Week 1 Chat (20-26 January)
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Good Morning all
Its amazing how the weather can dictate my motivation. Its overcast here and a little demotivated. BUT!! I will go to gym this morning and do a session of cardio! I always feel so much better when I do....its just getting there.
1.5 ltrs of water yesterday and am aiming for that again today.
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Hi everyone,
I just joined the group last night. I have posted my stats and goals in the Intro thread. I am happy to accept friend requests!
My goals for this week are to:
- hit 100 g of protein per day
- eat at around 1700 cals per day
- complete week 6 of my half-marathon training program (4 runs - Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sun)
- complete 3 bodyweight strength training sessions from "Body By You" program I am doing (Mon, Wed, Fri)
- play squash on Mon and Sat
- not go too overboard on long weekend with all my fam visiting! My brothers love to have a drink (as do I), and I can get a bit carried away in the moment!
I made my diary public so anyone can look. I will say now, though, that my food tracking may be incomplete this weekend with my family visiting. We will be eating out 1 or 2 nights, and drinking, so usually I don't even track that. I will be on track all this week, and back on track Monday!
Update on goals for the week:
- Mon squash and strength done
- Tues 30 min run done
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Hi everyone,
It's great to see everyone posting. Thankyou to those of you who mentioned drinking water. This is something I tend to forget so the reminders were great.
Gym workout done this morning and eating on track so far. My hardest time for resisting snacking is while I cook dinner. I get home from work hungry, pick while I'm cooking and then eat my dinner.
I must admit that I was crying watching the biggest loser last night too. I can't remember her name, but the lady who is around the 180kg mark really opened up my eyes. I've never been that big myself, but to hear how she struggles to just get out of bed and to have ramps built because she can't use stairs just is so sad. Hopefully she gets the help she needs and can shed the weight. Looking forward to Sunday night's episode.
Mungo, how did your son's appointment go? I hope you come away with some remedies/action plan.
Well, I had better get back to work. Looking forward to reading your posts.0 -
I'd like to see a picture of Claude too! How is he going today?
Yesterday was a bit of a bummer in terms of calories but I am on track again today. Going to the pub after work to catch up with my old boss and I am limiting myself to one wine (which is standard because I am driving), and probably a lemon lime bitters. Then sensible tea when I get home.
I don't watch much tv but caught the first biggest loser episode. I always feel for these people, they struggle so much and you can see they're at a point where they don't even know where to start in order to get themselves fit. Then to see them smash through their workouts and watch their confidence grow over time- it's so wonderful 0 -
Hello all
I have a sneaking suspicion that Claude might actually be Claudette as he/she let me get within 6 foot last night and there seemed to be a tummy. Happy to tame and take on a cat, but not a whole family, so hopefully I am wrong.
Our cat died last year at 16, so was going to get a new cat this year anyway. But then this one seems to have found me
He/she is slowly getting used to my voice and while still wary, is no longer terrified. Small progress, but still progress.
When I can take a picture without scaring him, I will. He is a mottley brown/grey colour and seems very small after Fletch who was a big burmese cross. This one has stumpy little legs and all the grace of an elephant!
I had a mixed day yesterday. Walked 6km and did a total of 26 floors of steps. BUT went off the rails with food last night and ended up 400 cals over - a combination of too much dinner and 5 (yes 5) icy poles as I tried to cool down. Just as well each day offers a new start0 -
Ooohhhh... Potential kittens! Well we will have to see what Claude/tte turns out to be!!
It seems a lot of us have issues with after work or late night snacking. I've found that the solution is to always have a glass of water with ice nearby, cut up some raw veggies to munch on when I'm preparing dinner and I make sure I have enough calories left over for dessert every night, or just about.
The other thing is that getting up early means I'm in bed most nights by 8:30pm, so that cuts down available time to over eat!!!
I used to do my nails late at night which is also a good distraction. You can't eat with wet nail polish and also get the benefit of nails looking good.
Checking out the MFP forums is also a good distraction.
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My top tips for not snacking at night:
- leave enough cals for dessert / treat after kids go to bed; for me, it's a hot milo every night
- I have a rule that I don't eat after 9:30pm, cos that's usually about the time I might start thinking about snacking
- brush your teeth and go to bed! That way you can get up at 5am and workout!
