So I couldn't find any exercise that was quite right for me, nothing that got me excited so I decided to go to a Bellydancing class and I'm addicted. For the first time I have found something that is good for me and that I enjoy!

Belly dancing is awesome exercise - great find

I had to go and buy some pyjamas yesterday. For the last several years I've been too hot to sleep in anything more than a singlet - but since I've lost this weight I've been freezing. I got size XL because I figured that with all the kilos I've dropped I should be able to fit comfortably into them - but they swim on me… especially the pants.

This time last year they wouldn't have fit me at all. YAY for positive changes!

I've done hardly any exercise this week - just being a bit careful with my back at the minute (or trying to be), but I've been pretty good with food. Hopefully I'll show some movement on the scale this week, but who knows?

Hope everyone is having a good weekend. It's rainy here (YAY), so all indoors for me - just pottering.


Ani

i suck at keeping track of this forum.... i forget to log in so i miss pages.
oh well
this week i didnt lose any weight, am pissed and frustrated at that coz i kept to the calorie count and did exercise - however kfc, bacon and eggs, indian, milo and 1kg of M&Ms cant possibly result in weightloss, but staying the same with those foods "under my belt" hehehe is a ok thing i guess
of course i am saying this sucking on a spoon of milo...
wondering if i copy the week i lost 1kg exactly if i will lose 1kg again... thinking about getting scales that tell me more than 500gram differences but dont want to need to know as want to loose that much or more ho hum

am dreading holidays, means anywhere i go there will be kids everywhere, honestly i really dont like other peoples children.... and carparking is stressful in brisbane i feel, everywhere i go it takes longer to get a park than to get there

definately can relate to the mid weight loss slump.... i lost 15kg last year had no more than 6 more to go and then stopped, there was a change of routine and then i found out i was pregnant so there were craving issues BUT thought i had done so well i started treating myself more and more and then that's it the weight goes back on before you have a chance to notice.... pretty scary the mid weight loss slump

my hubby went out last night so thinking we are in all day today so he can recover, glad he went out he works so damn hard then comes home and takes over looking after jemima he needs to get away..... but none of his mates are married or have kids so he is in his own world now.... poor hubby he said they had all changed.... i had to tell him it was him that had changed not them.....

have a great sunday everyone...

Ani my weight loss.....pfffff. What weight loss. OMG I don't know what has come over me. I have been ok with my lunch and dinner. But I skip breakfast everyday and by 10am I am starving so eat a chocolate or bowl of chips., I have done this EVERYDAY for the past week or more. SO. No more skipping breakfast. I work extra shifts this week so I am going to really try hard to be 'good'. No snickers at morning smoko or kit kat at afternoon smoko. (yesterdays break food yuk). I have slumped also. Got to pick myself up. I bought a lovely skrt for my orientation week and i really think it is not going to fit me so I better get moving and breakfasting.

I noticed that since I have stopped eating breakfast I stopped walking. AND I STARTED eating more crap.

Vonni

Good morning ladies!

Ani, what an awesome thing to have bought pj's that are far too big We like that a lot!

Last week was an awesome week for me in terms of exercise. I went to the gym Monday through to Thursday and then as I happened to wake up at 4:45am on Saturday, I got up and went for a 70 minute walk!! Now if only I could do that every week I'd be fine

During the weekend I dug out my old Weight Watchers books and am starting on it today. I think that my portion sizes have probably been on the large side so it'll be good to get that under control and hopefully I'll finally start to lose some weight.

Goals for this week:

Stick to my points
Go to the gym at least 5 times

WTG littlekiwi. Yr exercise last week was fantastic. Wish I could get motivated to do that. I have the other half home for 2 weeks over the school holidays so I am going today to get my butt up the stairs to check out Curves. I have procrastinated for far to long using the excuse of "I can't get the pram up the stairs". They don't allow kids in while training of cause but all I want to do is just look and see.

And yes Ani your PJ drama is wonderful. I bet you were excited. Take em back and ask to swap sizes

Vonni

Dropped 0.5kg this week, and I'm happy with that. My next little milestone is to get to 85kg sometime in the next few weeks - that will be the "20kg gone" milestone. But I must be patient… I'm not there yet.

Little Kiwi and Vonni, you both sound really motivated to exercise at the moment - a lot more than me. I'm pretty sore (from my back), so am just going to take it day by day right now.

My goals for this week are to eat sensibly, drink plenty of water and do what I can in terms of exercise and movement.


Ani

Hey ladies! I go home tomorrow night, so will be back to the usual exercise and routine, thank goodness! Have had a lovely time, been up to Mt Buller skiing (still semi-crippled!), caught up with some old friends, spent some time with my gorgeous 8wk old niece, Grace.

