Spring Into Action 12wk Challenge

Audax - SIX!


I had a terrible start after all that determination. I didn't get to the gym this morning - I usually go at 6am - because I only had a few hours sleep and then I couldn't eat breakfast or lunch, so I had a large (read massively enormously gigantic) plate of spaghetti, which I managed to scoff down in about 34 seconds. Attractive, I know. I topped it off with a glass of coke. Somebody shoot me!

But tomorrow, I will prevail! (really)


ETA: You're doing a great job, Cherished. Thanks for that.

I did no exercise yesterday :( Today doesn't look much brighter. But at least I ate well.

Hi girls, just a quick pop in cause I'm on my phone.
Cherished, I can't believe the chocolate is in the bread isle at your local shop! That's just cruel. Luckily at mine it's just biscuits and chocolate together so makes it easy to skip all the naughties at once. My naught treat the other night was a tim tam and this choc filled croissant thing :redface: DF had taken them home that day.
Everyone that said they are embarrassed about their weight, big :hug: we're all on the right supportive path here :)
AFM I did no exercise yesterday, but I did walk around the shops for 2 hours so better then sitting on my butt all day I guess. I weighed in at 67.2. I weigh in the morning before eating but the time since feeding ds always varies so I guess that will affect it a little. I'm off to mum and bub yoga this morning, hopefully I can get to the gym tonight if DF feels up for 'babysitting'.
Hope you all have a great day :)


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Hi Girls, just a quicky cos I'm at work :shhh:

So far so good. Been eating really well all week, trying to squeez in as many walks as possible. Walked 6km yesterday, but DD was not too impressed for the last 1.5kms. Any ideas on how to entertain kids in prams???

Totally agree that no one needs to be embarrassed or ashamed by their weight. We are all in this together, and here to support one another. I weighed in yesterday, and it was what I expected, 81kgs :hide: I really hate it, and would love to get back to 70, if not by Thailand, then the end of the year, and 65kgs, that's just a pipe dream atm, perhaps after I have bub no 2, whenever that is.

I have some how managed to stay away from the lollies and choccies, even with DH on night shift. This is usually when I indulge the most as I am bored and lonely. Luckily I have had my new Acer Tablet to play around with and keep me company.

Inspired by Audax, thought I might add that maybe if you cannot exercise and diet due to circumstance, doing either/or is a great start.

Have a great day ladies, and will drop in with some persies when I'm not meant to be working x

True about not being embarrassed about your weight. The only thing to be embarrassed about is not doing anything about it! And we none of us are guilty of that.

Once upon a time I weighed in at 90kg, girls, so if that's where you are, I am here to tell you it can be done. I'm now on 69, and heading for 63 by Christmas!

Maybe. If this kid ever lets me off the couch :rolleyes: I think she's well enough for me to squeeze in a walk today, but probably not a long one.

Morning ladies
Survived last night without touching chocolate. Thought about it all night though :lol:
Managed to sneak DD into her pram when she was tired and ignored the velcro baby protests and hit the pavement (she fell asleep real fast) and managed to get a 30 min walk in the pram before she decided enough was enough and she wanted to go back to cuddles on the couch. Hope we can do the same today.
My Shape ups arrived last night, got them on now. The dvd was missing from the box- wondering how much I need it. They say they help with celulite- thats great cause even my big toe has celulite after baby #3 :lol:

I like the idea of a choc drink reward! Awsome. I'll jump on that wagon
I think its amazing that people can get up so early and go to the gym. Really take my hat of to you.

Velcro girl has realised mummys not holding her and woken up, catch you later ladies

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Morning ladies .....

Im weighing in at 88.5kg this morning - eeek!

So far today i have walked 6.27 kilometers to be precise (gotta love runkeeper) but still have another 2 kilometers to do this afternoon so whats that , umm 8.27 in total :)

Yesterday i walked a grand total of 8.72 kilometers

Im sooooo excited and focused, i cant wait to reach my goal and for once feel happy within myself and proud of what i have achieved.

