fit for october challenge

Hi all,

Is it too late to join??? I'm off to the USA in October & stopping off in Ireland to visit my family on the way home so your timing is PERFECT!!!

In January I got serious about weight loss when I was 105kg, I'm now 88kg. My aim is to hit my target weight of 77kg by the trip (shopping in the US is so much cheaper so if I need a new wardrobe where better to buy it plus I havent seen some family members or friends in over 3 years...) all of this means I need to lose another 11kg or 24lb. It looks like a mountain but I'll do my best, if I aim for the stars I can still land on the moon right... So can I join pretty pretty please :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

LOL its open for everyone to join anytime they like welcome on board
whereabouts in the states are you going? i have an adopted daughter in texas and one in new york i keep saying im going to get over there to visit but money and 5 kids here just never quite = a trip to states i have to settle for skype but if i win lotto its my first spend

nelski welcome back missed you i agree weekends need to be longer 2 days just seems unfair compared to the 5 day week unbalanced an all that lol i plan on making some buns or cake in a while less sugar but hubby is fasting and needs a sugar rush he says im hoping he wont notice that in stead of 4oz there will be only 1oz in there chocolate cake experiment just hoep it tastes good
wishing you luck with the roof a treadmil sounds so much more fantatstic than a roof but if all else fails get jillian to kick you butt again lol

evening all

i managed the 1hr walking and cleaning i feel like thats all i do constant pick up after kids sweep there mess and wash pots its annoying in one way im used to once a day spritz clean once a week scrub clean now im spritz cleaning every 2hrs and scrub clean every other day but i am thinking of the calories burned so its all good it will be even better if my head ache would bog off im beginning to feel like i rattle when i walk god help me if theres calories to painkillers lol

hope everyones had a fun active day mabrywynn im sure you wont fall on your face isnt that what buggie sare for the extra support? becareful the babies dont enjoy you going fast too much you may end up running everywhere with them llol

cdpm thanks for the let off i was all geared up for the wii but alas my head said nope hoping it can shift within couple days as i start pill again and finally i will get some decent workout in

mindiejean a second run sounds great and if i lived in states and nearby id be joining you it be a good motivation to keep at the exercise

good morning happy wednesday means we half way to the weekend lol

bjshooter congrats on the 3lb loss i have made a note it definately kicked the 1lb gain out the window im avoiding the scale until TOM has bogged off because he hides gremlins in them that weigh like 5lbs only they dont show until i stand on them so i hid them lol

mabrywynn my foot is almost there i get the odd twinges and last night i stretched it funny and it throbbed so im glad in one way i didnt just go back to jogging on trampoline as soon as it stopped hurting to walk altho i do miss the calorie burn from that walking is pretty much all the walking as im picking up kids mess sweeping up kids mess and general tidying up

today i need to sweep mop vacuum and clean again i love my kids but how on earth do they make so much mess so many times in the day its like groundhog day only on a shorter time scale

goodmorning count down to the weekend only 1 more day then 2 days chillax

today i have to shop i need a new set of drawers because the wardrobe is falling to pieces and my daughter wants a princess toy box/seat no idea where she saw it but i bet its going to cost me but it will also equal out to an hr or more walking around im sure it must burn more calories on account of having all the kids with me the stress they create must be a calorie burner?? nope oh well wishful thinking never hurt anyone i suppose

hope you all have a great day mindiejean try the sudafed first if not try sinutab i prefer sudefed a stheres less side effect sinutab leave me feeling sick nauseaus and generally off it until they kick in properly

evening all

today went great i got all the shopping i needed to buy by 1pm hr of walking around then home to move furniture dismantle furniture and fix new stuff up and then move that into place that was a good 4hours work my fingers feel numb all the screwing screws into drawers then my 2 youngest had had such fun with the polestyrene it wa sin millions of little pieces all over my floor in both downstairs rooms fats sweep and sweep and sweep again before the cat thought ooo tasty treats i am now sitting chilling and thinking sod to it all im taking a night off

mindiejean im glad sudafed worked for you it seems to work good for me too and theres nothing worse than bunged up hayfever type feelings

mabrywynn well done on avoiding the bad food and wine and running instead that is more dedication than i have

aoifebr to be honest 5 is easier than 2 or 3 or 1 my older 2 girls at 11 and 8 see the 2 younger ones at 4 and 2 like giant dolls and adore the playing and while i make tea 9 times out of 10 thery sneak them in bath and dry dress them the older girl even enjoys changing poopy nappies i kinda feel redundant on most days well except the mess they create

nelski you couldnt turn down your own bday cak ethat would have been just rude lol let us knwo how the new workout dvd goes

suzumichan we all fall off the wagon sometimes the trick is to get back on a slight blip wont do us a great deal of harm but to blip longterm can dont worry over a bad weke just know you can and will do great this week

cdpm you will look fantatsic at the wedding and you definatetly deserve the weekend off to splurge and enjoy but monday we will all be kicking your butt to be good again lol

hope you all have a good evening be good

morning all

well i lost my phone my day now consists of retracing my steps everywhere i went yesterday and turning my house upside down looking for it i have so many numbers in my phone that i dont have anywhere else its unreal and its people i will need to contact not only that it battery died so i cant even call it how stupid do i feel today

on th eplus i get all the exercise in again and the weather is nice today not raining so i wont get wet

hope you all have a fab day check on you all soon

okies its friday that means achievments day

mabrywynn lost 0.4lbs i agree its slow moving weight so thats a good loss
cdpm lost 1lb brilliant
suzumichan lost 2lbs way to go
mindiejean signed up for her second 5km thats great
bjshooter lost 3lbs fantastic
monkeysmum maintained weight and seen as it was TOM week ill take it


we are all doing brilliant my holiday is booked for 24th october-27th heres hoping i can drop at least 7lbs by then more is fantatsic
oh and i found my mobile phone in my spiders tank i have no idea how or why it was in there but im glad i found it