Thanks for that idea Lindor - I'll let you know how I get on!

Kylie

Ok I blew it calories wise today. REALLY blew it. I have to stay away from fast food outlets.

But... I did the first session of C25k today, it was hard, but I did it. I went out after dinner straight after the Biggest Loser.

And I did some walking today too. I'm pretty sure I've done 10000 for the first time this week, even tho it looks like the pedometer doesn't like running. Does popping it on your sock work better?

I've also had more than my share of water today 3 litres so far, so thats good, it means I'm drinking less coke zero.

Catch you all soon

Kathy

I forgive, accept and trust myself.

Hey Kylie, are you eating breakfast? If you get time, have a read through this thread:

www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=104100

The women in there talk about not eating enough - and they are much better at explaining it than I am.

Barb, it would be worthwhile for you too :)

As to what a 'typical day' for me is, it goes something like this:

Breakfast:

• Bowl of Uncle Toby's Healthwise cereal with:
~ Sprinkle of pitatas
~ Small handful of walnuts & almonds
~ Strawberries, grapes or banana
~ HiLo milk
• Coffee

Lunch:

• Flat bread wrap with any combination of salads. Usually avocado (used as the spread), lettuce, capsicum, chives, tomato, mushroom - maybe ham, or egg or roast chicken breast.

Afternoon snack (don't always have this):

• Small bunch of grapes or other piece of fruit.

Dinner:

• Sometimes WW frozen dinner; or

• Chicken kebabs (grilled) with rice, lettuce, tomato; or

• Home made pizza; or

• Chicken schnitzel with steamed veges or salad; or

• Baked beans on toast :) (the joy of living alone)!

Does that help? I try and have my biggest meal (calorie-wise) for breakfast, and taper off during the day so my smallest meal is at night. Doesn't always work out that way, but when I plan properly and have enough food in the house it does.

OK - I'm still on track for the most part. I did a bit of late-night snacking last night that I ought to be slapped for, but it isn't something I'm in the habit of doing. I blame Channel 7 for putting my favourite show - 24 - on at 10.30pm :)

Today I'm going to behave myself and work towards ALL my goals. Might even go for an extra-long walk to burn off those late-night-snack calories!

Hope everyone is having a great week!

:-)
Ani

Tell me about it - I had to tape 24, there was no way I could stay awake to watch it! I'm so old...

Hey all

Went to WW yesterday and YAH,,,,another 1 kg:carrot: . I am really feeling it now and i know i looks heaps better as i feel it. I am pleased with that loss even though secretly wishing for more. I'm greedy i suppose....

Lindor,...when i lost my 60kg and got to goal i bought some jewelrey. It was a beautiful belcher type bracelet...very chuncky solid gold. I told myself $50 for every kg of damn hard work...i derserved it....so $3000 later and i looovvve it...wear it all the time although now i am not at my goal it reminds me that i have been naughty. When i get to goal again....i intend to buy the necklace to match(if i can afford it that is...not working anymore remember...i am a poor Uni Student now:mad: You need to find something tanglible to be proud of so you can always remember your achievments. I thought about a holiday or something like that but i am glad i didn't as i have "evidence" of my success. Just what i did....food for thought. I still reward myself. I am working towards my 10kg just now and intend to buy a new watch then. Yes i love jewelrey...can you tell. I find that if i can see it, it means a lot more. I do buy clothes every time i lose weight weekly too. I shouted myself a size 14 dress yesterday for losing this week. Fits like a glove...i dearly want to be size 10-12 again..too many clothes in my wardrobe just begging to be worn...yeah i love clothes too.

My typical day barb goes something like this....

Breaki....yoghurt and fruit(Natural low fat yoghurt). I will not eat grapes or any of the melons as they have too much natural sugar. Even though at WW they tell us 16 grapes are worth one point the same as most fruits. Thought that info might help us that are eating grapes. It is easy to overeat them!!!!Sometimes i scramble 2 eggs with tomato, asparagus, onions and zucchini or
WW cereal with skim milk.....or Oats with stewed apple.

