Diet and Weight Loss General Support #9

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Hey girls

Having a really emotional day today. My bleeding from my D&C seems to be easing up... its finally hitting me... its all over :cry: I just wanna eat. So I'm having a diet coke instead. Also had my chicken casserole last night, ended up eating 3 legs. Way too big a serve. I suck so hard. :( Bah.

Love Telly x

TT - I'm so sorry for what you've gone through. Sounds like you're not having the best day hun *big squishy hugs*. Just focus on healthy eating, I promise it'll make you feel better in that you won't be suffering from the guilt which 'naughty food' can bring. The cycle of emotional eating must be broken so you can become that (yet again) sexy lady who is just bursting to come out! Like in that pic of yours when you were around 65kgs (coincidence much?)!

I forgot who it was, but did someone mention they had issues with 'tuckshop lady arms'? Best remedy is cardio excerise to lose the extra weight, then there are stacks of exercises like tricep dips, french presses, tricep kickbacks that can easily be done at home. But focus on the cardio exercise firstly.

AFM - argh, the number on the scales is STILL taunting me lol! 60.1 kgs would you believe. I'm not overly upset about not getting the 60.0 kgs - give me another week and I'll be in the 59's - so I'll 'take it' ;)!

tellytubby - you're doing so great just by being here. things will get better. really they will (not sure if you've been through a D&C before). just hang in there hun.

lol leesa, that would be *sooo* frustrating!

well we'll see if i've jumped back into the 80s tomorrow (memory willing). hoping not, but you never know... :S

have a great evening all, tellytubby look after yourself babe. x

Hi all! Posting from my phone so a quick one from me.

Leesa: how frustrating! Love your attitude though.

TT: big hugs! Don't feel bad, your doing an amazing job under very difficult circumstances.

AFM: doing really well on my points. Lost 800 grams in two days! I'm amazed! Exercise is out of the window at the moment though. I tripped out our front door yesterday, sprained my ankle and the worst thing was i had ds2 in my arms at the time so he fell with me and hit his little head on the concrete. Feeling a bit sore so waiting for my ankle to feel better before I start exercising again.


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Hi Girls!!

I hope you dont mind me crashing in here, I just saw this thread and thought I would pop in and say hi!

I have been racking up the kilo's since having DS and DD.. kept gaining weight after the pregnancies and just cant seem to budge it!!! My ideal weight is about 60kg.. and I am 85 at the moment. I am taking steroids for my eczema (another really long story) which has not helped my weight loss at all whatsoever!!! I am slowly stopping the steroids over the next few weeks, so fingers crossed once I stop them my excercise will have some effect on my weight loss!! At the moment when I do excercise it isnt making me loose any weight, but more preventing me from gaining it, which I understand after I have been slack and not excercised and I gain a kilo or two.. but when I am excercising and not loosing weight it frustrates me!!!!

At the moment my excercise is pretty much my excercise bike (which i can only use when DD is sleeping coz she tries to climb under it while i am riding.. not very helpful!!!) and situps. I have en excercise ball, but again, anytime I try to bring it out DS thinks its a great game and tries to hop on with me so not much gets done there!!

I also have a wii fit which I started getting right into, I loved the boxing and the yoga and the aerobic step game, but my batteries have run flat on the board and the controller (didnt think about that when I bought it!!) so I am using that as an excuse not to use it coz I havent bought more batteries!!

Honestly, I lack motivation, I go through days where I am like ok, today we are excercising and I keep it up for a few days or a week, dont see any loss so I completley loose motivation, and end up gaining a kg or two, which makes me depressed and = even less motivation!!! :wall:

I hate being this big.. I have never ever been this size before, not even while I was pregnant. I have a huge gut that looks like I am, and I am thinking of getting a shirt made up that says, "No I am not pregnant, just fat!!!" from the amount of times I have been asked if I am pregnant again!!!!!!

Eating wise, I probably dont eat the best. I eat alot of macaroni and cheese with dinner, that is my favourite side dish, and wouldnt be helping me I am sure. I dont know alot about food and what is good (other than fruit and vege) or bad (chocolate is another downfall :( ) Dinner is usually meat and vege and macaroni!! During the day i have breakfast of cereal or toast, then usually snack on some fruit with the kids, then a sandwhich for lunch, then crackers or something in the afternoon then dinner. I have stopped having soft drink and i am trying to drink more water. If there is bad food in my house i will eat it. Choc chip bikkies were my snack this afternoon, i ate like 10 of the little ones... i know this isnt helping, but i cant seem to stop!!

So anyway, sorry for my blurgh dribble here... I am hoping to get some support and help because i really want to loose all this extra baggage and look and feel good again!!!!!! I have been in a few other threads here for weight loss, like the 12 week challange etc, but i ended up starting to gain weight instead of loose it so i stopped going in the threads :(

I will try to get to know everyone a bit and have a read of the last thread but for now

Hi to telly.. :hug: sorry to hear about your m/c... go easy on your self while you recover physically and emotionally :hug:

Leesa! Well done on your loss!!!!! I hope you get below that 60 soon!!!!! Keep up the great work, your an inspiration!!!!!!!!!!!!! :clap:

Beautitude... Owie for you and your DS!!!!! I hope your both ok!!! Woohoo on 800 grams!! Every bit counts!!!!! :-)

I am looking forward to getting to know everyone!!! And hopefully i will get a weightloss ticker soon, once I start to see the numbers go down i might get one.. i had one before but had to keep up dating it with gains which wasnt much fun!!!