Well done girls, together we can do this !!!!

I'm in!
I started a detox on Wednesday, so officially not spring, but almost :) Had terrible headaches over the past two days, but feeling much better today.

I'm doing the Nature's Sunshine 14day detox, it's mild and has enough in the box for two people to do it. It's acheivable and ok to do with a busy lifestyle.

I have done 2 spin classes as well as weights for my upper body. Gotta look good for summa time :)

detox is such a good idea. I feel a bit toxed...

Gosh, a "handful" of nuts maybe nourishing but a handful doesnt make feel better :lol: I want a more... hehe

Can I join in late?

Hi ladies - better make an effort and post something! I weighed in at 76kg (but I started Monday, not on the 1st), weighed this morning and scales said 75.1kg so very happy with that! I have been walking every afternoon. Lots of healthy food -glass of warm lemon water first up every day, chicken this week, no red meat (though I had ham tonight), lots of vegies, 2 fruit per day, low fat low sugar yoghurt, the occasional cup of green tea (yuck but supposed to be good for you) and carrot sticks for snacks in between (actually really sweet yummy carrots at the moment).
70kg here I come! I am about 178cm tall, so anything under 70kg for me is too thin!

Hi guys! I had a half good and half bad day. The good stuff: I weighed in and didn't die of a heart attack. Although I am way over where I want to be I am not as heavy as I thought I was. Yay! So I am starting at 75.2kg. I also took my measurements. I went to the gym. Was running short of time but did my C25k session and ran/walked 3.17km in 22mins. It seems to be easier to do it on the treadmill as I can see how fast I am going and can nudge it up a little.

The bad stuff: DS has tonsillitis. :( And I didn't get time to start my new calorie king profile which I wanted to do. I think I ate ok but probably not super great. I also didn't get a job I was waiting to hear on. Just a piddly little casual job of 6hrs a week but I still didn't get it. That depressed me.

So tomorrow I will have a quick jog on the road as the gym isn't open, and when I get to work I will do my CK profile and kick start that.

Hope you guys are all going great :)

Me today:

Bad: I ate crap. I don’t even want to confess what I ate it’s so bad. :(
Good: I did a very hilly 5km in 45 mins. :thumbsup:

Friday - work after no sleep so no run but ok food
Today - back to work after less sleep so plan to keep food good and lots of water. Hope for a run Sunday am.

Grr, pretty crappy start here. I believe my little one is going through a wonder week, so she's very clingy and unsettled. Yesterday I spent 3 1/2 hours pinned to the couch just continuously feeding her so she could rest.

So yeah, exercise out the window! Been eating well though, snacking on fruit and vegies.

Dunno how the weekend will go, we're off back home, two hours away, for a 21st. So lots of driving, a family lunch and then a dinner. Oh well, hopefully there's some good healthy stuff on offer.

Morning ladies.... hope everyone has a great weekend, it might be a bit of a hard one being Fathers Day and all with lots of get togethers but i guess we can treat ourselves but try not to go too over board and remember tomorrow is another day, a day to get back on track and into the healthy foods/exercise all those things that will help us acheive our goals.

We can do this and we WILL do this :)

I'm not so great at posting in these threads either. I read but don't get around to replying :redface:
Anyway..... my weekly round-up.
6 days going to the gym - not always working hard but at least keeping up the habit. I did spin today - it really hurt my butt. It's been a long time since I was up on a bicycle.
Eating - so-so. Breakfast on most days. Not always within 15 minutes of waking but at least before lunch time. Some of them may have been on the gluttonous side but I'll work on that next week.

We got DH 5 huge mangoes for Father's day.

:welcome: Victoria and Wrena, I've added you both to the list :)

doubletrouble, nuts are a catch 22 in my brain, they are so good for you, I find them satisfying as they are protein but they are really high in calories! I eat plenty of them when not trying to loose weigh tbut have to stay clear while I'm on a mission.

