Pre season starts on 14 January 2013, and that's perfect timing for me. I think the actual start date is early Feb.
My 12 months of hobbies will be complete, DS2 will be 10 months old, work will be getting into gear, and the Christmas and New Years festivities will be done and dusted.
DH is supportive, and deciding whether he's jumping on board or not.
Step 1 for me is to get to a certain number. I know some people go by clothes sizes or feelings of wellness or measurements etc - I understand that, but for me, my first goal is to get under s certain number.
Step 2 for me is to get back into my favourite suit, which made me look like it and a bit pre DS1.
Step 3 will depend on my energy levels and how I feel when I'm back in that suit. If I could do with losing some more weight, we'll do that. If I need to focus more on creating some good habits, or looking at other aspects of healthy eating and exercise, we will.
One *big* incentive is that I have a work trip to Hong Kong in late March / early April, and we always go to a particular suit maker when we're there, and if I've lost enough to warrant it, I can get some new suits and a formal dress made up nice and spanky new when I'm there.
I don't have any "in between" suits and shirts, because I was wearing maternity stuff and was just mixing and matching jackets with dresses and dress pants and maternity tops. Some nice ones would be good, because it will take a little while to get back down to my pre-children fabulousness. So that's a bit incentive for me to get right into it and lose the weight quickly and safely from the start.
Hmmm... I've heard a lot about the 12wbt, but not the actual details. I do know of one person who achieved huge results on the program. Is it just another gimmick??
Is 12wbt more a weight loss program, or for fitness as well? I don't really have weight to lose, but could definitely do with some tone, and a whole lot of fitness. The program came up at home the other day, and I think the Man mentioned maybe he would be interested too. This came after the Boy sternly told him that they were going to start eating healthy. Not that I think we do too bad, but I think the food plan could bring us undone. We are a bit set in our ways, I guess the program has ways of combatting this?
Yes what exactly does it entail? I have a very restricted diet so I need to know if it's doable with that before I'm willing to fork out heaps of money.
All I know is you exercise 6 times a week, one of them has to be a really big work out and the eating is strict but doable. Not sure whether there's details on the website? The meals I've had with friends have been really good quality bread with lots of salad and a piece of fruit.
For me, the focus is more on encouragement and accountability, and getting more ideas for how to manage eating out and with kids.
12WBT is:
* A forum, with all the other members, and professional support
* A complete meal plan - including weekly SHOPPING LIST!! (Yes, love this! LOL) for each week, breakfast/lunch/dinner and allowance for snacks
* Access to recipe database - if you don't like Lunch on Tuesday, you can swap it out for another recipe that is similar in calorie content.
* Fitness regimen tailored to suit your fitness level and goals. You will train 6 days a week - you need to burn 500cal, 1000 on Saturdays, about an hour a day. There are programmes for gym, outdoor (oval/park/etc), home (videos etc). The programme covers beginner/inter/advanced levels plus the Lean and Strong which is muscle and toning based rather than weight loss. Your fitness level is determined and tracked by a fitness test at the beginning of the programme.
* Weekly live video chats with Michelle where you can ask her specific questions, etc.
The programme is not a gimmick. It is simple to follow because all the boring work is done for you, all you need do is shop, follow a recipe and train. It is basic, basic stuff - input=ouput stuff. The programme works if you do it and take it seriously. If you cheat, you cheat yourself, it won't work. There are no powers, shakes, soups or other VLCD crap. It is REAL food in appropriate portion sizes combined with regular and sufficient exercise and mindset support.
It works.
And it will teach you things like how to train, what is effective training and what isn't, what size portions you should be eating, how often you should be eating, fabulous recipes that taste amazing and the family will love.... (Penang Chicken and Buttermilk Pancakes OMG *drool*
It works out to $20 a week for the 12 weeks, $200 if you pay upfront in one hit.
I lost 15kg my first round and it was awesome. I will be doing Round 1 next year, another 15kg to go - JFDI!
Everything that Lime said. I did the program mid last year and lost 8kg and that wasn't even following it strictly. I loved her weekly messages and goal setting.
I'll do it next year in Feb with you. This will give me time to settle with school and an older baby.
Looking forward to it :-)
It is definitely a fitness and wellness program. I did the last program to train for a half marathon, which I successfully completed and lost 11 kg in the process!
I'm a mayyyybe. Is there a cut off for registration? I'll be about 8 weeks PP which will work out well, but I'm a little wary of whether I'll actually manage following it, both the diet (with a toddler and a nb, don't know whether it will mean a separate meal, how expensive the food will be to what I normally buy etc) and the exercise, as I'm sooooooo unfit it hurts!
I'm a maybe as well, will be 8-9 weeks post caesarean...
I really want to get a few dives in before it gets too cold here (Tassie, we dive in 16-17 degree water brrr!), so will need to work on strength before I can do that.
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