Morning!
Neda - I downloaded that app you suggested last night and it's great! Thanks! It's really similar to the WW app so I might as well save some money. It's put me on 1200 calories a day. Lets see if I can do this!!
myturn - Yum felafel! Was training torturous this morning? Your cupboard clean out sounds great. I'd love to do that but my partner is a junk food fiend and would kill me. He's skinny tho - don't ya hate that
kerbear and ineedpixiedust - It definitely takes more time to eat healthy, pre-preparing lunches and healthy snacks - but it'll be worth it
I walked again this morning and on my to do list is do a healthy shop and get a bigger cooler bag for all the healthy breakfasts, lunches and snacks I will be packing for work!
PT wasn't too bad - but ask me again tomorrow - we will see how my arms are then :-) lol
Falafel's didn't work out that great - tasted okay - but kinda flopped! lol.... that's what happens when you try a recipe from the side of a woolworths brand can of chick peas!
anyway, got the weet bix and had them for brekky - felt like the day started well - but ate too much of my chick pea flop but plugged it into my shape up club app and I can at least keep track of it.
I saw Gillian Michaels on The Dr's the other day and she was telling one overweight lady that if she really wanted to lose weight she HAD to count calories.... bleugh - it's so hard to keep track of it when others are cooking. Really it means you have to weigh and measure everything.... but I guess we just have to.
anyway - I feel a bit more on track with everything else - ie - got the car booked in for a service and clean, called ambulance victoria to change my name on my membership etc etc etc.... so hopefully I can keep that going and make it a habit...
it just seems so overwhelming...
Well, as long as the "floppy"felafels tasted ok
I was well behaved today - staying under 1200 calories is tough tho, basically one slip up and you're over Has your app set you a daily limit myturn?
I've decided I'm going to stop living in denial and weigh myself on Sun It'll be 10 days since IUI so it will be the same day I POAS. Might as well get all my results at once!!
Good luck all for a healthy weekend! My biggest challenge will be Sunday - pub lunch and buffet dinner - give me strength!! Ha ha
Yeah the app sets a limit - It's about 7000kJ - but changes according to my weight - and adds extra kJ if I exercise - which is always motivating!!!! I need to weigh myself as well - first thing in the AM, but I've been doing it evenings and it's always higher 0 bleugh.. BTW I think the pill has made me put weight on this month, so it's not looking all that great and it's a bit disheartening that it's harder to budge....
Definately change to weighing in the morning it always feels better and they reckon not to go it after a shower, not sure why though.
I have been a bit better today, still got a way to go but to be focused. Glad to hear everyone is going ok :-) its so hard when we have so many things we have to do for this little bundle of joy we all want!!!
myturn - I saw you were feeling down today and just wanted to send you a It's hard to know whether it's the drugs, hormones or just genuine emotional strain getting you down isn't it? I really hope you feel better soon and that this attempt is your turn.
kerbear - I'm glad you're gradually getting focused Maybe I'll weight myself in the morning, after exercise so that im a few hundred grams lighter from sweat loss - I'm such a cheater!!
okay so after a few days of being a sook, I have started this week off a little better
food wise -- average today - but did try a new recipe from this months Good Food magazine - Asian Pork Noodle Salad - it was quite nice walked to the shops twice today - I have a new goal to walk to pick up groceries etc - after all it's about 900metres to get there.... i know! we are so lazy and usually drive!! got a yoghurt maker for christmas a tried making a new flavour last night so I tried that today - cleaned out the fridge and used a mango we had in there in the yoghurt - and it was quite nice.
also cleaned the pantry out so i know whats in there now lol
off to PT in the morning, so will start tomorrow off well
however the scales say I put on 1kg this week... hmpf.... I'm going with the theory that it is the pill - which I finish today - phew! and christmas combined....so with some work I should be able to lose the 3.5kg that I seem to have put on over the past month
myturn - isn't it so unfair how you can put on 3 kilos in few days then it takes a month to lose it!!! It's probably the pill, I always used to put on weight on the pill, grr! You sound like you've taken some great steps today tho. Asian pork, yum Good luck for PT tomorrow - weigh yourself after that, you might have lost the kilo
I was really good with diet and exercise tues - sat, then had a blowout last night at a buffet dinner - blah
Anyway I weighed myself sun morning and it was about what I was expecting, not great, but I didn't pass out in horror I'd really like to lose 4 kg in 4 weeks before my appointment but that's a really big challenge for my body! We'll see how it goes, no more buffets allowed!!!
