2009 Body Transformation Challenge, Week 2

Guys,

For last weeks thread, please see HERE.

For all those who have sent me results, thank you!

HERE WE GO:
Username % kg lost cm's lost
Captain 4.11% 7.00
Henri 3.19%
Hoody 2.57% 8.00
Rory 2.21% 8.00
Shazz 2.11% 14.00
Daintree 1.95%
MollyCat 1.87% 5.00
Beckoes 1.67% 0.00
Amber 1.63% 4.00
HPsMum 1.61%
Nikki 1.26% 5.00
Belinda queenbee 1.26% 14.00
Blackduckies 1.24% 9.00
TK1999 1.14% -4.00
Ali 1.06% 14.00
Lilias 0.94% 4.50
Lea79 0.92% 6.00
Je$$84 0.91% 0.00
AmandaJ 0.90% 7.00
Leasha 0.81% 2.50
Mum2Squidgee 0.60% -1.00
Sconeonamission 0.49% 3.00
Laranna 0.00% 2.00
Nurse27 -0.33% 8.00

WOWEEE!!!

COngrats everyone on the great losses.
I hope to be up there an joining you all next week. No more drinking for me :rofl:

WOW! Way to go!

Ok I took too long to write out this post and the thread got closed, LOL! Sorry if it makes no sense to some of you!

Thanks for the tips Jess, you're doing great! I used to be like that when I lost weight years ago, I started just doing incedental things and being a childcare worker, I got alot more physical with the kids. Instead of just turning on some music that the kids could do actions to I would get up and sing and do the actions with them. I would also do step ups on the balance beams, run around the yard like a crazy idiot with the kids, yada yada....no wonder I was slimmer!
I just don't have that kid of energy anymore. WIth little sleep I do actually get, I try to just get through the day sane! That's the thing that's stopping me is being so tired. My kids are allergic to sleep, and I luuurve my sleep. I have been making an effort to get up and dance with DD more, putting on DVD's or CD's and doing all the actions (yes I know them all, even before kids!). But actually geting out for a walk or doing my weights...nup just can't get into it. Especially with the heat here in sydney and today it's been spitting all day....someone said the weather doesn't like them...me either!
Ash, I am trying to convince myself how great I would feel after going for a walk at 6am, but my body just doesn't agree! I can't function when I get up so early. I used to love doing things early in the morning and when I used to go camping, I would go for a walk or swim or what ever, but now I just don't get enough sleep for my body to function. DD is up then, usually 5am, so it's not as if I can't do it, it's more psycoligical and physical, my body just won't work, lol! I am aiming to get there though.
Rhianon, sex, what's sex, I can't remember.....not that I don't want to, but as I said above, sleep is just too darn important to me at the mo! And even that extra 1/2 hour is precious! And mmmmmmm rocky road! You're doing well to resist at all! I'd have to throw it out not to eat it!

Woooooooooooohooo! To everyone! What a great way to start the year!!!

Hi Ladies I am new to this forum and I was wondering if I can join your group?

I wish to loose roughly 28kg but would be happy with 23kg to be back to my weight when DH and I first got together.

I wish to be a fitter / healthier mummy (DD nearly 2, DS 6 weeks old)

Thanks
Yummymummy82??

Girls,

I should also maybe take this opportunity to tell everyone what I have learned over the past year regarding the business of long term healthy weight loss and changing body shapes:

1. A loss of 1% of your weight is what you should aim for. BUT, in the early weeks it is likely to be more if you are losing fluid or have dramatically changed your intake/output.

So if you weigh 80kg, 0.8kg is a perfect loss.

2. If you are in the week before your AF, then it is likely that regardless of how you have been travelling food and exercise wise, that you WILL put on weight. Accept it. Last month I "put on" 2kg, and then on day 3 of AF "lost" it all again. So my advice would be to track your cycle, so that if you put on weight, you can see if it is down to your cycle. If this is the case, head down, carry on doing what works (eating healthily and exercising) and then enjoy the loss a week after AF!

3. CM's lost can be really erratic. There appears to be no rhyme or reason to it. So use it as an INDICATOR only.

4. Muscle DOES weigh a lot more than body fat, so if you DON'T lose weight despite doing a heap of exercise and eating like an angel, do not despair! You MUST trust your bodies response. A week or two later, that heavier muscle will be working in your favour and you WILL get a good loss, as your body is metabolising energy more efficiently. And then you will have an "average" week but show a good loss.

5. If you are constipated, you will weigh heavier. Up to 2kg. No kidding. It only takes a few constipated days to get really "bunged up". My advice would be to take long term approatch: drink 3l water, then have a mild laxative, with the promise to yourself that the minute you are not constipated anymore, to REALLY increase the fibre content of your eating, and to REALLY increase your daily water intake to at least 2l of water a day. (I add physillim husk to my morning brekky every day to avoid this!)

