Mid Year Body Transformation Challenge weeks 5 and 6

How does the Mid Year Body Transformation Challenge 2009 Work?

The challenge is split into two parts:
1. Percentage of weight lost
2. Total centimetres lost
3.This challenge will run for 12 weeks.

So we are looking at a challenge to shed unwanted weight, but also to gain some fitness: the best way to lose cms is to exercise!

What do you need to do:
1. Get motivated and have a plan!
2. Get yourselves your bathroom scales and tape measure ready!
3. PM or email me your current weight and measurements. (Please note that these will be 100% confidential.)
3. Start eating healthily and taking more exercise
4. Watch the results come in.....

Results will be posted weekly, on a Wednesday. All of your weight and measurement figures need to be pm'd or emailed to me by Tuesday night to be included. Actual weight and measurements will not be posted. I will only post weight, %'s and cm's lost.

Please weigh yourself in KG's, and measure, in cm's, bust, waist and hips. (So you will be sending me 4 figures each week) When you email me, please remember to let me know your username!

There is no set 'diet' for this challenge - just do whatever plan or diet works best for you. Some will perfer a set diet or plan, others will prefer healthy eating and cutting out the junk.

Each week your results will be added to this post and this will be carried over to each new thread that is started.

week 1 - week 2 - week 3 - week 4 - week 5

Username: ktgirl
Percentage lost: 1 - 1 - 0 - 0
Centimeters lost: 2 - 1 - 1 - 0

Username: Jaspen
Percentage lost: 2 - 0
Centimeters lost: 1 - 1

Username: *Ali*
Percentage lost: 0 - 1 - 1
Centimeters lost: 4 - 0 - 1

Username: Turkish Delight
Percentage lost: 1 - 0 - 2
Centimeters lost: 4 - 0 - 0

Username: Vixstar
Percentage lost: 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
Centimeters lost: 1 - 0.5 - 0 - 1.5

Username: Pip
Percentage lost: 2
Centimeters lost: 3.5


Username: Krysalyss
Percentage lost: 0 - 2 - 2 - 0
Centimeters lost: 2.5 - 1 - 1 - 1

Username: AmandaJ
Percentage lost: 0 - 2 - 0
Centimeters lost: 1.5 - 0.5 - 1

Username: Muppity
Percentage lost: 2 - 0 - 1
Centimeters lost: 2 - 0 - 5

Username: Ammaki
Percentage lost: 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0
Centimeters lost: 3 - 0 - 2.5 - 2.5 - 3

Username: Nai
Percentage lost: 0 - 0
Centimeters lost: 2 - 2

Username: Cookiemonster
Percentage lost: 0 - 0 - 2 - 2
Centimeters lost: 2 - 4 - 0 - 2

Username: IsabelB
Percentage lost: 0
Centimeters lost: 7

Username: sas85
Percentage lost: 2 - 0 - 1 - 0
Centimeters lost: 1 - 1 - 2 - 1

Username: Cherished1
Percentage lost: 0
Centimeters lost: 1

Username: Kazbah
Percentage lost: 1 - 0
Centimeters lost: 0 - 1

Username: Kelebek (njd)
Percentage lost: 2 - 0
Centimeters lost: 5 - 1

Username: Belfie
Percentage lost: 0 - 0 - 2
Centimeters lost: 1 - 0 - 2

Username: Trillian
Percentage lost: 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1
Centimeters lost: 2 - 1 - 0 - 2 - 1

Username: Kas
Percentage lost: 0 - 0
Centimeters lost: 0.5 - 0

Username: Aliash
Percentage lost:
Centimeters lost:

Username: Blackduckies
Percentage lost: 2
Centimeters lost: 1

Well done on making it to week 5! We are nearly half way already!

This fortnight's challenge is to think of yourself in a positive way, that you ARE amazing, that you CAN change your life for the better. We should be starting to feel confident that we can stick to this, afterall we are five weeks into it, so we should let that reflect the way we live and do everything with confidence in ourselves. It's not just about losing weight or fitting into skinny jeans (but that's a huge plus LOL), but about knowing we can make healthy lifestyle changes and know it wont kill us. So find a positive mantra for yourself and put it on your fridge, or on your computer or anywhere that will remind you that you are worthy of the effort you are putting in.