Oh, also I'm 11 dpo and still getting a BFN, but instead of feeling down and eating bad, I felt down and went out exercising. Feeling kinda proud, ha ha.
Does anyone have any ideas for healthy lunches to take to work? I just can't do salad for lunch!!
well done! I really wish I could do the feeling down and going for a walk thing...
I have some lean cuisines and weight watchers frozen meals in my freezer and take them to work - you have to microwave them, but if you are able it's REALLY easy - and they're yummy! IMO Lean Cuisine are the best - just watch which brnd you get to make sure they are healthy
oh dear.... I've just been reading up on the complications of obesity and pregnancy and labour.... i suppose scaring the bejeesus out of me is a good thing.... but I feel the anxiety that the HUGE job of losing weight is for me.... bleugh...
Last edited by myturn; January 9th, 2012 at 08:53 PM.
Argh, Dr Google can be terrifying sometimes! I guess any motivation is good motivation tho.
Although I know losing weight will be beneficial overall for ttc and preg, I think my fertility problems are unrelated. I've been underweight, healthy and overweight in my adult life and my messed up cycle is always consistently messed up
Another little good thing I've done is to get the kitchen scales out and keep them on the bench so I can start getting an idea of how much different foods weigh for all the calorie counting fun!
Whew I missed a lot! Sorry girls had a bit of a sulk *lol*
Mich8 -1200 calories is really low! I get 1400 and find that a huge struggle, I'm not very active at all (very low energy) usually though. And it takes away calories since I have it set as a desk job. Granted I am jumping up all the time to hang the laundry, or feed the cat, or clean up what the cat just threw up, or unload the dishwasher.......
myturn yoghurt maker! I've tot to admit I'm a little jealous *lol* Those frozen meals are good, hubby has them for days when he's very low on remaining calories. I never gained weight on the pill, but I did feel sick a LOT so I'm sure that had something to do with it. Your weight may go up a bit as you increase your exercise due to increased muscle mass. More muscle is a good thing!! since muscle will burn calories even at rest whereas fat doesn't.
Lunch. If salad doesn't work, what about adding veggies to what you already take. Switch to a wrap instead of a sandwich (though check the calories carefully, a lot of them have just as much as bread, though wraps generally let you pack in more veggies without losing half your lunch out the side of your sandwich!
If you take leftovers from the night before or make up lunches on teh weekend, serve yourself half what you would normally take and add a veggie that can be heated up along side it. I would say take frozen, but most all the frozen veggies I've seen come out of china these days (or NZ but that's really china without them saying china) and I just don't trust that they havent' got who knows what in them.
Veggie based fritters. I recently learned a trick with cauliflower (ya I know, pretty yuck). But steam it in the microwave with some garlic and rosemary, then blend it up and use it as a base for fritters. Add whatever other veggies you have, one egg and a little bit of self raising flour till it's thick. They come out thinner than if you use flour as the base but a lot fewer calories and a lot more nutritious.
Not sure if it works for you with your job but can you have little snacks through the day? I hate to pull out the old carrot and celery sticks, but a trick that works (sometimes) with husband is to give him one of those little sistema snack boxes with something he can munch on during the day. He just gets bored, and where he works there's always trays of cookies and other bad stuff left over from meetings. Small portion of almonds or walnuts would work as well. The idea being you've got your little portions, you're limited. And if you eat them slower it give your brain that chance to say. Yes, I'm full. Here's an article I found a while ago that seems to help me out on my "hungry days" I get around the time of ovulation. By hungry I mean 'eat everything in the house'. BTW the maya gold they mention under chocolate is great!
With summer here soups won't work so well, but we did watch a show where they tested two groups. They both had chicken rice and veggies for lunch, but the first group had them on a plate, with a glass of water on the side. The second group had them blended with the water as a thick chicken soup. They went out and did their army training for the afternoon then they did ultrasounds of each groups stomachs. The group that had soup for lunch still had fuller stomachs since the water had a harder time separating out from the food and the stomach had to work to digest it all together. In the case of the first group the water was able to pass through quite quickly reducing stomach volume and making them hungry sooner.
