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Hi all,

Yeah pretty busy but gotta make time for exercise.  Last week was a big problem.  Didn't exercise at all.  Why I hear you ask?  Well on Monday I planned to do boxing - but forgot my joggers at home.  So I thought, fret not - I will do the Biggest Loser Workout DVD that I won - but forgot that at work.  Then Wednesday rolled around and I had a really sore back and there was no way I was going to exercise.  Friday - waaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy too busy at work so I couldn't go and Saturday I had period pain.  I went in to weigh in though.  Only gain of 0.1kg but the % of body fat had increased. 

So this week is a new week. 

Monday:   15 mins on bike and then Boxing class - my god my upper back is so sore.  I hate how we do a bit of running.  I guess its cuz I know how unfit I am when I do this plus I forget one huge thing to do and that is to breathe.

Tuesday and Thursday:  Tafe

Wednesday:  Cardio: Either 1/2hr or 1hr depending on time plus a 1/2hr personal training session.

Friday: Fat Blaster class for 1/2hr

Saturday: Going to try and wake up early for a step class otherwise will do cardio and weights.  Must finish an assignment this weekend.  errrr....

Tiffany, in regards to the biscotti, have no idea whether it is good for you or not.  Rather not have it as you know the old saying, once you pop you just cant stop.  So I'd rather not start.

Food:  Last week had a shocking week with food.  I had some Doritos Nachos Cheese Chips, MM Choc peanuts - had heaps of those, choc sponge roll - not the whole thing - just one slice, custard tart - which I did not buy.  Think it was hormonal as I normally don't crave that sort of stuff. 

Anyway,  have a good week all.  Im off to Tafe soon.   So tired....

Jen

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SW: 96.1
CW: 81
GW: 61

Task this week: To get drink more water and try new healthy foods ... !!!

That's it Jen, push through!

Ray

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My new book: Winners Do What Losers Don't

Hi all,

Well I've been so busy that I have not had a chance to get onto the forum.  You see last saturday I went to my weekly weigh in - lost .5kg, so Im now 88kg.  I did about half hr of cardio before I had to escape to do an assignment and book tickets to go to Cairns 3/7.  Cant wait for the warmer weather especially since I have a cold (not happy - not a good time to have it since I have exams next tuesday and thursday and just finished an assignment - hope it makes sense cuz my head is so clouded).

Anyway, my aim is to have lost at least another 2kg by 3/7 so when I see my friend, she can see my success.  You see she is doing this challenge as well with me.  She at the moment has gastro - but I  did inform her that I thought that was cheating (only kidding).

I went to the gym on Monday 29/5 and did cardio for 50 mins and weights for 30 mins.  Was aiming to go Wednesday when I came down with the flu.  I currently have no energy and wont be going to the gym at least until next Wednesday.  I know once all my exams are over, then I can focus properly on losing weight. 

Today I felt I had so much food. Nothing really bad (oh except the twix - damn, almost forgot about that).  My food today consisted of:

Breakfast:   Porridge

Snack:      15 rice crackers then 1hr later I had a creamy cup a soup (chicken and corn variety).

Lunch:       4 slices of mutigrain with cheese (the plastic variety but low in fat) in the breville machine.  I normally wouldnt eat 4 slices of bread for lunch today but I was so hungry.  Maybe that cuz Im so tired so my body is telling me that I am hungry when perhaps Im not - is this making sense or do I sound ridiculous? 

Snack:       Powerade and a twix

Dinner:     Turkish bread with chicken and cheese toasted (Thursday Tafe nite special)

and when I get home I believe a cup of tea will be in order (will try to avoid those biscuits).

So, Ill be back at the gym next wednesday - hopefully this cold is gone by the weekend - really need to study.  MUST pass the exam otherwise Ill be in trouble since were the last group to be taught under the old scheme and I dont know whether or not they will be providing another subject if we fail.

Well, thats all for now.  Have Tafe soon.  Only 1 week to go and CANT WAIT!!!

Jen

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SW: 96.1
CW: 81
GW: 61

Task this week: To get drink more water and try new healthy foods ... !!!

Well I've been sick with the flu from 30/5 to 5/6 - Not happy especially since I had to try and study for an exam and finish an assignment.  Had my exam on tuesday - hopefully I passed. 

Wednesday - no exercise.  I did do situps, reverse crunches and leg raises.

Thursday - tafe

Friday - going to do a Fat Blaster class.

Saturday - Going hardcore - will do Cardio and weights and will try to do a step class if I wake up early enough

Sunday          - Hopefully will go to do Cardio and weights

Monday         - Don't know if the gym is opened, if it is, then I will go.

Tuesday         - No Tafe - yeah - Will go to do a workout and belly dancing - cant wait

Wednesday    - Personal Training session and cardio

Thursday        - Tafe

Friday             - Fat blaster class

Saturday         - Cardio and weights.