Bye for now!
Kat :)

Cycling. Blergh. 10 mins done, 35 to go. I WILL DO THIS.


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oh beautitude! that would be terrifying! i hope your wee one is okay and your ankle doesn't take too long to heal. hugs hun.

belfie - you cycle that cycle! woohoo lol :p

welcome starbright! you sound like me three weeks ago lol. do you have to take oral steroids for your eczema? have you spoken to your doctor about just having ointment instead? i've had eczema all my life but it has been extra bad since becoming a mum, particularly on my hands, but i just smear them with goo at night and moisturise like mad during the day... well, if i remember... what about taking your bubs for walks in a buggy? i find that the easiest way to feel like i've done something towards making my thighs not scrape together, and bub loves getting out and about (we have to say W-A-L-K and P-R-A-M until we're able to actually get out the door otherwise he feels cheated by the lack of immediacy with the getting ready - snack box (for bub lol, not me!), drinks, ruggies, hat, clean naps, scarf, shoes etc lol). but yeah.. is really great in that we live on top of a hill, about 20mins away from the shops, 45mins away from town, 30mins away from the beach; and so everything is walking distance (with big hills, but all good for weight loss lol!) and so really there is no excuse to drive most of the time.

also for me (you might not be the same but worth thinking about maybe?), i love pilates so have been going to a weekly class for almost a year and so feel confident to do it at home now as i feel like i understand the concepts and can keep track of where my body is by knowing what to look for in terms of the exercises. is something that i can do at home in a small space while bub is asleep that doesn't need equipment really (although would love a ring! blast those inner thighs lol!). it just works for me... like if bub is awake and am doing anything like sautés or star jumps or anything he'll copy me which can be distracting (but oh so cute!), so is easiest to concentrate while he's asleep and have less to worry about being interrupted.

anyway will stop blathering... gosh am just going on and on at the mo... love to all :)

Starbright hello! (I don't know if you know my BB name. We were at Lolipops together a few weeks ago) I am exactly like you. Need motivation and will eat whatever is in the pantry plus I go through cycles of being really motivated and then really slack.

Having said that, I did the wii active again today and felt so good afterwards. I was all hot and sweaty and had the door open even though it was freezing outside. I have been drinking a lot more water this week just by filling the glass up and having it near me. Meanwhile I have been going to the loo a lot more too. It's all good and I really hope I can stay motivated.

Excuse my lack of personals, I am freezing so going to get in my PJ's and under the doona.

Tellytubby :hug: big hugs babe.

Thank you ladies so much for the love yesterday. Love this online community so much :grouphug:

Leesa, what a pain in the butt those scales are! Hope you don't have to wait too much longer before that magical number 60 comes up on the screen, if it hasn't already ;) You go girl!

Tinsel, good work on the wii exercises yesterday! You're the one doing the 30 day challenge, is that right? Or am I getting my names mixed up?

Livvy, sounds like you live in a beautiful area :) I always find walking in a nice area so much more enjoyable. I live about 5 minutes walk from the beach, and its so relaxing some days. The other day there were ducks everywhere (no idea what was going on there! lol). But the kids really loved it. Wanted to catch some, ha! I must say I was tempted.... but my chooks poop enough, without adding ducks to the mix!

Belfie, did you finish your cycle?? Well done! Some days it sucks so hard to exercise, but you ALWAYS finish feeling fantastic :)

Starbright, welcome to the group! The steriods sound like a bit of a hastle in regards to your weightloss, hopefully you'll notice a huge difference once you're off them. That would be have been heartbreaking having to add kilos to a ticker too :hug: Sorry babe x We're all here to support you.. Its a tough road, but its definitely a road worth walking, and we WILL get there!

Beautitude, well done on 800grams in TWO DAYS! Wooop! I bet you're stoked! Can't wait to hear how you go for your official week one weigh in! I'm following points too (well sort of).

AFM, considering how emotional I was yesterday, I am soo proud of myself! I even ate LESS points then what I have been! :) I normally have rice crackers in the afternoon, yesterday I had none - so 1.5 points less than usual. I was so tempted, but leesa's post really made me think. I could eat crap, and then I'd be sad about my m/c, and that I ate crap - so essentially I would have been double sad!? lol! But I'm feeling much better today, and did a sneaky weigh (I KNOW! I coudn't help it! ;) ). Pretty excited to see another kilo gone! Will let you know my official loss at the end of the week.

