How I lost 30kgs prior to PG and plan to do it again!!!

This time last year prior to Liam I was 83 kgs and got down to 53kgs. Wanted to look fanastic for my wedding day and did it all for myself and as you can see on Liam's website I have put it all back on again!!! When I was PG what I craved I ate and didnt exercise as much (my bad) Looked in the mirror this morning and thought its time to start again as REALLy unhappy with the way I look. Its not really a diet its just common sence. Thought I would share as it might help others: (excuse the spelling errors *lol*)
Hoipefully this time next year I will look like that again!!

- For starters put a recent picture on the fridge to remind you of what you look like everytime you open the door
- Subsitute all grocery items for low fat alternites (eg: milk, cheese, yoghurt)
- Avoid magerine or butter. When making a sandwhich use mayo or low fat salad dressing
- Drink lots of water. If just eaten and still feel hungry have a glass of water first to see if that satisfies. If not have something else.
- Still have carbs but evoid during dinner. Have for lunch instead so have time to wear off.
- Try to avoid eating 2 hours prior to bed.
- If drinking alcohol. Drink red wine as helps motablisim
- Treat yourself at least 1 -2 a week as if being strict on yourself all the time will probably cave to temption. When treating yourself dont feel guilty.
- Try and walk at least 30 mins a day. (I try and do 1 and a half when I can) Make sure you try different routes eachtime and include hills.
- Find someone you can walk with to keep you motovated.
- When clothes start getting loose put them out of sight so you are not tempted to fit back into them.
- Spoil yourself on a new outfit when you do drop a dress size or a haircut/facial to feel better about yourself.
- When watching TV get out a gymball or weighs and exercise while you watch.

Think that is roughly it!!!! That was the secret to my sucess and hopefully may help a few more people achieve their goals!!!

Thats ok.... I frogot about that....sorry!!

Anyhows for those interested...There is a pic on liam's website of what I did get down to and plan to do it again!!

Week 1

Weighed in at:83kg
Weigh now:81.5kgs

Well it has been a week since I started. I was sooo scared to look at the scales!!! *lol* but am extreamly happy with that. Last time I lost weight was loosing around a kg a week and once reached goal weight managed to stay there for 9 months b4 I became PG.

Have walked 5 out of 7 days for appox 1 to 1 and a half hours each time (DH came on 2 of those walks he use to come walking with me all the time last time I lost the weight and he actually said he missed doing it as we seem to get more quality time together and talk) and I was naughty one night and had half a el scorcho pizza on classic crust but with delight cheese *lol* Favorite snack ATM is corn thins with vegimite.

I will try and post in here every week and let you know how I am doing. It would be great to hear from others as well!!

Your starting off great Spiddles. Wow @ the big walks too I really want to get into that with the boys over the summer off a night. Just a nice long lesiurely walk with the family.

Goodluck with the coming weeks.

Love

Wow Spiddles, you are doing great!! WTG!!! =D>

I'm trying to get motivated by reading about what you're doing... I really, really should do it too, its the only way!! Just wish it wasnt so hot outside...

I have been going around 5:30 -6ish when it starts to cool down Ambah or about 8 in the morning (only go late in eveing with DH as scared to walk with Liam and I when its nearly dark) Usually I get ready, give Liam a feed and will go back take an extra bottle just in case. I am quite lucky because live near 2 huge parks and doesnt take long to get to main street of town with 2 major shopping centres plus a street full of cafe etc so got plenty to look at and keep you occupied along the way.

yeah isnt it so nice to get out with the family Astolady especially of a night when it cools down!

hi spiddles
im going to lose 20kg over the next couple of months and its really inspirational to read your entries. ive started walking as well. half an hour before breakfast and another half an hour at about 6ish too. im also going to stop doing so much muscle work at the gym and do mostly cardio.(pls dont think im a full on wieght lifter....its more like im a massive slack ass that thinks wieghts are easier than cardio)
please keep entering your progress and if you dont mind, can i keep you updated with mine? (as it will help me alot)
20 kg just seems like such a massive amount to lose!

beck

Spiddles - that is so inspiring. I am also needing to lose weight, although probably more around 10-12kgs and am finding it difficult. But the idea of us all doing this together and keeping track of what we are doing and how much we have lost, might be just the motivation we need. We should keep track of how each of us is doing in this thread - Great Idea!

