Summer - Autumn 2010/2011 challenge #4

***I'm joining in here too...ideally, 30kg to go, such a huge number to me! But at the moment, I will take it slow and go in 5kg lots, so 5kg to go!! 30kgs is absolutely daunting and I just can't grasp it, so I figured if I do it in little chunks, my brain might process it a bit better, lol. One can only hope!

First goal is to get below 90kgs, which is about 2kg. I will go for walks and will be setting up our wii fit so I can just pull it out to use when I get a chance if I can't go for a walk. Also need to cut out butter and sugar. I have cut out most things like chocolate, chips, cakes and stuff. We have none in the house and I won't go out to buy any unless I plan it. But at home, it's eating butter and sugary foods like cerial, cerial bars, sugar in coffee/tea...I need to have fruit and veggies instead! And also cooking healthy meals in a healthy way! I know alot of strategies, I just need to incorporate them. I so need to do this! ***

***has been cut and pasted from the general weight loss thread.

I haven't had a chance to read posts yet, but I will catch up on some when I can. I figured I would join both the general thread adn here too, since all support will be great!! As I said, I have 30kg to go, I'm hoping I can get there, though I think I would probably be rather chuffed with 25kg. God...5 would do right now, lol! Feeling very fat and frumpy and just horrid!

:hello: Welcome lilias!! I hope you like it here! :D Good luck with your weight loss!

Hi Lilias!!! Welcome to our little group :)

Hi lilias, welcome! I've posted in both threads too, but this one seems to be more active. Good on you for joining And I love the way you've broken your goals down! Awesome - you can do it :)

Hi everyone else... Bummer re AF's being here. I read somewhere once that we're programmed to crave chocolate when Af is here, so for many years I used that as my excuse! Oops! Better not do that now.

AFM I think I've hit a plateau. I've exercised more over the last week and my cough is slowly setting... But the weight loss is definitely slowing down darn it. Plus its our 12 year wedding anniversary today & a good friends 40th this weekend so I think i'll have to work hard to stay focussed with my food. We've eaten a bit naughty today but I got a walk in at least, so I guess thats something. I think if my hips hold up well I'll start trying to do some exercise cycling once the kids are in bed.

Just wanted to share a before/after photo of my journey so far :) I wish i had done some full body ones, but i always deleted them before! I might do some at the start of the 12wbt though.

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...2-10-58-49-pm/

That first photo is soooo feral, its a random one my SIL posted on Facebook...

Will do a proper post tomorrow when dp goes out :p

Just wanted to say I am so proud of everyone and thank you all for the continued support.
Your all amazing and I couldn't ask for better 'get fit' buddies :)


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Start to the day...porridge with a teaspoon of honey, and coffee with no sugar. Tastes absolutely horrible, but I will get used to it, I never used to have sugar in coffee or tea at all!

Welcome Lilias :)
Just a quick one from me while DP is out, got a MOUNTAIN of laundry and unpacking to do aswell as tackle the general cleaning and we have DP's dad and nan coming at lunch time :wall:

So i DID put on over easter but i expected it, no long walks and very little exercise along with lots of crappy oiled cooking on the fire i am back up to 94.9 BUT i don't care, i still feel ok and i've still lost quite a bit so i KNOW i can take it off again.

Car has s*!t itself so DP is taking it to get checked today but it might mean no driving to walks this week so i might start back on the bike, drinks lots of water (cutting out softdrink made a huge difference before) and get back into my yummy veggies and salads.

I can and WILL do this again and damn it i'm going to look hot before my 10yr reunion in a month or two :)

How is everyone else?

Hi guys! Been a few weeks since I popped in. Since then I had obviously put on more weight as I weighed in for the first time in so so long last Wed. Got a big shock and am now totally back into it with both weighing, watching my food and exercising. I have lost 2kg from last week so am very happy with that. Now I just have to keep the momentum as the weight loss slows down and I don't get such instant feedback. I can't really count cals this time as I only have the internet at work but am writing everything into an excel file on my computer including my emotions so I have it somewhere documented. I am not going to take full measurements as I am only really interested in my tummy as it tends to make me look pregnant. This morning I was so proud of myself as I jogged 6kms in 43.50. That is 3 mins off when I did it last time. My overall plan to get do 10kms in 40mins but that is a long way off so my mid goal is 6kms in 30 mins which I know I can do within 3 months if I keep at it. Played soccer on Saturday which was awesome (we won 9-0) but they seem to swap me off a lot compared to other people so as I get fitter I am going to push for more time on the field. I also start a pilates course this Thursday so as long as I keep on top of my eating I should be fine. I am planning for 1 soccer game, 2 soccer training, 2 6kms jogs, 1 pilates class, and then either a day off if I need it or a cycle if I want to on the last day. Am feeling a lot better already - much more energy and my brain is clearer.
Hope you are all going really well.