That's a great one Trill.

I just googled motivational diet quotes and the first one which i looked at i LOVED...

Running is a big question mark that's there each and every day. It asks you, "Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?"

It suits me to a T.

I'm going to be STRONG

Me and my chocolate issue...

"Another good reducing exercise consists in placing both hands against the table edge and pushing back."

Haha that last quote reminds me of your chocolate incident yesterday, getting visuals of your little avatar putting the chocolate down on the table then pushing back hehe

:rofl:

I know. i thought that visualisation was quite funny too.

Oh dear....I think I will be doing some serious soul searching this week..I have been so neg about myself for weeks, possy months now.

Anywaaaayyyyys, had a good week last week overall! Lost some kgs. Starting to feel a little bit lighter! :clap: I think my scales are a big bad meanie to me....the other day I weighed myself and then an hr later stood on them (too lazy to shift them out of the way to hang up the kids towels! Meh!) and just happened to look down and I was 3 kgs heavier.........had not eaten anyhting and was still in the same clothes and had infact been doing housework!:wtf:

Well, off to surf the net for my little business I am s l o w l y starting....;)

Keep going girls!

Turkish - love the quotes!!!! WTG!

xxxx

Hi Trill, thanks for adding me to the list. I guess i had now really get to work at controlling my diet and excercise so i have something to show for it :rolleyes:!

Congrats to all of you who have had weight losses and to all those who like me are still trying to get there for sticking with it :clap:.

Thanks for the welcome girls.
WOW you are all very motivated, would love to get into the gym, but it's kindy year!!! Going in and out and dragging DS, DD and baby DD seems like a workout in itself??? DH is currently working 12 hour days so when he gets home its dark and a bit of a struggle to go for a walk, I think I might have to try cookies idea a buy a skipping rope :redface:might not be able to do much to start with though!!!
My eating is going well, will try and get excerise in over the weekend when DH is home.

For me PT friends are like hairdresser friends you don't feel like you can ask for a haircut out of hours, the truth be known (PT, are very passionate) I think they love sharing their advice and probablly are just waiting to be asked.:lol:
Anyway love the quotes...;) have a great day tomorrow, stay strong.

Here is the quote i had mentioned some time ago which i saw in the latest slimming and health mag ...

"You don't have to at it 24/7. Everyone has a bad day but winners get back up and keep going the next day"

Just came home from the gym. I walked at a 12% incline for 30 mins @ 5.5kph, did weights, jogged for 12 mins, did ab work and then out the door...

Vixstar - that happened to me once. I weighed one day and had a 2kg loss, i was wrapped and then did all things properly and the next day the 2kgs had come back. I too thought WTF? I asked the PT guy at the gym and he said sometimes the body will hold onto fluid from the previous day or lose it. I was devastated. I ended up not losing the 2kgs.

Kas - :welcome:

Pam - my DH works 12 hour shifts too 7am-7pm and is usually home at about 7.30pm. I go to the gym when he gets home. I make sure i am ready and waiting for him as i go as he's still parking his car on the street. The days when he's home, i go to the gym straight after work and am usually by 6.30pm. Buy some excercise DVD's to help??

Be good!

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For me PT friends are like hairdresser friends you don't feel like you can ask for a haircut out of hours,

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Totally agree!! Haha

Had a shocker last night for State of Origin (NSW were ROBBED!!!) But back to the gym tonight!!

just subscribing . . . don't really have anything interesting to say. Must try go for a good power walk today between showers. I miss the drought.

Hi everyone! Having such bad cravings today. Think AF is coming. I just want to binge binge binge.
Anyway here is todays diary:

My day today has been ok
Steps: 12,500 so far but plan to be 15000 by time I go to bed
Bfast: banana (late for work)
Mtea: (nothing - still crazy busy at work)
Lunch: salad sandwich on white. no butter but did have mayo and cheese
Atea: coffee with light soy and one sugar
Dinner: vege version of soto ayam soup including chickpeas
Other: peppermint tea (but might have some oven chips a bit later if still having cravings)

Think maybe just havent eaten enough today. Tomorrow should be good as I have two indoor soccer games lined up so don't have to think about my exercise.