Keep up the good work girls! :loveshower:

tellytubby you are going spectacularly by the sounds of it! after yesterdays binge was glad to see the scales were not tending in the other direction, but still not great loss-wise... trying to remember that it all adds up, and not to just give up as has been *soo looong* without cake or cookies or anything. didn't help that was at a morning tea today with cakes akimbo.. all of which looked scrumptious. managed to stay focussed and had two rice crackers (that was my treat...) along with carrot and celery sticks and a few grapes. also the house seems to be full of cake too at the moment. is so tempting! lemon cake, fruit cake... cookies... scones... IS SO NOT FAIR!

Hey guys just checking in... On phone so no personals...
My evenings are so hard to stay motivated, I had some sweet biscuits last night :redface: so I weighed myself this morning (normally only do weekly) and I was the same weight as I was 4 days ago, so had a big chat to myself about loosing not maintaining etc...

On the positive side though, my jeans feel heaps looser :)


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Grrrr - big post and lost it!

Sammie - may I ask what you told yourself in your big chat? What did you end up committing to change to get back to losing instead of maintaining?

TT - I'm glad that post helped. It's a bad cycle huh? Dealing with a ****ty situation and then emotional eating = making yourself feel even worse than initially. I've never been an emotional eater, I prefer to punish myself by hard core exercise lol! I think I'm odd! You conciously made different food decisions and now look, another kilo has fallen off of you! Keep it up hun!

Belfie - I sooo know that feeling, but I did have a chuckle at your post lol!

Livvy - I know that feeling. I basically switched off the 'treat' thoughts in my head and flicked on 'its a healthy way of life' switch instead. I do get pretty regimented in my eating, and it does drive DH nuts too! Think of your body as an investment. Only invest in good foods to help make your body function at its best!

Beautitude - Ouch - I hope you're feeling better! And goodbye 800 grams - WOOHOO!

Tinsel - is there any exercise you really like to do? Or activity? I find I have to change up the exercise routine otherwise I also lose motivation and don't put in my 100% effort - which basically results in me wasting time exercising and not trying my best.

Starbright - Welcome hun! I reckon we can overcome that problem of the steroids slowing your weightloss down...keen ;)?

Mildez - how are you going hun? How has DH been with his support?

AFM - GAH - I STILL haven't seen 60.0 kilos on the scale....










Instead I saw 59.8 kilos :D! I'm really happy and have decided I would like a bit of a threshold to remain under 60, so I'm thinking about 58 - but I'm in no rush to get there. It's a brilliant feeling achieving the goal - 8 kilos in 8 weeks. Also, I updated my blog last night. I'd be keen if you busy ladies could take a read and let me know your thoughts..? I will still be around the thread to support you gorgeous women - because I want you ALL to realise and achieve your goals!

oh my goodness....im about 6 pages behind on personals and there are about 10 new people to keep up with now....ive never been very good at keeping up (in belly buddies/baby buddies etc) so sorry if i seem like its all about me sometime...i read then get confused and it ends up taking me hours to go back and work out whats going on.

anyway....hey to everyone. hope you are all feeling motivated and possitive. i did for a few weeks then i have a crappy day and feel like ive undone all my hard work and then i pig out and end up feeling misserable...that goes on for about a week or so untill i slap my arse back into line and get motivated again...trying so hard to break old habits....so....

I got a workout DVD...so not like me, but i got the 30 day shred by jillian michaels...i just did my first one....killed me...20 minutes but i did it...going to do that as much as i can, not sure if i should do it every day..i feel so proud of myself for doing it. And hopefully i will see some better results than i have been with just changing my diet....like leese said, you can be skinny and unfit, so heres to getting fit !!

Goodluck all, il do my best to catch up with the old posts....im still reading the other thread!!

My goals basically remain the same everyday so i think im going to do weekly goals now

maintain daily goals (2L water, healthy snacking, low salt, keep active)
Do DVD minimum 4 times a week (being realistic)
One good walk a week (Im limitied as to what i can do living where i do i can probably do one)
If i have a weak/indulgent moment dont let it snowball.....one chocolate biscuit doesnt mean you may aswell eat half the packet...have one..enjoy it...and GET OVER IT!!!
keep a food diary...just to hold myself accountable...not to count every calorie that goes in...just to keep my eye on it! Starting tomorrow :)

Leesa you just killed me!!! Hahah! I totally thought you hadn't lost it, and was confused with your FB status!! Well done!!! :clap: You're in your 50's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOoooooooHoooooooo!!!!

well done leesa...awesome!!!!!

sorry i forgot to sign my comment on you blog - that was me (the one below tellytubby) :)

i have to say well done! you're amazing! size 8 jeans... well i'd be lying if i didn't say i hate you just a tiny bit right now lol! ;)

one question i thought i would save for the thread (rather than the blog... felt to exposed there): do you think it's possible to get back into my size 11s? after a natural vaginal birth that basically ripped me in two... literally... bub was so fast and he had a large head and then didn't turn with his shoulders so they both came at once and (truly) i had bought new pjs that were loose and comfy 3 days before he popped out and after they were straining to get around my hips and bum... am sure i didn't put on *that* much weight within a week... or do you think i'll have to satisfy myself with a 14 or 12 if i'm *really* lucky (and thin lol... please GOD let it happen!)?

thanks babe. x

oh and beckoes hun - great goals! (sorry meant to say but got sidetracked with hips wonderment) :)

I am so knackered tonight, I am about to fall into bed - but I just had to pop in here and say YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH LEESA!!!!!!!!!!! That's awesome. :dance::dance::dance:.

