Renny Sue, I could tell you a story that would make you feel better, but I won't as it's horrifically embarrassing. Suffice to say, you're not alone!

I had Thai for dinner last night, and the scales had boinged upwards this morning, so have been madly drinking water to get rid of the excess sodium. Still (just) on track to have a 7700 calorie deficit this week, so still aiming for a kg lost. May have to adjust that aim tomorrow depending on how much exercise I manage tonight and tomorrow though!

Oh shoot u guys been busy since y/day. I read half the posts.... Sylie Kel I really gotta reply to you. Look forward to a novel tomorrow, trust me it WILL be a novel, just ask these guys. And they dunno where the iggy button is or they would have done it to me forever ago. lol. Write away, we'll read it. But three things before I sign off ...#1- yup the artificial sweetner will do it. #2 apples help boost along yr metabolism so thats a good thing yr doing. #3 C-sections don't help things, I've had 2 natural and 2 c-sections, things are DEFINATELY different since the ops.

Ani I was naughty, no exercise today. Last night was crap with the other half. he's being a prat long story, so got an hour sleep last night then worked on my feet from 8.15am this morning - 6pm tonight. Can that count as exercise? I wasn't idle, I promise!!!:D

Gotta run bed now, I am stuffed. But will read all in morning. Looks like you've all been busy but my eyes are to tired to read anymore.... Or write another chapter.

Vonni

Vonni I would definitely count that as exercise… phew, I'd fall over if I had to do your job! Now where's that novel you're promising us? Is everything OK with your other half? You've hinted a few times that you've got stuff going on, so I hope you're OK.

Gen I am amazed. How do you know how many calories you expect to burn/swap? Do you write everything down, or does one of your gizmos keep track of it for you?

I met my goals yesterday. Walked for an hour, then did a couple of hours worth of domestics - and I drank 2.7 litres of water. My calories were a little high (1720), but I'm not going to beat myself up for that.

Today I need to keep cleaning (I spent most of my 'cleaning' time unpacking boxes from the spare room), do some washing and vacuuming… boring stuff like that. I'll go for my walk first and then get into it.

I'm hoping for a good result again tomorrow. I'll be really happy if I can drop another 0.5kg.

:)
Ani

I was all good, got up went to Pilates and the CLASS WAS CANCELED! ARGH!

Even worse, because I was only planning on doing Pilates I didn't bring my joggers so had to turn around and come home. I'll only make that mistake once! Am planning on pulling out my Pilates DVD later and doing that.

Yes I'm somewhat anal retentive, and have a training log excel spreadsheet, where I track my intake and what exercise I do each day.

I started it mainly to record my HR monitor info re max and average heart rate, so I knew if I was getting fitter, but it's evolved so now I record each training session in there.

Also help me track my in/out calories so I can aim for the 7700 calorie deficit per week. If I have hardly any cals left by Sunday, I just have to exercise madly that day to earn them!

Not sure how I'll go today - had major cravings yesterday and ate lots of cereal, so we'll see. About to head out to the pool for a swim, so that should do about 3-400 calories.
Edit: just added in yesterday's food, and unless I eat negative calories today (!), I definitely won't make it to the 7700 cal deficit. Hope to lose btw 500-750g now - if I can make 88 even I'll be rapt.

Augigi - i used to write everything down and work out how many calories i had burnt on the cross trainer in relation to what i had eaten (easy on the optifast diet as you basicallly dont eat anything) this time i am bored of writing down the same things.... fruitybix and lite milk for breakfast, 2L water, etc, hubby said i should get some symbols for the boring stuff i do everyday... maybe i should do it on the computer then i could just copy and paste it.... i used to have a weight chart, i found it the other day and put in the day before jemima born weight and the weight after 10 days and it looks so funny goes from 74 to 103 that is just disgusting.... NEXT pregnancy i am not fooling myself with the eating for two or i have to eat or i'll be sick thing... i just freakin be sick.... i call jemima cookie monster as 10kg of my weight gain was in the first 10weeks of pregnancy when i couldnt figure out why i wanted to eat cookies

