Not Happy with myself atm..

I am over weight - probably 20 kgs over weight. I try so hard to be good and I cook evey night exept for Tuesday nights as DH has Basket Ball practice and we have Domino's 2 for Tuesday - only take away for the week.

I take Bella for at least an hr walk a day (weather permitting) and I try to be good.

I am terrible at drinking coke and I crave choccolate and would have a little bit every day.:redface:

Over all not to bad - but I cant loose weight! I feel fat and I look fat... Bella is 6 months old now so I cant use that as my excuse any more.:redface:

I know HOW to loose weight I have done it before and I lost a lot of weight - I did it with WW but now dont have the $20 a week to go back.

How do I get my head back in the weight loss thinking??

I hate how I am at the moment but it all seems so bloody hard at the moment.:wall:

How do I get started??

TIA

Kate xox

Oh Kate, you sound exactly like me at the moment. I am struggling with my weight at the moment too. I've lost about 10kg since having Lara but I would still like to lose another 10 kg (15 if I could manage it). I was going great guns at the beginning but now I have lost all motivation. I have started to eat a bit of crap again. I too need to get back on track! I hate how big I look and everything I try on looks like crap coz I need to lose weight :wall:

Leigh! YES! I dont even bother looking for cloths any more coz I hate how I look in them!!

I have an idea - I once had a WW buddie - we would e-mail each other and say what we had done that week and if we lost or if we didnt then why and how we can fix it... maybe we could start that?? Im willing to reveal my weight and let the weigh start to fall off... might just be the kick start we both need... and having bubs round the same age we both KNOW what the other is going trough day to day with bubs and stuff...

Kate

Kate, I am doing WW but by myself - I have done it before and know how it works so am doing it at home. The big thing I found is writing down everything that goes into my mouth is really making me accountable! I have lost 1.4kg so far - 13.6 to go!

ETA - I will be your buddy too if you need motivation!

Not alone you guys!!

I have started yesterday. I have just made up my mind and are sticking to my guns. It's terrible hard to say now in the winter ... comfort food being 5 minutes away and all, but I just keep thinking that the longer I take to get started the longer it's going to be for me to see results.

I know I can do this, I know I can get down to 68kg, I've been there before, it's just a matter of sticking it to chocolate :cry: and bitting down hard when offerd seconds.

Goodluck. Think thin!!!!

Nai - I have all the books too.. I should just do it and see how I go - once im into it i get a bit nazi like and I am really good... after tonight Pizza! Yeah and WW buddie would be great!

Righto.. tonights pizza is the last supper for the Fat Kate!! YAY!

Nadine - 1.4 is a great effort WELL DONE!!

Sounds good girls, we can all motivate each other.

Nadine - I want to get down to 68 kg too (63kg if I can manage it) but would be happy again at 68.

My excuse is winter too. Its too cold to exercise, I feel like something warm to eat (like hot chips etc), but once winter ends I'll have the summer excuse - its too hot to exercise. Ha ha there is always some excuse. I just need to re focus and get back on track!

Leigh I was 3kg away from my goal weight ... then I got pg :rofl:

So now I'm exactly 15kg away from goal weight :( SOUNDS SO MUCH, but it's not that bad, it could be 16kg!

i'm in an extreamly good positive mood today .. don't know why

Ok anyone who wants to be in the e-mail list PM me your e-mail addys and Ill do up and e-mail at work tomorrow - you can reveal youe weight if you like or just your losses at the weigh in day - I will suggest Monday Morning coz then I can collate the e-mail at work (work Mon & weds) and send out the updates...

Im excited!

Katie I will be up for that. I am in the same boat as you. I really want to lose weight but cant stop putting food in my mouth. Would love a weight loss buddy. I think that is a great idea.

Nai- I like your idea of writing every bit of food down just to make mysalf accountable. I had 3 sandwiches today and dint even realise it!!!! At least it was on multigrain bread but still thats alot of carbs!

Kate, can I play too?
I could have written your post word for word......I feel so blerch!

Kim - your in babe!! Send me your e-mail addy if you want in for the e-mails...

