Summer - Autumn 2010/2011 challenge #3

ZF & APPLETREE _ I am totally loving your renewed focus & energy that is being put into pushing yourselves further. It's really great! I'll be here to cheer you on & kick your butts!!! hehehehe. AppleTree - I think it's great that you are focussing on 5kg at a time, I did this myself & I found it so much more achievable. It's not such a big number ahead. KWIM? ZF the Zumba DVD's sound like a great idea - let me know what you think of them as I'm thinking of getting some myself.

KRYSALYSS _ At least you did the distance darl! I wouldn't be able to jog that far. Especially in the cold. lol. I just took it really easy on my cross-trainer & did 6km in 59 mins - so you are rocking it much better than I!

I am so excited, my very bestie gf & I have both been on this journey together. Looks liek when I land in Perth we will both be our goal weights - well that's the plan anyway. She doesn't have much time to do anything on her own as her DP is a bit of a brat & she has 2 little ones like me. Anyway, I have got us tickets to Cirque Du Soleil to have a special night out together. I'm so excited as I LOVE this show & really thought I would miss it in perth this year. I got us those good tickets where you get the wine, program, pre show nibblies & good seats so I really hope we have a fab night. It will be like a really beautiful reward for the both of us for working so hard. You know? She is only 1.3kg away from her goal, I have a LOT more work to do, so I'm really hoping I get there too.

I'm loving all the focus and determination here at the moment.
:clap: Jayne & Krysalyss on your efforts. It's motivating me to work a bit harder.

I increased my weights at my pump class today and I really felt it - walking downstairs afterwards was a bit scary.

DH has banned me from weighing for a fortnight. I think I might do some measurements and try to focus less on weight.

Here's a big **PUSH** for you ZF!!!

And if I don't see you working your butt of (*shakes fist in threatening way*) I'll send HIM after you!! ------>:ninja:

And now get to work!! :whip:

Lol (am I great at motivating or what? :rofl:)

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Here's a big **PUSH** for you ZF!!!

And if I don't see you working your butt of (*shakes fist in threatening way*) I'll send HIM after you!! ------>:ninja:

And now get to work!! :whip:

Lol (am I great at motivating or what? :rofl:)

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We need a SHAKING IN MY BOOTS smiley :p

Be afraid. Be very afraid. :cool:

And now on the serious side, how am I going to survive easter??? I love hot cross buns. I make them every year (mocha-chocolate chip ones *droooool*). DP is a hot cross buns fanatic! He already bought 2 packs :wall:. Any tips on how to resist the cravings?

Well i went for the tiniest of walks with HotI this morning :redface: but i did however do some mowing ON A HILL which worked up a nice little sweat, might give the bike a go tonight before bed.. having spaghetti for tea, packed with zucchini, carrots & celery :p

ONYX _ Did you get all OCD with standing on the scales too? lol. My name is Jayne & I'm a stand-on-scales-aholic. It got THAT bad with me. Now, I have them packed in the cupboard & I only let them see the light of day on Thursdays. It has worked so well for me. Although I still stare at the cupboard door all wistfully sometimes just wanting a lil sneak peek. Oh my goodness, my legs feel like this after a pump class too!! Did you have to hold onto the rail but still act all cool? I used to do that but in reality I probably looked like I was drunk & stumbling. bahahah

ZF _ I do this with spaghetti too! I add mushrooms, grated carrot, zucchini but haven't done celery ** hmmm, thinking for next time ** great idea!!! I only let myself have one scoop of pasta/spaghetti & then top with the meat/sauce & just a teeny sprinkling of cheese. I try not to eat too much pasta & I don't eat it if I have eaten bread that same day. KWIM? Last night I made a carbonara pasta but I put mushrooms, chicken, bacon, red capsicum & grated zucchini in it too. Was sooooooooo delicious but my stomach is so bloated from eating it that I didn't eat the lil leftover bowl I put aside for my lunch today. I'm assuming it's the dinner from last night, but my gut is just so weirdly bloated that I"m feeling blergh with it. Oh listen to me on the food train!!! Sorry!

RAUPE _ Dang you girl!!! I had forgotten about hot-cross buns! lol. Maybe you can make a pact with yourself that you are allowed one hot-cross bun every weigh day but ONLY if you have lost weight that week? Gee, all I'm thinking about is them now. Thankfully there are NO such things in China.

