise the targets that the PT has me working to are:-
Carbs 155g
Protein 228g
Fats 57g (Saturated 10g)

I'm still experimenting with different ways of meeting the protein target without busting through the fat limit. Only one bad night this week, as we ate out a restaurant (Pilu) for Pixie's birthday - but it was worth it!

Nai - Congrats on smashing your goal!

Nadine216 - if you think that you will need to snack then try to keep something handy that fits with diet plan - I've got a bag of almonds that I can nibble on if I'm peckish.

Tinsel - Beth is up 2-3 times a night at the moment, so I try to let the Pixie catch up on sleep whenever I can...I'm a bit more of a morning person than she is so it all works out. Happy wife = Happy life!

Have a great weekend everyone....

Congratulations, Nai, on beating your record! Hope your reunion is awesome.
Glad you are back in the saddle, Nadine. I'm sure the lie-in really made a difference.
Bear, I hope it all works out the way you want. In the meantime, far out @ pressing 390kg! That's awesome.

I am having a down day today. My kids are really cranky and it is really hot so I can't chuck them in the stroller for a walk. Feeling trapped and haven't had any decent exercise since Thurs when my older DD was at kindy. DH works pretty long hours and I feel like I'm doing it on my own a bit.
I know I'll be gutted if I haven't lost any weight this week, but it is the probable reality.

Well I've certainly been very slack getting in here. Since I started our weight loss journey at home I have lost 3.8kgs. Not sure the difference in dates though! I am exhausted all the time from work and really struggle to get going when it comes to exercise. but i know i will get there. i have just begun a new blog to try and track what i am doing, i also hope it will be more of a motivation.

does anyone else have a weightloss blog? i really need someone to hole me accountable iykwim.

better run. glad to hearf everyone is keeping at it.

ashlea xo

Hi everyone! Sorry no time for personals today but I weighed in this morning and am down 400g and one cm around the waist. So even though I would have loved more (of course) I am ok with that. Hopefully I have lost 1kg in fat and gained 600g in muscle. lol.
Anyway will check in another day.
Bye!

Rytha Thanks for the encouragement

Nadine, dont' give up even though your dh has, I am sure when he starts to see how much your body is changing he will jump back on board, and GUNPOINT! OMG :jawdrop: what kind of shop do you have, hope everyone is ok!

bjrose how wonderful for a 2kg loss even with a few treats thrown in there!

Nai YAY for smashing records, well done :clap:

TheBear ohhh I love the leg press but I have a home gym now and I miss the leg press, may be in house #2 I will have a bigger area and I will get one! Now days I just do squats :D

Snacks hang in ther hon, even though from time to time you may feel like you're doing it all on your own we are all here for you and I'm sure your dh is doing the best he can too to support you. What day is your weigh day? Hope there is a change for you :p

Cookiemonster 3.8kg WOOOHOOOO

Krys 400grams is still great, because you've lost so much already have you noticed that the figures are getting less every week?

AFM Wooohoo I've lost 3.1kg in total after recording a loss of 700grams this morning, I am so happy to be in the 60's again and next week hopefully I will be in the 68's even next Monday (or less) heheh Gosh it just feels wonderful to be in my old clothes (just) and to have my hair nice and to put makeup on.... I feel like a very attractive woman, which I haven't felt in long time :loveshower:

Everyone is doing so great!

TheBear, you will burn fat much faster with more muscle. Have you done your measurements recently? I found when I first started that my weight didn't change for about 3 or 4 weeks, but I did lose a bit of size. Then it all fell off really quickly. Hopefully it will work that way for you too. My PT told me that you are really strong if you can bench press your body weight and leg press double your body weight, so you are REALLY strong! Keep it up.

I am on holiday in Cairns this week so I will be surprised if I have any kind of loss. I am just aiming not to put any back on. I reallu want to go for a run in the morning but DS2 isn't sleeping well either so it will take all my willpower to get out of bed.
I think I will just do my measurements and doing my weight again when I can use my usual scales. Will be back.

Woot Cherished! Well done.

Berrme enjoy your holiday and just try to make good decisions when you are out.

Well my reunion went really well and I had a great time - even though I blew out big time on the weekend (mainly due to alcohol) I still lost 300g this week so I am stoked - and I see a 66 in front of my weight YAY!

Week Four Results (alphabetical order):
Losses are listed as: (% wk) % kg lost this week; (% tot) % kg lost in total; (cm wk) cms lost this week; (cm tot) cms lost in total

Nadine216: 1.4 (% wk); 3.6 (% tot)
Nai: 0.4 (% wk); 2.7 (% tot); 1 (cm wk); 5.5 (cm tot)
Ryatha: 3.6 (% wk); 3.6 (% tot); 13 (cm wk); 13 (cm tot)
Snacks: 0.4 (% wk); 2.1 (% tot); 4 (cm wk); 10 (cm tot)
Tinsel: 1 (% wk); 1.5 (% tot); 2 (cm wk); 4 (cm tot)

PM me to add your stats into the list. You can add any day of the week.
Happy exercising!