Well done everyone! :clap:

I must admit I think a lot of my weight loss was fluid, I felt like I was peeing every half hour, lol.

I've been working on my diet and have planned out what I'm going to eat. I have a container of watermelon cut up in the fridge if I feel hungry. I really like the effect this is having on my family. Dh has started eating better (he has about 30kg to lose) and DD is eating really well. We went out yesterday and I took a packed lunch, she didn't even notice we didn't buy fast food and really enjoyed her sandwich and fruit. Me too :D Now I just need to get in some exercise today. Time to start dancing. :lol:

Well done everyone!!! :)

Lucy, I emailed in my full stats yesterday morning, but I'm not in the list?

Well done everyone, really proud of all of you!!

I cooked up a really low fat bacon/mushroom penne for dinner SO if anyone wants the recipe, let me know. I used wholemeal pasta too (so high in fibre). Would be more than happy to post it on here if you. It is a Weight Watchers recipe.

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Laranna, SO sorry! You are all added in now.......

Thanks Lucy :) I know I didn't lose any kg's, but only 2cm...not much but still a loss I like to see :)

Queenbee - that sounds yum, would love to see the recipe.

Another thing is that if you are breastfeeding whether or not you have fed before a weigh in can make a dramatic change. I saw a 2kg difference when i measured at the same time the next day - only once was before andonce was after a feed.

Im not on the list :( I lost 1.3kgs.
I am weighing in each week, I am however not doing any measurements until week 4.

Well done ladies, you have done a great job!

Deanne.

Here is the recipe.

Creamy Bacon and Mushroom Penne

Serves 4
Points Value per serve: 6.5 points
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 25 minutes
Level of difficulty: Easy

Ingredients

350g dry pasta (penne) (I use wholemeal)
Olive oil extra light cooking spray
125g Weight Watchers bacon, thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
4 individual shallots, ends trimmed, thinly sliced
400g button mushrooms, thinly sliced
1/4 cup white wine (60mL)
1 cup evaporated skim milk (250mL)
1 egg yolk
1/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated
2 tablespoons fresh parsley, finely chopped

Method

Cook pasta in a large saucepan of salted boiling water according to packet instructions. Drain and return to pan.

Spray a large non-stick frying pan with oil and place over medium-high heat. Add bacon and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes. Add garlic, shallots and mushrooms and cook for a further 3 minutes. Pour in white wine and reduce by half.

Whisk milk and egg in a jug. Reduce heat to low and add egg mixture. Cook, stirring, for 2-3 minutes or until sauce thickens slightly (do not boil). Remove from heat.

Stir in half parmesan and parsley and season to taste with salt and pepper. Add to pasta and toss until well combined.

Divide pasta among serving bowls. Top with remaining parmesan and serve immediately.

This is so yummy, I made it for tonight's dinner, it is a Weight Watchers Recipe and is only 6.5points per serve. I halved this recipe as I just made it for me and DP. It is low fat.

Enjoy!!

I am not on the list either Daintree Dream and after all my hard work too!:rolleyes: Apparently you only get listed if you do weight AND measurements. Since it's not as i understand an "official" competition with prizes etc.....and moreso for group motivation and support i am not sure why we can't be included? I felt really sad and demotivated for a minute when not included (LOL- prolly PMT!!:redface:) I understand that each can be a good thing to measure but i make the choice not to measure for several reasons. Maybe we could be included in brackets or something, like those in the brownlow who have been suspended and are "ineligible" but their votes are still announced?:lol:- i really don't need the glory of being the biggest loser, but i think i need the motivation of feeling included and being on the list.....any chance of a rethink on the policy Lucy???

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Im not on the list :( I lost 1.3kgs.
I am weighing in each week, I am however not doing any measurements until week 4.

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Deanne, at the top of Lucy's first post she said she is only including those that send her weight and measurements.

That looks tasty queenbee. I wish I could afford to join WW online.

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That looks tasty queenbee. I wish I could afford to join WW online.

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They are having a special at the moment. $89.95 for 3 months, save $24.95. Otherwise, if you get the latest WW mag, they are waiving the $30 joining fee?

Thanks for the recipe Queenbee... I did start a thread with recipes but not many people have added theirs to it :(

Also before the thread was closed my last post about a calorie counter.. the link is http://primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/...alculat.htmwas just incase anyone wanted it.... it was quite good to know what the little things add up to be... so if you know what you need to burn off you can choose a 1 or 2 of the bigger burners or a couple of the smaller burners...