Lunch....Salad wrap(Mountain Bread only or 4 crispbreads). I eat my starchy carbs at lunch to keep my energy levels up. Also arvo time can be my "danger time". Any salad vegies....i don't eat beetroot, carrot and limit my tomatoes(yet again...too much sugar...bumps up your insulin levels too quickly). I go for low GI ones...slower release of energy.

Arvo tea(only sometimes)..peice of fruit.

Tea....Small piece of protein and veg in a stirfry(easy). I don't eat potato(only sweet potato), pumpkin, peas, carrots or corn. They are starchy carbs. Too much before bed i feel.

I limit myself to only 2 pieces of fruit per day, drink 3 litres of water and TRY to exercise at least 4 times per week. Sugar is my enemy(even natural sugar in fruit). When i am desperate for sweet(even though now i find that an apple is sweet enough) i eat WW desserts or diet jelly. I too Ani eat Pepitas, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds and Olive oil and flaxseed oil daily...thats my good fats...good for the skin and insides as well. I didn't want to have saggy skin after i lost weight and i find these help. I make dressings out of the oils for salads and sprinkle the seeds on salads or just munch on them. Even nice in stiryfrys. I limit the amounts though as they still have calories. Don't cook your oils though..you destroy the good properties of Extra Virgin Olive oil and keep your flaxseed oil in the fridge to keep the goodness in it.

So thats how i lost my 60kg.....low fat, low GI and low sugar type diet. I was never hungry and it only took about a year. I was very dedicated though....i feel i have that "energy" back now. It went away last year. This is my year to regain my confidence and the old me back.

I found it hard to maintain at first. Obvioulsy i put some weight back on. Although i think i have got that now. I stayed the same weight just about all last year so i feel confident i have found the balance now...hope so....

Sorry its a longy...thought it could others with some ideas...i dearly want you all to succeed. Thats what worked for me...it is working again....maybe others may like to try. I can give you more details of amounts and a full list of my foods it anyone wants it....just yell

Keep going girls...this is our year:hug:

My reward, for when I reach goal, is to spend a European summer in Italy - in Umbria and Tuscany mostly. I'm not a jewellery or clothes person, but to have an experience like Italy will mean a great deal to me.

I walked for an hour this morning, and then in a fit of madness spent two hours cleaning out the BIG fishpond. Completely emptied it, ripped plants out, took ALL the river pebbles out and washed them – potted new plants and fixed the pump. Now it looks stunning, and I'm looking more than a bit bedraggled. But I think I can safely say I've burned off last night's late-night snack :)

leeny thanks for the info about grapes. I don't eat too many but I didn't know we were supposed to limit them THAT much. But you inspired me to put strawberries on my breakfast instead this morning!

:-)
Ani

Hi girls,

Worked today...ate today! I had a LeRice for Brekkie, a coffee for morning tea, a mountain bread wrap with low fat Philly, turkey, lettuce, sprouts, red+greeen capsicum. Had a can of fanta at lunch, and a 600ml coke after work. (thats my softdrink for the next 2weeks!) I think I'm going to cook curry-in-a-can for dinner, with chicken.

Well, i figure its a start. I've been surfing the net like crazy for low cal meals, and Barb, you are right! 1600cal meal plans are HUGE!

I haven't really thought about reaching goal weight, so I haven't planned on a reward yet either. I think I should probably start by buying a set of scales, I've been meaning to. It's annoying at the moment, coz I don't know if I'm losing, gaining or otherwise.

Anyway, thanks for all the advice! I'm taking it on board. Oh, I found a website in another thread, called allrecipes.com. There are soooo many recipes, and they have the nutritional content listed too.

Another question (i hope there's no quota!) I read about the 'Anne Collins' program last night. Apparently she's pretty good, her website is meant to be full of recipes and meal plans etc. It cost US$20 though, I'm not sure if its worth it...ideas?

til tomorrow

Kylie

I am leaning toward a holiday too. Jewellery and the likes don't really jump out at me either. I can understand jewellery being something you can hold and look at as a constant reminder of your good efforts, but any jewellery I have just sit in boxes and is forgotten about.