Welcome to all of the newbies. It is nice to see everyone here!

Hi Ya,

Last night i went to the gym and jogged for 30 mins at 8.2kph. I was struggling towards the end of it but just kept on thinking about my motivational quote ..."am i a wimp or am i strong?" and i made it through. It was tough as the fans weren't working and i was sweating like a pig and sooo hot too.

Didn't do much weights, so i left. I had to stop at Woolies to get some groceries and was in the bakery section, when i picked up some iced donuts to take home and have just 1. I was still walking around in Woolies and thought "would i be able to stop at just one?" and then thought "guess not", so i put them back. I was so proud! I felt like chocolate so i argues with demons telling them no and that i will have a Lite n Easy Rice Pudding when i got home, so left without the chocolate too!

I had a tomato and cheese toastie and a lite n easy berry yoghurt and that was my dinner. Very proud. I'm home today and am trying to be good, sticking to my Lite n Easy meals but at home i find it much harder to be good. This morning i had a bowl of cereal and will have an apple in a little while.

Krys - i know about the AF cravings! I can eat a big block of Cadburys and probably a loaf fresh bread a few days before it actually arrives. Goodluck with it all. But its ok to cave in once in awhile.

Good job on the jogging!! I also went to the gym last night and walked at 5km for 60 minutes woohoo!! Then used the elliptical and did 50 sit ups! Food was a shocker yesterday had a twister from KFC for lunch and felt sick after it! Thats gotta be a good sign right if im feeling sick after eating crap?

Today hasnt been tooo bad, scrambled eggs for brekky on multigrain toast with light butter; lunch i had subway and ive had a mandarine, had a bite of carrot cake and binned the rest! Woo lol. Jumped on the scales only to find Ive GAINED ggrr

Was thinking of doing lite n easy, how do you find it Turkish?

Also think im going to bite the bullet and get a PT to do me up a schedule, but just one at the gym not anyone i know =) at least then i'll know im heading in the right direction :lol:

Hi girls
Turkish delight you are so motivated.:clap:Really the last thing i feel like doing when DH gets home at 8.00pm is the gym, how do you wind down when you get home?? I am hanging out for the weekend I have a series of jobs line dup includeing sanding, splitting wood, weeding, carting mulch so feel like my long weekend will be a physically busy one. Goo don you for the thought process and putting the junk back, I often find I really believe myself when I say I'II stop at one.:doh:Has'nt happened yet!!! then comes the I'm a failure so I might as well blow it completely thoughts. double:doh::doh:

Ammaki, good on you....and getting aPT program worked out, will really help to keep on track.

Krysalyss, keeping your food record is great by the end of the day I find it toot hard to remember and if I can can't be bothered writting it down. I have in the past and it worked well, sort of more accountable???

sass did you get your walk in??

Hi to everyone hope all is going well.

My eating is going well and yesterday I parked the car and walked everwhere i needed to go when out shopping, my tummy is looking flatter already??? I have a thyroid problem it is becoming slower, every test i get done it is get closer to being out of the normal range, probablly next time i go it will be out !!! in theroy I should be struggling to lose weight, so far that has'nt happened, so I hope I can get most of it off before it becomes a problem?? Catch you all later keep up the good work.;)

I forgot to say good on you Turkish for putting the junk food back!! :clap:

:hello: hiya black!! Good job on walking everywhere!!

Hello All,

Just thought i'd pop in for today. being at home = no time for BB. I am sooo busy. i only get a chance at work and plus the kids can't interrupt me then either.

Amy- the L&E is great. All the meals are prepared and so easy to take to work as it is all ready for you. The convenience is the best thing about it, i think. The food is ok, but after awhile you get sick of eating the same foods over and over as L&E only do about 2 menu changes per year. The dinner's are ok too. I used to love them, but now i can't even stomach them, so i am just on the breakfast and lunch plan. I'm a very fussy eater, so the variety isn't much for me. Check out their website and see if the meals are for you. It is cost effective too (i think). I pay $71 per week for 5 days of brekkie and lunch. If i had bought lunch every day at work, it works out to be the same amount. So i'm happy with it.