Welcome Kel! We all know how you feel. But you can do it!

Hey ladies there is a link to the heart challenge in THIS thread, if you all want to check it out?
I have registered, maybe we can all register and chat about that in here too?

Krysalyss, great goals! I envy your speed!!!!

Appletree, you should be so, so proud of yourself, even in your skin you can see how much healthier you are! I hope you're feeling heaps better too!

Belfie, I'm going to stand by my chocolate when AF is here 'rule'. It's not guilt, it's mandatory!!! I know how difficult it is to stay motivated when you've hit a plateau, just keep with it as best you can and you'll start to see things moving again, if the weight is there, it'll drop off at some stage as long as you keep with it! I've hit a few plateau's in the last few months, but kept dragging myself out for walks and sure enough, I'll lose well for a few weeks and then stall. 12 years!!! Well done! That deserves a celebration! Don't be too hard on yourself, just get back out there once the celebrations are over!

Lilias- welcome!!! Good start with the brekky- most important meal of the day! I often add stewed apples or pears (since we always have them here! LOL) to my porridge to sweeten it up, or some banana when they don't cost a million bucks each :) I 'can't' let go of the sugar in my coffee though. Just can't!!!

Zavara Flutterby, I'll definitely check out that thread, I'm relatively 'new' so I don't know all of Lucy's story, but I'll definitely take a look-see!

~JAYNE~ Are you back yet??? How did the reunion go? Did you blow everyone's mind??? Hope it all went well.

Raupe, how are you going?

AFM, I've been TERRIBLE diet wise for the whole time AF has been here. I've been sneaking bikkies (from who??? no one, just feeling sneaky everytime i get one) and eating about 4 pieces of home bread everyday on top of all my food. Plus I haven't exercised for the last 3 days. I took a look at my training diary tonight trying to psych myself up and it's helped a little. I travelled 65.4km on foot last month!!! I know I can keep it up, it's just a matter of getting out there and doing it! Wish me luck girls, and thanks for being here!

oooh so much activity, it's great. Not much for me tho... cooked a lovely stirfry with prawns for 12th wedding anniversary dinner last night... then spent the night puking & the morning on the toilet. Thank goodness everyone else was ok (even the kids had the veggies from the stirfry). So resting up for a day or two methinks... feel like crap warmed up atm.

Oh no belfie!! How awful, but happy anniversary :) My mouth was salivating at the thought of your yummo stir fry... until you mentioned the vomiting!

Krystals- wow! 65.4kms is amazing!! That is a lot of ground covered :) How far do you normally go in each session? Hope AF has disappeared again and the eating gets back on track! I love the idea of stewed apples and pears in the porridge, i will have to give that a try, it might make DS enjoy it a bit more too! I tried adding a yoghurt but it was revolting. I don't mind a few sultanas in mine with a bit of brown sugar.

krysalyss- i am so jealous of you losing 2kgs just like that! But that is an awesome run time! I am thinking about doing the mothers day classic on sunday and seeing what my best time will be, but i have this awful feeling that there will be a cut off time to complete the race and i will be well over it! How embarrassing! How good a work out is soccer training? DF keeps asking if i will come along to his training sessions to see how i go, but since i don't play in the team i think it would be weird to turn up to training! Not to mention that we would have to organise someone to look after the kids which would be a complete pain, and it would also mean a late night for them. See, i have plenty of excuses... LOL. Your week sounds awesome for training though, i wish i could say the same here!

ZF- your camping photos looked great, what a wonderful trip! So jealous! Never mind about the weight gain, it seems to fall of you when you are focussed on it, so i am sure you will be looking awesome by your reunion! I was 6 months pregnant with my second child at our 10 year reunion, and i was one of only a few people in my whole year who had started families and the only one to almost have a second child. I felt like such a freak at the time as they all kept looking at me like i was crazy when i told them... Now i just think, too bad, i have everything in life that I want and just because its not the path you chose to go down doesn't make mine any less valid.

Lilias- have you thought about trying the flavoured coffee's instead of adding sugar to a straight one? I am hooked on the coles swiss coffee (its a mocha i think) and its sweet enough not to need sugar added? I used to be a bit of coffee snob, but i think i have softened over the years! Other people i suggest it too think i am nuts... LOL.

