&-Week Challenge Team Europe / UK

morty1966

I got up at stupid o'clock this morning to do som'e planning before going to work (I'm a teacher). I got it done quicker than I thought so jumped on my treadmill for 25 mins and got my day started with a bang.

Boooie

Well done Morty , i find if i exercise first thing it perks me up for the day, i just done a 50 min jillian Michaels dvd , weird tho im finding the exercise much tougher this week than last week, hopefully that will pass and im planning on doing zumba later.Just a question for you all, since im working out more im hungrier usually id find it hard eating the 1200 calories, i earn more doing exercise but this silly voice in my head keeps saying don't eat more, who here eats any of there exercise calories and if you do has it slowed down your weight loss.
Stace enjoy your dress fitting and Nikki hope your dad is ok x

Stacebob85

stacebob - definitely tell the wedding dress fitters you are losing weight and see what they suggest. im sure they will be able to accommodate your loss, brides are always dieting for their weddings aren't they? lol !!

Lol That's true! I'm going to tell them that I hope to lose 10 - 14lbs by mid-April, so I'm hoping that they can offer me a secnd fitting towards the end of April. Problem is, I have no idea how long it takes to adjust a dress, and as my wedding is May 28th I've no idea if a late-April fitting would be feasible.

I reckon it's going to be really hard for me to try to not lose any more weight during May. Maintenance of weight really scares me cos it's a difficult business. Plus I know that even if I lose a stone by April, I'm still not going to be at my desired weight, so having to put off weight loss til after the wedding might kill me!

Stacebob85

Just a question for you all, since im working out more im hungrier usually id find it hard eating the 1200 calories, i earn more doing exercise but this silly voice in my head keeps saying don't eat more, who here eats any of there exercise calories and if you do has it slowed down your weight loss.

Stace enjoy your dress fitting and Nikki hope your dad is ok x

Thank you!

For me, it depends on how hungry I am. I won't eat the calories I earn through exercise if I don't feel the need to eat, but if I do then I don't mind indulging, but tend to got for things that have very little saturated fat and just the energy/calories instead. I've been doing more exercise since Christmas (I put on 7lbs over December due to a house move, Christmas, New Years and a lack of willpower!) and I've lost almost a stone since then, so eating my exercise calories sometimes seems to be fine.

morty1966

I am sooooo hungry right now after exercising this morning, lol x I am thinking about eating one of my students, lightly roasted with a BBQ sauce. how many calories in a teenager?

nikkiws

Morty1966.... you can have a student prepared in the aforementioned way for 325 calories but I think you would find a desert of a p45 afterwards and a third course of a prison sentence!
Thanks for all the lovely messages girls... my dad had chemotherapy last week and is really very poorly, hard to see him like this. I have been drinking far more since being here, which I thought accounted for my tummy feeling bloated.... but this morning I discovered it is actually the T.O.M.... gutted, hasn't happened to me in 15months due to being pregnant and breastfeeding!
Am relying on 3g connection on phone as router is broken, I honestly am not sure how I lived without broadband in the past!
Well done to all of you exercising like mad, I am hoping to get out for a walk this afternoon and may even have a go at just dance on the Wii... reckon that will be comedy, especially with having packed no sports bra!
Looking forward to seeing us beat everyone tomorrow with our amazing progress! X

little_lion

Morty LOL!! well done for getting in that extra run though!

Boooie - i usually eat back most of my exercise calories. 1200 is really the bare minimum that a female should be eating when sedentary (sitting down all day inactive). if you burn an extra 500 (as an example) and still only eat 1200, your body only has 700 calories to live off of for the rest of that day.
the way i think of it personally, is that if i burn an extra 500 and only eat 1200 it's similar to if i did no exercise and eat 700 - which i would never do.
plus i find that i'm usually too hungry not to eat my calories back if i have exercised in the morning lol !
its up to you and you should do whatever you think is best but if you are hungry don't deprive yourself i hope this made sense!