Keep at it girls - WE CAN DO IT!



Keen

How are you going with it all spiddles. Haven't had a post for you in a while and have been meaning to ask !!

Love

Well girls I have been a bit slack and I think I put back on all the weight over Christmas *sigh*. Am too afraid to get on scales!!! but will start again this week. I go back to work on 10thj Jan and gonna miss my boy sooooooo much but will help with diet as will walk to his daycare after work and walk home in evenings.

Good Luck Everyone am sure we can all reach our Goals and everyone feel free to to post how you are going. We need all the insperation we can get!!!

Spiddles, I hope you get back on track - I found your story inspiring and am hoping some of it (inspiration, not weight O:) ) will rub off on me!!

I want to lose about 7 kg. I am being incredibly slack and am currently using my fertility treatment as some sort of excuse to eat and do zero exercise. I have just eaten a 200g bag of Maltesers and feel quite ill. This, after going shopping and buying lots of veggies seeing as I've forgotte what something healthy tasted like #-o

I'd love to be part of a thread where we share our successes and inspiration!

hi,
ive lost 2 kilos in the last week from making some changes to my glutteny. YAY!

beck

Well I am yet to lose any weight, but have started on the healthy eating path and today went for a run with my puppy dog for about 25 minutes, so am feeling as though i am on the way. Will definitely post when I see any weight loss!

Keep it up girls, we will be fabulously healthy and gorgeous in no time \:D/


Keen

Woohoo Beck!! \:D/ That is great!!

Argh... I am not getting anywhere... I am still constantly 'grazing' throughout the day, and have only been on 2x 20min walks in the past week...
I am *hoping* to go for an hours walk every day... that is if DP agrees to watch Aidyn for me. The area where I live is very hilly, and I dont fancy pushing a 15kg pram + a 12kg baby up those hills! Great excercise I know... but the thought of having to do all of that pushing completely de-motivates me. Maybe when I get a bit fitter...

Well I felt really good about my efforts today until friends of ours and their two children came over and decided to hang around for dinner & I only had enough chicken out for DH & I so everyone just decided to have pizza. I wasnt keen, but as soon as it got here, I couldnt help myself it was like meat being thrown into a shark pool - the pizza being the meat and me being the shark!

Anyway, hopefully that will be last slip up for a while and will try and make up for it with a run tomorrow... 8-[ . Although after today, around my house is ridiculously hilly as well (we live on the side of a mountain), I felt like I was going to burst, but I guess it will get better the more I do it [-o<


Keen

Well i pushed lachlan up a 1km hill today that just about went straight up, came home and had Hungry Jacks for tea LMAO 8-[. Andrew jumped on the scales and declared they were broken. I jumped on them and declared they were as well.

Kameron jumped on #-o maybe they are working after all LOL.

Love

ROFLMAO Kat!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :smt043

Jillian - God knows how you manage to push that pram at all, let alone up a hill!! That is over 45kg we are talking!! You must have some good biceps/triceps girl!! ;)

LMAO Keen - IKWYM about 'meat being thrown into a shark pool'!!! :lol:

Well.... no walk for me this arvo, but I have an excuse, it was raining!!!

just a quickie.....i just threw off another kilo. hopefully by the end of the week ill lose another one. thatll be 4 kilos in 2 weeks. ewww!!!! thats 8 tubs of margarine.

beck

Thats awesome Beck! Well done! =D>

Ive lost 1kg too. Although havent had any exercise since last post (havent been able to - but will soon)...

Actually probably doesnt help that friends came over with burgers tonight... damn them!


Keen

Well done guys!!!! I am still too afraid to look at the scales and kinda had 2 glazed doughnuts for desssert as were on special at woolies and DH bought them home GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!! But I have walked at least 45 mins on monday and wednsday and have been pretty good considering. Will weigh myself next week after a bit more walking!!