Making up your own smoothies may work for summer? Use plain low fat yogurt (no fake sugars they're bad for you) some banana and other fruits? I have one of the generic magic bullet blenders that I picked up from kmart? bigW? Works really well, but may not work for you if you're not at home. Weekends treats! I'll do a healthy smoothy (milk greek yogurt banana and ice) as a mid morning snack, usually helps delay lunch a bit. The ice helps to make it feel thicker, more like a shake, and also works on the same principle as the water in the soup story.
Another trick that worked for us was to have salad a little while before dinner. We'd raid the garden and make up a salad first, then watch the news and fix dinner. I usually got away with serving hubby a smaller serving and he'd not even notice! I've been telling him for years that he needs to have half what he thinks he wants to eat, wait awhile then have more if he's still hungry. He's slowly coming around to it ( boys!). I still have to deal with his addiction to buffets though. Really unfair since I have trouble breaking the 'must eat my moneys worth' mindset. Besides he gets to take xenacal and I can't!
Keeping those kitchen scales on the counter is great I've found the lids to Jalna yogurt is perfect for weighing out little snacks of nuts or dried fruit. Weighing the food is really important, it's amazing how much we eat if we don't pay attention.
Oh, one other thing that I found works for me, though I didn't believe it when I first read it was to have a small serving of fruit when you first wake up, then be active for a bit. For me it's an orange, or peach and a plum then I do some of my morning activities, check teh mail do a bit of weeding in the garden, start laundry, check in on belly belly ect and I'm usually able to go 2 hours before I actually eat breakfast. If I can put off breakfast till 10am I'm usually ok to have a smaller and slightly later lunch. I know this probably only works for us commissioners of domestic affairs but you might be able to find a way to get it working for you.
It's so exciting hearing how well everyone is doing!
Time to hang the laundry.
Last edited by Neda; January 13th, 2012 at 08:49 AM.
I feel so aweful for not being on here for support for you guys, I have been I bit distracted and busy with work so have been a bit slack on here. I am not losing much, just going up and down but not gaining any extra do have still kept off 5.5kgs , want to keep trying for more off, still fairly focused which is good.
Mish8- I agree with you on the google thing it's deadly lol but we can't help ourselves. Your fritters sound yummmy, you have some great ideas for different things I might have to try some.
Myturn- I am a little boring for lunch but I love it, I have soa's with phili cream cheese (the less than 5% fat one) tomato, salt and pepper. Other than that mine are usually salad based.
Kerbear - don't worry I saw on the other thread that you're starting ivf so weight loss might go on the backburner for a while? (hopefully about 9 months ). I think it's great you've managed to stay focused through it all and keep the 5.5 kg off. I may be starting ivf in March or so, so would love to lose weight beforehand like you did!
Neda - I don't find 1200 cal that low because I exercise most days so get extra calories (but have a desk job too). You have so many great ideas - thanks!! I love wraps and that's really interesting about the soup thing. I eat a bit of soup in winter but am usually too lazy to make it - and I know the tinned ones have lots of salt. I've downloaded a recipe for vege fritters too - they sound good
myturn - How's things? I saw you're just starting a new cycle too. Good luck Do you continue trying to lose weight while jabbing etc?
I've actually been really motivated and good this week. I've shocked myself! I've stuck to my daily calories and exercised every day so if the scales don't behave this week - i'm gonna be mad! Now - how to STAY motivated...
Thanks mich8 yeah started it yesterday so I am trying to focus on keeping my weight in line to help it have the best chance, glad I at least got a bit off first. I to hope that it has to go on the back burner for 9mth, fingers crossed.
Well, here's the weigh in update! I lost half a kilo this week. I know that's a healthy rate of weight loss but I was sooooooo good this week I was hoping for more
I guess I'll stick to a similar regime next week, then hope I don't put the weight back on in the 2ww following that
Mich8 it is still a loss hun and not a gain and it's not a bad loss at all, chip away at it bit by bit.
I was always look at it that what you have lost you haven't gained.