vonnie - how old are your other kids??? 4 kids is amazing... i dont have room in my house or my car for that many, but i want a lot of kids.... do you "work" as well, i hate it when people if I work.... no i just sit at home on my arse all day and look at my baby..... what do they want me to say??? I am not going "back" to work and am trying for number 2 but dont think it will happen anytime soon as i am breastfeeding, doc said not to anyway, i am going to doc tomorrow to ask about some new pains that i blame on c-section... getting sick to death of people saying that the weight will just drop off as i'm breastfeeding or dont you love this one "it took 9 months to put on so it takes 9 months to take off" thanks that makes me feel heaps better.... although they might be right.....

i cant remember the name of the girl who posted Elinei? - anyhow my brother got a scholoraship(see why i'm not the doctor) to whatever uni course he wanted and he picked some IT business thing, started it decided he hated it and almost stayed the 5 years just not to disapoint other people, but then i told him all the stuff i'd done in 5 years so he dropped out and now is back doing Maths and Spanish teaching.... he is so smart he was dux of his highschool and now is in Chile studying as he found out that studying for 6months in a spanish speaking country counts towards his degree in australia, so i say follow your heart and study english and social teaching, teaching can take you anywhere ESPECIALLY if you are qualified english teacher, they give english teaching jobs to anyone these days overseas so imagine how far you could go with qualifications! and also teaching my baby to poke her tounge out and find her feet has made me think how incredible it must be for teachers to see results...

exercise this weekend for me - ikea yesterday and then walk the dogs in arvo, today just walk the dogs in arvo, does breastfeeding count?? cant remember how many times i've done that this weekend...

i just changed my weigh in day, i was depressed at contstant disappointments on Monday just coz it was monday so didnt see results for 2 weeks so changed dayto thursday.... am going to weigh in tomorrow for fun of it but only tell if it is better.... otherwise it nevefr happened.

i want to reply more but my hubby just got dinner ready so i better go...

I use the calorieking.com.au database to enter my food, that's easy because it has all my favourites listed so I just click them off, don't have to spend ages writing down my food. My spreadsheet isn't that detailed, it's just total cal intake for the day, then whatever exercise I did and cal output.

Gen I keep an Excel spreadsheet on the go too - not as comprehensive as yours by any means, but just to record my calories. I have no way of knowing how I will go tomorrow at weigh-in, but I know I've met all my goals.

And just my luck… after a 5-month absence, it's TOM for me today. Still managed to walk for an hour and do a few hours of leisurely domestics. I even cleaned the oven, and that was a hideous job. I've barely used it since I moved in, because it was so gross - and I reckon it hasn't been cleaned for a few years.

I wish Lindor, leeny and Barb and the rest of the old crew would come back. Would love to know how they are all travelling, and what's happening in their lives.

Kel, the doctor might be right - that's REALLY soon to fall pregnant again after having a baby. And if you're still healing from your c-section, it might be wise to wait a little while. Spend some more time getting to know this baby :).

OK - better go and sort out what I'm having for dinner.

:)
Ani

Kel. I have 7 all up, HIS, MINE, & OURS...
Girl 17, Boy 12, Boy 9, Girl 6, Boy 5, Boy 4, Girl 14mths. The eldest boy and 2girls are MINE and the baby girl OURS and the other boys HIS lmao. Have I confused anyone yet?

Yep I took 10 mths off work, was supposed to be a year maternity leave but I got itchy feet to get back into it. I love my job most of the time. Makes for a busy life, a messy house and sometimes a few to many take aways. Mind you, the take away thing has settled a bit now I'm back inot the swing of time management.

