After seeing some atrocious photos of me....the challenge is on!

[cookiemonster]

WOOOHOOOOO! I passed management certification today so now i can stop with the stressing and focus on the dieting.

[~breeze~]

Originally Posted by cookiemonster

WOOOHOOOOO! I passed management certification today so now i can stop with the stressing and focus on the dieting.

woohoooooooo congrats hun!!!!

[cookiemonster]

Hehe thanks!

I am off to batemans bay for two days so the sunshine and beach should get me keen to get in shape i be thinking

[lilias]

Yayyyy, Ash!! Congrats babe!!!

Well today is a no go for me.....it was DH and my anniversary (8yrs!!!) and we went out for lunch with the kids and I have a couple of glasses of wine while we ate and then watched the Melbourne cup. I haven't eaten REALLY badly but definately not healthily! Had a few hot chips, 1/2 a peice of choccy cake, 2 glasses of wine, too much soft drink, noodles with veggies and chicken. Not too bad but not great. No exercise either. 39degrees out ehre today, soooo hot, and it's still really hot and sticky too. ICK!! And besides DH won't let me go out in the dark alone.
So back to it properly tomorrow. AF showed up today so I am seriously craving something sweet. And I'm moody and grumpy. Sore back sore tummy at the mo too....poor me!! God women get the **** end of the stick don't we??

Mel, did you try the kids int he trailer again? Hope it wasn't as hot in Melbourne as it was in Sydney!

Isabel, I am going to try to do the couch to 5km thing too, though I think I will start with a couple of weeks of walking first, cause I am soooo unfit and don't really like running either! But it's free, so I will try. But I would much rather swim!

Ok, hope everyone is doing well

[Isabel B]

Cookiemonster: Congrats on passing. I used to work at KFC years ago. Back then tho i could eat as much as i wanted and didn't put on any weight. Not that i appreciated it back then. Glad i dont work there now otherwise i would be 3 times my size... yummo...

Lilias: Happy anniversary! Lunch sounds lovely. I always crave sweets whether i have af or not. Craving a choccie biscuit as we speak! Will stay strong. Was looking at the couch to 5km program today and the first few weeks are easy and then they really ramp it up. Scary. See how i go. We can support each other through it if you like. Be nice to have a buddy.

Had a good day food wise today. Managed to only eat 2 biscuits so not great but better than yesterday. Lucky dh is making his way through them all really quickly so they should be gone soon. He is one of those super annoying people who can eat junk all day and still be skinny as. Made a really nice salad for dinner with falafels. Was really yum. Even dh liked it which is amazing as he is def a meat man.

to have some weight loss this week. Would really like to get back to my pre preg weight by ds 1st birthday so 5 kg in 5 weeks. Do-able but dont know if i will make it.

Hope your all well

[minimatron]

I got on the bike again today for about 25 minutes. I had the trailer on with dd1 in it. I dont think i will get one coz she doesnt really enjoy it and dd2 hates it! Looks like I can go riding on my own Dh is encouraging me and says that we wont have any chocolate at home, which is good because we can consume alot!

Hope all is good...I am pumped!

[lilias]

Well, I'm plodding along ok. I went walking again yesterday, I took a different route though and it was a bit harder, felt good though. Eating is going ok, still not great, but better at least. I need to drink more water, eat more fruit and veggies and less bread and carby stuff. I eat waaayyy too many carb loaded foods like bread, crackers, muffins....stuff like that. I'm REALLY craving junk tonight, some choccy or icecream would go down a treat tonight! Oh, Oh....or some butterscotch pudding and icecream...mmmmm *drrroooooooooollllllllllll* Ok gotta stop that! Maybe a bit of choccy milk, skim milk of course! And just a teaspoon of choccy powder.

[~breeze~]

boy oh boy oh boy.... I havent been doing well the last couple of days Going to make the time to get to the gym tomorrow with the kids, I feel so angry at myself, I'm just so weak when it comes to junk food at least I've managed to stay away from the maltesers, thats an achievementfor me

Good luck everyone else & well done to those ofyou being so strong!!!!!

[lilias]

Danielle, I have been having up and down days. But I want this to be a lasting change, so I am just taking it as I can. It is going to take me time to change my habbits, because I have had these bad habbits for SOOO long! But I am walking every second day, and next week I will start to go every day that I can manage with DH's shifts and work and stuff. Hopefully at least 4-5 times a week. Because it is only walking I think I need to do it at least that often to see some sort of result. When (if!) I manage to start running I will do it less often. DH suggested I go swimming, which I do enjoy, but that will cost $$ not much but still....and it would take longer cause I have to go to the pools, change, swim, shower, change and drive home. All up probably and 1 1/2hrs. When a walk takes me 30-45ish mins depending on where I walk.

Other than that, I have been struggling a bit with healthy eating. Had cake yesterday, and something else I shouldn't have, but can't think what it was now....and then just too much food too. I am an emotional eater, and when I feel crappy I eat, and yesterday wasn't a good day! So I ate and ate, alllll day must use some self control! And find other things to do when stressed out....hmmmm, but what with two toddlers? On the upside, I have lost 1.4kgs this week! Yay!!!! Still keeping my goal of being under 80kg by new years. But I have to stay focussed!

I hope everyone else is travelling along well!

[ausgirl]

Lilas -Congrats on the loss - BUT if you are an emotional eater, you need to get rid of that junk out of your house totally so you can't get your hands on it when you are feeling emotional.
You might only have 'a little slice of cake' or whatever, but you'd be suprised how many calories are in that slice of cake.
To be losing weight, you should consume around 1300 calories per day - one slice of cake is about 500 cal on it's own - walking fast (puffing) will burn about 200 cal for 30 mins.

I am not trying to be mean to you, but trying to get you in the headspace that you need to be in before you are really ready to lose weight.
I really do recommend the calorie king site using their food diaries for a good few weeks to really get an honest idea of just what you are consuming and what you need to change.
It certainly opened my eyes!

[lilias]

Ausgirl, thanks for that advice. I know what you are saying. I don't have junk in my house. I would be absolutely huge if I did! And I have used calorie King before which did work, but honestly, now with 2 toddlers and working I just don't really have time to do it all. And realistically, I don't really want to be doing it long term, I want to learn to do it automatically, and just rely on my knowledge that this food is healthy or whatever. The junk I do eat is usually at work, or I (or dh) go and buy it.

I am trying to make this a lasting change so I am taking teeny tiny baby steps! I know to others it might sound like I'm not doing so well, but trust me this is an improvement from my usual! I actually only had one small slice of cake, rather than two huge ones which I would have done before. I am eating proportionate servings rather than double the amount I am supposed to. I am walking 30-45mins 3x a week rather than nothing at all. I am trying to do it in small managable bits. Increase it all slowly so it is a bit easier to make a lasting transition.

I used to do all of this as my normal life before I had kids, I was a healthy weight, so I can do it, but its been a long time since I have had good habbits, so I'm trying slowly. In the past I have done it all in one go, food exercise and I failed, just gone back to my bad habbits and it just hasn't been managable for me, so maybe if I do it in baby steps, it will work....

[ausgirl]

Well you are losing, so that is the main thing! Keep going, and yes, I get the baby steps - with me if I don't rule out everything for the first few months, I seem to get nowhere. Everyone is different though hey?

[lilias]

Wooot!!!!!! Almost 2 kgs gone!! Yay!

Still exercising every day, just walking but I have been 4 times this week already. And two of those days I have pushed DD in the pram too, aaallllll the way up the hill! OMG, I was sooo puffed out after it! But I feel good going out now, even on the few days that it's been quite hot!

I haven't been eating well at all! It was mine and DH's anniversary the other day so there was lunch out that day and a few drinks, then it was DH's bday, so cake and a big bday dinner for him, then an early chrissy lunch for work cause some of my workmates are going away until next year, so not healthy stuff then.....I haven't been buying junk to eat at home though, which is an improvement and I've been watching my portions, so no huge meals, and no eating after about 7.30pm for me. Seems to be making a difference so that is a good thing.

Still having issues with eating fruit and veggies, though the water thing is going well, I'm drinking at least 1 1/2 ltrs of water, on top of other things like tea/green tea, milk, the occaisional juice or softdrink. I will get on top of the earting again today, no more cake in the house and we will be doing the grocery shopping tonight, so I will get more fruit!

Hope everyone is travelling well

[Isabel B]

on the weight loss Lilias. I too have lost 2kg i think i was really kidding myself about my portions and eating habits. Im drinking over 2 litres of water a day and feel great.Its really easy though in this weather, we are having a stinker in adelaide, 39 for a few days and its not getting better. Really into eating fruit and veg too. Eating well means that i have to do the cooking though as dh usually does it. He is one of those people we hate that eat junk and never put on weight. Running isn't going so well though as it is so hot in the house its hard to get on the treadmill. Heading to the gym tonight to see if its any better. I am up to week two day two on my running program and its going really well. Thought week two would kill me but my body felt really good, just couldn't push coz it was too hot. Wearing some more of my pre preg clothes too which im really happy about. Still a way to go though so cant become complacent. Feeling really positive this week. Hope your all well!

[krysalyss]

Hey Kel. Good luck with your weight loss journey. I was the same last xmas - 86kg - my heaviest ever except during pregnancy. I made the committment and am now 20kg lighter at 66kg.

The secrets that I have found have worked for me (may or may not help)
1. It doesn't matter how many times you fall off the wagon - it only matters that you get back on. I get on and off at every station!
2. Know which foods are worth their calories/fat and which calories/fat you are eating when you don't even like the food (e.g. normal mayonnaise - 20g of fat!, low fat mayo - 0.8g!)(a weis ice-cream bar is worth about the same calories as a monte carlo yet I could eat 20 monte carlos but would never eat more than one weis ice-cream)
3. Make changes that you feel comfortable keeping up for the rest of your life e.g. don't cut out every treat or feel you have to run a marathon every week to lose weight. My first goal was to cut out junk food at work and to start playing soccer.
4. Pick up a team sport or another exercise that you cannot skip. Team sports are great because other people rely on you being there. Exercise that is also social as well as voluntary is shown to burn more calories as similar exercise that is forced or solitary. They are also important because when you fall off the wagon (as everyone does) it will put you back on. Every week I have to go to soccer no matter what. Even if I eat crap the entire week soccer resets my button and away I go again.

You sound like you are doing so well already! Keep up the good work!

[Queen]

Originally Posted by cookiemonster

Bleurgh I feel fat now LOL! I have about 40kgs to lose!

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You are not alone..I have AT least 40kg, but closer to 60kg, yes I am fat I have just started today I want a future for me and my kids. It will be hard, but I am 30 next year and I want to be slim for that

[minimatron]

Quickish post from me....I have been doing ok I guess. My biggest thing is I started the couch to 5k program and for me that is a big effort coz I havent ran in more than 16 years.....I went on my second run today and did well. I have a friend who is doing it with me, we did it together on Friday. She is my motivation. She is very fit and skinny despite having twin 3 year olds and a 2 year old (dont you despise those women!!!) I think I have nearly lost 2kgs. I also started water aerobics on Tuesday nights...again with my fit and skinny friend! So feeling pumped and dh is being really supportive and its great I have him on board

Oh and the other thing I am going to start tomorrow is some lovely and maybe a little confronting for me...colonic irrigation....I have always had "poo" problems, so looking to detox myself and start looking and feeling good

[lilias]

Isabel, you're going great! I'm doing ok with my drinking. It has been pretty warm in Syd too, though not 41! I'm better at drinking at work than I am at home. I get sooo distracted at home!

Krysalyss, wow, you have doen so well!! Thanks for the tips, it sounds like your have approached your weightloss in a similar way I am. I want to implement things that are realistic for me. Eating super healthy 100% of the time and going gang busters with exercise just isn't me and never will be so trying to lose wieght that way for me lasts about a month or two before everything falls apart and I just go back to my old ways and probably put on more weight than before anyway! So my walking and eating ok most of the time is working so far. I will review and modify things once I hit a plateau.

Mel, woohoo! You're going well!! I'm thinking of trying the couch to 5km runs soon, might start monday...maybe, lol! I'm so not a runner though. I never have been! Good.....luck?? With the colonic irrigation, lol! It's something I have always wondered about, though I've never been so curious that I have tried it, lol!

Hope everyone has a great week!