Well done on the 1hour walk :clap: i tried that ab cruncher machine thingy (;)) you were talking about and i couldn't even get the headrest up, so i applaud you for being able to do 50 :clap::clap: The PT there couldn't even get it to work:rolleyes:

Pam- I never wind down. I am always on the move at home anyway. I can never sit in front of the telly and watch a show without doing some chore. When i sit to relax, i fall asleep! DH texts me when he's in our street and i hop in the car and leave. I prepare his dinner prior, bathe and feed the kids so there isn't much for him to do. Thyroid and losing weight is hard. I have a lady at wotk with the problem and she is huuuge. So i hope it gets under control before much longer. I hate outdoor work, and all your chores seems soooo physically demanding.

I won't be able to hit the gym, til Tuesday as DH is working this weekend and Queen's birthday holiday and the gym shuts early on weekends and public hols. I had recorded some aerobics programs from Foxtel, so i'll be doing those each day. For those with Foxtel, its the Total Body Sculpt program on the Discovery Health Channel. It's on Saturday mornings at 7am, from memory.

I had a BBQ last night at home. Over-indulged a tad, but i promised myself to be very good today. Let's see if i can stick to it..

have a good one girls...

Hi all- I have been a bit MIA, life got hectic and I got distracted. But I am back on track, I have started counting calories, back at training and picking up an extra sessions, and I am off to pick up a bike this weekend- that I am goin to start riding a couple times a week.

Hi girls. Sorry havent been around much. Work is crazy and we are down to dial-up - so painful!. Back to broadband tomorrow though. Can't really remember what I have eaten over the last couple of days but know I did indulge somewhat. Last night I had indian and also had a donut yesterday. The upside is work has been a bit gruelling so have been getting plenty of exercise. A couple of nights ago I was looking at myself in the mirror and wishing I had nice toned arms. Be careful what you wish for! The next day I had an hour worth of digging at work - ouch!

Anyway here is todays diary:
Steps: 20,000 (OMG yay!)
Bfast: 2 weetbix with honey and light soy
Mtea: 2 peppermints
Lunch: vege sausage on bun with onion, light sour cream, sweet chilli and tomato. Apple
Atea: none
Dinner: couscous with left over curry sauce and vegies
Other: coffee with light soy milk and one sugar. Milky way.

I was looking at choc bars yesterday and almost had a heart attack at the amount of fat! I try and stick to 40g per day. A milky way is ok at 3.5g. One little ferrero rocher is 5g! (so one of those three packs is 15g!). DHs coconut rough was 20g!!

Are any of you using calorie king? I was thinking of checking it out.

i use calorie king. It is great. It not only calculates how much calorie is in what you eat but also calculates your expenditure. When you type in what type of excercise you have done, eg. walking at 5.5kph for 35 mins it deducts that from your total calorific intake. It is fantastic. A friend of mine used to pay for what calorie king did until i showed her CK and she's now stopped paying for the one she was using and joined CK. It is great. Check it out. Its FAB.

Yeah it looks good. I honestly didn't have any clue about how much I was eating. Seems mostly I am going under but will know for sure if I keep putting in the serves there. Today is going ok despite going to a kids b'day party. Will update later after dinner. :)

Sorry - I have been MIA as we have all been housebound in quarantine because DD1 had swine flu! I have absolutely no idea where I am at as I haven't been to the gym for a week and a half and haven't been able to get out of the house and exercise. I will try to get back on track this week.

Hi there. My diary for today.

Steps: 13000 + 30mins cycling to work
Bfast: 2 weetbix with honey and light soy
Mtea: none
Lunch: vege schnitzel on wholemeal bread with pickle, avocado, tomato and lettuce.
Atea: coffee with light soy and one sugar
Dinner: corn, mashed potato, pumpkin and mushroom gravy
Other: coffee with light soy milk and one sugar. Milky way.

Nai - Bugger! Do you think it is worth all of the fuss they are making?

See you all tomorrow!