Be careful trying for another baby so soon. The outside heals well, but the inside is scarred and can take a long time to heal properly. If you haven't healed properly before getting pregnant again you have a higher risk of miscarriage, or pre-term labour and sometimes rarely, but for me that risk is still too high - rupture of the uterus if too much pressure is put on it. You also need time to emotionally heal. Ani's right too in saying get to know the baby. Time is so swift and they grow so fast. Enjoy the moment.

(I took over 12 mths to physically heal and longer to emotionally heal from my first c-section. I had a pretty traumatic labour and then traumatic emergency ceasarean. I lost a lot of blood during labour, baby did a u-turn which made the op a necessity. Then over half my blood during op as they couldn't get her out so I tore and tore into arteries had major blood transfusion, died on the table, baby was flat when born and need I go on. lol. Thats why recovery took so long. Last one was planned op and a breeze though even getting pregnant I knew it was risky from previous damage and had to be assessed thoroughly by doctor first.)

SEE GUYS I TOLD YA I WILL WRITE A NOVEL.

Ani and Gen I was writing things down but I was getting sidetracked and then forgetting what I had before I got a chance to write it.

But I promise tomorrow I will start to do so. I am goign to set reminders on my mobile.

Speaking of writing things down want to know the crap I ate ths week???
A whole block of nestle milky bar white chocolate (a big block)
A tim tam
A serve of hot chips with tomato sauce
a packet of home brand cheezles.

I know it doesnt sound like much but to me it is unacceptable. Especially when I sit on my bum to eat it.

Shoot BB eviction. BBS

Vonni

My Gosh 7senuf your family sounds like mine.13 all together, only 7 are mine. Yours, mine theirs, ours,and over the years taken on specail needs kids on holidays and weekends. Even had one young friend of the kids living here for about 3 weeks and never knew the difference. lol. 27 grand kids so far, and 5 haven't even started their families:dizzy: .At family gathering I am thinking of putting name tags on them all,(with parents names) so I can tell who is who. On most days it's dishes and washing up to your eyeballs. But I would never be without any one of them.I only have to get out there and crack the whip now and then and everything is cleaned up.
Have to go son is coming in with that Mummmy thing.
Can you take me to work.
Mum <<<< sucker is going to take him.
Have a great day people

Look at my ticker - it MOVED! And… I am halfway to my goal!!!

I lost 1kg this week and am 87.4kg this morning - very happy with that. Gen thank you for the info you gave me which motivated Ani's Winter Plateau-buster - it's working :)

So - moving right along. This week's goals are very similar to last weeks. I will plan my meals, write down what I eat (and stick to 1650 cals/day), walk for an hour/be active in other ways for 1/2 an hour, and drink plenty of water.

I am going to try to make it to 87kg next Monday. Just being able to lose something each week after a long plateau will be a relief.

It's a Public Holiday here in WA today, but I have to work for most of it. I still plan to walk for an hour before I start.

How did everyone else go?

:)
Ani

:cheer2: Way to go Ani. I think I am excited for you as if it were me. You have tried so hard and waited so long stuck in this plataeu you deserve a reward. A lovely pedicure perhaps?

I've lost none but gained none either, so I count that as ablessing in disguise. Will just have to start EXERCISING :ebike: . I don't think my body really knows what that is lately.

Ok for movement so far today I have done a huge load of dishes (dinners from last night (lazy me) and brekky). Prob about 20 minutes. sorted out the washing 10 minutes, hung one small load 5 minutes, made a couple of beds 15minutes. I am going to try and get out for a walk today. Maybe even when I go to town I will take old pram and push bub along river path for half an hour. Will be going to woolies later on so add about half hour for that. I love shopping but HATE grocery shopping. It's so depressing, hundreds of dollars for only a dozen bags. If we didn't have to eat we'd be rich.

Will let you know if I manage to do it or slack off. Not much motivation today.