So it's my weigh day tomorrow & I'm getting all anxious about it. I am going to be seriously gutted if it's a poor loss, especially given that last week was a .3kg flop. I have worked tirelessly on the x-trainer & made excellent food choices & really monitored my portions with things like the pasta last night. I have checked all the right boxes which will make it hurt more if I don't get a good loss.

One of my expat friends is training for a marathon. Her 40th birthday gift to herself is to be able to cross the finish line & I saw her out yesterday whilst I was picking the girls up & she was almost finished a 30km run. I look like she did after only 6km on the x-trainer!!! Man, didn't I feel like a frump! lol

What's for dinner girls? I have some beautiful fish just waiting for me to cook with some salad on the side with a sprinkling of feta cheese. Yummo! What's cooking at your place?

Love Jayne x

Hi guys! Well I am so proud of myself. I went really hard on the bike for 30 mins today at the gym and then I ended up having soccer training which goes for 90 mins. I realised I am so the granny in the team. The next oldest (I am 30) is 23! Wow I was sweating but I really pushed myself. I think the coach was unimpressed though as I told him that under no circumstances will I head the ball. I figure I play for fitness and fun and want to keep my brain cells as intact as possible (especially after having severe baby brain!).

Jayne - good luck for weigh in. Just remember that weight is only a small part of it and fluctuations can be from fluid or muscle. Fingers crossed for a great loss though!
ZF - Sending a bit of a push your way! I know the feeling. I keep having to kick start myself as I can't seem to keep my motivation.
Raupe - I love hot cross buns too!
Onyx - Nice work on the weights! I feel so self conscious doing weights so I tend to stick to the cardio stuff but people do tell me it is great for weight loss.
Apple tree - Good on you for being brave and posting your stats. 1000 calories burnt a day is pretty hard core - is that on top of a maintenance diet?
Pac - Hope you get a good nights sleep. :hug:
Hot1 - Have you done Zumba before? One of the soccer girls is qualified as a teacher and is going to start giving classes. Not sure I can afford another night away from home without a divorce but I am considering it (the exercise, not the divorce!)

Anyway tomorrow I am off the gym again. Going to do 40 mins of cycling and then 20 mins on the treadmill - probably just at a walk - I have a phobia of falling off those things!!! Got great ear phones so now I can move along to my own music. Woo hoo! Catch you all tomorrow!

Thanks Krys, DD was in our bed last night but she was pretty settled...but DH snored his head off. Sigh. Well done on the training!

Just back from a walk with DD. We went 2ks, to the park and back. I had to carry her home. She weighs about 12kg (well last time we checked), so carried her for about 1km. Gotta count for something!!!!

PKMG _ You got a pump class as well as a walk!!! Yay you!! & yes, I agree, that does count for something. I find taking LO's to the park a workout in itself, lifting them up on swings, taking them down again, putting them up on slides, catching them at the bottom, helping them climb, etc... I forgot to say, it must be something in the time of year or something with kids & sleep. Claudia hasn't had a proper nights sleep in almost 2 weeks now - me included. I just can't nod off, or when I do, DH wakes me snoring & Claudia complains of hearing Daddy snore too. What I would do just for an uninterrupted night! I feel like I have a baby in the house!!!

Sorry for lack of personals, I just realised I am running late for Chinese Class & I have to stop on the way to buy mince. Ah, the joy of living in the Winter, I can buy mince now & outside is COLDER than the fridge - so it doesn't matter that it's not refrigerated. bahahah

Oh & I decided to use my weigh day for tomorrow instead of today. It's Claudia's birthday & so I'm hoping that will bring nice numbers on the scales! 4 years old!!! Where did that time go???

Aww! Happy birthday to Claudia! My little miss turns 4 in the next couple of weeks too :) it's sooo hard to believe, hey?

I am so glad to see everyone doing so well! I am just about hitting my goals, but the food has been mainly junk as we are moving and it's just easier... Excuses, excuses, I know! I won't have time for the gym for a while which will be wierd, but I now have a 1.3k walk to the station when I start back at work on Monday so still getting a bit of a workout!