Well missing my DP a lot more then i expected to.... the kids are stressing me out cos there missing him and DS is feral at the best of times and with DP not here he's a freakin nitemare.... so i had a bad day yesterday i got the excercise right but had a slice of cake (chocolate) 2 cadbury "fury friend" choccies and dinner was a stirfry with rice... (not too bad shouldnt have had the rice) but after dinner i had a cuppa with some biccies too...

Today wasnt much better unless shopping for an hour counts as excercise?? I did do some cleaning which was better then nothing but still no walking or Wii... :redface: I had cherios for breakie, lite ham and salad roll (lettuce, tomato, cuccumber, grated carrot) country grain roll from bakers delite...... Dinner i just had a salad.... if i'm hungry later i brought plenty of fresh fruit... YUMM... DP comes home tomorrow arvo YAY so hopefully after that i'll be able to get out alone and get some fast paced walking in....

>... Oh someone asked how many calories burned during sex i found out its like 4-5 per minute... another website lets you put in foreplay and actual intercourse times and it works out how many calories... so i tried 176 pounds (80 Kgs) with 30 mins of foreplay and 30 minutes of intercouse and its 58 during foreplay and 169 during intercourse...

I didn't lose anything this week but I know I've not actually done anything to help me lose weight (or cms) but this coming week is a new week.

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Deanne, at the top of Lucy's first post she said she is only including those that send her weight and measurements.

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I did not realise that I would not be included because I am only going to send in my measurements every 4 weeks :( If I had known that I would have sent them, as now I no longer feel like part of this thread challange.

Either way I am going to continue with my lifestyle change as I have 7 weeks and 2 days until my wedding :) my lose over the last week was 1.3kgs and 7cms. I am happy with that and I am still really motivated within myself to continue.

Deanne.

Everyone has done so well :clap:, can'y wait to see my measurements next week

I think everyone is doing well... For those who havent been added to the 1st post dont dispair you are all still part of the challange and should feel good about being on the road to a healthy life... we all need support during tyhis time and like someone mentioned its not a competition, there is no prize except victory for yourselves... Hang in there we can all do it... just dont give up and do it for yourselves...

Hugs to those feeling left out maybe post your own %... just remember we all need EVERYONES support...

Lol I've not increased my water intake by too much (I drink a far bit of water anyway) but I cannot stop visiting the toilet... mmm I am in a TWW - fingers crossed this is a sign...

What should be my action plan if i happen to be UTD?

tk1999- GL i hope you get your :bfp: Maybe its a sign :)

Jess- I too am missing my DH as much as i don't want to admit it :doh: I like to think i am super independent and can do it on my own but it really is hard when your 2yo wants daddy all day long etc. Dont stress about your lil bit of junk food your allowed to slip every now and then :hug:

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I think everyone is doing well... For those who havent been added to the 1st post dont dispair you are all still part of the challange and should feel good about being on the road to a healthy life... we all need support during tyhis time and like someone mentioned its not a competition, there is no prize except victory for yourselves... Hang in there we can all do it... just dont give up and do it for yourselves...

Hugs to those feeling left out maybe post your own %... just remember we all need EVERYONES support...

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I agree with entirely you are all important members of the challenge :hug:

Daintree- whens the big day? My best friend gets married on MY wedding ann at the end of feb. I really want to lose a bit of weight by then but scared my dress will be huge on me. Oh well i'd rather a big dress and have to get it taken in then to be the fat bridesmaid. The bride and other 2 bridesmaids are all size 8's :doh:

Did very poorly in the exercise dept today but DD1 is in DC tomo so will def get some ME time. I did eat very well though. 2L of water, breakie was low GI sustain cereal with skim milk, lunch was sushi, dinner was chicken and salad. No snacks today was way too hot.

I am getting loads of headaches but thought by now my body would be over the shock of changing my eating habits. Is anyone else in the same boat? I thought they were sugar cravings or even caffeine as i have cut out soft drink etc. Just want them to go away.

can you drink too much water? i love it and can't get enough. had 15 glasses yesterday so that is 4.1L. that is too much isn't it? i had two small glasses of wine last night which was lovely having a treat (man i love WW!) and just replaced it with a few glasses of water. does anyone know?

i normally just stick to 3L a day but yesterday was too much i reckon!

Girls, I will include everyone's results, if that's what you want.

But needless to say, I would always prefer it is you asked me nicely about such things, via pm or email, rather than whining on the forum. You will find it is a much more gracious and effective approach. I spent nearly half of my only day off in a fortnight on this yesterday, and whilst I do not expect gratitude, I also don't like petulance.

I am sure you can appreciate where I am coming from..........

I have edited the first post of this thread to show every result I was sent.