Who else?0 -
Just a quick check in to say that I'm here and cheering you all on, even if I don't have time to contribute much to this thread. I'll also have to vicariously watch the Biggest Loser through you, since I've just moved back in with my Mum to save money for travel (long story) and she and her partner are rabidly-anti TBL, so without a working tv of my own and I can't watch it!
33 years old and back to only watching what I'm allowed to on TV. Jeez Louise...
You can watch it online....that's what I do sometimes, especially this week because I'm on late shift with work.....just a thought 0 -
Day 2
I felt horribly guilty for not going to the gym after work last night like I promised. I got home around 12:30 am, had a quick snack and went to bed. Then slept straight through until 10:00 am so I must have needed it! at 13:30 I was at the gym doing my legs session that I was supposed to do last night. It was so damn hot in there today - like a sauna! I was shocked I only burnt 294 cals but still a solid effort. I find on B Shift I don't eat as much as I would in a normal day, so I'm making sure I eat my dinner and have something after I get home (for those of you that look at my diary, this week it'll be a mess because 'breakfast' is really 'lunch' due to the time I'm waking up after working).
I do plan on trying to get back to the gym tonight after work for Back & Bicep day. Tomorrow is Chest & Triceps and I think I'll add some sprints in there as well to prepare for Thursdays long slow distance run of 8km at a pace of 6:19-5:57/km.
I also registered for another triathlon yesterday! For those in the Brisbane/Sunshine Coast area, the Bribie Tri has a short distance event on the Sunday 300m swim, 10km cycle and 3km run. On the Saturday there are even shorter events. They're a lot of fun to do and I'd love to meet some people there so I'm not on my own for this one. It's on 8/9 February on the calm side of Bribie Island.0 -
oh kittens! I hope not for you tee hee!
I cant get tv signal at our house (aerial broke)
Might have to see if the boy can help download it for me anyone know where I would get it??
As for me horrible stressful day at work again and I really want a bottle of wine, but will resist heh heh. I am also already up to 8000 steps despite not taking my fit bit for my run this morning so feeling pretty good about that!0 -
Day 2 without snacking after dinner. Yeh!!
Tonight went for a walk, put the kids to bed, now catching up on here. Off to bed in a moment so I'll be up early at the gym.
Have a great night everyone :yawn:0 -
Ps candirose well done on the steps.0
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Better day today - did a 10km walk, climbed 27 flights of stairs and was 650 cals under for the day.
Plus Claude / Claudette ate the food I put out and only hid instead of running away when I changed the water :drinker:0 -
Day 2 pretty good for me. My bloated tum has come good, thank GOD, so that's nice. It was actually quite painful. :-P
Had appointment with psychologist today and cried for a goodly part of it. Cathartic, perhaps? I do tire of it, though.
Jumped on the exercise bike here for half an hour and watched the Djokovic/Wawrinka game, which was ludicrous...can you imagine how fit these people are? Staggering!
Skim, I remember last year or the year before, I was watching TBL and realised that the year previous, I had been watching and feeling so **** about myself (which, granted, I tend to do...hence psychologist! ;-)), but that this time around, I had actually done something about it and lost a bunch of weight. That was a really nice moment. :-) Seen a few very anti-TBL posts on Facebook and the like, but I just think, you know, for people to be willing to put themselves out there - to be potentially ridiculed by an entire nation (because, you know there's people who will do that, *kitten* that they are)...that takes real courage. I don't think I could do that. The feeling of being judged by people is something I cannot bear and I really do take my hat off to them. They know it's entertainment, but they still sign up for it. Whatever anyone thinks about the show and how it works, it definitely doesn't take away from that!
Have a good Wednesday! :-)0 -
Ooh, I got censored! LOL! That's nothing compared to some of the stuff I've been known to come out with. ;-)
And yay Helga and Claude/tte! That's a great sign! :-D0 -
Good morning everyone,
Hope you all have a great day ????????0 -
Hi to all 12 week Challengers......
I'm am really excited and so ready for this challenge.
I'm looking forward to getting to know you all.
2014 is my year......To get this weight off for good.....
My commitment this week is too:
* Go to the gym 6 days a week
* Eat 1470 calories or less each day
* Start Couch to 5k running app
* Start Vision board on my goals
Thanks Skim for putting the challenge together and I look forward to hearing about everyone's posts and gain support.