I'm so happy for you - we can party in the 50's club together!!

Really hope to be back tomorrow for a proper post & catch-up... but in the interim, go ladies, go! Oh and I did 60 mins in the bike instead of 45. Yah!

Well the talking to didn't help :( no biscuits tonight, but a tub of yoghurt and a 'healthy' low cal fruit bar... No hot chocolate though...

I feel like a big fat failure and when I told myself I would feel like this before I ate, I shrugged to myself and though I don't care :(
I suck at this!

Boo hoo for me (no need to reply, just trying to be honest so tomorrow I can't pretend I didnt do it)

Does lack of sleep make anyone else over eat?


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Hey girls just a quick one from me seeing my nutritionist tomorrow kinda scared of my results! I have tried really hard this week but unsure what will happen :(

so just subbing to the new thread catch up on personals soon xxoo

Sammiejane - Stop that negative attitude right now hun! Just let today roll off your back. What /who inspires you to lose weight? Why do you want to lose weight? Do you need to lose weight? Tomorrow is always a brand new day - a fresh start. Remember, what you eat in private shows in public - that saying has always kept me on the straight and narrow!

Livvy - How tall are you hun? I firmly believe that if you have fit into size 11's before, you CAN do it again. Never before in adulthood had I been in Size 8 jeans, but I've done it now - twice, after DS and now again, after DD2. Yup, I still have the mummy tummy, but that is easily disguised ;).

Belfie - thanks hun - and well done to you for whipping out an extra 15 mins on the bike!

TT and Beckoes - thanks ladies - this is truly a great place to be for me. Your support has been much appreciated, I only hope I can pay it back - that goes to ALL of you in the thread :D!

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well thats one for the fridge!! :) your an inspiration Leesa.

SJ....i have had a terrible few days...let it go and let tomorrow be a new day, thats what i have to work on too, i hold on to that feeling of failing more than i hold on to the kgs of whatever bad ive eaten!! one bad day doesnt make a failed effort, just a glitch, a moment, it doesnt cancel everything else out.....im telling myself that by the way, not you ;) hugs

Morning all,

Sorry for the woe is me post last night :redface:

a few personals, just from the last page otherwise i will be here all day - apologies in advance if i miss anyone, its not intentional!

Leesa _ way to go on hitting the 50's thats awesome, i cant believe you had bubs after me and have done so much - AWESOME!!!!
Beautitude - well done on you loss too :)
TT - dont be hard on yourself hun, you have A LOT going on in your life :hug:
Welcome StarBright
Goodluck today Miss K
Livvy - you have such a great attitude :)
Belfie... i sish i had a bike or something i could do indoors, i have a Xtrainer, but when DD2 came along, my workout area became DSS bedroom so it is stored in the garage with PILES of junk!

Leesa to answer your question... i think this time i want to loose weight for ME... in the past it has been for DH or to look good for others... but this time i want to look great for me and put on clothes and feel great and know that people arent looking at my muffin top etc ... sounds incredibly vain, but i think that its the right reason...

Beckoes - thanks for the love :) the est thing about in here is by supporting each other we are drumming the same message into ourselves :)

OK, so back on track today - I will loose this weight... I am aiming for 1/2kg a week at the moment as i think that this is more realistic for me.

You all have inspired me to see the 60's (as in hit them) as my first goal - 5kgs to go :)
Weigh and measure is Sunday...

Thanks for the welcome everyone!!!!

Leesa.. i am definately up for any ideas!! At the moment the immuno sepresent of the steroid is what is helping my eczema (possibly psorisis, the derm cant decide!!) So i am slowly weaning off the steroids and going onto a stronger, but different kind of immuno suppresent called methotrexate, which doesnt have the same side effects as steroids, but will do the same thing to help my hands. (sorry its a bit confusing!!) At the moment i am taking 10mg a day of oral prednisolone (2x 5mg tablets) dropping by half a tablet every week. So as of Monday morning i will take one and a half, and go from there til i am on none. I have been on them since february (and i have gained about 10 kilo's since then) so apparently i have to wean myself very slowly or i can do damage to my body naturally making whatever it is that the steroids make my body make... So, if you have any ideas that can work around that hectic schedual, im all yours!!!!

livvy Hi, yeah i take the oral steroids for my hands, the creams dont do anything!! I moisturise like mad too lol, i have only suddenly gotten excema since being a mum, i never had anything at all all my life until about a year ago!! Its been a horrible year of dr's and creams and pills and very sore hands!! lol (and weight gain to boot!!!) Hopefully these new meds that i am starting will help and i will get off the steroids and move along the weight loss!!! I had to laugh, i have been doing star jumps when the kids jump in the trampoline!! lol The keep wanting me to hop in too, but i m too heavy for the weigh tlimit on my own let alone with them!! So i stand nex tto it and do star jumps!! lol DS loves to do sit ups with me, so thats always a winner!! He either sits in front of me and gets a kiss every time i sit up- or he sits next to me and tries to do them too!!! He thinks excercising is fun, which is great that he is learning that!! He also likes to do the yoga on the wii too!!
I owuld love to be able to get to a class, but I only have Dh to look after the kids, or my aunt and uncle who work during the day and live like 2 hours away!! I might look into a place that does a creche thing, but that costs money !!! That was the idea of the wii being that i could do it at home... must get more batteries!!!!