WTG Keen!! =D>

Argh... I havent made any effort yet... I dont know whats wrong with me!! Being stuck at home with Aidyn all day just makes me enjoy my food too much! The most excercise I have done is 2 or 3 20min treks down to Woolies per week. Please, please can someone come to brissy and give me a big kick up the backside to get me motivated & moving!?!! ;)

I was the same too after christmas ambah too and now that I am back at work full time all I want to do is spend time with liam and when he is a sleep relax and then do the house work. I guess at least I am walking 4 days a week to pick him up from day care and walking home.

has anyone been watching that fat show with the two teams both trying different diets and excercise methods? one person lost 9kg in the first week. (but he was really big to start out) isnt that amazing! it would be interesting to see how much wieght you could lose if you got sent away for a few months to concentrate full time on wieght loss........but then there are children to watch and groceries and bills and visiting friends that bring damned burgers etc....

beck

Hey guys!

Just thought I'd join in a bit - am only trying to lose 5kg, although no matter how much you want to lose the process is the same for everyone.

Yes - I have been watching the show - I think it's great!! However, they are still making it tricky by making the contestants make healthy food choices by having tempting food! On Thursday night they were all disappointed because they only lost 1-2 kg, but it is actually only healthy to lose .5-1kg per week.

I admire you all for having a go! I'm only TTC so I don't have children to look after yet which makes it a lot easier to get out of the house!!!

Keep trying - you can all do it - it really is a mental thing - you've got to really want to do it!

Hi Krisvee, Like you I am TTC my first and would like to lose about 6kgs. I tell you what, having no kids to look after should make it easier to get my butt off the couch but it isn't which is rather silly of me!!

Somehow this week I have managed to lose 3kg, I havn't done anything particular but I suppose going back to work has probably stopped me from snacking all day like I tend to when I get bored at home. We are health freaks in our house but no matter what you eat, if you eat to much the body has to do something with it doesn't it!
I am hoping that next week will be a good one for me to get back into the gym again. I hurt my knee a few weeks ago and that has been working a treat as my excuse why I can't go!! I'm hopeless.

Everyone here is doing really well though which is a good motivator! WTG Keen in particular!

my god cindyb. 3kg is amazing!
i wieghed myself at the gym today and at 73.5kg ive lost 3.5kg. i want to get to 70kg in the next fortnight. whenever i want biscuits i just look at the disgusting 'before' shot my husband took of me 2 weeks ago. its a great motivator. (undies and bra)
by the end of march ill look a bit more like the sexy little minx over to the left. at the moment i look like the girl that ate her!!

beck

Can I join in here too?

I started on a health kick on 9th January and in 1 week, which was yesterday, I had lost 2kg. But then I got on the scales today which showed I had lost closer to 3kg...bizarre!!

Anyway, I'm really happy with that as a start and it's a definite motivator! I've been putting in a huge effort!!!

Thanks Cindy! You are absolutely kicking butt yourself!!

I watched some of that show and was a bit dissappointed because was thinking its so unfair to be eliminating them from the show each week. They should stay on the show for the entire series and see who did the best overall at the end (perhaps based on a % of their weight rather than actual weight - as bigger folk got more weight to lose)

unfortunately I havent lost any more weight just yet, but I have slacked off a bit and have had a bit of rain which has kept me from going walking/running.

but will get back to it first sign of a rain free day (can hardly believe it is January with this crazy weather!)

Keep at it girls - together we will be losing a tonne of weight!


Keen

Well, thanks for the encouragement girls!! I tell you I need it.
So far this week (yeah I know it's only Monday still) I have bee nto the gym every day! \:D/ Dp and I went yesturday morning and did weights and tonight we did a swim. I only swam 225 meters but its a start! My knee started bugging me, as it does. Dp swam 500m, the bastard just has to show me up doesn't he.
Lets see though if i manage to keep it up all week. I think that thinking of all you guys making an effort will keep me on my toes.