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Good morning all. I did okay yesterday despite being exhausted which is usually a trigger for me to eat everything in sight. I also did my normal gym session despite being in the mood to skip it (one of the perks of having a gym buddy). Off to a good start today and I have a bootcamp style session for football pre-season tonight.
Hope you all have a fantastic and healthy day0 -
Just finished watching the biggest loser... The weigh in...
Omg.... crying my eyes out....I just feel for Mary..... Not easy being 181 kgs. ....
TBL is going to be great motivation and the timing is perfect with doing this challenge....0 -
Good morning everyone.
Well I slept through the alarm this morning. I didn't get a lot of sleep last night because our dog kept barking at and chasing a dingo which likes to visit us.
I'm off to Tamworth tonight, so not sure if I can get any gym workouts done and don't know how the nutrition will go, but it is only for a few days and I will make the best choices I can.
Skim - thanks for the tip of the iced water and chopped vegies. When I got home from work, the mindless snacking kicked in again. I'll definitely give your tip a try.
EGirl7 - good on you for making a change before the start of TBL this year.
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Hi everyone and happy Wednesday!!
I love the Vision Board goal - I often put stuff like that together and have a magnetic board that I blutack pictures and saying to - or I make up a big cardboard one and glue stuff all over it. Then I move it around the apartment depending where I am or if I've got people coming over it goes quickly under the bed!!
Its a really good thing to prop up in front of the TV so if you are tempted for late night snacks, you look at the board and remember WHY you are doing this.
I'm still feeling a bit "bleugh" today after my huge calorie intake on the weekend, still having a few gut issues from the wheat overdose - I really need to stop binge eating... I've been listening to Brene Brown "The Power of Vulnerability" this week and today I got to the part on "numbing". Yep, that is me. I binge to NUMB out the feeling of vulnerability and then I don't have to feel it.
Sailing the ship of Avoidance down the river of Denial!!!
So I'm really going to concentrate on this - facing my fears and doing it anyway. A lot of it for me is to do with love and self worth (baggage from past relationships) and Emma I've had my fair share of therapy too, I think we ALL should have therapy and a safe place to say whatever the hell we want without being judged.
Anyway, this all translates into the whole binge/purge cycle and yo-yo dieting for me. Granted, I've gone from yo-yoing up and down 40kg to now up and down 3-4kg, but the same triggers and emotions are still there.
My 12 week challenge is about getting a handle on that sort of stuff too. And finally getting to a place where I can just maintain within 1-2 kilos and stop feeling like I need to be perfect all the time.
So today's mantra for me is this:
I am worthy of love and belonging. I am imperfect but lovable.
I am developing clean eating and consistent exercise habits that are so ingrained into my lifestyle that they stay with me for the rest of my life.
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Morning - well we went to the pediatrician yesterday and I have some reports to fill in for the doctor and take back before the next appointment next week. Normally it is a 6 month wait between appointments and the doc agreed to see us after hours too. He seemed pretty confident that there was opportunity for substantial improvement - yay.
Had to laugh a bit at the censorship - was talking to someone one day about cats and I referred to p.u.s.s.y. Cats (without the stops) and it got censored - I thought WTF!
Which reminds me - I hope that Claude is going well.
Have a great day everybody.
ETA - have also had experience with psychologists - the result of feeling like I'd been in a train wreck after relationship breakdown with my children's father - I had the odd feeling that something was missing in my life. I was right "I" was missing - My life was so full of everybody else's needs that I totally neglected myself. Not happening any more - that is one of the key reasons I started on MFP - to do something for myself and take control and responsibility for my health and physical fitness.0 -
Emma!!! You are a superstar!! How did you put the photos in your Intro post???? I've been trying and can't seem to get it right. Shannan did it too... I need help
LOL at the censorship - I'm keeping it clean (at present), but I can certainly be a bit of a potty mouth!
Terri, have a great time in Tamworth, I've been there...
Zen, welcome to the group - loving your long term goals. You can do it, going well so far!
Gemma - I tend to eat, overeat, when exhausted too. And it's usually carby things like bread that I don't normally eat. I think that is what happened to me on the weekend, I was SO tired on Sunday night I just sat down with a Vienna loaf and butter and ate it. Didn't care, just ate it. *sigh* Need to stop doing that.