AFM- i am struggling big time at the moment with DD and her arachnophobia, so many sleepless nights, its worse than having a newborn! She wakes up screaming thinking there are spiders in her bed, and then i cuddle her and she thinks that there are spiders in my hair, then on the wall behind us. It seems endless! No idea what to do to fix it, but i am tired as! I have been doing Jillian Michaels 30 day shred each night, which is a great 20 mins of high intensity work out, not burning anywhere near the calories i was when i was going to the gym, but i don't really have the time anymore. I might start adding some more runs in, or big bushwalks on the weekend and maybe a swimming session one morning per week with my aunt who lives down the street. Sorry, really just blathering now! Have to get going and do my 30 day shred, i have been chained next to DD's bed so she will go to sleep.

Thanks everyone for the kind comments on my photos :)

Apple - Soccer training isn't too bad for a workout but it depends on the coach. Games are certainly an amazing workout - if you play the whole game you probably burn off around 1300 calories! Sometimes at training if we are just skills training then we might be doing kicks or throw ins and then you might not get the work out you are after. Having said that it probably goes for 90 mins or so so it would be way better than a 30 mins jog. I put down 500 calories for a 90 min training session but that is probably conservative. I know if I am training with guys I really put the effort in as I am not one to let a guy show me up LOL. And it isn't unusual to let other people join in for training but expect that they will try and recruit you for the ladies team. I have to say that I love soccer and it is really what turned my fitness around from an "I hate exercise" kind of person to someone who will actually voluntarily jog just so I can play better on the field. You are just too busy running after the ball to focus on other things. Indoor soccer / futsal is awesome if you can do it as it is 40 mins of fast running around a court and after a few weeks you start to feel like 40 mins just isn't long enough because it is so fun and great for fitness. HTH :). I know 2kg is a lot to lose but once I go under 70kgs I really drop to about 1kg a month. Just wish i had kept it off over last summer then I wouldn't be here again!

ZF - love that heart challenge link, I'm gonna do that - thanks heaps!

Managed a 10 min walk today & back to eating again yay! Hope to do my 20 mins tomorrow. Feeling SO much better and OMIGOD I love being able to eat!!

Hi guys!!

I just signed up for the heart challenge, too! Whoop whoop!! :happydance:.

Exercise is doing great, food not so much. Have not returned from my "Easter Break" yet (foodwise).... :shakehead:. Naughty me. The worst meal of the day is usually breakfast for me. I'm not really into the sweet stuff, I HATE anything sloppy (porridge, weetbix...) and all I "feel" like is something savoury (sp?). However, I struggle for time (or motivation, let's face it) to cook (scrambled eggs or whatever). So I usually end up buying breakfast (egg, bacon hashbrown and other fatty cr@p). Which is sooooo bad for me. So, does anyone have any idea what I could be having for breakfast? Oh yeah, and I get sick of the same stuff really quickly, so I need to keep changing it every week or so... :doh:. I know, I'm difficult :lol:. DF tells me so every morning! Hehe! But seriously, HELP! :(

Some brekky ideas -
baked beans with toast
savoury muffins (you could make them the night before a batch would last a few days)
cold quiche
left overs from last night's dinner
grainy toast with some yummy topping
toasties

If you have a jaffle maker, my mum used to put a slice of bread in (spray the jaffle iron with spray oil rather than buttering the bread), push it into the wells a little and then crack an egg into it, break the yolk up a little and hey presto a pretty healthy filling breaky. You could also add some ham, tomato or cheese. Have some boiled eggs int the fridge for a running-out-the-door food.

ETA, just to clarify with the jaffle thingo, spray the other side of the iron and put the other slice of bread on top too, lol!

I am in love with toasted bagels with vegemite at the moment :) Yum yum yum, can't get enough!! Also, i like an english muffin with some roast pumpkin and cashew dip and then a slice of ham over top! Delicious :) Very easy too... Another favourite is honey almond all bran, but i go through phases of liking cereal and then disliking it intensely!

lilias, i am so going to try that! Yummo, i can just taste it with a bit of pesto and some ham! Delicious! I also love toasted spaghetti and cheese jaffles. Come to think of it, i don't think we have a jaffle maker so maybe i will go out and buy one this weekend just so i can have some jaffles :)

wow yummy breakfast ideas! Lucky it's breakfast time now hehe :D

Well I was back at my osteo yesterday - hadn't seen her since ooh 3-3.5 extra kilos ago, so got some nice comments! Yay! Weigh-in tomorrow and I'm not sure what will happen this week. I've started walking again but not sure if the food poisoning will have helped or hindered! I'm so tempted to weigh today (just for a sneak peak, you know? ;)) but usually when I do it I weigh lighter the day before and get all excited, only to have my weight back up on weigh-in day arggh :wall:.

