30-Something Aussie Mums

I would love to create a little group of woman with similar lives and similar goals! I'm hoping it will make me more accountable with my tracking and pursuit of goals! I'm a working high school teacher of 3 kids, 6, 4 and 2. I weigh approximately 74kgs and I'm 166cms (5'6?). I have weight to lose and would like to get into the 60s. I always protest that I eat well and make good food choices, but I'm slowly realising how dishonest I can be with myself. Looking to get real and really stick at this!

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Miffylou

Hi, I'm a 40 something Aussie working mum, feel free to add me for extra support. :happy:

tick78

Hi! I'm 35, Qld primary school teacher, mum to 8 year old twins. Height of 165cm, 77 kilos down from 95. Wanting to finish what I started and reach around 65kgs. Love to hear from you!

rachael1805

Nice to meet you both

Hope you're enjoying the beautiful winter weather today? I've been to the park/cafe with the kids and thoroughly enjoyed my breakfast and coffee. I don't think MFP will love it when I track it though!

I'm set to 1200 calories, how about you guys? I'm still really trying to figure out how many calories I should be eating to lose weight and get more honest with my tracking. Would love to know your calories/deficit/exercise and theories about eating back exercise calories...

oOxXxOo

I am 34 years old, mother of two boys. I have quite a bit more to lose than you but we are all here doing the same thing. I will send you a note.

juul76

I am in Aussie, WA, 37 years old and have 4 children (12, 11, 6 and 3) and work as a midwife. So busy busy! I started at around 93kg and am currently 74-75kg. I am 1.67 tall. I would like to get to 69kg and maybe push it down to 65kg but lets get to the 69 first!

I am not set at 1200 cal, I am trying to loose weight but also maintain the habit and weight once I get there so I am going slow. It was set at 1580 but now I reached 75 it was set at 1480 but because I found that really difficult I have set it at 1700. I try to work out at least 3-4x per week in the gym and burn about 750-800 cal. I walk a lot at work so I hope that helps too. I might eat back a little bit of calories but generally I try to stay around the 1700. I still have a biscuit once in a while or a glass of wine. There are times I plateau a little bit for a couple of weeks and that can be disheartening but then it goes down again.

Feel welcome to add me!

beca74

Hi ladies! I'm Bec, a 38 year old mum of an 8 year old son and a 5 year old daughter. I am a part-time teacher too, living in Melbourne.

A couple of years ago I got to my best post kids weight of around 64 kilos, and was feeling pretty good and getting lots of compliments. Well, I guess I got a bit complacent and I hopped on the scales a few weeks ago to find I am back in the 70s again.

I am hoping to get to at least 65, but would LOVE to get into the 50s at some stage, around where I was when I got married.
Anyhoo, if I can work out how, can I add you chickies as friends?

Some of you guys have done really well already! Can I ask how long it has taken to lose the weight? I am on 1200 calories which I very easy to go waaay over if I'm not careful. I not a huge fan of exercise but try to fit some in when I have the energy.

Good luck to us all and I hope we can get where we want to be.
Bec

Miffylou

Hi all, My calorie target is set at 1200 cal. I tend to eat back my calories when I exercise as I seem to get really hungry especially if I've had a hard training session. This way I don't end up starving hungry at the end of the day. It's taken me over a year to lose about 19kgs with about 8 to go. I've done it slowly with lots of little changes along the way. my hardest challenge was cutting out diet coke and coffee as i was a huge drinker of both. I'm only 157cm so my goal is 60kgs. At the moment I'm training for the city to bay in Adelaide which is in 6weeks. It's 12km and my goal is to do it in 90mins. This will be a huge achievement for me as when I started changing my lifestyle I couldn't walk from one end of my kids school to the other without being out of breath. I still have a treat every few days I think I may have finally learnt not to over do it.

It's great having some Aussie mums for support. ( I think my work colleagues are over paying me out for eating my salads everyday which is nice.) I have sent through some requests if you would like to add me. :happy:

beca74

Oh no! Not the diet coke! I drink coke zero every day! I thought it was allowed because of zero calories. Miffylou, did you find it was unhelpful for your weight loss? And coffee???? Noooooo.......

Qskim

43yo ok? Lol. I feel 30ish on a good day

or 100 on a bad. Mum of five. Teaching degree too but waylaid by pregnancies! Oldest is 20, youngest is 18mths. To be honest I'm feeling a wee bit slack ATM but hoping it's just the winter blues. Plus I come with a warning..I can swear - alot, depending. And I may whinge occasionally.