Krysalyss - not really, DD2 is 3yo and has had worse colds to be honest but if someone was immuno suppressed etc it may be a different story. However, she was the only one in the family to get it and we were all quarantined. Oh well - hopefully we now all have immunity from the exposure.

Hi girls,
so much for all the work i had planned this weekend,??? Saturday we spent the day looking at laptops, tvs, stoves etc and ending up eating hungry jacks, nice at the time but i had tummy pains later!!! Yestreday got a bit done, and today was a good day, except DH is talking about having pizza for tea and I would really love a piece...but weigh in is tomorrow!!!???
Must have a look at calorie King, i was checking out another website and it was so painfull... I gave up.

Nai, swine flu I bet you got a fright when it was confimed sounds like your DD got a mild case??? Still would'nt want it JIC I don't think...the kindy teacher was talking about it last week saying it would get down here over the school hols if it did'nt make it before that..:doh:

Ali, how much have you lost since the start of the year?? Good things are back on track, very motivated yay for you!!!

Krysalyss, back on track.:clap:Sounds like you have had lots of exercise the last few days.

Turkish, never stop I could'nt cope.. I love to sit and relax in the evenings. With my thyroid they won't do anything until it becomes underactive ?? I think maybe they are hoping that it might fix itself it can be a side effect of having bubs although I think I have had a problem for a while, I am wondring if it might have been the cause of my MC's, well at least the last ones. Would hate to get huge (trying to prevent that now, all my auntys on my dads side are size 22-24 and not so tall with health problems to go with it) I will be actively pushing for something to be done if I start to really struggle with losing weight.Hard enough to lose 20 kgs, without having to lose a whole nother person.

Tomorrow is weigh in is'nt it??? Anyway catch you all later hope everyone gets good results.

Hey girls!
Thanks for the encouragement BD. It has been a hard week for me. Plus no soccer today due to public holiday and I think soccer has been saving my weighins so far.

I feel a little bit thinner this week but really don't think I have lost anything because I kept sneaking looks at the scales during the week with disappointment. Please please please let me lose something! I would really love 0.9kg as that would take me to 5kg.

Well today I was a liitle bit naughty. Went over my fat allowance but stayed under my calorie allowance. I wonder what the consequences of that is?
Anyway here is todays breakdown:

teps: 10000 + 30mins digging
Bfast: toast, baked beans, cheese, tomato, onion, sweet chilli
Mtea: coffee with light soy and one sugar
Lunch: some wedges with sour cream and tomato sauce, half a piece of cheesecake, hot chocolate with light milk (I know I know - lol - damn DH!)
Atea:
Dinner: noodles without the oil seasoning
Other: coffee with light soy milk and one sugar.

So anyway we will see tomorrow. Gotta get back on the horse.

After this weekend, wayyyy too much alcohol! I'm back on track.
did my first Wii fit session tonight, I actually hurt!!!Rest of the week I'd been just doing the sports games. Will weigh tomorrow, see how much damage I did over the weekend.

Well im back to where i started, my original weight. Gained 500g this week ggrr would it be due to the fact af is due tomorrow? hhmmm lost a couple of cm from waist and hips gain some on my boobs ggrr so angry. Thought i was doing so well. This week my aim is to keep an eye on portion control and cut back!!

Hope everyone else had more success than i!

Hi Ya Girls.

I am sooooo very naughty. As you know i was housebound as DH was working for 4 days straight and couldn't get to the gym. I got sick as well, just a head cold with an irritating cough, thanks to DD. I'm at work today because i have a performance review :rolleyes: which absolutely loathe. I have a day off tomorrow, so lots of rest.

DH is on 3 weeks annual leave for there annual shut down period, so i made a deal with him that i will hit the gym every day and he can go fishing once a week (for the whole day) and take DS for an overnighter fishing trip as well.

There is 46 days til my bf wedding which i am the matron of honour. I am so excited.

I've put on 1.5kgs :doh: but that was all my doing.

I've put a mini goal for myself of going to gym every day to see if i can lose 4kgs by 1st July. Even though i'm sick today, i'm still going to go to the gym.