Hi Tinsel!!!! Maybe we should get together for some wii fun!! lol Or even just a long walk with the kids next time i am in the city for the day!! i will let you know!! :-)

Tellytubby.. Well done on your positive thinking!! :hug: Its so easy to get all depressed and eat, (and you have reason enough to be sad :hug:) So a huge GOOD ON YOU for seeing that it would only really make you feel worse!!!!!!!!!! :clap: Well done!!!!!!!!

Beckoes.. I am loving your goals!! I might pinch some, i did start a food diary to see if stuff i was eating was effecting my whole hands saga too, but i gave it up, i will pull the book out again and give it a go!!

Sj... Its all about the hurdles!!! Its ok to stumble sometimes, thats the best thing baout threads like this, there are peole to help pick you up and pop you back on track!!! Its not easy to loose weight- or everyone would just be able to do it!! I like your reasons for wanting to loose weight, thats mainly my reason too, i want to feel good again!!! Keep up the good work that has gotten you this far!!!!! You CAN do those last 5kg's!!!!!! YOU WILL REACH 60- OR BELOW!!!!!!!

Well today i vow to hop on the bike while DD sleeps (however long that may be!!) and to do 50 situps!!! I wont be tempted by the choc chips bikkies in the cuboard.. i will eat fruit instead!!! And i am not hopping on the scales coz i just dont want to know right now :(

Wish me luck...

Just wanted to pop my head in here. I'm 4 weeks PP so I'll be waiting another couple of weeks before properly starting my weight loss journey.

So basically I'm short and fat :lol: About 164cm and currently sitting on 74kg. My goal weight is 60kg, but realistically I'd love to get to about 57kg. Pre-preg I was 77kg, and at 40 weeks I was 89kg :o So 15kg lost in 4 weeks. I put that down to stress, BFing and not eating much :( My main issues with losing weight:

-Eating. Not so much eating better, I still indulge, but generally I eat well balance foods. It's frequency. I could eat 1 meal a day, or sometimes two in one day and none the next :( SO not healthy or good for me. So I need motivation/ideas to get 3-5 meals into me a day.

-Exercise. I'm really unfit and get puffed easily, as well as big boobs...I'm scared of that burning, suffocating feeling in my lungs! Need to move past that. I really like walking and cycling, I'm thinking of picking up a secondhand exercise bike for the lounge.

So yeah, that's me atm. Tips and advice would be great :)

Hi PZ... Welcome :)
You are the same height and weight as me!
Well done on your weight loss so far, go easy on yourself, you have a lot on your plate (no pun intended!) right now...
Try eating regular meals, even if they are small, will help even your metabolism and also your milk supply :)
I have found regular meals and snacks have helped my appetite and naughty snack during the day (night tine is another story!)



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Welcome PZ!! Its great that your starting to get right into things before they get harder!!! Eating well is ahuge thing for me too!! I am a snacker so i will snack all day and then it comes to meals and im not hungry!! (duh i wonder why??!!) and its meals that i try to eat well.

I have a question about excercise for anyone who may know.. so ok, i get on the bike and do a bit, take a break, do some more... is that AS effective as doing it all in one go???? Same with situps, my goal today is 50, but i will probably do that in two or three goes, like 20, then a few hours later 20 more, than 10 kind of thing. Is this worth it????? Should i try to do them all at once?????

hey all! well have been up and out for a walk and a play at the playground already today and got home for lunch :) - had a meeting so not really my own motivation lol :p

hmmm... so to catch up...

leesa - am 170-171cm so about 5'7" and have always had quite wide hips (let alone now...), size 10-11 being my minimum pre preg size on bottom. top am not concerned about so much as still have quite a narrow waist (although still about 6-7cm to go to get back to pre preg) and shoulders and have never really carried much weight on top...

starbright - i would totally recommend a food diary then hun, cos there must be something in your environment that has changed (also pregnancy and BF actually dry out your skin considerably as well, but not that much!). also worth thinking about are things like washing products like what soap or body wash you use, what laundry powder or additives, what moisturisers and make ups, whether you wear gloves for (everything in my case) washing up, nappy bucket, cleaning etc. whether you drink enough water or too much caffeine. what products you use on bub's skin, bum or bath, whether you use wet wipes or water and a cloth... all those kinds of things. if i wasn't as strict as i am with my and bub's environment then i would probably be pretty similar to you (truly) as if i do something that aggravates my skin then they end up (within a day or two tops) cracked and bleeding and excruciatingly painful. also have you thought about flaxseed or fish oil supplements?

