Welcome to week six of the BB mid-2010 weight loss challenge. The total challenge is 12 weeks long but split into 1 month periods so you can commit to one month, two months or the whole lot.
The challenge is based on two measures
1. Percentage of weight lost
2. Centimetres lost
What do you need to do:
1. Get motivated and have a plan!
2. Get yourselves your bathroom scales and tape measure ready!
3. Start eating healthily and taking more exercise
4. PM krysalyss every Monday with your weight and measurements who will post results by Wednesday.
Please weigh yourself in kg's, and measure, in cm's, bust, tummy and hips.
Results so far are below (% loss so far ; cm loss so far):
Congratulations to everyone!!!
Just signing in!!!! Went for a walk and did some sit ups today....although I remember someone telling me you shouldn't do sit ups after having a baby, especially after a c-section - it's been 6 months almost, surely that's ok now?
Didn't get to send in yesterday as we moved on the w/end, still unpacking etc so as soon as i can get on the scales will post, the take away while moving wont have helped but hopefully all the lifting etc did
GL everyone, hope your all well.. will be back to normal and on top of things in a couple of days.
Alison: Just do what feels comfortable. I had c/s too, and even now I still get little twinges around my scar if I move the wrong way.
Have had a very lazy 3 days. Have still been eating okay, and exercising a little, but have mostly been lying on the couch with DS while he's been sick (middle ear infection, poor thing). Feeling very lethargic, but DS is on the mend now so I'll hopefully be back in the swing of things soon.
I'm subscribing to keep myself honest and to try and avoid diet and exercise self sabotage..something I seem to be good at lately!
I would like to try doing it slowly and sensibly as I had DS 3 months ago still feeding and I find too much exercise = far less milk by the end of the day!
I'm still here although have been unable to weigh in too! I promise to be a better weigh in buddy this month I am doing the Global Corporate Challenge with work so I have a pedometer on me all the time and I have to log my steps in every day so I have something to be accountable for - if this doesn't keep me on track, nothing will.
I am so sick today. I tried to get up this morning and the world just tilted. Now everytime I move my head to the side the world spins and I get that bile taste in my mouth - yuk! So think I am out for exercise today - at least the nausea helps me eat less - ha ha! I swear I am sick every second week this year.
Alison I agree with Sterla, whatever feels right. FWIW I'm pretty sure your wound is as healed as it gets 4months afterward, so whatever you can.
Krys, that sounds a bit nasty, hope you're well soon.
Zarava hope the move went well, all that lifting and bending finds muscles you couldn't workout if you tried lol. We've just done our fourth move since Darcy was born and are about to embark on our fifth soon it will end....
Nai how's your finger?
bb welcome hun. I found that too (too little food and too much exercise affecting milk I mean) - slowly slowly. Make positive food and gentle exercise choices.
Sterla hope your little guy is on the mend soon.
Kawzuki just about to send you a PM, but your business looks great!
My our list has gone down a bit since the first weeks.
AFM back on track. Dh is back to work and I have my bits of exercise settled into a nice routine...all dependent on DS but at least it's fluid to cope.
Had a bad day food-wise. Too much raisin toast with butter (drool), half a packet of mint slice, KFC for tea, and some tim tams... . No exercise either, but lots of housework. I think the past 4 days with DS being so sick and clingy finally caught up with me.
New day tomorrow. No junk food left in the house, and gym tomorrow night.
Found my scales but i think they are playing tricks on me.... last night i weighed myself and i was 101kg now this morning i thought will do a morning weigh and i am 99.8 ??????????????? can that even be possible?
How is everyone, hope everyone who is sick or has sick kiddies are feeling better.
The move went ok, so so much to unpack still but should keep me on my toes, am going away for the w/end tomorrow so gotta get a bit done before DP's left here by himself... lol
Hi all hope those of you unwell or with unwell kidlets are bouncing back, that was our week last week and we descended into exercise free calorie laden chaos :| Its all about how you bounce back from here!
Last day or two has been ok here, yesterday I managed an exercise dvd and also some walking with a friend down at harbourtown..the benefits of that probably undone by kfc for lunch! Why does it seem like the healthy food options are more expensive?
Am v sore from exercise dvd, its a new one my goodness i feel like i have found muscles I did not think I had!
Today I managed to get out of the house and a walk to local cafe (about 3km round trip) I figure the walk pushing 30kg ( pram + toddler + 3 month old) I figured I had earned my coffee today! No toilet training accidents by toddler (nor me ) which was a bonus too!