HI Ladies,

I hope you're all having a great Friday. I sure am! I have lost .5kg this week which just nudges me over the magical 20kg lost mark! Yay me!!!

I went for a run this morning, but I am missing Zumba. Claudia had us up at 5:15am for her birthday & I am just exhausted as I left her wrapping to the last minute so I was up late last night doing that. Also, Jess lost her first tooth at school, so I was busy playing tooth & birthday fairies!

I have to go pick up her cupcakes for school & her family cake for after dinner just after lunch, so I'm about to go have a little nana nap & then I'm up & at 'em again!

So, so, so happy I have broken the 20kg mark!!! WOOOT!

That is so bloody awesome Jayne!!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!!!!

FANTASTIC Jayne!!!!!! Well done! :hooray: :leap: :hooray:

Happy birthday to Claudia!

Hi guys! I went for a jog today and was pretty happy - I did the same track - 3kms in 21.39 so 2 mins off my previous time. Woo hoo! I do find jogging a bit boring but I kept thinking of how painful soccer training will be with all of the young kids in the team if I don't push myself now. LOL.
Anyway work day for me so I should be ok with food - not as much to access here. Hope you guys are all going great.

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Very quickly, i just feel like having a cry sorry ladies! Moving sucks sooo badly! I feel like i am doing this single handed on top of everything else. Every single part of me aches and aches!

I keep telling myself to think of all the calories i am burning, but then i am reminded of the pizza twice, the mcdonalds for breakfast for the last 2 mornings, the giant bag of chicken chips we ate, the block of milky way i have made my way through in the last week getting ready for this and who knows what else that i have blocked out!

:cry: hope you are all having a better weekend than me! On the plus side, i guess we did have a pretty nice looking couple of brazillian men helping us move, but i hardly got a chance to check them out properly i was too busy busting my guts running around!

Apple :hug:

I am in a similar situation to you. The exercise is fine but I hate controlling what I eat. I read a really interesting newspaper article the other day and it hit home to me more how I need to do both exercise and food control to lose my jiggling bits, and then maintain that weight. I am such an emotional eater so I do find it really really hard as well. Once you have moved you can get back into the routine again. I know whenever I am on the road or doing something major I just can't find time to plan my eating so well and end up eating badly. But it isn't the end of the world especially if you keep up the exercise. I hope the move all goes smoothly and you get some time to relax soon.

Oh massive hugs AppleTree. Try to remember that this phase is only temporary. Eat what you can, when you can, at the moment you can't go making super healthy stuff. But try & at least snack on some healthy stuff. Maybe grab some bananas, apples, bottles of water, etc... for whilst you are shifting & keep on telling yourself that Maccas for breakfast & pizza for dinner is only temporary. As soon as you are sorted, you can go draw yourself up a food/meal plan & stick to that. For the moment, you are so stressed, don't add to that stress of moving by thinking continually about the food side. Only for now though! Once you are in that house, we're on your back girl!

You're doing an amazing job - shifting is almost as stressful as a wedding IMO, just focus on the end result & the skinnier-you will soon be on the way!!!

xx

Well everyone has been so busy on here so will I won't even try to do any persies. It has been just so crazy over the last 4 weeks with my DH's grandma passing away and work that I haven't been able to get on here. Well I have been going well since starting my weightloss journey 5 weeks ago loosing 3kg's so far which I am happy about. I still though need more motivation to do more exercise, I haven't been doing that much which is prob why I haven't lost much. I have an appointment next sat with a dietition (I get 5 free appointments with her) so hoping that will help me out. I do just prob need a big kick up the bum :wall: Well hoping to be back on here more often to swap advice with you gals again

Gee, I just realised something, this is going to have to be renamed to the 'Autumn Challenge' pretty soon!!! It's very, very, very close to ticking over to Autumn - which means SPRING for me!!!! WOOOT!!!

I have packed away a truckload of food over the weekend. Friday being Claudia's birthday trickled over to still bingeing on Saturday (left over cake) & then this morning we went out for breaky & I wolfed down another massive plate again. I got home & felt utterly disgusted with myself. So I just jumped on my cross-trainer & did 7km & now I feel on top of the world. I still feel sick about what I ate, but I am already on my way to redeeming myself. Only healthy food from now on. I had my fun. I have 4kg to go, why blow it all out the water now? The fun is over, hardwork is back on the agenda. That is all!