MaryL I always thought you had a huge family. I like the idea of the name thing, AND having parents names. That way you can honestly decline ownership if they misbehave lol. Naahhh It's all good. Love my lot but yep can be a handful. I understand the sucker bit though. My eldest gave me a really hard time for years (name calling, emotional abuse etc...) but I STILL do things for her. Only thing is now if she starts on me I will stand my ground and say no a bit more often. She's finally starting to learn to be treated with respect and love you need to appreciate it and not take advantage. She has a lovely boyfriend whom she lives with and he treats her like a princess, but at the same time stands his ground with her too. She didn't like it at first but as accepted the world is NOT hers for the taking and we are not put here to be at her beck and call.

Gotta fly. Have another load to hang (big load - 10 minutes)

Vonni

Congrats Ani!! I'm so pleased for you, how lovely to see movement!

I, on the other hand, had movement in the other direction! I gained 700g. Probably because I didn't exercise as much as I planned to, so my calorie allowance was a bit too generous for the activity I ended up doing. Ah well, I'm not too discouraged, I'll recalculate this week!

Gen don't get discouraged - the body is a strange vessel sometimes. Are you putting too much emphasis on exercise and its role in calorie burning? And are you relying on Calorie King to calculate that? I've found that Calorie King (as useful as it is) overestimates most exercise calories.

The other thing I have discovered (through much trial and error) is this. I'm not sure how well I can explain this, so bear with me here. Let's say you walk for an hour - according to my calculations that means I will burn 310 calories. Now that's all good, but you have to bear in mind that you would have burned about 100 of those calories if you were laying on the lounge watching TV. So I think it's better to be a little conservative in your calculations - especially when you consider that weight loss is 80% food and 20% exercise.

I know you have a lot more knowledge than me about all this stuff, and I don't want to sound like I'm giving you a lecture… I just want you to succeed with your goals. And I know you will :)

Vonni - thank you for the encouragement. I'm really pleased to see some movement too, and I'm hoping I can keep it up.

I think that being able to maintain your weight is often as big a 'win' as not gaining any. We have to learn to maintain throughout the journey to our goals. And given how much running around you do at home, I'm surprised you don't burn a zillion calories - even if you do eat TimTams and cheezels :p

HEY ANI

:crazy:

You're a bloody ratbag Vonni :p

Now instead of expending 50 calories trying to find cheeky emoticons to shower me with love and affection, go and run around the block!!!

:D

Haha love the icon. Ani, I have a HR monitor, which I use to measure my calorie burn. I do however find that I can't not exercise - I'm just not disciplined enough with food if I don't exercise, so I need the exercise to be able to eat what I want to!!

I'm the same Gen - have to exercise or I lose my focus. I wasn't suggesting you don't exercise… just thinking out loud about how the best calculations in the world can overestimate calories burned.

I decided to have a rest day today. Aside from the fact I've been having really hideous cramps all day, I looked back over my little chart and realised I haven't had a 'rest day' for more than two weeks.

So today was it! Back on plan tomorrow though.

:)
Ani

Slacked off. Didn't go for a walk, bub was being a cranky little cow. But did more washing and wandered around the yard for a while and thoroughly vacuumed house.

Today so far have done dishes, cleaned one bathroom, cleaned babies room and made my bed. (oh and made an orange and pppy seed cake) about an hour all up. Does the time spent making the cake deduct the calories of eating a piece? Hmmmm???

I'd say definitely yes, Vonni!

Vonni you crack me up. I hope you took the time to make yourself a lovely cuppa, put your feet up, and savour that piece of cake - and not hide behind the fridge scoffing it ;)

I appear to have picked up a little winter bug. Not quite the flu - a little more than a cold… and I don't have the energy to exercise today. But it's all good!