Hope you all had a great day today!

Ok, well I havent done as well as you guys but I have been slightly motivated. In the past week I have walked to the grocery store (20min walk) 5 times, and ignored the bakery each time, LOL. I turned down alchohol for myself on the weekend cause of all of the kilojoules and am making a conscious effort to only eat something when hungry, instead of contantly grazing. I am planning on going for at least a 45min walk per day but couldnt put that into action yet cause it was raining. I'm not going to weigh myself for 2 weeks and just see how I go... its a start anyway I suppose...

Well done everyone else for all of their losses!!! =D>

Ooh Beck, you are a similar weight to me, I am 75kg... I would so love to be even 73.5 right now, LOL! My goal weight was supposed to be 60kg, but I will put it at 65kg for now, that is a bit more realistic and easier to reach for now.

I am with you Ambah.

Apparently a few guys commented on Andrews stomach today at work (was his first day back) He knew something was wrong when he didn't fit into his work pants and he has only been off 4wks LMAO.

Anyway 3 nights ago I decided I would try to do at least 5 sit ups a night followed by that action where you ride your bicycle in the air, followed by side leg lifts, I have kept it up for the whole 3 nights so far YAY. Not really out to loose anything just to tone iykwim.

Need to get into the walking as well, Andrew was going to head out tonight but my parents showed up, and he cracked at me cause I told him to take Kam

Love

HI girls, well I'm not doing as well the last couple days, I must be getting my period or (cross fingers) pregnant coz I am just picking at everything this week and one of the lost kilos has dound it's way home again!!! I have to get back into it tomorrow!!

I have to say astrolady that i am always amazed at how guys pick on eachother about weight. Us girls would never be so rude! My partners weight flucutates and mostly in his face too so he can't hide it really but the gus at his work, who are meant to be friends, always mentions it to him and give him a ribbing for it. I just don't think thats very nice at all though.
Sorry for such a long post!!
I hope you are all doing well today and losing piles of weight

Havent actually lost anymore kgs, but was motivated enough to go for a 20min run with the pup today and also did a bit of gardening... so feel as though made some effort...

Actually also after a little bd'ing this afternoon, intend on some more later & thats considered similar to aerobic activity, isnt it? (Sorry if TMI 8-[ )


Keen

I'm pretty proud of myself, I have been on a 40 min walk today AND yesterday... so now just have to keep it up every day!!

woohoo at your 40min walks Ambah \:D/ \:D/ \:D/

Love

GO girls!!! You are putting me to shame indeed. I have done nothing tonight other than gorge myself on anything with carbs. It's official, AF must be planning her visit! COw that she is

LOL Keen! BDing is indeed aerobic activity! I think I heard somewhere that it is the 2nd most effective form of aerobic excercise in fact! ;)

Awww not to worry Cindy, we all get that at that time of month - I normally eat a family size block of chocolate to myself - in one evening!! 8-[

I went on another 40 min power walk this arvo, yay, I hope I am getting into a routine that I will stick with, I want to start seeing benefits!! But I will not be weighing myself for a couple of weeks, not to mention if I gain muscle I may not notice the weight loss... :-k

Hi girls!! I'm joining you all in here...for motivation! DH & I started a diet two weeks ago, and we were meaning to exercise...LOL... but haven't actually started that yet... but we are following the basic WW points plan on the diet thing... and DH has lost 2.5 kg!!! I've only lost 1 but I think being home doesn't help because when you have a spare minute to sit down you grab a snack as well... we've also done the cutting out carbs at night, well we might have 1/4 of the portion we used to have with dinner, so heaps of meat & 3 vegs... last night was turkey burgers on wholemeal buns with huge salads...minus dressing... and although we had the wholemeal buns we would have had heaps of dressing in the past and homemade wedges...around a potato each, so here's hoping!

It was really good this morning reading your journey's and I can't wait to join you... in fact I think I'll go do a fitball workout now while Matilda's asleep... & then take her to the park...walking of course... :)