Now, we will see if I actually stick to the plan.  Fingers x.

Jen

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SW: 96.1
CW: 81
GW: 61

Task this week: To get drink more water and try new healthy foods ... !!!

Okay, so Im taking heed from Cowgirl and thought I would do my own list of goals, motivations etc... So here it goes.

MOTIVATION:   

• To lose weight and fit into a size 12 (WOW, wouldn't that be amazing)
• To minimise the risk of heart disease (runs on both sides of the family generations back) and diabetes

SHORT SHORT TERM GOAL:

• To lose 2kg by 30 June.  Im giving myself a bit of time since I still have Tafe on next week for one of my classes.  Why June 30, well its my birthday and It would mean that I would be down to 86kg (a figure I have not been in such a long time - will strive for 85kg - but want to be a little realistic since I have not been losing weight properly for a while - actually I lost .5kg last week - don't know how)

SHORT TERM GOAL:

• From July1st - August 18 - To lose 5kg.  This is including a one week vacation to Cairns to see a friend.  Hopefully we wont be eating crap.  Why August 18, its my boyfriends birthday and easy enough to remember.  August is such a bad month.  My mums birthday on 13/8, Dads on the 15/8 then Brendans on 18/8.  I think rego and insurance is the week after - lucky me.

GENERAL GOALS:

• To get to the gym 4 times a week (This is only possible during Tafe holidays)
• To be a size 16 by end of July.  Dont know how many kg = one size
• To do the City to Surf (Hopefully I dont have assignments to do)
• To feel healthier and not put so much self doubt on myself.  If I dont lose weight, to continue thru the experience and know that it will eventually come off
• Will try not to self sabotage myself - I AM IN CONTROL OF MY ACTIONS AND I HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE GOOD CHOICES TO BETTER MYSELF
• Looking for better health, better self control, wiser decisions and to have more energy and of course looking fabulous.

LONG TERM GOAL:

• To have lost 20kg by Dec 19 - I have a challenge with a friend and could possibly win $1000.  Its our own version of the BL.

REWARDS:

• Facial
• Massage
• Manicure
• Allowed to go to Bead Fair in Sydney (I think its in September out at homebush) if I reach both Short and Short Short Term Goal
• Buy a ring as a reminder of my success and will be a constant reminder that I can achieve my goals with a little persistance and hard work

WHAT I AM WILLING TO DO:

• Try and vary the foods I eat (ie: experiment with cooking - actually starting to cook would be a start since I dont cook)
• Breakfast / Snack / Lunch / Snack / Dinner
• Get back to the basics of portion control
• When the going gets tough, turn to bf, friends, family, FOH site, personal trainer and slimplicity coach from Fernwood

Wow, thats a lot.  Im going to print this off as a reminder .... Hopefully, no scratch that, I WILL ACHIEVE MY GOALS.  IT ALL STARTS IN THE MIND AND GOD DAMN IT THIS TIME IT WILL WORK

 

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SW: 96.1
CW: 81
GW: 61

Task this week: To get drink more water and try new healthy foods ... !!!

wow great goals, rewards and motivations jen! whoo hoo!!!!!!!
yay i'm glad you printed it up! now stick it in the loo, on the fridge, next to your bed :) hehehehe

i love the $1000 motivation by december - how cool is that! gotta spur you on big time!

much luv
kaz x

Thanks Kaz, your such an inspiration to us all, especially what you have been through in the last few weeks.

Wish me luck that I can stick to my goals.  

jen

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SW: 96.1
CW: 81
GW: 61

Task this week: To get drink more water and try new healthy foods ... !!!

hon you have all my wishes for luck, focus & determination! and if any of them are a bit diluted on any given day you just yell out for that extra strength!

luv kaz xx

Very kind words Kaz.  I am trying to stay focused but buggered up lunch today.  Boss said he was shouting and so I went down to our local shopping centre and instead of getting something healthy, I went with Indian.  I had Butter chicken, Mango chicken with boiled rice and Naan Bread.  I had all the Naan Bread - plain with only a little bit of Butter/Mango chicken. So the point of this, to look at my list and say, do I need it, will it make me happy .... I think once I get back to the gym then I will be focused again. 

Not looking forward to weigh in tomorrow.

Jen

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SW: 96.1
CW: 81
GW: 61

Task this week: To get drink more water and try new healthy foods ... !!!

(((hugs)))

naan is soooo hard to resist! i understand your pain. when it's indian, for me it's those samosa thingies that are hooge and yum & spicey filled with vegies yummmm

well on with your evening lead in to the weekend... any chance of a walk before dinner tonight?? *grin* (there's always ways to redeem our indulgences...)

luv kaz xx

Weather here in sydney is awful, its very dark, cold and raining I think (too dark to tell).  Will do the BL DVD at home instead after the Indian settles in the stomach.  Aaaahhhh, too much Naan bread.  Haven't had Indian in such a long time.  