Ok guys! It's weigh in day! I jumped on to check out the damage I did with moving plus having AF arrive and was suprised to see a loss! Ok, it was only 150g, but I was very very worried it was going to be a gain so I am more than happy with that!

How did everyone else go?

Well done appletree - any loss is still a loss.

~Jayne~ i love your determination and resolve, it's great to know that we can eat crap for a couple of days but still be in the right mindset to continue to our goals.
Once this month ends i will start a new thread for AUTUMN WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE if you like :)

well done epayne keep up the great work, 3kg is a wonderful effort.

krysalyss - keep up the great work hun :) ohh you had a great time with your run!

AFM - well i had prepared myself for getting on the scales this morning and seeing the number rise, with DP off work we haven't been eating as well as normal during the day and have had a couple of nights with dessert at his mums and with us testing out the beautiful fruit from our apple & blackberry trees.
I've got a cold, feel like crap and sooo can't be bothered with things so in turn have not gotten on the bike.

BUT i got on this morning and there is a LOSS.. maybe stress is playing it's part afterall.

Even though i feel like crap am hoping for a walk with HotI this morning as this week is quite busy and exercise will basically be out the window, i will try and get on the bike to make up for it though and from today will be ignoring all unsavoury and evil foods that DP might want to eat :rofl:

So please still kick me up the butt ladies, i'm finally heading back towards that 11kg i lost before x-mas.

ZF, that is great news!! Well done ;) I know what you mean about eating worse when DF is home, mine just eats junk none stop but still preaches at me about what I should eat and how to feed the kids... He has been home this week and it has been terrible for me food wise! First day back at work today though, so I am out of his influence for the majority of the day. I work in the city so am already savouring the beautiful salad I am going to find for lunch today, and very very pleased I don't have to make it myself. How is the patient going? Will he be off work for much longer?

I am going to have a low exercise week this week, no gym till Thursday! The walk to the train station is around 1.3ks though so I will still get a decent walk in twice a day.

Jayne, how did you go? Did your hard work pay off? It would be so awesome to get to your goal! Good luck!

And Raupe, where are you?? I hope you aren't ignoring us!

Hi everyone else! I'm really sorry I can't do personals at the moment, I am on my iPhone so can't see the last posts and have to rely on my dodgy baby brain to remember what was said by who! I often start to write something and then delete it because I decide that I either got it completely wrong or I'm saying it to the completely wrong person. Hopefully I will get back to having time to sit with the laptop soon!

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How is the patient going? Will he be off work for much longer?

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He will be off work until May :wall:

Hello guys!

(and to appletree on her iPhone - IT's ME RAUPE! :D)

Jayne - Well done on you loss and enthusiasm! You're a champ! :clap:
ZF - I know how you feel - my partner is a bad influence, too. Although he does try to keep the real bad food away from me. But I can still smell what he had once I come home from work (mmmhhh pancakes). So he tries, but once I smell it, I crave it! :lol:
Appletree - I proud of you hun :hug:. Moving is such a strain (both mentally and physically). So well done on your loss!

AFM- Well, I was a bit scared of the weigh in day today. But guess what!! I LOST 1 KG!!!!! YAAYY! :cheer: Wooohooo! So I guess all that zumba, yoga and walking was worth it after all! One happy Raupe here...

PS: I'm now officially in my 80's!!!! :o ;)

Hi Ladies,

APPLETREE _ Rock on woman!!! I'm soooooooo proud of you for losing weight AND moving house AND not being happy about food available during the whole time & STILL losing weight!!! What a fantastic achievement. You should be over the moon with yourself. I am stoked for you!

RAUPE _ Well done to you too! 1kg is an awesome loss! Look at your little snail start to zoom across the ticker bar! You are soooooooo close to being half-way home. How exciting!