:)
Ani

ani - yippee for half way there! how long has it taken??

everyone has so many children, the his and mine and ours thing is so Brady Bunch, must be complicated and exhausting sometimes.... i kinda have that with my dogs, i brought the mum and dad with me from my old marriage and then they had puppies and my new hubby had never had any pets so we kept a pup and that is "his" dog (especially when itused to piss in the house) and the other 2 are "my" dogs (and my dogs dont eat the crap he feeds his dog)

yep i know i should wait longer til getting pregnant, and fully breastfeeding should take care of that, we will just wait and see what happens

did someone say BB evicition??? am totally sucked in to BB this year, the last 2 years me and hubby did not have a telly so didnt watch it so i think that is why we (ok me but i dont want to be BB loser by myself) are so into this year... I - like the rest of oz - want Travis to win at the moment, he is so doey it is so so funny, he is clueless it is so cute, love the rocks he brings in to nominate...... want rebecca out and wanted nick in the house he was funny

i been doing the exercise thing, walk around the lake yesterday and 17 mins on the cross trainer, today depending on when jemima wakes up i will take the dogs for a walk... 4pm worst tv timeslot ever usually gets me out of the house

i think maintaining is a big thing, and should be learnt along the weightloss journey, i have lost weight on many occasions but never maintained it... you wait i have a zillion excuses as to why i put it back on (pregnancy has been best excuse yet but wont be able to use it again....) so staying the same has not been as disheartening as it could have been lately, especially as i am aiming to lose so little at a time..... i so so wish i had scales that told me if i lost 400grams, mine just jump up in 500gram blocks so a little depressing if i dont loose enough for it it jump whereas i would maybe like the motivation of seeing at least SOME loss.....

what kind of diet is everyone on? i am pretending to do weightwatchers.... not counting the points and the last couple of weeks writing down what i eat, this week havent done either.... bit of a joke when you are breastfeeding if you ask me.... breastfeeding points would allow for a freakin big mac everyday! whereas normal points would let you dream about a happy meal... so how can you lose weight with so many points as i am yet to see the direct weightloss benefits of breastfeeding

vonni did you breastfeed your baby? i had/have heaps of issues with the mental recovery from my c-section and now with this weight that i gained when i was pregnant have only just convinced myself to enjoy the now while losing the weight rather than mentally putting everything aside til i lose the weight..... especially as i have figured out it will be end of january when i reach first goal IF i lose 500grams a week so that wouldmean i would miss out on jemima's first year, apparently the most precious.... i have had a lot of problems finding my feet as a stay at home mum, actually more problems becoming a housewife... i suck at housework.... but perhaps thinking of it as exercise will help that? tomorrow is going to be housework day.... bring on the mop and jif

:carrot: this carrot dude just looks so funny i had to use him....

fake weighin day yesterday morning was as i expected, i put on 500grams so i tried again this morning and am back to what i was last thursday, so hopefully this thursday i will be still on track and lost 500grams - then i will have a whole dancing carrot party as i will be the lowest weight since jemima born (not sure if i have hit 91.5kg in the last 4 months but pretty sure i havent hit 91kg)

happy tuesday

Kel, I think I'd have the same problems. I am 32 and single, no kids and no pets. I have been single for 4 years since I broke up with a serious bf, and I still can't imagine another relationship! Ooops can you say "scarred for life"? Hahaa.

I am starting to get clucky around babies (the biological clock rumour is true!), but I can't imagine being a housewife or mother, really! There are lots of ladies here with stacks of kids, I am in awe of what they get through in a day - I have enough trouble looking after myself!

Thanks Gen and Ani for the words of eat cake. lol. I DID eat cake and I DID put my feet up with a cuppa :coffee: It actually isnt too bad fat wise. I might sit down later and work out exactly the KJ content. But the whole cake only has 125gm butter 1/4 cup sugar. I use lite milk and also light cream cheese for the frosting. Hmmm can I say I used lite butter? Naaa! I's end up like pinocchio :nose:

And Ani, I used to be a mad midnight sit behind the fridge door scoffer of anything and everything. I used to get up and have a biscuit (or 2) and milk, or a handful of chippies, or a row of chocolate if it was there. I stopped it, but lately have been grabbing a handful of nuts in the middle of night to stave off the grumbling gremlins in my tummy. I know I should stop feeding the buggers. Or they'll grow and multiply!