Mungo, that's awesome news! Sooner the better!!0 -
Hi everyone, I've been out for my run this morning: intervals today. I have discovered that I quite like intervals, actually. Never done them before this training program. I find it easier to keep up a faster pace when I know I only have to do it for 90 secs before having a recovery slow jog for a minute.
Emma, it's great to hear you went to the psychologist. I remember also crying buckets the first time I saw a psychologist, too. I think it's because you suck up your feelings during your everyday life, and avoid thinking about what's troubling you, then when you start talking about your issues, all your emotions come out too, and the floodgates open! I found the psychologist helpful. He helped me challenge the way I felt about myself, cos I was really down on myself after my first marriage broke down. Good luck with it - remember we are always harder on ourselves than we would be on anyone else.
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Hi all
Hope your day is going well. Its my last day of hols and I'm dreading going back to work, although I know I will be fine once I catch up with everything. I sit at a desk all day which is not great because sometimes I realise that I haven't moved for a couple of hours. This year I am going to try and make a conscious effort to get up and move around a bit more!
I have a PT session this afternoon and am really looking forward to it, I have spoken to her before about doing a pump class and she tells me I will have no problem getting through one. But here is my problem........back when I was very unfit and heavier, I tried a spin class. I lasted about 5 mins and then went into a cold sweat and became dizzy. I managed to get off the bike and get to the change room and just laid on one of the benches until I felt better. I was so embarrassed and disappointed with myself .
I really want to try pump but I don't want to find myself in that situation again. I think part of my problem was trying to keep up with everyone else and I forgot to breathe!
I think within this 12 weeks I'm going to make it a goal to at least do a group class.
Thanks for listening
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Hello again.
Well, I have just spent time working out my bmr, calorie defecit etc... All set to go for when I get back from Tamworth.
Skim, like you I tend to yo yo and do the empty minded eating.
Mungo, great news to see that there is light at the end of the tunnel for you. Your paediatrician sounds very genuine - it's not very often they are willing to see you out of hours.
It seems we have all seen a psychologist/councillor at some point in our lives. And they do help.
Hi Donna, your PT will guide you and know the signs of when you are pushing yourself too hard. Good luck and enjoy!0 -
Hi all,
On a side note. Does anyone know if you can have message appear when you turn on your iphone. I want to put my mantra on my phone so that everytime I use it, I remind myself of my mantra and goals etc. I have an iphone 5, so if any knows if/how to do it, can you please let me know.
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Skim - I'm a small yoyo-er too and I guess yoyo-ing 3-4kg is waaayyyy better than 40kg but it's something I really want to work on too. The main thing really. Not feeling like I have to eat all the food just because it's there. Consistent healthy eating 7 days a week with the odd treat meal or splurge
DeeBee - give yourself permission to go really really easy on your first try at anything new at the gym. Don't compare yourself to anyone else in the class as they could have been doing it for years. Go in with the aim of just making it through the whole class no matter how light you need to go and count it as a win that you could get over your fear of going. Remember it takes a few tries before you become comfortable at anything and the great thing with those type of classes is they don't change a lot from week to week so you'll know what to expect the next time you go and where you can start to push yourself
Terri - One thing I do to stop having a snack after work while I'm cooking dinner is having a protien shake. It fills me up enough that I am not starving and can make it to dinner. If you need to snack veggies are good as Skim said. Give yourself permission to eat as much as you want as long as it's veggies0 -
Does Anyone Know Whats Happened To Xenaroadwarrior?0
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Random question and possible TMI but I have to ask anyway - how do you guys go when you've upped your protien intake and you're constantly gassy and, um, smelly? I've do eat things like hard-boiled eggs and a protien shake here and there. I eat a bit of fruit but don't go overboard on it I don't think (2-3 serves per day) and eat a big container full of veges for one or two of my main meals a day. Is it something your body just gets used to after you've stopped eating as much junk or is it something you just have to get used to?
Donna - Pump is a great class to go to. You can scale down the weights to suit you and your strengths/weaknesses. Your PT wouldn't have said you could do it if they thought you couldn't. Also, most Pump instructors ask if there's any first timers out there and keep an eye on you. Maybe rock up 5 or so minutes early for your class and have a quick chat to the instructor if you're worried. They'll put your mind at ease Pump classes are a lot of fun - I miss them a lot! 0
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