Summer - Autumn 2010/2011 challenge #3

Hi everyone, found this site last night and had a read through a few pages... wow you lot can talk ;) thought i might join and get a bit more motivation from you guys. I have been exercising and watching what I eat for 2 weeks now. I started out doing 12 crunches and 24 of the ones where you put elbow to opisite knee ( dont know what they are called ! ) am now doing 20 and 40 of these.... pilates and fit ball dvd`s once or twice a week and jog 1/2 km 5/7... started playing netball last week...OMG nearly killed me :) so im feeling a little better already and ive lost 5cm from my tummy too YAY. So thanks in advance for your well wishes and motivation, look forward to hearing all the success stories.

Here are my details

SW 82.9
CW 81.2
Not sure what my goal weight will be yet, will just see how i go and feel.....

Wlcome onemore!! That sounds like a great excercise plan!!! I think i will be getting some motivation from you!!

I managed to do another 2ks on thebike.. so if you add my walk i am up to 6k;s on our challange... i am ssoooooo behind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Starbright, that is so fantastic!! Well done :)

Welcome onemore! Sounds like you are definitely on track and you have the right mindset, I hope you can keep up with our chatter ;) I have to say I was more than a little jealous about your 5cms off your tummy already, that is amazing! And the side to side ones are called obliques I think?

Hooray!! I am glad you are back Traveller!! Fingers crossed for you!

Oh belfie, hope the cycling works for you! Are you ok?

Lol enchanted at your tummy bulge, at least you don't have bulging under the waistband as well! I think 800g per week sounds great, good luck! Sounds like a fun weekend your going to have!

Another day of overeating here I am afraid! My cousin cooked dinner tonight, an Indian curry with homemade naan bread, it was amazing but I watched him melt an entire tub of butter to cook the naan in on the BBQ! I did manage the huge beach walk though and spent most of the day walking too and from the beach as it seemed like everytime we got there I needed to come back for something! I am loving strutting around in just my swimmers though, if it weren't for the challenge I would have been fully dressed at all times unless in the water! Though, to be honest I think that has been because I have had two kids on my own so don't have the time or hands to keep getting dressed and undressed!

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday today!!

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Oh belfie, hope the cycling works for you! Are you ok?

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Aaaw thanks for asking appletree - am ok (just HA!), but battling with two littlies & a hubby who has been sick since early Dec (that'd be right after we got meds sorted for DD's reflux :doh:)... and the temptation to eat emotionally is BIG. DH has just started new meds, but still nowhere near ok yet... so when I have all 3 sleeping & have to forgo aus day festivitivies - plus madly catching up on housework... arrgh! Not a fun day :( Cycling was better than chocolate (that'd be the chocolate I'd already eaten :wall:). Sorry you shouldn't ask, too much comes out :redface:.

onemore - welcome to the group, i'm impressed by your exercise!

Oh that sounds tough! I hope your dh is getting better and you get a break soon! I am a big big big emotional eater too, so maybe next time I feel like i need to eat I will stop, think of you, and do some angry exercise instead!

Thanks for the welcome guys :) done my crunches and obliques thismorning and have started doing a few reps of 1kg weights... played netball tonight, was fun but hard work !! hard work just watching the youngens run around like they could just keep going all night :)
appletree thanks for your reply, even though I have just started it is great to get the encouragement.. makes me want to keep going at it even more..
well better get to bed, night all

Hmm few days of emotional eating here... but I AM keeping up the exercise. And trying to remind myself that a weensy trip off the wagon doesn't mean I have to stay off it forever... it's just more like a lil' pitstop.
Two walks today (courtesy of lil' miss i'm-not-gonna-sleep). And a run yesterday. Tried for a run tonight (right after a I-got-babygirl-to-sleep walk) but as soon as I was ready she said waaaaaah and there was no run for mummy!

Well done onemore, you're doing great.

Hoping for a walk today... Kate07 and i are setting ourselves a challenge for next month, will fill you all in once we set our amount :) we might need your help to cheer us on :)
How is everyone else going, welcome to all the new joiners... you'll love the girls in here :)
Was naughty yesterday and had a tim tam chiller thing with cream, got half way through and couldn't do it :dance:

HI Everybody, I think it's time I jumped into this thread. I am oh-so-close to getting off my last few kg's, but I'm in the middle of Winter in Qingdao, China & motivation has turned to pot :( I had been doing so well on my own, & now I have just hit a brick wall it seems. I put on 2kg over Christmas & can only manage to lose 1kg. It's driving me mad!!!!

I'm going to read up on everybody. But so comforted already to see familiar avvy's - ZF!!!!!

Love Jayne xx

Hi to everyone joining us, I'm starting to lose track!

Bailed on the walk this morning with ZF and Kate, sorry girls. I did a 35 minute zumba workout yesterday and really really watching what I'm eating. Most days I've been under the calorie limit, but one day I was over, so it should balance out.

I wish I could come walking with you guys!!! :(

My kids go on school holidays today - as it's Chinese New Year/Spring Festival time & so they had a concert at school today & then they came home at lunch time. I took them to Maccas as a treat & had NO intention of eating anything, I had been thinking of my tuna & wholemeal bread waiting for me at home. Only I really need to practice my Chinese counting because I ordered 3 happy meals instead of 2. bahahahah Could have been worse I guess!

Hello Ladies!!