ZF _ I'm just going to say that you are pure ar$e for being able to openly admit to junk food & no exercise & then report a loss!!! :pmsl: I know what it's like to veer off course, I'm classic for that. You really have to focus hard to get your mojo back, but I really think you will! WTG on reporting a loss. I am laughing when I post this. I'm actually envious!!! lol

Well, I'm back on target for the week. I have had my fun over the weekend & now it's time to pull my head back in. I went for a run this morning & then I did 5km on the crosstrainer cos I know I did damage eating so much birthday cake & lets just say my efforts at the buffet restaurant on Friday night were quite hardcore. lol. My weigh day is Thursday, so I have until then to try & get back in the running for another loss.

xx

Raupe my DH is a huge bad influence, I am starting to not even let him buy the food so that way he won't even have the chance of eating any bad food. Not that he can't eat it he isn't overweight like me :redface: Oh and YAY on the loss.

Jayne, IKWYM we had a bad day on sat with eating and I paid for it later that night :o, I felt so sick. We did though have a better day on sun after we went shopping. As long as you can focus and get back ontrack that makes the difference.

Appletree WOOO HHOOO on loosing wieght whilst moving, that is a huge achievement.

ZF great that you had a loss as well, it is quite bad when we go to any of our folks, as there just don't understand how hard it is and try to serve up crap food and expect us to eat it, I always come home feeling really bad and rushing to the loo (sorry TMI). Since we have started eating only healthy foods, I can't touch anything greasy.

krysalyss it can be quite hard to do both, I'm the opposite, I pretty much have the healthy eating down pat (with little moments of weakness), but the exercise I need to get my but into gear. I'm not really a morning person so find it hard to do it :redface:

Well nothing to add here since the other day about me, other than me trying to get the motivation to do more exercise. Hope you all have a great week.

Hi guys - just a quickie for me as I am working late and keen to get home. Weight day for me tomorrow and I know I have put on as my eating is really not so good. Part of me thinks I should start tomorrow being good and part of me looks at my work deadlines over the next two weeks and wonders (OMG - I have a conference presentation to write, my thesis milestone to submit which needs 4 papers plus an intro and conclusion, a paper to finish for said milestone, and around 50 hours of video to watch). I am going crazy!!!! The good news is that our Japan trip is coming soon. I just need to survive until then. Anyway I will be back tomorrow. Bye!

Hey Ladies

I just had the most scrumptious lunch!! I can't beleive how much I enjoyed it. It's nothing fancy but man it tasted so good! I sliced up a tomato, some spanish onion (really thin), some cucumber & some ham, spread some crackers with some cream cheese (paper thin of course!!!) & just made up little bite size crackers loaded up with ham & veg. Was sooooooooo delish! The crackers were kinda like Salada's, but a bit more crumbly & they were the size of a quarter of a whole salada? Like a quarter of a slice of bread size? You know?

Krysalyss - Oh my goodness, you have so much on your plate right now! Do you think making a daily meal plan would help? Plan your breakfast, lunch & dinner, plus snacks & try to work around that? Then at least every morning you know you have the food covered, so it's one less thing to worry with all your other commitments?

Hi guys! Couldn't weigh in yesterday as the battery in my scales were flat. Feeling pretty good though as I have been feeding my body and brain well and more in control of what I am doing. Didn't exercise yesterday as my legs were so tired the night before but I have soccer training tonight and that is usually pretty full on.
So I hope everyone is going well! I am so hoping to see a nice loss next week for me. I really need it! I am starting to look pregnant!

Hi everyone,
I haven't been posting much because there's not much to report. I've been reading every day and it's great to see you all working so hard.
I haven't weighed myself because it gets me depressed when I see no change but I think I've toned up a bit and I feel stronger which is positive. I'm getting to the gym on school days. I usually do some cardio and a bit of spot training in the weights room. I'm doing pump twice a week but I think I overdid the weight today because my choulder is a bit sore. I'll have to remember to stick to some lower weights for my shoulder for a while.
I need to cut the sugar out of my coffee I think. I have 3 or 4 coffees a day with one or one and a half teaspoons of sugar in each. That's a lot of sugar :o and if it wasn't for those sugars I would be almost sugar free.