sammiejane - not vain, is totally about you and your self esteem (vanity would be how you look for others, not yourself). i am absolutely with you on this as this is what i want too. i want to feel gorgeous and attractive and not like a potato person ;)

pumpkinzulu - honey, even if you just have a few ready made meals in the freezer and fridge (whether from friends, family or the supermarket) that might help you out a bit. your bub is still so young and i remember having things like single or serves two packets of soup, curry and risotto in the fridge AND freezer when bub was teeny as i didn't have the time or energy to cook. it really helped as then i could just take one out of the fridge and heat it up and bung whatever i didn't use back in the fridge. you need to eat well both for your recovery (birth is BIG on the body) and if you're BF then for the quality of milk for you little one. other things are like individual sized tins of tuna (flavoured or not) or salmon or sardines in the pantry and then you can just rip into one and have a burst of protein. cos honey, the guidelines are generally to not lose more than a kilo a week so 15 in 4 sounds dangerous for you health not to mention bub's... have you got a coffee group or friends who are mums too? or just someone who you love who can drop in once or twice a week, wash your dishes, do your vacuuming and make you a casserole or something? i aim for three meals with protein (breakfast, hot lunch and hot dinner) and a snack or two if i'm hungry (usually either raw fruit, veges or nuts).

miss k - hope the nutritionist went well

belfie - well done on the cycle!

beckoes - hope your goals are going well

tellytubby - hope you're having a good day today :)

everyone else - ditto!

Just subscibing for later. Weighed myself on Thursday and lost 700grams for the week. I was stoked with that. Hopefully I can get below 80kilos by the end of July (currently 81.3)

Welcome PZ.

Leesa thats a great saying and so true what you eat in private shows in public lol. I love it.

SB I have no idea how effectice doing exercise in intervals are but it would be way better then not doing it at all. I know when I was doing WW years ago you got more bonus points for the exercise been done all at once. So if I did a 30min walk it was an extra 2 points (you could spend on food) but if you did 3 lots of 10min exercise it would only be 1point.

My exercise for yesterday was loading firewood into the trailer which involved alot of walking (from the tree it was cut from to the trailer and lifting). Today I went for a small jog but hope to go for a walk later.

Wow this thread is buzzing!

Mildez - woo hoo that's awesome! Great exercise too. I've read the same thing about the exercise. If you do it all in one go, you get your heart rate up & keep it up, which is better for fat burning... whereas if you do it in 3 lots, you don't have quite the same result. BUT, 3 lots is still better than no lots!

Livvy - ooh can we swap shapes? tehehe. I thought my hips might get bigger from having kids but instead they're smaller and i'm just even more top heavy! Isn't it a bummer when they exacerbate our problem areas? I don't know how it would go with getting back to your original size, but i"m sure that exercising & getting fit would give you the best possible chance. The body can take a while to settle back down, so I would think you've got a good chance.

Starbright - oh now i realise where that question came from :doh:, and you can see what I said above. I also found that while I was recovering (VERY bad hips/pelvis during PG) my osteo said I was better doing things in small lots and with good technique rather than doing one big session but fatiguing and doing it poorly... so I guess I just gave a reason to do it in little goes after all! I often do 2 lots of 30 mins nowadays. But just depends on the kids & what I can fit in.

PZ - welcome. I know the big boob feeling, 'orrible ain't it. the bike sounds like a great idea. And two bras on for walking. I have dropped 10cm off my boobs, and it feels soooo much better. Like you know... "hey, I'm back here. Yup, there's a person behind the boobs!" My other suggestion would be food diary - that way you'll keep yourself honest about eating properly. And plan your meals if you can. Makes it much easier if you've pre-decided what to eat.

SJ - can you dig out the Xtrainer & find s'where to put it? I imagine it would really help with reaching your goals. Plus I reckon moving all that junk would burn some cals too hehe. GL with your weigh-in on Sun. Oh and there's been some articles around recently showing that sleep deprivation impacts metabolism & eating patterns for sure. It is harder to do, but can be done - if that helps.

Leesa - rrarrrgh hottie! And I ended up doing 60 mins on the bike, I was really proud of myself. And I am gonna put a new battery in my HRM. When I've cycled this week I've been checking my HR a few times, thanks to you.

AFM, well I'm wearing my new skinny HAWT jeans all week cos I can't believe how good they look tehehe. I bought 2 smaller bras, but I'm still getting a bit of over-boob action depending on where I am feed-wise... grrr. So that's incentive to try lose some more, cos they're SO close to fitting properly. And they're from target... 12E... there was no bigger cup size :(. I stuffed up yeseterday & didn't eat properly in the arvo before Zumba (I have dinner after)... then I was knackered! Got through the class ok, but driving home... omg so tired. So that's a lesson for me - fuel up properly Belfie! I got my 59.8 on Sat, but promptly weighed in the 60's for the next 3 days :wall: so annoying, but finally I'm back in the 50's again. I don't think I'm up for a big loss tomorrow, but we'll see. I do weigh everyday. I have a food malabsorption issue and whenever it flares up I retain a lot of fluid and my weight can spike up & down by 1 or 1.5kg. Or if munchkin has a smaller feed than usual that can impact too. So I find if I weigh daily I get less discouraged if it happens to be a bad result on weigh-in day, cos I know how I'm tracking overall. Earlier in my weight loss journey I noticed that I always ate really badly for a few days after a gain and then exacerbated the gain. Now I'm finding I can stay more focussed and less discouraged - as I know it's probably just fluid. It took me a few months to really work that out on an emotional level tho.