Kel I breastfed my eldest for 6 weeks, got mastitis and was toooo painful so stopped. My next for 6 mths my next for 13 mths (little bugga wouldnt get off) and this bubba for about 2 mths. Tried and tried this time, but was torn and bleeding and in agony. Her feeds would last 2 hours. Also my milk had no nutrition in it, she wasn't putting on any weight and the Drs were getting concerned so we comped her with bottle for a few weeks and was on the full bottle by 3 mths. It was devastating and I think I cried every time I fed her for a whole week. I refused to let anyone else give her a bottle (even her daddy) and was quite aggressive about it too. :boxing: BUT in saying that, if I had to do it all over again I would not hesitate to go the bottle if necessary. And not feel guilty about it.

About the weight thing????? I think it's crap that breastfeeding helps you regain your pre baby body. Maybe helps your uterus yes, but as for the rest.... no! Just sensible eating and if you do eat extra make sure it is nutritious for you and bub. You only need an extra 8oocal while feeding so I have been told by a zillion nurses and drs and dieticians. So don't make the mistake of thinking you have to eat heaps. You can get that by snacking on fruit and nuts through the day. Perhaps graze on them while feeding.

Ani I hope you get better. Nothing worse than being sick, but not quite sick enough to stay in bed. I eat heaps when I have a cold. Hope yr not the same. lol.

Put yr feet up, rug up in front of the tele for a day. You deserve it. You are so disiplined in yr work and walks that it's not going to kill you to take a day off and have some ME time. Have a nice cup of chicken soup lol. (hmm) or maybe a nice hot milo?? lite milk of cause!:p

Vonni

PS: Vonni, I wish I could maintain when I don't exercise! If I don't exercise 5x week, my arse grows, without fail!

Hi ladies :wave:

Well, here I am, back again. It's been a slow few weeks but the new medication finally seems to be making a big difference. In fact, I'm feeling so good that I've forgotten to take my pill yesterday and again today. BIG note going on my bag to remind me to take it when I get home tonight!!

I went back to the gym yesterday for the first time in weeks and I'm pretty sore today. A friend has convinced me to take part in a duathalon with her in October so I'll need to get my fitness levels up for that. It's a 1km run, 10km bike, 3km run. The cycling will be fine but the idea of running is terrifying!! :yikes: Has anyone here ever done anything like this?

Congrats Ani on your weight loss :hat: :cheer2: that's really awesome! I'd love to see the scales break into the 80's ...... something to work towards I think.

:twirly: :twirly:

Kel I've been doing this for 10 months. I'm slower than most people, but I just keep reminding myself it isn't a race.

I wrote an article yesterday about the Top Ten things that have kept me on track. I'll post it here if anyone's interested - otherwise I won't bore you.

Vonni I dream of being the weight you are now! One of these days…

LittleKiwi it's great to hear that things are picking up for you. I bet you feel relieved that something's working. You'll get there, down into the 80s - hang in there!

I had another day of not doing anything yesterday, still recovering from this bug. I'm going to try and walk today and see how I go.

:)
Ani

one handed baby trying 2 sleep post.............

hi ani - would love 2 see top 10

kiwi - when is the duatholon?? that does sound full on! bike ride sounds fine?! bike ride sounds HUGE i'm thinking about doing the bridge to brisbane but not sure yet, i've never done ANYTHING like that so not sure at all, its not til august though and i think you can walk it.....

vonni - with this extra 800 calories i have a problem.... extra to what??? i dont even know how many i should be having full stop??!!! grrrr i mean extra to what i usually eat is too much extra to what i'd like to be eating probably not enough?? any website i should go to to figure it out?? breast v bottle debate is huge at the moment well it is in my life... sick to death of it, just wish babies being fed breast or bottle was out there and normal so that women didnt beat them selves up if they couldnt or simply dont want to breasfeed, as i reckon line up 10 adults and you tell me which had formula and which had breastmilk.

baby screaming so better go

Kel, if you want to tell/PM me your age, weight, height and level of activity (# exercise days/wk, light/mod/hard), I can work out how many calories you want to be on from the website I use. Or else if you scroll back, I actually posted the website link last week.