Krysalyss I meant to ask you what the C25K is? And you poor dh :( Hey I was wondering if Calorie King has a free app for your mobile phone? I looked the other day but couldn't see anything. I have a app on my phone for counting calories and it's really groovy, it even has a bar code scanner which enters the food for you!

Epacris a hilly 5km in 45 is very impressive, you are a machine :cheer:

Kaytee, going away can be tough and westy I think the last 5 christmases I have been on a weight loss kick and I dont' know how I managed to be honest! I think because dhis so supportive and reminds me that I'm not missing out on anything and there will be plenty of other days to eat whatever I want. He also reminds me that food isn't the be all and end all of having a good time ;)

Onyx, Mangos... Where is the drool smily icon thingo! I bought a whole tray the other day as they were only 50cents each :leap:

afm, doing good but ds just woke up again, back later!

50 cents :o I wish they were that cheap here.
About the only thing I miss about Brisbane is the mango tree we had beside our front door - we had so many that the neighbours came and picked them too and there were still some that ended up rotting on the ground.

Cherished, you are an absolute star with the personals and keeping up with everyone. :hug: Bless you!

Can I join too?

My goal is to lose 1kg per week for the first two weeks and then half a kilo a week after that (for some reason I always find weight loss more rapid for the first two weeks and then it drops off). So that would make it 8.5kg altogether over the 13 weeks.

I also want to make time to excercise so by the end of 13 weeks, I want to be in my routine of excercising for 30 mins 3 times during the week and 30 mins sometime over the weekend.

This week I am focussing on getting my eating right. I have a chest and ear infection so I am not well at the moment which makes excercising is a bit out of the question. Hopefully, I will be better in the next few days and can start doing more activity - the doctor just changed my antibiotics since the last course didn't work. Hopefully these new ones will start working soon and I can get into it.

I was thinking about joining Contours - has anyone ever used them? Are they any good? Are they very expensive? They currently have three trial sessions which I was going to sign up for to see if I liked it and could be committed enough to it and maybe I could do that for my three sessions a week. It is getting too hot to walk outside now and it will only be worse by summer so I need something sustainable that I enjoy.

Hi to all the latest joiners :hello:

I agree with Epacris. Cherished, you are awesome! I am way too scatterbrained to get too personal, but sounds like most of us are off to a pretty good start :)

I managed to get to the gym last night, yay! I was the last one left there and I felt a mixture of totally-awesome-hardcore-gymjunkie and sad-loser-got-no-life considering it was Friday night! lol Feeling good this morning though. I have a harder time with the food side of things. I don't really want to go too extreme considering I'm breastfeeding, but feel as though I could still be doing better. I think I'm going to have to ask DF to leave the junk he buys during the day in his van, or sneak it in when I'm not looking so I dont get tempted.

Onyx, I cracked up when I saw "Apple is thin" on your ticker! :lol:

Hope you all survive the weekend without too many naughties!

Yay! So exited! I have 7kg to loose to get to my pre-pregnancy weight of 60kg. I put on 28kg in my pregnancy :redface:. I'd love to loose all 7kg this spring but will take it nice and slowly so I don't impact on my milk supply. I'm planning to take up running as of Monday because the Gym isn't really an option with the bub - hopefully she'll like the pram. Looking forward to sharing tips and motivation with you ladies :dance:

Hi guys! Just a quick one for me as I am supposed to be working. But Cherished the C25k is the couch to 5k program. It is just easier to abbreviate. It is a program that gets you jogging as builds up the intervals that you walk and jog so eventually you are jogging the whole way. I like it as it works for me. I was also thinking that when I finish it I might try and do it again but instead of walk/jog doing slow jog / fast run to try and get myself really fit. That is why I am finding it good on the treadmill as I know exactly how fast I am going. Anyway I will be back later! Have a great day!