Raupe - welcome back!

Me again... lost .9kg! WOO HOOO :leap::leap::leap: nearly half-way omg I'm so excited. And BMI 25.6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow belfie!! That is awesome work :) well done!!! What are you doing to celebrate making it under 26 bmi?

Hi there!
Belfie! Amazing!!! Great work! You must be so excited!
Quick one from me, in Townsville, eating ALOT of bad food, had 2 pieces of chocolate mud cake for lunch and pretty much a whole pizza for dinner. I'm ok about it at the moment, but I know I'm going to beat myself up when I get back home. But I know it's me who's making the choices. I'm not making excuses, just enjoying myself :)
I go home on Tuesday and will be firmly BACK on the wagon, {Promise} :P

Oh gosh - still bad times for me. Started my new job, which is great for my mind, but not for my bod. Great boss, that makes lattes and leaves presents of Mars bars on my computer. Add onto that Easter, a 3yo birthday party and dinner at friends and I am very scared of hopping on the scales. Must reign in my eating habits.

Might have to bite the bullet and start getting up at 6am to get some exercise in, even if it just some yoga on the Wii. Just not in me to run at that time of morning, I tend to be better at workouts in the middle of the day. Miss 3 squirms from 6am onwards, so my sleep is very interrupted, so I may be better getting up than getting disjointed sleep for that last hour.

Astrid, I will be up at 5:45 tomorrow for swimming, I'm being picked up at 6am... I will be thinking of you as I stand outside in the cold and take pleasure that you are up as well!

I'm still going strong with the 30 day shred DVD, I'm going to step up to level 2 tomorrow!

Df was lovely and got me a polar ft7 for mothers day so I am busy checking calories burned on everything I do ;) loving it!! A bit disappointed that my daily DVD workout only burns 175 cals though. I am keen to repeat my 4k run from Saturday and see if I can beat my 33:59 time and how many cals it burns.

Hope everyone else is going well, I might weigh in in the morning and see how I am tracking, might do some sneaky measurements as well while I am at it!

Belfie, well done, that's a wonderful loss, and yay @ having a better BMI! I have no idea what mine is...I should have a look!

appletree, sounds like you're doing well! Good on you for geting up early to exercise. I so hate early mornings and am not a morning person. Unfortunately my kids are and we're usually up at the crack of dawn, though now it's getting colder, they do seem to be sleeping in a bit longer, yay!

Astrid and krystals, I know the feeling of being unmotivated all too well! Maybe just try to focus on small things like drinking lots of water and each day or two, do something new?

Well, AFM, after a few days not really doing anything in the way of dieting or exercise and neglecting CK, I am trying to get back into it. I weighed myself this morning and I have lost a kg! Under that horrid 90kg mark! But!! (Yes unfortunately there is a 'but') I haven't been 100% healthwise, not really sick, but the antibiotics I am on are doing yucky things to my tummy and I haven't been eating much at all because I don't want to feel nausious or be on the loo all day! So in one way it has been good, I haven't actually felt like eating, so my tummy has shrunk and my sugar cravings seem to have abated! Hopefully those effects will last, and hopefully the 1kg loss will stick around too, though I don't expect it to since it's because I haven't been eating, not because of any kind of effort on my part!

So today, back to it, using Calorie King, and I will go for a walk today too, as well as pulling my finger out and giving the house a good clean.

Busy cleaning but got on the scales and 93.9 :dance: I've lost a kg :)
Will be back later :)


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Hi ladies. I'm back on the bandwagon! :)

Brought body trim plus today and feeling good.

I'm going to turn my life around.

I've tried shakes etc and it all failed me. So I'm going to make Tuesday's my weigh in days and first weigh in tomorrow. I've also hot a tape measure and going to do measurements. They say you will lose 6 keeliooios in the first week! I'm up for that!

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Ok i am sooo getting back onto the wagon i NEED to look super sexy for my school reunion and easter was NOT kind.

I am happy i lost a kg in the last week but i want to get UNDER 90kg :)

Oh oh i've started a thread HERE - for ideas for ladies who might be interested in Melb

Lilias - well done on cracking the 90kg - thats my next goal - keep up the great work.