Hey girls.

If i can do it, so can you guys.

It's hard at the start but once you see and feel the loss the motivation is great.

I was fitting into size 16 pants in Jan 2008, now i'm a size 10 and am contemplating on buying size 8 pants soon to help me tuck in a bit better.

Good luck girls.

Feel free to PM me for any help on the way...

Kate - I just PM'd you.

Turkish - Well done, you have given me hope!!! What was your secret? Diet and exercise obviously ha ha. Were you doing WW or anything? How often were you exercising?

Well done Turkish... yes please tell us your secrets!!

Hi girls,

I don't post here much, have recently started doing ovulation induction last month and put on 3kg. :doh: I'm in the middle of my second cycle now and while I don't want to actively try lose weight while doing it I need some sort of motivation to stop the comfort food sneaking in too much.

So.... can I join in too? I have 6kg to lose to get to MY ideal weight. It would be about 12kg to get to 'their' ideal weight but I'd be very happy with 6kg!

I'll PM you Kate, but as I don't really know anyone, I understand if you'd rather keep it to ppl you guys know. :)

Hey Sharron - yep you can join no worries!!

Wow TD that's fabulous!!
i only have a few short months the get get back into my.....work uniform that involves a very heavy and very tight belt......

Hi girls. I am doing the 12 week challenge but it ends in a few weeks and I am much better in groups. I have lost 10kg since xmas (I had an OMG moment the week before) but have a way to go - another 5.6kg til I am a healthy BMI but another 10 after that till I will be happy with my weight.
I am doing CalorieKing - it is free and I find it a lot better than WW. I think because when I look back at WW I always felt hungry. On CK I tend to get close to my fat limits but if I am careful about that I hardly go near my calorie limit. So even if I almost run out of fat allowance I can still have a bowl of pasta or bread etc. I only started using it about a month ago but it has been a lot more successful than just watching what I ate before that (or WW even before that). There were some hidden nasties in my diet I just didn't realise.
So count me it! Will pm my email.

Krysalyss - Thanks for the tip about CK. I am going to check it out. Congrats on your weight loss.

I agree CK is great. Check it out. The added bonus is that its free. A gf of mine used to pay for a service like this!

Exercising is hard on some (most) days. Just promise yourself that you will do only 10 mins and then stop. Once you get started you usually do complete the whole workout.

If you are not used to exercise, start off with real slow. Just do 3 x 10mins sessions and build up. Initially, all i could do is 10min treadmill, 10min bike and some light weights. Now i can jog for 35mins straight or walk at a 12.5% incline for 35 mins without holding on. So all in all, build up gradually.

If you do go to the gym, get a health assessment and a program written up. The PT knows the best exercises for your fitness goals.

Do weights. I never used to pay much attention to weights but then i was told the more muscle i build up, the more my metabolism increases. I love weights now. The majority of the time, i am the only female in the weights section of the gym. I love it. My biceps are pretty cute too.

Weigh yourself everyday. This works for me. I can see if i've been bad or good and increases my motivation levels. If i've been bad and see a gain of 500gms, i know that i need to be ultra good for the day. It may be just fluid, i know.

When it comes to food.... I've been lucky enough to be on Lite n Easy on and off for the past 18 months. The real trick i've learnt is to have 5 small meals a day.
Brekkie - a bowl of cereal with skim milk and a toast with spread (jam/peanut
butter/vegemite)
Morning snack - fruit
Lunch - salad with small piece of meat (chicken/beef/fish), small bread roll (half size of palm), fruit
Afternoon tea - 1 low fat bikkie/fruit/popcorn/diet yoghurt
Dinner - just a small portion of whatever the rest of the family is having. I don't cook separately for me.
Lots of water - 1.5-2L per day

The more i drink, the more i shrink

HTH a little.

Oh plus...it doesn't happen overnight. It has taken me 18 months to get to where i am and may be another 4-6 months to reach my goal of 60kgs. I know i have to lose only 4kgs but the last few kgs are the hardest.

Turkish - You have done so well. Thanks so much for sharing your secrets/story with us. Gives me inspiration!!!