ETA - changed the thread name. WTG to all the girls who have stuck with it all the way through summer into Autumn :clap:

I'm still here too, skulking in the shadows. I'm feeling terribly unmotivated so I've set myself a new goal. I will jump back on the bandwagon in the middle of March. I've been in and out - DH is working in central Vic so I towed our van for him last night, and it ended up at dinner time. So I ate chocolate, and maccas (which is rare enough in itself for me), but that was following almost an entire block of chocolate the night before. I'm never like this, don't quite know what's gotten into me. So after I go back to get DH and our campervan, and have our trip to Adelaide, then I'm back on board.

I'm still planning to walk when I want to and do rides with DD on the bike - and we're taking our bikes away with us, so hopefully I won't gain, but I'm feeling like I'm starting to stress about everything going into my mouth (no wonder), and I never wanted it to be like this. So taking a step back, but will still be here reading away when I'm near the computer. Well done to you all for getting this far and I'll be back soon :)

Oh yay, I love the new name change. I think it's somewhat reflection that our 'changes to our lifestyles' are permanent. I know a lot of us believe that the word 'diet' is temporary. In a way I kinda agree, but what happens when we get to our goal weights? We have to maintain it - so the word diet really isn't temporary is it? You know? I'm feel so soulful as I type this!!! hahahaha.

Onyx - Perhaps you are building muscle? Therefore not seeing a reflection on the scales? Can you feel any difference in your clothes?

PacRakMG - I'm liking how you have set yourself a goal to really get back into the swing of things & in the meantime you are more aware of what you are eating. I know I raised all sorts of alarms in my mind when I thought back to eating an icecream for dinner one night! WTF is THAT about? lol

Krysalyss - Oh damn, that's my dream, to have a flat scales battery! hahahah. I am at the ridiculous stage where I panic about setting foot on the scales! I know it's completely stupid - but tis how it is!

We are back in Aus in late April for a wedding & DH is the best man. I need to get myself a completely kick ar$e dress. & one that shows off all my hard work too!!! I am going to start having a little 'browse' around at what's available. I really, really, really hope I can find something that I love. I want it to be perfect - you know? I have worked my backside off & I want to be able to put that dress on & think 'yeah, you deserve to feel good'. Do y'all know what I mean? I don't mean it in a really vain or OCD way - but the mirror has NEVER been my friend, so I have big issues at seeing myself. Ok, I'm rambling, must mean it's time to make dinner! lol

I'm having chicken enchilada's tonight with a side of cherry tomatoes & cucumber. What's everybody else having??

I totally want to see a photo of the dress Jayne. If you don't want to model I get that but I'd love to see the dress on a hanger or something.

I'm sure I can figure something out. lol. The thing is, I have NO idea what I want the dress to look like. I'm kinda thinking something that length-wise it tapers off to the side. Like calf-length on one side & knee-length the other? Does this make sense? Or somethign with a little fishtail at the back. I want something a bit funky at the hemline anyway. As for colour, I have a salmon colour sorta in mind with some gold sparkly shoes. I haven't even had a squizz at what's around town for me to even have an idea TBH. But it's going to be fun to shop anyway. Just wish I had some really close girly expat friends. I'm not really 'chummy' enough with any of the ladies yet to happily go try on dresses with. You know? One lady has offered to come with me & she is a fantastic sewing whizz, so I know if I need any alterations - she's the woman for the job! lol.

Oh, I love dress shopping! You totally deserve to feel great! - you've worked hard for it!

By the way... today is my birthday!! :birthday2: :happydance:

and I'm gonna be naughty :hide:

:happybirthday:Happy birthday raupe!!! Go knock yourself out!!!!!! You deserve it! Today's your special day!!! Tomorrow, i'll have the whip back out!!!:happybirthday:

:happyforyou: I lost 800g this week!!!! :happyforyou:

Can you tell I'm a teeny bit excited??

Happy birthday, Raupe! Hope it's a wonderful one :)

:hooray: :leap: :hooray: :cheer:

Hooray for Raupe!! Happy birthday!!! Hope it has been awesome and you are out celebrating hard :)

Jayne, 800g is excellent! Well done!

Hi guys! Jayne - 800g is amazing! Especially as you are so close to your goal weight.
Raupe - happy happy birthday!

Not much to report here. Eating well but soccer training was cancelled due to the rain on wed and yesterday I was too swamped at work for the gym. I have to make an effort today though to go and get on the bike. If I don't someone can send me a virtual kick. :)