Keep up the good work, I havent lost any but that's cause I got slack :-(
Hi Mich - yeah - just started a new cycle - yes, I keep trying to lose weight - I figure even if I get preg, I need to eat healthy, and if I can avoid putting on weight for as long as possible, I may be able to 'lose' over the whole preg in general. It's true - a loss is still a loss.... well done, and still, if you lose it nice and slow, it will stay off for longer (we always want it to happen quicker than it does though, don't we!!?
Keep your chin up kerbear, just keep plodding along xxx
Hi to everyone else - hope you are all tracking okay. I have a feeling people are dropping off this thread, out of guilt I know I avoid it like the plague when I am feeling crap about not eating well. So I hope we all remember that this is the place to come when we ARE feeling slack - cause that's when we need support the most. xxx anyway, I hope you are all feeling okay, whatever space you are in xxx
AFM - I lost 1.4 this week - without trying, but I know it was because I came off the pill... thankfullly... I'm still 2.5 kg heavier than before christmas and being on the pill, so got a bit of work to do - very annoying really.... but anyway. 1 more week of holidays before I go back to work, so will try and be good this week, ready to get into a routine the week after.
Keep it up ladies! Rapid loss isn't good for you anyway so don't feel bad if you don't drop 10 kilos overnight. It's better to make the change to being healthy rather than to diet. Find little ways to make your body move more every day, eat more veggies every day.
I was at bookfest over the weekend (managed to only spent $150 on a suitcase full of books this time!) And happened to grab a copy of the flat belly diet for $5! Now I usually hate diet books and such but they raise some very interesting points about fats. Have a look in your local library, or scan through a copy at the bookstore. I grabbed it because I remember seeing it mentioned in the green baby guide. It really has helped me to deal with those days when I just want to eat everything in site.
Mich8 - I realized after I posted that my 1400 is on 'maintain weight' on that app not to lose. And days when I do get a little exercise I'm usually ok, it's those days when I get caught up with photoshop that I realize I'm hungry and the whole days gone! Of course as you start losing weight if you go back into your settings and re-enter your weight it'll cut down on how many you get since your body doesn't need as many calories the more weight you lose.
Do try and cut down on all prepackaged foods, including soups. The sodium in them will just make your body hold onto water (that flat belly book explains it, hopefully you can find a copy at the library) I did split pea last night, really easy with a pressure cooker and a stick blender! I was going to do pie floaters but hubby ended up eating at his paintball meeting and didn't bother to tell me. Had home made sweet potato tarts and peas instead *lol*.
myturn - have you talked to your FS or doc about losing weight while on IVF cycles? I've read some pretty nasty stories about what happens when you start losing weight. Basically all the toxins stored in the fat get released back into the bloodstream and right into any pregnancy that may be there. Additionally the body thinks it's starving (which essentially it is) and because it's having to go to those fat stores it can cause a MC.
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but plugged it into my shape up club app and I can at least keep track of it.
Has your app set you a daily limit myturn?
It'll be 10 days since IUI so it will be the same day I POAS. Might as well get all my results at once!!
It's hard to know whether it's the drugs, hormones or just genuine emotional strain getting you down isn't it? I really hope you feel better soon and that this attempt is your turn.
Maybe I'll weight myself in the morning, after exercise so that im a few hundred grams lighter from sweat loss - I'm such a cheater!!
i know! we are so lazy and usually drive!! got a yoghurt maker for christmas a tried making a new flavour last night so I tried that today - cleaned out the fridge and used a mango we had in there in the yoghurt - and it was quite nice. 
Good luck for PT tomorrow - weigh yourself after that, you might have lost the kilo
boys!). I still have to deal with his addiction to buffets though. Really unfair since I have trouble breaking the 'must eat my moneys worth' mindset. Besides he gets to take xenacal and I can't!
I've found the lids to Jalna yogurt is perfect for weighing out little snacks of nuts or dried fruit. Weighing the food is really important, it's amazing how much we eat if we don't pay attention.
Do you continue trying to lose weight while jabbing etc? 
I've stuck to my daily calories and exercised every day so if the scales don't behave this week - i'm gonna be mad! Now - how to STAY motivated...
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