I so did NOT feel like getting up this morning for training, but since I woke spontaneously 1 min before my alarm went off, I decided I might as well go, once I poked my eyes back into my head (late night!). Did 616 calories woohoo!! Lots of skipping - as in 1000 skips - my trainer is sadistic!

Duathalon is not till October so I've got ages to get the fitness levels up. They do have an option where you walk instead of run but I know that I won't train if I sign up for that one!

I biked 10km at the gym last night and I really pushed myself and did it in just over 20 minutes. So long as I'm on the flat, I'm fine on a bike but running scares the bejeeses outta me!!

Kel, ask Gen, she has a website she goes to for calories to eat vs weight height age etc.... I went to one and it was so not right. told me i should be eating something like 800 cal when i should be on just over 1200.

Got my STAT results back :( Don't think I did to good. Will let you know. But I did have pretty major stuff going on at the time. Like 6 days before, other half and I split up. Had MAJOR HUGE argument (on mothers day of all days)and some pretty awful things were said (by him). We were back together sort of tiptoeing around each other when I sat the test, but I couldnt get my head around any preparation for it.

If I don't get into my course I am going to do aged care, and sit the exam again next year.

Have to fly. A friend has asked my to write a statement on the quality of water (or lack of it) and health issues in my old town. The lobby group have an appointment with parliament tomorrow and she wants it for that.

C u all later

Vonni

PS littlekiwi welcome back :D

i suck
i was full tonight yet still NEEDED to have a handful or two of M&Ms with hubby.... at least i didnt eat them alone.

dont think i did too badly other foodwise today and definately had my 2L of water but it has been full on raining all day so didnt do any exercise just vegged out with bubba

weigh in day tomorrow, first official weigh in day since last thursday so thinking of it as a test of changing days... is going to make any difference? ho hum PLEASE let the scales be kind!!! (if they are not i am probably going to offically join weightwatchers for some structure and no nonsense weightloss, figure if they have a way i can lose weight by not exercising then with a bit of exercise i should be right (in my mind them points plans are meant to work without exercise and exercising is a bonus)

gotta go hubby calling me......

OK Kel. Your BMR is 1728.055 calories per day. Your daily calorie requirement (depending on your activity level) to MAINTAIN your current weight is:
- Light exercise (1-3/wk) = 2376 cal/day
- Moderate exercise (3-5/wk) = 2678 cal/day

I've averaged those, so estimate if you exercise 1-4/wk, you can eat 2527 cals/day to maintain your current weight. Because you're breastfeeding, we can add 300-500 cals (let's average at 400), so the figure goes to 2927.

1. To lose 500g/wk, reduce by 550 cal/day = 2377 cal/day
2. To lose 1kg/wk, reduce by 1100 cal/day = 1827 cal/day.

Hope that helps!! Sounds like about 2000 cal/day while you're breastfeeding should lose about 750g/wk. Give it a try, as you may need to personalise up/down slightly after a week or two to account for your body.

LittleKiwi, GREAT to see that you're feeling so good!! I am about to go OFF my antidepressants after about 9 months, so fingers crossed I don't fall in a hole!

hi everyone

wow you girls can talk!!

Well, the meds are working... yay! I've evened out, and rolling along somewhat calmly. I'm still having misery episodes, but not as scary as before.

I'm thinking that I need a goal to aim for in terms of weight loss. Dualathons and such sound inspiring. That's maybe not my idea of fun, but I'll see if I can find something like it.

Keep on keepin on!