Hi guys, I am away for a few days so will post any other results I get through on Saturday. Bye!

EEEWWW .. I'm up some :( Could it be the over-eating on the malva-pud and custrard that I made?? Or the Cadbury (darn those ppl) that me and DH ravished? Or the THREE bbq's we had over the weekend???

DARN DANG IT!!

I did however measure myself and lost 1.5cm. I still feel great and have started again this morning. I'm looking forward too class this afternoon, even though I have just regained control over my hammies. Yeah, he worked the living crudd out of me on Friday, good man :lol: Tells me I'm going to be his first female kick-boxer :rolleyes: :rofl:

Goodwork everyone :clap: nice losses.

Mr Bear - I try to keep snack at hand, only ... no, I have no excuse .. I'm bad. I'll try harder. Great to hear you are enjoying the gym. That's fab. Don't worry about not losing weight, it'll come off.

Ashlea - I'll hold you accountible ... do you want me to come over there and hang off your shoulder ;)
Cherished - we have a three cafe/take-away places in town. It was bound to happen sometime. Lucky for us no one got hurt, just a nice big fright. Thanks for the concern :)
Berrme - Enjoy your holiday, lucky fish!

Cherished: Cheers, mate. Yes, DH is doing his best. I just miss him. And I need him around to help me with my bratty toddler! Woohoo for you @ being back in the 60s... It's where I'd love to be by my 30th next year.
Cookie: Great idea @ the blog. Hope it serves its purpose. IKWYM about work sapping all your energy. Hence why I want to get new habits going before I go back to work next year. Good for you - 3.8kg :)
Krys: Have an awesome time away. Will PM my stats anyway.
berrme: Ditto to you - have a great time away.
Nai: Huge congrats on the loss, even in the face of a tops night out on the turps. Great job!
Nadine: Not to worry - good for you getting back into it. I envy you your PT (not just because apparently good eye candy, LOL!) but having someone push you would be really great. Great stuff @ the 1.5cm.

Well, I hardly lost anything this week, but I guess I kind of expected that.
Weight: 76.9kg (300g loss)
B: 98 (1cm)
W: 93 (2cm)
H: 105 (2cm)
I am happy with the cm lost - I have been trying to do sit-ups each day and toning leg and butt exercises... Am lacking motivation for much else still, but have been doing a little walk/run each evening when DH gets home around 8pm. It is dark by then so I don't like to stay out too long. Had a good opportunity to jump on the wii fit today because I only had bubba at home and not toddler, but gave it up for a good bit of chick lit. Ah well. Tomorrow is another day.
Good luck for the new week, everyone.

well I've only missed 4 weeks... and I'm waaay too scared too look at what's actually happened in the last 4 weeks (I did weigh-in, but then promptly stuck my head in the sand.... think i'm about 1.5kg up....).

So. I'm back (hmm actually I never really started in here :redface:). Have started eating better again since yesterday and weighed yesterday. 8 week challenge sounds good to me... AND i'm not expressing anymore so dont' have to worry about that side of it, yay! Bring on weigh-in next week! Going to track in CK now... trying to get my head around it instead of WW online.

Have been thinking why I've fallen off wagon (try to learn from mistakes right?):

• went back to work p/t
• DH's bad back which he's had to varying degrees since March got heaps worse (and he looks after DS 1 day a week)... which means Belfie doing EVERYTHING else the rest of the time! Poor Belfie! Poor DH!
• Stopped expressing but kept eating the same amount of chocolate... :redface:
• Did hardly any exercise cos too busy (see above)
• Got sore shoulders/back so didn't cycle because too busy (see above)

Ok so clearly my challenge is incorporating exercise into my daily routine even when busy and not reaching for comfort food when stressed. I'm gonna make that my focus this week - shall try walk with DS in stroller, think of healthy things to eat and track food.

Hope everyone else is having a good week.

belfie my lovely I have missed you :D So happy you are back on the wagon and up 1.5 isnt' too bad either for being off the wagon for 4 weeks. Welcome back xoxo

berme, Glorious holidays oh glorious holidays... enjoy! I remember we strated ttc on our honeymoon in Sep last year and I was trying to eat well and no alcohole etc etc... If I knew then what I knew now I would have just lived it up, that is what holidays are for while being sensible too, just not worrying about every thing that one is eating iykwim :p

Nai again so happy to hear your reunion went well you foxy thing :)

Krys are you away on a little holiday?