AT - keep it up hun, sounds like your going really well.

Astrid - good luck hun, getting up early sucks but DD2 seems to be sleeping in a little so i might make the most of my body being used to 5:30 wake ups and get on the exercise bike first thing when DP goes back to work.

krystals - enjoy the time away while you can.. don't stress too much :)

belfie :clap: hun your doing such an amazing job.

Back to walking this morning and guess what.. it's 2 degrees outside... gah i'm CRAZY.
HotI better make sure she keeps me alive :rofl:

Ok started body trim today. Starting stats are-

83.9kg
Chest - 99.5cms
Waist- 87.5cm
Abs- 107.5cm
Hips- 106.5 cms
Thighs- 60.5cm

Instead of getting upset at these numbers I've got a pedometer on and going to get to 10,000 steps (as recommended) I'm also drinking water and only on protein days . Getting those nasty carbs and sugar out of my body! Detox my way to weight loss.

:)

Good luck to you lovely ladies. I will let you know how I go. I'm also going to log in when I'm on my laptop and do persies! :)


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I'm back! :D
Thank you Onyx, Lilias and Appletree for your awesome brekky ideas! Will have a go at all of them! Thank you Thank you :hug:

Belfie: Great work! I can't wait until I hit that number!
Astrid: Have you tried exercising after the kiddies go to bed? I usually finish work around 8pm and then go and exercise after. It's dark outside, so I stick to roads that I know are well lit. I suck at getting up early and exercising then, so I rather do it late at night IYKWIM.
Appletree: Great job on that exercise! How did your weigh in go?
ZF: Wohoo! Great loss! The idea ofdoing a charity run sounds great! I'm doing the city to bay run in Adelaide in September. I will be running for the World Vision charity! :happydance:
LysnDan: How does the BodyTrim System work? How are you coping?

AFM: I put on a kg over Easter. :rolleyes:. Meh, I kinda expected that. You can't eat THAT many hotcross buns and not put on weight. I'm eating better now, and my exercise is going REALLY well! I finished the 3rd week of the c25k program and I still manage to keep up! :cheer: Yay me! Hehe
I'm actually enjoying the exercise now! :o I never thought I would like running...

Just a quick welcome to lysndan, tell us more about body trim, i thought it was the tablets, but I think I read somewhere else that it's not? How did you go with your step target?

Raupe, I had a loss of 600g, so I am almost back to pre-Easter weight! Haven't stopped eating chocolate though... Very naughty!

I am so pleased to hear you doing so well with c25k, that is brilliant!! I might skip to week 3 on sat morning so I can keep up with you ;)

The 12wbt starts pretty soon, I'm looking forward to kicking off shortly, i am a bit behind with pre-season tasks and still haven't told df that I joined... I really need to as he is the one cooking dinners so I need to tell him what I want him to cook and why. It's sucks he is so skinny, he never understands...

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Raupe - the bodytrim system works on eating less portion size wise but eating more frequent meals a day. Its very complex but Im sure Ill get the hang of it soon :) i hope :D

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Just a quick welcome to lysndan, tell us more about body trim, i thought it was the tablets, but I think I read somewhere else that it's not? How did you go with your step target?

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appletree - ok... the first 3 days your alowed to eat protein only. Nothing else. No carbs, nothing. So Ive been eating chicken, ham, salmon and drinking heaps of water! *SHOOT ME NOW!!!! _ NEED SUGARRRRRR!!!* :(

I did 8700 steps today.... not quite 10000 but nearly there... its only 7.30pm. so after another protein snack i might go for a quick walk or something... get some more steps up :P

Day one of "detox" over...

Phew!

I really really feel like sugar, but i KNOW that this will set me back on my weight loss journey!

I shall update after the 3 day detox... what will be next? I think phase 2 is the weight loss side... Tell you about it soon. :)

Lys xoxox

Just some info on bodytrim for those interested -

Ok heres how it works.

You're alowed 100grams of protein only for meals and 50grams of protein for snacks. You eat once every 1 to 3 hours as needed. You should never feel hungry.

So you have a protein only breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack. You are only alowed protein for the very first phase (totaling 3 days) no carbs nothing...

Then you go into weight loss mode.

You keep the concept of eating small meals, protein servings. You only add one slice of bread per day (must be wholemeal/grain) for breakfast only. At lunch and (I think) dinner you are alowed to add salad and veggies to your meal. Salad is unlimited. Some veggies are only alowed once every 3 days (eg carott!) you get a free day for every 6 days of the program you complete, then go onto a protein only day the day after. The day after your protein only day you go back to the 6 day program!