Welcome to the latecomers!

Onyx, you can by gel pads for the seat to help your bottom.

Overall, everyone seems to be doing pretty well.

AFM, I went for a loooooong walk this morning. Food's been okay too.

Onyx it's amazing that I've lived on teh Sunny Coast for about 12 years and I am yet to live anywhere that has unlimited access to a mango tree!

Epacris & MM Thanks so much, So nice to know that I'm appreciated :loveshower:

JustMe welcome hon and it sounds like you've got a good plan. Gyms are great for hot and cold weather so all year round you dont' have any excuses ;) Hope you're feeling better soon and can really get into it.

Wrena I think 28kg's is pretty normal in pg, I think I stopped counting after 25! I know I put on much more as I totally ballooned out when I went OD. I did a weight loss stint when ds was 6 weeks and lost about 8kg's in about 12 weeks I think it was. I am still breastfeeding and didnt' have any supply issues. It can be tricky when you can't get to the gym, I have a gym at home and still manage to avoide it lol

Krysalyss the C25K thing sounds fantastic! Bet it will feel fab when you rech that goal :cheer:

Hannanat long walks are great. Think I might aim for at least one of those a week with ds in teh pram. dh loves walking in the national park so I think I'll bring him with us.

AFM I've been eating well, haven't done a work out as such but I have been keeping the house house much cleaner, done lots of house work and caught on nearly everything. I think I'm ready to start working out as tomorrow I'm off to the pool for some laps. I haven't been counting my calories which is the next step. I WILL start doing that, today! And I need to drink more water! Water was never a problem for me I have always drunk loads but the last 3 months I have totally slacked off as the fatigue really kicked in. I have reminders set on my phone to drink water :D

I've stolen all Krysalyss's ideas :redface:

I checked out the c25k program and I joined carlorie king. Fabulous ideas, both of them. Thank you!

Hi girls, I must confess I am shocking when it comes to personals and even checking in daily... I must make more of an effort! I am doing fine food wise but exercise is my downfall! I just dont do it! I run after the girls all day. DD3 is up every night and I am tired and lazy and I would rather sit on my bum when shes sleeping than exercise! I need to change this. Its always been my downfall. I lack motivation and consistancy! I have an exercise bike sitting at the back door so really there is no exxcuse for me not to sit on it and pedal. Im going back to fitness class on Monday nights after being sick for a few weeks. Hopefully that will motivate me! Not even the thought of a full body massage gets me excited.... quite sad really! The reasons I want to loose weight is besides being healthy... is that I am a mum of 3 girls and I want to be a good role model for them, show them the importance of eating well and exercise and feeling good about yourself. I want to be able to go to the beach with them and wear a bikini.... not shorts and a t-shirt. I know they are too young to worry about this but if I start now it will be better for me in the long run! Anyway thats my vent.... I just need to find something in life that excites me and can get me moving!

Good morning everyone :) No exercise for me yesterday, and probably none today, being fathers day and all. Eating, hmm not the best. Have had some dark chocolate, mainly during late night feed :redface: But last night I almost made myself a hot chocolate, went for peppermint tea instead :)
C25K is awesome! I started in April (thanks to another BB thread) and now I'm running 20-25 mins 2-3 times a week. I'm still amazed as I have never ever run before, so anyone thinking of giving it a go, go for it!!
Hope you all have a lovely Sunday :)


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Hi ladies,

Hope you are all well. Have enjoyed this weekend far too much, particularly today, so back on it tomorrow.

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I've stolen all Krysalyss's ideas

I checked out the c25k program and I joined carlorie king. Fabulous ideas, both of them. Thank you!

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Oooh cool! Now this way if I fall of the wagon I don't have to feel guilty as I can live vicariously through you! :LOL:
Well my day wasn't great today. I ate quite a lot of junk food. But I was also pretty active at work. Not enough to make up for it, but enough to lessen the guilt. Looking forward to this week. I have lots of goals both work & family wise and health wise. Should be a good week!