Nadine wowsers a gunpoint robery still sounds so scary to me! I would never dream of that happening to me :o Good thing you are gonna be that 1st female kick-boxer hehehe

Snacks I think a 300grams loss is still great, sounds like you are doing really well with your walks every day too

AFM I'm doing well, eating great, have done a 30 min walk and mini weight workout the last 2 days and will do another sometime today, but my weight is not really moving into the 68's as expected! which tells me one thing.. AF is due in a few day :( OR I could be pregnant but I thought I would keep loosing weight if I was pg?? :think:

Hi everyone :hello:

well this week I weighed in at 75.2 - I haven't been that low for months :dance: so happy

I have been walking Lumpy to school each day, the afternoons have been too hot (yes I am a sook!) and my eating has been better. I did snack on chocolate yesterday :redface: but I got desperate! Hoever I am not snacking during the day and not eating after dinner other than a few dried fruit and nuts.

I have given myself some solid goals as well now. I have decided that once under 75, I'm going to have a lymph draining massage... hopefully it will help get rid of some of the excess fluid. Then at 70 kg I'm going to get laser on some marks on my face and then at 65kg I'm going to get laser hair removal on my bikini and underarms. That way I'll be more keen to show off my new body at the pool and beach - which is where I plan on spending most of the summer.

I'll be back with personals later, have a ripper of a headache and going to bed, good luck everyone!

Woohoo Ryatha. Great work and great goals.

I am down to 75.7kg which I am happy about. Didn't think I was going to see 75kg for a while. I will be happy to shift another 5kg but my mummy tummy seems to be hanging around longer the second time around.

:happyforyou: Thought I'd share that I have hit the 68's!!!! So excited! Now I can't wait till Monday (my official weigh day) to see if I get any lower than 68.8kg's :hooray:

ryatha they sound like some great rewards and goals :D For fluid retention the oldest trick in the book is to soak a teaspoon of fennel seeds in boiling water for 5 mins than strain and drink... I just leave the seeds in the water because I like the taste and poor the brew into my 1 ltr bottle to sip on throughout the morning so maybe give that a try aswell as the massage (which I loooove)... Also make sure you get the laser hair removal from somewhere that does it properly and make sure it is a referral from a friend who has had it done at that place and it has worked for them.. I say this because about 6 years ago I paid over $600 to have it done on my underarms and all it did was HURT HEAPS :o I still have just as much hair grow under my arms :( I have heard of it working occasionally but I would never get it done again unless a friend had it work for them and told me where they got it done. I hope that helps ;)

Hi everyone. Sorry I have been MIA. I have posted all of the week four results now (on page 4).
I didn't weigh in this week as I was just too busy and wasn't so good last week. Didn't feel I could face a gain LOL. Hopefully this weigh-in will be an ok one.
Anyway everyone sounds like they are doing well!

Gak. Another shocker of a week for me. I really need to get serious. But I've been a bit depressed the last few days, not sleeping, worrying about returning to work and leaving my bubba, the possibility of needing to wean etc. In fact, I've been so down I wonder if AF is coming back... *Sigh* What a pi$$er.
Stats: -
Weight:76.4kg (500g loss)
B: 97cm (1cm loss)
W: 90cm (3cm loss)
H: 104cm (1cm loss)

I am happy with my waist at least. And a loss is a loss. But I feel like I've been trying quite hard for so little reward.
Today is another day, I suppose. And I could definitely be trying harder.

Sorry for the selfish post. I hope everyone else is having a great week.

Hi All, MIA this week due to spring carnival and not being able to get to the gym! Flemington Racecourse is right between me and the gym so it's a real pain to get to this week (that's my excuse anyway). Will report back in next week folks - keep up the good work everyone!!!

Snacks you're right a loss is a loss

Krys hello honey :hello: you busy bee, don't completly fall off the wagon matey!

Nai enjoy the races ;)

AFM :hooray: I'm back in the 68's Yesterday I recorded a 600g loss and am now 68.7kg YAY

woo hoo well done Cherished!

Well I tried tracking my food (for a day) in CK last week. OMG talk about freakout. I was thinking... yeah, haven't done too badly. Then realised I'd forgotten to adjust it for not BF'ing. ACK! I was a LONG way over. I can see why I need to tighten up now. On the bright side, have been walking my dog HEAPS (two walks a day) and some with bubba-boy (11kg) in the harness on my back - that's gotta be a good workout. So all I've gotta do now is eat a bit better.... think I was a teensy bit down last time I weighed. But still more than a month ago. I hate trying to re-lose weight! But gotta be in it to win it... so I'm trying to focus.

Snacks - a loss is a loss, honestly I'd love to have a 500g loss. You'll get there, and everything will work out. Sending you good vibes to get it all worked out with work, bubba & feeding.