Is anyone trying to calorie count/points count as well? I have just started again, it feels like such an effort to record everything..am using calorie king which is quite easy to use.
ZF I reckon re your weight differential it is possible, could be about water retention..how's your salt consumption? Do you have scales that record the details like body fat, body water body muscle etc? In any event I would take the 99.8
Sort of bouncing back today... was really good all day, eating well and did my work out DVD - but then I kind of bought some cheezels at the supermarket, and now we're going out for tea tonight for my brother's birthday, and I doubt I'll have much restraint... then there's the birthday cake afterwards (which is covered in cream).
But back to it tomorrow (again). Am going to a class in the morning.
Oh, and Mel and I renewed our gym membership, so we're locked in for the next year. Surely that in itself will be enough motivation to keep exercising - don't want to waste the money, lol.
Sterla - Wow, you're locked in now! Hope the Gym membership adds incentive for you and Mel.
BB77 - Welcome! The more the merrier There's some great tips in here and Krysalyss is doing a great job keeping track of our stats for us. WTG with the walking, the extra effort pushing the pram and 2 kids sure adds up! I've got a 15kg toddler, a 10kg baby and a 13kg pram.
Zarava - I notice I always weigh less in the morning than I do at night, that's why I weigh in in the morning Not sure why though.
Kim - Hope you felt better today and your kiddos were better too.
Alison - Hope you and Amelia are feeling better. You should be fine to do crunches, maybe start with modified crunches in case your scar is still a little sore?
Krys - Hope you're feeling better!
Kawazuki - How did your toddler break your scales?
Can't remember anything from the previous thread. Good luck for this week everyone, we're nearly halfway! Hope those of us that are left can all stick it out together until the end.
My Mother's Group share a personal trainer and do Boot Camp style training twice a week. I joined them on Saturday for the first time and was sore for 3 days after! But I'm going to stick it out and keep doing the boot camp at least once a week for the rest of the challenge, no matter how cold it gets here. I've been pretty good with food this week, thanks to Calorie King. Will have to see if it makes a difference on the scales.
bb I use calorie king and have oft used WW points system in the past. For the moment the calorie counting works for me. In the morning wile I'm eating my brekky i plan what I'm going to eat for the day and key it in. Then at the end of the day I delete what i haven't eaten and see if there's any left for after dinner.
As much as I wanted to stop eating after dinner I still really need it as I'm feeding a toddler so often and am usually starving.
Can't wait to get myself a new gym membership Sterla, you've def inspired me. I even asked DH and he said, of course you can you love going - remember?
Miss Krys, how you feeling babe?
Zarava, your body does lots of digesting overnight and processing while you're fasting so very possible and another reason to measure and weigh before brekky and after a wee.
lol I was going to ask that about the scale too...Kawazuki how on earth did she manage that?
Suz, boot camp is a great idea. Plenty of calories burned! As much as it's hard and hurts, it's a good hurt.
Thanks to Bella's suggestion I'm back on the green tea. Actually got it to help me feel better and it has. Have been on lots of panadol, water and eucalyptus, and coming round today....so very over green snot though (and no not mine ). Yesterday i even did yoga, even though i felt like crappola, and I have to say that helped too. DH has still got my stroller and my meitei in the back of the car today so no walking unless I put DS in the peanut sling, but he's getting mighty heavy in that....ah we'll see, they are driving me nuts.
It's a balmy 31degrees here today and it feels so thick it's like the buildup to the wet....
I weighed in this morning, and despite a bad week with food and not as much exercise as usual, I didn't gain anything - am exactly the same, so pretty happy about that.
I did a BIG workout yesterday morning. Went to a pump class (ouch!) and then did 30 mins treadmill and 15 mins x-trainer - felt pretty good afterwards, an am only a little sore today.
Definitely getting back into the swing of things next week. I am so close to my first goal weight, I think if I stick to things I should be there in a couple of weeks!
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my 2 1/2 yo broke our scales
I am doing the Global Corporate Challenge with work so I have a pedometer on me all the time and I have to log my steps in every day so I have something to be accountable for - if this doesn't keep me on track, nothing will.
soon it will end....
. No exercise either, but lots of housework. I think the past 4 days with DS being so sick and clingy finally caught up with me.
) which was a bonus too!
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