Summer - Autumn 2010/2011 challenge #4

Wow Jayne and Krystals, great work on the running!! You guys are awesome :)

I have done absolutely no exercise this week, didn't make it to the gym once :( I need to get my arse into gear, i am starting full time work again from 2 May for a project which will go until August/September, so i need to work out a new routine. At least it will be easier for me foodwise as i will have 5 days a week of good eating, and only 2 with DF.... I know we have some excellent showers in our building so maybe i will start doing lunchtime running and give DF my gym membership.

I did some great shopping this weekend, got myself some fab boots and a new winter top from Witchery :) I will weigh in tomorrow, but its likely not to be great so the only way i will record is if by some miracle its a good weigh in!

Hey guys!!!

Finally have some time for personals!
ZF: I hope you'll enjoy your trip with your family! We'll try to behave while you're gone! (yeah right!) *rubs hands together in manic fashion* Bwahahahah!!!
Sopdet: Thanks for all the info!
Krystals: Hope you're feeling better soon. I know when I injured my knee and couldn't exercise, it really drove me insane...
I can't believe you wanna do a half-marathon in September! You are CRAZY! Lol! But in all honesty, I want to participate in the City-to-Bay Fun run (Adelaide) in September, too! That's 12km!! :o I must be crazy, too... :shakehead:
Jayne: Woot woot! Great work on that loss! :clap: You are SOOO close now! Eeek, how exciting!!! Oh, and great effort on that run!
Ash: I hear ya on the assignments... :rolleyes: I have been avoiding mine for two weeks now :hide:
Appletree: Haha, like Jayne said, saftey in numbers! I was in bed by 9.30, too! :rofl: See, all that exercise exhausts us ;) That's my story and I'll stick with it! Oh, how did the weigh in go?

AFM: I have to weigh in tomorrow... Didn't have any time today. As I mentioned to Krystals, I'm thinking about doing the City-to-Bay fun run in Adelaide in September. It is about 12km, so I'll need to get in shape asap. Today was my first day of the C25K program, and I think I did pretty well! I'm actually looking forward (!) to running on wednesday! :o Yeah, that's right peeps, Raupe's got running fever. Who would've thought....

*picturing my little ticker snail with running shoes* Bahaha, how cute!!

How weird that you guys have all started running! - DP just got me a book last week about how to train for a half marathon and I'm going for my first run today!! I used to run a lot (only doing 5 or 10k fun run type things) but have stopped about 6 months ago-ish. So DP decided that aiming higher would get me all motivated again - and he was so right - I've read the book as fast as I could and now I'm ready to start :dance:

My assignment went well - my whole course ended up getting a weekend extension because the campus computers were down on Friday so I had all weekend to get it perfect - I always run out of time last minute to fiddle and fix ;)

Great work on the running girls!!! It must be fate that we've all decided to start at the same time lol I'm itching to get out there already!!!


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RAUPE _ I find that when I have finished a run, I feel all empowered? Maybe it's all the endorphins that are released or something but I just find that I feel really good, like I have accomplished a milestone & also worked my body at the same time. It's a whole mind & body thing? I have always had a phobia of running, always told myself I couldn't do it, I didn't have the stamina, I was too fat to run, all the excuses. But here I am! Running 5km at a time with no real training or leadup to it. I am going to try change things up, sometimes I might do 3 x 2km runs, but at a faster pace, sometimes just the straight 5km, sometimes a faster run every couple of hundred metres or something - but it's something I'm looking forward to doing. Although, in saying all that, I haven't been able to get to the gym this morning. The cleaner comes at 9 which is usually when I'm at the gym & I have to be here to let her in, plus I have some last minute shopping to do today as we fly to Aus on Thursday night, but I'm hoping to get for a run after lunch today & then I can burn off lunch & breakfast! lol.

ASH _ I'm failing to see 'fun' in running 10km??? bahahah. I just think of it as plain torture?? Just kidding. Wow, you are one fit mumma! I am seriously impressed. WTG with the new book too! Can't wait to hear how you go with it.

AFM _ Off to get some shoes for my Scarlett Johannsen dress today & 2 birthday gifts for kids who have had birthdays in Aus since we have been away. Also thinking I might need a pair of smoking hot black skinny leg pants. My black jeans are not fitting in all the right places anymore & I need a belt to keep them up, plus they are pretty faded, but a nice pair of going out black pants - sounds a plan to me! xx

Jayne, you sound like you're having so much fun with your clothes!!! I can't wait to get to that stage!!! I know it's annoying, but how great is it when you're pants don't fit because they're too LOOSE!!! You've done such a good job, it must have been such an effort, and you should be so proud of yourself!