Nai - GL staying on track. Gotta admit I'm kinda glad I'm nowhere near Flemington!

hi to everyone else, hope you're doing well.

You guys missed me :loveshower: Awww I missed you too

Been struggeling with myself the past two weeks. Did the whole eating-ice-cream-in-secret thing again BUT still managed to go down a bit thanks too my trainer. I did have the trots this Sunday ... eekkk, so lost a lot of water, but are feeling better since yesterday and even went to class and got a hectic workout. Over the weekend DH and I bought ourselves our own punching bag mits. Buggers did not have pink in my size, so I had to take the red, and I tried them out yesterday. It's DH's turn to have the runs. It started with ds on Friday, then me on Sunday and now him. I'm praying that dd does not get it. Poor DH is soooo sick, shame.

OK personals, let see:

Snacks - Aww, don't worry hun. We all have our highs and lows and lows are so stupid. Great cm loss. I also lose great in the waist (that is not where I need it though) Chin up, don't give up.

Belfie - I have a hard time not reaching for comfort food myself. It's darn hard. And yeah, sure having a 11kg'er straped to your back counts as a work out. Keep up the good work. :clap:

Cherished - take it your not pregnant then. Are you TTC'ing? Contratulations on reaching 68!! You are now officially my goal weight ... care to trade :shakehead: yes?? no??? come on, pruty please tee hee

Ryatha - Oooo love your goals. Get yourself a brand spanking new bikini with that lazer hairremoval, I insist. Hope your headache got better. I hate summer, because I get these heat-headaches .. ugh.

Tinsel - You and ryatha are neck and neck. GREAT job!! I have that problem with the 2 nd time mummy tummy too.

Nai - Spring carnaval - sounds like fun ... and cotton candy .. and soft serve ... and :redface: :redface: STAY STRONG WOMAN

Ok, quick question. What can I take to help me feel less bloated?? After being sick Sunday I have been feeling really bloated in my intestines. Any ideas?? Appart from standing on my head, or letting dd jump on me.

Ok, girls another week of seriously minding what you eat!!!

Over and OUT!
:grouphug:

:doh: Cherished ... *checking out your siggie* How long have you been trying??

Week Five Results (alphabetical order):
Losses are listed as: (% wk) % kg lost this week; (% tot) % kg lost in total; (cm wk) cms lost this week; (cm tot) cms lost in total

Krysalyss: 3.6 (% tot)
Snacks: 0.6 (% wk); 2.7 (% tot); 4 (cm wk); 16 (cm tot)
Tinsel: 1.5 (% wk) 3 (% tot) 3 (cm wk) 7 (cm tot)

PM me to add your stats into the list. You can add any day of the week.
Happy exercising!

Well done everyone, you are all doing so well!

Well, I am 66kg, up 600g since last weigh in 3 weeks ago. :doh: All measurements are the same though so I don't feel too bad. To be honest I think that last weigh in where I was 65.4 was a bit of a feak... maybe I was dehydrated or something. :dunno:
Anyway, I had a great workout today and am feeling good. Today I start being good again. :D

Nai, eating out is not my problem, at least then I can select my meal. Both my parents and PILs live in Cairns so they always decide they should feed us up while we are there... like we can't look after ourselves. :rolleyes: We wake up to bacon and eggs or pancakes when I just want my cereal. Maybe I should aim to be 60kg when I go back up there for xmas... then I have some room to put on xmas weight. :lol:

Keep up the good work, girls. :D

Hi Krysalyss

Your mailbox is full so am posting my stats here.

My measurements and weight for this week are:
Weight: 74.6kg (woohoo)
Bust: 94cm
Waist: 82cm
Hips: 104cm

Thanks

"morn'n everyone" (to be read in some sort of country and western american accent) :rofl:

Nadine, thanks for asking hon, my beautiful hubby and I have been ttc since Sep 08, in that time we've had 2 x mc's (probably 3 mc's, all this year) and we totally can't wait to have a family!! :p I put on 4 kg's with the 1st pg and another 4 with the 2nd pg so have 8 to loose to get back to pre pregnancy and before the pg's I had 5kg's to loose anyway so that = just lots of weight to loose... Focusing on that is the only thing keeping me sane so nup, no way uh uh, hehhehe, I wont trade places with the weight, I'm stoked to be back in the 68's ;)

berme I always think that if I've seen the lower figure than it's not far away if I go up again so it still can lift my spirits iykwim, hang in there you are doing great :clap:

belfie my friend sounds like you've got a good plan there, cant' wait to read about your loss this week xx

AFM I'm doing great! been going to the beach still which is just hte best thing ever for my soul!!! and I'm getting a nice tan and still love my hair and life's good... Just can't wait to loose more weight and than put it all back on again in the form of a bubba :D