The 2009 Healthy Living Challenge!!

[Mazmos]

I love this thread already!!!!! We can do it Girls xxx

 

[natthecat]

i forgot to tell you all,

i pick up a prescription on monday for a drug called Reductil. It's a prescribed weightloss drug! it can be brought on the net but is like £130 for 28 days worth and i'm getting the same for just £7.10!

dr said to try it for 3 months to help with an initial weightloss boost!

to be honest, if it helps me towards a BFP then i'll try it! she just said if I get my BFP before then, i obviously have to come off it!

it's got some great write-ups so heres hopin!

wasn't gonna tell anyone but then didn't want anyone to get down if i'm shifting weight faster....! IYKWIM??

fingers crossed! i'll put my numbers up monday. maybe we should all get a ticker too?

 

[miel]

i forgot to tell you all,

i pick up a prescription on monday for a drug called Reductil. It's a prescribed weightloss drug! it can be brought on the net but is like £130 for 28 days worth and i'm getting the same for just £7.10!

dr said to try it for 3 months to help with an initial weightloss boost!

to be honest, if it helps me towards a BFP then i'll try it! she just said if I get my BFP before then, i obviously have to come off it!

it's got some great write-ups so heres hopin!

wasn't gonna tell anyone but then didn't want anyone to get down if i'm shifting weight faster....! IYKWIM??

fingers crossed! i'll put my numbers up monday. maybe we should all get a ticker too?

be careful some drugs or pills are not meant to be taken while you are trying to concieve ...in case you will pregnant ...you should as k your doc about it...

good luck!

Today i made a marble cake and i replace the butter with non fat yogurt it's delicious !!!you should ladies!

 

[FJL]

Miel - I think the worst thing in cakes is the sugar & flour though. All of those carbs! Even low fat/non fat cakes are still stacked with calories from the sugar and flour. Unless of course there was limited flour, the flour was wholemeal and no sugar or at least artificial sweetners were used LOL Sorry if that wrecked your cake high!

Well...i've been exercising everyday this last week and i'm so sore!!! My calf muscles feel like they're going to fall out of my legs!

 

[maz]

Right - here goes!!!

I weighed myself this morning for the first time in a long time. Oh dear - I've never been this heavy before. I guess it's because I used to run 40 miles a week, used to do ju-jitsu three times a week, or used to go to aerobic-type classes regularly, and now I don't do anything except walk the dog. So I guess I need to do something now so that when I put on baby weight it's not as difficult to shift it...

Start weight = 11 st 1.4 lb / 155.4 lb / 70.5 kg
Target weight = 10 st / 140 lb / 63.6 kg

So I'm going to start a food diary to really scare myself into eating healthily, and I'm going to look up exercise classes in my local area - no point in joining a gym cos I'll not get my money's worth - been there done that...

So here's to a slimmer, trimmer, leaner, healthier, pregnant 2009 ...

 

[littlestar]

I will be weighing in Saturday - rejoining my slimming world group after the first Christmas off it for 4 years. (feel guilty already)

If you don't mind can i just state the total i want to loose at the moment and work on that.
I want to loose 3 1/2 stones = 49 lbs or get my BFP.

I will post my gains - i think i need the push to do something about my weight!

 

[megan16]

lam in i will start on monday 5 jan.if you dont mind can i also just state the amount of weight i want to loose as i need to loose a massive amount of weight in the hope of getting a bfn .will start with 4 stone .lisa xx

 

[miel]

Miel - I think the worst thing in cakes is the sugar & flour though. All of those carbs! Even low fat/non fat cakes are still stacked with calories from the sugar and flour. Unless of course there was limited flour, the flour was wholemeal and no sugar or at least artificial sweetners were used LOL Sorry if that wrecked your cake high!

Well...i've been exercising everyday this last week and i'm so sore!!! My calf muscles feel like they're going to fall out of my legs!

ok i did use whole wheat flour but there was some sugar in it ...a little i guess i could use splenda next time

i need to lose 15 pounds !

 

[FJL]

Hey Miel, for your own recipes and to find out how many calories are in them, you can go to www.calorieking.com.au, join up, then create your own meals/recipes, put everything that is in them and break it up into how many serves are in it, then it will tell you how many cals are in each serve!

You could def try splenda, nothing beats pure sugar though hey?!

I'm definitely more motivated having all you girls here, we can all support each other and do it!

 

[miel]

you have to be in Australia to join ...the website look so interessting so! and free

 

[rachelle1975]

Hey guys!!

Megan - yep not a drama at all hun! I'm currently in the 'whatever' phase and at present don't care that i'm a lardy-assed lady as i know i will be thinner!! he he he - check me being uber positive!

Natthecat - hun don't take the reductil unless it's prescribed - my aunt was on it and she was 8 stone overweight - they gave it to her instead of gastric surgery. She had to be monitored repeatedly due to the side effects and had to come off it. She then gave it to DH's mother to 'give it a whirl' and she was having palpitations and problems with her kidneys. Exercise and healthy wins the day hun and won't damage you for your future child bearing years (of which there will be many!!)

Right well me - i'm limbering up on the starting blocks ready for Monday's go! go! go!

By limbering up i mean i went to the gym and burnt some blubber. Then having missed lunch i got very hungry and ate half a tub of Ben and Jerry's. Man i rock! Promise i will be a strong female influence by Monday.... either that or i'll be under the influence

 

[akcher]

Hi girls I wanna join!