Last night, fish & chips and ice-cream :hide:

^^ oops..... good on you for being honest though!

Great start to the day for me - yoghurt for breakfast then an apple when I got to work, a skim milk cappuccino (aiming to give these up), six glasses of water and a pita bread wrap with salad, chicken breast and a scrape of avocado. Got strawberries to eat later then having Italian fish stew for dinner tonight (low fat version) and exercise with my personal trainer tonight.

Hope everyone else is ok - great weather in Melbourne at the moment!

Yeh, mega oops! I'm not going to dwell on it though. Today I've had a coffee (trying to cut back) smoothie with banana, blueberries, natural yogurt and honey, and i've got a big pot of veggie soup on the stove at the moment. Aiming for the gym tonight :)

My computer is determined to not let me post today!
Sorry ladies Im shocking at personals, but I do love ya

Take my hat off to you motivated ladies that make it to the Gym or out jogging. Im way to lazy to do that- I'll stick to my walks and yoga and hope for the best.- my feet are sore from my shape ups :lol: I must have been walking really flat footed for along time.

Veggie soup- great idea! I'll get on to that too
Anybody know how much green tea you can have while BF?

Hi All

RhiChiChi - sounds like you are having a great day foodwise. I am drooling after reading your post :)


So far, I am going pretty well managing my food. As yesterday was Father's Day it was a bit tricky so I probably ate more than I should have but made much healthier choices than I would have otherwise (hommus, rice crackers and fruit instead of chocolate cake and biscuits like everyone else :)) and ate smaller portions than I would have otherwise. We went over to the island for the day though so we did spend a good part of it walking and playing in the sand. Finished off with fish and chips but I opted to forgo the chips and have a salad instead. So not a great choice but not the end of the world. I also made a big pot of veggie soup last night and separated it into five portions so I have lunch this week sorted. Feeling really good and positive. I think I can do this! It's nice to feel like I can be successful.

I have dropped a kilo just by eating well and cutting the tea and bickies!

I knew it was a problem, but I didn't realise it was such a big one!

Hi everyone! Well I finally got my new calorieking profile up tonight. I did it before dessert so I could see if I deserved it or not :) Luckily I could so I am now eating a mini magnum type ice-cream and not feeling guilty at all. Yay! I was supposed to go to soccer training tonight but totally forgot and went to the gym instead (I'm going to be in trouble from the coach!). But it was good at the gym. I did a C25K session and then 25 mins on the bike so all up about 300 cals.

Audax - that is an awesome loss so quick. Congrats!
Just Me - Nice self-control yesterday. You sound so happy and positive. We know you can do it! It is such a great idea to set up your lunches. That is a real downfall of mine to not prepare lunch and then end up eating crap.
Double - Walks and yoga are great too. What kind of yoga do you do? I want to do it but the classes here are on a day I can't do at the moment. Maybe later :)
Munchkin - I had a shocker of a day yesterday but I actually think the most successful weight losers learn how to get back up after a bad day. So well done!
Rhichichi- Sounds like you have a great meal plan underway!

OK. Well see you all tomorrow!

Can I be sneaky & pop in for 2 weeks? I'm nearly at my goal weight (1kg to go by Sat 17th - DD's 1st b'day, 13kg lost so far) but I've been in the general weight loss thread... but you've all migrated over here :lol: so I'm a bit lonely. And I just.need.to.do.the.last.bit!
And I work so much better with a bit of company from you inspiring ladies :) Will try have a read back so I can keep up!

And if DS sleeps (he's dropping his day nap and oh lordy I want him to keep it... just 2 more weeks little man, 2 more weeks!)... then I'll cycle now & tonight. :crossfingers:
I'm also being very good with my food - have hidden the chocolate & other temptations away in a box.