I weighed in at 88.8 this morning on Mum's scales, which I think weight a little lower than mine at home, so even if it's a kilo out, I've still lost 1-1.5kg during my holiday, which is good - minimal exercise, apart from skiing and walking, and a few treats!

Ani, you're doing so great! I can't believe you're so close to 85 now, totally kicking my arse!

Glad to hear everyone else is mostly doing great!

Hey Gen, I was starting to think you'd got lost on the ski slopes. How inspiring to hear that you've managed to go on a holiday and keep losing weight… one of the problems with this journey tends to be that when we get out of our usual routines, we often put our newly learned good habits 'on hold'. I'm really proud of you!

Not sure I can lay claim to kicking your arse. I had a few month's head start on you - don't forget that!

I sat down and set myself a new challenge today. I went through my eXcel spreadsheet for the last few months, and realised there are weeks where I'm probably only reaching about 60% of my goals. And I worked out that it's only in those weeks where I reach between 80-90% of my goals that I actually lose weight.

So my new challenge is to try and lose 10lb in 9 weeks. Now I know we work in kilos, but in another 10lbs I will be at 180lb - a nice short-term goal to aim for. I also think that if I set the bar a little higher than usual (while keeping it realistic), it might make me aim for that 90% every week.

So this week's goal is to get to 86kg by next Monday, and to do that I want to:

1. Eat no more than 1650 calories/day.

2. Drink 2 litres of water.

3. Do something active for an hour every day (at the moment I can't exercise regularly because of the fractured vertebrae).

These are my regular goals - but the plan is to achieve 90% of them every day for the next nine weeks.

I'll keep you posted with my progress.

hi girls

Well, my arms are paying for my sudden burst of enthusiasm...but it feels great!

I went home this weekend to mums, and I was reading her Sunday Mail. There is a City to Bay fun run in 12 weeks, and I'm thinking I might give it a go! It's 12km, walk or run. I would love to be able to run it all. I'm trying to convince bf to come with me, but we'll see :P

So good to hear from you all again. I feel so much better. Talk soon

Kylie

Great to hear that everyone's doing so well.

My big news is that when I weighed myself last night, the scales said 96.5 which means that in the last week I've lost 1kg!!!

I was right on track yesterday with my points and my exercise. I knew I wouldn't be able to go to the gym tonight as I've got a pub quiz night so I got up at 5:45am and got my workout done this morning!

A side effect of exercising regularly is that I am waking up so easily in the mornings. Just a couple of weeks ago I was struggling to get up and make it to work on time and now I have no problem at all.

As I've already done my exercise for today, my goal is to stick to my points and to be strong and resist any temptation while at the pub quiz tonight.

Little Kiwi - you rock!!! that is so impressive i always get cocky when i lose 1kg and then think i can slack off just a little bit and then i blow it but you sound so motivated, you are kicking butt......

i am eating crap and not recording everything - i suck - i really doubt i will have lost weight on thursday in fact i'm sure the scales will show a gain.... made a little harder by hubby letting people invite themselves over on wednesday night and they are bringing dinner so i have a feeling it will be a heavy meal and that i am meeting friends for lunch wednesday... where usually i like to have a really light day in preparation for weigh in day.... oh well time will tell

the weather in brissy at the moment is awesome... rain and fog and cold! my hubby bought us some heaters the other night so the house is toasty and warm which is perhaps not a fantastic thing as my cross trainer is outside so i would be crazy to want to go out and say hello to it..... i still go for my walk though... listen to my excuses - grrrrr

Raining here too Kel. I have the pot belly going. Well, I'm not weighing myself this week. I know I have put weight on, I can see my belly jiggling a little more than usual like a muffin top over my jeans. At least though I can still do them up without breathing in. lol. I hate winter, I am a regular cold fish and can't stand getting out. But I NEED to. I had a go at the other half too and said he had to stop buying me cheezles. I know he doesn't force feed them to me but they are in the house and that is enough.

Vonni xx

I caught up with a friend last night. She is losing weight too, and doing quite well; she was 130kg in March and is down to 118kg.

Vonni what's going on with your weight loss? Is it that you're so busy and distracted? And Kel - you too.

I had a good day yesterday and met all my goals. I'm going to try really hard again today, and maybe even try going for a short walk. I've roped a friend into giving me a hand with work today - have a few things to do that require some physical work, and obviously can't do that myself at the moment.

Where's Lindor?

OK - I need coffee. Hope everyone has a good day.


Ani

OK sorry Little Kiwi, but I got around to it finally.

Your BMR is 1752.575 - what you'd burn laying in bed all day.

If you do exercise, you can eat the following to maintain your current weight:
Light (1-3 x wk): 2410 cals
Moderate (3-5 x wk): 2716

So to lose:
* 500g/wk: Eat 1860 (light exercise) to 2166 (moderate exercise) cals/day
* 1kg/wk: Eat 1310 (light) to 1616 (moderate) cals/day