Nikki - just dance sounds fun, a girl i used to work with lost loads of weight and told me the only exercise she did was just dance!! i might buy it actually.. let us know how you get on xxx

Eviesmum

Problem is, I have no idea how long it takes to adjust a dress, and as my wedding is May 28th I've no idea if a late-April fitting would be feasible.

Congratulations - that date seems popular, my sister and friend both got married on 28th May as well (and its my BIL's birthday too).

Stacebob85

Thank you! We chose the date as it falls in the Bank Holiday weekend, and (at the time) we thought it was out of the football season. Turns out the UEFA Champion's League final is that day. I don't actually mind the game being on in the bar at our reception (sound down of course, for those non-footie fans), but if Arsenal get through there's a friend I can totally see just not coming to our wedding. And then I might have to kill him :P

Stacebob85

Oh man, I apologise to you all; just had another chocolate fail; my Mr. just came back from the shop with a Magnum ice cream for me, which I didn't want to turn down because he'd bought it because I hadn't had enough calories today and he didn't want me to be under-eating. That, and the no-chocolate thing completely slipped my mind until I was halfway through chowing down on it.

I promise to do better next week!

morty1966

Do we post our challenge weight loss here? I lost a pound this week :0)

Oh and no chocolate for me either.

little_lion

Well done morty!
Therr is a thread to post our losses on but it has got a bit confused so I'm just posting mine here for now until later today maybe.
I lost 2lbs this week, my goal was 130 and today I weighed 129.
I had one serving of cocopops mega munchers cereal, do these count in the choc challenge?

Can't wait to hear how everyone else got on I am aiming for another 2lbs in week 2! Good luck all xxxx

nikkiws

Hi all, I met my goal of 2 pounds.... was 3 pounds earlier this wk but one has crept back on, shouldn't have got the scales twice!
No chocolate this week.
Looking forward to seeing how everyone has done x

morty1966

Well done little lion, that's great. I'm aiming for another pound next week, slow and steady for me.

Not sure about the coco pops, they are quite chocolatey.

nikkiws

P.s well done Morty and little lion!
Goal for me next week is 2 pounds

morty1966

Well done Nikki x

Boooie

Well done on your losses

Stacebob85

I don't seem to be able to message Pearl-Normal, so here are my stats:

Starting weight; 179.5lbs
Week 1: 177.5lbs
Loss: 2lbs
Total challenge loss: 2lbs

2 servings of chocolate (Fail! Must try harder on challenge next week!

Eviesmum

I lost 3lb and had no chocolate.

Well done everyone - great start.

Next weeks goal is 2lb.

little_lion

well done guys!!

sylvia1970

Didn't lose any weight this week.

Still 143lbs

My proper weigh in is on Monday so we'll see.

Boooie

I was 175lb now 171 lb 4 loss aiming for 2 this week would like to be in the 160s
well done everyone x

Stacebob85

Oh man, I really need help on weekends; nearly every weekend I go waaaaay over my calories at least on one day. Why?? *shakes fist at self*

nikkiws

Bad weekend for food too but have just got home and intend to be better from tomorrow! The burger king at reading services was an all time low... 4.75 pounds and 510 calories down the drain.... didn't even enjoy it.

Any news on this week's mini challenge? Don't want to unintentionally eat something shouldn't!

Well done everyone for this week whether you lost weight or not, remember, just coz the scales don't go down, centimeters may be coming off x x

Eviesmum

Hi Nikki, don't panic, its just a blip. Keep at it.

This weeks challenge is burn 700 calories, starts tomorrow, ends Saturday - so keep a track of your exercise if you don't already.

nikkiws

Burn 700 calories eh... reckon I could manage that! As long as it is not 'drink no alcohol' or give up cheese I will be ok!

Boooie

700 calories should be an ok challenge

morty1966

I like that challenge, I can do that in a few days. I'm glad it's not giving up alcohol too lol x

Stacebob85

Does anyone want to take up the mantle of team cap'n? I hope everything's OK with Pearl_Normal...

Stacebob85

Bump - anyone wanna step up as Captain? I'd offer, but to be honest I'm rarely around on Saturdays and would have a hard time collating everyone's scores and passing them onto Jitterbug...