How did you girls go with your weigh ins? I haven't lost ANY weight this week, but my trousers are fitting a bit loser, I can ctually sit down comfortably in them!! :lol: I had a nie compliment from a friend in my mothers group when we took our bubs swimming the other day, she said I looked 'amazing', I didn't know what to say, as I still don't feel anywhere near where I'd like to be, but still, it was so nice to hear it.

Raupe, how's the C25K going? I did that program a couple of years ago and now starting to run again, it's soooo much easier this time! Stick with it, I know it seems like a long way to the goal, but you'll make it there- slow and steady, and before you know it, you'll be running 12km and across that finish line!!!

Ash, great news on your assignment! Don't you love it when you get a 'free' extension! Let me know how your training goes, we can keep each other accountable! Are you training for a specific half-marathon?

Well, I have roped a friend into training with me. Funny how my focus has changed from losing weight as quickly as possible to actually *training* for an event! I like it better this way as I can't question my motives :) Healthy eating has followed like it's second nature- I don't want to feel sluggish when i'm training, so I'm not eating junk. How simple is that?!!!?! I could be drinking a lot more water though. We ran 2km today and we'll do another 2km tomorrow. The training guide I'm following has shorter as well as longer runs each week. I tell you, last week 2 kms was a stretch for me, but after running 5kms a couple of times on the weekend, today it was heaps easier!! It's so nice to be enjoying the running.

I just realised how much I wrote. I must be passionate or something! It feels so great to be motivated!!! Join in!!!

ooo, and I have a new ticker!!!

Hey Krystals - I openly admit that i am having a freaking BALL shopping for clothes. I have always liked clothes, but disliked shopping for them. Everybody likes to feel desirable in their clothes & I always wanted to wear nice fitting clothes, but could never find anything to hide all the necessary parts. Does this make sense? I would always take a beautiful item into the changeroom & then be blinking back tears because I couldn't get my arms in it, get it up my thighs, couldn't do it up, etc... But now, I can fit into clothes & I can try more 'things' & wear brighter colours. I mean I'm not an oil painting & I never will be, but it's sure nice to be able to wear some really nice pieces. Today I got a really nice pair of black pants, sorta halfway between jeans & trousers. Something I can dress up & down according to where I'm wearing it. I also got a plain pink top that has a little bit of gathering down the sleeves to go with the smoking hot pink wedges I got the other day, plus a bright yellow (I KNOW sounds awful, but I LURVED it) cardy. & then I decided I needed to buy the shoes!! Damn it, the shoes after I had already spent so much cash! lol. So I got a beautiful pair of gold shoes, they are wedges again (big here in China right now) & they are sooooooooo comfy - they have a cork inner part I think cos they are a bit spongey when you walk, KWIM? But they are the right height & I just love them. So I'm feeling confident about my return to Aus. lol. I'm all set for the wedding, I have Easter sorted & I feel a bit more relaxed about it.

Now, lets talk about you - yes, the running sure is contagious! It's so rewarding to be able to see the difference in stamina so quickly. So awesome that you have your eye on a specific prize - the marathon & that now you have a friend in tow with you. It's always more fun & a bit of friendly competition to have a friend on board. I have a friend in Aus who is my bestest friend in the entire world & even though she was heaps smaller than me, we started this journey together & now we are within 1kg of each other, but there is NO envy, jealousness or animosity there, just plain old good vibes. Even though we don't train together, we always check in with each other & record our weights together, etc... So glad you have the same kinda thing on the go! The big plus with running too is that it's the fastest & cheapest way to build fitness, build muscle & trim fat. It's something I never thought I would be 'good' at, but I am proud of my efforts. Although tomrorow I'm giving it a miss & heading to the pool to do some laps instead. My legs are agony today! 15km in 3 consecutive days has been a fantastic achievement for me, but my goodness, my legs are feeling it!

Okey pokey, I'm off to shower my kidlets & I think I'm going to take a nice soak in the tub myself afterwards. I put 1 sugar sachet into my coffee this afternoon because I wanted a bit of 'zing' to get me through my run & I have noticed the past month whenever I eat sugar it gives me the most awful headaches. I have been in a blur all afternoon I just feel so foggy & blergh. It HAS to be the sugar, it's the only common denominator between the headaches - but it's so bizarre??