I've also set myself a time-based weight loss goal. My loss so far has been right on 0.45kg per week (since start of march). If I continue at this rate (which seems pretty doable) I'll be 56.2 on the 10/9 (a week before DD's 1st b'day) by losing 3.6kg. So I'm pretty keen to do that. Losing that 3.6kg is my minimum goal. I think I want to be 55-56kg. I've even bitten the bullet & adjusted my sig too. Thinking that in 8 weeks I'll be done is a great incentive, as opposed to when I started and just tried to take a fairly long-term view. I will also admit that I think setting the weight loss goal in a timeframe can be a trap. I reckon in general it's better to set behavioural goals (i.e. exercise & food) and then see what loss follows. And if you don't get the losses you wanted, then you obviously have to tweak s'thing with your food or activity. Just my little soap-box thought for the day :).

Hope you're all doing well. I'm off to vaccum & dance while I do it.

well done mildez, great loss!

thank you belfie! am hoping to get to the 60s myself ...one day... :p - also you reminded me:
pumpkinzulu is only 1 pound (not kilo) per week while breastfeeding that is recommended as a healthy loss, i.e. 0.45kg. hope that helps hun.

well this week feels like it has been light on exercise and heavy on carbs, but in my defense i have had the most rotten head cold since monday (still feel shocking - phlegm and exhaustion). hopefully next week will be better. will curb that ache for comfort food (toast being my favourite one). have been dipping things in hummus when am desperate and that sates it ..well, mostly...

bleh. time for brain switch off in front of friends i think. night all - hope you're feeling better than i do right now.

Well i have been on and off the bike all day.. Dear DS has taken the batteries out of my bike (darn battereies!!!!) so my time counter/calorie counter isnt working, but i probably reckon i did a good twenty minutes all up, but it was in dribs and drabs while i could. (hence the question before, i suppose as everyone said, yes bulk is best, but some is better than NONE!!)

I didnt resisit the choc chip cookies though :( I had four. In my defense DD stole half my sandwhich so i ate less lunch !!!

And i have done 25 sit ups so far, i will do more tonight once the kids are sleeping i think!!

So i have decided ok, the excercise i was doing stable-ised my weight, so i just have to do more and i should start to loose some!!! So more bike, more situps, i can do the boxing without the wii- it was really just punching lol i can do that... I am going to see if i can get a normal old fashioned aerobics dvd or something i dont need the wii for and start doing that. And maybe i will start running around my yard lol We live out in the bush (not bush bush- but sticks lol) no good for a pram walk, but the fenced bit of the yard is an ok size to do a few laps, and i can see the kids wherever they are while i run!!!

Food is going to be my biggest thing, i live on bread and pasta... i need to do some researching and learn more about what i should be eating!!!!!!!

MOTIVATION HERE I COME!!!!!

SJ - That was the exact reason why I wanted to lose the excess weight too hun. I don't think you're vain at all hun (if others do, then they may as well put me in the same basket!). I found it was the only reason which really motivated me to lose weight - I straight out - hated my reflection, every window I could see it in at the shops was a constant reminder to keep on track and not lose sight of my goal! I think its the best reason to lose weight too by the way!

Starbright - what has your GP / specialist said about weight loss with the medication you're taking? So far I'm thinking you'd have to cut calories (do you know how many you'd be eating daily? If so please share as it'll help me figure something out for you!) and really up the ante on the exercise to start seeing losses on the scales. How is that sounding? Best length of time to exercise in one hit is 30 + mins, and if I could be so pushy as to suggest doing 30 mins first thing in the morning, before you eat breakfast, to burn off fat, then last thing at night to help burn calories at a higher rate ;).

PZ - I'm glad you're with us hun. If you've read any of my posts I harp on and on about how exercise releases the 'feel good' endorphines without leaving behind any guilt factor (which naughty foods tend to do, thus making any initial feelings of pain / hurt ten times worse). So next time any bad feelings hit, take a walk with Miss Isla, or opt for a healthy snack of protein (almonds are my fave lol) as they keep you feeling fuller for longer. I'd suggest to just start with brisk walking daily and if you can get a 2nd exercise bike - do it, just to change it up a bit and help stave off any boredom when it comes to exercise.

Livvy - yup, size 10 -11 is definitely do-able hun - if you've been there before, you can be there again! If you're going for carbs, please, for me, opt for wholemeal or grainy type bread (if you're not already doing so), come on hun, regardless of having a cold whilst I'd let you off for not exercising I won't let you off for being naughty food wise (sorry, tough love is creeping out there hun! *hugs*). I hope you feel better soon!