Hi Ladies,

Amaki - If you've lost cm off your waist and hips and AF is due you have probably just bloated up with fluid and your boobs more cystic, I reckon it'll come off with AF and more if you're stepping things up even more next week. I've put on up to 2kg of fluid just before AF back in the day prior to preg & BF when AF actually visited!

Turkish - Be careful going to gym if you're sick. Don't go if you've got a temperature, and take it easy gal. Trust me, collapsing at the gym is EMBARRASSING, I've done it. Also, you've done so well, just looking at your ticker makes me envious. Glad you've got such a good mindset to get back on the horse after a little hiccup. Wish I had a gym membership at the moment is just too expensive. Maybe in a couple of months when Tax season hits and the money starts pouring in I'll get one, I love their classes. Do any of you gym goers have a favourite class??? I always found the belly, butt thighs class a KILLER.

Well, I lost 600g this week. Though I didn't drink as much as I usually do yesterday so wonder if maybe just fluid weight. Ah well. We are going to Cairns tomorrow for a week's holidays. Holidays and weight gain seem to go hand in hand. Is going to be difficult, I am really going to try and be good and go to the gym the hotel has (probably a treadmill and a free weight they just call a 'gym' but hey, better then nothing) So I will probably miss next weeks weigh in as I won't be back home till following Wed arvo, so I will record any results in my signature and just put 2 weeks in following weigh-in. (If I have any results after the holiday week that is :rolleyes: I might be grateful I dnn't have to weigh in!)

i had a bad week too Turkish; DP LOVES fishing also tho; he went every night over the long weekend; which i dont mind coz it gives me time to chill out on my own; watch the tv shows i want without him whinging he hates it and i get to Wii woohoo!! Good luck with your mini goal!!! I love weddings, i have one in October i wanna lose weight for; simply coz it will be a whole heap of high school friends and i wanna look good hehe. I think Trill has a wedding coming up too! Must be something in the air hehe

Thanks for that sas!! I was so sad when i saw the gain coz i thought i was doing well going to the gym most nights and cutting out most junk foods!! Goodluck going to the hotel gym!! Holidays make it hard to be good hehe. Congrats on the loss too!!

Hi ladies. Sorry I have been MIA for quite a while. Life has just been really hectic lately and I haven't been on BB much lately. I didn't even measure last week but will try and do it today for this week. I have been a bit slack with my eating over the last week or so and have put on a little but back on track now. I had bootcamp yesterday and I am going to take the kids out for a walk when they get up from their morning sleep later.

I will try and read through everything to catch up. Hope you are all going well.

Sorry to hear about your DD too Nai!! Hope all is well now!

Hi girls. Well I will stop annoying you with my daily diary now that I am using calorie king. It seems pretty good! Ionly lost 300g this week. But thats ok. I am pretty motivated for this week as I am on the verge of being the thinnest since DS was born and am keen to break that record. Ilost 3cm from my boobs, 1 from tummy and 1 from hips. So happy with that.

Ammaki - If you gained only in the boobs then I definitely think it is due to AF coming. :)
TD - thats a nice goal. I wouldn't mind doing that myself. I am meeting with some old colleagues at the end of July and really want to lose 6kg by then - 1kg a week. But I will have to work hard to do it.
SAS - good result! I am going to Cairns at the start of July. Would love to know what is good to see while we are there. It is our first time there.
KT - Welcome back!

What would i do without all you girls :dunno: You are such great support.

Sas - have a great holiday. Enjoy every moment of it. But what is a holiday if you can't eat everything you want? That's how i gained 4kg in like 2 weeks on our cruise late last year. Have a ball!
I don't have a temp as such, just a runny nose and small irritating dry cough. If i feel sick, i'll go home.

Amy - My DH and DS watch iFish on Foxtel ALL the time. DS is just as bad as his dad. I promised i would take him to meet Paul from iFish when he's next in his store (5 mins drive). Paul is in the store today apparently, so today DS will meet his idol. Fishing is all they talk about. It drives me nuts sometimes, but i feel relieved when they both go fishing as DD and i have time together. Your weight gain is probably all fluid from pre AF. I bloat too. You'll be fine next week, just keep at it, hun.