Hi Kylie! I agree, I'd love to have a goal that is more health or fitness related, rather than a weight number. I would LOVE to say I've done a triathlon, but I can't run well enough with my injury to train for a few months... maybe next summer if I'm still in Australia. I'd definitely swim more often if I wasn't so lazy and it wasn't such a pain to wash, dry and straighten my hair afterwards!

Yesterday I did PT in the am, lots of skipping, then I went to dinner at a friend's house about 5 kms away, and I rode - man, it sucked coming home, it was freezing and uphill .. I don't know what I was thinking, but I did do 1000+ cals from exercise for the day!

Well, I didnt do much else yesterday but a couple hours shopping. It's raining here too and I am thinking of going out today to look for a dryer. All these kids the washing piles up pretty quick if I don't keep on to of it. I do have a 9kg washer/dryer combo but it heats up inside and spin sucks the moisture out of clothes rather than tumble dries, and it takes hours. (sorry guys thats the only way I could put it lol can't think of the technical term.)

Going to town this morning, Target has a sale on and bub just needs a new jumper (prob not, but its an excuse). Then going to secondhand shops see if I can rustle up a lounge suite.
Working tonight so won't get on till tomorrow.

Oh yeah, been eating heaps too. George is ready for a visit next week so I must be getting ready and 'laying down the nurturing fat' or something..

Vonni

kylie WB - glad to see yr doin ok:)

It's so good to read all your posts and see that everyone seems to be doing pretty well.

For the first time in god only knows how long, today I actually feel happy!!! :bunny2:

I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean last night with the lovely man who I booted out of my life when things got tough. He's been great and I actually really enjoyed seeing him again last night so we'll see where that path leads. Movie was really good too!

Gym tonight and I'm going to try and concentrate on jogging. Wish me luck!

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I've been watching something on tv and this information was like a light bulb...

People can become addicted to alchohol, cigarettes, drugs and food. To treat a normal addiction you take away the offending product. But you can't take away food. Food is a life giving thing. They say if you give and achoholic 3 drinks a day, pretty soon they are falling back into old habits. If you give a person a little hit of the drug or morning cigarette they'll be wanting more. They say that pretty much if a food addict cuts down so much eventually they will build back up to eating more again and sometimes more than ever. So we need to aleviate our NEED for food. Talk to people, get out and do things, take ourselves AWAY from the food.

Pretty depressing isn't it when you think of it like that. But it's true when you really get down to it. I broke my habit of midnight binge eating and have started back into it again after months of abstaination.

I think I am going to put post it notes around. Like - "Do I really NEED that or do I just WANT it. Is it going to help me live a healthier, happier, longer life or just happier for 5 minutes?"

On chip packets I am going to put "A handful only is ok but how many handfuls have I had today?" On lollies I am going to put "I know I will feel sick in about half an hour after eating these! Do I want to feel sick?" "Do I want my sugar levels to rise? "DO I want a headache?"

At night before I go to bed I am going to put signs on my cupboard and frisge doors saying "Do I want to wake up in the morning feeling like I have eaten a dog s*#t sandwich? Wait till beakfast"

Sorry for sounding depressing guys, but I've just eaten a bowl full of cheezels while watching this show on Home and Health (Austar) "627lb woman" It's sad and I know I have a friend just like her in Tasmania that I lost contact with years ago. The show has prompted me to try and get in touch with her. I really hope she is still alive, as she was a very sick woman. I feel disgusted with myself for being "too busy" for the wonderful people in my life.

From now on I am NEVER going to be too busy. If my kids want to go to the park, I'll go. If my partner wants snuggle time I'll give that. If friends want me to come for coffee and chat I'll go. If I know I should be going for a walk and WANT to go for a walk I won't make excuses that I'm too busy.

There is always something to do to keep us busy, but everything will still be there AFTER we actually make time and do things to make us and those around us really happy.

Vonni

PS---- LINDOR If you are lurking please know that we are not to busy for you..... Please come back :( We miss you!