Have a good weekend.  Off I go home now.

Thanks Kaz for all your support.  Really appreciated

luv jen

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SW: 96.1
CW: 81
GW: 61

Task this week: To get drink more water and try new healthy foods ... !!!

So I have been exercising a bit, trying to keep up with the challenge.  I went on Saturday and did a step class, who would imagine that so many people would be up at a class at 830am.  I was astonished.  I weighed in, put on weight and then did weights and 20 mins of interval running.  I promised I was going to do the running on Saturday and I did but let me tell you I was sore the next day.  I think its because I hadn't exercised in a couple of weeks, that will teach me.

Sunday I did a High Intensity workout from the BL DVD.  Monday due to the public holiday I did a 30 min walk around the beach and measured myself for the challenge.  I also did the BL Boot Camp DVD and 50 situps.

Powering thru, tuesday I did nothing.  I couldn't - period pain.  It was a struggle to stay at work but Wednesday I did a body and sculpt dvd BL and 50 reverse crunches; 100 situps and 50 leg raise crunches.

So I am trying to stick to the whole exercise everyday, even just a litttle.  Im going to try and get to a belly dancing class if I finish my exam early enough (hopefully I do).

Apart from that, I feel that food is going along okay.  Still dont know how to calculate the calories deficient thing.  Surely there's different formula's for different exercises aren't there???

Oh well, got 2 go.  Time to go home soon.

Jen

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SW: 96.1
CW: 81
GW: 61

Task this week: To get drink more water and try new healthy foods ... !!!

Hiya jen,

sounds like you're doing great still! excellent!

in terms of the exercise calories burned, you need to get the METS exercise values. It's on this site, but you can also google it. save a copy of it.

Then the formula is reallllly simple.
Basically, the METS values are based on an hour of exercise.

So, for example.
If you are 100kilos, and walk for an hour (METS value of 4.5), this is what you would burn

100kg x 4.5 = 450 calories burned for an hour.
The forumla is your weight x the METS value = calories burned.
If you walk for half an hour, then it would be 225 calories burned, and so on.

hope that helps clarify!
if you still have trouble, PM me your email addy, and i'll email you the METS values pdf.

luv kaz x

Hey Matey,

Thanks for that, will try to find the METS thing your talking about. 

Anyway, so proud of myself.  Yesterday I had an exam after work which I managed to finish in a half hr so I decided to go to the gym.  So I did 20 mins on the treadmill and 1 hr of belly dancing.  I now remember how unco I am.

BTW, how do I PM you?

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SW: 96.1
CW: 81
GW: 61

Task this week: To get drink more water and try new healthy foods ... !!!

So the weekend was a hectic one.  On friday I went to a fat blaster class (basically circuit) which I didn't like the instructor so wont be doing that again.  She was not motivating, didnt participate, looked at her watch and she looked bored plus she made us do a lot of running .. errr..

Anyway, Saturday morning I went to the gym and did a step attack and weights. I Weighed in at 87.9 woohoo (back to the weight I was 2 weeks ago).  So this exercise 7 days does work.  So off I went afterwards to my bf place and couldn't find a carpark anywhere (very annoying!!!!) so we decided to go for a drive and ended up going to Cronulla for lunch.  At this point I was starving as I didnt have breakky (I cant, not before a step attack class at 8:30). So I had a bacon and egg roll with bbq sauce (yummo), and only 5 hot chips.  I know the roll isn't crash hot idea but I was starving! and thought it was better than having eggs, bacon, toast, sausages etc .. and there wern't any proper sandwiches to choose from.  I didn't have a lot of bacon (cuz Im not a big fan of it) and actually gave most of it to my partner (Im trying to help fatten him up cuz he needs it not me).  After our lunch, we went for a 45mins walk around the beach, which was nice.  For dinner we had red curry chicken with udon noodles and veges (had more veges than chicken).

Sunday - I managed to get myself to the gym (something I would never do on a Sunday).  Surprisingly there were a few people there.  I did cardio - my running and the eliptical trainer and ab exercises.  Then had to quickly rush home, have a shower get dressed and go out for lunch at Doyles at circular quay in Sydney.  Anyway, I dont eat any seafood (so not the best place for me to go) but I had this vegetarian pasta (which was not great)  followed by dessert (choc sponge cake - after all it was a birthday ) and a hot chocolate.  Not very good but anyway its done.  We walked for about 1/2hr around the quay ..

Monday, well back at work now sitting on my butt.  Cant get to the gym tonite which Im a bit bummed about cuz I have to go pick up my assignment/exam - d day on whether I passed - fingers x

Tuesday, Im thinking of doing a spin cycle class but dont know if I can handle it.  Heard its a hard class.

Jen

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SW: 96.1
CW: 81
GW: 61

Task this week: To get drink more water and try new healthy foods ... !!!