Krys - i need to get back on CK too. It's been awhile.

I just hope i can keep at my mini goal...

See ya all tomorrow...

Another of the MIA here...

Very busy with very active DS and many hours at work. Yesterday was my first day off in about three weeks. Am exhausted!! My laptop is also broken and I dont get on the desktop much, DF is a hog!

We are still eating healthy here, the exercise has lessened with me being at work and the weather being terrible but still doing well. Haven't weighed or measured today, will do later, I know I have lost again will be interesting to see how much. Am so thrilled of my progress so far. Oh and my AF never really went away. I have been spotting/bleeding/spotting/bloated for the last four weeks and I am going insane. Some days nothing, next light spotting, nothing, then bleeding. Will have to get my implant out juist don't have any time. Am so disappointed it was otherwise fantastic! Really helped with appetite and sex drive LOL!

Everyone sounds like they are staying really positive and doing really well. Sorry I can't catch up with personals just want to congratulate you all for sticking it out.

Good luck, back when i can!

DP is praying for a DS so he can pass his fishing obsession down turkish hehe. DP sleeps in most Sunday so i record the Fishing Western Australia as well as iFish lol. The host of iFish annoys me a little haha was funny on one ep he took a dive whilst trying to reel a fish in haha. Heres hoping its all AFs fault i gained hehe

Good to hear from you cookie!! Glad you're still pushing on with it all even with your busy work schedule!! Congrats!

Hi girls, well I had a loss of 1.1kgs but first week fro me, so to be expected and cms off wasit and hips so very happy who knows what I would have been without Hungry Jacks and last nights pizza.:wall:

Ammaki, I alsways seem to weigh lightest before AF??? Which is really weird, I bet that is what your gain is about...

krysalyss oh ...i like reading what you have been eating gives me good ideas sometimes.

Turkish delight, you have good motivation with a wedding and being MOH, it will be great to see what you can acheive? before the kids i used to go to gym everyday when DF was away on business trips, something to do and a good goal to look hot when he got home. Nice work with your negotiatiion...sounds like a win, win, win for you and a win for them.

cookie I hear you on weird AF but not for the same reasons, I think I am still getting back to normal after DD or early menopause!!! Great about the weight loss.

Sas enjoy your holiday, I'm jealous but would struggle with weight gain, so probablly better I'm not going on one.

Sorry if I missed you hope you had a good week...It's freezing here today and I have the need to comfort eat, I am fighting it but it's so hard. I really need to go for awalk but it's pouring as well, so a bit hard to take the kidlets out. When DH gets home I think I'II rug up and get out there though.

Couldn't wait til tomorrow to see what had been going on in here!

I went to the gym this evening. Just came back actually. I did walking at 12.5% incline at 5.4kph for 32 mins and then walked for 5 mins at 0% incline at 6.3kph. I burned 405 calories in 42 mins (inc. warm up walk). I then did a 1 hour fat burner class. I almost died. Literally, died. I was drinking some water and it went down the wrong way and i couldn't breathe, i started to panic and hyperventilate which made it worse. I had go to the instructor to get her to pat my back and i was breathing slowly and deeply. There was a moment when i was considering asking her to call the ambulance, i could not breathe. I thought i was going to die.

I have this fear about not being able to breathe. I quickly panic and hyperventilate. It all began when i had my DS via c/s and i got referred shoulder pain from the procedure. It is when air gets trapped in your body from the c/s cut and it has nowhere to escape and accumulates in the shoulder. It causes such pain it is unbelievable. I panicked and began hyperventilating and they had to give me oxygen etc.. through the whole ordeal i was asking the nurses if i was going to die. I could not breathe. It was a nightmare.

Before i went into c/s with DD, i told the nurses about my referred shoulder pain from DS and they said that they could not tell if it would or would not happen this time round. Of course it happened again. I hyperventilated so many times following DD's birth too.

Amy - Paul from iFish is so nice IRL. He gave my son a signed iFish cap, which he has had on since getting it. He is very cute too ;)

Pam - good loss Pam. Congrats. Pizza mmmmmmmmmmm. Keep it up..