Mildez - that is great exercise! So well done hun. You know they do all sorts of crazy stuff on the Biggest loser, rolling tyres, pushing and lifting tree stumps etc! The more 'odd' the move, the more chance of hitting the muscles we wouldn't usually have the chance too during 'normal' exercise!

Belfie - my hawtie :)! I reckon if you try to beat your own 'personal bests' by using the HRM you'll really be going places...But who am I kidding - you already ARE going places hun. You've done so so well! I reckon the goals you've set are pretty good - though I reckon you can get that 55-56 by the end of August!

Beckoes - Nah, anyone can do what I've done - it's just determination and having the right motivation.

AFM - Still continuing on the loss cycle - only 100 grams, but i'll take it. I've got a 'back to back' Body Attack class followed by Body Pump tomorrow morning (I'm doing the Attack class just for fun, but am instructing the Pump class). And I've got to instruct the same back to back class (but Pump first then Attack) on Tuesday night. DH is happy that I'm instructing again, but only because it's at Fernwood FEMALE fitness lol!

Just wanna say - its great to have heaps of people in here! The more the merrier :). But forgive me if I accidentally miss someone in replying to personals!

thanks leesa darling! tough love i definitely needed right then/now :) am trying so *so* hard to be strict lol (and it helps that we make our own bread - rye with plenty of seeds and stuff in), but usually say "NO NO" to refined carbs (so anything made of flour...) after 3pm but today had two vitawheat crackers with hummus... :shakehead: and am feeling like i have a food baby of mushroom soup that was bad and added a spoonful of cream cheese (not even lite dammit!) to... but tomorrow is another day and will be started with 45 mins of pilates as is my class, so yay! hopefully will be the beginning of a better cycle for me!

sorry for utter self involvement guys... just felt i needed to write this all down to get myself back on the straight and narrow! will do some pilates after my shower too as want to watch a show at 9.30 and have 40 mins so quick shower and then TO WORK!

thanks leesa, you're an absolute wonder! :D

woohoo! just updating - 20 mins of pilates down with particular focus on legs as noticed inner thighs have indentation (as in getting thinner) just above the knees - they are no longer straight line of fatness from hip to knee! is only small, but yay for getting better shape! this is one of the particular things that has been depressing me! also need to get the tops of my thighs thinner... any tips? last summer they brushed together when was out walking so bad that they got all chaffed... so embarrassing, but there you are. big fat fatty right here... but not for too much longer (i hope!) :D

Ok Leesa. I'll commit to making the 56's by end of Aug... if I can up the ante just a bit - and lose 0.5kg instead of 0.45kg/week than I could do it. It sounds so small a difference, but it still challenges me, cos I know how to do what i'm doing lol... so I'm gonna try really just count the weeks down. So saying, I'm scared that I'm not going to see a loss this week. So it's off to the trusty bike for me now!

Eek, not sure that i can keep up with personals but everyone has done well this week. I'm feeling postive after joining this thread and motivated after reading your daily posts.

Leesa - thank you so much for the motivation in here and well done on reaching your goal and then some.

Belfie - you go girl in your hawt jeans. I would love that too.

SB - sounds like a plan!

livvy - in the Wii Active I do lots of squats and lunges and I'm sure that helped thinning the thighs. Well done on the pilates. I can't get into that or yoga.

Mildez - well done on the 700g loss. I'm going to weigh in on Mondays although thankfully the batteries for the wii board need charging otherwise I would be weighing myself in more and stressing myself out.

Hi SammyJane and PZ. I think we are about the same weight although I'm 174cm.

MissK - how did you go at the nutritionist?

I would love to get to mid 60's but I will be happy just to get back to 70kg. I've had some naughty little snacks today but I'm glad it's the weekend so DH can look after the girls while I burn it off. Might do some sit ups before bed tonight.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Just popping in...
Had two cups if tea an orange and two kiwis this evening, soooo much better than previous nights!

Also had chat to DH about wanting to loose weight, there is no way we can get the xtrainer in the house now, so he went and watched tv in the bedroom so I could do 35 mins on the wii :D AND we had some money in our paypal account, so he told me to get the 30day shred DVD, so between that and the wii, hopefully I can exercise everyday...
Oh AND I walked to the library for story time and clocked up 12975 steps for the day.

So a bit of a woo hoo for me this evening :)

Tinsel - I wish I was10cm taller :) I think everyone doing something makes me more keen.

Leesa- took my measurements for the challenge :)


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It’s a really good step to break the objective downward into 4kg plenty. After having my DS I lost 5kgs - not still setting a genuine aim in the start. My purpose was to 'look good. I didn't even have a digit of kilo's I required to lose.

Ok weigh-in this morning, another 0.4kg loss (I'm like the turtle lol, just pegging away). Puts me on 9.5kg lost. Next goal... the big 10kg!!!

And another 1cm off my waist yay.

Tinsel - I'd love to be 10cm taller too. I remember when I was a kid I used to lie in bed & dream that I'd miraculously get some strange disease that would make me grow :rofl:. Great stuff with your plans on what to do! :clap: