OB Biggest loser Round 2!
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Topic: OB Biggest loser Round 2!
Posted By: Mrs_B
Subject: OB Biggest loser Round 2!
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 9:41am
Thought I'd start a new thread for us to chat in. Hope that is okay 
So this time I'm on a mission, TBH I wasn't really that dedicated last time but I have a wedding to go to on 13th Nov and it will basically be a highschool reunion so that's a pretty big motivator for me! So my goal is to lose 5kgs by then. Took photos  and did my measurements this morning.
Anyone done the couch to http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml - 5k program ? I despise running and are seriously unfit but with limited time I think it will be the most time effective exercise for me. I have downloaded the podcasts that go with it - now just have to get off the couch! Dumb question though, for those of you who use an ipod when exercising where do you put it?? My trackies don't have pockets, can you buy a clip or something for it?? |
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Posted By: xLUCKYx
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 9:48am
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Yay!
You just reminded me to do my measurements. I am really gunning for a good loss this time too so will be putting in the essential hard work to get what I want. I am and have been keen as a bean to do C25K. I have an app on my ipod that allows you to add your own music. I have an arm band for my ipod - yet to be used so I can't rate it but it is a belkin one and was about $40 at Dick Smiths. I get very tight calves when I run which result in extreme cramps and I then can't run properly. Apparently I have very poor running technique, heel strike and impact very hard when I run so I am currently getting running techniques from my trainer (also my Mum) and will put them to the test with C25K. Of course I expect my legs will protest, but not to the point of it being unbearable I hope! |
Posted By: TwinnyBump
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 9:55am
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Yeah I've given the C25K a go, I found it pretty good cos I too hate running but really wanted to like it. I was doing pretty well, but I got to about week five where I had to run 20min and through hell no I can't do that and gave up. But I'd really like to give it another go, I go to the gym and use the treadmill to do mine so I just rest my ipod on there but also do have one of those armband ipod holders which is pretty good.
That ipod app sounds like a good idea Xela, got a bit sick of the music that I downloaded with the C25K program. Where did you get the app from? Maybe we could get a group together and all start at the sametime, just an idea… ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: xLUCKYx
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 9:57am
| Wantabub - I bought the app from the ipod store - think it was a few bucks or so. I would be keen for a group - I am not entirely sure when I will be starting though - probably in a couple of weeks. |
Posted By: DzinerGirl
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 11:19am
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Morning ladies
I have to say I feel right at home already, it's not a good thing but I have the same problems as you have all mentioned above:
The lowest weight I have been in a long time was 75kg just before our wedding in Feb 09 and that was still too high for my height (the whole BMI obese thing sucks!) My goal is to get back down to that and then continue on to get into a healthy weight range, ideally by Noah's 1st birthday so I can like what I see in the photos...I hardly have any photos of him and me because I hate what they look like 
Sorry for the ramble, just felt the need to put down in writing WHY I'm doing this, mainly to remind myself  Good luck everyone - we can do it!
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Posted By: VioletStar
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 11:31am
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Hey all!
I've done the C25K before and finished it, man it felt awesome being able to jog 30 mins straight!! 
I've been thinking of starting it again too, great idea about having a group and starting it all together Wantabub
Other than Robert's podcasts there is another one. It's hip hop music, nice change from the trance/house stuff. Robert's (trance/house): http://www.ullreys.com/robert/Podcasts/page6/page6.html - Link Suz's (hip hop): http://www.kissmyblackass.org/?page_id=86 - Link ------------- Formerly Wishin41 |
Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 1:37pm
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when i was a PT i used to get my clients to do it. i did it slightly different though. do week 1, 2, 3, 4 then back to 3, 4, 5, 6 then back to 5, 6, 7, 8 etc... this way your body gets a wee bit of a break and you find you dont lose any fitness in the process.
i find it quite hard getting out for a run. by the time DH gets home and we spend our time sorting the kids and everything and then it is dark. all good though. i seem to be doing ok. moving to aussie has my arse on fire as far as motivation goes. its really stupid but i spend heaps of time on the bondi rescue facebook page reminding me of where i will be living soon and how much i dont want to look like this. im currently around 78 which is what i have been since i was 14 give or take a couple of kilo's from going up or down at various time. but this is the weight my body seems to be set to so every time i go down i get so excited that this will be the smallest i have ever been if that makes sense. i want to lose at least 500g a week. if i lose 800 one week i still want to lose at least 500 the week after cos last BL i lost nearly a kg a week for the first half and virtually nothing the second half. im really hoping ppl keep chatting in here heaps cos i think it will be an awesome support network ------------- 
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Posted By: ooEvaoo
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 2:23pm
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Yes my dedication wained last round!...but not any again. I want to lose about 8kg...definitely want to slim down for being a bridesmaid in April....and to be a healthy weight when we start TTC #2 next year sometime. I was a frikken heffalump at my boy's 1st birthday..and even now 20kg lighter I still HATE having photos. I can't wait for the day when I don't even give it a second thought when photos are taken. ------------- 
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Posted By: xLUCKYx
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 2:27pm
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Yea I would really like to lose at least 6 kgs this round - obviously the more the better!!
I will get my body fat measured before training tonight as well and see how much I can get that down in 9 weeks. If I am correct, this challenge finishes on December 1st - just in time before Christmas!! Where's Kicker? I am sure she will muster up a challenge for us any day now! |
Posted By: DzinerGirl
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 2:33pm
Ditto! For the last 7-8 years I've been the one taking the photos and it only slightly bothered me but now we have Noah I would love to have photos together but I hate the way I look. |
ooEvaoo wrote:Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 2:51pm
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for three days in a row i have done 40 pressups, 20 sit ups and 20 tricep dips off the couch. its not much but it is better than nothing and my tummy is heaps flatter. just from actually using the muscles and remembering what they feel like and stuff and im more aware of them when i stand and walk etc -------------
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Posted By: blissful
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 3:03pm
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Final weigh in is 24th of November so I think it's 8 weeks. 9 weigh ins altogether including last nights. I think I may have had spirit fingers in previous thread as it's supposed to be 8 weeks and finish on the 24th (hate uneven numbers).
I hate the way I look in photos too!! And I hate it more when people know you don't like having your picture taken and then they whack one up on FB anyway!!! I HATE running unless it's after DS and will never even think about C25K again. Just seeing the words/letters is making me want to superglue my butt to the couch. Absolutely no running. None, wouldn't even do it for a pair of new shoes. Nup. NO! I am MOTIVATED as we have booked a holiday and have booked it to coincide with end of BL so that I have enough time to slim down and wear some nice beachy clothes. Can't wait. ------------- http://www.familylobby.com"> 
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 3:25pm
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i was thinking if anyone else was keen we could start a thread in the photo gallery? i was going through facebook trying to find old photos of me not pregnant to show how awful i look and feel but cos im on a mac the files dont want to upload into photobucket. i dont really wanna take photos cos i feel disgusting but am willing to upload photos already there. lol -------------
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 3:29pm
Don't get me started on photos.....or those big shiny things call mirrors
So don't want to repeat the family xmas photos like last yr with supper skinny SIL who got copies done & sent them all around don't need to be supper skinny just curvy...not bulgy 
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 3:30pm
I did some on FMC....so hate looking at them
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 3:33pm
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actually yea. mine are on there too. im so hopeless. i got started and then forgot to update. might jump on agian once the move to aussie is over and im not as crazy -------------
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Posted By: Mrs_B
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 3:35pm
I took mine in my underwear so not keen on putting those up!! lol |
Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 3:40pm
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hahhahaha thats fair enough. im thinking of doing some in my bikini (but not posting) becuase they actually make me want to vomit in my mouth. just so if i ever do get to my goal i can look at how gross they were and have before and after shots.
i want to put my weight loss ticker up but then i lose my kids ones so i can win. -------------
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Posted By: blissful
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 3:55pm
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My before pictures are in my bikini and they are horrid. I also have a picture of me at the zoo with DS in front of the hippos and I swear they look anorexic.
And I'm really struggling today coz I'm so darn tired. Does anyone else really hate healthy food when they're overtired? I think that has been a huge part of my problem this year is my insomnia has been really really bad. ------------- http://www.familylobby.com">
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 3:58pm
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that is why with everything going crazy at the moment i am living of weightwatchers meals. i can plan my day out and then throw what i need in the microwave a voila -------------
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 4:15pm
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clever me i figured it out all by myself :D now i have my weight ticker up to :)
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 4:23pm
monikah when is the big move? 
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 7:10pm
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dunno. lmao. DH leaves next friday and im stuck here cos i have no where to live
i just got back from a work do at DHs work and i had a glass of diet coke and NOTHING ELSE. oh my god im awesome. just heating up tea. so frikin stoked. i feel awesome too -------------
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Posted By: Kicker
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 8:09pm
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Just popping in because i am away with work and using my vodome which is very slow. Will put a challenge up tomorrow night.
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Posted By: Lexidore
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 9:16pm
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Hey All,
I am doing this but don't expect to see very many posts from me sorry!! Will try my hardest but with looking after DD, working two jobs, planning a move and a wedding I'm pretty run off my feet. So yea obviously my wedding is a pretty big goal for me, I need to fit my wedding dress and probably need to shed about 6 kg to do so. I have started with shakes in the morning as I was finding I wasn't having breakfast and if I was it wasn't healthy. Need to get in some more exercise aswell, our new house has a massively steep driveway so that will be a help! Oh and I want to give the C25K a go tooo Good luck everyone!! (ps Bliss, I promise I will get round to replying to your PM soon!) ------------- 
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Posted By: Mucky_Tiger
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 10:03pm
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Hi all.
New thread Yay. i posted a photo of me over in "the weight loss girls" on the top of page 10. DP's dad snuck a picture of me as i got myself unstuck from in the snow. i know im big but seeing it in photos makes it more real. Scary real
I need to loose weight before we go to australia - fly out Nov 20 as none of my summer clothes fit me (and i cant afford new ones) I am so going to try the C25K programme. DP going to give it a go too. last time i tried running i forgot to take my ventolin inhaler with me and nearly died running the length of the football feild (poles to poles) but that was running - a racel; trying to beat each other. not a nice Jog |
Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 10:14pm
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just got back from seeing a friends brothers band at the pub and only had 2 coke zeros and i love my beer!! i know im forum spamming and im sorry im just so excited about my not caving to temptation and the fact that i feel so much better even after a few days -------------
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Posted By: DzinerGirl
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 10:22pm
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Well done for resisting temptation at the work do monikah! Those things are always will power testing!
I'm so bad - I had Wendy's for lunch even as I was going through the drive through I was thinking I shouldn't be doing this I shouldn't be doing this *sigh* but I still did it 
I suppose the saving point for me was that dinner was reasonably good - chicken enchiladas with salad and got a bit of a workout doing the nightly clean at my part-time job (can someone tell me how to get more than 1 ticker? I'd like to add a weight loss one but can't seem to get it to fit!) |
Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 10:26pm
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i just had this same problem. its just a case of finding one that isnt real long. you can just add it in after the code from your other one in your profile. you should be able to fit it in easy enough as long as both combined donnt go over 200 characters -------------
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 8:34am
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monikah you sound like you are in the zone...so focused
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Posted By: xLUCKYx
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 9:19am
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Morning all!
Welld one Monikah - iron will! Well it seems my scales have bitten the dust! I will probablyinvest in some new ones before next weeks weigh in.... between now and then my eating and exercise will be my only evidence of good performance. Yesterday was good - hard out training session again, good food all day including home made chicken soup for dinner, even home made stock - sooo yummy! That was the first chicken soup I have ever made and I quite like it. |
Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 9:21am
| Hi Bex, what shakes are you having for b'fast? I have run out of mine & if I do them again really want ones that don't have milk in them. |
Posted By: Lexidore
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 9:25am
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Hey Hun,
I've got two different shakes but I've been having them with milk, the healtheries ones, and then also one called Thermomax I think and its from Health2000, you can have it with either milk or water that one. I figured I'd try with milk first and see how it goes if its not doing so well I'll switch to water. -------------
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 9:40am
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I used that Slim one & it is nice...was thinking of getting the Katie Morgan ones but not sure if I want to pay hat much.
Anyway with everything you have on you will probably lose the weight just by the stress of it, lol...a wedding is a great motivator & hats off to you for working 2 jobs
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Posted By: Lexidore
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 9:46am
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Yea heres hoping! Thanks, its great though cause even with working 2 jobs I don't pay for any childcare One job I get to take Lexie along and the other is when Antz is home I think I might have to try and start going swimming again too!
Mmm yea the Kate Morgan ones do seem expensive, aswell as the Celebrity Slim, I wonder why they are? Might check out trademe, might be someone that bought them but didn't use -------------
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 10:21am
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I still want to try the European Style Creme looks yummy but you have to buy the box I think & that's $63 according to the online store...hmm thinking thinking thinking
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Posted By: xLUCKYx
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 10:24am
| I buy one by the sport foods company - it's about $20-$25 a container. I like the vanilla flavour - it is delicious when blended with vanilla soy milk or add a banana in :-) I only have it occasionally and my current container must have lasted me at least three months so far... |
Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 10:26am
Alex do you know the cals in soy milk v trim milk? must get back into counting cals...got stack hence slow weight loss 
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Posted By: xLUCKYx
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 10:29am
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It's a bit more - I think I used to work out a morning protein shake with 1 cup soy as 3.5 points. I think with normal milk maybe about 3? Can't actually remember now
I am so hungry today but that is probably from our hard out training last night - I brought heaps of fruit to work today to munch on though ;-) |
Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 10:33am
| are you still doing WW points? |
Posted By: xLUCKYx
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 10:40am
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No not so much - more counting cals when I have time... I should be though!
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 11:43am
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ppl that do WW - how much is a small trim flatwhite. i just guessed off a 250ml of trim milk but the actual points value would be really good. im using WW meals and my flatties points calculator that she left behind but not actually on WW so i cant just look it up.
oh my gosh screw the bikini body. right now my goal is to lose enough to feel comfy. im walking round uni and its roasting after walking up the hill and im wearing a frikin polar fleece cos i dont want to take it off! its good having an intermediate goal though. wont get as discouraged as i would losing 5k and still looking terrible in a bikini. LOL. even so, i went to the pizza stand and bought a bottle of water! i still am yet to go over my points :D in fact, today i am being really good cos friends are coming over 2nite and brining malaysian so im keeping my points really low so that i can just have a teeny bit of dinner and still be ok. i even genuinly think i wont eat much cos i am crazy motivated. im already down 300g from wed and drunk 2 massive glasses of coke zero last night which normally makes me retain fluid. -------------
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Posted By: xLUCKYx
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 11:50am
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Monikah I haven't got my books with me but Ithink it is 1.5 or 2 points.
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Posted By: blissful
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 1:19pm
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I had a smoothie for breakfast this morning and I'm just about to have left over stir fry for lunch.
Went to play on the Wii this morning but the batteries were dead so did pilates instead. Monikah  I could never go to a pizza stand and leave without pizza. I love pizza with all my heart  If I want healthy pizza I make it on Turkish naan bread. Way back before we got married I actually lost weight having one of these each night with a salad to top up. ------------- http://www.familylobby.com">
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 1:31pm
what do you put in it? |
Posted By: DzinerGirl
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 1:35pm
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Monikah - Flat white with skim milk - 1 pt or with reduced fat (lite blue i think) - 1.5
Mum just bought round lunch for me - chicken salad sandwich and a jelly fruit cup made with WW jelly - YUM! I will have to make some of those for my sugar cravings
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Posted By: xLUCKYx
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 1:38pm
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I thought of another yummy treat and keep forgetting to post it. Try frozen green seedless grapes - these are soooo yummy!!! They taste like little balls of sorbet.
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 1:40pm
stoked. i have been putting aside 2-3 just in case. lol -------------
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Posted By: blissful
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 1:56pm
This is the one I have if I'm having one for breakfast and it's my fave Fresh apple & orange juice Frozen banana Heaped spoonful each of fruit muesli, peanut butter & honey Ice Soy milk or trim milk, bout the same amount as the juice ------------- http://www.familylobby.com">
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Posted By: Heidi7
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 4:11pm
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Hi all
I'm starting this OB Biggest Loser with you all I would ideally like to lose 6.8kg for the 8 weeks. Um, I never make smoothies. Just dont get around to it I suppose. Might have to make some. Monikah, you have great will power. |
Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 10:31pm
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well i had a dinner just after 6 so i wasnt irationally hungry and make stupid choices ones yummy food got here and ended up with 4 points left but i only had about 2 tablespoons of rice and a small amount of chicken, cashews and veggies. so the oil aside i think i may have come out alright at the end of the day. beautiful weather for the next few days so gonna drag DH out to come walking with me and the kids. im kinda glad they arent allowed TV cos it means im much more likely to get off my arse to amuse them. lol
gonna do my groceries in the morning too so i have a whole week of food and dont have to pop in and out of the supermarket all week -------------
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Posted By: Luna_Azzura
Date Posted: 02 October 2010 at 9:12pm
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Hi everyone, just a quick tip from me being a diabetic (gestational) and DH is a diabetic. Not trying to lecture anyone just hoping my experience can possibly help others (so feel free to skip over my comment). Smoothies can be the devil in disguise...looking at the post above (Sorry blissful not picking on you) but fruit juice (packed full of fructose) and a banana (HUGE carbs) sounds very healthy but is actually a calorie overload and when (like i had to do) you look at the total kilojoules (and the high glyceamic index) it's not a particularly good weight loss breakfast and can give you a huge spike in sugar levels and make you feel pretty empty half an hour later. A bobby banana (the likkle cute ones) is 30g of carbs and a good size, perfect for a snack between meals.
Sorry if that sounded a bit negative, i just want to see everyone succeed in their weight loss goals ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">  http://petitesabine.blogspot.com - petite sabine
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 03 October 2010 at 9:39am
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Luna_Azzura I had GD with both my last 2 & when I had my follow up test after DS3 I was just under the level but they were lowering the level so I think I should go get tested again. I saw a dietician at the hospital but have forgotten most since then & totally forgot about the fruit juice etc.
I was finding I was hungry after my shakes but they did not have fruit in them & where the ones bought from the supermarket. |
Posted By: blissful
Date Posted: 03 October 2010 at 10:00am
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The smoothies work for me. It's when I don't have them I seem to fall off the wagon. I'm not a huge breakfast eater. The banana is usually my main carb of the day so I find that better than toast. For me I find this sets me up well for the day. I don't eat a lot of fruit and won't eat cereals and muesli. For me it's a case of finding something I will eat rather than just skipping breakfast and I've always found the smoothies fill me up really well. I don't drink it too quickly though so maybe that's why.
If I do feel like actually eating something I usually have crumpets with banana and honey. What suits one person won't suit the next though. ------------- http://www.familylobby.com">
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Posted By: Luna_Azzura
Date Posted: 03 October 2010 at 5:07pm
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Sounds like you have a good head on those shoulders Blissful i just used to get into trouble with the fruit smoothies as i thought i was being really good but it was a bit of a carb overload for me (but i was having carbs in the evening too) and the sugar (fructose) would send my glucose readings sky high. I just wondered why i wasn't loosing weight and then the nutritionist picked this up...whoops! Was just pointing it out for anyone who didn't' know (like me)
Are they lowering the levels Jazzy, oh dear. I am slightly dreading GD again if we have #2, but i got through it once so i can do it again hey how did you go 2nd and 3rd time around? did you have to really watch your diet or much the same?
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 03 October 2010 at 7:36pm
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whats the deal with exercise on WW? i did a 5.3km walk today. it isnt long and was more of a stroll but i was wondering if it was worth anything?
ive still managed to stay on my points again all weekend :) pretty stoked. for the first time ever i actually feel like i might get to goal eventually. lol -------------
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Posted By: blissful
Date Posted: 03 October 2010 at 9:13pm
Aaahahahaa. I literally lol at this. I would love to agree with you but I'd probably end up being committed for it. Monikah how long did you walk for? I have one of those points slider cards I can dig out and check for you. ------------- http://www.familylobby.com">
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 03 October 2010 at 9:29pm
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i dont know :S we walked to the park which is at least 2.5km from home and then back. it was a moderate pace but not pace not not exactly hard and i didnt check how long it took. its all good though. 5km a day is probably pretty normal anyway so im not gonna subtract it from my points. the amount of food im getting on 20 points is more than enough. anyway, time for bed for me. the longer i stay up when i having nothing to do the more i start thinking bout food and ive been so perfect id kick myself -------------
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Posted By: Kicker
Date Posted: 03 October 2010 at 9:37pm
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Monikah you are doing so well. I think your walk would give you around 2.5 bonus points.
I am back this week, the first week has been a bit of a bomb as i was away for work and staying in a hotel so although i tried to make good choices you never know what they put into the food. I am also finally over being sick (had a cold, ear infection and sinusitis for the last 6 weeks!!!) so back into exercise this week. On that note, have you all seen the first challenge -------------
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Posted By: Mucky_Tiger
Date Posted: 03 October 2010 at 9:41pm
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Note to self. never turn 21 the first week of biggest looser.
I did so well at the party last night though. I only had 3 standard glasses of lemonade, and 2 vodka lemonade and limes and i avoided the savouries and only had 1 sandwich, and didnt have much cheese, crackers or cheese balls.
but oh god the jellybeans, they are so addictive and so bad. and my other meals werent too healthy so im gonna have to do extra this week to burn it all off. But yay im 21 now - well as of 10.21pm tonight |
Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 6:49am
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Happy 21st MT
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Posted By: Luna_Azzura
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 8:40am
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5k walk is great! And if you were at a moderate pace it sounds like you were doing it right! If you can still hold a light conversation (so your not going so fast you can't talk, but not so slow that you could have a great big chin wag) then your on the money. Basically then you know your energy system you are using to walk is the "fat burning one" rather than going too hard and using more glycogen sitting in the muscles. If you were going about a 7ish/10 then thats pretty good stuff! Can't help with the WW points on that one sorry. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> http://petitesabine.blogspot.com - petite sabine
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Posted By: Luna_Azzura
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 8:41am
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Oooh a 21st Congrats, hope you got spoilt rotten! ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> http://petitesabine.blogspot.com - petite sabine
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 10:01am
They were lowered after I had DS3 (he is 4). I had a test when he was 6weeks old & just scraped in but was told if I had had it done after it was lowered I wouldn't of.
I had it with DS2 was picked up through the pg. With DS3 I was tested a few weeks in to my pg & put straight on to insulin, high does several times a day & it was hard. I was not planning on getting pg with DS3 so quickly, was not trying, was concentrating on losing weight & getting fit. I would not like to have GD in another pg now as the last one was so much hard than the second one. Totally puts you off needles, noway I could be a drug user with needle 8mths of stabbing myself several times a day was enough. I just remembered through this talk about GD, I was in a drug study & had to have a check up when DS2 was about 6mths old for the study & they did my weight & measurements etc & we have to go back & have it done again when he is 6yrs old.....ekkk that's December  so I need to get cracking, so want to see a difference
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 10:51am
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just got back from a 1.5hr 6km walk. with the dbl buggy and 19kg worth of kids. lol. i feel good though. both my kids have coughs so i bundled them up real warm and went out cos they just a bit miserable walking round the house -------------
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 10:59am
| well done monikah. Yip kids in prams really up the intensity, lol |
Posted By: Kicker
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 11:11am
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So how did everyone do over the weekend??
I am now back ont he straight and narrow. Have a PT session tonight, i think i have my fat% redone next week so am hoping to see a good drop. Does anyone know what is considered a realistic drop in body fat after 6 weeks?? I dont want to think it will be say 10% when in fact 1% is more realistic IYKWIM -------------
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 11:16am
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in 6 weeks probably around the 2-3% mark if you are quite overweight. closer to 1-2% if your under about 80kg. depends though. if you go nuts and work real hard you might lose quite a lot more -------------
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Posted By: blissful
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 11:55am
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Happy 21st MT!!!
Good start to the week here so far. Have been dancing up a storm with DS this morning in between our chores. Hoping he will have his nap this afternoon so I can jump on the treadmill. Hate doing it in the evening when DH is home. He's worse than a child and I can't do anything start to finish without him harassing me for something. Does anyone have anything specific planned for dinner? I'm in the mood for a little variety tonight but don't want to find myself tucking in to the lasagna I've made for DS and DH. ------------- http://www.familylobby.com">
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Posted By: Kicker
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 12:10pm
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I am cooking some snapper fillets with a little salt and pepper, With couscous (veges mixed through it) and some oven roasted tomotoes with basil and garlic. -------------
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 1:01pm
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I am doing pasta & salad...have not done any shopping so using what's there (kids put me off shopping, lol)
I am taking them to McDs this week...told them they could only go if they walked, ha ha...better find willpower
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 1:27pm
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DH and DS are having half a plate of coli, broc and carrots along with fresh wholegrain totelini filled with roast veggies. yum. im having a frozen meal. lol -------------
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Posted By: Mucky_Tiger
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 2:30pm
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thanks for the birthday wishes.
i did get spoiled -i asked for cash not gifts as we are going to Auz and got $740 and a bottle of vodka was so not expecting that much.
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 2:47pm
well done...shopping shopping shopping
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Posted By: Mucky_Tiger
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 2:55pm
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almost - hoping that it gets me my half of the accommodation and rental car we need to book and lets me have some left over.
as it is all our flights are booked we just have no rental car and no accommodation. then anything left over is activities we wanna do and spending money |
Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 5:00pm
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i just measured the walk i did this morning. i just guessed it so i jumped on my my run to see what it actually was and it wasnt 6km it was 7.17km. lol -------------
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Posted By: Kicker
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 5:03pm
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Great work Mon - if you need me to work out extra points it gives you let me know as i am doing WW online and they have a calculator. -------------
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 5:59pm
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hmmm. might get you to work that one out just cos otherwise i am going to be 1 point over today and im a perfectionist and dont want to be over. lol. i did 7.17km in 90mins mod pace i guess. -------------
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Posted By: Luna_Azzura
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 8:20pm
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Mon - wow what a bonus, you did more ha ha love that (hate it when it feels like more but it was actually less).
Yum Kicker, your dinner sounds great! Mine was not so good as Dh requested venison sausages and i couldn't be bothered cooking 2 diff meals. I did put more steamed vegies on the plate and only a wee bit of kumera mash so hopefully it wasn't too bad? Loving the sunshine, really motivating me to get out in the sunshine and exercise. And the lighter evenings too. Jazzy - gosh that sounds hard being put on insulin so early with DS3. I think anyone who can go through GD 3 x deserves a medal ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> http://petitesabine.blogspot.com - petite sabine
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Posted By: Kicker
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 8:45pm
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Mon - 5pts for 90mins moderate pace walking
And yes dinner was yummy. -------------
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 8:53pm
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wow that is heaps!!! makes me feel way better about being 1 point over. lol -------------
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 8:59pm
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i gonna cough up and join WW online 2mrw -------------
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 9:35pm
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sorry i just caught the end of the convo..i guess it's what works for you..i regularly go 3-4 points over cause i can and still lose weight being on 23 points..thank goodness cause 23 isn't enough for me..though i guess i walk an hour a day now quite moderately as well.. I try not to get too anal about it as i found it made me quite resentful...mon how much is the online one?
i guess hard for me too cause used to 30 points for 3 months:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 9:59pm
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i use 20 a day and walk 60-90 mins and find it plenty. lol. im really not a big eater though which is my main problem. thats why im doing WW so i can get my metabolism working again and make sure i eat enough.
only is $1 joining right now and 3 months for 69 i think, or 89. cant remember. lol. i reckon i spend more than that on coffee anyway so i figure it will be good for me -------------
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Posted By: Kicker
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 10:03pm
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Just to let you know mon in case you didn't know, if you sign up for the 3months WW online, they still keep renewing your subscription until you email them to cancel, and you have to cancel a month in advance if that makes sense. -------------
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 10:09pm
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yea. before i became a personal trainer i was in sales at a gym so im good at looking for fine print ;) i saw that earlier -------------
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 10:38pm
| I was looking at doing WW online it is about $116 with the exchange rate. I am thinking of going back to meetings. |
Posted By: jaycee
Date Posted: 05 October 2010 at 8:24am
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Hi guys - sorry to be so late joining in, we reached the 80% limit on our broadband the other week and so I was off Lionel til the new month clicked over on Saturday .
Well I have had a pretty average start - only one zumba class last week not 3 and dinner out with DH and a weekend at the ILs 
Back on to it yesterday
I did ww a few years ago and lost 17kg and have kept it off through 2 pregnancies. I found that if i kept to 18 points day and did exercise the weight came off at a pretty steady rate. Right, betteer get moving and hang out the washing. bbl. -------------   
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 05 October 2010 at 8:17pm
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man if this mornings weight is anything to go by i think im going to do real well 2mrw. i still have a billion points left and im full :( i dont know how you are supposed to eat 20 points a day. i still have 1.5 left and thats not even including the 5 i should add for my exercise. meh. its DHs leaving work lunch 2mrw so i guess at least i can have a sausage roll or something. lol -------------
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Posted By: Lexidore
Date Posted: 06 October 2010 at 7:55am
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Morning everyone Looks like a good week for some of us! me included yay! Am so so happy with my loss, now if I can just keep it up!! Mostly with the shakes I think its is helping cause DF makes sure i have it every morning where as I wasn't eating breakfast normally, and then I don't have anything till lunchtime, I may have a small afternoon snack, but am keeping my meals healthier, I love that its more like summer cause I love having salad with some type of meat with it. Oh and I'm trying to be really good and not eat anything after dinner, Last night I craved ice cream really bad but I didn't have any! -------------
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 06 October 2010 at 8:08am
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well done Bex, I can not have ice cream in the house as I love it toooo much
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 06 October 2010 at 8:59am
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pretty happen with this mornings weigh though it would have been much better if i was on iron pills. TMI but ive been blocked up for 5 days now. grrr -------------
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Posted By: blissful
Date Posted: 06 October 2010 at 9:04am
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Well done Lexismumma[:Y]
Keep the weigh ins coming ladies, have got 9 so far
I'm the opposite with ice cream. I have some WW ones in the freezer still from months ago. We just don't really eat it. We don't actually buy a lot of junky type foods at all. The problem really is my dinner portions because I often wouldn't eat all through the day and then have pasta or something else carb based for dinner. It's quite empowering tucking into my stir fry every night though while I watch DH and DS eat all the 'yummy' dinners  ------------- http://www.familylobby.com">
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Posted By: Mrs_B
Date Posted: 06 October 2010 at 9:19am
1st week and I managed a gain!  I just don't have the motivation to exercise. Usually my eating it okay hence why my weight has been stagnant for the past 6mths. This past weekend we had a family get together so ate far too much. DS is still a crappy sleeper at nearly 17mths so I'm always so tired and can't be bothered to exercise!
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Posted By: Kicker
Date Posted: 06 October 2010 at 9:24am
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So how is everyones motivation now the first week is done??
I am still aching from my PT session on monday.... great stuff i also managed a boxing class yesterday which my PT just happens to instruct so no slacking off there. My weight loss this week was pretty good for me as i tend to average 500grm loss a week.
I am doing WW online and there is a graph there which tracks your weight loss and i must admt that its just nice to see the big trend down. I am nearly at the 20kg loss mark since starting in may, 600gms to go, so hoping i can be good this week and get there. Keep up the good work everyone. -------------
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 06 October 2010 at 9:36am
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MrsB my heart goes out to you. its so hard being sleep deprived. Mack started sleeping through about 6 months but by that stage i was already pregnant and had dirty old pregnancy related insomnia and once that was gone i had a baby again. lol. he has just started sleeping through now and im feeling so much better! -------------
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Posted By: DzinerGirl
Date Posted: 06 October 2010 at 9:46am
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Morning all
Ohh I'm excited to see the results of the first weigh in of the round (bet I wouldn't be if I had a gain though LOL)
Been for a couple of walks over the past week - did the Dove Pink Star Walk (5km) on sat night and my calves didn't cramp up YAY! And yesterday walked down to the shops, had subway for lunch and walked home again which is approx. 3km..oh and I ran/jogged part of the way home which got my heart racing
Eating has been okay, really need to get back to counting my points again though. Happy 21sty Mucky_Tiger
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Posted By: xLUCKYx
Date Posted: 06 October 2010 at 9:54am
| I have had a pathetric first week! No loss no gain so I am happy with that.... had a sick lil boy for 3 days and DD's birthday yesterday. I don't feel to bothered as you get out what you put in, but all you awesome ladies have inspired me to really go for it this week. SHopping dayt tomorrow too so can't wait to restock the cupboards and vege drawers for a sucessful week 2! |
Posted By: Heidi7
Date Posted: 06 October 2010 at 1:43pm
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Hi all
Mine was an ok week. Would have liked more but I now I didn't do enough to get it. So out for a good hrs walk this morn and eating better. You ladies have definitely inspired me to do better. |
Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 06 October 2010 at 1:51pm
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just ate too much at DHs work do and i wont do it again in a hurry cos i feel awful. i forgot how horrible feeling really full is. funny thing is i probably didnt eat all that much. a slice of pizza, 2 small veggie wrap things. 1 peice of ruhbarb cake and 2 tim tams. it was a fair bit but wouldnt expect it to make me feel so full i want to be sick. im glad its weigh day though cos i have a week to lose it again. lol -------------
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