Holidays on the other hand can provide me with a bit of indulgence and excitement and memories for a lifetime! I just don't know where I'd go or what kind of holiday I'd like.

Leeny well done on the 1kg loss!! You do realise you have got ahead of me now? I hate you!!! :p

I am going to have to pull my socks up and change that!! :lol:

Seriously Leeny...keep up the good work!!! ;)

Yesterday was a good day for me!!!

Today, so far, is good too. I have a McCains Lasagne in the microwave as I type this - that is dinner. I still have my water to finish - but I can do that!

I did 50 squats this morning again too. Monday will see me doing a few step-ups again too (if I don't get too excited and start that over the weekend :lol:).

Alright, I must be gone, microwave has just pinged - yum!

I really, really, really want chocolate. NOW!

According to the health care people I have a brand new prolapsed disc in my back … that makes FOUR! Thought I felt a bit of extra pain when I was playing in the fishpond today. Bloody **** - at the rate at which it's cracking up on me, my back will play dominos one day, and I'll wake up and discover I'm only two-foot tall! :D

Enough little tantrums from me. I just wanted to share my news and be a drama queen.

And instead of chocolate I'm going to get an icepack, a painkiller (or three) and a nice calming cup of chamomille tea.

:-)
Ani

Eek - went out for teppanyaki tonight. It is actually in the WW tracker as 10.5 points, but fortunately I saved up so met my day's points perfectly! Good food, good friends, good times :)

I live such a secluded life!!!

What the heck is teppanyaki? And personally I prefer my pitatas mashed with lots of butter, can't say I have thought of having sprinkles over my breakfast cereal though! :p

I don't want to mention last night, but if I want to remain honest with myself in this battle, I have to admit that I got the munchies at about 9pm. And regretably I statisfied my need in all the wrong ways :(

My mood is up and down like a yo-yo just now, has been for a few weeks now (in case you never noticed). I have a funeral that I am expected to attend next week that I'd honestly prefer not to. I don't like funerals, I certainly don't enjoy gatherings! I have said goodbye in my heart and mind already...I don't need to go through it all again.

Nope! I am going to stop whinging and moaning!!

The task at hand is my weight loss, I am going to get back into it - PROPERLY!!

Sorry for the early morning moan.

If I ignore the pain in my back I can say I had a good day yesterday. I walked for an hour, worked hard on the fish pond for two hours, ate less than 1500 calories, did 40 step ups and drank 2 litres of water.

Today I'm feeling confident I can reach my goals too. I'm really determined to try and show a loss on the scales this week, and break this stupid plateau. I've threatened my scales - warned them that if they do not cooperate I'm going to put them in the middle of the road on Monday :)

Lindor did you weigh in this week? I noticed you were busy hating leeny for jumping ahead of you but I can't remember you weighing in.

:-)
Ani

No I haven't weighed in this week.

I was 83.5kg last weigh in and I've spent the last two weeks trying to eat my misery away. I can't imagine I have lost anything...but I don't want to confirm I have gained. Not while I am this down on myself still!

Maybe Monday, but I am not feeling particularly keen on that just yet either.

Hope you back pain eases soon for you Ani! And good on ya for a good day yesterday!

Hi

Lindor, I think that if you are at peace with the person that passed away, then you shouldn't have to go to the funeral. If there is still pressure to go, perhaps an apperance at the wake would suffice?


Go Ani for doing up the fishpond! I bet that it looks really nice. Is WA on any water restrictions at the moment? We're pretty dry here in SA, but because I don't have a garden, it's no real worry to me.

Bleuch - I got my new drivers permit today. can anyone say 'chubby'? yuck. Apart from that, I had a good shift at work this morning, (i love most of the customers; i hate my boss), and now I'm off for a massive planning session for AIESEC. Today feels good, its great outside and I'm just feeling fresh, if still round at the edges!!

Kylie