Welcome Onemore and Jayne...

Looks like you're all doing great with the workouts etc... I wish I could say the same for me, but I do get some exercise from cleaning other people's houses... DH and I will be weighing-in on sunday, don't think I have been too bad food-wise (compared to earlier..) but I did have a McDonald icecream today :shhh:

My Pilates instructor asked me to write a food diary, that makes me think twice about eating stuff or not... But I haven't really written any this week sooo... Hmmm...

I'm so tired today, just wanna watch a movie or something

BBL

-Tj-

Hey TJ, I find tracking what I eat really helps me, because I feel embarrassed listing all the junk that I have consumed!!!

A Maccas icecream here & there isn't a bad thing, you can't deny yourself everything.

Oh & cleaning is working out - some of it is hard-yakker!

I find when I'm tired, that's when I binge. So stay strong girl!

I have made a delicious soup for dinner. I can't wait to eat it. Leeks, bacon, chicken breast, zucchini, potato & carrots. Smells amazing!!!!! So healthy as well.

Oh yum, Jayne - do you just put everything in the pot? I'd love the recipe!

Tj - Tiredness totally sucks, you just can't get motivated to do much. Hope it passes soon.

I did my 4.2 km walk tonight, with my dogs. Did it in 35 minutes so was pretty chuffed with that.

PacRakMG _ It's soooooooooo easy to make. I just salt & pepper the 2 chicken breasts & pop them into the frypan with a teeny bit of oil. While that is in, I dice up a few rashers of bacon, a spanish onion & 2 leeks. When it's time to flip the chicken, I add those things into the pan. The fat that the bacon lets off then coats my chicken to stop it sticking to the pan (KWIM?). So while that is all browning up in the pan, I add maybe 2L of water, some chicken stock powder, 2 grated carrots, one grated potato & 1 grated zucchini to a soup pot & turn it up high. Add the bacon, leek & spanish onion to the soup pot when that is done & then slice up the chicken when it's cooked right though. I find the chicken is so much nicer when I pre-cook it rather than adding it into the soup pot raw. & then just boil away for an hour or so - until you can't stand the smell anymore & want to eat it!!! bahahaha. I usually add a tin of creamed corn in right at the end - but that's hard to find here in Qingdao. I did find a tin, but then I don't have a can opener yet! Dammit! lol.

It's so easy & so delicious & my kids absoluetly love it. Jess doesn't eat potato (apparently), but being that all the veg is grated, the only real thing they see is chicken & bacon. Same with leek & zucchini, they would be like 'eeewww we don't like that' but because it's grated, it's there, but it's hidden. Works beautifully!

Hope you enjoy it, but it's Summer for you, so soup might not hit the 'spot'. lol.

Oh & I also managed to find wholemeal bread to go with the soup last night - perfect!!!

So my kids are on school holidays from now, this is the time when I struggle & end up eating all the little snacks they do. Stay strong Jayne, stay strong!!!

I hope you all have great weekends!

Love Jayne xx

Oh yum Jayne. I'm in Melbourne so the weather is all over the place, hot at the moment, but as soon as it cools again, will give that a go! Thanks for sharing the recipe.

I "met" cottage cheese last night and am in love. Oh yum.....

Have been on my big walk already today, so now the afternoon is mine. Problem is that even though I've had breakfast and lunch (sultana bran for brekky and an english muffin with tomato, avocado and cottage cheese for lunch), I haven't even used up the calories I've earned by walking. Me thinks there is going to be a bit of eating today. I shopped yesterday, only bad thing I bought was a tube of pringles. No chocolate, nothing. If it's not here, we can't eat it.

That is so my way of thinking PacRakMG - I think we are the same person! If it's not here, it can't be eaten. I'm actually ok with things like chocolates & stuff if they are unopened. As soon as they are opened, well, then they are fair game! lol. Then I get the attitude of 'oh well, once it's gone, it's gone'. It's a vicious cycle! We had a very big exciting moment at our international supermarket. They are now stocking Tim Tams!!! Well, we bought one packet & that is now long gone, but they are almost $7.50AUD per pack so now I refuse to buy them for that reason. Not that we are big tim tam eaters anyway, but it's nice to get something from home. You know?

I love cheeses, do you know if Feta is very bad? I'm too scare to check WW online. I'm a member, but since I have moved overseas, I find it very hard to track the points in things as all the labels are in Chinese characters. Coupled with the fact that WW has changed their whole points calculator system, I'm bamboozled!!!

Love Jayne xx

Hi everyone! I am finally getting started. I have been really slack due to work. Any excuse. Anyone this morning I went for a jog. Almost killed me but felt great when I finished. And I am tracking my food on calorie king. It really worked for me last year but I have been putting on weight for the last 6 months. The good news is that things are starting up around here. Soccer sign on is this weekend, the gym at uni opens on monday, and pilates/yoga start a couple of weeks after that. So I plan on getting back into exercise in a big way. In fact if I don't exercise I get awful headaches - from tense muscles and now from having bigger (heavier) boobs. So I am looking forward to feeling a bit more on top of things.
Hope you are all doing well!
Jayne - how exciting that you are in China! DH and I spent some time in Hangzhou a few years ago. Although I felt like a mammoth at the time next to all of the skinny locals, I actually got pretty skinny from the food. Not matter how much I ate there (and I loooved the food).