I was not wining, just making a comment that I did not realise that was a condtion to the of this body transformation challenge. I do appreciate the hard work you have put in Lucy but I also would have liked it if you did not highlight me as a winger on the forum like this. Thanks anyway but from this comment I am out! I will do this on my own as originally planned.
I had a really emotional day yesterday and then to find that I was not on the list after making alot of contribution made me feel a little left out. I'm sorry if it had sounded rude or that I was not grateful as this in not how it was meant to come across at all.

Good Luck Ladies.

Deanne.

Lucy, I think you're doing an amazing job and really appreciate how much extra work you are doing to help us all reach our goals :clap:

This is such a fantastic opportunity and I am really grateful to be able to be a part of it :D

I personally don't mind if things get posted or not, ultimitely there have to be guidlines somewhere ;)

I don't mind not getting posted - so far I am only going off weight loss (still don't have a tape measure!!). I am here for the support and advice and to offer what I can as well. It's a great motivator to be in here with all of you!

I had a challenging day yesterday! Not only did I go out for a work lunch, but DH then took me out for dinner!! Gosh it was hard! I ended up having a chicken ceasar wrap for lunch (can't imagine it was overly healthy - it had crumbed chicken and lots of ceasar dressing!) and then I had a Thai Beef Salad for dinner. Not the most satisfying of meals but I think I coped ok! We were out late but I still made DH come for a walk with me at 10.30pm! It was only a 15 minute walk but exercise all the same!

Girls, I am taking a day off BB today to spend some lovely time with Olivia, Charlie and Lexie, so I will chat more tomorrow..........enjoy a healthy day everyone........

Hope you have a great day Lucy! Enjoy your babes!

I have had a great night/day. Although my dinner wasn't so great! I was going to cook pork for idnner and when I put the meat into the pan to cook the most foul smell eminated from it....it was off even though I'd only brought it that day! So we ended up just having the roast pumpkin,potato, sweet potato, carrot and I cooked some extra beans, corn and peas. I didn't mind it, I like my veggies, but DH wasn't so impressed, LOL! But other than that I ate well and exercised! This morning is going well so far too, though no early morning exercise like I was aiming for. But I'll do it soon, it's quite a cool day so no worries about the weather and exercising.

Morning ladies

Gosh i had a shocking day yesterday..... and i do mean SHOCKING..... i had 4(YES 4) Krispy kreme doughnuts, then a slice of teramazu (sp?) scroll... and 2 forero roche's... the rest of the day i ate pretty healthy..... i cant believe i pig'd out like that :(
Tho today is a brand new day :) and i wont be doing that again

Oh ETA: to make things worse i havent been to the gym since wednesday.... my legs are killing me... i cant even walk all thanks to my body pump class... am planning to go tomorrow tho

My tummy is GROWLING today :(

I must have my appetite back! Does anyone have any suggestions on healthy snacks I can have when I feel like this mid-morning/afternoon?

I'm chugging down the water but my tummy is grumbling in protest!

Amy do u go on the Calorie king website??? They have a huge list of low Cal snacks.... i copied the list ... if u want i can email it to u???

Congrats to everyone on their weight loss and commitment to new healthy lifestyle. It is so nice to be able to share something that is a personal journey with others who are headed down the same road.

I had PT session #3 this morning, it was a kickboxing session and Oh my was it hard work- but I came away feeling very invigorated and motivated. I think I am very quickly going to become addicted to them- really looking forward to seeing the results of my hard work in weight loss, cm's lost but also in the improvement of my fitness.

I hope everyone continues with the motivation for week #2!

I have PM'd you Nikki!

Congrats to everyone, you are all doing a wonderful job.

Lucy thanks for doing such a great job and have a great day with our little kidlets.

Well I think I fell of the wagon a little yesterday, not much but a little. My best friend is up from Sydney and she came over yesterday and brought pizza, I was fairly good and only had 1 piece, but then last night DH brought out some potato chips and I just automatically grabbed a few handfuls.

I've now got another incentive to keep at it, my friend and her family will be back up here in April/May and we are planning on going to the theme parks at the gold coast and I really don't want to be carring to much extra weight so that I can have a great day on the rides.

hugs xoxo

Amy, I have an egg on toast (no butter) around 9.30am which pushes me through until around 1pm. I am on WW though so counting my points. It is only 2.5points and is protein so fills me up until lunch time. HTH.

Can anyone answer my query about water? I had 4L yesterday which was too much I think, I normally do 3L. It was unintentional.

Queenbee, I think if you were doing a fair bit of exercise yesterday and it was hot then 4L shouldn't be a problem. 3L sounds more reasonable though. I think people have to be careful and not drink ALOT of water in a short period of time, it can be bad for you. Spread it out over the day.