Now I'm rambling!!! Blame the headache. lol

xxx

Am away and loving it, we had salad with tea and bought less crap than normal, going to make a few normal meals and no bacon every morning :)


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Oh ok then, if everyone else is running I will too... Promise to start on Thursday.

Had such a big day of eating and drinking, but enjoyed every single minute! Wondering how I am going to cope with work tomorrow as I am sure to be incredibly hung over... Only just heading home now, making up for my sad sat night with some Tuesday night drinks!

APPLETREE _ Sometimes you have to load your body up on food & give yourself a night off - ie - couple of drinks. The difference is from doing it 'occassionally' from doing it 'regularly'. If it's only the occassional splurge, then it's just perfect! Oh & if you're a hung over person like me, food won't be on your wish list anyway. bahahaha.

ZF - Have been thinking of you & wondered where you had got to. Have so much fun being away!!! Is DH out of plaster now?

AFM _ Off to hit the pool...........

aaah catching up, catching up! Am back from Tassie... was great/bad/good/exhausting/busy/fun/stressful lol. Saw fam, yay. Both kids vomiting/sick/awake and of course DH was back here working... so just me. Arrrgh. And my mum's kitchen is seriously a health hazard nightmare, so my plans to eat awesomely got challenged. Did ok the first half week but fell off the wagon the second half. BUT, came back & weighed in... 0.1kg down 9 days after my last weigh-in. phew! I'll take that. Still coughing. Still haven't done much exercise, but really hoping to get started soon.

Raupe - AWESOME effort, love the ticker

Jayne - oooh you had me drooling with your clothes lurve. I am so picturing that and I can't wait! I saw some gorgeous clothes in Tassie that I so want to go back & buy when I'm slimmer. I told myself I wouldn't buy anything now and I didn't. But I keep just daydreaming about what I want... and how it will look. It's sad but true that it's soooo much easier to dress when you're slimmer. I'm a really top-heavy shape at present (plus I'm short) and I find it impossible to get stuff that fits me, it's a major incentive of mine for weightloss, especially given my biggest measurement is currently my boobs, followed by my tummy and hips/bum smallest of all! Eeek! Talk about a battleship, that's me :rolleyes:. I had one moment of weakness and tried on this tunic/top thing. It didn't fit my boobs. The girl came to the change room and offered to get me a bigger size... I had to say.. erm... i think the biggest (XL). Sure enough I did. That was an unpleasant moment, and needless to say it prevented me from trying on anything else which was a good thing at least.

While in tassie we took a heap of family photos. I have 3 sisters. One is tiny (my height but oooh you know, 17kg less!). The other two are just nice/average/normal - lighter than me, but taller also. The two are both pear-shaped with beautiful waists and petite upper bodies. Traditionally I've always been the most interested in clothes. This time I was in trackie dacks & hoodies the entire time. In the pics, I'm in a t-shirt, cargos & runners :(. I look like a tank. My weight is so much in my torso, so of course lots of family photos are upper body only... the most unflattering shot of all for me. I was so glad i'd already lost 3kg, cos I don't know how I would have got through it being even heavier than I am. I hate those photos. I tried to use my toddler & baby to hide me lol.

So I have just one other question. My DH had his first weigh-in while I was away, after a week of calorie counting. He reckoned he'd eaten pretty ok... but he put on .7kg!!! He hadn't exercised much at all (he now has my cough), but ate a lot better. Why do you think he gained? I really thought he should have just stayed the same at least! He said he thought he could have eaten a bit healthier, and we both know he needs to exercise... but still!?!? :dunno:.

Anyways... that's me for tonight. Walk tomorrow.... promise! And hi to everyone I missed, I've been reading .... but need to go wash the hairdye off my head right now!!!

Edit: oh crap hair nearly black. oops didn't mean to go that dark. I'm a bit past the goth stage now!

Feast your eyes on my ticker ladies!!!! I'm taking it that I'm at goal weight! I'm within the last 500g & I'm in the number I want to be in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am soooooooooooooo proud of myself!

Sorry for the selfish post - I'm busily packing & meeting a friend in less than a hour for a pedi.

WTG Jayne!!!!!!!

I'm keeping up with everyone's news but the boys are on holidays and DH is away so I'm only able to go to the gym when its creche is open which is for an hour and a half twice a week. I have the sads. It's kind of depressing not being able to work out.
I'm going to have to figure out something with the stairs and some weights at home.

On the positive side SIL was kind enough to tell me that I've lost weight.

JAYNE - That's so fantastic!!!!!! Well done, I hope you are very proud! We're proud of you in here!

Woooooooooooohhhoooooooo!!!!

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Feast your eyes on my ticker ladies!!!! I'm taking it that I'm at goal weight! I'm within the last 500g & I'm in the number I want to be in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am soooooooooooooo proud of myself!

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Woo hoo :leap::leap::leap: that's absolutely wonderful! You are an absolute inspiration :clap:

Sorry girls, such a flying post. Our driver will be here in 90 minutes & I only got home an hour ago & I hadn't packed a thing - I'm 'almost' done. But just had to check my lappy before I packed it away. So I'm off to Aus tonight, I have my Scarlett Johanssen dress packed, the most awesome shoes in history & praying like mad my mum got me a decent strapless bra to wear with it. hahahah.

I just wanted to say to you Belfie - you are describing how I felt nearly 2 years ago. Hiding behind my kids in pics, or avoiding them at all costs, noticing the big differences between my own body shape & those around me. Being overall depressed about the whole thing. Trying on clothes only to be bitterly disappointed when they don't fit. Feeling like the elephant in the room. I could have said those exact same words myself, this is EXACTLY how I felt. You need to pin those pics of the weekend inside your closet, bathroom cabinet or wherever, somewhere where only you & DH can see it & use it as inspiration. Keep telling yourself the next time a family pic is taken like that, you don't be so disappointed with the image, that you are working on correcting your body to a shape/size that YOU feel most comfortable with. Massive hugs to you my love, it's like being hit by a bus seeing yourself in a pic like that. I had a cousin of mine recently post some 'heffer' pics of me on FB & I was not only gutted that she didn't ask my permission (she knows I was on a weight loss mission), but moreso to see myself like that. It's crushing. We all know when we need to lose some kg's, but seeing it on paper is a massive slap in the face. I'm still not overly rapt with my reflection in the mirror, I honestly am not. I would like to lose another 3kg, but for now, I have to focus on the transformation that I have already achieved.

So sorry, I feel so selfish lately! I'm just not posting in her as much as I would like - but I'm on holidays from tonight, I land tomorrow in Perth, so hopefully I can check you all over the Easter weekend. Dont' deny yourself any Easter chocolate, but be sensible with it!!!! I'd much rather eat less chocolate than have to work double-time at the gym! lol

xxxxx

Great stuff Jayne :D

Crappy mood here. Weighed in after 18 days and I am up 600gms. I know not much, but only a few days ago I thought I was feeling thinner. I have been watching portions and thinking twice before I eat, but I must be letting more through than what I think. No formal exercise, but I have been places where I have had to go up and down hills a lot chasing kids.

DH is finally on board a bit more. He went to a nutrition talk at his work and it has him a bit more inspired. He is now asking for less on his plate, which helps me have less on mine (silly I know, but reality). Now if only he would put away the wine ;)

Astrid - :hug: that's so annoying when that happens. If it helps any, try to look at it as a learning... it means you're making a good start and you still need to tweak it some more. It sounds like you're eating well, so maybe just a smidge more exercise will do the trick? And just another thought... could that just be fluid? I find I fluctuate heaps depending on my cycle. Maybe try weighing in again sooner, you might get a pleasant surprise?

AFM, well I weighed the other day at .5kg down... then this morning at 1.1kg down (from 2 weeks ago). So now I'm madly hoping it'll still be like that tomorrow for my formal weigh-in! If I'm down 1.1kg, my BMI will be 25.96. If i'm down 1kg, my BMI will be 26. Can you guess I'm sooooo hoping to be under 26 - wow that would be just amazing. I'm not quite sure how i'm losing, i'm eating carefully but still doing no exercise at all (apart from standard kiddie wrangling). But I have also just been tested for whooping cough and on the 4th lot of AB's :wall: so maybe i'm coughing it off? Lol. I've also decided to re-do my rewards. I'm toying with getting Zumba for Wii as one reward, but need to wait until I can exercise again for that one.

Hope everyone else is having a good easter. I'm doing bookkeeping... bah how fun, not. But I am SO motivated to eat well!

Happy Easter guys!! Hope you are all having a lovely day :)

Woohoo! I just signed up for the next round of the 12wbt :) Very excited, pre-season opens 27 April, only a few days away! My yoga lady has not been budging lately, so i need some serious help to get her on the move again.

I did a run the day before yesterday, and a massive bushwalk carrying DS in the Ergo today and hopefully i will find time tomorrow for some serious exercise. I have already decided to buy myself a heart rate monitor as an early mothers day present :) I am going to stick with the 7500 rule from here until the challenge. I.e., you need to burn 7500 calories per week to lose 1kg a week- less your basal thingamo which is 1700 a day for my height/weight/age, but adding back in my 12-1400 cals per day for food ITMS?

We'll have to have a 12wbt thread for those of us doing it this round (yep I've re-signed up).

I've done NO exercise this weekend except for a few walks along the Murray River, plus a drunken walk home last night which I swear took 3 times as long as the walk into town in the afternoon :)

wow, lots of people doing 12wbt, that's great!

Well my last weigh-in was down 800g (over 2 weeks) so I was pretty happy with that. 3.9kg gone, 7.1kg to go. Would really like to get those numbers into the 4's gone and the 6's to go!!
Had a bit of a blow-out the last two days, so today I'm back on the wagon!! Figure if I stay focussed I might be able to redeem myself by Sat's weigh-in... :crossfingers:

appletree - can you explain more about that 7500 thingo? My DH is struggling to lose (he gained 700g in his first week watchign what he ate) but he's been very sedentary and we're sure that's not helping. How do you work out your basal thingamo?

Trying to keep up girls, still away.
Am being good, we normally eat meat til it's coming out our ears with bacon every day etc but I'm not. :dance:
Not snacking a lot during the day and chasing the kids so who knows I might even manage a loss.
Might be checking out some wineries today :shhh:


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appletree - I have NO idea what you're talking about with those calculations!!! LOL... but sounds like you know what you're doing :D I got myself a HR monitor last week- well, I ordered it, it's arriving this week hopefully!

The 12wbt sounds amazing, I wish I could sign up for it! Its great that so many of you are doing it together as well, it will be so helpful to have that support!

Well, I went *totally* overboard yesterday and ate a week's worth of treats in a day! As well as brekky, lunch and a HUGE dinner (and dessert) there were hot cross buns, choccy bunnies (lindt, thanks hubby) toast, CHIPS?!!?!, a beer and a g&T. I don't feel guilty though, I knew it was coming and It's really helped me switch my focus from simply losing weight to actually training for an event. Plus, I took a whole 13 minuted from my running time in just a week! It says more about how slow I was last week rather than how fast I am this week, but it shows that even just a week's worth of work helps a million for your body!

So, there'll probably be a bit more choccie today (easter bunny be damned!) but there'll also be a good run with the pram and lots of smiles.

Go go gadget everything!

so I knew that after the high of enjoying all of that delicious food there'd come a low. Sugar- you're evil!!!! My running has been going very well, but I'm off to the gym in a bit and I can't find anything that looks remotely ok. I know I'm fitter, I know I've been exercising well, so why won't my pants fit properly without looking like a stuffed sausage??? Hubby can't understand why the gym pants I wore the other day (that I was perfectly happy in) are suddenly not right. To be honest, now that I've written it down, I can see where he's coming from, I think I'm crazy. But I still don't want to look like a stuffed sausage at the gym.

Hahaha krystals, I can just picture two stuffed sausage legs! You'll be fine, just get them on and go :) then send us all a pic...!

I am so mean hey?

The thing I was talking about is the formula for weight loss. You need to burn 7500 calories per week to lose 1kg of weight. Your body on it's own burns calories without you needing to do anything, mine burns 1700 a day based on my weight and height, but I eat between 1200-1500 cals a day (theoretically) so I typically burn of 1400-3500 cals for not doing anything. But, if I want to lose a kilo I need to burn the difference between 7500 and 1400-3500 doing cardio, so roughly 400-800 calorie burning sessions each day. Does that make sense?

Happy Easter Everyone! :hello:

And straight into the personals:
Jayne - Regarding the running: Yes, I totally feel like that!!! So empowered and like I could tackle the world.... :lol:
AFY (as for you :rofl: I like to come up with new terms) I am SOOOO proud of you!!! You've made it!!! You are sooo inspiring! :cheer: Oh, and well done on your clothes! Can't wait until I feel like that... Something to keep me motivated.

Krystals - Thanks! Yep, the program is going well, I'm not even struggling! I'm impressed with myself :lol:. Oh, I love your new ticker!

ZF - How did you enjoy your holidays?

Appletree - Yay! So happy you signed up for the 12wbt! Let us know how you go! I REALLY want to join, too, but we have a few *cough* cash problems at the moment. Oh, and good on you for doing your run!

Belfie - Nawww, thanks! :hug: Oh, and I totally hear you on the clothes issue!! I'm VERY top heavy and have great difficulties finding clothes that fit or look good on me. It is sooo frustrating... :(

Astrid - Sending you a :hug:. I'm glad your hubby is on board now. It makes things so much easier.

Belfie - Got my fingers crossed for you!

Easter Bunny - Oh you evil, evil Easter Bunny!! (*shakes fist at that darn rodent*) Why oh why did you get me so much chocolate? Why did you make me eat it all, too? And why did you stay at my house and make me hot cross buns for breakfast everyday and a greasy BBQ at night? I know YOU can hide your flab behind your fluffy tail, but spare a thought for ME! I have to face the scales again and face the public with the extra weight. Not everyone can disappear for a year and get back in shape before the next outing. There. I said it. You're pure evil.

AFM - Struggling food-wise during the Easter season. It's all the Easter Bunny's fault. As for the exercise, I'm doing great!! I'm in my second week of the C25K and LOVING it!! I can run! Haha, who would have thought!

Getting serious as of today guys :) I have already started logging food into my fitness pal! I endured a bowl of sticky slimy porridge for breakfast so should be full now until lunch, where I will be having a salad, then it's only dinner which I have to worry about... Df is cooking! Saving at least 800 cals for dinner tonight ;)

Raupe it is fantastic to hear from you!

Jayne, I hope your having a fabulous time! Any pics of the dress? Add me to facebook so I can see :)

Oh man, i have the most massive headache today! Its a good thing i saved all of those calories for DF's dinner as we had champagne and chocolate for dessert! It was very nice though :) And i still came in with a 700 calorie deficit so its a good start to the week.

But now he is cooking the most delicious smelling quiche... all of that pastry, bacon and cheese! Its so tempting! Feel to poorly to get out and do some exercise this morning, i haven't even managed a shower yet!

So, here's my question- would you log BDing as cardio, or would you call it incidental exercise? How many calories do you think you burn? I might go and google it :)

Oh wow, I think I might possibly be going to die... I just did level 1 of the 30 day shred and I now feel completely sick and my legs are shaking! Was not expecting to get such a good workout!

I am currently at approx 1900/7500 cals that I need to burn this week to get my 1kg off with 5 days still to go :) I think I can do it! I would love to see my ticker move some more!

As for BDing, google told me it's approx 80-100 cals burned :) great incentive... Lol.

I've been in hiding because I have been a bit slack with the boys on holiday. I did pump every 3 days or so but nothing else. I made it to the gym today and ran 20 minutes, also did 20 minutes on the rowing machine and ten minutes on the cross trainer so I think that counts as a workout.
I'm eating cheese and crackers at the moment so probably undoing all my hard work :shhh:

I just decided to plug my weights for the last month or two into CK - bearing in mind I've been very happy with how I'm going. I got the following blurb:

"Be happy! Don't blame yourself if you feel you've done your best. It's how your body decided to respond on this occasion. The human body does that sometimes. Be a winner and get over this small hurdle."
:rofl: what a crack-up! Clearly I'm supposed to want to lose more over this time hahahahah.

Appletree - I put BD'ing (under MANY names) into the CK exercise database and got nothing. Maybe they'll lock my account now bwahaha. Did Mrs Google have anything interesting to say? And btw I am SO impressed with your ticker, over half-way there! Thanks for the explanation about the basal thingamajingo, that did make sense. Basically my DH needs to get off of his bottoms! (sounds even better if you say that sentence outloud - yes I am one of those weird ppl who kinda think-speak what they're typing).

raupe - I cracked up at your rant against evil bunnies. Think I agree lol! As for top-heavy... yah it's SO annoying. I think I could chant "smaller boobies" as my mantra for every single step of every piece of exercise I do! The day I realised I didn't even fit properly into the LARGEST mat bra in Target was a sad day. I get top-boob :doh:.

krystals - what is it about stuffed sausage legs that just leap out & bite you when you least expect it? It's a weird phenomenon that maybe someone somehwere should research. Why something looks ok one day and totally totally 10kilo-gaining wrong the next.

Onyx - sounds like you've worked out well today. You'll get there!

And of course if anyone is feeling discouraged, feel free to borrow my little CK motivational speech hahaha. AFM I'm walking more, need to stretch more too tho! Started my free health coaching (diabetes australia run it for folks at high risk of diabetes)... first phone session was today for 45 mins and was really informative. She said I was unusually young to be doing it, and wanted to know why I was... I explained how the two stints of injecting insulin had really put me off that whole little diabetes idea! So the goals we set were to walk 20 mins each day & eat 2 pieces of fruit each day (I'm a fruit slacker) and she'll ring me back in a month. She was also encouraging me to have more legumes & seeds in my diet. Oh and protein. So I'm doing ok this week, hope to get to another reward point at this sat's weigh-in... need to lose at least 200g to get there (and I think I put on a bit last weekend lol so easier said than done!). And sadly as I read back through the posts... my mind latched onto the word bacon in ZF's post and I swear my mouth started watering. How sad is that! So anyway, I made the evil word nice and little, so as not to tempt anyone else...

So I'm thinking walks, maybe some cycles, more legumes (dahl anyone?), kiwi fruit for morning tea, yoghurt for arvo tea. Happy healthinatin' everyone!

Nuts are a yummy way to get more protein.
Chickpeas are a legume so now you have an excuse to eat more hommus.

I've signed up to calorie king and I'm totally lost.

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I've signed up to calorie king and I'm totally lost.

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It's confusing to start with, but it does get easier. I still reckon it's harder to get homemade meals into it (compared to WW online) but for snacks it's good, and hey, it's free at least ;)

AFM - 200g loss for this week which I'll take after Easter! Plus I've snuck onto a new weight (with a 4 in it...:D) which means I get a reward woo hoo!! Plus it puts my BMI smack bang on 26, and I think I'm starting to look pretty different. Really hoping to keep it on track and lose 500g this week.

Still away, not sure how I'll go come Monday but hopefully not too much damage :)
Clothes still fit, I don't feel massive so can't be too bad.

How is everyone else?


Sent from my iPhone, more than likely while I should be doing something else!

I got told last night I look like I've lost more weight, weight probably not but CMs definitely :)

I'm supposed to be going to the gym today but I think a huge long walk tomorrow will have to suffice. New month tomorrow, new goals. 2 months until coast trip so would love to drop another dress size by then. Have final goal of looking good for a trip to Bali in Sept.

That's awesome sopdet! It's so nice when people start commenting! Makes all the effort seem worthwhile :)

I am so jealous of your trip to Bali, that is going to be awesome!!

ZF- hope you have a safe trip home, sounds like you have had the holiday of a lifetime! Great job on still feeling great at the end of it!

Belfie- they are excellent results! I hope you are really really pleased with yourself! A bmi of 26 is fantastic!

Hi guys, hope you had a great weekend! I am lagging behind my target, I've burned 4620 of 7500 so need to pull out two big days tomorrow! I will be doing lots of walking to try and burn off the extra cals, plus eating very carefully :)

I'm feeling really down after some bad shopping this weekend, I couldn't find anything that I really wanted to buy and nothing fitted, probably way too much chocolate over Easter. I might get df to chuck out what's left so I stop myself! Plus, AF is here and I weighed in nearly 2kgs heavier than normal...

Appletree, loving your enthusiasm in your first part of your post, and totally understanding the second part as well! AF does some crazy things to our state of mind hey? She's here for me too, and I think was the cause of the sausage leg phenomenon. Trying on clothes at this time is an exercise in self-torture!!!!!! Go back in to shop the day she leaves and you'll be feeling a million bucks, that's my plan ;) Hopefully it'll make you feel better to know that my weigh in was 2kgs heavier as well. So that, combined with sausage legs and easter was a bit of a mind drain!!!

Today is Monday! Lets start a new week!!!!! I'm finding I've hit my motivational low that comes around every six weeks or so. I will be FORCING myself to get off the couch/computer today and go for a walk. Not running today unless I get out there and feel the vibes. I figure a walk is better than nothing, and all I feel like doing is nothing. I'm rambling hey???

Good luck this week ladies! I've got to work hard, I'm off to Townsville this weekend to attend a very important Teddy Bear's Picnic, and I KNOW I'll be eating cake!