You continue eating like this until your happy with your weight.

Then you move onto maintenance.

You get two options. Hunter or gatherer Which gives you am extra free day. Or carb lovers. Which gives you an extra serve of carbs each day!

Hope this info helps!

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Lynsdan - wow that's full on! Are you finding it ok to stick to? Fascinating to learn about, thanks! Do you know if you can do it while BF'ing? (I'm kinda thinking you couldn't?!?!). And how much weight per week to do you hope/expect to lose doing this kinda program?

Btw, I had to chuckle reading your stats. I am SO opposite to you... Funny huh! The first measurement was at the start of this, and now (5kg less) is the second number: Chest: 106 --> 101
Waist: 101 --> 96
Hips: 101 --> 96

Appletree, raupe, ZF, Onyx, Lilias - hope you're all doing well.

AFM was hoping to hit my halfway weight-loss point this Sat but don't think I'm gonna make it. Had a few moments today where I thought stuff it, I won't make it (so pig out on chocolate do it do it NOW) but then I thought no, think bigger picture. (Didn't help that I found out my car is at the repairers for nearly 3 weeks)... Did I feel like emotional eating much? So i've eaten pretty well today, walk, small exercise bike cycle... am hoping there's still time for a miracle loss haha. So saying I think I know my pattern - every other week is a bigger loss... and the inbetween weeks are virtually nothing. And yup, this week is an inbetweener. Shall attempt to stay on wagon for another day....

Oh I pulled out Wii Fit Plus tonight. It had been 490 days!!!!!!!!! (ok so most of that was being very immobile in a very poor PG)... but still! And I was only .3kg up from last time did it (physical age was -3 years tho woo hoo!) . Interestingly it told me I should be aiming for a BMI of 22 (I am aiming for a BMI of 23.23). My DH very kindly reckoned I'd be too skinny at 22 (which would mean trying to lose another 4kg :o. What are others aiming for BMI-wise? Or are you not doing it like that?

Thanks Lysndan, sounds really interesting, hope it goes well for you!

Not much to report here. Loving my new heart rate monitor that df got me for mothers day! The question I asked a few weeks back has been answered (50 cals ;) ) and tonight I moved up to level 2 of the 30 day shred work out DVDs- I burned 230 cals in just over 20 mins which I am pleased with, level one was only 175 cals. I wish the work outs were longer though. My next run is sat morning, will see how many cals I burn and if I can beat my time!

The count down is on for the start of the 12wbt, I have decided I want to aim for 15kgs... It's a lot right? But I am going to work my butt off foodwise as well as exercise this time. I think it's finally sinking in that it's more important to get the food part right, so I will learn as much as I can!

Cut and pasted from the diet and weightloss thread!
**I am doing terribly (she says as she sits there eating a chocolate brownie ) I was going to just sneakily not post here anymore for the shame, but I have to be real. I need to lose weight. I know it. I need to get fitter. I know that too. It's tough. Another thing I know. I need to get off my butt and do it. There's the bump in the road! DH isn't being much of a support. He's struggling too. He needs to lose weight too. It's just really tough right now. Neither of us is sleeping much between kids and nights shifts for him. But we have to keep on trying. I may or may not be posting here much. But I will keep up and I will keep on trying to get on and stay on that wagon. I will be trying hard not to let it leave me behind....

I kind of slacked off for a while. I had school holidays and then a nasty cold so I was in maintenance mode but now I'm back into it.
I ran 5km yesterday and today. Today I did it in 31 minutes. That 1 minute is really annoying me - if I had just pushed a bit harder it would have been 30 minutes.
I did some weights yesterday too and I'm feeling it today.
My new goals - to run 5km in under 30 minutes and to do more weights. I do pump a couple of times a week but I think I need to do weights on the days I don't do pump - maybe just pick a muscle group that isn't hurting each time and make it hurt.
My knee has been bugging me so I'm trying to take it easy on it. I got some orthotic insoles so I hope they do the trick.

Food wise - I know that I need to improve there too. I have been eating more carbs and cake with the cold weather so I need to keep an eye on that. It's junk food night tonight but I think that my 50 minutes of cardio today earnt it.

I seem to have plateaued at 59 kg. I hope I can drop a couple more or at least build some huge muscles to justify it.

I've been slack. Had bowen therapy yesterday and I ache all over, also my hips are out.

Been craving rice & pasta which isn't a good thing.

Am going to ease myself back into it next week since I'm on "no exercise" until Sunday.