I'm 205lbs right now The holidays was tough. Lots and lots of sweets around. I want to take my weight loss in 10lb increments so I don't feel like it's impossible.

 

[FJL]

I think they have a UK one Miel? Have a look on the site again, or go to the american one www.calorieking.com and i'm sure down the bottom of the page it gives a link for different countries.

 

[maz]

Does anybody know the recommended daily calorie intake for weight loss for men and women? DH is also on a weight loss mission but I am unsure on the amount of calories to consume...

xx

 

[FJL]

Maz - it depends on the current weight, but as a general rule of thumb, women should have a net calorie intake of 1200-1400 calories. This means that you could eat say 1600 but you'd have to burn off a few hundred.

For men, I think the net is around 1800-2000.

It all depends on the individual though. I cannot lose weight unless my net calories are 1200-1400. Women are supposed to maintain on 2000cals a day, but if I ate that I would be the size of the house. My metabolism is shit house! I had an eating disorder for 4 years (bulimia) so I think that was what did it to me...that and the fact that i'm not genetically blessed.

Its also important to remember that you need to leave room to increase exercise and drop calories.

If for eg, you jumped straight into eating 1200cals a day and exercised for an hour everyday, you'd have a big weight loss for the first 3 or so weeks, then you would plateau. Now, with a plateau, you need to up your exercise or decrease your calories, but on the above program you wouldn't be able to drop your calories (everyone should eat a minimum of 1200 cals a day) and increasing your exercising above an hour a day would be hard to maintain.

So, it would be a good idea to do something as follows:

Week 1 - 1600 calories, 30mins exercise 4 x a week
Week 2 - 1600 calories, 30mins exercise 5 x a week
Week 3 - 1500 calories, 45 mins exercise 4-5 x a week
Week 4 - Repeat week 3
Week 5 - 1400 calories, 1 hour exercise 5-6 x a week

And so on. This is the best way to avoid a plateau. So many people make the mistake (and I have done this in the past!) of going hell for leather straight away then they hit week 3-4 and haven't lost a thing...get disheartened and go back to old ways.

So a gradual change is the best thing so that your body doesn't get used to the same old thing happening.

Changing your exercise intensity from week to week will help to.

Eg - start out with walking, increase this to faster walking with spurts of running, then you could add other things into the routine such as gym equipment, take gym or martial arts classes, swimming etc. Adding something new in each week, even if you only do something different 1-2 x a week will help.

Sorry for the big ramble!

 

[maz]

Thanks hun

I am pretty rubbish at all of this. I never really needed to worry about what i ate as I used to run 40+ miles a week, and do ju-jitsu - so calorie intake wasn't a concern. Now I lead a slightly more 'sedentary' lifestyle it's starting to catch up. I walk the dog for half and hour every night, but am thinking of doing some body combat / aerobics classes once or twice a week as well.

I am trying to do more home cooking - instead of buying tins of soup I'm trying to make it from scratch, instead of using jars of pasta sauce I'm going to try and make my own. I know this is a healthier alternative, but I have no idea how to calculate the calorie content of home made things. I saw your link for calorieking, but it doesn't seem to apply to the UK so I'll need to see if we have a similar site. Either that or buy a couple of recipe books that also give calorie content for cooked meals.

xx

 

[mer01]

right ladies i'm off to weight watchers on Tuesday a little bit scared, i would like to lose about 2 stone. I am currently 11st im only 5ft 5

ah well onwards and upwards

good luck ladies



xxx

 

[FJL]

Mer - good luck for your weigh in!

Maz - I hear you on the jars & tins V natural. I used to be a jars and tins gal, but natural usually tastes better and as you say is so much better for you.

With pasta sauces, I used a tin of 100% crushed tomatoes...these have no preservatives, colours of flavourings etc...the only thing is the salt, so if you get a salt reduced or no added salt one then you have your base. From there, just add fresh garlic cloves and fresh or dry herbs and voila, you have your sauce And hardly any calories in all of that...nothing worth worrying about anyway.

And fresh soup tastes heaps better, I don't like the tin stuff. If you get a stock base with no added salt, add heaps of veg, small amount of lentils, lean meat and a lower cal noodles such as rice noodles, the cals will also be fine. My soups which have lean meat, veg (but smaller amounts of carby veg such as potatoes) small amount of lentils and salt reduced stock work out ot be around 200-250cals for a large bowl. Even yummier with some (depending on the type of soup) weight watchers sour cream and/or low fat cheese

 

[miel]

I think they have a UK one Miel? Have a look on the site again, or go to the american one www.calorieking.com and i'm sure down the bottom of the page it gives a link for different countries.

for the americain version you have to paid ...$10 a month about ...to much for me right now to spend...

thank you so..

 

[maz]

I think they have a UK one Miel? Have a look on the site again, or go to the american one www.calorieking.com and i'm sure down the bottom of the page it gives a link for different countries.

for the americain version you have to paid ...$10 a month about ...to much for me right now to spend...

thank you so..

Try www.my-calorie-counter.com. I stumbled across it last night when trying to find out the calorie content of my chinese - naughty maz . Unfortunately I didn't find what I was looking for, but I did find this site. I registered - cos it's free - and have started filling in my food and activity journal...

xx