Symonep

Another Aussie Mum here....35 with 4 kids. Please feel free to add me, it gets hard with most people on this site being from the US

rachael1805

43yo ok? Lol. I feel 30ish on a good day or 100 on a bad. Mum of five. Teaching degree too but waylaid by pregnancies! Oldest is 20, youngest is 18mths. To be honest I'm feeling a wee bit slack ATM but hoping it's just the winter blues. Plus I come with a warning..I can swear - alot, depending. And I may whinge occasionally.

Yes, of course you're welcome! I'm getting excited. Who's up for an August challenge? Given we have just started August and it's Monday tomorrow, let's pledge some goals- not necessarily weight loss...maybe number of exercise sessions each week? Tracking every day? I'll do some thinking and post tonight

rachael1805

Another Aussie Mum here....35 with 4 kids. Please feel free to add me, it gets hard with most people on this site being from the US

I agree! Great to have you

rachael1805

43yo ok? Lol. I feel 30ish on a good day or 100 on a bad. Mum of five. Teaching degree too but waylaid by pregnancies! Oldest is 20, youngest is 18mths. To be honest I'm feeling a wee bit slack ATM but hoping it's just the winter blues. Plus I come with a warning..I can swear - alot, depending. And I may whinge occasionally.

...and I feel in my 40s some days, depending on how the little ones sleep!

sweetysmum

Another Aussie mum, Im 34 with 2 kids, from Victoria. Been here a while but not getting far. Would love some new Aussie friends. Feel free to add me anyone

rachael1805

AUGUST CHALLENGE!

In the month of August, I aim to:

lose at least 2kgs

track every day

exercise at least 4 times a week

Eeek!!

Symonep

In August I will....

- go to the gym 4 times a week
- wear my FitBit every day
- track accurately with food intake

sweetysmum

In August I will...

Drink at least 1.5lt of water every day.
Go to the gym/gym class 4 times a week.
Try and lose 2 kilos.

TazP83

Just stumbled upon the forum.

I'm 30, with two daughters (4.5 and 2.5). My August goals are:

-Track every day;
-Brush my teeth after dinner every night (no snacking, then!);
-Drink more water.

I look forward to getting to know you all a bit better!

Theresa xx

Qskim

Bump

beca74

Ok... I will...
- track ALL my calories (including those sneaky ones that I pretend don't count)
- drink 2 litres of water
- get on my stepper every night, even if just for 10 minutes
- try not to beat myself up every time I look in the mirror and treat myself with the same kindness and acceptance as I would anyone else
- oh, and lose a bit of weight, maybe

rachael1805

Ok... I will...
- track ALL my calories (including those sneaky ones that I pretend don't count)
- drink 2 litres of water
- get on my stepper every night, even if just for 10 minutes
- try not to beat myself up every time I look in the mirror and treat myself with the same kindness and acceptance as I would anyone else
- oh, and lose a bit of weight, maybe

awesome goals; truth, humour; humility, hope... love it :flowerforyou:

beca74

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Thanks Hun. I'm certainly going to give it a good crack!

dianebiaggini

Hi there, I'm 34 with a nearly 4 year old son. He's got quite a few health issues, which keeps me busy (and I have periods of emotional eating and consequent weight gain when things are stressful). At the moment things are ok, so really trying to focus on my health and well being. Have about 5-6kg of stubborn post baby fat left to lose. I've been told I need to step it up a notch if I want to see results...thing is I feel like I am working out pretty decently right now! One notable point is that I set my own calories to 1440 a day as I found MFPs 1200 was leaving me feeling hungry and thinking about food all the time. 1440 is slow in terms of weight loss for me, but much more sustainable. Please add me ladies!!! Happy to friend the locals!

sweetysmum

Morning everyone. Hope you all have a fantastic week

whomovedmydonutt

30 year old single mum of 2 here

feel free to add me.

Miffylou

Hi all, hope you all had a great day.

My August challenge is too:

Drink at least six glasses of water a day.

Lose at least 2kgs.

(Ps. I cut out the diet coke and coffee more for health reasons not for the calories. I was a heavy drinker of both. The coffees were shop bought so had a lot of milk and I always felt bloated. Anyway I feel a lot better now.)

rachael1805

Alas, I cannot give up my coffee shop coffee- one medium per day on skim- seems it's my only vice, sometimes!

Nenny1985

Hi. Im 27 and have a 7 month old daughter. I live in Melbourne. I'm also 166cm. Feel free to add me

helenta77

Hi, im 36 mum of two, 5 and 2, im 87kgs down from 106, i need to lose another 22kgs to get down to 67, anyone feel free to add me. Always looking for more aussie friends:-)

juul76

Bec,
I started last year in October with jogging. in the first 3 months I lost NOTHING!! It was very frustrating. In January I finally started to loose some weight so in about 10 months I have lost 19kg.

I will have to think about my goals for August! Certainly keep drinking water and going to the gym.... It so depends on my shifts when I am able to go.