sallysuze Member

So what do you do with water? It is natural, and also a chemical... H2O. Everything is chemistry - I think you get confused perhaps with your definations. If chemicals are so bad, then try living without any lol. You won't last too long.

1. you love food. So research how to make it healthier. Enjoy trying new vegies, new ways of cooking, how can you make a healthier version of a favorite meal. Make *healthy* food your hobby, not junk. 2. you work in fast food. you know better than anyone what goes into it. You have a choice to make about whether that is…

8:20pm here in New Zealand, kids are in bed and I finally have a chance to think and log in here. Not everyone in the world lives in your timezone ;-)

There are plenty of helpful supportive comments. The fact that you haven't acknowledged them only fuels the fire, as it looks like you are just here to moan rather than to change your behaviour.

How on earth did you afford the salty and bad food then???? If you can't afford healthy food then you also can't afford bad food, in which case you would be all ribs and no fat by now. You *can* afford to buy food, it is your choice whether it is healthy nutritious food or not. Who says you need a gym pass to live…

Are we only talking about dinner? I presume your husband sorts out his own lunch at work? If so, then having a healthier dinner is just one meal out of 5 in a day, if you count snacks. So if you want to make a healthier dinner then there is plenty of opportunity for your other half to get his junk food during the day when…

Given that you are bfing, and only 6 months from doing the whole pregnancy and birthing hormonal body shake-up, I would say that maybe your body is just dealing with all of that rather than necessarily just due to your diet/exercise. Could it be that you might be getting back into a monthly rhythm? I have had some gains…

When you are gaining and losing big numbers like that in your first few weeks it will be water. Not fat, not muscle, not flab, just water. Maybe you have changed your diet so that you are eating less sugar, less bread, less cake, less biscuits, more protein, this changes the amount of water your body retains through…

New Zealand (for those that aren't so great at geography, South Pacific, a little right and down from Australia)

"i just want to lose 2 pounds a week it is so hard" You have a 3 month old baby that you are caring for, you are fitting in exercise, and you are aware of what you are eating. You have only been logging for 2 days and sticking with the logging will help you tweak what you are eating with what you know is better for you.…

Are you breastfeeding your 3 month old? If so then make sure you are eating enough good food for both of you, dieting and bfing is a tricky mix. After having 2 babies, I think there is something to be said for survival, the newborn phase doesn't last long, and when you add in sleep deprivation then I think that worrying…

You would have plenty of time to exercise if you spent less time in the car. So.... cut down on activities for the children, or cut down on the amount of driving to activities yourself by carpooling. I don't envy you all, when do you all spend time together? Hopefully there is time at the weekend where you can hang out at…

level 1 was good, I felt like I was getting somewhere. Level 2 seemed really boring, and I needed to sub the lunges for things that were kinder to my knees. Completely over plank position too, I think it would have been better with less plank and more variety. Level 3 - only done 1 day so far, and haven't wanted to do it,…

Sometimes it is not a new scale that is needed, but new batteries...

Do you want that more than the ice cream? Or do you want the ice cream more?

You realise that you are not the centre of their universe and you realise that others are far more self absorbed than you give them credit for ;-)

Other people can only help you if you want to help yourself. No one else can do this for you, you have to own it. Why did you want to lose weight in the first place?

I think if the ready meals are the better in cals and sodium than what you can prepare yourself then perhaps you should look at what you can cook, and consider learning to prepare foods that are healthy as well as tasty. It can be done, most people do. Unless you want to eat a readymeal every day for the rest of your life,…

is there any reason why you can't make a big salad sandwich for lunch, or cook your own meal? That way you learn what food is, and how to cook it, and all the different flavours out there. I couldn't imagine eating two frozen processed meals a day for any period of time. It will all start to taste the same which is a very…

Things I do that are kid friendly, depends on your situation and age of kids though, obviously: buggy walking fast, playing ball, exercise dvd at home, dropping off the baby to my partner in his lunch hour so I can go for a swim. Is there a creche at your local gym or pool? Having children does limit your options for being…

I have done the first day of level one today. So far so good :) How do you guys track it on here? Shame it doesn't already have a listing.

Protein has calories... so if you eat meat it has calories and protein in it. Carbs have calories... so if you eat bread it has calories and carbohydrates in it. If 1/4 of the food you put in your mouth today is carbohydrate, then 25 % of your diet today is carbohydrate. Which leaves 75% of other stuff (that wasn't…

If you don't have it in the house you can't eat it... Or at least it makes it harder to eat so you have to make more of an effort than just go to the fridge or pantry

Is this a group where friends can see posts in the group in their newsfeed?

G'day, me too, feel free to add me as a friend, I am only 5 days in, 30 kg to lose. I am down in Otago.

Hey kel, did you see that there is a personal trainer running a c25K program in CHCH? I found the website for it and was very jealous, it looks like a good way to get started with it ;) http://getuptofive.co.nz/

Hi everyone, I am a brand new newbie, I have logged into this site every now and again for the last 15 months! So now it is time to actually knuckle down and start doing it. I figure if I had have done anything useful over the last 15 months, I would be close to goal by now! I am 30 kg overweight, and 10 of that has gone…